/f1/ - Formula One

007 officially siesta

is that some red sky

>Ford GT dead again

It really is verging on being a meme car.

Hopefully they can't get it sorted out before LeMans

>first caution in two hours

20 minute rule not in effect here?

>murica

>big wheel… shining brightly

you could hear him physically choke back keeps on turnin

10 back in the lead

Bear Echello confirmed for top step

>GT Daytona class

Why can't they just fucking call it GT3?

>GTD is a spec series, using the global FIA-GT3 specification

>>33723

>>33726

the sky is mourning the meme wing

>>33718

For tax evasion, he probably went to rich people jail and didn't even become a prison wife.

>>33693

goddammit.

HYPER KID FUCKING OWNED BY THE GIANT JENGA STACK

lel that kid, ded now.

Fuck I hate Shane Van Gisbergen

>be Shane

>motorsport off season

>have contract with a V8 Supercar team for next year

>tell them you have really bad depression

>tell them you can't deal anymore

>tell them you just want to go back to NZ and do drifting while you sort your head out

>get released from your contract with V8 SuperCar team on compassionate grounds

>sign with a rival V8 SuperCar team less than a month later

What a piece of shit.

>>33732

>>33734

RIP Pastor

seems like 2016 is contesting to be the dullest season thus far.

I'm too lazy to read cripples latest essay but I take it that at least for the near future there will be no migrations of boards? Will we get lost features back?

>>33716

whoäs she?

>>33742

Next is dead.

>>33739

what the fuck he literally went down on his knees to further absorb the impact with his head rather than say jump aside

i bet that wasn't the first time he got hit on his head by wooden blocks

>>33741

RIP pastor, the one pay driver, of many, who reddit have decided for some inexplicable reason to hate.

>>33742

>Site goblin gimped the current code, hired goblin to work on Next due to the site acting like shit

>Community gives goblin 12k and a year to work on it

>Shit features, terrible UI, obvious security leaks

>Goblin becomes more and more paranoid, too afraid to even leave his apartment without Hotwheels

>Chugs 8L of diet Coke a day and downs adderall

>Hotwheels finally starts to take notice the site goblin is not there completely after two failed migrations to next, points this out

>Goblin flips his lid, accuses Hotwheels of firing him and spergs out and quits

>Was trying to flee the country, saying that Jim was going to kill him and feed him to his pig farm

>Ends up holding the code to Infinity Next hostage while trying to get the dox of everyone who had code in it at one point and uses a fake twitter to post about it

>Hotwheels begins a takeover for the rights of Next while exxpressing what he should do in a poll

>The most popular option of choice is to fix the current site, if that doesn't work migrate to Lynxchan software, then Next with the help of 2ch if that fails

>Hotwheels notices site goblin's original patch, does nothing else besides Ctrl+z on goblin's code

>Site is running immensely better just because of a few lines of code

TL;DR: Never hire a LOLcow.

>>33746

what a clusterfuck

Has RLM mentioned Wogan dying?

What a terrible month.

>>33749

Yep. About half an hour ago.

>>33745

you'd figure reddit would love such a meme driver.

>>33752

Croft too. Who's he going to endlessly hang shit on now?

>inb4 Rosberg gets a double serving

24 hour racing has become too easy with modern cars.

Week long racing, when?

http://planetf1.com/news/halo-protection-not-ideal-but-better-than-nothing/

more reason to hate davidson

>>33755

I dont think it's that modern cars are getting better, it's that cost controls and regulation have prevented manufacturers from making cutting edge designs which would have poorer reliability.

(think like f1 mosley era ban on "exotic materials" in engines)

>>33760

This explains so much

>>33760

>>33759

>China 1 AM

>Malaysia 2AM

>rest its 7AM or relatively normal times

i'm ok with this.

>>33765

I love how German you are <3

>>33760

that good feel when on the same time zone

>>33768

Yeah I noticed that.

>was literally looking at a map.

Bastard.

>>33771

dat engineering

The Corvettes look as badass as the first time i watch this race.

