/f1/ - Formula One

Saward (yes I know), says Honda doesn't want outside help from Mercedes. Someone on Leddit said there was an AMuS article about an interview with McLaren engineers saying Honda is (still) hiring inexperienced engineers.

Bullshit it or not, it does fit the whole Japanese mentality and "face" culture of things.

I'm still wondering if McLaren with a Renault engine is a possibility, since they share the same fuel suppliers now. That will be one less thing to worry about if they got a Renault engine.

is there anyone who wouldn't take crippled kubica over jolyon friggen palmer? of course renault isn't serious anyway, they have their best driver in an electric shopping trolley category

canada drivers press conf is starting now btw

hamster really promoting next season of grand tour

lengthy kubica interview

http://www.somersf1.co.uk/2017/06/kubica-on-comeback-trail.html

Williams switching to Honda rumor. It only makes sense if Williams went to Honda and said "here's a spare Mercedes engine, copy it." and "here's Paddy Lowe. He knows some technical details about the Mercedes engine and he might lure a friend at Mercedes AMG HPP to work for Honda."

Yet, for that to work Honda has to drop the "fuck off gaijin" attitude.

>>64512

i don't get this rumor. merc has capacity from manor going away and it would be terrible for williams unless the money allowed them to get rid of lance str— waaaait a minute

>Sebastian Vettel is notoriously absent from social media

>"I just don't understand why you have to constantly tell everyone what you are doing, where you are, who you are with," Vettel told German broadcaster RTL.

based

Klatterborn is gone!

>>64517

noice

>>64512

Honestly, they probably can offer them better feedback than McLaren ever could along with a lot of consultation on how to defuck abysmal shit.

>Motorsport.com understands former HRT team principal Colin Kolles is a candidate to replace CurryTits.

hot prospect

meanwhile award is mooting

>Dave Ryan and Frederic Vasseur,

>Jost Capito

>>64520

Fucking Kolles. Sauber confirmed dead within 5 years.

>>64521

kolles AND honda

>>64523

Rather have Giedo take a shot at Sauber management instead of Chavski Kolles. He shit posted about it on Twitter.

today's sky f1 report

now that baku is over everyone expecting vasseur announcement at sauber to come any day

bernie the master shit stirrer testing the shitwaters of shit stirring in his new role of shit emeritus

>"I think that Hamilton was trying to put Vettel in trouble by breaking[sic] and make the accident happen. Vettel's reaction was normal to let Hamilton know that he was aware for this reason."

instead of the usual gossip, a primmer on Homogenous Charge Compression Injection vs Turbulent Jet Injection:

https://thejudge13.com/2017/06/27/why-are-hondas-engine-so-bad-explained/

you can show it to your swotty little assburger cousin and then he can spout off about it at school instead of telling people what you did to him in the bathroom that one time

>Documents reveal that on May 31st and June 6th new limited companies were registered under the names Force One Grand Prix, Force One Racing, Force One Team, Force One Technologies, Force One Hospitality, and Force One Brand.

so basically FIA is going to bow to some pressure and double jeopardy vettel for that tap. something like a race ban or championship points taken away. plus VET is near to a points on his license one race ban so they can fuck him that way. HAM confirmed wdc.

if they end up cancelling VET's result instead of just points, it would move HAM one place up and also eric's son would get a point to fuck mclaren

http://en.f1i.com/news/271968-ecclestone-ferrari-sign-fernando-alonso.html

>Bernie Ecclestone has advised Ferrari to sign-up Fernando Alonso should it have a vacancy to fill for 2018.

I learned Lance Stroll is half (((Jewish))). So, (((they))) will rig F1 so he can get at least one F1 championship, right?

>>64709

aren't they supposed to like money? instead of just pissing it away for no advantage

goodwood fos stuff going on for next days

livestream on

https://www.youtube.com/user/GoodwoodTV

>>64709

Unlikely, but they'll gladly spend money to ensure he's going to keep that seat at all costs. Besides, there's already a full blooded heeb by the name of (((Jody Scheckter))) who won the 1979 championship in a red car.

seems that depending on how the vet hearing goes today there is the potential for this bullshit to drag on for weeks and weeks, if it has to go to some formal procedures

>JUST drive

>Sebastian Vettel extended his sincere apologies

>He additionally committed to devote personal time over the next 12 months to educational activities

>Due to this incident, President Jean Todt instructed that no road safety activities should be endorsed by Sebastian Vettel until the end of this year.

