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Post-Xmas - Pre-New Year

>Renault bought Lotus for £1
>Jense and Jess getting divorced
>Channel 4 takes F1 from BBC
>Monza secures its future
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>>64506014
First for Foreskindia.

>tfw no AM branding or Johnnie Walker sponsorship ;_;
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All right, thats it. No more.

I've gone past my own deadline day too many times and I'm genuinely running out of space.

Thanks for all those that contributed. I'll be reposting these
>After Testing
>After Race 1
>Mid Season
and finally
>After the last race

Good Luck and may the odds be ever in .... yadda yadda

>Version 1.0
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>>64506340
Nigger I can't believe so many people care about your stupid thing. You've been like that Texan fag with his bingo.
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>>64506340
And no you can't just add another. You guys had a whole month.

>muh opinions

Version 1.0
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>>64506341
>Takes Bait

Ehh, good comparison I suppose.

I'm just trying to keep the winter conversation interesting. You're welcome to try something else.
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>>64506363
Nah, I'm happy to just shitpost at people for being proactive.
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only 82 days until melbourne
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Who's the better driver: Choco Villeneuve or Nigel Mansell?
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>post yfw Vettel wins his 5th title next year
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>>64507240
chanoch nissany
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>>64507287
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>>64507298
Just tought of it
Imagine when Kimi Retires if Ricciardo ends up in Ferrari too
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>>64507529
Ferrari will go for Bottas or Grosjean who will be happy to be the team's #2 driver. Ricciardo would want to be the #1 so Ferrari would only sign him if Vettel left
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>>64507542
>Fat John and Vettel at Ferrari
based
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>>64507542
I'm not sure if bottas would take a #2 driver. He's more than competent.
However Fat John would be a great number 2 in Ferrari,I guess. Plus he seems like a jolly guy which would go great with Vettel,allowing good driver relations
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ITT: average drivers that won just because they had good cars.
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>>64507561
Bottas would be a bit of a risk, especially considering he beat Ricciardo in junior series, but he knows his place in a team and apart from the start of 2014 and Silverstone this year has been perfectly fine with being on the worse strategy compared to Felipe
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>>64507563
The nigger
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>>64507563
'why'
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>>64507563
Villeneuve.
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Will cars look better next year?
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>>64507593
Any idea why he always used XL suits? I hated how he looked.
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>>64507603
the chode tip might disappear if the FIA are competent but other than that not really
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>>64507603
no difference, except for one or two surprises maybe.

exhaust shenanigans probably
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>>64507593
>talking about F1 with a friend of mine
>casually drop about JV's music 'career'
>she wants to hear a tune
>show her one
>she unironically enjoys it
>mfw
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>>64507629
The "Jacques Villeneuve's music is atrocious" meme is just that.
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>>64507609
he found baggy to be more comfortable
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>>64507611
Have they announced any regulation changes? I remember at the start of the year there were 3 different nose concepts; the Mercedes/lotus short noses (best looking imo), the Ferrari/str/McLaren long noses, and the rbr/Williams clitnoses.

They all seem to be converging into clitsnoses at the end of the year, which is an indication that it is that best design. I can only hope this isn't the case though because they look like shit compared to the others as far as i am concerned and if there isn't any change they will probably end up all looking like that.
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>>64507978
>Have they announced any regulation changes?
no, this is the first year i can remember that the fia are waiting this late to confirm changes to the regulations
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>>64507978
and re: the clit noses, they're far and away the best for getting the air underneath the car and to the diffuser. the merc/lotus nose directs air around the nose and to the bargeboards. the ferrari long nose is pretty shit at both of those but has a lower drag penalty and results in the cleanest air to the top of the car so no need for an s duct

williams's nose is believed to be the best as they do some very clever stuff with turning vanes and flow conditioners and small winglets behind it, red bull's is pretty close behind as it's the most aggressive in terms of getting air flowing through it. force india's is a unique approach but worse than those two. toro rosso and mclaren's aren't great, sauber's late-season nose was better than those even.
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>>64507529
>>64507542
Verstappen will go to Ferrari, stay there for 15 years and win 8 WDCs
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>>64507563
Alonso
Button
Damon Hill
JV
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>>64507287
>>64508306