>>33775

This Corvette battle is bready gud

just imagine how much better this GTLM battle would be with DRS :^)

>Lambo

44 WINS LOL

>>33782

I was really impressed.

I don't quite understand what livestreamer does, but that stream was rock solid when I watched it, which kicked the ass of any f1 stream or that terrible Bathurst stream that lacked the throughput to handle the bit rate.

>>33771

don't have a cap but one of the teams had a red ratchet strap that went up the right hand side of the diffuser. I assume to hold the rear panel on but the way it looked was like it was holding the diffuser up

>>33783

that's just IMSA buying enough capacity, all credit to them for finally getting it

>>33784

>don't have a cap but one of the teams had a red ratchet strap that went up the right hand side of the diffuser. I assume to hold the rear panel on but the way it looked was like it was holding the diffuser up

If it was blue, not red, it was to hold the diffuser up.

One of the Porsche's broke the diffuser mounts, and used a rachet strap on either side to hold it up.

One of them eventually snapped, forcing them to pit to remove it.

The other one eventually ripped off a huge chunk of diffuser, and and threw it off to the wall on the oval before they made it back to the pits.

>>33785

it may have been blue

>>33785

Yeah, I was going to say the diffuser is functional bodywork, ratchet strapping it isnt going to go well.

I just realized how comfy it was to not have Paul Truswell there to constantly point out on the doll where F1 touched him

>>33788

I did notice the lack of that today.

Maybe he heard the feedback.

>if only Crofts head wasn't so far up his ass

>>33788

But wasn't Goodwin there?

He is like 10x worse than Paul

>>33791

was he? if so he shut his bog about it

>>33790

>hold off taking over Enstone until Renault are guaranteed extra historical bernieshekels

>meanwhile the race crew is locked out of their hospitality at grand prix weekends

>bailiffs in the garage

>everyone that can walk away does (Grosjean, most notably)

>no upgrades on the car all year

>but Pastor has to pay on time or he's fired

can't wait to see what le cost cutter pulls off next

>>33794

i would brave her little girl if you know what i mean.

i don't even know what i mean by what

>>33794

>only has her job because of nepotism

>is reasonably good at it and wants to be better

>curry tits worked her way up

>is slowly running Sauber into the ground

ya just can't win

>>33793

actually that's a really good point.

Also, how the fuck is renault supposed to be eligible for historical payments if they've quit f1 more times than any other manufacturer?

>>33796

>is reasonably good at it

>implying implications

everyone on that pitcrew and strategy wall should have had the fear of god put into them 2 years ago.

it's just not the same if it's claire threatening to fu-fuck sack you

>>33800

Apologies for that but I started to lose it part way into that

TL:DR Claire is weak kneed whore who will fuck anyone who treats her with the tiniest amount of force and beg for it.

>>33802

Yeah I accept that I went off the deepend for that.

Realising how much I had written when I got to the end was kinda scary. I had just watch Wolf of Wall Street so felt a bit…pumped?

At least I put in some facts like Andrew being with Claire and somehow getting himself promoted despite doing fuck all.

>>33802

Mexibro can't handle the truth

>>33804

its more about the length and subject than the content of it.

>>33800

that would actually explain a lot

You know you can publish soft erotica on amazon.com ebooks under a pseudonym right? that could be good money.

>>33805

He actually tried. The grammar and formatting, the spell correction, the absolute madman

>>33811

But for reals now in primary school I did have a GF and we fiddled around after reading a sex ed book we stole out of my older brothers room. I've still got it hidden behind some boxes.

She also pulled my hair during our fiddle sessions, made me finger her under a blanket in front of my mum and made me stand in the bathroom with her when she took a shit at my house.

I'm sort of glad we separated really.

>>33813

She already miscarried one of the two babies in there so she may as well try and kill the other.

>>33814

>She already miscarried one of the two babies in there so she may as well try and kill the other.

Someone should post about it on Reddit to stir up some drama.

