But the jerbs!Good, all for it.
Not looking forward to all the pissing and moaning by the alpha males on the internet.
Is there any sort of information on how much, if anything, the girls were paid?
It looks like a place to hang coats to me
Well then it sucks. I figured it was like American cheerleaders, who are paid next to nothing.I saw on Reddit (so take with a pinch of salt) that for some it was two months salary for 4/5 days work.
It still looks like a bolted on afterthought, not really different than those that were tested mid-season last year.
Ok...if I lost this amount of money out of my yearly revenue I'd be fucking pissed.I saw on Reddit (so take with a pinch of salt) that for some it was two months salary for 4/5 days work.
That grid girl thing has to suck for the girls doing the work. Must have been nice to get that kind of work every year, plus I bet it helped get a few of them other jobs.
If that's what they cut out that's cool and not the entirety of what they did fine. I don't want to see people out of work, especially models. People assume that they're well paid, but they really aren't. They're usually pretty nice people as well. Granted I know amateur models and not professional ones.If a post on reddit is to go by, standing on the grid and looking pretty was barely 5% of the job. Most of the time was spent meeting "important" people and showing them around. So yeah, they can still continue to do that job and not have to be eye candy for old perverts on the grid.
If that's what they cut out that's cool and not the entirety of what they did fine. I don't want to see people out of work, especially models.
I was kind of hoping it wasn't this to be honest. Grid girl is something I never did too much research on so if the FIA was pimping them out then it really should just be abolished. Though if it was that I'm pretty sure it would have made the news years ago.isn't it all that "other stuff" that these models are getting paid for? A borderline escort service. I find the whole premise to be very creepy, even if the models are happy for the work.
I think I'd rather be eye candy on the grid than a pseudo escort... but what do I know, I'm an old pervert!If a post on reddit is to go by, standing on the grid and looking pretty was barely 5% of the job. Most of the time was spent meeting "important" people and showing them around. So yeah, they can still continue to do that job and not have to be eye candy for old perverts on the grid.
Formula 1, together with the FIA, has revealed the starting times for the 21 Grands Prix of the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.
There are two main changes to 2017's structure. The first is that on Sunday the race will start at ten minutes past the hour. Some broadcasters usually go on air precisely on the hour, hence missing the tension and emotion that characterize the minutes before the start of each Grand Prix. Thanks to this change, television viewers will be brought closer to the teams and the drivers and fully enjoy the spectacle offered just before the red lights go out.
The second change is to the European and Brazilian race weekends. Research has indicated that a wider TV audience is reachable later in the afternoons, especially in the summer months. Consequently, it has been decided to move the schedule of every session back by one hour across the whole weekend for each of the above-mentioned Grands Prix.
Other minor adjustments have been made in order to avoid clashes with other major sports events like the FIFA World Cup, to allow for differing sunset times, and to attract a wider attendance to promoters' events.
There are two main changes to 2017's structure. The first is that on Sunday the race will start at ten minutes past the hour. Some broadcasters usually go on air precisely on the hour, hence missing the tension and emotion that characterize the minutes before the start of each Grand Prix. Thanks to this change, television viewers will be brought closer to the teams and the drivers and fully enjoy the spectacle offered just before the red lights go out.
European races starting a hour later means an 11pm start here in Australia, might have to stop watching races live this year....
At least Brazil will be better for you guys, it kind of pushes on through properly to the next day now. It'll be 4:10 AM for us :(I'm in NZ; most races start at 12am here haha! If I can do it surely you can too! If they're pushing it an hour back, it'll become 1am and I think I'll still do it. Live F1 is good.
At least Brazil will be better for you guys, it kind of pushes on through properly to the next day now. It'll be 4:10 AM for us :(
http://8w.forix.com/mc-lambo.htmlA McLaren-Lamborghini connection was first rumoured in August 1993. Italian papers stated that McLaren was building a car for Chrysler. The rumour was more than a rumour because a test car was actually being built. There seemed a possibility that the parent of Lamborghini, American giant Chrysler, wanted to expand their involvement in Formula 1.