>late 2013
vWL #4
Shoomey turns into a veggie

>2014 + 2015
MWL
Shoomey still a veggie

>late 2016
VWL #5 for Scuderia Ferrari
Shoomey on TV: "Gut gemacht."
>mfw
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>>64508655

Dubs confirm.
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>>64508655
>schumi has been a veggie for almost two years

shit
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>>64509324
>Schumi potato anniversary tomorrow
>Girlfriend is skiing at a resort

I'm afraid as fuck :( I personally hate skiing, it's almost a phobia for me.
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>>64509324

Will he ever be free again?
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>>64509785
sadly not.
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>>64507287
VWL please
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Can any of guys post that webm with that dance who looks like Fernando ?
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>>64516962
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Jacques Villeneuve was a good driver
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>>64517728
>won the Indycar championship and Indy 500 back when they were very competitive
>went into F1 and was immediately successful, able to challenge his far more experienced team mate right from the start, and proceed take the championship right to the wire.
>won the title in only his second season

he made shit decisions, yes, but he was a good driver.
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>>64517801

He's good, but I feel there were drivers even better in his era. He had the dominant FW19, vs the F300 and Schumacher took the title to the final round, and had his exhaust not failed, he would have won by a good margin.
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>>64517985
Of course a GOAT like Schumacher would push him, even if JV had a slightly better car, because MS was a better F1 driver than all but a handful of F1 legends, but that doesn't mean JV wasn't good; you don't semi-usurp the 1994 Penske dominance and stacked field of the time to finish 2nd in the indy 500 and win a race at Road America in your rookie year, and then go on to win the title and the 500 after, if you're a bad driver.
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When does testing start?
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>>64507563
Jacques Villeneuve
Button (my favorite personality in F1, but he wouldn't be world champion without Ross Brawn exploiting that diffuser loophole)
Damon Hill, the Nico Rosberg of the 90s

It can be said for anyone that wasn't truly dominant. The driver needs a good car to win.
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Jenson will get potato'd next year.
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>>64519331
>Has to put with the media badgering him from day one about the divorce
>Constant paperwork as a settlement is reached with Jessica
>Car turns out to be shit again
>Fernando leaves, vandoorne parachuted in as teammate
>Engine dies before Brit GP. Through some amazing circumstances Vandoorne gets on to the podium
>Footage leaks of Jessica having sex with another man while they were married.
>Moans stuff about Jenson being shit in bed
>Media attention increases tenfold
>Pressure has destroyed Jenson and he is being easily beaten by Vandoorne
>Mother dies suddenly from a heart attack. Looks to be stress induced.
>Jessica announces her engagement and pregnancy with her lover
>Ron makes comments about Jenson's lack of effort and desire
>Media fires even more questions at him
>At the Japanese GP he decided he has had enough and that he will kill himself on track
>Engine dies before race
>Has to do it in Mexico
>Doesn't brake for the first corner and goes into the wall hard
>Doesn't kill him
>Trapped in a coma his mind makes him rewatch the sex video of Jessica
>Fernando comes back and wins the championship the following season
>Kept alive for 30 years until one day a nurse trips over the plug to the life support
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yfw ferrari will have the fastest car next year but kimi will not finish on the podium once
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>>64519770

Why was kimi so shit this year?
Vettel did so much better.
Is he a shit in general?
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>>64520311
he has a kid now, his driving is kill
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>>64520311
>Why was kimi so shit this year?

