/f1/ - Formula One

first for Vettel WDC 2016

>>30514

Unfortunately that's a bit beyond my skills.

>I really should learn.

What ever happened to the "50 post" option anyways? Goddamn cripple…

>>30516

Removed to save I/O writes or something.

Same as page 3 onwards:

>http://8ch.net/f1/3.html

>>30510

>please kill me before the boredom does

Someone is going to have to poison him or something BC Aussie gun control is going to make it hard for law abiding tourists to shoot him.

>>30498

>>30497

>>30496

just looked again and the dude is buying an lga775 chip on ebay… sincerely hope that he's got more than one is all I'm saying. my disused tower from 6 years ago has a first-gen i7 and it should smoke that.

specs are

>2.66 oc'd to 3GHZ or something (just left it that way)

>6GB RAM

>3 full HDDs

>9Mbps up

I have the leddit 1979-2014 torrent on a portable external, so just need to grab a cheap 1-2TB drive somewhere

how does streaming work anyways?

>time to put the cuck in cuckchan again

>>30519

>how does streaming work anyways?

The mod usually puts a race on our cytube channel and that has a built in chat.

Does anyone know exactly when Verstappen's contract expires? I've checked a few sources and they vary. I really hope he joins Ferrari in '17

>>30521

I'm sure Vettel has veto rights in his contract

>>30519

>just looked again and the dude is buying an lga775 chip on ebay…

There's looking for value, then there's being poor, then there's being retarded. He is the last category.

>>30521

There's really not a lot of cross pollination with the redbull young driver program. Also verstappen was more heavily eyed by Mercedes and redbull than Ferrari.

>>30510

I just realized the hidden brilliance in my "2016 Sky opener.webm"

I timed the audio so the "Nico hit me" was after the hat hits him, which meant had to trim the start of the video.

I only now noticed that means that Lewis throwing the hat at Nico got omitted.

And that's exactly what Sky would do!

>like it never happened

>>30523

>verstappen was more heavily eyed by Mercedes

Yeah, as far as being a threat, but I haven't heard anything about them trying to get him on the team.

>>30525

Not to mention, are Rosberg or Turdsenna even planning on leaving anytime soon?

>>30525

There was a lot of hubbub before he signed with tr. Half the reason he got promoted into f1 so quickly is because both Mercedes and rb wanted him in their young drivers programs. Mercedes would have put him in dtm, and redbull offered an f1 drive so he went to redbull

meanwhile F1 gets stuck with a slew of rules to keep another 17yo out

>>30528

>let in teenager with no experience

>allow never-was GP2 veterans

To be fair, in theory the new superlicense system should reward up and coming talent. But it so happens that the drivers who spend longer in GP2/F2 and work their way up the order to the superlicense positions have better funding anyways and eventually make it to F1 in their mid-twenties. (see: American Hero Alex Rossi) Meanwhile actually talented people like Frijns get thrown aside due to lack of funding even though they're super eligible. And moreover there simply aren't enough seats even for drivers with top backing like Magnussen and Vandoorne.

meanwhile WEC and IndyCar drivers have the most superlicense points, bravo FIA

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/07/15/who-can-race-in-f1-in-2016-revised-superlicence-points-totals/

>>30515

Im waiting until reddit discoveres your OC and steals it.

>>30530

speaking of which

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/3vbtor/renault_announces_return_to_formula_1_in_2016/cxm45ko

>plebbit this deep in denial

>b-b-but the aero is the only problem, they should regulate that

>these crap engines kept renault in the sport (and not bernie's money and ghosn's ego)

>s-stop attacking muh hybrids

>leave renault alone!

>>30531

>a reflection of how the current engine formula is actually achieving its primary aim - to attract and keep manufacturers in the sport.

What a tard. Renault wanted this engine Formula, and threatened to leave if it wasn't introduced.

someone needs to make a Hamilton Senna emulator with epic crash graphics.

I really hope it happens in '16 fam

>>30535

Calling it now:

>The top Reddit comment will be "xxx seconds saved"

>Crufty will make a joke about "not running like clockwork" when it explodes

>>30535

Dis the inneressing part:

>We are also pleased to see Renault confirm its long-term commitment to F1 and would like to thank them for their contribution to the team since 2007. Their technical partnership with Ilmor gives us confidence, and we look forward to the 2016 season."

>http://www.infiniti-redbullracing.com/article/timing-everything

So it seems they're going to roll the Mario Illien updates into the Renault piece of shit

>>30537

The "new" Renault team will stand no chance against RB's chassis and an upgraded engine. It's going to be a shit show>>30537

>>30535

interesting , so is red bull gonna deal with renault or renault drops the engines with Tag and they deal with red bull?

>>30535

>>30537

TAG funded and badged the Porsche engine back in the 80's, so they aren't new to this.

>>30540

Of note: Heuer (the Swiss watch company) was purchased back in the day by TAG (mansour ojjeh's Luxembourg based company; points if you can guess his nationality). They are no longer the same company as LVMH bought heuer from TAG but retained the tag part of the name. Thus tagheuer is playing on the origin of their name despite not having much to do with the tag company (which itself had next to nothing to do with the engines).

Tag electronics (which did the shitty electronics on the McLaren mp4/8) is still part of the original tag company.

>>30537

>tfw Renault is so retarded that one man and a skeleton crew can get another 30 hp out of the engine in a consulting role

>Cyril abiteboul is a fucking idiot

This engine rule set is garbage and development is restricted, but Renault can't engineer their way out of a paper bag.

Which person would Adolf root for in 2015, if he were still alive?

>>30543

*Adolf Hitler that is

>>30543

Same as he rooted for in 1930's. Mercedes.

>>30545

>Mercedes

Misread it, I mean Vettel due to being a likeable young aryan.

>>30545

>>30546

I'm glad you corrected yourself, because I was about to say..

>>30547

He'd jizz himself though if he got Vettel to race in Mercedes though.

>>30548

Well to be fair, Hitler didn't necessarily have anything against the Italians

>>30549

Indeed but he rooted for German teams hard enough to sponsor both Auto Union and Mercedes at the same time, resulting in them creating some pretty fucking nuts machinery.

