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RIPIP miss allison
mad amx
second for dead thread dead """"sport""""
>>66336032
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![mika%20hakkinen%202001%20bell%20k1%20replica%20helmet%20mclaren[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Ku6xmyV.jpg "mika%20hakkinen%202001%20bell%20k1%20replica%20helmet%20mclaren[1]")
4th for best helmet
>>66336207
Based
How often do the cars blow up
>>66336225
ask mudslimes
it's their job
>>66336225
There's no arabic teams in F1, so never
Threadly reminderings
>>66335971
Based "This guy"
>>66336225
Depends on Raikkonen's mood
>>66335971
>>66336244
>I can't get past this guy
Can't pass the Haas
>>66336319
sneaky cheeky peaky
>>66336319
Fuck yes I was hoping someone made a webm of assblasted Hamilel checking on the Toro Rosso
You have been visited by the Flying Alonso of GP2 Engines and Cum Karts.
Podium Results and the Honor of the Samurai will come to you, but only if you post "He just parked the car".
>>66336592
no podiums this year senpai.
>>66336207
Kimi's helmets are the best looking helmets of any sport.
nth for finland losing again
Interesting mix of strategies
Where were you when """"""""""""""Ferrari"""""""""""""""" threw the race away with a shit strategy
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Kill yourself MR ARRIVE "CHOKEMASTER" WELL
>>66337452
Stefano was better
>>66336479
USA USA USA USA
>>66337481
loving every laugh mate
stefano was a beta alonso pleaser who almost destroyed the team
>>66337481
Mattiacci was better
>Missing next race weekend because I'm away for a #LADs holiday in Nottingham
Thinking of pulling a sickie desu
>>66336592
>people ironically think Alonso is good
that was Murdernado-tier t.b.h
>>66337744
>Nottingham
>holiday
are you and your #LADS clinically retarded?
>>66337794
top kek.
>>66337786
you can find clips of all the drivers making similar errors
>>66336319
What did he mean by this?
>>66337744
Nice, was thinking of going on a holiday to Slough myself.
>>66336592
By the way where was Alonso and Gutierrez in the race before they collided? Would either of them gotten to the points if that didn't happen?
>>66337801
every driver on the grid made at least one silly mistake last year.
and yet people single out pastor, despite the fact that the majority of his incidents were due to other drivers.
>>66337914
it doesn't fit the english language media narrative to acknowledge this
we saw the same thing when perez was at mclaren. several times perez was clearly the faster driver, but Button was given free reign by fans and media to swerve and block and brake check and pretend Perez was too "aggressive" when attempting to pass him
>>66337914
he was shit mate, come on
if he was good, he would have been retained by a team even without his sponsorship
that clip of him binning it in Singapore and one of the lotus engineer makes a "not this shit again" face just says it all
>>66338004
difference is Perez has actually had impressive drives
>>66338135
>That clip of him binning it in Singapore and one of the lotus engineer makes a "not this shit again" face just says it all
webm?
>>66338161
sorry for the shit quality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8hSXH2AURo
this isn't actually the reaction I was thinking of but it's the same idea
Why does /sp/ have flags?
>>66338257
to mark the downfall of the site during the 2012 olympics
>>66338257
so we can auto filter australians
>>66337914
>>66338004
The idea that Pastor is actually a decent driver is typical 4chan contrarianism at its finest. Even in his grand prix winning year, he mostly disappeared for the rest of the season and was arguably outraced by Bruno fucking Senna
>>66338672
so? alonso was "arguably" outraced by trulli for a few years. maldonado significantly improved in the last 2 seasons, shit changes.
>>66336243
I still can't find the full comic of this.
>>66338257
What's wrong with flags?
>>66338759
And Alonso has already fallen, generally the more hot-headed and aggressive the drivers style is, the more they lose performance with age.
Planning on making Rattoutile lads
>>66339066
Remind that Alonso hit Guti and not the other way around
Has anyone reported lewis yet?
>>66337414
>state of manor strategists
stolen from /tv/
has someone ever gone race distance without pitting? I recall Rosberg virtually did that at Sochi in 2014 changing his tires after the first lap and then going to the end
I know current regs dictate using two different compounds so it hasnt happened anytime recently.
>>66339676
don't you mean /mu/?
>>66339738
Grosjean technically didn't pit last race despite changing tires during the red flag
>Ameriburger Formula 1 team
>their drivers are GRO GUT
you cannot make this shit up
Some nice team radio bits.
http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/features/2016/3/say-what--the-best-of-race-radio-in-australia.html
>>66339753
>implying I would ever got to /mu/
>>66339885
"How do I turn the alarm off?"
"I'm afraid I can't say, Lewis"
Mercedes confirmed to be controlled by HAL 9000
>>66339885
thanks finlan
>>66339885
>"This is history, guys."
>>66340329
Why is Romain so fucking cute? Imagine the sex he's going to get from Marion for this P6. Possibly better than after Spa? Who knows.
>>66340403
Heard if he gets podium she lets him use her stinker.
>yfw nigger champion this year too
You know it's coming.
Rosberg will choke.
>>66340844
Greece what have you done
>>66340844
FUCK! Dubs unconfirm nigger WDC.
>>66340865
>>66340913
cancelled out by last year's 44 dubs stating he will never win a wdc ever again, and the 44 dubs the otherday which say he will get senna'd at suzuka.
i see greece hasn't eaten his euros today.
>>66340844
denbts
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>>66340844
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>66340329
Legit gave me the feels, anyone make Haas pepes yet?
>>66340844
Please stop fucking Germany over more than you already have.
>>66340844
Well done
Here are the results of the next GP btw (confirmed by my dubs):
1.Ham
2.Ros
3.Vet
>>66342028
vet ros ham tbhfam
>>66342028
rai ves eri 2bh
>>66335922
I want to Ruth to have my babies
>>66342028
ves dnf dnf
>>66342164
>I want to Ruth
your London is so computers
>>66342164
>wanting a pale-skinned she-autist
>>66337481
Todt-Schumacher best team ever
>>66336207
Mika was pretty great
>>66338257
to stimulate the /banter/
>>66342396
you need a "great" tier to put valtteri's helmet in
>>66342416
>"great"
>anything about valteri
>>66342180
You wouldn't want to Ruth?
>>66342396
I will always prefer simpler helmets. I can immediately tell you who used every helmet on the top row, even though I've only ever seen one of them in contemporary usage. I watch Verstappen, Sainz, Ricciardo, and Kvyat every other week and I couldn't tell which helmet belonged to who.
Based Gilles helmet included for miring
>>66342495
Yea those red bull helmets are a mess and all look alike, Seb and Alonso have the current best helmets
>>66342516
I like Rosberg's too
Anyone know of a place to download races or audio tracks in other languages (specifically portugues)? I'm looking to combine being lazy and practicing language.
The /luso/ thread on int was not particullarly helpful.
post yfw ricciardo comes out as gay.
>>66342786
i was so close to trips. will happen anyway.
>>66342776
>>66337658
Would anybody like to play Stratego?
I have Stratego.
we /variante alta/ now
how do you fell about it?
>Some people the rest of this season will stay as good as that race
>Vettel choke and the Australian crowd
>Haas points
>Hamilel goofed
Imagine how great this era would be if Alonso was in Rosberg's seat, and Kimi was still good.
>>66342678
for sure
>>66343273
>if Alonso was in Rosberg's seat
oh man Hamilton would've ragequit from racing by now, how blessed that would be
Who are your /favourite/ commentators?
Although I watch the SkySport coverage religiously(fuck everything else), my all time fav has to be James Allen.
>>66339798
>>Ameriburger Formula 1 team
>>their drivers are GRO GUT
>you cannot make this shit up
>Ferrari is an Italian F1 team
>their drivers are VET RAI
what could possibly be your point?