He was worse last year
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>>64519770
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EhbjtaNeIk

>check them feels
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>>64519770
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>>64519770
>>64520311
I think he starts the year driving at near his full skill. After 3 or 4 races, he sees the car is shit, so he stops giving a fuck and waits till the next year. You can see he stopped giving a fuck after Bahrain this year.
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>>64506134
tfw motorsport engineer
tfw applying for FI
tfw call it Foreskindia before the interview
Think I got away with it lads
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>>64506340
Thanks for doing it, lad.
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"I'm not here to make friends" - Lewis 'Lone star' Hamilton
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"yeah thanks" - Kimi 'Gimi' Raikkonen
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"Loss of power"

- Fernando 'gp2 engine' Alonso
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"No!" - Max 'No!' Verstappen
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"MASSIVE UNDERSTEER GUYS"

—Jenson "the Cuck" Button
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"These tires are vibrating a lot"

—Daniil 'robot' Kvyat
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"AaggaGGhGhgh"

- Michael 'Potato' Schumacher
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>>64519748

>>Kept alive for 30 years until one day a nurse trips over the plug to the life support

Top kek

>>64520887
Good luck, anon.
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“OK, so, Fernando is faster than you. Can you confirm you understood that message?”

-- Rob 'Stay cool' Smedley
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"NOT BAD FO A NUMBA TOO DRIVAH"

- Mark 'Wobbler' Webber
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"I was faster, I passed him, I won."

-- Sebastian 'Wunderkind' Vettel
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3QsmzMp8fI
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"No one calls me fucking gay"

- Adrian "Slicer" Sutil
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>>64524652

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3bh0jsCi-0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1_it-KIp6k
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>>64519770

gimi is ready
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>page 7
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>>64524768

That explains why he didn't stay for Renault comeback.
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time for pastor
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>>64530551
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>play Forza
>gotta go 2 fast and fuck up my breaking and spin out everywhere

g-guess I shouldn't be a racecar driver lads
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>>64530654
>play Forza
Stopped reading right there
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>>64530669
I'm enjoying it so far 2bh, first racing game I've played in years
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>>64530700
Kidding aside I've played the first two but have no idea what the others are like. On the xbox I think my favorite is still PGR2
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>>64530700

get Project Cars, m8

it's infinitely better than Forza, plus you have some really nice vintage F1 cars like the 1986 Lotus
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>>64532327
Assetto Corsa is infinitely better than pcars
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>>64532339

Project Cars has a lot more content than Assetto Corsa, unless you're playing on a PC and can download Mods for AC, i would recommend buying Project Cars
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>>64532355
there is no reason to play on console desu, a pc that costs the same as the xbone will perform significantly better
pc is massively more flexible
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>>64519748
you forgot:
>Jessica visits Jenson in hospital with her new BF and they have sex on top of his unconscious body
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>on this day 2 years ago, the most successful driver in F1 transcended into potato status

time flies lads
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGUJMmZAIYY
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Future F2 compared to GP2

>Slightly Narrower
>Slightly smaller tyres
>Longer Races
>All Carbon Cars
>Hybrid System
>Cheaper Costs

But
>Same Number of Races/ Rounds
>Same Number of teams
>Same Power
>Retains DRS

Yet is $200'000 cheaper and requires a lower licence.

>If it ain't broke, don't fix it
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>>64534550
I might actually have a bit more interest in it now. The 2-race system is still bad though.
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>>64534637
What is wrong with it currently
>Other than the two race system
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>>64534550
Why will the minimum weight go down? They'll start putting jockeys in there.
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>>64533008

I think it's time to let go.
Let the man die peacefully.
Poor fucker will never ever recover.
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>>64536049
I agree... He won't be around much longer if not dead already
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>>64537449
i got trips a few threads back saying his family may take him to dignitas ;_;

he could live for several years to be honest. he was in supreme condition before the accident. obviously he isn't now, but, you know what i mean.
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>>64532398
I need this to be a porn genre
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>>64534550
I don't trust the cost figures
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>>64535207
Probably a result of switching to all carbon from carbon & aluminium
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>>64532398
>It's actually locked in syndrome not a full coma but nobody notices
>He can hear it all happening
>Can't do anything as Jessica plays with his flaccid penis
>Can't scream when she toys with the power cable to the lifesupport
>Can't move when Jessica rubs her cum filled pussy all over his face afterwards
>Can't cry when Jessica comes back in her various stages of pregnancy

It is so NTR it hurts
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How do I get myself a gf /f1/?
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>>64540060
relinquish /hue/ citizenship and move to burma, nelson
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>>64540060
Stop bullying Poo2Loo
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>>64540060
Watch anime
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>>64534550

don't see why any competition outside of F1 and WEC needs hybrid technology at the moment.
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>>64540060

Forget gf.
Get a superior 2D waifu.
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>>64540060
>wanting a gf
I can understand female companionship and sex and stuff, but no gf allows you more freedom
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Bump because page 8.

