>Waiting for 2017 edition
>Formula E might be interesting in the coming years
>Bernie says F1 is shit
>Formula E
Lewis is the greatest driver of our generation
who yotsub&! here?
ATTENTION
THIS IS NOT A BULLY-FREE THREAD
LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE BULLIED
>>64292551
Fuck off Hungary your track is the only good part about your country
>>64292624
at least we're going to have a GP next year
what did I do to offend you though?
>>64292624
Paprikash is pretty good
>>64292624
nigga the track isn't even in the top 15 circuits f1 visited this year
>>64292651
yes it is you absolute retard
>>64292642
>THIS IS NOT A BULLY-FREE THREAD
>what did I do to offend you though?
MATE
WHO /WRC/ HERE
>genuine race
>difficult roads
>real pilots
>>64292664
the only tracks worse for actual /racing/ are singapore, abu dhabi and shanghai
hungary only provides a good grand prix when it's chaotic, and the track doesn't matter at all in a chaotic race.
>>64292675
did you manage to get rid of the kraut proxy? do you get triggered by the word 'bully'?
>>64292675
Fuck off kike lover
>>64292694
my mate robbie and i tried it out one weekend but an armco barrier cut his hand in half the absolute madman
>>64292675
>>64292697
You think Monaco is better for racing than Hungary? You can overtake without DRS at Hungary.
>>64292745
there's one corner on the whole track that is conducive to overtaking. it's called monaco without walls for a reason. there has never been a good race there that wasn't down to crashes left right and centre, and every other race is decided by tyre wear with zero on track battling.
meanwhile monaco has much more battles for position and because it is so punishing if you make a mistake the quality of the racing is far higher even though overtakes are hard to come by
>>64292501
I'm giving FE 4 more years before I can judge it or not. The potential is there, but the teams and manufacturers are fighting the limits of the technology behind electric cars, which is why they're so slow compared to just about any gasoline-powered single-seater.
On the other hand, in 4 years the rulebook for Formula E is supposed to be wide-fucking-open and I want to see what that would look like...
Daily Reminder
Everything you like is shit
>>64292811
>there hasn't been a really good Monaco GP since 2008 (when it rained)
>meanwhile Hungary provided the best race of the year and a top three race last year
>t-those don't count because of crashes!
ok dude
>>64292892
i'm not saying 2015 wasn't a good race, i'm saying it didn't have good rac/ing/. any circuit can replicate that race, while you'll only get a canada 2011 (for example) at canada.
>>64292624
kek, it's literally one of th worst ones.
>>64292892
>>meanwhile Hungary provided the best race of the year and a top three race last year
Did we see the same race?
Anyway, F1 will no longer be casted on public television here in Spain from next season on so I guess I will sadly see less races. I'll try to watch some online but it will never be the same
>>64292961
>Anyway, F1 will no longer be casted on public television here in Spain from next season on so I guess I will sadly see less races. I'll try to watch some online but it will never be the same
BBC are ditching F1 coverage as well, it's gonna have to be sky acestreams all the way from here
If only Crofty, Hill and Herbert would go to ITV so Coulthard and Lee could take their places at Sky
>>64292961
meanwhile in portugal, formula1 is moving from a premium pay-to-watch channel to a basic cable chanel
Eurosport as godtier commentary here
>>64292941
>while you'll only get a canada 2011 (for example) at canada.
and it rained which can make any race good
>i'm not saying 2015 wasn't a good race, i'm saying it didn't have good rac/ing/
Can you explain why Hungary 2015 was not good racing?
>kek, it's literally one of th worst ones.
you're thinking of Barcelona
>>64292997
Fortunately we will have discussions here and link will be hopefully easy to find and share.
But as I said, looking for streams and expecting them to work properly will never compare to just turning on the tv
>>64293121
to me the worst races of the year were the ones I don't remember
and I do remember hungary
>>64293125
The same Ace Stream has been working for every single race this season.
Shit's easy yo
>>64292997
There's no online season pass for F1 like WEC and other modern racing series is there?