>>33815

Out of the things I mentioned in that post you responded to that one…

You are a good friend

that's how bri'ish people are made innit

>>33817

>>33813

>>33796

That's because she got to see how a proper F1 team runs from behind the scenes. I think she'll end up winning a championship once they stop botching pit stops and design something that isn't utterly terrible in wet weather.

>>33820

Yeah, this is likely his last season, so I really hope it won't be like his last two years.

>>33822

Haas would be a very interesting car with it basically being an SF-15T EVO. That car is podium material on paper, Grosjean can legitimately challenge with it. It will be also interesting to see just how much Williams have developed their own car. With RedBull again expecting not to have a top line engine again, it helps Grosjean pick off more points. Honda should be better, but I don't really expect them to challenge anything more than the midfield for the first half at least.

OFFICIAL: Maldonado KILL

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1so8ruu

Google translate:

>My dear fans, I am writing to you with respect. As everyone knows in recent days have been a number of rumors about my immediate future in Formula One. It's been 23 years in the most exciting sports I started at a very young age, with the help of my family, we grew up and went to form as a professional, I met the taste of triumph, the one that always leaves you with more and more desire to fight. A few years become teen I went in search of my dreams to unknown lands, without the warmth of my people, of my roots, my Venezuela. At that time, I became man and realized that there were many things that could me away from my goal, yet always succeeded. The World Karting, Formula Renault 2000, Formula 3000, Word Series and GP2 championship unforgettable. I got used to winning, we received over 200 trophies, of all sizes, shapes, shine, finally, my whole lifetime of achievement in an incredibly wonderful and great pride for my own space. Arrived as expected, sleep, so he justified all my means, Formula One, a category that gave me even the most anticipated of my victories, this Grand Prix of Spain in 2012. All this thanks to the continued support of my family, of international fans and especially my great country, that it was heard with our glorious anthem and traveled the world, because I carry my flag not only in my car but in my soul and so to the very top of the podium.

>Today most humbly inform you that no I will be present at the starting grid for the 2016 F1 season,

>thanks for all your messages of support, passion and concern for my future. I feel very honored with the support of all of you and proud of my professional performance. I confirm my feelings of gratitude to God, my family, my sponsors, my friends, my fans and all who have helped realize this great dream of being able to represent Venezuela to the pinnacle of motorsport. Soon !. Pastor Maldonado

>>33824

>That car is podium material on paper

According to Reddit is isn't. So it must be.

>le McLaren/Honda will be instantly competitive

>>33826

Their their MacHonda fantasies are certainly perplexing. There is no evidence that they can be front runners any time soon specially given their troubles last season. The coming rule changes gives them a chance in the future but this year, there won't be any miracles for them. They can hope to challenge RedBull and Williams but Ferrari and Mercedes are just that step ahead with their engines and Honda is playing catchup like Renault.

>>33825

>twitlonger

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i find twitlongers really funny.

RIP Pastor Crashdonaldo, RIP that website that said when he crashed, RIP wtf1, RIP the jokes, RIP the penalties, RIP the stewards they are out of a job now, RIP all the money he had to pay for penalties.

>>33825

>half the potential 2016 memes are gone

D:

>>33828

They actually though that success those many moons ago means anything now?

Wow.

At last Honda understand their problems well now and can start the road to recovery.

http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Honda-s-F1-boss-opens-up-about-team-s-rough-year

>>33811

I forgot that it's not safe to click spoilers. I did that on /v/ the other day and was unpleasantly reminded of the inclination of larger Chan boards to be fan sites for ratfaced transsexuals.

>>33814

>She also pulled my hair during our fiddle sessions, made me finger her under a blanket in front of my mum and made me stand in the bathroom with her when she took a shit at my house.

Is everyone on that island a crazy deviant?

>>33831

>They actually though that success those many moons ago means anything now?

Especially when they suck in every other motorsport and considering that their program during the v8 era sucked too.

>Maximum Chilton is a full-time "IndyCar" driver now

all the more reason to hit up the race near me

>tfw no Simona to get Mexibro an autograph from

>>33834

>Gannasi

That's probably a good thing.

