/f1/ - Formula One

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/massa-expects-to-be-in-demand-in-17_sto5055973/story.shtml

>massa thinks he can pull a regazzoni. Doesn't realize that regazzoni was both likable and actually good

>>32204

He's going to end up like Barrichello.

The stages of Brazillian bitchboyitis

>never win the championship because you're a no.2 bitch

>get old and be unwilling to let it go and admit your career is over

>publicly resent the no.1 driver who cucked you for years

>>32205

Don't know but I'll think about it.

>plebbit is having Bob Varsha do an AMA

who do you think we could get in here? oh84s?

>sorry the AMA is cancelled, posting broke again

>>32213

You are just going to keep posting that to annoy me.

It was like one time.

Is this the modelling equivalent of getting pissed and having a one night stand with a fat girl?

>>32210

Could you show an onboard lap so I can get more of an idea of how the physics are on that game?

>>32215

nvm this, i'll just youtube it

>>32217

WHO THE FUCK BRINGS THE FRYING PAN TO THE TABLE?!?!?

>>32217

Also:

>Abercombie shirt

That's only one level above Tapout

Last two times I took a shit there was a heap of blood. Just took a shit and there was no blood. TFW maybe I'm not going to die after all

>>32214

>Is this the modelling equivalent of getting pissed and having a one night stand with a fat girl?

just like how a trade is non taxable as it is an exchange of equally valued items, fucking a fat chick makes you worthless.

>>32217

wont the pan burn the table?

>>32219

>>32222

It's on a trivet like the bowl

I think he did the cooking for Mikaela hence the 'I love U' on her plate.

>>32223

>cook dinner for girlfriend

>"hmmm what do girls like to eat… oh I know, steak"

>Rest Day coverage

they found something more boring than quads

also

>Peterhansel is going to get era penal

>Sainz will inevitably break down and break his foot kicking his car basil-fawlty style

al attiyah wins lol

>>32229

>Sainz will inevitably break down and break his foot kicking his car basil-fawlty style

>kicking his car

>not throwing his helmet through the window

>>32229

>al attiyah wins lol

I have never before seen a driver so bad constantly be the beneficiary of the misfortune of others.

>>32231

when you go against Peugeot you can expect some freebies

so what happens when the toro rosso is faster than the red bull this year? besides kvyat losing his job

>>32233

James Key to RBR

Newey to boats

actually kvyat is going to lose his job no matter what lol

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/334496/toto-wolff-susie-was-good-enough-for-f1/

>Toto Wolff: Susie was good enough for F1

>Toto Wolff has described wife Susie not reaching the Formula 1 grid as "a missed opportunity" for the sport, insisting that she was quick enough to compete in the top echelon.

>Wolff, 33, spent three seasons as a development/test driver at Williams, taking part in four practice sessions, before announcing her retirement from motorsport at the end of last year.

>In an interview with the German-language newspaper Tiroler Tageszeitung, Mercedes motorsport boss Toto explained: "As a husband, I'm sorry that she did not get the chance.

>"I'm convinced that, even with the lack of mileage, she would have been good enough for the midfield.

"good enough for the midfield"

kek, high praise there

>"In any case, as part of the Formula 1 paddock, I would have liked to see a woman behind the wheel, because the media would surely have picked it up, even media that have nothing to do with motorsport."

>Summing up, Wolff commented: "This was a missed opportunity."

>Susie recently confirmed that she is setting up an initiative aimed at increasing the number of females involved in motorsport, with the scheme to be launched at this week's Autosport Show.

>>32236

because she did so well in DTM

>>32235

actually tricky is probably more at risk from Verstappen atm. especially if he has another season like last year.

>>32238

seems to me if they got to the point of firing ardo they'd just dump them both buemguesuari-style

>>32240

>What's new for 2016?

Substantially nothing

>>32240

>What happened to redbull?

Renault engines badged by tag heuer upgraded by Mario illien

>>32240

>Renault?

They bought lotus and installed abiteboul and other retards

>>32243

last spin I read he was saying matshits had a handshake agreement with elderly fan but got cockblocked after the fact by toto and by then they were screwed

>>32243

>rare flag

proxy? vacation?

>>32242

I mean none of these vehicles have anything to do with their roadgoing counterparts. This is like euro nascar and they dont hold it in the land of the sand people anymore.

>>32245

Proxy.

I was playing japanese MMOs

>>32246

cool.

>>32248

nice shop

>>32250

>fia styling the cars

>fia designing the cars

ick

>>32250

I'm pretty sure that is the one they discovered was done by a trans poster.

Also

>PC has got to the point where it won't even start up to let me buy parts for new one.

>The previous time it crashed when I was saving WAG pictures

That is one step too fucking far.

One thing I wanted to ask was that I have quite a decent amount of memory (Spare 1Tb hard drive and a 2Tb external hard drive). Would it not be a better option to get a cheaper hard drive and get an SSD to boot from?

>>32252

Actually you know what fuck it I'll just have the extra memory as well.

The budgets has been a bit fucked but oh well

>>32252

>Would it not be a better option to get a cheaper hard drive and get an SSD to boot from?

I would.

Get a 250gb SSD as an OS/working drive (pretty cheap now because they're being dumped due to next gen 3D NAND SSD's on the way), and a mechanical drive for storage.

>>32252

>trans poster.

does that mean someone who is an attention whore in accordance with GOTIS (girl on the internet syndrome) who also is a queer with a penis, or someone who posts in both places.

>>32252

>Would it not be a better option to get a cheaper hard drive and get an SSD to boot from?

You can but I wouldn't. Saves you from having to segregate your shit. Also my confidence in SSDs has been shaken after the sandforce controller debacle (wouldnt wake up from sleep)

your choice.