>>64293121
catalunya isn't as bad as hungary. it meets fia track width regulations instead of being 8 metres fucking wide, has elevation change, has more than one straight and doesn't have the same corner 4 times in a row. the chicane ruined the track but it's nowhere near as awful a track.
>Can you explain why Hungary 2015 was not good racing?
a race whose only battles for position result in contact and forcing a driver 5 car widths off the track is not good racing wise. spectacle wise? yeah, it was pretty good by that metric alone because nobody saw mclaren finishing ahead of ever mercedes powered car, the mercs not finishing in the top 5, vettel winning a second race and red bull getting a double podium. but as far as the battling was concerned it was only better than the races like australia, china, canada and japan where literally NOTHING happened. the hungaroring just doesn't encourage good racing and f1 has outgrown it as a venue.
>>64293217
>F1
>doing something useful with the internet
Lmao no
>>64293121
I actually think that Barcelona is BY FAR the most boring circuit. That doesn't take away the fact that, for me, Hungary comes close.
>>64293176
I guess since I had the tv I never looked into it. Thanks!
>>64293217
bernie is still stuck in 1978 so no
COMPETITIVE
>>64293335
CUCUMBER
Will Force India be even better next year? Or was this year's b-car a lucky coincidence?
>>64293550
Will they even exist?
>>64293247
>>64293239
>mfw nascar posts full races and IMSA 60 fps races on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUUwI8e5ojg#t=1m45s
amazing how far behind F1 is with the times, well mostly all of the FIA
Bernie's right for a change. F1 is indeed shit
>>64293550
alternative version
>>64292824
>On the other hand, in 4 years the rulebook for Formula E is supposed to be wide-fucking-open and I want to see what that would look like...
Seriously can't wait until then.
>>64293728
AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA
>>64293121
Take a look back to Bahrain 2014. It had constant wheel-to-wheel racing and cars going side by side pretty much every lap. Even this year's race had a good amount. Cars can do this at Bahrain because the circuit isn't as narrow as a go-kart track and you don't have to be 2 seconds faster than the car ahead to stick your front wheel alongside by the time the next corner comes along.
Hungary on the other hand is impossible for cars to go side by side. If the car ahead is less than 2 seconds a lap slower than yours, you have no chance to overtake. It takes no skill to hold a car behind at Hungary. At Bahrain you can be challenged into almost any corner. At Hungary you can only do this if you make enough contact for one driver to get investigated by the stewards.
>>64293861
Why don't they just race on ovals if all you want is wide tracks for side by side
>>64293728
How can people find Nascar enjoyable to watch?
>>64293917
There's more strategy in it than an F1 race.
>>64293940
hardly
>>64293917
you watch the first 20 laps, fall asleep, and watch the last 20
"NASCAR naps"
>>64292624
What about the pornstars?
>>64293891
ovals are essentially one giant, curving straight tho, and 40 cars swapping slipstream for 2 hours is a very different breed of racing to F1. monza is the closest to an oval f1 goes to and the slipstream trading rarely makes for interesting races
in F1 you have a wide mix of hairpins, sweepers, esses, chicanes, straights and other twists, compared to an oval which is two or three left hand turns separated by a straight. you can't defend from a faster car on an oval, you can't take different lines through different corners to catch your rival off guard, you can't beat them in a traction zone, you can't make your car wide enough to block them from taking the outside line and then loiter on the apex just enough to make them back off.
there's more challenge to making an overtake through eau rouge or the senna s than on an oval even if making it stick is the hard part
>>64294027
>you watch the first 20 laps, fall asleep, and watch the last 20
change 20 to 5 and you just described every F1 race since 2014.
>>64294064
I ain't reading all that
>>64292694
> sebastien wins lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBITgght8uo
>>64294101
s'okay tyrone, we'll start out with the jungle book and work our way up to the bigger words
>>64294125
>he actually thinks he is smart because he regurgitated common knowledge
>The future of the Italian Grand Prix could be settled in the coming weeks as the Italian parliament is expected to approve new legislation that would increase funding for the race, according to reports in Italy.
>A new four or seven year deal could then be inked in the New Year.