>>30551

>tfw you'll never be as alpha as hulk

But his engineer needs a talking to. Who was he to tell Hulk to "shut up". The guy is dancing on clouds.

>>30551

That got me thinking, what could modern F1 teams do if Bernie suddenly decided to make pre-war car rules happen?

>>30551

>downfall 'Hitler learns' meme video generator

>Fuhrer, Hulkenberg was passed over by the top teams again

>he will spend another year in the midfield

>cue Adolf losing it

>>30553

>Bernie

Sanders.

I sometimes look at ole Bernie boy and think that he looks like a jew. I have no data that can support it, but he just looks jewish to me.

>>30553

Whine a lot in a slew of pointless several hour long meeting. Agree on nothing except maybe the date of the next meeting.

Eventually someone throws a dice and the rule is either passed or rejected, then a team of interns make up stupid shit to justify the choice.

With Toro Rosso getting Ferrari engines, what is stopping Red Bull from getting data, schematics, and other shit from Toro Rosso and reverse engineering it into their Tag Heuer Illmor Renault?

>>30558

nothing really, but iirc the Renault and Ferrari engine layouts are different. dunno which direction Red Bull is going to take with the ERS. however access to the workings of a good engine is less of a benefit than one would think (see: Honda)

>>30559

>iirc the Renault and Ferrari engine layouts are different

Correct. The Ferrari engine has the pistons inside the block.

Vijay Mally might be kill

>Diageo, parent company of Johnnie Walker which is set to become one of Ecclestone’s global F1 sponsors in 2016, have listed details of a dispute with Vijay Mallya in their 2015 annual report. Further, the global spirits company have now listed the Force India team as an asset of Diageo, valued at around $130m.

>There is a December deadline set for Diageo to be repaid and should this not happen, the Force India shares held currently as collateral may be transferred in full to Diageo.

http://thejudge13.com/2015/12/04/mallya-loses-control-of-force-india/

>>30561

probably to pressure vijay to step down from the USL board which diageo asked but he hasn't

so who do you think will be first with a car launch this year?

>FI

>it's last year's car with an extra stripe

>>30564

Force India depends on the Aston Martin thing.

They might hold it back hoping the deal will happen.

Renault maybe, for maximum PR.

But I suspect the car is very behind because of Lotus' issues and that might delay it.

>>30558

McLaren had access to Mercedes data and fed it to honda. Look how well that worked out.

>>30543

He'd be a Hamilton dickrider just like every other angry young man.

>>30560

Sick burn

>>30555

>new poster in thread

>only talks about Hitler and Jews

…mkay

>>30565

Also, testing is February 22-25 and March 1-4 this year

>only two tests

So we should see most of them then.

>tfw 11 weeks until the first test

>>30565

>But I suspect the car is very behind because of Lotus' issues and that might delay it.

More likely behind because of renault's issues. Lotus didn't know what engine they were using until about a week ago.

>>30565

>Force India depends on the Aston Martin thing.

you mean the livery? from elderly fan on midweek report seems that isn't happening in the immediate

but that could be fud

>>30570

They did do it with Honda. There were no rules prohibiting it, as it was an engine contract of theirs not data stolen from another team. Also boullier admitted that.

>>30569

>you mean the livery?

Well showing off sponsor logos is the the only reason the teams do a reveal on the car.

It's not like they want to park the car there so anyone and everyone can take 9001 megapixel images of their new aero

>>30569

>isn't happening in the immediate

I imagine they'll hold on to the hope of it happening enough to not launch early.

Who the fuck are we supposed to root for now? Manor management left, lotus (soon to be Renault) is now owned by the government owned shitheads at Renault, Ferrari is a team for casuals that is just a marketing arm for fiat group to sell Ferrari crossovers. Are we supposed to root for redbull? They're looking the least bad.

>>30574

>Who the fuck are we supposed to root for now? Manor management lef

I'm so butthurt about Manor.

We finally had a small team that wasn't idiotic (hurr hurr team india) or run by a fucktard (Hi Monisha), and some rich cunt on a power trip had to ruin it.

>>30574

>Are we supposed to root for redbull? They're looking the least bad

Red Bull could work

>RB beats Renault, thereby a drinks manufacturer builds better cars than a car manufacturer

>Kyvat might beat Ricky, again :^), making the Ricky dickriders rage

>Horner does what Horner does, making Reddit rage

>>30574

I'm going with R8main and Haas. Only if they don't obviously suck during testing, that is.

>>30575

>wontiums

>incompetently managed

>current management is in place because nepotism

>cannot do pit stop

>so aggressively beta that they got angry at fans for pointing out that they threw away a win in Austria (2014)

>had low drag, long gearing, and a Mercedes engine going for them in 2014; does none of these things well today

>massa drives for them.

No, pick again.

>>30575

Especially #BESTFANS

>>30578

oh you are that weirdo who hates Felipe baby

also

>hating on Claire

you have issues.

Try rooting for Mercedes.

>>30576

>We finally had a small team that wasn't idiotic (hurr hurr team india) or run by a fucktard (Hi Monisha), and some rich cunt on a power trip had to ruin it.

Yup

>>30576

>Red Bull could work>RB beats Renault, thereby a drinks manufacturer builds better cars than a car manufacturer>Kyvat might beat Ricky, again :^), making the Ricky dickriders rage>Horner does what Horner does, making Reddit rage

You've sweetened the deal

>>30577

It's hard to get excited for a Ferrari b team. American teams are best when they do everything their own way.

Cautiously optimistic for them nonetheless.

>>30580

>oh you are that weirdo who hates Felipe baby

>Implying the only one.

>>30584

>could be still waiting for his paychecks to clear like gimi's

>>30584

Karma is a thing. Even in 2014 it probably felt like a mistake. All he does is parrot ron-autism.

>lelonso would have been better off if he went to lotus for this year.

>>30585

>mysterious Arab money man will come through this time!