>>32255

the first sentence needs a question mark.

Also the speed advantage that an ssd provides I have found is not so immense. true, if you have tons of processes going at one time and thus non sequential read/writes, you could see some benefit.

SSD or no, make sure you disable the paging file or limit it to 800 mb, that will kill an ssd, or just make your shit slow because windows has some obsession with using paging file instead of ram.

>>32255

former amazingly

>>32257

wow, I thought I was being ridiculous when I re read my post.

>>32256

>SSD or no

You're a fucking idiot if you don't put an SSD in a new PC.

The performance increase offered in day to day tasks by an SSD is very noticeable.

On a powerful modern PC, if you're waiting for it, chances are you're waiting on the mechanic HDD.

>>32259

>You're a fucking idiot if you don't put an SSD in a new PC.

thanks.

>Gets to the payment & confirmation screen and the website freezes up after I have entered details

oh for fuck sake

>>32262

I feel you. Once one of those spazzed because I use noscript and I had to carefully look through all the cross site scripting instances and find the one that actually passed the data to the card processor.

Seriously though, the difference I've seen SSD's make to so many shit PC's is amazing.

>My old laptop would take 2 minutes to boot, 20 seconds to open Chrome, etc. After I put an SSD in it, 20 second boots, Chrome opened instantly.

>My mums PC, slow as fuck, Win10 HDD graph pegged at 100% most of the time you tried to do anything on it. Put an SSD in it, under 10% most of the time you use, everything loads instantly.

>My media center PC. Channel changes used to take ages. Moved the live cache on to the SSD, instant channel changes.

Like I said, as long as your computer isn't a piece of shit, if you're waiting for it to do anything, you're waiting on a mechanic HDD.

>>32264

And I can see benefits on older pcs or pcs that are not optimized or well maintained, but at the same time I have built pcs for friends and customers both ways.

Generally, with a user who knows how to change how many processes start at boot and what drivers are barebones vs those that are really just a means of getting you to install bloatware, the advantage of mid market ssd versus a good 7200rpm drive with a large cache or a 10000rpm drive is not as vast as people generally make it out to be.

>One or more items in your basket has insufficient stock to complete your order. To reduce your delivery costs, we will only ship your order when everything is in stock.

>tfw it's going to be like christmas

>>32263

>Got through but this time it failed at the official 'connect-with-bank' stage

>Kept failing

>I'm going to have to use paypal

I hope you enjoy your secret bond lair on the moon Elon

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/12095985/Kevin-Magnussen-in-talks-to-drive-for-new-look-Renault-team-and-could-replace-Pastor-Maldonado-next-season.html

>Kevin Magnussen in talks to drive for new-look Renault team - and could replace Pastor Maldonado

This could be some quality drama

http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/de-villiers-hits-out-at-stage-suspension-heat-was-no-problem-667452/

>"It was a hot stage, but we have air conditioning, so it's no problem," he continued. "We prepared for these conditions."

because everyone out there has AC on their bike/open buggy/quad or just outside all day being staff/security

>>32273

Speaking of aircon, I decided to take the risk and call the aircon guy for my car.

Hopefully it will just need gas.

But I fear he'll have a cry about the dryer needing to be replaces, and I worry about the condenser leaking after I whacked it.

>>32274

the other thing with the kits, if you know your vehicle (because you've been fixing it forever) you probably know the standardized sizes they used for nailing down literally everything so you end up dragging a zillion useless things up there with you instead of just a 10 a 12 and a 14 (or w/e) I have just two T-handles that I used to do my entire bike with for years when I had a bike

also you need a torque wrench, which isn't in there, and maybe your favorite channel locks or needle nose or something, which isn't in there, and your vacuum hand pump because the hippies made them hook everything to 9000miles of vacuum line, etc. etc. and you end up dragging an extra tray of stuff up anyway

>piecemeal master race

>>32277

>also you need a torque wrench

>need

Nothing wrong with finger tight :^)

But yeah, I do plan to buy a heap of other shit (I do have some stuff), this is just to cover the basics if I have an emergency for the time being.

>>32270

If the contracts were with the previous genii ownership are they still valid? Feel like "le cost cutter" will handle this better than Monisha. They've probably already done an analysis of what Pastor costs the team through underperformance vs. another more competent driver such as K-Mag.

>>32280

No idea about the previous contracts. I guess it would depend if they bought the company, or bought the assets.

The political situation in Venezuela is probably the bigger issue for Pastor.

>>32280

they can probably deal pastor loose despite any previous agreements anyway because the govt there has changed and pdvsa is way down due to cheap oil so they'll be up for it

>>32282

It's probably less the political situation than simply not having enough petroshekels. Not saying that PDVSA is bankrupt but his sponsorship seems like the kinda thing that will go on come hell or high water until there's simply no money left.

speaking of tools

>my dad unloaded his old air compressor on me

finally, air tools! BBZZZZZZZZZRRRRRRRRRRRRRFFFFFFtt

>realize modern cars are too tightly packaged to be able to use them for most things

>more hassle to set it all up than to just grab a ratchet

>only thing on my van with lots of fasteners together is held with a bunch of screws, easier to just take it apart with cordless screwdriver

it would have been great for taking the 37 bolts of my valve cover off on that old air-cooled engine but otherwise

>>32288

>f1 car launch

too early

>driver announcement

already decided

>sponsor announcement

too much of a hype page

LMP1 challenger maybe?

>inb4 it's Formula E instead

>>32291

>>f1 car launch

>too early

>>driver announcement

>already decided

>>sponsor announcement

>too much of a hype page

IKR

It's very unusual.