So any interesting F1 rumors/news making the rounds?
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Top news is that Schumi is still tater
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>>64544998
I also read that his wife disallowed his former manager Wili Weber from visiting.
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>>64545435
He probably has a big mouth
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>>64534550
>Hybrid
>Fucking dropped.

The racing is better in GP3 anyway
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>>64546369
won't GP3 die along with the renaming of GP2?
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What do you guys reckon will be Haas excuses when they start failing hard?
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>>64551087
"It has become clear that our fuel tank capacity is marginal and if not addressed there is the possibility that fuel pick-up could become an issue in certain circumstances"
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>>64507561
Bottas was a bit underwhelming to me. Think that someone like Grosjean would do better.
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>>64551087
"All this yuro-pean food is making us sick so we spend too much time on the shitter instead of making a fast indycar LOL"
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>>64551204
Grosjean was the 2nd best driver on the grid for much of 2013, but hasn't really impressed since then other than obliterating Maldonado. Grosjean also wasn't significantly quicker than Kimi during their time as teammates either, only demonstrating a clear pace advantage (i.e. 3 tenths+) over him when Kimi signed his Ferrari contract/wasn't getting paid by Lotus and lost motivation as a result.

Bottas on the other hand has shown that he is far and away faster than Kimi - even with much worse luck this past season, in a definitively slower car, he was outscoring him in the WDC for a decent chunk of the year.

Bottas is also somewhere around 2.5 tenths quicker than Massa, who was faster than Raikkonen in their time as teammates. I have no doubts that Bottas would thoroughly destroy Kimi if they were paired together.

But that doesn't really matter in the end unless Ferrari want Bottas/Grosjean as their #1 driver instead of a support to Vettel.
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>>64551233
I wouldn't use Raikkönen to make any sort of a comparison, the guy's form tends to fluctuate over the course of his career. Legit think the Ferrari isn't compatible with Kimi, which makes him look worse than he is. Having said that, I don't feel like Bottas has really shown a strong advantage over Massa, only a slight one, so I'm not sure if it warrants him getting a shot at a top-team as the #1 driver. At the same time, Grosjean destroyed Maldonado, whilst Bottas was better, but not by a similiar margin. It was a good thing he got a great finish in the last race though, or else he would've undeservedly finished behind Maldonado in the WDC standings.

I was going somewhere with this, but I forgot. Adding to it, I feel like Grosjean with his aggressive style is closer to Vettel's style of driving than Bottas and therefore, the Ferrari might have a bigger chance to be suitable for Grosjean than for Bottas.
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>>64551287
>Legit think the Ferrari isn't compatible with Kimi, which makes him look worse than he is.
2014 Ferrari I'd agree, but Vettel and Kimi both like the same basic traits in a car; responsive front end, loose-ish rear end, etc. The 2015 car delivered there.

>I don't feel like Bottas has really shown a strong advantage over Massa, only a slight one
Bottas was several tenths quicker for the vast majority of 2014. Bottas had shite luck for a great deal of 2015 which is why Massa was seen as being close in pace, and in the last portion of 2015 Bottas was once again significantly quicker (even at Brazil, a track Bottas doesn't like much). Again, luck was a major factor in Bottas not demolishing Massa in the standings again this year, just like Kvyat beat Ricciardo in the WDC despite Ricky being far and away the quicker driver.

>so I'm not sure if it warrants him getting a shot at a top-team as the #1 driver.
Bottas needs more time to prove himself, I agree. If he has as good a 2016 as he did a 2014 I'm sure he can demonstrate his worth. That said, Bottas beat Ricciardo to the Formula Renault title with less experience.