it's fucking nothing

wow Award is pissed

something good came out of all this

>finally fixed captcha

>now flood detection turned up so high, can barely post

how does this place manage to be so consistently honda tier

>>64721

nigger brake tests someone

gets pissed when he gets tested back

whines to everyone like a whiny petulant nigger

I can't wait until this nigger dies on the track

sophias gonna floersch

Stef's having another go at trying to get his F1 team in the sport: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/new-italian-f1-team-stefangp-928454/

>London event on wednesday

>not announced until today because some religion of peace would have time to plan to peacefully drive a truck thru the crowd

now they will just have to improvise how to peacefully show up and stab people for peace

>The demonstration will be streamed on the Formula 1 website and their YouTube channel. The event, which takes place on Wednesday evening (12th July) from 18:00 to 21:00 UK time, will also be broadcast live across Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports 1.

can watch the attacks live

some stuff about heating hydraulic suspension fluid to adjust ride height

http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/vorzeizen-fahrwerk-illegal-technik-trick-12222370.html

https://thejudge13.com/2017/07/11/new-loophole-discovered/

Sauber is saved. Honda claimed that Sauber is not stable enough to be a partner after they fired Currytits. So no powered by Honda for them.

vasseur finally announced at sauber

although they picked the right time for nobody to hear about it

>>64845

And that's how you know that track's gonna fucking suck.

>items on the agenda when the Strategy Group meets on Wednesday

>The FIA is exploring the idea of having a final version of the shield ready for introduction for 2018, but if not, the halo [..] will be used instead.

what about "nothing" ?

after all this bullshit, might get the fucking cockring on the cars anyway. unbelievable

and it's happened

the autosport group of sites reporting 9 of 10 voted against it but FIA invoked muh safety

joe's:

>The Formula 1 teams were offered the opportunity to invest at a per share purchase price of $21.26 at the time of Liberty’s acquisition

>stock is currently trading at $34.23.

sauber honda deal officially off

award seems to think mclaren will ditch honda after all and partner with renault. while honda would go to toro rosso. whereas in public it looks more likely mclaren will stay with honda

if mchonda stays there would be an outside chance of alonso moving to renault to partner hulk instead of kubica. but it's not likely either way. and toro rosso honda might happen regardless

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/?p=885421

Brooklands might get restored

>>65062

is this sarcastic freech redtexting or is this actually a thing the moron said?

>>65065

if they turn it over to english heritage it will just become a B&B like all their other shit. any track restoration would be just the part punters could see out the window of their period-styled accomodations when they wake up to the sound of their brooklands app under the blown up portraits of noted racing females

>>65065

authentic secondhand quotes. FT is all paywall. todt continues to be under the impression the FIA is an important world player like FIFA or the UN and not beholden to actually promote sport. also he is about to be re-elected without opposition so only his timely death can stop this

nobuharu matsushita is in for sauber

must have been agreed before the honda deal fell thru

>Teams will be able to add their own fairings to the Halo to optimise the effect.

>FIA race director Charlie Whiting said last week that the teams will find ways to making the Halo look more appealing.

<"I'm sure that they will look more pleasing to the eyes," he said. "Teams haven't explored the full range of possibility to make them look a little more pleasing to the eye."

what color is the sky of the planet whiting and todt live on

tour of ferrari '14 intercooler bought at manor auction

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns37093.html

>AUGUST 8, 2017

>Stroll joins F1 silly season

>Lance Stroll could be a surprise protagonist in this year's F1 'silly season'.

>The specialist Italiaracing publication is reporting that the Williams driver's father, billionaire fashion mogul Lawrence Stroll, is being linked with Force India.

>Force India, whose co-owners Vijay Mallya and Subrata Roy are both tackling serious legal issues, is considering dropping the 'India' from its name for 2018.

>Boss Mallya hopes the move will attract more investment, with the impressive independent team hitting the limits of its performance against better funded teams.

>"With a little bit more in our pocket we can make that incremental step and certainly fight in the top three consistently," he said.

>It is possible that Stroll buying into Force India would mean a move to the Silverstone based team for his son, the 18-year-old Canadian rookie Lance Stroll.

>F1 CEO Chase Carey said one of his favourite moments of 2017 so far was when Stroll achieved his first podium finish in Baku.

>"In sport, it's a great story when an underdog suddenly has success," he told Auto Bild.