>Blog

I'm going to miss living in a house where the power meter doesn't work properly

>power bill $100 per quarter

>aircon on with the windows open

>>32292

>>32291

it's a special apparel sale 70% off

>>32295

That honesty wouldn't surprise me.

>>32288

I wonder if it's a livery reveal.

They have a tyre test at Paul Ricard on January 25/26.

It will be the old cars, but it photos of the event are being made public they would want it to reflect their 2016 sponsors.

>http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2016/1/ferrari--red-bull-and-mclaren-to-attend-pirelli-wet-tyre-test.html

>>32270

Rumor was that Saxo bank will return as title sponsor if magnussen is signed.

>>32274

wow that's infuriating.

>>32282

you are legally required to buy the whole company in order to transfer the FIA entry. Unless the contracts have a change of managment clause, i doubt that renault can break the contracts without mutually agreed terms.

>>32289

>old air-cooled engine but otherwise

vw type 2? corvan?

>>32298

>vw type 2? corvan?

it was a bike. shim under bucket valve adjustment which went out of range ludicrously fast because [idk lel kawasaki quality]. it was

>gas tank off

>pull all those valve cover bolts (a LOT and differing lengths)

>pull cover destroying very intricate $20 non-reusable paper gasket

>check all eight with feeler gauge (turning crank with wrench, which means the pulse plate and all the side ignition timing shit has to come off), probably five of them are out

>mark the cam sprockets position on the chain because they need to be unbolted and rolled out of the way (this also means the cam tensioner comes out)

>move the lifter

>try to grab hold of the tiny top edge of the perfectly smooth bucket with something non-marring and pull it out against the suction

>pull the shim which was a pellet the size of a smarties candy (try not to drop it down in there)

>measure it with the micrometer and do the math to figure out what size shim is needed for that one now

>check stash of used shims for that size (never)

>repeat for the other out ones

>drive to dealership to buy shims at $6 a pop (hope you have another vehicle around for this) and a gasket (hope they still stock it because you don't want to even contemplate making one by hand)

>reassemble everything (try not to lose those cam markings)

every 3000 miles or so

I made sure my next bike had a reusable gasket and screw valve lash adjusters but then

>16 of them all tiny and packed in

>fuck this I'll just buy a car

>>32276

wew

Got away with just a regas.

>Bank anti fraud measure called because of buying parts

>Robot voice went at a billion miles an hour while I was still half asleep

>Missed the code it wanted me to write down

>Call back

>Get put through to super jolly Irishman

>Sorts it out in 5 minutes while cleary backpassing levels of security

>They hadn't actually declined they just put me on some kind of high alert

Thanks Ireland. I'll send a potato in the mail.

>>32302

Why is it such a meme series?

>>32286

Apparently PDVSA are late with payments

>BBC rebooting Robot Wars

FUCK YES

>>32302

>>32303

>a month later: Berlin

they should have picked nuremberg

>>32308

>possibly acceptable due to them being in California

yeah that just looks like california food

you have to go out of your way in california to get food that does not look like that

I think they might have a ban on snails too, they are always banning some stupid food in that stupid fucking state, like caesar salad was illegal for a time

oh I'm thinking of foie gras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_foie_gras_law

but probably a law for snail welfare too

>>32309

>>32310

Aha, all has been explained:

>That included a trip to Southern California Monday to meet with team owner Gene Haas, who took the Mexican driver to lunch at fast food taco restaurant Rubio’s.

>But that lunch location wasn’t because Gutierrez is Mexican; actually,the billionaire businessman just loves Rubio’s.

>“I knew what was coming,” team principal Guenther Steiner said with a chuckle. “It’s normal with Gene when I’m out there, (lunch is at) this place, Rubio’s.”

Also,

>For example: Is there any downside to racing in F1?

>“It’s hard to have a girlfriend,” he said with a laugh. “It’s hard to keep a girlfriend happy because of traveling all the time. That’s the only downside you could say, which is not too bad.”

Does Steve know that feel when no girlfriend?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/motor/formula1/2016/01/12/esteban-gutierrez-haas-f1/78696920/

>>32311

i like how they say

>California

and

>Southern California

and not

>Oxnard

because Oxnard is a fucking shithole

>>32311

He broke up with Paola Ruiz a while ago.

>>32301

Britbro: Social engineering mastermind

>>32310

Land of the free

>>32313

Sad face

I know this is sort of irrelevant, but im so sick and tired of all this Kmag hype that reddit has been shitting everywhere; they're acting like hes the second coming of christ. I really hope he gets a seat solely to seem him get outpaced by palmer the whole season.

>>32315

agreed.

I fail to see what is so special. They also ritually drink the cum of Vergne which makes even less sense as he was consistently shown to be slower than ricciardo, if more lucky in mechanical retirements.

I do have sympathies for drivers that would have gotten seats at teams lower down in the order were this years ago.

back when we had at least 30 cars taking the start (not including prequalifiers or all the cars that made the 107% percent) there would be second chances for these drivers and a more fluid drivers market.

>>32302

I have no idea how long that pit lane is but it looks long as fuck. I bet it takes well over a minute.

>>32322

The pitlane looks like it's about 550m, and the whole track looks somewhere about 1.99km in length.

>>32325

that reminds me. When Jan Lammers raced in dutch domestic series, one of his sponsors was a local whore house. The proprietor often offered to pay in services versus cash. Lammers claims that the whores were fascinated with him as it was the only time they had seen someone take money out of that place – usually people lost it there.

The deal with Mumm and F1 has ended.

Apparently Chandon will provide the champagne now.