>>30587

What a shit eating grin

>>30589

>The only thing that will excite me in 2016 is if there's an actual battle for the title, i.e. between at least two different teams. What we had in 2014 was a reliability lottery and Nico got plain BTFO this year by the risen one

You mean would wouldn't enjoy watching Hamilton have a genuine mental breakdown as Nico dominates the championship?

>>30590

There's even less competition if Ham collapses. Schadenfreude yes, excitement no.

>>30592

>implying that watching Hamilton snap after finishing second yet again and try to strangle Nico on the podium with his gold chain would be exciting

>>30594

i honestly have never seen that stuff

>>30596

>Germany in charge of eating POWER foods

The F1 Show: 4th December

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AP-mGsctERwx98g&cid=8988C67A18140E9A&id=8988C67A18140E9A%21185&group=0&parId=root&o=OneUp

>>30595

Shuddering.

>>30596

You have a year to buy it and take pics for us.

>FE » FR3.5 champion Rowland steps in for Heidfeld 4 December 2015

>New Formula Renault 3.5 champion Oliver Rowland has been confirmed as the replacement driver for the injured Nick Heidfeld at Mahindra Racing.

I didn't realize Heidfeld was injured

>I didn't realize Heidfeld was supposed to be driving for Rebellion at wobblerbowl

they talk funny down there

>>30602

The one of the blonde and the brunette and Putin is soooo kawaii

>>30600

Where does rebellion even go from here? They were contesting for the overall win at lemans, but now the privateer lmp1 class has been deliberately nerfed so they can pretend hybrids are fast. What now?

are there any Formula E races soon?

>>30607

>people want lmp2 to be more spec? Jesus Christ.

>>30608

hey man it reached its signature goal

>>30609

Oh man I want to know what George looks like. I picture him looking like the ginger who crushed his copy of f1 2014 because of Hamilton losing at Monaco.

I wonder why the spec rules apologists/plebbit-esque love for regulation is so pervasive. I got into motor racing because I loved seeing creative engineering and my favorite manufacturers duking it out with cars that embodied their individual design philosophies. Indycar has incredibly close racing that's artificial and nobody watches that. Is this just an extremely vocal minority?

>>30612

>insinuating that spec series even save money

In all seriousness though, I think you've hit the nail on the head. They're pearl clutching types.

>>30607

awesome.

>>30615

Ebin trollan!

(no seriously I'm laughing loudly)

>>30616

Image didn't load for me

>>30615

I was grinning ear to ear when I saw that it ticked over to 6

>>30618

Only got better from there

>>30620

See:

>>30601

>>30594

what about

SMEG

>>30621

I've never heard of Malbuner before yesterday, and now I have

sauber advertising is magic

>>30627

lel, just noticed the other lesbian licking her lips and having an orgasm while looking at Natalie

>tfw roidpedal fan and this just happened

http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/12/news/chris-froome-by-the-numbers_390227

imagine if Hamilton had to release his telemetry or go to a lab and have his reaction times tested or else everyone would say he's cheating… ridiculous.

>tfw ride a good deal myself and my VO2 max is probably 60 at best (never tested)

>Froome is in the high 80s

ayyy

>>30620

In 1994 leyton house was circling the drain and needed to pay various fees to compete in Canada. They called a local reporter who wrote a sob story with contact information for the team. A bunch of local businesses bought tiny stickers on the car and they had enough money to race.

>>30620

Surtees was sponsored by durex.

Hesketh had a naked woman painted on the car for the penthouse sponsorship in 1978.

David purley had his family's refrigerator company make a car.

Penske had a car on display at a sponsor's (first national city bank) booth. When the driver binned the car, they didn't have a spare so they stole the one from the advertising booth.

>>30631

>Releases all of this data

>Wins the Tour de France while having piss thrown at him

>Still not really liked that much by Brits

I do feel bad for him but it was always going to happen.

>>30631

Explain for people out of the loop.

Hot diggity

>>30633

>durex

ah, the good old days when they had to show bras on mannequins, not print %alcohol on beer, and condom ads were banned from tv

and it only took 6M gays dying to change

>>30635

>Froome was a really mediocre rider on a mediocre team (Barloworld)

>Switches to the better-funded and managed Team Sky around five years ago

>Comes out of nowhere to be 2nd in a Grand Tour in 2011

>Could have won the 2012 Tour de France if not for team orders

>Won the 2013 and 2015 editions in dominant fashion (crashed out of 2014)

This happened right after the USADA Reasoned Decision exposing Lance Armstrong & Co's doping so Froome is under extra scrutiny. His story is that he had a parasitic disease holding back his talent that was only treated around the time he joined Sky. Meanwhile the doping conspiracy theorists, freshly vindicated by Lance's fall from grace, are saying the disease story is BS to cover up drug treatments and that Froome is unnaturally powerful on the bike.

Froome and Sky in general had a really rough time at the Tour this year like >>30634 said; his power meter file from 2013 was leaked and they took an unprecedented step by releasing the power data from the 2015 race before it was over (imagine Mercedes releasing their current car's blueprints), but "experts" in the media just used it as evidence of "unnatural" performance stats. So Froome/Sky went and had independent performance tests done with the partial results released yesterday showing he's been on pretty much the same absolute power level since 2007, just he lost weight and that boosted his relative stats to what we see today.

There's a good Arthur C. Clarke quote, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." At this point so much more is known about sports science than at the height of doping during the '90s-early 00's that to me it's totally plausible that someone as gifted as Froome is can rival/exceed the ascent times set by dopers in such a way that they're indistinguishable.

This is the source if you're interested, it's a pretty lengthly read.

http://chrisfroome.esquire.co.uk/

>the rider Froome drops at the beginning of that clip (Contador) had won 7 Grand Tours at the time (9 now)

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns32655.html

>ghosn suggests driver contracts not valid

>>30640

will we get another monisha going to jail moment in aus? except with a frenchie

>>30640

I don't see how that headline follows from the quote tbh

it would be cool if JEV got a seat even in the inevitable shitbox that is next year's Enstone car

>>30638

fascinating

>>30641

i wish

>>30642

>I don't see how that headline follows from the quote tbh

>But when asked by Le Figaro if there will be a Frenchman at the wheel of a works Renault in 2016, Ghosn answered: "We will wait a few weeks.

