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FIA Formula One 2019 |OT| Oil Mining vs. Energy Drinks vs. Big Tobacco, pick your poison
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This car doesn't make any sense.
It's a sport car right? Then why in the blue hell they are using a hybrid plug in system that increased the weight of the car by over 270kg. All this weight for 220 hp more than the basic V8 that you can only use in the mode " qualify" for one lap. The funny thing is that they removed the reverse gear in order to reduce the general weight by 30kg lmao ( but they increased by 270kg for the hybrid system ... TERRIFIC IDEA ) . This truck can't even go beyond 340 km/h despite having a total of around 1000hp.
Also the design of the car is a complete clusterfuck : it's a combination of corvette , honda nsx and who knows what else.
Looks like Grosjean has got a phone call, he's listing career highlights on twitter.
Honda and Exxon preparing a Suzuka Special, new fuel and oils so they can run Mode 12 all race long with spec 4 😎
Honda and Exxon preparing a Suzuka Special, new fuel and oils so they can run Mode 12 all race long with spec 4 😎
i cant talk specs but as soon as ferrari announced they were dropping pininfarina to do body work in house i knew we were going to get some odd looking ferraris. the sf90 looks big in a bad way, and like you said the design is a smorgasbord.
I'm not even sure what's worse at this point.I see 90's Camaro
Ferrari has made some absolutely butt ugly cars, but I don't think the Stradale is one of them.
As to the electric systems, those are the future, whether we like it or not. Any manufacturer which isn't getting experience making those sorts of cars will be left behind... so it's no surprise that Ferrari are working on them.
Based on what you have said, it's more of a disappointment rather than one of the worst car ever made.
I will definitely agree with the design but it's not as ugly as the F8 tributo IMO. Having those touchpads on the steering wheel is a bad choice too.
To be fair for once he's right.
Obviously not worst ever, but it's looking pretty bad.
IMO it is for the best for him that it happened mid-season rather than at the end of the season. Now, he has time to try to get a seat outside Red Bull system because it is obvious that they don't plan to promote him at all. Renault would be nice but I guess it's a bit impossible
Standard TPMS going forward
Has some F1 team tried to pull the Patriot's deflated football trick? I didn't realize the tire blankets were going away as well. Definitely makes the F2 pit strategy more interesting, but I don't know how long F1's even had the blankets.
EDIT: I just realized making a Patriot's reference and calling them tires totally outs me as American
Has some F1 team tried to pull the Patriot's deflated football trick? I didn't realize the tire blankets were going away as well. Definitely makes the F2 pit strategy more interesting, but I don't know how long F1's even had the blankets.
EDIT: I just realized making a Patriot's reference and calling them tires totally outs me as American
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Wouldn't running lower pressure increase wear on the edges of the tire?
Edit: I actually think now this is more of a way to catch teams using any sort of artificial tire warming which will be banned in 2021.
The rapport Lando and Carlos have is genuine and very marketable. Not only that but they are great drivers. McLaren would do well to hold on to them for a long time.
If you don't listen to the Beyond the Grid podcast, I can recommend it.
Latest ep(53) is a chat with Jo Ramirez who worked closely with Prost and Senna at Mclaren. Very interesting interview.
Edit: Ross Brawn one was also excellent, in the middle of the Gordon Murray one now.
Latest ep(53) is a chat with Jo Ramirez who worked closely with Prost and Senna at Mclaren. Very interesting interview.
Edit: Ross Brawn one was also excellent, in the middle of the Gordon Murray one now.
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Listening to the Gordon Murray episode of Beyond the Grid. Did not know that the fan car could stick upside down while stationary if the engine was at 11,000 rpm. Lauda had to completely change how he drove the car to make it work. Great interview.
For serious.
If I didn't have the game I'd almost forget F1 exists (extreme exaggeration).
At least all the hard working travelling circus are having a well earned break and getting to see their families and such.
The only saving grace for me is I'm getting some time to catch up on F2 / F3 races and start to understand a bit more what's going on. Otherwise, yeah this is excruciating.
To be fair he has been very consistent this season, consistently pish...
Merc deal to give him some experience before coming to them in 2022?
Assuming bottas ends the season well behind on points vs Hamilton, does that basically cement him as a number 2? Hopefully he'll be ok with that - he came out pretty strong early on this season
Assuming bottas ends the season well behind on points vs Hamilton, does that basically cement him as a number 2? Hopefully he'll be ok with that - he came out pretty strong early on this season
Wait Bottas stays?
Wouldnt Ocon rather have the Merc seat....or is it that Bottas has secured his seat so Ocon has to hustle elsewhere?
I was really hoping for a young in Mercedes.
Sucks that Botass might be staying.
Was hoping someone else would get a run before the 2021 regs come in, though if this increases the chances of Russell getting the seat that's a silver lining.
Was hoping someone else would get a run before the 2021 regs come in, though if this increases the chances of Russell getting the seat that's a silver lining.
I was joking... :P (Not sure what would be funnier though, driving with KMag or replacing KMag...)
I know very well why top teams choose to often have a significantly weaker #2 driver, but holy shit at the amount of chances and battles we've lost by having Massa and Kimi in Ferrari for so long, Webber in Red Bull that much, Bottas staying in Mercedes despite all, etc.. It takes so much of the spectacle away.
TIL there is another closed circuit open cockpit racing known as Super Formula .... WOW.
Lose harder. It'd probably be as bad as Alonso vs Vandoorne.
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