>>66343328
agree with James Allen. I like Brundle until Hamilton drove for Mercedes.
Honorable mention Bob Varsha
>>66343413
Allen & Brundle in the ITV days were goooood.
>>66342396
You're wrong. I like the ones in the middle row but I don't like the ones in the bottom row (which I think are Alonso, Massa, and then obviously Vettel)
But yeah the ones on the bottom are shit. Alonso's and Massa's have too much going on, terrible colour combinations. And Vettel's looks like it was made in Paint.
The ones in the middle are really good, I really like that sort of tailed parallelogram shape that's on Di Resta's helmet, and on the one in the middle (Maldonado?). It's on Lewis' helmet too and his helmet is fucking based in my opinion (pic related)
>>66343444
checked
>>66343444
seriously Rupert? that helmet it tacky as fuck.
>>66343444
what does that number 1 on his helmet mean?
also checked
>>66343659
>this has to be bait
>>66343444
Jesus how the fuck did I get 444? #Blessed
>>66343478
Not b8 m8 i r8 u 0/8
>>66343564
>having shit taste
nigga pls
>>66343659
I assume it means he's #1 nigga
Even though he's #44
He's #1 in our hearts
>>66343673
was a legit question m8
>>66343770
>I assume it means he's #1 nigga
i see. but he never talked about it himself?
>>66343822
He was the world champion last year, that gives him the right to take the number 1 for his car this year. He chose to keep his assigned number 44 instead of the traditional number 1.
His helmet design is reflecting that he is the reigning #1
>>66343893
Thanks m8
didn't know about that number 1 privilege thing.
>>66337481
rossbrawnwearingafedora.jpg
>>66343943
yvw m8, sorry I thought you were trollin.
drivers taking permanent numbers started in 2014, before that the WDC took the #1 and the numbers 'usually' followed suit with the teams relative finishing position. drivers didn't have numbers that they kept for their careers before 2014.
The FIA has given the driver the choice of keeping their career number or switching to the traditional #1 following their WDC.
>>66344165
>curacao isn't trolling
>>66343943
Extra trivia bonus is if a driver wins the WDC but retires, the replacement driver for next season uses the number 0.
>>66344216
What if a driver wins the WDC and then switches team? Can they still keep the number 1 even if the new team didn't earn it?
>>66344472
Yes.
>>66344472
yes driver keeps number, we saw this when alonso went to mclaren and other times
>>66343340
>American too dense for a dumb pun
I am not surprised
>>66344165
>>66344216
Thanks for the info.
Here's an Alonso crash in return
>>66343311
Would he have though? I reckon his sense of entitlement would get the better of him, and Merc are better at handling personalities than Ron 'mild autism' Dennis. I rate Alonso with the all time greats, and it would be great to see the two of them go up against one another almost ten years later.
>>66343328
I'm one of the few people in the world who actually really likes Crofty (most of the time).
>>66345020
Crofty is too on the fence and political for my liking.
Even with Brundle poking and prodding him to show some opinion.
>>66343328
As a kid all I had were old Murray/Brundle commentary footage via Cable.
Yeah, Murray's my favorite.
>>66345068
>too on the fence and political
yeah, he even tried to defend that awful quali format. otherwise, I have no problem and he has gotten much better at calling the race the past few years
>>66346151
I suspect that Crofty feels like he is replaceable (he might be) and doesn't want to ruffle the wrong person's feathers. As he gets established, like Martin Brundle is now, I expect he will be more willing to 'call it as he sees it'.
when will kimi leave ferrari so ricky can get that seat?
>>66337744
>>66337845
kek
Is there ever someone not on holiday in the UK? The past few weeks all of Germany was there, now the Brits themselves just switch places in their own country.
look, they tried to dethrone king felipe on formula1.com
>>66342495
when inside the car...
> Verstappen,
blue
> Sainz,
silver
> Ricciardo,
light blue
> and Kvyat
dark blue
>>66343237
don't mind imola... but i'd rather that both imola and monza were on the calendar.
>>66343444
his old yellow helmet is better.
>Aussie GP got 2.1m viewers on C4, 360k on SKY, lowest ever ratings since records began, 30% drops for both compared to last year.
Sky dropping F1 like it should and F1 going back to free to watch when?
>>66337786
He just parked his car
>>66346971
>dick nose in your face out of nowhere
god dammit, every time I forget how huge those dicks were
>>66346936
lel, britcucks can't handy their babbyton losing.
Vettel hype/hope made more people than last year watch the GP here.
>>66346936
ratings will be up for bahrain because races aren't guaranteed to be MWL and it won't be shown at some stupidly early time in the morning for the UK.
Will Philippe get a new front wing in bahrain? He did get more points than Gottas.
Friendly reminder that only literal autists and Dorftrottel follow F1. :)
>>66347017
Rating have been going down the past 2 years with Hamilton winning m8. They aren't watching because of Sky.
>>66342396
rate my AssCorsa helmet
the shape on the side is supposed to be a T
>>66347142
6/10
I actually quite like the design, just not a fan of the green personally. Is it that colour for a reason?
>>66347158
It's my favourite color
>>66347170
That's cool Finland, it's still a nice helmet.
>>66347053
Yeah, Felipe baby getting the new wing.
Hopefully it pays dividends for the team.
>>66347142
>AC
rF2 is better but that's just my opinion.
You should bend the "T" a little bit.
>>66347234
Doesn't it have a monthly fee? Not a fan of that.
>>66347317
That's better !
And yeah, they charge it for the online, more or like iRacing. That sucks, but I don't care since I'm driving offline and rF2 has the best AI.
Pic related, F1-SR 92 mod @ Mexico, pure pleasure
What's the best game if I want older F1? I'd really like to play out a whole season with a 1970s grid.
>>66347401
Game Stock Car has a great F1 70 mod, and apprently, there is too for Automobilista.
>>66347401
grand prix legends. tons of season mods.
>>66347317
you can pay a once-off higher price to get lifetime online
there doesn't really seem to be much online activity though, at least when I last checked
>HOMOSEXUAL OR BISEXUAL FORMULA ONE DRIVERS, PAST OR PRESENT
>Senna
>Hamilton
>Alguesari (actually confirmed)
>Sutil (definitely bi, most likely full gay, Jennifer is a cover and they're just good friends)
Who else?
>>66347633
wouldn't be surprised if hamilton and rosberg started dating
>>66347633
Piquet
>>66342396
>themefags
The top ones look awful with the exception of MSC's. They have nothing interesting about them.
At least Vettel's is an homage to MSC's old karting helmet, but even then, his 2015+2016 helmet is much worse than his old creative RB helmets.
So i just saw someone post about this in one of the threads and read people posting stuff like Haas are ahead of McLaren and stuff so i figured i will give you guys a run down on how fast the McLaren actually is.
So we will take Jenson's car for obvious reasons,
This is him and Nico. Mark the laps where Jenson fitted new mediums and was in clean air. It might have something to do with Nico's brake issues but its still encouraging,
Laps 32 to 39. Button caught up to Nasr at 40 and got stuck behind him.
http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=956&graf=3&dr1=Jenson%20Button&dr2=Nico%20Rosberg
Now let's take Force India
Perez,
http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=956&graf=3&dr1=Jenson%20Button&dr2=Sergio%20Perez
Yes Button fitted new mediums later than Perez but over the course of the race Button was MUCH faster than Perez. Look at the time when Button was running in clean air.
Hulk,
http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=956&graf=3&dr1=Jenson%20Button&dr2=Nico%20Hulkenberg
They were more or less neck and neck with Button having superior medium tyre pace.
>>66347738
Haas,
http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=956&graf=3&dr1=Jenson%20Button&dr2=Romain%20Grosjean
Nasr,
He got stuck behind Nasr at lap 40,
http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=956&graf=3&dr1=Jenson%20Button&dr2=Felipe%20Nasr
Sainz STR,
http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=956&graf=3&dr1=Jenson%20Button&dr2=Carlos%20Sainz%20Jr.