HELL YEAH
>>64294148
>3rd world country agrees to be duped and give Bernie more money
What a surprise
>>64294160
meanwhile murica can't afford its race
>>64294160
It's more clever than that, they're just allowing Automobile Club d'Italia to change their statute to fund the GP from the income other then their sport activities.
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2015/12/merry-christmas-monza-law-change-set-to-save-the-italian-grand-prix/
>>64294148
>giving more money to Bernie
>>64294231
Yes, good goy, keep losing money on your entertainment.
>>64294376
meanwhile the state of texas is literally making taxpayers fund mandramamania
>>64294386
Why do you follow obscure American business news so closely?
Btw mandrama actually creates a profit, not sure why you bother to mention it.
WHY COME INTO THESE THREADS TO TALK SHIT ABOUT THE SPORT
Whats the point
>>64294408
someone i follow on twitter retweeted it, can't say i give a single shit about playfighting desu
f1 also generates more income for local businesses and the like than it costs to host as well
>>64294455
it's not shittalking it's providing realistic assessments about the sorry state that the sport has gotten itself in over the past 5 years
>>64294456
>f1 also generates more income for local businesses and the like than it costs to host as well
Yes stadium slaves always say this but hasn't that been disproved repeatedly?
>>64294455
If you prefer lying to yourself go ahead
>>64294472
>realistic assessments
The posts above are definitely not "assessments" rather they are shit flinging.
>>64294533
What posts
>>64294709
>>64294408
>>64294386
>>64294376
>>64294373
>>64294231
>>64294160
No actual information or discussion going on here lads, only shit.
>>64294733
How is acknowledging that circuits (and the governments that support them) lose money to absurd sanction fees "shitflinging"?
>>64293861
Thinking on it, what is the general consensus with regards to Bahrain now? The addition of DRS has completely revitalized the circuit, and every single one of the last 4 races was good, if not excellent.
If it were built in Europe I bet people would be loving it now.
let's just take a moment and appreciate the memes that mchondshit provided us in 2015. only source of true amusement in 2015, the year of the dark hiphop nigshit.
and the greatest of them all. thank you for the keks hondurr, it was magical.
n-no bully pls desu senpai
from monaco - hamilton's engineer:
>So we are staying out and you are staying positive
top lel. lewis confirmed for negative primadonna bitchboy.
>>64296396
This will always be the greatest f1 comic in history
66 days to go faggots. Really not that much.
>>64295136
yeah, it's been consistently having better races than spa, monza, spain and japan.
people have definitely warmed up to it in the past few years, particularly since it started as a night race.
any negative reception it still has it due to "bu-bu-but tilkedrome le shit" from the same people who want to bring back magny cours and imola
Friendly reminder that tying me the fuck up isn't making me enjoy your bullying any more than before
>>64297829
You haven't been here in a while, where were you?
>>64297829
>>64297873
Struggling to free my wrists so I can post here again
>>64292479
Who's interested in autonomous cars in Formula E?
It could be cool m80s.
>>64298120
might be cool to see them failing like those soccer bots
>>64298120
>>64298764
If they stick with it and keep making improvements I could see it being pretty cool some day, they theoretically can go faster since there's no pilot.
This is a supplement series to Formula E anyway so I think they will be nice together.
So, what is the point of the clusterfuck of new tyre regulations if Pirelli choose the same fucking three compounds for the first three races? I mean, wasn't it intended to force variety and different strategies?
>>64299212
All they want is for people to keep saying "Pirelli"
I do not envy Paul Hembery in any way
>>64299248
>Pirleli
ftfy
What happened to Dean Stoneman? He was a rookie F2 champion, and was 2nd in GP3 last year across two teams. This year, in a full season of Formula Renault 3.5, in a DAMS, and against a weak field, he didn't win a single race and ended up sixth.
>those times where the grid was formed by 6 teams and 13 Manors
>>64299749
>All those shit Italian teams
>>64299639
Does that filter all German posts? Bit harsh t.b.h.
The only country I'd ever consider filtering is Argentina because they're the only country that is consistently shit.
>>64299749
I can't believe they're all different engine configurations. V8, V10, V12, even W12. Mental
>>64299805
>Does that filter all German posts?