>"Stroll had to listen to all that criticism for months, and everything about his father's money as well, and then he did his reply on the track in Baku. I would like to see more of that," Carey added.

Typical Jew showing no loyalty and using Williams as a stepping stone.

>>65075

when did this board cease being /f1/ and become /polcars/ ?

>>65075

Welcome to F1. Loyality is only as good as the money involved in it.

Kimi sigined a new Ferrari deal until the end of 2018.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/raikkonen-secures-new-ferrari-deal-943426/

Vandoorne staying at McLaren next year.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-confirms-vandoorne-for-2018-season-943706/

>Magnussen also cleared up some debate after the event about what exactly he had said – with uncertainty about whether he had told Hulkenberg to: "Suck my balls, honey." or "Such my balls, mate."

>"I didn't say honey…." clarified the Dane.

good thing that's cleared up

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns37167.html

Sergio Perez still doesn't have a new contract.

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns37175.html

http://www.autobild.de/artikel/formel-1-wo-faehrt-alonso-2018--11317721.html

Translation of autobild (from some Leddit fag)

>It is true! Williams and Fernando Alonso are on the brink of a sensation! The Spanish superstar wants to switch from McLaren-Honda to Williams-Mercedes. Insiders see the probability at well over 90 percent that the transfer comes.

>Williams wants to actually have Alonso. For some time, both parties have been talking. Alonso believes that there is a lot of potential in the Williams chassis. If he is only one second faster than Felipe Massa , the British tradition racer is already fourth power. This is more than Alonso McLaren-Honda also next year.

>In addition to this, Williams plans to move the entire rear axle, including the Mercedes transmission, next to the engine in 2018. This is currently to make the decisive difference between Force India and Williams. Discussions were held today at the Mercedes-Motorhome. Another important reason why Williams is so attractive to the Spaniard.

>And: Lawrence Stroll personally is willing to pay Alonso's mega-salary of more than 25 million euros. He wants the best driving instructor in the world for his son Lance, the best development aid for the team - and another year of puppy protection for his junior . Stroll even plans to take over the Williams team. So far, he has put at least € 40 million into the team as an investor. Felipe Massa would not be in the way of a change from Alonso to Williams. His contract runs out anyway. "I am relaxed about my future," he says.

>This fits McLaren has long been preparing Alonso's successor. Junior star Lando Norris (presently Formula 3) is driving one private test after another after ABMS information. "McLaren lets him drive everything that is possible, so he gets miles," says an insider. At the test in Hungary, the young Briton shone with great times, was almost on the weight level of the drivers in qualifying .

About the rear axle: This is the obviously the influence of Paddy Lowe and knowing how the Mercedes cars were designed.

The Paddy Lowe influence: Lowe's relationship with Mercedes and most likely leaving on good terms seems beneficial to Williams. His knowledge of building championship winning cars will be attractive to anyone. There is a possibility that he made connections to people at Mercedes AMG who were working on the engine. If another manufacturer joins F1, say for example, Toyota, they can try to get Paddy to put in a good word to poach people from Mercedes. No one wants to become the next Honda, so Paddy's connections and potential to poach top Mercedes engine people will be an asset.

What doesn't make sense: Lawrence Stroll's plans to take over Williams. No way in hell Claire would let that happen.

https://www.grandprixradio.nl/2017/08/25/silly-season-daniel-ricciardo-naar-ferrari/

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grandprixradio.nl%2F2017%2F08%2F25%2Fsilly-season-daniel-ricciardo-naar-ferrari%2F&edit-text=

>Silly season: 'Daniel Ricciardo to Ferrari'

>By Mike Mulder - August 25, 2017

>Daniel Ricciardo would have signed a contract that links him to Ferrari from the Formula One season 2019. That's what Grand Prix Radio-pitreporter Jack Plooij reports from sources in the paddock.

>Australia Ricciardo has an ongoing contract until the end of 2018 at Red Bull Racing. After that, Max Verstappen's stalemate would have to make the move to Ferrari. The contract would have included that Ricciardo might have boarded the Scuderia before, if Ferrari did not meet the current drivers.

>Kimi Raikkonen signed Wednesday for one extra season at Ferrari. Sebastian Vettel, leader in the championship, also has a declining contract: he is still negotiating with the Italian rally. Discussion would be the length of the new commitment.

>The most logical would be that Ricciardo replaces Raikkonen since 2019, but it might also mean that Australia takes Vettel's seat if the German do not come out with Ferrari.