Whats to be noted here is both Button and Sainz fitted new mediums within a couple of laps of each other and their race pace on new mediums with equal fuel load was more or less the same. Again laps 32-39 for Jenson was clean air, 41-46 for sainz was clean air.
Now for the big one,
Bottas,
http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=956&graf=3&dr1=Jenson%20Button&dr2=Valtteri%20Bottas
Yes Bottas fitted mediums much earlier BUT see how button is slower on SS than Bottas on mediums after the redflag and then once Jenson fits new mediums and gets clean air he starts flying and is much faster than Bottas for the entire last stint and not just when he is in clean air.. Overall McLaren had a MUCH better racepace than Bottas in Australia.
>>66347746
So yeah they have made a HUGE step and i believe this will be the slowest race pace they will have all year and they will improve more than almost everyone else.
>They are faster than FI,Haas,Sauber,Manor,Renault and almost neck and neck with STR. They were faster than one of the Williams (a merc powered) car.
Yes i think the engine still lacks a grunt but they are ahead of Renault right now in peak power but not how the power is delivered. With McLaren's and Honda's $$$$ i believe they will outpace the development rate of FI,STR and Williams and 4th Fastest car is easily doable. RBR is still a tall task but seeing the race pace of Jenson , we can be optimistic. ALonso will be a bit faster than him.
>>66347746
>Sainz STR,
>http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=956&graf=3&dr1=Jenson%20Button&dr2=Carlos%20Sainz%20Jr.
>Whats to be noted here is both Button and Sainz fitted new mediums within a couple of laps of each other and their race pace on new mediums with equal fuel load was more or less the same. Again laps 32-39 for Jenson was clean air, 41-46 for sainz was clean air.
>Now for the big one,
seems like amx was right, sainz was driving as slow as mclaren
>>66347769
me casper the ghost in the middle
>>66347633
ricciardo.
>>66347751
(it's actually a shitty post by a delusional McLaren fan from reddit who concluded McLaren is better than half the field based on the results of one race where passing was impossible btw McLaren is going to be challenging Mercedes at the front soon)
>>66344922
Holy shit, so many incredible pictures from that crash.
This one is even crazier to look at than the one with Alonso against the wall.
>>66347779
stop messing up my photos, casper
>>66347794
>he browses reddit
B I N L A N D
Y
E
S
>Monza ded
finally a free schedule-slot for a GP in Zimbabwe.
>>66347881
Yes! We can finally have an actual European GP.
king sebastian
>>66347881
hope the prince that bought zandvoort gives bernie the millions
>>66347679
go away
>>66347908
noice
>>66347908
wdc confirmed his for next four years.
>>66347738
>implying ROS wasn't coasting
>>66347908
almost
>>66347914
Your tastes are awful.
>>66335922
Formula 1 is for pussies
Indy 500 is where it's at
>>66347908
YES!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131754297439
new fap towel anyone?
Most aesthetically pleasing car?
>>66347990
>Indy 500 is where it's at
Indy cars are Fat.
>>66348097
Anything below ~1984 need not apply.
>>66348097
groce
>>66347633
coulthard is def bi
![97-Ferrari_310B_F1-DV-08-MB_03[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/163CZ7g.jpg "97-Ferrari 310B F1-DV-08-MB 03[1]")
>>66348097
webm of alonso crash?
>>66348346
Here mate:
>>66336592
>>66347633
Ralf Schumacher
Kvyat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35882820
Thoughts on this? Very interesting move considering that Vettel is one of the top dogs at the GPDA and Ferrari are one of the teams that throw their weight around the most. They make a lot of valid points though even though they had to keep the letter non-confrontational in tone.
>>66348873
The more I read about these things, the more respect I have for Wurz.
The sport in general needs to listen to the drivers more, and this is a great step in the right direction. Not that I expect anything to come of it given how powerless the drivers currently are.
>>66348873
>Alex Wurz
Forgot he still exists
https://twitter.com/GPDA_/status/712647643139334145
Oh man, it's on now. This is pretty much a civil war declaration
>>66348097
Pirate series when?
>>66348873
Good that there is finally some sort of statement from somebody.
Semi related, I think F1/FIA can call themselves lucky the Alonso crash happened. It made the media and casual fans totally forget the qualifying disaster from Saturday. Had the crash not happened, the Monday newspapers would have talked only about how terrible the whole quali soap was..
>>66348163
mid to late 60s were pretty aesthetic, m8
>>66348978
>>66348986
That one I can get behind, but mostly because of the rear wing and the long, low nose. The old McLaren orange undoubtedly looked great on it too, unlike here.
>>66348097
Obvious choice
>>66349018
1988-1990 Ferraris were the best looking F1 cars of all time
>>66349082
Kek, is that Enzo?
>>66349093
i think so.
>>66349110
Pretty sure it is. He looks weird to me, not like any people of Italian heritage I know of.
>>66348308
This is the one.
>>66349144
he looks weird regardless, because the only enzo i can ever picture is the old man in black sunglasses.
>>66349144
why have you posted a steering wheel with no driver?
>>66349238
Lel, I was going to make that joke as well but I figured it was played out.
Hai /f1/, where are the dubs?
Also what track would you love to see F1 at if it's not there already?
>>66349348
Assen is a pretty dope track, although there would be no passing.
>>66347679
You're the one ruining everything
>>66349348
Cheeky dubs for Magny Cours
>>66348986
>>66348978
>>66348395
Absolutely this
>>66348097
How can anyone not love the Eagle?
>>66348965
F1 was pretty damn lucky to have a relatively exciting race at all.
If the race had also been a shit MWL fest with no action or drama at all people would have been so outraged. But now everyone has other topics to talk about, how Alonso crashed, Haas, Ferrari pace, tyre strats etc.
I also can't believe that people whose education levels top out at "graduated high school" and have spent their entire adult lives racing cars for a living have to explain to professional businessmen how to run a sport in a slightly less retarded way. Just how incompetent and clueless are the decisionmakers, whoever they may be?
>>66349408
>08
>magny cours
how apt.
>>66349348
I just wish they came back to my country.
Seriously Argentina is a country that breathes motorsports. Attendance would be packed everytime
>>66349464
buenos aires a shit. mind you, so is silverstone, so we're even.
>>66349464
Build a circuit that isn't just a glorified go-kart track and keep your fans off it until after the race and we can talk, Diego.
>>66346909
same
But if Monza really has to go out, what better than imola to replace it?
>>66349348
I would love to see an F1 car tear up Mt Ventoux.
>>66349536
>tfw i want melbourne and adelaide both on the calendar
>>66349348
Adelaide
Magny-Cours
Surfers Paradise
>>66349564
mah boy. replace magny cours with donington.
>>66349348
Kylami most of all
also,
Istanbul Park
Circuit Paul Ricard
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
>>66336592
He just parked the car
>>66349348
Istanbul, Adelaide, old Mexico, Kyalami, Jerez, Estoril, new Hockenheim (since it's technically off the calendar now), Magny-Cours, Paul Ricard, Mugello, Motegi, Fuji, Buddh.
So almost everywhere.
>tfw I thought Bahrain was this weekend
oh well, they do have to travel about a third the way across the world (though looking at the calendar, Baku takes place just a week after Montreal)
>>66349348
Le Castellet (Paul Ricard)
Old Hockenheim
Old Silverstone
Old Zandvoort
Old Kyalami
Old Interlagos
Adelaide
Istambul
Jerez de la Frontera
Old Zeltweg
>>66349348
>ywn witness a F1 championship featuring tracks like Interlagos, Cadwell Park, Potrero de los Funes, old Assen, Watkins Glen, pre-1994 Imola, Phillip Island, an irl version of Trial Mountain, Spa, Monza, Suzuka and Mount Panorama as the final, crucial round
>>66346971
>Vergne
>2
>>66349818
>Mount Panorama
This kills the F1 car
What are FatJean's best courses? Just started following Haas.