No
>>64299838
Formula 1 used to not be shit
What did this guy even do this year?
>>64302312
I think he was Williams' reserve driver after the Australian GP. Which is still basically doing nothing.
>>64299749
What a sexy grid of cars it made though
>>64302312
he banged jess
>>64302331
>>64302391
Sweet gig tbph
>>64302535
>catching Terry Richardson's strain of syphilis
>sweet
>>64299665
shame really. he sat out from 2011-13 after getting ball cancer.
>>64294148
>>Italian Grand Prix
>>in the New Year.
>>64304005
george was probably the one to single handedly save the italian gp desu
>>64293678
No they get lost just like Luke in Episode VII
>>64304113
and hulkenberg will continue to choke, just like kylo ren's fingers wrapped around han solo's neck
>>64292479
Yup. I think they need to do more of that street racing tho.
I just hope Formula E doesn't end up like A1. So many wasted potential there.
F1 confirmed to itv lads.
Get ready for ad breaks in races
>>64304244
>and Mark Blunders
>and Steve Ryder
>and James Allen
>shakingmyheadtobehonestfamily
>>64304322
don't forget Adrian Chiles man, i know he has as much personality as a homeless chap's arsehole but ITV would put him on the fucking forefront
>and James Allen
he's actually become quite good since becoming a broadcaster for FOM
>>64302391
Everyone in the grid has banged Jess,lad
We should all just go play TrackMania,lads
>>64304336
I always liked James Allen as the pit lane reporter and his journalism is top notch, but I never enjoyed his commentary.
Who will ITV hire though? I really like the Ben Edwards and DC combo, but I suppose they'll want a new lineup.
>>64304360
Allan McNish and maybe Jack Nicholls (from Formula E) for commentary alongside an established ITV broadcaster like Gavin Emmett or whoever. Wouldn't be surprised if they went with Jonathan "PROBLEMS" Legard tho.
Nicki Shields for trackside reporting (i.e. Lee/trackside Pinks) and Jennie Gow for general presenting (i.e Suzie/studio Pinks)
DC will most likely go to Sky if he continues with UK coverage, can't see him going to ITV at all.
>>64304433
>DC will most likely go to Sky
Does that mean we'll finally be rid of Crofty?
>>64304460
hopefully he'll be left behind when Sky Sports Darts becomes Sky Sports F1 again
>>64304460
>DC will most likely go to Sky
pls no
Just so you know, Han Solo dies at the end.
(timestamp related) still makes me cry to this day
https://youtu.be/MEhQIfCk3JQ?t=55s
>>64304244
Is this true? I have no way of telling, but i would be soooooo happy if it we're Allen/Brundle.
>>64305146
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/itv-to-step-in-as-bbc-backs-out-of-f1/5098163.article?blocktitle=Latest-News&contentID=2319
>>64292717
lold
>>64304509
And Kylo Ren is his Son
Merry Christmas from Red Bull, as Toto gets bullied
>>64305061
> tfw Felipe baby will never win another race
>>64305930
>Not even a proper cheeky rain effected race at Monaco?
>>64305963
Especially not that.
Even pre-near-potato, Massa's been way to erratic for that to happen.
Throughout entire 2008 Brundle couldn't believe how a driver who takes 5 different lines into the same corner on 5 consecutive laps is able to fight for the championship.
>>64306026
>Throughout entire 2008
uk commentary from any year lewis is in the fight for the championship should be disregarded entirely desu
brundle used to suck hamilton's dick every single race, ironically he only became more neutral when he moved to sky.
>>64306026
Oh yeah forgot Massa got brained in Hungary
>>64296785
muh engine
Merry reminder that only literal autists and Dorftrottel follow F1.
<:)
>>64304244
How much is skyf1 anyway? I'm sure its worth it if you're going to be watching all the sessions.
The only reason I don't pay is because there isn't a option here, we have 1 broadcaster and its shit sadly.
post 10/10 circuits
who /503 Infinity Next Migration is Under Way/ here?
>>64306041
I remember James Allen jumping up and down in his seat when Kimi got his first ever win and pole. When Kimi drove across the line for the championship, James sounds like he's already halfway down to the pub. The change in tone was incredible once Lewis joined the grid.
we /FE/ this weekend right?