>"I refer to a meeting in January 2016, when we will explain the organisation, goals, strategy and we will also talk about drivers and partners," he added.

That strongly suggests a new decision being made.

I doubt their contracts have a void if acquired clause

>>30638

>>30643

>>30634

Just to point out the brits not liking him isn't to do with any doping accusation. A lot of it is to do with his former teammate Sir Bradley Wiggins who is perceived (and frankly is a bit) more likeable and charismatic. There is also his nationality as he is part Kenyan (though Wiggo was born in Belgium) and the fact he rides for Team Sky who aren't particularly liked either.

I take no sides in this (people have) as I prefer track to road (which means I should prefer Wiggins) but Froome has done nothing wrong and doesn't deserve any hate he gets. He has gone out and won emphatically as has Team Sky and those are qualities which aren't a major plus point with the British public. I think he has gone up after his second win mainly because of the frankly atrocious stuff that happened to him but he is never going to win SPOTY for example.

Also

>tfw Storm Desmond (why did we adopt your storm naming policy America? It doesn't work with Brit names) has caused the river near me to flood quite badly

>tfw power has already cut out once and almost all the roads near are getting closed

>tfw don't have any Naan bread for curry tonight and can't go out and get some

>>30645

>no naan

this is a crisis

do you have flour and a pizza stone or heavy iron skillet? i've done that before – also i've resorted to flour tortillas

supposedly having both bread and rice at the same time is some sort of western decadency but it's not the same without something to mop up

>>30639

>tfw stalked

Now I know how Jessica feels.

if Ren-O manage to dump both maldonado and palmer for jev and whoever, where do you think pasta would go? he has too much money to drop off the grid

>monisha signs him at the last minute

>ericsson sues

>judge sick of monisha's shit

>locks her up in australian lesbian prison with nothing to eat but power slice and tizer

>>30648

>implying Power Slice isn't worth going to jail for

>>30649

>doppelplying one couldn't break the bars with the superhuman strength and energy Malbuner Power Slice gives

This is one of the most autistic things ive ever seen a f1-redditor make. Seriously what the fuck (embed is not working for me.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl3jOG1q8Os&feature=youtu.be

>>30652

>subscribe for more

if only they can maintain those high standards

>>30652

Wow. There are YTPs less autistic than that.

Speaking of which, we need to make some f1 themed ytps there is only one good one.

>>30554

>>30561

>Everyone who opposed seeing

him in Force India leave

>>30656

australia pls i was here yesterday asking about Formula E, also you guys have been talking way out of my league with regulations or WEC, F1, engines and stuff.

i'm here boys, lurking, don't miss me.

>>30657

over 50 hours on Fallout, a lot of Smite, some Project Cars, a bit of GTA V(for the graphics) and some other stuff.

>>30652

Probably just a child

All kids are autistic as fuck

>>30660

*claps*

>>30667

>be famous F1 racing driver

>can't even afford an electric set of high quality automated trains

Romain pls

>>30667

>Wow, I had the exact same train set when I was a wee lad.

me too!

I hope romain is as nice a father as he is a driver.

>hope his kids arent cunts

>>30669

Alonso sama

>>30668

LGB/Lionel ftw

Will the nigger be WDC in 2016 again?

>>30674

>nigger

Anon pls, this is a safe space.

>>30676

I didn't mean to trigger you anon

>>30677

Apology's don't cure my PTSD, anon.

>>30679

world class

>>30646

>tfw power cut out shortly after this comment and only just got restored

I'm back from my trip to the dark ages

>>30682

There is a load of filtering now. "TBH" is "desu"

>>30684

srs?

that fucking sucks

>>30685

I think it is Japanese neo-moot's way of trying to be fun and appease people in a stupid zany Japanese way.

I don't think he did it to try and stop those words being used. You are not going to stop people saying cuck. He did some Q&A's, did some things they all wanted (history board, western drawn porn board, all wrestling content in /asp/) and people seem to like him. You have to get people on your side if you are eventually going to sell their data.

>>30686

It sounds like some of the older stupid wordfilters that eventually became memes. And really, wordfiltering cucked to keked is kinda funny in itself and since cuck is "the word of the now" it won't stop being used until someone comes up with a new word to rape.

>You have to get people on your side if you are eventually going to sell their data.

Yeah, though 4chan is on a rather downwards spiral. Maybe the new admin will be able to stop the hemorrage, but IMO it's soon to be one of those old ruins of a different internet. Kinda like some forums were back in 4chan's prime, or bulletin boards have been since the late 90s.

Not sure how it's going to be profitable though, because the average chan user is an overweight slightly racist weeb with no job, and I don't think there's anything worthy to sell about this userbase.

Oh well, let's cherish this present thread until it explodes soon enough, then cry at how stupid infinity next is when it will be forced down our throats and eventually die.

>>30688

>then cry at how stupid infinity next is when it will be forced down our throats and eventually die.

The only people I have actually seen complain about infinity next as if its the antichrist are /ints/ goons. Although some people don't like how it looks.

>>30689

It's not the same, it's a bit like how the catalog changed the way to use chans. Pretty sure we'll just get used to it, but it doesn't feel "authentic" in some way. I really don't have anything better to do when my video games are installing.

And yeah I think it looks a bit like shit. Too much space all around everything. Nothing that cannot be fixed with a few CSS rules if the page is programmed properly though.

>>30684

what the actual fuck, and here i thought a weaboo spree was going on all the boards i go to.

>>30694

>still using cuckchan

>>30695

yeah well, 8chan lacks some places i spend some time on cuckchan.

Is Maldonado fucked now that Venezuela is changing government from Chavez initiates to the opposition?

>>30697

Maybe that's what Renault meant when they said the driver lineup was still not locked

>>30697

>>30698

Interesting.