Gannasi is pretty fucking ruthless, and won't keep Chilton around when he proves to be shit.

>>33835

Yeah but lets just imagine for a moment that he manages to fluke his way to a few victories and wins the 500.

It'd be fucking hilarious.

>>33832

>Is everyone on that island a crazy deviant?

To be fair teaching yourself sex-ed at that age will lead to problems.

Though she was clearly more experienced than me so something must have gone down before I got there.

Like daddy rape.

>>33838

We just have the standard slightly rainy and windy weather.

About 6°C to 10°C.

Though Lerwick recorded wind speed of about 104-110 mph but it's fucking Lerwick.

Wouldn't mind living there tbh.

Nice and quite on an island

It's that time of year again where people ask what would it be like if F1 had a transfer window and a deadline day.

Deadline day can be fun sure. Seeing a fan shove a dildo into a reporters ear on live TV in the middle of the night outside a football stadium is pretty funny but for F1 it would be so shit.

And anyway why do people want to give more shit for Sky to hype up to a ridiculous level.

>>33840

I thought you lived in the mayan riviera? isnt it warm all year?

>>33845

Forgot to add the 1000 teenagers who run up to the camera to shout FUCK HER RIGHT IN THE PUSSY before realising Pinkers isn't doing any coverage.

>>33844

>not having detailed files about Mexico

>>25425

>i actually live in Merida

>>33848

>40°C

I've been in 40°C once.

It was the worst day of a holiday ever.

>>33844

i live relatively near.

>>33848

its not that bad. i mean once you get used to it you don't even notice it.

>>33849

pussy

>>33851

>those front wing flaps and wings over wings

its so ridiculous i want to hate it but i love it.

>>33865

>Bully, being a bully, kicked the rugby ball at the drone, was way more accurate than he thought, and killed the expensive as fuck not a toy drone.

Holy fuck that's an accurate punt.

>>33865

Force India always meets some AFL players before Australia which I've never understood.

>>33868

Melbourne = AFL, so it's an easy way to promote the race to locals.

>The AFL has spent decades trying to make it a more national game, but something like half of the teams are based in suburbs of the Melbourne area

>Rugby league is the same with the Sydney area

>>33869

Well at least it ain't A-league.

>>33871

>A-league

:^)

http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/12/22/womens-big-bash-hits-a-league-for-six-in-tv-ratings/

>>33879

>pit crew simulator

Germanbro will love this!

the excitement

>>33882

I actually did play a few of those German simulators and had a bit of fun. Obviously it gets quite boring after a few hours but I wasn't expecting them to be even playable. However they look like shit and since they use PhysX for everything the gameplay tends to be wonky and buggy

>>33884

>australia

>pitlane model looks more like spa

>track map is sepang

The gameplay doesn't look brilliant but those inaccuracies man.

any series i should add?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dFiqcDhKBOJaBK7NlZR46tkXKqe_kGObN9o8ssCjA4g/pubhtml?gid=1798804204&single=true

i currently have these:

F1, GP2, GP3, IndyCar, Formula V8 3.5, WEC, Formula e, Indy Lights, MotoGP

still missing lots of session times since they're not published yet

>>33915

WRC?

Idk, more of a reccomendation; not something I personally watch oftenly. Save it for the finns

>>33915

are there any news for WEC 2016?

when does it start?

>>33917

6h of Silverstone 17/04/2016

>>33919

sheeeit, i'm gonna miss Lotus.

>>33919

Interesting; its probably going to suck but Ill be there for potential French autism.

>>33918

sweet! endurance racing can be so fucking comfy, WEC needs way more night races though.

>>33925

>by watching the good 2014 GPs

>the good 2014 GPs

>implying

>>33929

alright I'll walk it back and say Bahrain was the only good grand prix (singular). battles up and down the field for the whole race, including the only wheel to wheel action from Mercedes this whole formula. unfortunately the teams figured out how to make things predictable as the season went on.