>>64306477
>>64306477
Spa-Francorchamps
>>64306682
>>64306477
The Nurburgring
>>64302744
>Not wanting superpowers and the ability to fire lasers out of your cunt
>>64306783
did he bang her? gross
>>64306862
m8 any model who has been in the same room as Terry has banged him. Heck he has probably fucked all the people he has taken photos of.
>>64306941
;^]
>>64306618
Proud of you America
>>64306991
>tfw Terry banged Obama
>>64306513
noice
it's u r gay right?
Is it just me or did sky use an image taken from 4chan that someone captured from an illegal stream of their channel?
It's 768x432
FORMULA 1 QUESTION ON POINTLESS RIGHT NOW
It was "Drivers who took part in the 2013 F1 season"
I said Van der Garde which scored 3
Lowest scorers were Bianchi and Gutierrez on 1 point, no pointless answers
Hamilton was highest on 67, Button on 66, Vettel on 48
>>64307681
>McLaren reduced to a joke
the state of current F1
>>64305832
is he bald dude Ron or Newey?
>>64297978
I'll make sure to gag you next time my pet.
>>64307760
Heikki Kovalainen wasn't a pointless answer?
>>64308210
only drivers who started the season, they explicitly mentioned it
>>64307681
Pretty sure that Sky would have just used a screencap from the official F1 feed, which they pay a licence for so that they can broadcast it on their network.
>>64307681
>reminder that the meme edit was done by a transexual on twitter
>>64308290
>the official F1 feed
>Has sky sports logo in the top left
>>64308317
*Top right
>one woman and 17 men competing in F1 boat race
>the woman wins
all men worldwide btfo
>>64308310
Isn't he a /ShitPoster/ on /f1/?
>>64308352
>woman
I was going back through this season and realised I only missed watching two races live. Hungary and USA.
>mfw I missed the only two good races this year.
And you thought your season was dull.
>>64294064
>you can't defend from a faster car on an oval,
NASCAR actually allows blocking
>you can't take different lines through different corners to catch your rival off guard,
Yes they do.
>you can't beat them in a traction zone
?
> you can't make your car wide enough to block them from taking the outside line and then loiter on the apex just enough to make them back off.
Yes they do.
>>64292501
i'm just trying to like f1 as much as i can because the argie circuit looks like it can become a staple of the category and i want to see as much racing cars as i can
>>64308392
>how fast does your boat go, anon?
>>64294104
>sebastien wins lol
Don't you mean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7n5wNba5cc
;)
Carmen has left Lotus
>>64308602
but the who will they cut to in the garage when nothing is happening on track (which is often)?
>>64308668
Hulkenberg got a new slutty GF
And Rio Haryanto is a muslim and dating someone who wears a hijab according to WAGsguy
>>64308704
sounds halal as fuck m8
>>64306026
Brundle had no idea what he was even looking at throughout the vast majority of 2008. That sort of cluelessness eclipsed even that of Legard.
>>64308602
Can we start calling it renault already?
>>64309118
No,
It's Renault Lotus - Mercedes until confirmed otherwise.
>>64309522
>Renault Lotus - Mercedes
Pure comedy
>>64309118
Wait until the new year.
Dec 31 2015 - Renault Lotus-Mercedes
Jan 1 2016 - Renault
maldonado will score a podium next year desu senpai.
>>64308540
>>64309118
n'ah its
>BWM-Sauber Ferrari
FE doing some shit live now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAvxHRZGvyI
>>64306477
Post the last good season in F1, the best you've ever watched live, and the worst you've ever watched live.
Last: 2008
Best: 2007
Worst: 2013
>>64310900
2014 and 2015 was worse than 2013
>>64310900
Last: 2012
Best: 2010
Worst: 2015
>>64311197
2015 showed new hope. Max Verstappen shows that taking a risk leads to good results. So maybe others will start tsking more risks as well.
>>64304460
>shits on street
>go shitpost in /f1/ instead of building loo
>>64311406
Kek one third world country laughing at an other because it's even shitier then it's own.