>Sutil suing Sauber for $3.5Million

Awwww yeah more Sauber arrests to kickstart the season

>>32330

is that a step up or a step down

>>32332

I'm not sure.

It would be quite funny in the podium interview if one of the driver just said the champagne was shit.

I imagine they don't give them the good stuff anyway given they just spray it everywhere.

>>32333

I can't even tell which one is more expensive because they have a bunch of product lines

mumm has some stuff made in california which is cheap enough I might have had it and forgotten

speaking of which, that was among one of my "watching F1 with people who don't" moments

watch with friend's dad

>hey look at that carbon brake disc

watch with friend's wife

>wow what a nice pace car

watch with drinking buddy

>look at that magnum they are wasting

watch with girl

>who is pirelli

Someone was asking for a complete list of SuperLicense points

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/01/14/316-drivers-from-43-countries-have-f1-superlicence-points/#comment-3124142

>>32336

>linking the comments section

>of F1Fanatic

:^)

>>32336

Conspiracy theory: They sure are trying to make WEC and Indy look like F1 feeder series'

>>32337

I usually click on the comment thing first for a laugh.

Also when I'm at work I do it so that I don't get the giant splash image at the top of the article on screen

And anyway the first comments are telling you it is wrong anyway.

>>32338

This actually got me curious. Does there have to be a formal agreement between the series and the FIA?

Like did the FIA contact IndyCar and say they were going to include them in the rankings?

>Alan Rickman has died

WHAT THE FUCK

>>32339

> Does there have to be a formal agreement between the series and the FIA?

They maybe have contacted them as a courtesy, but I can't imagine any legal reason why there would have to be an agreement.

>no I'm not a lawyer, but I'm still a better lawyer than Monisha

blog

>be me

>car issue

>idle drops or stalls when I clutch in

>removed half the intake manifold yesterday to clean ICV

>still fucked

>been on the road all day

>another 900km

>no time to fix it

>finally got a chance to look at it at 11pm

>find a fucked vac line on the FPR

>no spare vac line

>all the shops are closed

>can't ask my housemate if I can steal some off his parts car, because he's asleep

>>32340

it comes in threes, right? does lemmy count as the first then?

>>32344

I would say Wendlinger was the 3rd

consider your hamildubs checked btw

>>32346

>Wendlinger

But…. he's not dead yet…

>>32343

Also a celebrity dies after Aaron Ramsey scores for Arsenal.

>>32347

I suppose in f1/motorsport it comes in twos?

>Gilles Villeneuve and Paletti

>Ratzenberger and Senna

>Jules Bianchi and Justin Wilson

>>32331

That took a while

>>32349

Usually it happens but only if you count crippling accidents/potatoes

Villeneuve, pironi, paletti

Wendlinger, ratzenberger, senna

Schumacher, Bianchi, Wilson

Peterson, brambilla, Gunnar Nilsson

Manfred winkelhock, elio de angelis, marc surer.

>>32347

>video of wendlinger going about life and tractor stalking him hungrily in background

>>32351

Williamson, De Adamich, Cevert

Von trips, Rodriguez, Hocking

Siffert, rindt, courage

Who is the best jewish driver in /f1/ and why is it Jo Bonnier :^)

>>32342

>shops open

>bought new vac line

>installed

>idle is fine now

>no more stall

wew

Was worried I would have to spend $$$ on a new idle control valve

>>32357

>>32360

I'm happy for you.

>tfw own British Leyland product

>tfw vacuum lines seem to be designed to fail

>carb and distributor are all tied into impossibly complex nest of vacuum lines that control spark advance

One day I'm going to make a checklist of everything that needs to be dicked with and redo the whole engine bay.

>Clock in the dining room has started going in reverse for no reason

Spooky shit about to go down here.

>>32365

how does that even happen? did the magnets in the motor reverse polarity?

>>32362

no photo :(

>>32357

>there are more Jewish Grand Prix winners than swedish

>this despite one swedish gp winner being a jew

probably didnt help that 2 of the best swedish drivers died within a year of each other.

>>32366

I'm guessing it was that. Do electric motors just randomly reverse polarity like that?

>>32375

I've never actually seen it happen but I suppose that if there was a large magnetic impulse near it, it could potentially happen. Like an appliance (big one, airconditioner or washing machine or something) turned on and suddenly drew a lot of current.

>>32375

badass webm it

>renault raided for emissions

welp

In case anyone is bored and wants to watch some motor racing. Copied from a german on cuckchan

The coverage of the 24h of Dubai started a few minutes ago.

Stream:

http://www.24hseries.com/live/live-broadcast

Timing:

http://www.24hseries.com/live/live-timing

Entry List:

http://www.24hseries.com/live/entry-list

News:

http://sportscar365.com/category/gt/24hseries/

http://www.dailysportscar.com/category/24h-12h-race-reports

>SLS fastest in FP1

>Corvette fastest in FP2

>Audi quickest in Quali

>AMG GT quickest in warmup

Among the A6 class (basically GT3 with custom BoP) you can find a RS01 with french GT3 homologation, a Porsche 911 GT America from last years IMSA GTD regulation and a Huracan Trofeo from the Lamborghini Cup Series

The A6 class has special regulations where it is subdivided into two different classes (Pro and Am). The differences are quite big and explained in detail in the event regulations starting on page 88 of this pdf (http://www.creventic.com/uploads/files/24hseries/regulations_2016/Sporting_and_Technical_regs_24HSERIES_2016_version_6%20November_2015_APPROVED.pdf). I am sure the rules will also be explained on the live stream by the radio le mans team later on.