>>66349775
Pretty sure F1 is going to Hockenheim this year for the German GP.
Adelaide will never happen. Jerez is pretty shit, Motegi isn't great, Buddh is awesome to drive but was a borefest race every time. I'd rather return to Korea than India if we had to choose from the Tilkedromes
Istanbul Park isn't going to come back ever again either. They should just remake that track in the countryside of some less shitty country in the middle of the woods and mountains Spa/Austria style.
I'd love to see F1 race at Macau for maximum memes.
I would happily drop Catalunya from the calendar, it's a boring race almost exclusively. Shanghai should definitely be dropped as well in favor of Macau or something else in Asia that's less shit.
>>66349814
>Old Interlagos
>>66349844
>>66349818
Bathurst would be the absolute GOAT race for F1. Why can't they just go there. At least it would be something different and challenging.
That footage of Button driving the McLaren around there still tickles my taint
bring back mosley tbhfam. todt fucking sucks.
>>66349879
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6Msk85IIgs
>>66349879
>>66349814
I feel like the old layout would be too much for drivers with any car post-1990ish. There's just too many long, high speed corners and I don't think the human body, no matter how fit, could withstand 40 laps of that shit. God-tier circuit though.
>>66349846
based on his results, i'd say Bahrain and Hungary
>>66349866
>Korea
shit track and atmosphere, but the racing was fairly entertaining
>>66349915
The track wasn't half-bad for a Tilkedrome, has a couple of interesting corners. And yea I don't know about the athmosphere as I wasn't there but the racing was decent at times
>>66349904
>No overtaking
>Corner speed lowered since they would need to raise the ride height for the dipper
>Full throttle for 1/2 the lap
>1 crash anywhere between griffin's and the elbow = insta red flag
I like Mount Panorama but it's not an F1 circuit.
>>66349348
Eldora.
>>66349866
I don't particularly care about viewer enjoyment, since F1 isn't exactly supposed to have "great" ""racing"". Jerez and Motegi are plenty good to me. Admittedly I should've probably put Korea on the list too.
Macau's memefest potential is exactly what makes it awful.
>tfw no Macau in F1
>>66349960
is that a dog track?
>>66349996
Dirt racing, sprint cars I assume.
>>66349996
A running track, I think.
>>66350017
Correct.
>>66350031
Yee haww
>>66350053
Gene is going to be devastated when they break it to him that there is no annual dirt-track event.
>>66340973
There's a 44 dubs somewhere that says Hamilton will be eternal WDC
>>66349959
>1 crash anywhere between griffin's and the elbow = insta red flag
>1 crash anywhere between griffin's and the elbow = insta death
I don't see the problem?
>>66350091
s-shut up. will never happen.
>>66350091
Hamilton will be naturalized American driving for Haas soon.
>>66350459
Rip Gimi
>>66350477
fuvk you walterri.
>>66348917
can't sturz the Wurz
>>66350523
Why must they feud against each other? This does not uphold the spirit of fair racing between Finns.
>>66350537
because AFLA-Sisu.
>>66349487
>>66349499
yeah, i agree with you that the Gálvez racetrack has been out of form.
I went last year to the Brazilian GP and their infrastructure is miles ahead of where the galvez is.
however i watch a lot of Argie Turismo Carretera (oldest stock car racing competition still active) and they manage to pull off insane stuff in that circuit. there is also plans to build an F1 circuit in a town 100km of the capital city, where i live, that could be nice too.
i just hope i can take my son to see F1 when i'm a dad.
>>66350531
>'look that's Davidson'
>the city of me
>>66350537
They aren't feuding at all. Kimi doesn't give half a shit and they're barely friends anyway (which is hilarious in it's own right - being from a tiny 5 million people country and miraculously both have a drive at the same time at the most elite level of motorsport, chances of there being 2 Finnish drivers simultaneously on an F1 grid is like 0.00001% - should you become friends with your fellow countryman? Probably not)
Bottas said in a Finnish interview that they haven't really discussed the crashes and there's no real need to. They are on ok terms and there's no beef. It's not like they hang out together a lot and are best buddies just because they're both Finnish. They seem like vastly different people anyway.
"Beefs" and "feuds" are reserved exclusively for black, brown and American people.
>>66350722
Are Finnish people ever friends with one another?
>>66350843
Kimi's good friends with Heikki, while Mika is Valtteri's personal mentor. Usually in F1 they're pretty close.
>>66350902
why stay close to strangers when you have the chance not to? I value privacy.
>>66349348
Old Hockenheim
Imola
Magny-Cours
Indianapolis
>>66350459
>sebastian vettel: fastest lap
>>66350843
Somewhat. Maybe Bottas is just too autistic though. I don't think he's friends with anyone on the paddock except maybe Massa.
Räikkönen and Häkkinen are friends and Mika famously pretty much gave his seat away and retired to give Kimi a drive at McLaren. I don't know if they're still close but I doubt there's anything bad between them. Häkkinen also manages Bottas and obviously sees something in him.
Mika Salo seems to really hate Kimi or at least his driving and constantly criticizes it. Then again Mika Salo seems to hate being Mika Salo and is ultra bitter because he never won a GP and is totally overshadowed by Häkkinen and Räikkönen as far as Finnish drivers go. I don't even know why he continues to commentate the Finnish broadcast, he just shits on people, constantly makes predictions that prove to be untrue e.g."Oh, he locked up, there goes Hamilton's lap, its over" - 10 seconds later Hamilton sets pole anyway.
Kovalainen is just a chill dude and seems to get along with everybody. Wish they would get him involved as a commentator for the Finnish broadcast instead.
Also a sidenote, but a bit weird how Keke is never at the races anymore now that his son is winning races all the time. He used to be trackside all the time when Nico was younger and there's basically no talk about Nico and Keke anymore.
JESUS CHRIST TOP KEK, RIP F1 IN THE UK
>BREAKING - @SkySports to be exclusive home of F1 from 2019. Story soon
via f1broadcasting on twitter.
>>66351030
why are they so keen on making it less available to the public
>Sky says the British GP will be shown live for free and highlights will be free. But if you don't have Sky, that's it, it would appear
channel 4 got cucked HARD.
also:
>BREAKING - @F1 will be broadcast on @SkySports in ultra HD from 2017
oh that's okay then.
>>66351030
>Murdoch's face when
>>66342678
Not bad, but his helmet just like racing skills... inferior to his daddy.
>>66351084
that is so 80's
>I should note, again, that @SkySportsF1's ratings were down 30 percent over the weekend
kek.
>>66351051
>mfw when none of the TV providers in your contry want to bring glorious F1-exclusive channel with exclusive rights to all races live and we're stuck with Fox Sports 3, with only 10 races live
It's so hard
>>66351112
sorry for ant-sized image btw
>>66351014
>I don't think he's friends with anyone on the paddock except maybe Massa.
If anything he seems pretty distant towards Massa, particularly because he keeps expecting Felipe to move aside. Of all the drivers on the grid (aside from maybe the new Manor kids), it looks like Bottas is the one with the fewest on-the-grid friends. He may be Finnish, but even for him, I can't imagine that being fun.
Mika's kinda gone on the offensive against Kimi recently, but that's likely more because Mika's very biased towards Bottas for obvious reasons.
Keke never struck me as someone who really liked F1 outside of the driving. He was always the outsider among the drivers, the last relic of the pre-80s era which had a lot of awful people on the grid (Andretti, Hunt, Lauda etc).
>>66339550
Underated
>>66351102
Back then they had simpler designs. Fun fact about Keke,
>>66351183
Fugg...
He was one first drivers that made fuckloads of personal ad deals.