>whilst Bottas was better, but not by a similiar margin. It was a good thing he got a great finish in the last race though, or else he would've undeservedly finished behind Maldonado in the WDC standings.
You have to remember that the 2013 Williams (9th fastest car) was closer in pace to the Caterham (10th quickest car) than it was to the Toro Rosso (8th quickest car) until the last three races when they ditched the coanda exhaust. It's remarkable that they even scored points as all, and Bottas still managed P3 in Canada quali. 2013 was Bottas's first season in F1 as well, while RoGro was in his third full season in 2014, if that matters any.

>Adding to it, I feel like Grosjean with his aggressive style is closer to Vettel's style
I sort of agree there, Grosjean has a closer driving style but he and Bottas both like the same traits in a car.
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>>64551377
And that's not to shit on RoGro, he's obviously a very quick driver, but I feel Bottas would have an edge over him.

A Vettel/Grosjean combo at Ferrari would be brilliant to see, and IMO would be a stronger lineup than any team on the 2015 grid.
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>>64507563

Villeneuve, Button, Mansell, Vettel, Hamilton, Jones.
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>>64551377
>loose-ish rear end,

I'm not sure Vettel is a fan of this, especially since he thrived on the EBD cars, which generated a boatload of extra downforce at the rear, and struggled when this effect was curtailed (early 2012, most of 2014)

As for Gimi, I think the suspension philosophy followed by Ferrari at the front (pull rod instead of push rod) May be a contributing factor.

As for Bottas vs Massa, it may not be painting the best picture, perhaps because it's an upper-midfield car. After all, Brundle and Schumacher were closely matched in '92, and at that point it was clear that Brundle was a journeyman in F1 terms.
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>>64506134
>First for shitting on streets
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http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns32808.html
>Man charged with Abu Dhabi GP terror plot
>A man appeared in a United Arab Emirates court early this week charged with planning a terrorist attack on the Abu Dhabi grand prix.

>The defendant is accused of supporting Al-Qaeda and ISIS and planning other local terror plots, The National and Gulf News publications reported.

>Reportedly, he was married to Alaa Bader al-Hashemi, who whilst wearing a veiled niqab murdered an American kindergarten teacher in an Abu Dhabi shopping mall a year ago.

>The defendant reportedly denied the charges.
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>>64551749
why are sandniggers such violent people
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i wiah it was march now. really curious to see how 'new' manor and haas get on. i know melbourne isn't a represensitive track, but still.

pastor for surprise podium desu.
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>>64551837
preseason testing is gonna be really interesting this year

renault is a massive unknown, they could either be solid midfield or backmarkers for half a year

mchonda could make zero progress or become podiumrunners

toro rosso could be backmarkers again

force india might have a good car at the start of the season for once

williams and sauber have designed a completely new car with a completely different design philosophy

ferrari are letting subtle hints slip that they'll be tremendously quick and could be the team to beat
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>>64551749
Just imagine the thread if that had happened during the race.
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>>64551880
>ferrari are letting subtle hints slip that they'll be tremendously quick and could be the team to beat

>tfw this isn't old Ferrari and all these hints will probably lead to them being quick

It's fucking shit
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>>64534550
License required is for tracks, right? So they could race on Kymiring?
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>>64552065
yes
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>>64551880
sauber have no money. i am curious about renault. no red bull shackles and they have mario illen.
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>>64552809
sauber did pretty good at the start of this year with zero funds, i'm not expecting them to return to their 2008 form but it'd be interesting to see where they stack up
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>>64552849
they did well on one track, like mclaren in 2014. nasr had about two more good results after that. at least one was due to strategy. james key was a big loss. still is.
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>>64552892
I'm in agreement there, but scoring points in 9/19 races is a massive achievement compared to 0/19 races the previous year with an almost identical car.
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>>64552945
it's not really the miracle people make it out to be.