>>64309994
I spilled my beer
>>64292551
pls no bully
Just watched an old Top Gear episode with Jenson Button as guest. He was pretty ladsy back then I have to say.
>>64311406
at least he doesn't pick bananas with monkeys in his spare time, Thiago
>>64310900
Last: 2012
Best: 2000
Worst: 2005
(Note: I'm biased as fuck)
>>64311406
Brazilians are literally fucking savage shitstains if you look at it with your mentality
>>64312214
>Give up Jessica or other GF for first race win
>Jenson: 100%
>Jenson: 100%
>Jenson: 100%
Jenson wanted out
>>64310900
eyy, go on Guacamole
Last: 2010
Best: 2010 (Guess who's a Wobbler fan)
Worst: 2011 (Ditto)
>tfw no 6/10 swiss racecar driver gf
>>64312362
I feel like the fact that she is a racecar driver increases her to at least a 7.5-8 out of 10
>>64312214
He was the last proper flaunting 'playboy' driver
>That article on F1rejects in 2001 saying he was going to fail written by a bitch moderator from Ten tenths
>Jenson Button, therefore, is not a star; he is a meteor that streaked briefly across the skies of Formula One and left a bright trail that is already fading - because he fell foul of the prime directive of the universe.
>He wasn't careful what he wished for. And he got his wish.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
>>64310900
Last: 2012 (different winners in the beginning and great races like valencia, plus alonso vs vettel battles in the end and dramatic final race)
Best: 2008 (also many great and dramatic races like singapore, hungary and canada, kubica's only win, got devastated in the last race however ;_;)
Worst: 2015 (couldn't decide between this and 2014, but at least 2014 had closer competition between rosberg and hamilton)
remember?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1E2nyMQkgY
>new IndyCar logo
for what purpose
>>64312445
please post the .gif with flashbacks
please please
>>64312485
>Getting rid of the red
WTF that looks so shit
>>64307842
>you
Newey
>>64310900
Last: 2008
Best: 2007
Worst: Tie between 2004, 2014 and 2015
Also will anyone watch Formula E tommorow ?
>she knows it's over
oh well.
>>64311406
>brazil shitting on another country regarding hygiene or infrastructure ever
so how are those olympic constructions going amigo?
>inb4 pay denbts
>>64312494
i would if i could find it :/
>>64312509
What's their bullshit branding explanation going to be?
>weeeellll the lowercase letters represent that blablahblah
IndyCar would be such a phenomenal series if the brains of the operation could stop tripping over themselves at every single opportunity.
>>64312699
>greece shitting on another country regarding hygiene or infrastructure ever
so how are those olympic venues looking?
>>64312656
it was fun while it lasted
>>64312734
>tfw our never-used again hockey venue is now used for housing immigrants from syria
at least you could say there's some use for it again after like 11 years
thank god i live in the other side of athens
This is now a gore thread.
Anyone an expert on how to untie yourself when tied up at every limb?
No reason but it would be good to know
I mean it's not like I need to know
But please tell
>>64312860
>tfw went to athen on a school trip and we had to have an armed escort to go down the street to the restaurant for dinner.
A week after I left shit went down.
>>64312927
This won't help but when they are tying you to a chair put force against the ropes so they tie them thinking they are tight but they will be a larger hole then needed.
>>64312960
Thanks.
>>64312893
Germany has the absolute wurst politics in the world.
Motherfucker was flying. Nice to see some drivers have balls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4XVF3jJL5Q&app=desktop
>>64312893
oh wow time flies
>>64312934
>school trip to athens
how completely retarded, im sure you all had fun seeing >muh acropolis and basically nothing else
there's better ancient shit outside of athens anyways
>>64313096
>>64312978
>>64312965
What was the last time there was a big crash in the areas in red? In the 60s or 70s? As far as I remember, they killed Hockenheim because of safety concerns.
>>64313096
It was a split trip with the other half spent somewhere else in greece.
Went to Olympia and Delphi.
Nice place.
>>64313146
>>64313096
Oh and we went to some island which I really can't remember
>>64313136
How fucking originl. Call the turn on the North " North Turn "
>>64313202
The bottom one is the 'Sudkurve' not Opel.