>>66351162
whats wrong with that?
im bored
how 'bout /mu/ style current driver rankings
>best
Alonso
>runner-up
Vettel
>worst
Ericsson
>underrated
Rosberg (most think his success is all car)
>overrated
Verstappen
>>66350902
>>66351162
>>66351278
>meanwhile Mexican bus stops be like
>>66351162
Tbf that could be a Canadian bus-stop as well. I don't take the bus anymore because I'm not a scrub, but when I did I never stood closer than a few feet away from someone.
>>66351045
Because Sky pay them, whereas sponsors don't.
It's a vicious cycle:
>sponsors pay less
>TV rights go to pay TV because they can pay more for the rights
>smaller viewing audience
>sponsors pay even less
f1 will die in 2018, so this does not matter.
>>66351395
This is true, it's a self-defeating business strategy. They need to take a hit now to put the sport more out there in order to attract more people, which will provide a wider audience. A wider audience will bring in more sponsors who will compete with one another, bringing more money to the sport.
>>66351388
This is disturbing
>>66351336
Is FatJean underrated?
>>66351484
nah, people know Girard is an upper-middle tier driver
>>66351484
rated fairly tbhfam
>>66351510
>>66351505
Always thought he was a middle to lower middle. Might have been Lotus though
>>66351014
>Mika Salo seems to really hate Kimi or at least his driving and constantly criticizes it. Then again Mika Salo seems to hate being Mika Salo and is ultra bitter because he never won a GP and is totally overshadowed by Häkkinen and Räikkönen as far as Finnish drivers go. I don't even know why he continues to commentate the Finnish broadcast, he just shits on people
They don't have much alternatives. Keke did that commentary shit for a long time and got bored. Then they had Jyrki Järvilehto... but he decided try boating while drunk with fatal consequences.
>>66351162
Maybe that is a tiny bit extreme but honestly what is the problem with this?
I really don't understand all this memeage of Finns never talking to strangers, being cold, distant, avoiding strangers etc. Why would anyone want it any other way? I've lived in like 4 different countries and people are roughly the same as far as their conversations with strangers go anyway, a bit more open in certain places but even then the differences aren't that huge. Plus wtf, do Americans seriously just start up a random conversation with a stranger on a busstop when its -20, dark and you're waiting to get to work at 7 am?
Small talk is cancer. Why do you need to insist on making conversation with someone you have no reason to be talking to? How fucking annoying would that be if someone came up to me every morning just to ask about my day even though they don't even care and they're just asking because they are uncomfortable with not talking. Jesus christ.
Many cities are just overpopulated shitholes anyway so you actually COUDLNT line up like this even if you really wanted to because there would be 10 sweaty men rubbed up against you in all directions because there's no space anywhere.
>>66351014
Bottas seems to get along ok with Vettel, Grosjean, Nasr and Button, he just doesn't really hang with anyone other than his manager and Emilia
>>66351553
>Small talk is cancer.
control yourself Valtteri
>>66351014
I always thought that Keke was the right kind of F1 father. He's there to support his son and rarely did interview or appearances. When I constantly see Jos in the pit. it makes me feel very uncomfortable. Like he's some kind of helicopter parent who beat his son when he didn't win.
>>66351470
I know desu...
>>66351553
>Small talk is cancer
It's cultural. I live in Montreal and sometimes when I wait the bus some old ladies talk to me. Fun fact, I'm black.
>>66351599
Jos Verstappen is a psycho. He's assaulted and attempted to kill women he's been together with and very likely beat the shit out of Max when he was small. His relationship with his son is likely to be all kinds of fucked up.
>>66351553
I pretty much agree, finland
>>66351599
Nah, Keke's still too distant imo. Right now I don't think anyone in particular gets it right, including those that mostly only act as father "figures", like Mika towards Bottas.
Jos is disgusting though. I hope Max distances himself from him and sticks with his mother instead. Maybe Vettel could help him a little, seeing as Max seems to look up to Seb a little.
>>66351549
jj lehto? kek.
>>66351553
>Small talk is cancer
Ron, please come home. Eric is
eminently perturbed about you.
>>66351657
>implying ron doesn't have a notebook full of small talk research
>>66348097
If only Mercedes engines were as reliable back when pic related took place as they are now...
>>66351680
GOAT livery, I don't know why McLaren changed it to absolute garbage.
Fuck, and now I remember I had a Hot Wheels model of Hakkinen's car and of a Jaguar, and I have no idea where they are now. I loved those toy cars as a child.
>F1 could die before Vettel gets his 7th WDC
how can the world be this rebarbative
>>66351739
not linking the new predatory "out of ink fax machine" black on light black on grey
>>66351563
Who wouldn't rather hang out with Emilia rather than with other egoistic assholes?
>>66351739
it would be boring having the same livery for 20 years
>>66351820
Tell that to Ferrari, who only made minor changes.
>>66351801
Fuck, I have no idea where mine are either. Those were the best.
At least I have a 1:43 model of Mika's 2000 car now. Sadly the airbox is damaged so I'm considering selling this one and getting a new, undamaged one instead.
![mclaren-f1-2015-landscape-retina[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/xkRjEFA.jpg "mclaren-f1-2015-landscape-retina[1]")
>>66351807
Anything would be better.
>>66351549
Vilander or Kovalainen are better alternatives
Dunno what Kovalainen is up to to be honest
>>66351893
GT racing and wishing he was dead iirc
>>66351843
Ferrari Red is iconic though. They'd be ripped to shreds by the public if they changed too much.
>tfw u have dreams that when you were young u were a karting champion and Luca ends up attending one of you races and says "you know, we could use a guy like you to beat those Renault guys now that Schumacher is retiring" except he says it in Italian (I don't know Italian) and he's wearing a nice Italian suit and then you end up taking Raikkonen's spot and you win and you become an American Hero
i cant wait till my life is over
>Haven't seen any financial figures anywhere, but suspect @SkySports will be paying approx. £600 million for the six years of F1
>>66351979
>investing 600 million into a sport that will be dead within 5 years anyway either due to blatant mismanagement or neverending MWL and Hamilton's 7th consecutive championship
Nice going guys
i was only half-joking when i said bring back mosley, until i saw this:
>So now, after the teams and Bernie have agreed to dump the whole thing, Todt wants elimination with the old Q3 compromise...
max got shit done. jean is a compromise cuck, who only cares about road safety because of the un.
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-now-evaluating-elimination-qualifying-tweaks-for-bahrain-681873/
>the city of berniewheel
Sainz Jr will win the WDC before amd amx
discuss
>Note that in Sunday's meeting @WilliamsRacing and @ForceIndiaF1 wanted elimination Q1/2 + normal Q3, but were shouted down by the rest
Why are Williams and Force India so incredibly pathetic? FI I can understand since they're all about exploiting the system and especially saying something but then actually doing something else and ultimately defending what they're doing (trying to start a shitshow by fighting the penalty Perez got in Canada, or absolutely everything that Mallya and Fernley have done).
But Williams? Why?
>>66352150
hope so. let max never win a race.
>>66352150
amx is going to die this season confirmed
>>66352150
No chance. Much as I like Carlos, he's the worst Toro Rosso driver since Alguersuari.
>>66352150
http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page=chart&gp=956&graf=3&dr1=Max%20Verstappen&dr2=Carlos%20Sainz%20Jr.
Don't think so.
>>66349348
Laguna Seca just to see F1 cars crash in that devil's corner Corkscrew.
>>66352274
That track is honestly shit for racing and the corkscrew is probably the most overrated "legendary corner" of all time.
If you've actually watched races there it's mostly a borefest because you literally can't overtake except a divebomb into first or last corner. It's a fun track to drive in sims but it would honestly suck a lot for F1. Not that it will ever happen despite some rumors last year.