>#227 Speedworks Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage GT4

>Devon Modell

oh shit I think I downloaded her pussy pics over limewire

tfw scroll down to alex tagliani before I recognize a single name

>Corvette in overall P6

there's a KTM x-bow out there

integra, civic type R

mazda 3 with a v8 stuffed in it

lotus evora

mini s

bmw 1 series

>>32388

>mazda 3 with a v8 stuffed in it

Hope it's still front wheel drive

>>32389

looks like it's just a mazda body on a standard MARC car

http://www.marccars.com/?page_id=37

also it's listed as NotStr

>>32390

I'll never understand the point of a making a spaceframe car into a replica of a production car.

Why not put a proper purposeful racing body on it, instead of pretending it's a Focus.

>>32391

are you telling me foci don't come in 5.0L v8?

>trying to find similarities between endurance racing and divegrass goaltending

"uh, that one american asshole looks a bit like vin diesel… and he was in a movie with cars"

>>32394

Our Proposal

by T. Manufacturers, Esq.

We propose everything stays the same but we will charge slightly less for the power units.

All the best,

We Have Everyone By the Balls

The 24 Hours of Code 60

>>32398

isn't harper's bazaar a magazine for housewives

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35323338

>F1: Refuelling is back on agenda for chiefs

Can someone just take the helm and steer instead of just having the ship run in circles out of control?

>>32392

You can actually do this. There are kits to wedge a 351 Cleveland (at least one person has done it with a 5 liter coyote) into the car and make it rear drive.

For whatever reason ford put a driveline tunnel in the car.

http://www.kugelkomponents.com/focus/focusv8.php

>>32392

You can actually do this. There are kits to wedge a 351 Cleveland (at least one person has done it with a 5 liter coyote) into the car and make it rear drive.

For whatever reason ford put a driveline tunnel in the car.

http://www.kugelkomponents.com/focus/focusv8.php

Flood detected

>>32405

>>32406

>For whatever reason ford put a driveline tunnel in the car.

well there is an AWD version for WRC

>>32408

hurr WRC is a Fiesta

I am asleep

I think they have a Focus in something else tho like rallycross or one of those stupid stadium series

Sutil's legal dispute against Sauber upheld by Zurich court

>The current case relates to unpaid monies from the 2014 season, and involves well over $3.5m.

>There is also separate action in progress against Sauber involving the fact that Sutil did not race in 2015.

>In its submissions, Sauber argued that Sutil had underperformed and had been critical of the team, and also claimed that he had promised to help find $40m of sponsorship.

>However, the judge took Sutil's side, and has allowed the case to proceed.

happening status: IT BEGINS

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/sutil-s-legal-dispute-against-sauber-upheld-by-zurich-court-668031/

what happened to the 333 corvette?

>was shoveling snow

was sabine schmidt already announced for neo-Top Gear? because this kid just outed her in his interview

>>32415

No one outside of Chris Evans has been announced

>>32416

well that driver was just explaining his daytona situation and how it changed because sabine was called away to film TG

>>32417

hmm

Might have just been for a section. They haven't been clear on whether they are going to have 3 main presenters or really anything about the format.

Frankly I don't give a fuck anymore.

It'll probably be shit.

New Top Gear will probably be shit but hyped.

But rebooted Robot Wars will be godly (It'll probably be shit but don't ruin my dreams)

>>32418

why would she cancel daytona for a minor piece? daytona is a pretty big deal for someone in her range

>In December 2015 The Daily Telegraph reported that Schmitz had been selected as a presenter on the revamped Top Gear. The report has not yet been confirmed by the BBC.[6]

telegraph actually right about anything

>>32419

Top gear will pay a lot but you are right.

As they probably won't want to reuse the same format she will probably feature quite a lot but not in the same role as Chris or something like that.

As far as I'm aware it will basically be the Chris Evans car show.

>>32412

Andrea Sassetti, Ernesto Vita, and Monisha should start a one make racing series where they compete to run the shittiest team possible with identical resources.

I think Kolles isn't actually that terrible, it has more to do with him only getting to run teams once they are in the shitter versus him putting them in the shitter.

Recall that Caterham moved forwards more in the month or so of Kolles than it did in years under Fernandes and Abiteboul.

Also Kolles got force india to where it is today (he got them the technical partnership with mercedes that brought them up the grid from last in the spyker days)

Kolles scouted Sutil and Albers and signed the deal to get ricciardo for HRT.

>>32421

>it is rumored that chris evans is a shit driver and crashed a jaguar loaner during a screentest

>>32423

oh he sort of stuck his neck out for lotterer.

I haven't been watching due to work but just found out that they can do BOP changes during a race.

Imagine the shitshow if they did that in F1.

>>32409

Fiesta WRCs have only been a thing since 2011 IIRC, used to be the Focus in WRC

ayyy 24 Hour of Daytona when?

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a13607/lewis-hamilton-0216/

"I just watched The Martian. I really want to go to Mars." -Lewis Hamilton

someone call Elon Musk, lets make this happen

>>32432

Well to be fair he hasn't got much choice in the matter. Mars One is a one way trip (That will never happen)

>>32445

DTM ;^)

>>32447

>replace with Super GT cars

i don't see a problem

>>32451

that's not a terrible idea.

>>32455

>filename :)

>>32473

On the plus side, I did get revenge on our landlord

>stole a brand new microwave that was stored at the house

>somehow a cane toad made it in to the downstairs bathroom. I shut the door and left it there for him

He's a nice guy, and I genuinely like him, but he was a real dick about the house.