>2m wide again

>wider tires

>lower/wider rear wing, beam wing is back

>bigger diffuser

>1.8m front delta wing

>engine formula tbd

http://www.ams-mag.com/news/2017-f1-car-details-and-pictures-10300454.html

Sure the one-lap pace will benefit but I can't see the races changing much. Pirelli wants to bring back 'the cliff' so there will be even more management. Also there's no way around the fact that the cars are 100kg heavier than in 2004, and if they stick with the hybrids while the cars get 20cm wider that'll just go up.

>>30700

>Pirelli wants to bring back 'the cliff' so there will be even more management.

God. Why can't they have tires that last the whole race?

And while we're at it, and with supposedly more efficient engines, why not give them a bit more fuel and remove management altogether in favour of the balls of the man inside the carbon fibre autism tub.

Still that new look isn't half bad, but I kinda like modern cars as well

>single tire supplier

>development limited

>prescriptive regulations

>hybrid

>heavy

Gay

Returning to 2 meters wide is definitely an improvement.

>>30701

>why not give them a bit more fuel and remove management altogether

you'd have to mandate a minimum fuel load because currently teams aren't even running the full 100kg in the race, which is where the fuel management comes from

>>30700

>Angled rear wing is trying way too hard to look cool

>Massive barge board looks like it was designed by someone who hasn't learnt anything about aero since 1996

>Delta front wing looks like it was designed by someone who hasn't learnt anything about aero since 1983

But at least it has wide tires

>>30706

>Pirelli has thouroughly proved it cannot do the job of providing two pit stops and exciting racing so the rulemakers need to come up with an alternate way of doing this.

Yeah, considering this whole thing came about as a sort of happy accident (Canada 2010) the FIA, with FOM encouragement, are trying to manage the excitement of races by replicating those random events that produced good racing. If we look back at the year, the memorable races had nothing to do with cheese tires or any of the other gimmicks. In fact, come to think of it the ones I remember (Malaysia, GB, Hungary, Singapore, USA) were all from weather or Mercedes dropping the ball.

Honestly I was a staunch defender of the formula at first against the loudest complaints (noise, speed, noses) but it's becoming clear to me that the entire hybrid thing is a bad idea. You can allow open development on chassis/aero and you can have the whole power unit token system, but the cost and logistics associated with doing both is such that only works teams can compete right now. Mercedes and Ferrari are going to outstrip the other teams entirely in 2016 (providing one of them doesn't fuck up), and we're going to look back on having the occasional non-works podium placing as a privilege we're enjoying at the moment.

Heavily preaching the the choir here but I've lost faith that the rulemakers-that-be can fix F1. The entire breakaway series idea is worthy but you'd need some sort of FIA competitor set up and that might be a bridge too far. Maybe Bernie will suddenly fall ill and the whole sport will collapse in on itself. Then we can have FZero or something.

>>30707

>the entire hybrid thing is a bad idea

Hybrid isn't a bad idea per se.

The V8's were a hybrid and no one complained.

The real problem is both turbo V6's, and no engine development allowed in an engine dominated formula.

BLOG

>be me

>had shit laptop for years

>shit laptop was too shit to run photoshop

>used GIMP instead

>get new Cray laptop

>can finally use photoshop

>tfw everything is different, I have no idea how most stuff works, and it takes me twice as long to do anything

>>30708

>Hybrid isn't a bad idea per se.The V8's were a hybrid and no one complained.

Hybrids will inherently increase cost of competition and decrease efficiency of any other given powertrain component as money is spent preferentially on the hybrid system for potential gains in efficiency of the whole system.

A lot of us complained then. It is also inherently a betrayal of what f1 is supposed to be in that it is an illegal second engine in the car, and one that is partially automated.

What grinds my gears the most is that if f1 is deregulated and tires are deregulated, different design directions will be chosen and different tires and tire strategies will be selected and altered to synergize with that. As teams chase returns in multiple categories, components will be pushed to their limit and you will see lockups and variable tire wear, and more unreliability that is tied to performance (as opposed to now when the engine fail regardless of how hard they're being pushed)

>>30710

but cost war

boards unfairly stacked with businessmen, investors, financiers and industrialists are no places to be allowed to decide how much to budget for things

that would be utter madness

>>30710

Contrary to what the spec racing evangelists would tell you, good racing is the product of many changing variables.

>>30711

>but cost war

The peaks of cost came as regulation increased in the Mosley era. Before that the reduction in teams happened because of the 90s recession, not cost of competition.

>>30711

>boards unfairly stacked with businessmen, investors, financiers and industrialists are no places to be allowed to decide how much to budget for things

Do you know how such oligarchy happens? The consolidation that creates that happens as the result of compliance cost (from regulation) and barriers to entry (from regulation).

>>30711

>that would be utter madness

No, it would be how things were for f1 before Mosley.

The cosworth dfv and fva were developed together for 1.6 million pounds in 2013 dollars.

That's fucking nothing.

Of course it would be more now but not the many times exponentially more that the hybrids and restricted development cost.

With restricted development, teams just spend more on fewer things, and teams spend *more* on engine development as they cannot try things out in testing because of limited testing and the token system, so they must extensively dyno test every possible upgrade and decide which one is most worth the limited tokens. More expensive not less.

Additionally, the more all motorsport series are deregulated, the cheaper all motorsport will get due to economies of scale, shared parts, and greater exchange of know how. IMSA Gtp is a great example of this.

>>30717

Nice meme

>>30715

>The cosworth dfv and fva were developed together for 1.6 million pounds in 2013 dollars.

shit that really is nothing. To pay so little for the most dominant racing engine in history. Of course money was spent over the years honing it, but to right out of the box get 485 horsepower from 3 liters in 1967 is fucking bonkers.

Sometimes i forget normal people don't understand even the basics of Formula 1 and sometimes i talk with my friends like if they knew what i mean.

I mean i'm not you guys who are completely experts in all the hot topics but i dominate the basic stuff.

>>30720

I know that feel Mexibro.

>meet someone who likes F1

>they don't know anything about F1

>all they want to do is dickride Ricciardo

I just pretend I don't like F1 now to avoid it.