> 26 Aug 2017

>Maranello (Italy) – Scuderia Ferrari has extended its technical and racing agreement with driver Sebastian Vettel for the 2018, 2019 and 2020 racing seasons of the Formula One World Championship.

http://formula1.ferrari.com/en/extension-of-the-agreement-between-scuderia-ferrari-and-sebastian-vettel/

the new F2 car is set to be unveiled later today (local thurs) at monza. with pussy cage

>>65161

Needs a higher nose too.

>>65162

and a quiet turbo engine so they don't have to be embarassed by the lower formula noise

if anyone cared about F2 these things might make a difference. which is the larger point, FIA had a chance to make an exciting car and get people interested in the series and instead went for more GP2

*especially considering there was just a report of ross brawn wanting to fix close following aero and ditch DRS

F2 would be a perfect place to test out these things like an underwing concept in actual races. sure they started designing this car earlier but they could have easily scrapped it and kept the last dallara on another year. now they are stuck with this bland shit for a long time to come. it's not even as interesting as a formula E car. sad!

>>65242

not as fucked as I would have expected. Yeah obviously they fucked up all the parts about it that would require skill in cornering but at least it's recognizably paul ricard.

jewsport is reporting sainz to renault is done. suggesting he could even replace palmer before the end of the year, at malaysia which would bring gasly into STR.

has to do with the honda toro rosso deal, which ultimately has to do with mclaren. but also means that matsushita who would have been in at sauber might be in at STR next year even tho he isn't a red bull driver. and perez to renault looks off because they want to keep hulk. which means wehrmacht is out of a seat because a ferrari driver is going in at sauber and FI was his only other option

and RIP kubica comeback

>>65245

He's linked to Williams now I heard.

>>65247

as is everyone old enough for martini until claire comes out to say otherwise

but she is busy atm with ruining her vagina

monkey seats to be b& from next year

something about not wanting to police engine modes blowing them

stuff:

-engine components dropped to two (2) each for 2018. yes, worse and more grid penalties

-no announced change to calendar leaves joe's with egg on his face after talking up his scoop and his impeccable sources

-halo loads now finalized. in fucking late september. gj

-everything but F2 jewed out of serious superlicense points. oh, but now drivers can earn a few from nascar cup because fuck you thats why

So F1 is even more fucked now?

Rumor says Stroll wants Di Resta or Massa again, and doesn't want Kubica. Something about afraid Kubica will make his son look bad.

Although this is the same guy who supposedly wanted Alonso to help mentor his son.

>>65366

why would anyone take shitresta? it must be some negotiating ploy to get massa to resign for peanuts

sure he's a merc driver but it's not like merc (or anyone) would pay anything to put him in the seat

>>65363

They really want to funnel it into the main way of getting F1 drivers in. At least they bothered to leave the Indycar road open for yanks.

>>65366

This rumor gained more traction, thanks to the Strolls being jews.

http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/f1/di-resta-s-f1-return-hopes

>Stroll tested the 2014 Williams at Suzuka twice – in the week before the Singapore Grand Prix and again two days after. An initial plan for Kubica to test the day after Stroll was thwarted by the Strolls, who preferred to have their two cars shipped to Austin in readiness for Lance to gain further experience ahead of the American Grand Prix there. This has left Williams looking at the feasibility of using its remaining 2014 car to conduct a Kubica test somewhere in Europe – and with the driver potentially looking for financial backing to cover the cost of the test. Although the Strolls do not run the team and the choice of driver alongside Lance Stroll is the prerogative of the Williams board members, and Paddy Lowe in particular, Lawrence Stroll does pay for Lance’s test programme in the 2014 cars. He does not pay for Williams to test other drivers in those cars. Hence the political difficulties of Kubica’s test.

Article also mentioned that the Alonso offer was made, but he is very likely to resign with McLaren.