>inb4 le pass (would not be accepted by current F1 regulations anyway)
>>66352156
fernley makes his point:
>Part of the reason the qualifying [change] was done was the race. How can you make that decision if you have not even done the race?
>I asked for it to be noted that we were strictly against it on principle and time should be given for it. I hope that more people will take our position with a bit of time to think about it
>The tyres, the qualifying, everything had an impact on this race. Maybe we should wait a little bit more. It was too knee-jerk a reaction and I think some very interesting things came out of it
>When was the last time you saw the amount of action we had in Q1 or Q2?
>Why do we need to focus on Q3; why throw out Q1?
>Q2 was almost better so why not tweak it a little bit more
>I have never seen a situation where we have been running the super-soft tyres absolutely flat-out qualifying and lots of mistakes happening and it was a real pressure cooker situation
>Why can't we take the positives and then correct the weaknesses then look at it again?
>>66352328
>no passing
Not at high level racing, but anything under gt3 speed is amazing there
>>66352148
This shit again?
Here's what I'd do:
Split quali into 5 periods. Each period gives time for a driver to go out, do a warmup lap, then do several fast laps. 8 minutes would be ok. You can complete laps you start before the session ends.
At the end of each period, kick out 4 cars. Final period decides the top 6.
Times reset at the start of each period of course.
Also, one kind of tyre only (the fastest available).
>>66351183
Top keke
>>66351553
>Finland
>overpopulated
>>66352572
I meant places outside of Finland, suggesting that Finnish people do this because they actually have the luxury of doing so
>>66352630
luxury or assburgerism?
>>66352669
luxury of assburgers
>>66351651
Yes, the man that that had enough integrity to make his last name easier to pronounce for foreigners. Well, Keijo Rosberg did that for his first name.
JJ got 2 years 4 months conviction involuntary manslaughter, boating under influence and endangering traffic in court. Court of appeal overturned it after he changed his statement and prosecution couldn't prove was JJ or his dead friend on helm. Supreme court denied appeal from prosecution.
Educational part of the story to all prospective racing drivers around. If you slam a small boat with 150hp or so outboard engine to concrete bridge at 40 to 50 knots while drunk as fuck people may die... and you might lose a lucrative post racing career job as result. Concrete bridge wins.
>>66351893
>Vilander or Kovalainen are better alternatives
I don't know how good TV commentator Kovalainen would be. Keke was god tier, JJ was good... but thanks to drunken boating thing he leper as far as media comes. Salo sucks.
>Dunno what Kovalainen is up to to be honest
He is driving in Japanese Super GT AFAIK.
>>66352630
The only people that don't value and respect personal space are urbanites, and that's because they are essentially human rats.
The rest of us understand, Finland.
>>66351553
Small talk is good. New friendships (or even GFs) can be obtained by this.
>>66352751
Small talk is for small minds.
>>66352751
only among co-workers, fellow students, at bars/clubs, maybe at stores/markets if there is some other reason for talking in the first place
otherwise, i don't want anyone bothering me as i'm walking down the street or waiting for the train
>>66352785
I tip my fedora to you my great minded friend
>>66352826
Don't make me break out my katana.
>>66352751
>What a lovely day we're having, don't you think?
>Oh, what a nice belt you have, where did you get it?
>Did you hear about that bullshit on the news last night?
>Have you seen the new movie starring that degenerate actor yet?
Yea.......no.
Just came back from a visit to Seb's parents with him. Ask me anything. Or don't, it's a free world.
>>66352965
Yes, I saw this happen too and cringed as Rosberg stood so close to them... Vettel is a dick
>>66352751
Dude there is a difference. It's not like I (or Finns) in general just sit in silence and never talk to anyone. At work and school, uni, you meet new people and you do talk to them because there is SOMETHING YOU HAVE IN COMMON. If you're classmates then of course you're going to become acquintances and talk to each other.
What I don't get is smalltalk with irrelevant strangers. I'm not going to sit next to someone on the bus and start talking to them about their day because there's no reason to. Of course you can get pretty assburgers with your definition of "irrelevant strangers" which results in people who avoid their neighbours so they don't have to say hi to them but I think people are something of a minority.
Finns do talk to people when there is a need or reason for it. Small talk in the sense of talk that serves no purpose other than to fill the air with noise is what is avoided.
If there is no reason to get close or talk to a person, why do it? I legitimately enjoy being not hassled by other people when commuting etc and I assume most normal people are like this as well.
>>66352997
>Vettel is a dick
More like
>Rosberg is a sad cuck
>>66353150
Binland is okay, everyone understands you except lonely people who will talk to anyone they see in the street.
>>66352997
what? that's top bantz from seb. i dont think nico minded or even got the joke t/b/h
>>66353430
Mind you, Rosberg really doesn't like Vettel and Vettel loves getting a rise out of him (never maliciously though), at least on camera. Even if Nico didn't get the reference, I'm fairly sure Seb knew what he was gunning for.
Seeing as we're on the topic of circuits, what would be your dream F1 calendar?
Mine would include:
German GP (Old Hockenheim)
South African GP (Kyalami)
>>66353568
Zandvoort
>>66353568
>Imola
>Magny-Cours
And de-Tilke all the Euro tracks. The amount of run off they're adding each year is disgusting.
>>66352997
>Vettel is a dick
Chocosenna was barely containing his laughter. He's no doubt better friends with Seb than Nico.
>>66353568
Honestly I think new Hock is much much better than the old one. I seriosuly can't understand why people want that back.
>>66353651
this. Especially Imola.
>>66353763
>Honestly I think new Hock is much much better than the old one. I seriosuly can't understand why people want that back.
this 2bh
>>66353779
Even Tilke accepts it's shit and he just did it because he was asked to.
The old Hock was a change, even if it didn't always produce the best races.
>>66353812
As Vettel said in a completely different context, change for the sake of change is not always good, and it should not be considered just for that factor alone. Old Hock may have been different, but it was the 'shit' kind of different - the one we don't necessarily need at all.
>>66353763
Old Hockenheim looks cool. At how many circuits can you watch F1 cars just going flat out in a forest.
>>66353568
zandvoort so i can watch the race on tv and irl at the same time
>>66353828
>watch
ahahahahahahaha
Part of the reason the new Hock exists is because people wouldn't see what was going on in the forest sections. Many of the moves Rubens made in his insane win in 2000 largely went unseen.
>>66353568
Brazil (Old Interlagos)
Argentina (Buenos Aires)
South Africa (Old Kyalami)
Belgium (Spa)
Netherlands (Old Zandvoort)
Monaco (Montecarlo)
Turkey (Istanbul)
France (Le Castellet)
Britain (Old Silverstone)
Germany (Old Hockenheim)
Hungary (Old Hungaroring)
Austria (Old Zeltweg)
Italy (Old Monza)
Spain (Jerez)
Canada (Montréal)
US of A (Watkins Glen)
Japan (Suzuka)
Australia (Adelaide)
>>66353568
this is a schedule i posted a few months ago based around the past few seasons and that crazy idea the Pirelli boss had about separating the season into three legs and have mini-champs for each one to go along with a full season WDC and CC
1. Australia, Melbourne
2. Malaysia, Sepang
3. Japan, Suzuka
4. China/Russia, Shanghai/Sochi (alternates)
5. Turkey, Istanbul Park
6. Bahrain, Sakhir
7. South Africa, Kylami
8. European GP (variable, preferably rotates among the historic tracks like Zandvoort, Paul Ricard, Imola, etc., maybe throw in a random street circuit every once in awhile)
9. Spain, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
10. Monaco, Circuit de Monaco
11. Great Britain, Silverstone
12. Hungary, Hungaroring
13. Austria, Red Bull Ring
14. Germany, Hockenheimring/Nurburgring (alternate even/odd years)
15. Belgium, Spa
16. Italy, Monza
17. Canada, Circuit Gilles Villenueve
18. USA, COTA
19. Mexico, Autódromo Hermanos RodrÃguez
20. Argentina, Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
21. Brazil, Interlagos
>>66353922
>Canada in Autumn
bad idea 2bh
>>66353594
zandvoort a shit
>>66353568
neither of those circuits are that great, but the aesthetic of old hockenheim almost makes it worth having
imo the tracks f1 doesn't need are barcelona, china, bahrain (which is a decent track), hockenheim, and potentially abu dhabi, COTA, and sochi, the rest are worth keeping for various reasons.
the nurburgring nordschleife would be great for f1, and potentially viable with a small-medium upgrade, i'd like to see how the teams handled something like that. they could do the steilstrecke instead of karussell if the karussell would be too much of an issue
magny cours is great, so we could have that back - paul ricard is shit anyway
which leaves you with 15 races, the perfect number is 16 so with only one spot left its a toss-up between watkins glen and istanbul
>>66353824
he meant that change was bad as in making changes to the sport. variety is different than change and is part of the sport, having tracks which suit different cars, drivers, etc.