>he lived there with no lease or real estate for 5+ years

>did whatever he wanted with the house, and completely fucked it with mistreatment

>he moves in to a new place, because his wife wants more room for her horses and shit

>we moved in to his old place as a subtenant so he would still have somewhere to park his truck/trailer

>within 3 months he gets booted out of his new place, because it actually has a real estate, and he can't deal with simple rules

>he makes up a bullshit story about how the owner of the house is mad about the condition it's in (because he spent 5+ years fucking it…)

>says the owner is booting everyone out for months of "major repairs"

>has already started moving his shit into the house again before we even left

If he had have just been honest and said he needed to move back in, and that we needed to go, we wouldn't have cared, but to make up some bullshit story that insults our intelligence…

>>32474

>cane toads

are they really that bad ausbro?

congrats on the new place

Hanna nip slips when?

kamaz loses lol

>>32473

>>32474

brutal. Moved recently myself.

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>Have a pair of not terribly expensive earbuds

>Use them for both my PC and my old Ipod classic

>Connection starts to break up at the connector

>Find that if I leave it in my computer it will remain still and have a good connection

>Maybe a little bit of fiddling but it will eventually work

>Buy myself a cheap set of earbuds for my ipod (only used from home to work)

>Leave other headphones plugged in

>Works fine for a year at least

>Just now

>Sounds starts to break up a little, disappear from the right ear …etc

>Fiddle with it

>Sound cuts out completely

>Unplug it and plug it back in without looking at it

>Nothing

>Unplug it and notice the end feels weird

>Look at it

>3.5mm jack is now stuck in the port

>Too far in for tweezers

This fucking thing. The moment it knows it is getting replaced it decides to fully fuck me.

>>32487

I guess it really is a UNION jack.

>>32487

on a completely unrelated note.

What do you guys use for torturing yourself listening to crofty's commentary?

>>32489

Autism

>>32489

typically I use laptop speakers but these are my earbuds of choice:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-RPTCM125-Headphone-Microphone-Violet/dp/B014KL69KO/

if I really want to hear crofty well I put on my Grado SR60's but those are overkill

>>32489

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-noise-canceling-over-the-ear-headphones-black/8636734.p?id=1219361173448&skuId=8636734

bought on a whim, actually pretty decent.

I was looking up some old racing records, and I have to say Ukyo Katayama was actually pretty damn fast for a japanese driver. I would've loved to see him in a top-car.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukyo_Katayama

>>32493

his qualifying was good until he got back cancer

>>32487

lel happens all the time when you replace something.

>>32487

Had that happen to me with a nearly new laptop and a shitty charger. Used eyeglass screwdriver as a pry bar (thought about drilling into it with a tiny drill bit and pulling it out)

>>32497

>forgetting about Kamui that quickly

>>32498

Also only a third place. He failed to improve on it and Suzuki gets the honors as he did it first.

Japanese drivers have a penchant for being inconsistent. Nakajima got a 4th place and fastest lap only seconds behind patrese at Adelaide one year and no one could have seen that coming. I think that was his sole points score that year.

>>32498

To be fair he could have had 2nd if he had got past JEV after the pitstop.

Though he speculatively could have had a podium if he hadn't been hit at the start at Spa

>>32500

We can't make this about what ifs. Damon hill would have won at the hungaroring, Eddie Irvine would have been world champion, andrea de cesaris would have won at Belgium in 83, and ukyo Katayama would have been a race winner.

As above, it would be a different reality.

>>32502

fair point

Yeah in Suzuki's case, despite an inspired drive by him, there was no stopping piquet and moreno that weekend.

Piquet knew he was going to win. "I'm going to fuck everybody" he said before the race, and Moreno drove the spare car with Piquet's setup.

(for those that didnt read it when wagsbro posted it before http://en.f1i.com/magazine/37045-my-biggest-race-roberto-moreno.html/1)

You can tell too if you watch piquet get to second place. He slows down and waits for Mansell to break something on his car, and then the half shaft goes.

if you guys watch that race, you have to watch it with the japanese commentary. Seeing the separate onscreen standings for japanese drivers and bootleg throttle telemetry from suzuki's car coupled with the commentators losing their shit when he gets on the podium is totally worth it.

>>32503

he's definitely strange looking for japanese.

For that matter so is Kobayashi.

>>32504

I recall learning that Japanese people are actualy a hybrid of two different "groups", one that presumably looked more iranian/persian, the other had typical more east-asiatic features. Not to be full eugenicist, but Suzuki def. seems to have more of the former look than the latter.

>>32503

>>32505

The only time I really notice Japanese males is in JAVs and they are all Yakuza members

speaking peripherally about sauber, they're going to be totally fucked because Giampaolo Dall'ara (not to be confused with gian paolo dallara of dallara cars) is leaving.

>>32513

not that this is so severe, but it's a well known problem on triumph inline sixes that under heavy load, the timing chain will jump. As these are often interference engines, that can lead to catastrophic engine failure.

>>32513

that's not even a heavy load component, how the fuck?

>>32521

If it happened at the end of window travel, I might understand. Those motors do have a good amount of torque.

But the weird part is it managed to do it half way down.

Anyway, I managed to get it loose by taking the casing off the motor to give the shaft some room to move, then forced the gear to rotate with a pair of pliers.

Just got to get off my ass now and put it back in the car.

The most annoying part is I bought this motor from the wreckers only a month and a half ago, and it cost 80 frigging dollars.

>>32522

>bmw

>expensive parts even in used form

sounds about right

best hope that retards like the guy on reddit who drove poorly in the rain and was confused as to why his dashboard lit up like a christmas tree put their cars in the wall and increase the parts supply.

>>32523

It's more a local market thing.

BMW's were never hugely popular in Brisbane because it's in a bogan (redneck) state, so local parts cost a ton.