>>33931

Canada was pretty entertaining

>dat Merc epic failure

>>33932

Belgium was pretty fun for the crash and that nice little fight at the end.

Hungary was alright in a hectic way even if Hamilton got a podium.

I mean I'm fine watching those races.

>>33932

>>33933

After watching so many 2013 races I can definitely go either way on the 'new' formula. It's a balancing act between one driver being a little bit above the rest and teammates in a race of their own. Back in 2014 I put up with it in the hope that the gap would be closed down but it's clear with the token system that isn't the case.

>>33932

>>33933

>I mean I'm fine watching those races.

There hasn't been a good race on merit in this formula. Embarrassing fuckups (canada 2014, monaco 2015), and serendipitous turns of events (belgium 2015) have made some races vaguely entertaining. None of the entertainment value has been as a result of legitimate mettle testing of man and machine.

This season and last have been a blur to myself and everyone I've spoken to, it just seems like races are interruptions in the far more interesting (but even then subpar) in season drama.

That's a very bad thing for a sport when WWE type storylines are far more entertaining than the actual events.

>>33934

>I can definitely go either way on the 'new' formula.

How? The v8 era being mediocre (but undeniably a better trackside experience if only for the noise alone) doesn't at all justify the bastardized mess that is today's f1.

>>33935

I wouldn't call Belgium 2015 that serendipitous but yeah the seasons has been a blur broken up by moments that I can just about remember. But that feeling is going back a long way further than the current formula.

>undeniably a better trackside experience if only for the noise alone

Honestly I think it depended on the race you went to and I wouldn't really say the V8's were better. I mean I don't even recall the sound from my first GP which was 2013 Spa.

It could have been anything. I don't even remember getting any kind of sensation of 'wow that was loud. I could feel it come through the ground' and I was on the Kemmel straight.

I remember the safety car because it reverberated through the trees while we were in the middle of the circuit on the first day.

We heard it come out and we just stopped and listened to it do a lap while we were surrounded by trees and couldn't see it. That was cool.

And the only good parts of Spa was quali and seeing Seb's face while he was getting booed.

>tfw now all those fickle fans would probably suck his dick.

>"Manor is not really an option,” he continued. “After five years at Williams and Lotus…with all due respect to Manor, it makes no sense for Pastor."

>with all due respect

>>33935

>>33938

This. I keep forgetting there were two years of this formula. They're the same dull shit to me.

I keep going, oh yeah, its been two years since lotus has had a grand prix winning car, oh yeah, grosjean and Maldonado have been teammates for 2 years.

>>33936

The v8 era being mediocre doesn't make this era not shit.

>>33919

>Lotus / Renault have a stream planned

On in 1 bong, 15 bings

>>33941

Here: http://renaultsport.com/The-Renault-Sport-press-conference-live.html I think

>>33942

>502 error

And the website has already exploded. How very Renault.

>>33943

This is very foreboding

>>33942

Backup link:

http://event.media.renault.com/Renault/030216/public/live/d/en/player.html

>>33937

>leave Williams for Lotus at the end of 2013 looking for a faster car

>Lotus and Williams swap places in the WCC

>leave Renault for nothing at the end of 2015

>Renault swaps places with nothing in the WCC

So by this logic Renault won't be dead last in the WCC this year, and if PastorCo. are insulting Manor then they won't be DFL either.

it'll be Sauber

STREAM GO NOW

>>33946

Considering that sauber is using an updated chassis from last year (which itself was a reworked chassis from the previous year) you might even be right.

It is funny how Williams only gained standing in the wcc by being a low drag/long wheelbase chassis with a long geared Mercedes engine, and then was shocked when their advantage evaporated the next year.

Did she just say Nurembergring instead Nurburgring?