>>66353936
it used to always be in autumn
>>66353922
drop one of the Euro races (*cough*Spain*cough*) and add another US race at Watkins Glen since the Americas leg is too short
>>66353936
Autumn until 1981
>>66353824
>>66353842
I couldn't given a shit what that carbabby thinks, >>66353828 is right. It's not just another 90 degree turn/run off fest, there's a drama and class to it all. This current generation of lower downforce cars would actually be well suited for top speed matches compared to the early 'dirty air' 2000s.
>>66353959
>variety is different than change and is part of the sport
And I disagree there too. Monza is the only track on the calendar that is loosely similar to Old Hock.
It sucks too. Besides the variety that you talked about, tracks like that have nothing of value to offer to the drivers or the viewers. At least Singapore and Monaco, their polar opposites, have the difficulty factor.
>>66353993
Duh, you're the known NZ shitposter, that much was obvious.
>>66354001
It was great to watch the cars go around Old Hockenheim, and Reuben's overtakes in 2000 were shown on TV, just not to the people at the track, and I don't really care about them.
>>66354001
hockenheim and monza are more difficult than monaco and singapore in terms of getting a good laptime because there's less room for error and so many turns with long braking zones have really important exits. monaco and singapore are difficult in terms of you will maybe crash, but there are lots of chances to make up for small mistakes
also the way the cars move around in the corners at monza is really cool with their low downforce.
between canada/romania's shitty opinions and all this shit going on with sky I'm beginning to wonder if F1 is worth it for people like me anymore.
>>66354061
Quit if all you're going to do is whine. There's no need to focus all your time and energy on one thing at a time anyway.
What's your local track?
>>66354079
I still enjoy watching races and reading threads. I just wonder where this shitshow will be in ten years.
>>66354061
>shitty opinions
>all this shit going on
can we return to the off-season feces inspection topic?
>>66354119
Donington Park
>>66354119
Donington for me
>>66354125
Hard to say, but at this rate I don't see it getting any better unless Bernie, Todt, the CVC and the entirety of the FIA all get replaced. At least the first one on that list won't last much longer, but then I have no idea who would replace him.
For F1's sake, I hope the old quartet (RAI/MAS/ALO/BUT) don't all leave around the same time. With that and the ridiculous Sky deal, F1 stands to lose a huge portion of its fanbase.
>>66354119
Hockenheim 1.5h
Nürburgring 2h
Spa 2h
Here's an idea
>Have one "FIA/Formula 1 owned" Team in F1
>Basically like Manor backmarker
>Driver who finishes last out of the two gets relegated to GP2 for the next race
>Driver who finishes first out of the two gets to keep his F1 seat
>winner of GP2 feature race gets the other vacant FIA-F1 seat for the next race
>constant revolving door of rookies who are F1 hopefuls anyway
>greater interest in GP2, higher rewards for winning feature race, greater chance for drivers with perhaps no financial backing to impress in F1
Assumptions here are that GP2 is always before F1 quali (its not0 and GP2 is on every race weekend (it's not)
What could possibly go wrong?? It's literally a perfect idea to bring more EXCITEMENT into F1
>>66354119
Which track is pic related? Portland?
>>66354180
Heavy traffic already included btw
>>66354195
>Mitch Evans finally gets an F1 drive
I'm in
>>66354207
Portland. I'm surprised you got that, britbro
>>66354119
Calabogie Motorsports Park, only been there once to test drive Porsche's with my dad and uncle.
>>66354119
not even memeing
>>66354241
That's looks crazy for that view
>>66354226
the chicane just seemed familiar really, not many other tracks in the US with chicanes like that
plus there's all the forest which mostly narrows it down to northwest or northeast
>>66354001
Yes because not being a Vettel fan negates my opinions on tracks.
To be honest Canada is doing a far better job of explaining why they're better than I am.
>>66354125
Everything depends upon when Bernie dies, and what happens afterwards. Personally I'd like to see Mosely return, but I have a rather unpleasant feeling Horner is positioning himself to lead.
>>66354161
>I hope the old quartet (RAI/MAS/ALO/BUT) don't all leave around the same time
this could be MAS and BUT's last year, likely Massa's. RAI maybe one more after them.
hard to tell with Alonso tho. I can see him quitting after this year or going all the way to 2020, maybe longer.
>>66354268
yeah its a pretty sweet place to sit, theres a decent view of the next corner as well
>>66354262
Do you get to many races?
>>66354270
Fair enough
>>66352176
This. Fuck that entitled kid.
>>66354277
>AAARRGH
>>66354119
Silverstone
>>66354300
I think Button's more likely to retire this year. Massa's said numerous times that he's plenty happy with his current situation, so while I can see him retiring, I don't think it's very likely unless he's slow even with the new nose. The atmosphere at Williams is currently very good for him and he knows that.
Button, on the other hand, has been complaining, being sarcastic and generally not being pleasant in interviews and on team radio quite a bit over the last 2 years, and while this year's car definitely seems better, it's not good enough. His demeanor looks to me like that of a man who's almost fully run out of patience, whereas, say, Alonso's renewed drive to win another championship is likely to beat that.
>more than a week left
I don't think I'm going to make it lads...
>>66354348
While the Mercedes-Ferrari battle got all the cameras up front, Massa ran a quiet but great race in 5th, whipping bottas' ass. I really can't see Massa retiring this year.
>>66354387
Don't you have an Easter LARPfest to attend this weekend for the Jeezis?
>>66354119
it's gonna host World RX this October
>>66354402
Eh, I'm as big of a Massafag as one could be and I think he got massively lucky. If it wasn't for Grosjean lucking into a 0-stop race and being brilliant in his defense after the red flag, everyone from Hulkenberg to Palmer would've likely caught him, pushing him way down the order, possibly even outside the points. The car is such a mess at the rear that defending with it looks very difficult at the moment, at least for Massa who is well known to struggle when his car has such issues.
Bottas seemed a hell of a lot faster to me, especially in the first stint on harder tyres. While qualifying as far back as he did was his fault, I don't think he's going to finish behind him very often in the next few races at least.
>>66354348
>Alonso's renewed drive to win another championship is likely to beat that
rumors of him going to Mercedes in a year or two when HAM or ROS leave as well
personally, i don't think that is ever going to happen at all and it's just wishful thinking and people needing something to gossip about.
>>66354481
I bet Mercedes are going to take Bottas or Wehrlein instead if they don't re-sign Rosberg. Alonso's only chance is if Hamilton also leaves, which, to your credit, is pretty likely, but then Mercedes staying dominant for much longer isn't the most likely thing in the world.
Odds are Alonso is going to finish his career with McLaren. For his sake, I hope they get good enough to give him at least another win.