I hope Kubica finds some backers quick.

kbyat supposedly out this weekend for gasly

>>65366

That doesn't make much sense. Honestly I think this may just be a way to get Massa's price down considering they were backed into paying him 6 mil for this year.

lel award mad

>I am not sure it is worth tracing this particular one, and getting them banned from their email services and so on,

>So, Mr Duck of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, (one can trace IP addresses easily enough. Even 24.211.227.255)

Hasegawa said Honda's spec 4 engine isn't meeting performance targets. Kek

williams to test kubica oct 11th and 18th

also di resta but fuck him

US broadcast leaving NBCSN for ESPN next year. which will still suck and be unwatchably full of commercials so who cares but

>"In this case, we chose not to enter into a new agreement in which the rights holder itself competes with us and our distribution partners.

which sounds vaguely like liberty mite b planning some OTT service, which would be the logical choice for the sport

also no suzuka thread until site gets fixed which knowing our honda overlords will never hap

AMuS is reporting the 2021 engine regs will be released at the end of this month

gasly is going to contest superuforumerura hip instead of usgp. rumored replacements include buemi or another WEC driver or even an indycar pleb altho unlikely

also claire squeezed out her baby and the lets get ready to rumble dude is going to be at austin making the grid pre-race 15 minutes longer

a top lel of mrs. toto's actual racing record:

https://thejudge13.com/2017/10/17/susie-wolff-never-got-a-drive-in-f1-because-she-was-female/

Robert Kubica testing at Hungaroring today.

RoC this winter is going to be in saudi arabia

>"With women able to drive in Saudi Arabia from 2018, we feel this is an auspicious moment to be bringing a motorsport event to Riyadh.

SiriusXM, best known for being that thing nobody renews in their cars and the home of a geriatric howard stern phoning in three utterly shit shows a year, is going to broadcast the BBC Radio 5 feed starting from this weekend and all of 2018

so a theoretical source of commentary feed for nordamericanos to overlay instead of listening to crofty reading tweets aboug negro dicks all weekend

jewsport and affiliated are reporting Liberty will have a paid stream from 2018

but of course no details except it will be geo-blocked depending on market and it will be entirely their own standalone service, not on anything else

evidently liberty talked to some redditors a little while ago and they were all clamoring for a stream so it is reasonable to blame them for anything that happens

Would be fucking hilarious if Bottas takes Hamilton out today. That, or Lewis retires in the exact way he retired at last year's Malaysian Grand Prix

hartley in at STR for mexico

pairing gasly

>>65562

Sounds like they really want to cut out all the un-necessary middlemen out of that shit.

new engine details tomorrow

https://www.fia.com/news/fia-and-formula-1-set-out-clear-direction-2021-f1-power-unit-regulations

>- 1.6 Litre, V6 Turbo Hybrid

>- 3000rpm higher engine running speed range to improve the sound

>- Prescriptive internal design parameters to restrict development costs and discourage extreme designs and running conditions

>- Removal of the MGUH

>- More powerful MGUK with focus on manual driver deployment in race together with option to save up energy over several laps to give a driver controlled tactical element to racing

>- Single turbo with dimensional constraints and weight limits

>- Standard energy store and control electronics

>- High Level of external prescriptive design to give ‘Plug-And-Play’ engine/chassis/transmission swap capability

>- Intention to investigate tighter fuel regulations and limits on number of fuels used

so not a twin turbo after all and i don't see anything about the fuel flow rate for the extra rpm, or about refueling/fuel capacity increase since they will lose shitloads of efficiency without mguh

reading rumor that wehrmacht is out at sauber and sharle clurrr is in for 2018

which would mean everything is set except williams

>>65734

>High Level of external prescriptive design

evidence that they learned nothing

since they are essentially bringing back KERS with push-to-pass, maybe this means they will finally ditch DRS which we already know brawn dislikes

>>65734

Still no space to do different engine configs, still no NA option and they want to keep the fuel restrictions on because they still haven't realized that NOBODY GIVES A FLYING FUCK ABOUT FUEL SAVINGS IN F1

Will Buxton claiming that he heard Kubica's long runs aren't good.

hard and gas lees confirmed retained at STR

last race hasn't even happened yet and we are already getting articles of fake photoshop liveries and the return of old circuits

>The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) has returned the entry fee paid by Manor Grand Prix Racing Limited in November 2016

>as a gesture of good will

>$522,322

"good will" my left asshole, there must have been pending legal action. as if FIA would give up a single shekel to a bunch of somebody else's creditors just because they are such nice generous blokes

>>65806

They all look like knock-offs designed to avoid copyright nonsense.

Though, the last one looks like it's from Wipeout 2097

RTL and others reporting kubica in at williams for two years but williams denies

which would make sense as they haven't even finished running him in the post abu test so any announcement would come after that

>>65811

I think they most likely want to keep their options open in case they find someone even more lucrative than Kubica

>>65812

williams is now going to put sirotkin in the test as well, surely being paid for this as rotk is a renault driver

probably unseemly to announce he has no chance of the seat before they cash the russian check even if everyone knows he has no chance of the seat

it's not as if williams are under any pressure to name drivers they could wait it out until march if they wanted

Motorsport Manager on PC is like 75% off on Steam.