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

>>33951

That's actually really interesting. I knew the norisring existed but not where it was or the reason for the name

>renault in charge of a simple video stream

http://event.media.renault.com/Renault/030216/public/live/d/en/js/vodalys.js

/*****************************************************/
/** JS SAS Renault pour la diffusion d'évènements   **/
/** Créé le 22/10/10                                **/
/** Auteur : Baptiste Routhieau                     **/
/** Mail : baptiste.routhieau@vodalys.com           **/
/** Modifié par : Simon Witenberg. le : 06/01/12    **/
/*****************************************************/

>Simon Witenberg

I always knew THEY were behind this type of ridiculous garbage code

>>33954

Creative recycling that there.

>>33953

Witenberg sounds more Belgian than anything

KMAG

KMAG

KMAG

KMAG

KMAG

>all black car

fug D:

>>33959

Is that just a show car? It looks like last years lotus, maybe with a shorter nose

INFINITI

>Black for testing

>Not confirmed black for Melbourne

y don't these frenchies have any hair? I count three bald men and one whose thinning. Maybe its just age.

Wow, Renault actually mentioned Senna driving for them.

It's like the F1 version of this

>>33965

Are they referring to a renault customer team? I never recall him racing for a works team.

>Alan Prost

>Alan

Can this bitch pronounce anything right?

This is what happens when you give the job to a random girl because she gave you a blowjob.

>>33965

Hopefully that was a reference to the original Lotus and not Williams

>>33966

It would have to be. Wasn't paying that much attention.

Pretty fucking sad to grasp at straws that desperately.

>car is sporadically rotating in a circle

stop that

>and the british laughed.

>>33964

Management is old farts who don't know shit about fuck. They're only still in charge because the French government keeps changing the laws as to how much stock it owns in Renault and how much Renault owns in Nissan.

>>33965

When did senna ever drive for Renault? Do they mean when he drove with Renault engines?

>>33967

>This is what happens when you give the job to a random girl because she gave you a blowjob.

This is why nothing ever gets done in france

>>33971

That was pretty funny.

>the French mocking the British

any sign of wastegate pipes

>>33976

Was looking for that, but haven't seen it.

>>33958

>>33959

old nose

>>33972

mockup nose

I hope palmer destroys mangussen. Reddit's mental gymnastics would be hugely entertaining.

>>33980

Jesus and we call ourselves shitposters

>>33981

Agreed

>>33982

quality shitposting is a art

Wow, stream over without interviewing the drivers

>>33986

Wow. That move was quick.

>>33985

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling…

>>33992

the matte shapes do look pretty cool

>>33993

Ye olde fat girl trick: Black is slimming

>>33994

That's not an accurate rendering though

does it bother anyone else that the rear wheels are near-dimensionally equivalent to the front wheels?

>>33999

It bothers me that the wheels are different

i'd rather see more of >>33972

>>34000

Really? I love when the rear tires are huge.

>>34002

Wheels.

Not tires.

See:

>>33991

>>34003

"rims" in ebonics

>>34003

Oh okay I see it.

It actually makes no sense from an engineering standpoint the way they have it. Usually one has smaller diameter wheels at the rear, but a larger tire in order to have more sidewall, and thus more ability to flex for out of corner grip.

>>34002

To me it just seems like some arbitrary restriction. As if they scream to be different.

>>34003

If you want to be specific, It also bother me that the tires are near-same. It would probably look lame on these sterile cars, but I always liked the big-mac tires on older f1 cars.

>>34004

Thanks, it was a little hard to understand outside of my native tribal vernacular.

>>34005

Epic

>>34008

Bring back the fatassed tires.

>>34012

I know daniel riccardo said something about bringing them back. If only we could get him on the f1 throne.

>>34014

>tfw you're so excited you can't even crop correctly

>>34010

No I know, I'm saying in general it is desirable to have more sidewall at the expense of wheel diameter on rear wheels and the fact that Pirelli doesn't follow this convention bothers me.

>>34012

1993 with the narrow tires, 1994 with the reduction of displacement and airbox perforation, 1997 with the grooved tires and narrow cars, and 1999-2000 with the mandate that only v10s were allowed were the major fuckups that got us here. (there are more)

>>34015

they cropped the wrong half too

>>34016

>No I know, I'm saying in general it is desirable to have more sidewall at the expense of wheel diameter on rear wheels and the fact that Pirelli doesn't follow this convention bothers me.