>much, much better power unit and software
>car no longer overweight
>working brake-by-wire system

these all add up to an actual okay car. plus mclaren were gimped for much of the year. as were manor, but they were last year too. and no caterham on the grid.
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Today's Schumacher's Accident lads.
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>>64553582
>tfw you will never give Michael a sponge bath
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JOS(T)
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>>64552065
The change in licence does make me intrigued

>F1 has to be Grade 1
>GP2 is a support series to F1
>Thus, GP2 has to be Grade 1

So does this mean they'll organise a separate calendar away from the F1 community. (Like F3)

>>64549592
GP3 may remain as a support series to F1 then. As a rival to F3.

>We need more than one F3 series. (As there is 12+ F4 series)
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>>64554029
F4 at a national level
F3 at a continental level
F2 at a world level
F1 at a world level

Would work great for F1 weekends.
Just have to revive F3 Asia series
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>>64551883
Pretty sure Bernie holds the rights to attack a GP, he would sue.
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>>64554073
I agree

They're planning to revive an F3 Asian series and there's also word of an F3 American series. Although I don't know how Pan continental that might be.

Might be easier to do a North American version rather than a costly Pan American.

Look at IndyCar and how costly it was to do the flyaway race in Sao Paulo.

If it were a bit cheaper than F1, I wouldn't mind paying to see an F2 race, that was the main event.
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>>64554166
The SCCA just launched the F4 series in partnership with the FIA so I imagine if someone ran an F3 series here, it would be them. I don't know how successful it would be as we already have the comparably cheaper pro mazda and indy lights series.
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>>64554166
an American F3 series would be bretty nice, not many routes for American drivers to get into any open wheel that isn't Indycar/Lights

A schedule that has these tracks would be pretty based

COTA
Indy road course
Mexico City
Mid-Ohio
Montreal (maybe even supporting F1)
Mosport
Road Atlanta
Sebring
Sonoma
Watkins Glen

>>64554412
Indy lights would be its only competition, and F3 would be seen as more prestigious since it's an actual ladder to F1 instead of just Indycar as well as being one of the only legitimate ways an American driver can get exposure outside the US without having a super rich daddy
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>>64554073
>There are people who wouldn't want this.

Then you just get any old series to fill in the blanks like Historic series. F2 doesn't even have to cover the whole season.

>Sky putting uninterrupted coverage of all the Formula series sessions over a weekend
Would almost convince me to get Sky. Almost.
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>>64554630
what would stop you from getting sky ?
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>>64554630
>middle east f3

literally why

just euro f3 desu if they really need an f3 series, maybe asia pacific if they're feeling adventurous
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>>64554630
>Check Chinese F4
>Only 2 non-chinese drivers
>A Colombian and an American
>Colombian has dominated the championship and won nearly all the races
>American only turned up for 1 race and came 3rd
>He was only 16

I love the small F4 series.The thread for that would be hilarious.

>>64554817
For the fun of seeing Middle Eastern drivers/princes in F3 cars.
It would probably just Euro F3.
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>>64506014
>tfw Hamilton will never win again
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>>64554899
>Check Japanese F4
>There is a driver called " Motor Mouse"
>No other name. Just "Motor Mouse"
>He is a 43 year old Australian
>Teammate is called "Flying Rat"
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>>64554506
Lime Rock Park for the short track battle royal
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>>64554029
Didn't GP2 already have a separate Bahrain weekend this year? Possibly training for more solo weekends.
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>>64555077
or Long Beach Formula E layout
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>>64555098
yeah, supporting the WEC 6 hours of Bahrain to replace the German round
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>>64555103
would take Long Beach over Indy road course every time
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>>64555230
I just threw it in for the historical value of Indy (plus the MotoGP races have been pretty decent), Long Beach would be a fine replacement for >m'prestige
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>>64554899
I'm a big fan of the F4 series, most races are 9/10 and there's always one idiot that crashes. There's also way more drivers per race
>MSA (UK) - ~20
>Italian - ~25
>ADAC - ~34 (plus those who don't qualify)
>Japan - ~34

Also, when you have 30min look up an Aussie F4 race. They're 15-18 y/o yet they drive street tracks so close to the wall.