In contrast, Melbourne has always been full of immigrants, thus has older BMW's fucking everywhere, so parts there are cheap.

Now that I'm living in a little mountain town of 20,000 people, I won't be able to source anything locally, so I'll just get parts shipped from Melbourne, for about the same I was paying in Brisbane once you factor in shipping. Just have to wait 3 days…

>>32526

oh, interesting.

Totally off topic, but was it you who spoke some time ago about how australians lost the Emu war because they were shooting them incorrectly?

>>32528

Can't recall. I imagine they did the old "spray and pray" though.

>>32532

who do people in australia (who are actually knowledgeable about f1) think is the best aus f1 driver?

Alan Jones?

Jack Brabham?

Ricciardo?

Tim Schenken?

>>32533

>Australian F1 fan

>knowledgeable

Pick one

>>32534

In the us usually there are people who watched in the 90s or before, and the bandwagoners.

Both suck for conversation. The former can only talk about the glen in the 70s (which is great but leads to no discussion) and the latter is r/formula1

>>32535

Casuals here didn't watch F1 until Webber came along, who they genuinely believed was the greatest driver in F1, despite him being cucked by Vettel 17 times before breakfast.

Then Ricciardo came along, and beat Vettel, making them forget about Webber very quickly. He is now the greatest driver in F1.

Most wouldn't have even known who Alan Jones was until he became a studio colour host of the local TV coverage (which he is painfully bad at. He makes Crofty seem informed and insightful)

They've probably heard of Brabham, but their knowledge begins and ends with "he's a legend".

>>32536

who do you think is the best?

>>32537

Brabham, but I'm probably biased because I love the technical side of F1, so winning the WDC with your own car is amazingballs.

>>32536

What is the skill comparison by casuals like between disciplines?

Because from the outside world it seems that V8's is relatively well known in Australia where as in the UK, to me at least, BTCC feels almost dead.

Like the only driver I could see outside of the F1 drivers getting ranked at all would be Colin Mcrae. Maybe Richard Bruns and if it is proper casuals then Jason Plato due to his fame outside of motorsport.

Where as I get the feeling that some casual AUS fans would consider Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes to be near or at F1 level without any practise.

>>32539

Casuals I've encountered draw almost no distinction between winning in say touring cars and winning in f1.

They love to talk about F1 being the best drivers but often act like an indycar driver or a dtm driver could make the jump without issue.

Rally drivers seem to be disproportionately valued though.

>>32539

>Where as I get the feeling that some casual AUS fans would consider Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes to be near or at F1 level without any practise.

Most*

They really are that dumb.

I think it's because a lot of them grew up watching Australia dominating in most world sports we played, so they don't understand supporting a losing player/team, and genuinely believe the Australian is the best there is. They're like idiotic loyal dogs.

>>32288

Seems to be some stupid contest to do with the upcoming stream launch of the new car.

http://readysetred.ferrari.com

>>32552

does Ferrari always hype their launches this much? this reminds me of Mercedes' launches in 2013 and 2014 where the cars were massive steps forward and had decent marketing campaigns.

anyways it'll be interesting to see if they go with the 'clit nose' this year. it was pretty notable that the winning cars (W06, SF-15T) last season forwent the supposedly optimum (short) nose. of course that could just be evidence that the works teams have such an advantage that aero need not be 100% optimal. or that the dick and clit noses of the world are chasing the wrong concepts, moreover.

>>32553

>does Ferrari always hype their launches this much?

More or less. It has a lot to do with their arrogant self-importance.

>Sauber will run their 2015 car in 2016 livery during the first test

It didn't hurt Force India too much last year but this can't bode well.

>One less team for Haas and based Romain to worry about

>>32553

It's certainly easy to say that the works teams have a huge advantage. Much of ferrari's gains this year are from better tire management which may be the work of James Alison (recall that during his time at lotus, the cars were similarly fantastic on tires).

I would imagine that the noses are taking a back seat to sculpted sidepods, little frilly things, and minute changes to the diffuser.

Aero is not getting less important, it's just that it's holistic to the car and changing noses might fuck the synergy with the rest of the components.

>>32553

>that time when they had a months worth of hype for their change in twitter handle and everyone fell for it being a massive driver announcement

Got to give the Italians credit, that was fucking funny.

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>Cpu cooler has arrived (looks sexy as fuck)

>Ram and OS have arrived

>Still waiting for AriaPC to get the Fractal case in stock at which point they will ship literally everything else together.

Get it in stock you bastards.

>>32560

>Got to give the Italians credit, that was fucking funny.

agreed

>Cpu cooler has arrived (looks sexy as fuck)

aww yeah

>>32562

>filename :)

wow dusty

>>32563

….I should probably have changed that

>>32562

is that a sachet of desiccant on the bottom?

>looks like it worked

>>32565

wow I didn't even notice that.

>>32565

Yup.

Some lovely 5+ year old silica gel to go with the Radeon HD 5670 sitting in that thing.

>>32560

Did you end up getting an SSD, or did you believe America's lies?

>>32568

Got the SSD as well as the fast hard drive he suggested.

May as well just spend the money.

>>32562

jesus dog, air cans are like 9 bucks.

>>32570

And a new computer is worth £1000+

I know which one I'll take. :)

For the record I had cleaned it out the first time it started fucking and it made really no difference.

This thing is now a living monument to my laziness and uncaring attitude to it.

Saying that though I do kinda feel sorry for it.

Might clean it out. See if it is even possible to upgrade any of it because I may as well keep it in working order just in case.

>>32571

you are still going to need to clean your new pc dude.

new doesn't mean its dust proof.

while we're dispensing random advice, please update your bios and all the drivers.