Oh right, and agreed.

>I thought you were claiming they WERE running staggered sizes

>>34014

The only thing she can develop is a stick. Hope Renault don't seriously use her as a development driver.

>>34019

>The only thing she can develop is a stick.

Manual transmissions confirmed, Carmen Jorda a front runner for the championship.

>>34019

Maybe Jolyon convinced Renault for her to stay.

>>34019

>The only thing she can develop is an embryo

FTFY

>>34019

>The only thing she can develop is a stick

Hey now, anon, she has done a great job developing my stick.

It's three times the size it was compared to when she started.

>>34024

That is all she is good for.

>>34022

With K-MAG there now, he probably needs someone to be slower than him. Must have lobbied really hard.

>>34029

that's what carmen said

>>34028

Just make a list of wings, and which ever one Ted tells you it is, cross it off the list.

>because he's never fucking right

>>34032

The frenchman also hinted it. I'm sure they will go with the Bumblebee colour scheme like the Kubica times.

>no Francebro posts

>even the French don't care

>Renault confirmed for wasted marketing budget on F1

>>34029

Actually I think the twitter random claiming that is full of shit.

>>34035

It's last year's car, with a temporary livery.

>>34033

I hope they toss it at very slow speeds off the side of the track as a tribute to kubica

>>34034

I was kind of disappointed too.

General Motors is often derided as "Government Motors" in the U.S. on account of them taking government money and for some time being owned by the feds (some deep irony now that they're intending to build a bunch of cars for the us market in china, money well spend feds). I wonder if Renault has a similar stigma (it does to people in the know in the auto industry) in France for similar reasons.

>>34036

Yeah, you're right.

>tfw posting too fast without actually studying at the pics

>>34026

>#HEARUSCOMING

this sounds like a job for jorda

>>34039

oh sure believe it when british pervert points it out

>>34040

>oh sure believe it when british pervert points it out

Why would I not listen to my own kind?

>>34040

>>34040

>#HEARUSCOMING

Sounds like a pretty good cumpliment to Jorda's "skills" :)

tbf all the news sites are going with "RS16" in their rushed articles and retwats

>>34038

For a truer tribute they should impale it to a guard rail.

>>34043

I thought it was?

>>34046

it's the right name of their car but not that one, as that is an E23 with a livery that isn't going to be raced, and the one in Enstone is something else again

all the articles are currently some jumble of this information

>>34047

Oh right. I thought you meant the media got the chassis code wrong, not that they were reporting it as the new car not a mockup.

>>34049

It is just last year's car mate. With a renault engine.

>>33972

Actually look at the front wing elements.

That's 1999 tier.

I wouldn't pay a lot of attention to this one.

Definitely a lobby queen.

>>34048

for example motorsport.com (noble lel) is reporting it

>Renault has unveiled its new RS16 car, painted in black-and-yellow livery, that will mark its return to Formula 1 as a works team in 2016.

f1i goes with

>Renault has launched its 2016 car - the RS16 - at an event in Paris.

which is sort of true, they are launching… but then

>The RS16 has been launched in an interim livery which is predominantly black with some additional yellow.

which implies they've seen the RS16 which… yeah

>>34049

if that is something they probably just shoved a dummy prop in there

>>34050

I'm not saying that it's not.

I'm saying that they're the same thing.

>Renault being that pleb.

>>34053

le costs have been cut

>>34050

probably not even an engine, just enough bits to bolt stuff to

>>34053

I am 100% sure Enstone is still developing the car till the Barcelona test. They would not waste time with this.

AMUS:

>Actually one had expected that Renault only a dummy F1 racers prepared for the idea to show the new design . However, although the car unveiled resembles its predecessor at first glance in many details , confirmed Renault Sport President Stoll that one wants to go into the testing in Barcelona 22 February with the model shown on 3.February in Paris . To start to the season in Melbourne on March 19, the RS16 is then updated again technically . Also at the painting itself could then change something , Renault was mysterious.