'Ost' is of course the Eastkurve and the old Westkurve got bypassed when John hugenholtz shortened it.
>>64313263
>>64313136
from what i heard the track was shortened to its current form because fia deemed it too long compared to most modern (the tilkedromes began to appear en masse then) so they threatened to discontinue it unless they shorten it
that and also apparently many drivers complained that the long straights would cause a lot of cars in the 90s to break down due to engine and transmission failures
makes sense i suppose but i also still prefer the original circuit
>>64313411
Nah Hockenheimring was in length. (Spa is basically the limit)
Originally when asked to update the facilities at the circuit tilke just wanted to widen the circuit in the forest to FIA spec.
The government and circuit owners though asked for as little deforestation to happen as possible and for the outer forest to be connected to the inner forest.
They also wanted more seats, better angles for cameras, better angles for fans at the track and a shorter circuit to reduce maintenance cost plus a load of other inane shit.
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>>64313411
>"The old Hockenheimring was a fast-lane track with long straights," Tilke explains. "There was something very special about it, about how rare its layout was, so we wanted therefore to keep as much as possible of the old track.
>"The original idea was just to broaden the existing track according to current safety regulations, and to keep the track to its original length. At that time the restrictions and possibilities the site offered were not clear however and the idea eventually proved unfeasible.
>"Firstly, there was a doctrine to save forests, and to even merge the enclosed section of trees with the adjacent forest, so chopping down trees had to be kept to an absolute minimum. That produced a second constraint: we had to use as little area as possible for the new track. Then of course we had to factor in financial resources and a tight timescale.
>"The task became to design something new, on the existing site, and make it more interesting and accessible for visitors, all without impacting upon the woodland. Today's track layout is the result of that intense idea exchange and development process, conducted alongside the Hockenheim management."
>>64313575
If Tilke gets the 2018 contract for the redesign of Spa I am literally going to go there with a shovel and try and bury it until they stop me.
>>64313598
Just bury your whole body there and hold a piece of cardboard in which memes will be written like
>VWL as in Verstappen wins lol
>>64313598
Wait I thought the FIA told Spa the facilities were up to scratch and wouldn't need it?
I wouldn't mind if he did what they planned in 2005 which was to add a national, short and test circuit to it.
>>64312597
I will, Cristiano
>>64313736
Don't,you would get shot. Plus you'd have a hearth attack digging the hole
>>64313786
1.83 meters 79.4 kg
Formula E WANTS me there 2bh, I'm good for tv
>>64311438
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>>64312313
lel I was just waiting for the day people would start defending the indianbro
Not him btw, hes not cool.
he was so close to saving it
but he ended up another statistic on that website
>>64310900
Last good season - 2012
Best - 2003
Worst - 2013
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>>64315245
best overtake
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>>64313411
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>>64313575
The safety aspect also included how there weren't enough access roads through the forest for medical cars/ambulances if needed.
Not to mention the fact that anyone could walk through the forest and reach the circuit, much like the track invader who interrupted the 2000 race (GOAT race for those who've never watched it).
Essentially, the issues (besides safety) were twofold - the overtakes happened in areas with fewer grandstands and spectators, and that trees couldn't be cut down in the forest to add more grandstands because they'd have to replant exactly the same number they'd cut down. So they decided to shorten it, make the layout as it is today, and let the forest reclaim the rest of it to make up for the deforestation to build the new bits.
>>64313136
The last big crash would be Pironi's accident with Prost that destroyed his legs in 1982 (afaik).
Did Mad Max expose F1 as a shit series?
>letting a 17 year old in a lower-mid craft overtake you
>Dubs and Lee goes to Sky with her luscious hips
>>64315188
God I love seeing wheels get taken off f1 cars during crashes. Can we have more gifs like that?
>>64315653
>Implying the drivers could handle both Natalie and Lee at once
>>64315533
I think he's exposed other drivers being over-dependent on DRS, and the fact that defensive driving is a near-dead art.
>>64315653
DC will go right guys?
>>64315802
I don't want to live in a world where DC's bulge stays on television in HD and Lee does not