>>32569

Well you're one step ahead of Mexibro :^)

>>32570

Just buy a cheap air compressor imo

>>32572

Yeah I know that.

I'm just saying the old one I never cleaned it because of being indifferent to it.

I was still in school when I got it and my parents chose it and paid for it.

The new one is the first big purchase I've made with my own money, as an adult, so I feel precious to it.

The closest thing is my Fanatec wheel and pedal set which I make sure I clean because those foot pedals can get bad being near the floor and under the desk.

The main problem is that my room is tiny. Like I can put both arms out and touch opposite walls.

And so where my PC currently is is right next to my clothes.

And I have a cheap ikea rug on top of cheap carpet (Before you start the PC will not be built in this room near this rug which generates static like a bitch) with cats who like to scratch the shit out of it getting hair everywhere.

>>32576

>The closest thing is my Fanatec wheel and pedal set which I make sure I clean because those foot pedals can get bad being near the floor and under the desk.

Oh fuck yeah, I have a CSR with a seat and h-pattern shifter

>>32574

>Well you're one step ahead of Mexibro :^)

if i had money i would've build an orange custom water cooled PC with SSDs for storage and shit instead of my hard drives.

its not fair , i'm poor.

>>32575

i kinda want this thing http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001J4ZOAW/ref=s9_hps_bw_g60_i1

but its 140 USD here.

i'll stick to the 9 usd air cans for now lol.

>>32578

>orange, not RGB

>>32579

one day we'll be able to RGB water, but not in the near future my friend.

>>32581

Literally exactly that setup

>>32583

>insinuating anyone gives a shit about formula e

>>32583

Depends if you consider Formula E to be motorsport :^)

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Power at my new place finally got connected :D

Three days without power isn't fun.

>Had to go driving around for hours on end to charge my phone.

>>32587

hehe

>>32588

Just got to get the sign up sorted, and 100mbps down, 40mbps up for me :D

>>32583

>>32584

Formula E would be fun if they chopped off all the aero bodywork and wings to make them as light and squirrely as possible.

>>32591

I don't know if it would be fun, but it would be more entertaining.

>>32589

that's got to be a quantum leap for you.

>>32592

Verizon is notoriously terrible for this.They prevented windows phone owners from pushing a major update for like a year and a half.

Verizon really went to shit when vodafone bought 45 percent and killed UMB (ultra mobile broadband) in favor of the shit that is LTE.

>RMA my K70 over like 3 months ago

>came 2-3 weeks later after sending it

>forgot to update my ticket from mid November till now

>update it just now and get an immediate response

Corsair support is good.

>>32594

RIP mexibro

>>32595

not RIP at all, my replacement keyboard arrived just fine months ago, i just forgot to tell them

>yeah the keyboard is here and works

i just did it until now lol.

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>went grocery shopping

>walking back to my car

>walking through narrow corridor

>$20 on the ground

>score!

>pocket it

>some 10ish year old boy coming the other way

>tfw cucked him out of the most money he would have ever had in his life

>get another 20 metres

>two skater dudebros stopped

>one is madly checking his pockets

>skater dudebro: "oh fuck man"

>he can only find a $10 and a receipt

>hold up the $20

>me: "lose this mate?"

>hand him the $20

>two skater dudebro: "thanks mate, you're a fucking mad cunt"

He looked like he was the kind of loser who $20 would be a lot of cash to, so I figured I'd be nice and give it to him.

I did get to cuck the kid out of a huge fortune though, so that felt good.

>>32592

Carrier provided OS are pieces of shit. Some carriers over here install HP-tier bloatware on your phone you can't deactivate

>>32598

>tfw Lenovo is retiring the near stock android Motorola brand

>>32597

this reminds me of a time(like 6 years ago) when i found a blackberry on the ground near a supermarket that was receiving messages that were apparently about a transplant or something, when i checked the phone there contacts that started with Dr.

i just turned the phone off and did a hard reset to erase all the data, took the sim card out and destroyed it.

To this day i wonder if it was an actual doctor that was needed for surgery or the guy just wanted to make the phone seem important in order to retrieve it.

either way i never looked back lol.

>>32600

I'll remind you of this the next time you judge me for my sexual fetishes.

>>32601

hey i judge you less than britain does.

>>32600

wow thats a terribly dick move.

Also

>drink a beer to help get some sleep.

>wake up later.

>still slightly drunk

>should've just used some chamomile tea.

>>32600

gotta build up that karma mexibro, at least I try to

>wallet falls out of my pocket biking to work in september

>freak out for a day

>lawyer dude emails me saying he found it

>mails it to me with all the cash & cancelled cards

>only wants me to take him on a bike ride in exchange

I am a cynical asshole but sometimes it does work out

>>32599

>tfw this whole situation arose from Lenovo bean counters

it's a moto x 2014 in case it wasn't obvious

>>32256

>SSD or no, make sure you disable the paging file or limit it to 800 mb,

This is fucking horrible advice. A program will always ask for more memory than it will actually foresee itself using to make sure it doesn't run out of memory later and freezes. Windows will use the pagefile for this commitment and then utilize RAM for what is actually written.

In other words, even if it says the pagefile is so-or-so large nothing has actually been written to disk unless you are actually out of RAM; what it shows is in practice how much space has been promised as available to running programs.

This means that if you have no pagefile Windows will be forced to use RAM for all that as well, meaning locking up large portions of RAM that's never actually used just to satisfy its guarantees to running programs.

TL;DR: Keep the pagefile (on a standard drive if you are paranoid) and buy more RAM instead if the pagefile ever has to actually be used.

>>32600

>mexicans confirmed for subhuman

Well who would have guessed?