>>65826

It's a good game but it suffers from not having any real licenses for any of the stuff.

finland nails it:

>In terms of influences on the project, Turley name-checks the work of the Designer’s Republic and the Pre-Op Art graphics of Italian designer, Franco Grignani, whose work was exhibited across two London exhibitions this year. The tDR mention is interesting as the identity (logo and type included) certainly shares an aesthetic with the sci-fi racing world that the studio designed for the classic mid-90s video game, Wipeout.

https://www.creativereview.co.uk/formula-1-unveils-new-identity-wieden-kennedy-london/

Robert Kubica is currently testing the FW40.

>>65873

Now imagine those winglets injuring or killing someone since it is like a knife.

The rumors were true, say hello to Sauber Alfa Romeo.

sky and ch4 season reviews to air this sunday

ch4 voiceover is by humperdink cumberbund

f1broadcasting reporting the start time of the french gp next year may be adjusted +/- a few hours because it conflicts with some english and panamanian kicking balls game

>>65883

Will Jenson be able to find new Japanese pussy after Jessica left him?

some rumors of haas with maserati branding

>>65888

Dear God. When they retire, I wonder who they will appoint as their replacements.

Alonso at McLaren, 2007. FujiTV broadcast (possibly the satellite version)

they finally convinced gimi to join the GPDA

>>65891

>with rumors of Sirotkin's data is more impressive.

nice to see the russians still at it

now there is speculation of some provisional part year deal with kubica. which makes little sense as the size of his insurance repayment would require him to make a full comeback

expect this nonsense to continue well into next year as williams extracts the highest bid possible then sends claire out to tell everyone the decision wasn't based on shekels

nen this flag

looks like they will do another F1 Live concert thingy at Marseille next year ahead of the franch gp

this time they are releasing the deets ahead of time instead of hiding from terrorists. which means there will be many beheadings

Lewis Hamilton in trouble for posting "Boys don't wear princess dresses." on Twitter with a pic of his nephew wearing said dress.

What the fuck? You know the world really lost it when you have to defend Lewis and say he dindu nuffin.

>>65898

Oh and it's getting worse. (((Huffington Post))) going after Lewis for liking tweets that say he dindu nuffin and the PC brigade has gone mad.

https://archive.fo/jbhQu

>>65898

I don't get it why companies and people ever apologize to SJWs. They will forget this and move on and be triggered about the next thing. Apologizing just confirms them and they will continue with this bullshit.

Flavio Briatore said Kubica isn't getting the drive and wondered why F1 management didn't step in to help.

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speedweek.com%2Fformel1%2Fnews%2F120644%2FFlavio-Briatore-Williams-2018-ohne-Robert-Kubica.html&edit-text=

latest slow news season article about someplace wanting F1 that will never fucking happen: Nurburgring. they must have a stack of these articles set up mad-lib style, just fill in the name and run it next to some photoshop livery or cars of the future garbage. not that there is much else happening.

daytona test and dakar start this weekend, and a formula E race next weekend

Kubica is gone. It's over.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/42579911

Let's see all of the fuck ups Williams did.

>Not giving Adrian Newey a part of the team, which made him leave for McLaren

>Tusk Nose

>Appointing Sam Michael as technical director and letting him fuck things up for years.

>Not giving him proper support staff and letting him try to run every aspect of the team (he apparently had to do everything, including dealing with the IT staff for some reason.)

Anything else?

>>65904

>Letting Jean-Louis Schlesser ever sit in one of their cars

>Letting go of Boutsen for 1991 even though he destroyed (((Patrese))) in 1990

>Keeping (((Patrese))) on the team long after he stopped being a competitive driver just so Mansell could remain unchallenged throughout 1992

>Letting go of Mansell for 1993

>Being the reason Senna died in 1994

>Letting go of Hill for 1997

>Staying with Renault (or rather, a shady unofficial offbrand) in 1998 and 1999

>Letting go of Villeneuve for 1999

>Thinking Zanardi would still be good in F1 after all those part-time drives he had for other teams throughout the 90s

>Letting go of Button for 2001 though to be fair, he was too inexperienced at the time

>Completely dropping BMW as an engine supplier after 1 duff season

>Thinking it was still the 80s and went to Cosworth as their immediate replacement

>Going to Toyota one year later

>Reverting to Cosworth when Toyota abandoned their F1 project

>Not going straight to Mercedes and trying Renault again, simply due to the relationship they had hundreds of moons before

>Keeping Barrichello and Massa long after they stopped being competitive drivers

That's all I can think of for now.