>>30721

its so fucking awful , you have your problem with Ricciardo but he is at least a race winner, idiots here think perez is the goat and wins races lol.

you gotta see their faces when i explain to then "no, perez is not a race winner… he is not even on a top team"

>>30722

dude 2-seater means 2 people! 2 people means they can press the gas harder dude!!

>>30723

and its only been a week…

>>30726

true true… but he is a champ now! you can celebrate? lol

>inb4 nobody gives a shit cuz is WEC

>>30726

b-but that's a correct use of the word

Power cut out for another day again.

Apparently we are on emergency generators per street or area.

Bridges were closed because further up river a shipping container got picked up by the flood water and hit both of them (one being over 200 years old).

Trains are fucked.

All fun.

>>30729

>tfw live in a first world country

:^)

>>30732

>>“Lewis is a complicated mix of self-confidence and insecurity,”

kek, so true

>rumored amongst the ongoing discussion within the COP21 Summit is to provide a clause for dramatic emissions improvements in motor sports (primarily Formula One) or else face EU litigation

Ahh so that is why Bernie wants less European races

>>30732

Ron Dennis seems quite plausible, I'm not familiar with the Hams but he was brought to F1 through McLaren. Maybe he's still butthurt that lewlew left him after he made him what he's now.

>>30734

tbh I think it's because EU states don't have enough money to pay to host bernie's fun ride but arab oil lords and azn slavemasters do.

>Theodore Racing concern evaluates return to Formula 1

They can join Brabham I guess

>Mercedes GP sues F1 engineer for espionage ahead of move to Ferrari

>Reigning Formula 1 World champion Mercedes on Tuesday confirmed that, reports it is suing a F1 engineer.

>The Bloomberg news agency claimed the engineer Benjamin Hoyle, working for the German marque’s F1 engine facility, took documents and data as he prepared to move to Ferrari.

>Hoyle, who intends to join Ferrari following December, saved a 2015 Hungarian GP race report, engine data and code to decrypt race data, the report said.

So this will be the story that fills the off season

>>30738

>the BESTFANS will be outraged

But what will they call it? Spygate is already taken.

>>30740

Spygate 2: electric boogaloo

Obviously. I wonder what punishment Sky will demand? Crucifixion?

>>30731

Thx bro. Might sift through their dickriding.

>>30732

>good idea to build a substation below flood water level…

That's Fukushima levels of retarded

>>30734

Ahahahahahah un fucking believable. A 1 percent reduction in emissions from shipping would far exceed the complete removal of emissions from f1. Jesus Christ these greenies are retarded. The EU is cancer

>>30737

Wont be the same without the Hong Kong flag and traditional moon runes on the car.

>>30734

No I am so fucking angry. This doesn't even need to be substantiated. We're at the point where something that retarded sounds plausible.

Fucking EU. On a basic level, eliminating structural costs of doing business across member countries makes sense, but all they do is make so many fucking stupid laws.

People are getting slaughtered by terrorists, immigrants who will never integrate and will just live off government subsidy are being brought in by the trainload, even greater preposterous restrictions on firearms are being proposed, and their fucking priority is to pass laws on emissions from motorsport?!??!?

Go to court Bernie, get the lawyers that got you out of the bribery trial to kick their fucking asses.

http://wtf1.co.uk/just-cause-3-f1-easter-egg/

there is an F1 car on Just Cause 3, if any of you is playing it.

>tfw its been 8 days and there isn't a crack for Just Cause 3.

>>30749

Does it sound like a lawnmower?

>>30746

Wow f3 cars are hideous nowadays.

>>30747

They have to do something to pass their time and justify paying the EU deputies (some of them actually against the EU lol) and since not a single country wants to have fair trade rules across europe then they have to resort to pointless shit.

Yeah it's a good idea on paper but it's fucking worthless in real life because every country is a fucking special snowflake and the only point of removing business costs is to build your cars in romania and hire czech immigrants to do shit work. The shittiest work being left to the illegal immigrants.

>>30667

Wow, shit. I had a similar brio.

>>30741

>Sky

Either punishment for "reducing Lewis Hamilton's chances for another title" or "HE'S A GOOD BRITISH ENGINEER BOY HE DINDUNUFFIN."

>>30752

>They have to do something to pass their time and justify paying the EU deputies (some of them actually against the EU lol) and since not a single country wants to have fair trade rules across europe then they have to resort to pointless shit.

It used to be that most legislatures were part time (http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/full-and-part-time-legislatures.aspx) the intention being that legislatures would not be making stupid laws all the time and that legislators would work a second job and actually have to be exposed to the realities of the laws they made.

That's mostly a thing of the past except in rural areas. A shame.

>>30753

My massive brio set is in like 3 boxes locked in the loft.

I had enough to fill the sitting room floor and my dad took apart an old record player to build a train turn around point.

Also power went out again but only for a short while. Should be properly connected now.

>>30762

Maybe it's better in a sacrificial way that todt does stay in the FIA. And permanently ruin motorsport rather than ruin cars more than they have been.

Deadline for the tyre choice for Australia next year is this Friday.

>No testing done

>No idea on the new compounds

It's like they are wanting Williams to fail even harder then they usually do.

BASED VILLLENEUVE

>"I don't know. But after that he was a killer. And Lewis reacted really badly and revealed a very negative side of his character. He showed that he cannot be humble. He has won three world championships but he could not be happy, behaving like a spoiled child who lost his toy. He has not behaved like a great champion," the French-Canadian charged.

http://www.f1today.net/en/news/207399/villeneuve-slams-hamilton-for-late-season-behaviour

>>30775

Pirelli is retarded. Goodyear used to bring multiple compounds and have qualifying tires and the teams chose in practice.

>>30776

People claim villeneuve is a troll, but that's a pretty reasonable comment.

>>30780

I think it might be an FIA thing rather than Pirelli

The rules state the teams must choose and inform the FIA 14 weeks before oversea races and 8 weeks from Europe races. Only 2 weeks before the races do the choices get revealed and I doubt Pirelli needed 14 weeks lead in time to do the old set of tyres for each race. Didn't they change compount in less then a week after Silverstone 2013?