Sadly, a thread on F2/3/4 may not be that popular. It would be great though.
>Underrated series IMO

Then there's the meme drivers >>64555028
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>>64555279
I agree that Indy is a very special place, you can 'feel' the history when you're there but the road course is a bit crap, more times than not it is hyped and built up as being extra special because Indy but then can't deliver and is ultimately just a disappointment. MotoGP would be good just about anywhere :P

Love the idea of a North American F3 series though, would watch and attend senpai
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>>64554999
has nobody noticed those trips?

>no more hwl

there is a god desu.
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Where do you guys get your f1 news ?
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>>64558453
I use gptoday but you can't take 99% of the articles at face value because they all click-bait and sensationalize everything

Joe Saward always has interesting rants to read
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>>64558348
LMAO
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>>64558453
this very thread or http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/
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>>64558453
twiddah

motorsport.com
autosport
whatever other sites apart from joe's award
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>
Looking at the company history of Manor Grand Prix Racing it is interesting to note that a separate company called 'Just Racing' is affiliated with the organisation, the board of directors is the same as the Manor team. Could they be renamed 'Just racing' in 2016?


God the Memes will be unstoppable......
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>>64532327
Pcars looks and sounds nice but handles like absolute shit. Even with all aids off, it feels like your on rails.
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Are you ready for another season of HWL?

I'm not.
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>>64559834
we know you want him to potato, greece.

pray for recurring digits.
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>>64559993
you had one job
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>>64558453
ESPN F1
thecheckeredflag.co.uk
Autosport (but no more than a few times a month)

...and Here with you faggots
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>>64558923
Sometimes it is nice to pass the time and read old articles by Saward where he makes bold claims that turn out to be 100% wrong. Also fun to watch him meltdown in the comments when people point out obvious flaws.
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>>64560245
t. Hanks Fäm
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>>64560912
>Also fun to watch him meltdown in the comments

my personal favorite
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>>64558453

grandprix.com
autosport.com (but use News on iOS to get around the articles limit)
thejudge13.com
www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/news/
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>>64560912

https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/ruminations-on-mclarens-title-sponsor/ is a classic, especially as he ran with it for a while prior to this article.

> tldr: saward believed that sony would become mclaren's title sponsor.
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>>64558453
Just get links from plebbit
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Where do I find races of Jap F4?
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>>64562331
>The Japanese F4 series gets highlights but only on Japanese TV

You pretty much don't
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>>64561280
Kek that's the essential Saward article
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>>64562462
>>64562331
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm6xQaCM4Ec

Suzuka looks so comfy to watch at
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>>64562592
Damn I'm definitely going to one of these when I visit again.

Looks like good fun.
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ANIME WINS
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>>64562800
>tfw there are people who do not support Good Smile Racing in Japanese Motorsport

Hatsune Miku race queens are best race queens
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>>64554506
Run the Daytona sportscar circuit.
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>>64562902
CHAMPIONS
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How do you say " Lewis Hamilton " in your mother language ?
I'll start : Luís Presuntoilton
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>>64563112
Chocolate Sennalax
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>mfw this is the only high profile track in my state

nowhere to see a real race in the north east :-\
Maybe in PA somewhere I think they have an indycar race there
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>>64563177
Indycar is in Boston in 2016
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>>64563177
I highly suggest the IMSA or PWC races at Lime Rock
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>>64563207
This is like the 6th time I've seen someone have to inform someone else of that race.

Apparently the promotion has been beyond terrible.
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>>64563207
>>64563232
>>64563235

Pocono Raceway is the closest Indycar track to me at about 2 hours away, I'm not from New England, how much do Indycar tickets cost?
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>>64563284
Depends on where you want to sit and whag days youngo. Literally Google it and you'll get better information than from us
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>>64563235
>Apparently the promotion has been beyond terrible.