The first public test came at Estoril during October 1993. Ayrton Senna called the engine reliable and promising. He also said: "It is very good, but it needs more power and is not very sophisticated. I am sure it could be very good for next season." Fuelling rumours of racing the engine during the running season Senna also said: "It would be very interesting to race the Lamborghini in Japan." Ron Dennis quickly denied this and said that they had no plans to race to race the Chrysler-financed V12. During these McLaren tests the V12 was always called a Chrysler V12. Back at home McLaren test-driver Mika Häkkinen ran at Silverstone 1.4s faster than with the Ford-powered car. Buoyed by the result Chrysler promised an all-new V12 engine to McLaren for 1994.
It never happened. In November 1993, having been so bitterly disappointed by McLaren, Chrysler sold Lamborghini to an Indonesian investor group led by Tommy, the playboy son of then president Suharto, and together with Chrysler the Lamborghini name disappeared from Formula 1. It put an end to a brief parenthesis in McLaren history.
Rather than going with the Lamborgini engine Mclaren partnered with Peugeot, leading to one of Mclaren's worst seasons from that era. Let's hope that now in 2018, Mclaren with another French engine supplier can have some success.
I guess this championship is done for him.Bad news for DiGrassi before Santiago E-Prix, he will get a grid penalty (10 places)
Looks like it. He will never be able to catch up to Bird or Rosenqvist unless there's an upset.
How is it different from the one Vettel tested which he said has issues?
How is it different from the one Vettel tested which he said has issues?
Exactly my thoughts. I don't see how this doesnt replace Halo if drivers can use it on super speedways, road courses, short ovals and street circuits without any issues.
So, this happened at the Race of Champions...
Rudy van Buren is McLaren's new sim driver after winning their eSports competition last year.
INDYCAR will take the next step in the evolution of its driver safety program by testing a windscreen on an Indy car for the first time on track, Thursday, Feb. 8, at ISM Raceway. The test will be held in conjunction with the Verizon IndyCar Series' preseason open test near Phoenix.
The windscreen, under development for nearly two years, will be affixed to a Chip Ganassi Racing Honda driven by four-time Verizon IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon. The primary goal of the test will be to validate visual acuity for the driver in various lighting conditions – under full sun, at dusk and at night under track lighting.
"This has been a long process, one that's been very methodical and purposeful," INDYCAR President of Competition and Operations Jay Frye said of the windscreen project. "We have been striving to create a safety piece that aesthetically looks good and works in all conditions, and this is a test of those things. Any piece we put on an Indy car must work for multiple types of venues and different lighting conditions. It has to be versatile."
The windscreen is made of a proprietary Opticor advanced transparency material by PPG, the same material the company uses in its production of fighter jet canopies. The material has shown to be stronger, lighter and more impact-resistant than polycarbonate previously used, according to Jeff Horton, INDYCAR's director of engineering and safety, who has spearheaded windscreen development with Dr. Terry Trammell, INDYCAR medical consultant.
The prototype windscreen has been tested in a scale-model wind tunnel and racing simulator at Dallara, INDYCAR's chassis producer. Harding Racing's Gabby Chaves provided driver feedback after testing in the Dallara driving simulator last year (shown at right). The on-track test at ISM Raceway is the next step in its evolution, though Frye said there is no timetable for implementation in Verizon IndyCar Series competition.
"We've tested this at Dallara's simulator, but this will be the first time it has been on a car at speed," Frye said. "So, this is just the next step in the process."
Now I'm holding out for them to put van Buren into a real McLaren this year and notice that he can hang with Nando. RIP Norris.Either Norris has got some explaining to do, or van Buren is simply a better driver hard done by due to circumstances.
nah, Vettel got sick and they scrapped it. It was baffling that they tested the screen only a few times compared to Halo.Something like this is inevitably coming to the FIA cars, they just did a shit job and only the dumb halo was ready.
It was so stupid how they only tried one lap with one driver.nah, Vettel got sick and they scrapped it. It was baffling that they tested the screen only a few times compared to Halo.
Well they wanted to add a new protection to the 2018 cars no matter what so they went with the least problematic model. I hope we'll get something different for 2019.