>>65907

Wasn't the whole BMW thing was cause of not getting along with Mario Theissen and Mario thought it was better to just buyout Sauber than deal with Frank?

sir gay of ratkin finally official

Kubica is only reserve and development driver. If the car is good and the pay drivers benefit, they are going to benefit from Robert's work.

If the car is good and Robert ain't racing it, that will be a kick in the nuts. Fuck I am so annoyed.

>>65910

I think his primary job will be that of a mentor to those two and maybe a 1 year contract as a number two for whoever performs the best this year.

>>65911

There was rumors that Stroll's dad wants to buy Force India.

>>65912

Wouldn't surprise me, but I think FI will wait for a manufacturer to snag them.

>>65907

patrese wiped the floor with mansell for the whole first half of 1991

also zanardi got literally none of the support or car updates that schumacher got that year iirc there's an article that covers how hard wontiums nigged him

>>65914

Zanardi also claimed Williams gave him a rookie race engineer too, or something on those lines.

the strategy group is meeting today

on the agenda should be several reasonable proposals, which will be rejected or put off indefinitely, and something incredibly stupid that will come in with immediate effect

>>65918

i really really like that image

f1broadcasting reporting about the OTT

>Will Buxton is all but confirmed, alongside a line-up that may feature James Allen, Johnny Herbert, and Rosanna Tennant.

with sky crufty commentary

>only five countries will have access to the live over-the-top service at launch. They are USA, Mexico, Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

>>65920

remember when buxton would beta orbit jenny gow that was funny

daytona 24h this weekend, on an assortment of Fox channels from 2pm EST

qualy and other shite on imsa tv streaming only

https://www.imsa.com/events/2018-rolex-24-daytona

cadillacs and ford gts, what a shock

alonso doing a bunch of wec with toyota this year, to include losing at le mans

RIP grid girls

congrats to Liberty for taking a brave stand to placate some people who don't follow motorsport

>>65929

So there are less jobs for women in f1 now, I approve this.

now F1 could become as popular as the WNBA or the She Believes Cup

the thing where a bunch of races are going to be pushed back by 70 minutes has been confirmed

because mexicans in los angeles will surely wake up at 6:10am on a sunday but 5:00am was too much

RoC and Bathurst this weekend

rubens almost dead out of nowhere for no reason aged only mid 40

why can't this happen to crofty?

and now grid kids is officially F1 dogma

john death:

>giving the future champions of our sport the opportunity to stand alongside their heroes on the grid in the build-up to the race start.

doesn't sound like it will be hot lolis or engineering contest nerds but rather a bunch of karting shits

>>65946

And furthermore, how many kids will the FIA and Formula 1 diddle as part of some FUCKED conspiracy to get people to shut up and behave?

>>65947

My first thought too. F1 really is fucked.

>>65944

I'll dig it up when I have time but I actually vividly recall (when trolling plebbitards) a wildly popular reddit thread where they actually advocated this.

If you thought Mosley and Ecclestone were bad, think that Liberty/Todt HAVE UNIRONICALLY TAKEN SUGGESTIONS FROM REDDIT.

>>65947

>>65948

The U.S. congressional page program was actually shut down for a time because it was used as a farm for kiddies to rape.

That is common of these types of things.

>>65950

jesus that's retarded.

Even fucking Formula E is taking the piss out on Formula 1 over grid girls.

https://archive.fo/oOAGu

Archive, cause the author is a cuck.

>>65957

f-E is still going to have grid girls, just not at every race

>>65958

That's the whole point. The environmentalists are calling F1 management fags.

>>65959

Both Formula E and Formula 1 are environmentalists now, just that one is saner than the other. Call me oldfashioned but I believe Formula 1 should be all about raw performance from a naturally aspirated ICE (internal combustion engine). Not this faggy hybrid, preserve turbo, preserve tires, preserve engine bullshit.

and now world rallycross set to switch to electric from 2020

although it makes more sense there because they only do a couple laps and nobody watches it