It's the american way
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>>64563336
*what days you go

I hate my phone
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>>64563284
Sunday grandstand tickets range from $12.50 to $150

I can't go see my local football team for $12.50... that sounds like a fucking steel
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>>64563380
>>64563363
25 bucks doesn't sound too bad, I've only ever been to >drag races before, so it would be bretty cool to see some Indycar
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>>64563232
Will be going to the IMSA race next year. Never been to Lime Rock, do you have any tips for me anon?
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>>64563340
Until the past week or so, they didn't even have all the local approvals set up.
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>>64558453
GPUpdate is generally pretty unbiased when it comes to anything that isn't related to Verstappen, so that's my main source. AMuS is generally fantastic too.
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>>64563582
Bring a lot of water and beer and wet baby wipes
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>>64561280
Bravo Joe's Award!
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>>64559419
kek
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Alexander Rossi on 2016

>"After our combined efforts in 2014 for my F1 debut a year ago, competing this season for (Manor) was a privilege, and I felt very comfortable over the span of five races and as I now plan and prepare for 2016"
>"I look forward to the opportunity of paying you back with even more results in 2016"

>Paying you back
>Even more Results
>MORE RESULTS
>MANOR

https://www.f1reports.com/article/30238-f1-news-rossi-hints-at-2016-manor-deal
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>>64570531
i, for once, welcome our new american overlords
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>>64570543
Happy New Year!!!!
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>>64563112
Lui Schinkenkranktonne
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>>64570531
so they're sticking with him and stevens (he claims he has no plan b or c)?

if so, rossi needs to bring $10 million - that's what haryanto was going to bring, but apparently it's not legal to use taxpayer's money to fund sport or something like that.

rossi didn't bring many sponsors last year. where will the money come from? seems odd, what with cota seemingly on the chopping block.

hell, even mercedes refused to pay that much to fund german hamiltoe.
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>>64570789
Haryanto will bring $15mil

Pertamina will "find a way" to make that amount appear
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Check out this little piece of autism,lads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m6icEz7jII
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>>64571014
Autism beside, that actually sounds pretty good
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What are you doing tonite /f1/?
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>>64571174
House party that might turn out kinda awkward since the host's father died last week.
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>>64571440
mention to the host how you think heaven isn't a real place but hell is desu
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>>64571174
Getting drunk as FUCKKK!!

With Koskenkorva.
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>>64571475
>in Finland it is not called a "vodka", but viina (see brännvin), although the word "vodka" is found in the label due to EU regulations

fucking EU
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>>64571475
is Finlandia popular in Funland or it's just a meme to export
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>>64571174
Playing vidya and getting drunk if lucky
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>>64570543
So I he an f1 or what? Why is he always doing stuff with f1?
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>>64572141
F1 fan*
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>>64572141
yeah, he attends 1 or 2 races a year, usually monaco or canada but sometimes other races too (like monza this year)
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>>64571174
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>>64558642
Does anyone here subscribe to Joe Saward's Grand Prix Plus? I only ever see the covers he posts on his blog after each race, and they look terrible. I find it hard to believe that a) people pay money for it and b) that it's worth his time producing it. I mean, he bashes it out in a couple of hours after the race and commenters on his blog are always bitching about errors and typos (before joe bans them)
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>>64572901
Joe is insanely arrogant. He's far too self-absorbed and airheaded to actually produce a decent product.

His blog, his other website that he abandoned, and gp+ are fucking awful on the eyes (speaking as a graphic/print designer) and i cannot take anything he publishes seriously with his primary school-level web design
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>>64572947
>Implying this isn't good design work
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Holy shit, the autism levels on his FB page are off the scale...
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>>64573140
Thanks for the new years jek
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>>64573140
I wonder how many hours that spastic-looking logo took to design
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Anyone here used to post in the grandprix.com forums? It was one of the first places I went to when I joined the internet, around 2000 or so. True autism in those forums
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>>64573420
probably just a font he downloaded from dafont with 45 minutes in paint trying to learn how to make the cross over the x
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Happy New Year l/a/ds
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>>64572901
not anymore. the only good thing about gp+ is david tremayne's contributions - i don't mind paying to give him money, but i'm not giving saward any, so no longer subscrible.

he looks so fucking miserable, and is probably a massive prick too.
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Happy New year fám. Hope it's gonna get nasty.
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>>64573704
How many poopies will Corinna need to clean up tonight?
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>>64573531
why does Vettel have a crab ?
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