>>34057

Forgot link.

https://translate.google.com.au/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.auto-motor-und-sport.de%2Fformel-1%2Frenault-f1-2016-das-neue-werks-auto-10468376.html%3Futm_source%3Dtwitterfeed%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter%26utm_campaign%3DFormel1&edit-text=&act=url

>>34054

Enstone is very talented, they could probably get away with a strict budget and be competitive.

But they need to spend big on the engine. If they mess it up three years in a row…..

>>34057

>dass man mit dem in Paris gezeigten Modell am 22. Februar auch in die Testfahrten in Barcelona gehen will.

they want to go testing with the old mercedes powered car, unfortunately they have to update it to a renault

an honest headline

http://thejudge13.com/2016/02/03/renault-f1s-big-reveal-is-rather-a-sham/

>>34051

the nose among other components are not to current queerfag f1 spec. The nose is too high. That's a prost or renault pushmobile with some more recent parts on it.

>>34054

hehe

>>34059

Lotus developed a large number of parts for last years car but didnt have the money to deploy them.

>>34059

certainly is a better ran budget team than sauber was/is.

>>34044

Glad you got the reference.

so, i was sleeping during the Lotus/Renault announcement thing.

can i get a recap? who are the drivers, what is the team aiming for?

>>34066

Drivers : Jolyon Palmer/ Kevin Magnussen

Reserve Drivers : Sebastien Ocon

Car : Mostly black, with some yellow. Few sponsors, look it up yourself; I suppose.

All in all the reveal didn't blow anyone away; car seems to be mostly rehashed from the previous years vehicle; with the nose as the exception. Renault plan to update the car in terms of looks by our first GP come March 20th.

>>34066

>what is the team aiming for?

i think it was podium finishes within 3 seasons

>>34067

> Jolyon Palmer/ Kevin Magnussen

what a boring lineup.

>>34068

>podium finished withing 3 seasons

will renault stay that long in F1? lol

Fucking Reddit

>"we need closed cockpits for safety"

>"the FOM camera angles are shit, why don't they use helmet mounted cameras"

Are they even capable of logical thought processes?

>>34071

Maybe they should ask Schumacher if mounting a solid object on a helmet is a good idea for muh safety.

>>34070

why does the off season have to be so long?

>>34069

>will renault stay that long in F1? lol

I think they signed something legally binding with bernie as a condition for the historic payments

>>34071

>>34072

I have this enormous fear that if the FIA tries to hear out the fans, they will go on r/formula1

>>34073

so teams can give a paid vacation to their employees

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-to-scrap-power-unit-token-system-from-2017-671488/

>The move means the four manufacturers will face no limits on development, other than the fact that they can only introduce upgrades when a driver uses new elements.

inb4 2 engines per season allowance

>>34075

>other than the fact that they can only introduce upgrades when a driver uses new elements.

what the fuck does that even mean.

This formula is still utter garbage, but at least they learned that limited development doesnt save money.

>>34075

>inb4 2 engines per season allowance

dont give them any ideas

>>34076

in FIA tradition they have created a rule stipulating something that was already happening

reminder that these are the same people that forgot to include the homologation date in last year's regulations

>>34077

>When they use a new ICE / turbo / whatever, out of their 5 (or is it 4?) allowed per year, they can use a new spec.

ok. So it's still limited development and deployment, they just got rid of one of the layers of regulation. Great.

>>34078

yeah

>>34079

>So it's still limited development and deployment

Development was never really limited though, only deployment. That's why the token system was so fucking stupid.

The FIA came to the naive conclusion that if you limited them to 5 of each component per year, that they would only have to make 5, and would save money.

Meanwhile back in reality, they were probably making 5 different versions every week as part of ongoing R&D, that would only ever see the track 50 iterations later when they had some loophole tokens to use, or 1000 iterations later when the next homologation date came under the original rules.