This is just going to make the whole thing a fucking lottery.

>>30781

Sounds like some sort of management thing, probably to arrange the delivery contracts or something (given the longer delay for non EU races) but it's pretty stupid to ask the teams to gamble based on theoretical specs.

At least wait for the end of the pre season testing session, just to let the teams have an idea of what the tires are IRL.

>McLaren-Honda and Jenson Button renew partnership with Santander

>Ron wants to get rid of Jenson despite him being the only thing bringing in any form of sponsorship.

>Sky cutting their budget as well as the Beeb

>Halving the amount of F1 show episodes

>As much content as possible to be shared with Italy and Germany to save money

Sky overspent to a stupid level on the football rights and it is biting them hard.

Expect some of the presenters to go and then the channel to be dissolved and the coverage put on the other sky sports channels.

Midweek Report – 2015 Review

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByCaKkJmUKBXbjJUQkNDQkJHWUE/view

>WARNING: Will Buxton

>>30786

Ron Dennis seriously suggesting that chandon is a more valuable brand to have sponsoring an f1 team than heuer or Johnny walker which have more history and bring more money.

>>30781

If you have to jump through all these hoops, is it even worth it to be a tyre supplier?

Also Michelin seems to have reduced their demand for low profile tires. Low profile tires are retarded, but I'm not convinced that Michelin couldn't do a better job than Pirelli. Honestly I cant see why they don't just open it up so Pirelli, michelin, Goodyear, cooper/avon, and Bridgestone can have a go at it.

Just another variable that could be easily freed up.

>>30789

>Johnny

Johnnie* you'd think an drinker might know that

>>30789

>more history

In f1 I mean.

>>30789

Because a single tyre manufacturer is so much easier to control and gives them that warm feeling they get when they hold all the chess pieces.

Also if anything goes wrong they can put all of the blame on them.

Also casual fans/Crofty would just complain that their favourite driver/Lewis didn't win because the other team had tyres from another manufacturer which they were partnered with which are clearly superior.

They would never shut up about it and would always say that if the two teams had equal tyres that their driver would be the clear champion.

Every comment would always be how those championships were unfairly won and they would stay up late to edit wiki pages with * next to the 'fake' championships.

They don't see the parallels with the current engines. They want a clear advantage for their drivers team and then everything equal behind so they can autistically rank everyone and put them in "the correct order" but with their driver at the top in his 'rightful and hard earned place'.

>>30792

>They don't see the parallels with the current engines. They want a clear advantage for their drivers team and then everything equal behind so they can autistically rank everyone and put them in "the correct order" but with their driver at the top in his 'rightful and hard earned place'.

You're right. The casuals are going to be retarded no matter what. That said, tires are tires, for years goodyears and michelins and sometimes dunlops and pirellis went up against each other. There weren't huge differences except that when Michelin started fielding radial tires (late 70s) those had a pretty good boost in average life. Of course it took little time for the others to catch up. Pirelli were just kind of retarded most of the time and made cheaper tires for teams that couldn't get the others (still a better result than those teams not racing) eventually they got their tires to be good in high heat (1982 France, 1989 Hungary, 1990 us gp) and when they partnered with Benetton, the 1991 pirellis usually lasted longer so the benettons had more flexibility in race strategy.

Barring Mosley era retardation (2005 Bridgestone controversy) tires have mostly been a behind the scenes thing that worked well enough.

>>30793

Maybe it is because it is nearly midnight but why do the teams have to pay Pirelli for tyres when Pirelli has an exclusive contract with F1?

That does not make sense. The teams can't compete without tyres but they can only use Pirelli's.

Surely the right to be exclusive and the amount of money they paid means they can not charge for tyres. Does this not break some EU law?

>>30788

God damn Buxton is a cocksucker

>goes on a reddit style rant about Red Bull / Renault saga

>"how Red Bull acted wasn't sporting"

Newsflash fuccboi, they're an energy drink manufacturer, not a racing team.

They're spending 400 million dollars a year because they want to make their brand look top tier, not meme bad.

How about you go spend nearly half a billion BuxtonBucks a year, only to be let down by an engine manufacturer that showed up in 2015 with an engine EVEN WORSE than their 2014 engine, and see how "sporting" you are.

Then he goes on to criticize Horner for blaming Renault for their "85% of their 2015 problems", while not giving Renaut enough credit for their world championships.

Yeah, because an engine in the previous aero dominated formula, was just as crucial to success as they are in the current engine dominated formula…

>>30795

no, you're totally right. It's an anti competitive action for sure. The EU has more important things to do like regulating emissions in motorsport ;)

>>30796

I don't actually think she's so great looking but that eye makeup ads so much intensity

>>30797

maybe buxton is a cocksucker at heart and he's trying to hide it by going after jenny gow.

>>30788

van doors coming pre-loaded with mclaren best of moment

>it's that thing where we pretend we enjoy everyone making a joke out of us

doesn't work in politics, doesn't work at a dinner party, doesn't work here

>>30797

>don't eat too much turkey at christmas

>turkey

>not coal and gruel

he's been away from england too long

>>30798

>maybe buxton is a cocksucker at heart and he's trying to hide it by going after jenny gow.

did you just imply that Jenny Gow has a dick?

>>30801

>>30802

She has been in hospital for the pass few days…..

For stomach ulcers.

>>30801

No I was trying to say that she's a beard to him because he's closeted.

Whatever floats your boat though

>>30809

(note the internet points)

>>30809

Ew. "dont understand, must upboat"

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/12/10/judge-denies-temporary-restraining-order-on-national-corvette-museum-motorsport-park/

Every small victory counts. Fucking not in my backyard types.

>he story comes from some Ron Dennis quotes that have been extrapolated to a crazy extent by a website that has a habit of making huge guesses and then forgetting the guesses that don’t work out. We could all do this, but what’s the point? People eventually work out that it is all guesswork and they then trust the source less and ultimately they don’t bother to visit anymore, no matter how thrilling the headline may sound. So why would a website owner waste all that effort? Why not try to do the job properly and get off one’s backside and go to some races and try to become a credible F1 source, rather than a bottom-feeder? Of course it’s hard to do it, which is why only the best make it.

Saward getting salty about thejudge13

>http://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/trulli-set-to-exit-formula-e-jaguar-tipped-for-season-three-entry/

RIP Trulli

>>30813

>>As Dara Nasr, managing director of Twitter UK, said … "Yes, F1 is pretty much alone as a sport.

Don't forget

>"When people are watching F1, more than 80 percent of them are tweeting about it."

8 0

0

LMAO, did she even say that with a straight face?

>>30816

The closest you can get it to work is if she meant 80% of F1 fans with a twitter account tweet about the race during the race.

>>30817

>Being a mod

>On reddit

>For free

What a horrible life these people must live.

>>30820

I think at this point he hates Kimi more than he likes Ricciardo

>>30821

Probably faps to the idea of Ricciardo having Kimi's seat and beating Vettel.

Kimi kills the fantasy, so he hates him.

>>30820

Ahahahahha. It's rare that I find myself laughing aloud.

>>30824

Holy fuck, they're even bigger losers than I thought they were.

>>30824

>wagbro is undercover on leddit

gentleman and a scholar

>cue "deep cover (187)"

>Casually browsing news articles on the BBC at 2:30am because sleep fucked

>'New Zealand flag referendum draws to close'

>Scrolled down and saw the video

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35059898

Also has no one told them that all the designs look like utter shit?

>>30824

Can one of us post this image on /r/formula1? Pls i want to destroy it.

>>30828

I'm all for the new flag, but they do look fucking terrible.

Apparently that triangle one was added latter because it really population.

>wtf it's the worst imo

>>30830

First post, story checks out

>>30833

and I figured it'd be that same aussie poster :D.

g'day moite, why do you hate the right so much? Just asking, not trying to start a political debate or anything.

>>30834

Because it one thing being right, and its another being a fucking /pol/tard

>>30835

but i'm not a /pol/ack. I hate the hugbox.

>>30834

This:

>>30835

/pol/tards and SJW's are two sides of the same coin.

You know how annoying you find SJW bullshit?

That's the same reaction normal people have about /pol/tards

OT

>be me

>turn on cricket

>Australia 4/583 declared

>West Indies 5/100

kek

>>30837

Like I said, I'm not a /pol/tard. I started out on the old /pol/ but they didn't have the same values as you are proclaiming. I discarded 8/pol/ a while ago yet I am still on the right, but that is beyond my point.

What I am asking you is, why do you hate the right? You think I am new but I have been coming here during the entire 2015 season and the last of '14. I'm just wondering why you hate people on the right so much. Are you an extreme leftist or just someone who hates politics in general? That's all I am wondering.

>>30839

I could ask questions about yourself. Are you ant-semitic? Are you a hitler worshipper? Are you some race-eugenisist?

Even if you arent a poltard, that doesn't somehow disqualify you from being a bigoted asshole.

>>30839

I don't "hate the right", I disagree with them.

I hate tards, be they /pol/tards are just regular tards, who have to add their politics into everything, regardless of what side they're on.

The worst thing about right tards, is they don't even realize they have their own hugbox.

At least the SJWs are honest about that.

Example:

>bitch about the "liberal media"

>consider Fox News and Breitbart to be "real journalists who tell the truth"

>>30840

>Are you ant-semitic?

I am against the Jews who are in control of the media and banking system (just because they are Jewish). Am I against all Jews in general? Nope.

>Are you a hitler worshipper?

No, but I don't think National Socialism in a Nazi context is as evil as most people make it seem.

>Are you some race-eugenisist?

No.

>Even if you arent a poltard, that doesn't somehow disqualify you from being a bigoted asshole.

That comment alone is so far left that it makes me think you are b8ing, I hope you are for the sake of this board.

>>30841

I know 8/pol/ is a hugbox. The mods there ban you for anything that is against them. That doesn't make me some stormfag simply because I have right-leaning values. I'm not some neo-nazi skinhead edgy teen faggot or something.

>>30842

>No, but I don't think National Socialism in a Nazi context is a

I meant *isn't here

>>30842

You don't seem to understand how this has nothing to do with your values.

When have you ever seen people go on random lefttard rants on this board? Fucking never

>inb4 hurr hurr this one time

Yet righttard shit gets posted all the time.

We tell those people to fuck off.

If a lefttard came here and told us about our privilege and complained about gridgrills being sexist, we'd tell them to fuck off too.

>>3084

>When have you ever seen people go on random lefttard rants on this board? Fucking never

Wrong. It's almost always some Aussie faggot going against someone for claiming a right value. It's probably you. I'm not retarded, I know there's only a handful of people coming here, you are one of them. I just want to know why you hate people on the right.

>>30846

You'll have to call my attention to it when it happens. I barely see it. The most liberal/left thing i see on this board is the occasional championing of socialism. But thats an economic issue in itself and doesnt have obvious implications on social policy/ideology.

>>30846

>against someone for claiming a right value

It has nothing to do with your values, it has to do with you bringing them up, and no one giving a shit about them.

Even by your own example, left values only get brought up when righttards start their shit.

>>30848

It's like when I bring up rimming and ladyboys.

You cunts don't like it, and tell me to fuck off.

The difference is, I don't act like victim being persecuted for bringing up my values.

I just accept that people don't want to hear them.

>I don't care, but I understand

>>30848

If you want to bring it to that level, then yes, you are right. I'm not talking about when people specifically say "I like this because I am right-leaning", I just mean F1 related topics that may or may not contain political content. You seem to side with the left, I think that is interesting, I want to hear your perspective on it without a load of rhetoric.

anyways, post new Hannah pics

protip: you can't

who on the teams are unionized? hospitality chicas? mechanics? those dudes who wash the wheels with a hose?

is that why F1 is so expensive

>297 posts

>make post

>doesn't show

How does it know to fuck up now?

>technology is amazing

>tfw Hannah wont show up once during the 2016 season

It won't happen. There has to be some God out there that wont allow it.