>>66354402
yeah but to be fair he was riding off a good start and a lucky first corner to be fifth then the right tire choice at the red flag, raikkonen dropping out, and STR shooting themselves with track position, he was moving backwards the whole race. meanwhile bottas was on the 3rd last row of the grid cause of a penalty and then had a bad start - he was fighting with the manors in the first corner.
from there bottas could have had a race twice as good as massa's and still finished outside the points, the race itself wasn't really representative of their relative performance
pic related - coming out of t1/t2, massa battling with hamilton, bottas battling with wehrlein
I live in Zandvoort but never attended it's racetrack. I don't follow any kind of motorsport, actually, I don't follow any sport whatsoever. What is so good about Zandvoort?
>>66354513
>meanwhile bottas was on the 3rd last row of the grid cause of a penalty and then had a bad start - he was fighting with the manors in the first corner.
Mind you, both of those were his fault, just as how Massa getting a good start was largely through his own skill, so I think those are representative of their relative performance, even if Bottas was the faster of the two after that.
>>66353568
Remove
>Sochi
>Barcelona
>COTA
>Singapore
Bring Back:
>Nürburgring (Euro or Luxemburg GP)
>Istanbul Park
>Fuji (Pacific GP)
>Imola (San Marino GP)
>New Jersey (for the lulz)
Let's remove these anti-overtaking circuits and add those that had great driving. Tilke ran out of good ideas about 6 tracks ago.
>>66354544
Wind bringing sand to track
Tarzanborcht
Sequences of curves of old circuit
>>66354402
Bottas had better pace throughout the race until he got stuck behind Hulk, and to FI's credit their chassis is a match for the Williams. That said, Hulk couldn't get past Grosjean.
>>66354513
Wehrlein had a beastly start. If the straight was as long as Mexico, he would've been in the points by turn 1. https://streamable.com/x0nd
>>66353568
>German GP (Old Hockenheim)
so much of this
Seeing how Microsoft's already on their car, what are the chances of the meme loving shits at Enstone getting Halo sponsorship on next year's Renault?
>tfw no Finnish Grand Prix
>>66354609
With the Halo logo on the car's halo
>>66354609
pretty high, they had Xbox sponsorship in Singapore
>>66354617
there was once a Swedish GP, why not one day a Finnish one?
>>66354554
yeah, bottas could have done better, but his mistakes still had a disproportionately large effect on his result. also i dont think the penalty was his fault was it?
>>66354688
the gearbox failed after quali so they had to change it, not his fault
>Massa gets better start, and up front
>Bottas fights in the back all day and barely makes it in to the points
Only heard that "excuse" a dozen times. Maybe it isn't all luck, maybe Felipe's just a better driver? You make your own luck.
>>66354733
depends how highly you value starting ability when you're rating a driver, if you think massa is better than you clearly value it over the ability to drive a race car fast. i don't, so to me bottas is "better"
I just came back from a five day backpacking trip
Is this Haas result the real deal? I know that Gutierrez had a top five lap in qualifying Q1 before the idiotic new rules kicked him out, but 6th place for a brand new team is absolutely outstanding
>>66354733
Massa has made those types mistakes in quali so many times lel, and each time he blames it on the team or nonexistent traffic instead of admitting his mistake
>>66354544
It's a challenging track that's very rewarding to get right and tends to produce entertaining racing
>>66354792
They got very lucky and gained some spots from the usual first race chaos. Luck aside, they clearly have good pace, as Grosjran easily held his own around the force indias and Toro rossos
>>66354733
>You make your own luck.
http://f1stats.blog.com/2011/09/18/case-the-2010-championship-without-misfortune/
http://f1stats.blog.com/2012/12/09/alternative-history-the-2012-championship-without-misfortune/
You haven't watched F1 enough if you still think that.
>>66354792
no its not real its just a joke people are spreading on the internet, i wish though, that'd be super cool if a team could get 6th on their debut in current f1
Would pay good cash to see a 2nd Japan GP at Autopolis.
Why did Haas hire Guet? He could be in a Mercedes and would still finish out of the points. While fat john should be up around 8-10 all year, they're just wasting a seat with Esteban. I doubt he gets a single point this year
>>66354119
Injunapolis
>>66354831
Don't forget 2008 when Felipe baby was absolutely cucked out of his only real chance at a WDC.
>>66354876
Ferrari, that's why. Haas could also make good use of the Mexican sponsorship money Gutierrez brings.
>>66350902
introvert paradise
when can i move in?
>>66354670
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122548
MotoGP might be happening. It's a good start.
>>66354893
Yep, he has an article on that too, and he also came to the obvious conclusion that Massa should've won that one. Kimi was less lucky that year though, the same way Massa was less lucky in 2007 (which, according to the guy, Kimi deservedly won).
>>66354876
Hoping it's for training the American kid that Haas supposedly has in development. Having FatJean with an American would be a wet dream.
>>66355010
As great as he is for you, I think it's pretty likely that Grosjean will replace Kimi at Ferrari once he retires. Bottas is now out of the question, Red Bull are probably doing their best to secure Ricciardo's contract extension, and while Vergne's still an option as he's Ferrari's current test & third driver, I reckon they would've put him in the second Haas car if they actually cared about him.
>>66336592
from the skysports torrent.
slight slowmo you can see where the car digs into the gravel and flips over.
Third championship when Alonso?
Vettel and Hamilton started winning after you and now they've surpassed you.
That's two big shunts now at Melbourne and Barcelona testing last season. I think he's starting to show the signs of retirement. Once you get the fear it's all downhill.
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Stop having strong opinions. I dislike it.
>>66355051
Who's out of contract after this season?
>>66355195
romanian man is my favorite
>>66355194
hes not slower though
Only Alonso would nobly sacrifice himself by having a shunt so bad it can be used as an argument against halo cockpits. Single-handedly saving the sport all by himself. Maybe the Barcelona crash was a boycott against the new power units.
>>66355195
>He went through the entire thread and quoted all his posts
I mean Romania has some shitty opinions sometimes but kek
I think Ferrari are using launch control.
>>66355195
Autism
>>66355195
Stand up for your opinions more, anon. Be more confident about the things you know and the tastes that you have.
>>66355170
to me it looks like the bumpiness of the grass before the gravel is what causes the car to flip
>>66355267
yeah hopefully they don't change that section to a paved run off area next year.
>>66355254
the TBAs are also people who haven't been confirmed but also still might have a contract
>>66355254
Time to throw money at Rosberg
>>66355238
That's what opinions are for, aren't they? You'll agree with them and disagree with them sometimes. Besides the part about old cars and helmets (which, I agree, was filthy of me), I don't think much of what I've said was overly wrong. A lot of it is just based on factual information that I've acquired over the years due to my partial obsession with the drama surrounding the sport.
Definitely standing by what I said about tracks like Old Hock and Monza, or the bias-riddled faggotry of the NZ guy.
>>66355254
put amx in merc its the perfect way to stop hwl because he simply cannot pass this guy
nico really was lucky not to get a puncture.
>>66354119
>What's your local track?
Lime Rock Park!
>>66355247
No, I am conflict-avoidant.
Only the most popular opinion counts.
>>66355300
can you webm bottas passing palmer? that was a pretty nice overtake imo
>>66355304
Be strong, anon. What will you do if you one day end up making your own opinion on a topic that doesn't match the general consensus?
>>66348097
You go first
>>66355305
Sorry for getting you involved in this mess, lad.
>>66355326
Which car was it that hit KMag? Doesn't look like it was his fault from this angle.
>>66355319
Apologize and hope to receive a just punishment for my bad behavior.
>>66355293
That's what I'm saying Romania, I'm fine with you posting your sometimes shitty opinions in my cantonese animation imageboard
>>66355305
>>66355327
>there's multiple Romanian shitposters
wtf. I thought it was just one of you.
>>66355386
Nah, I only recently came back from the UK. Prior to that, I wasn't posting under this flag. I think there are something like 3-4 of us here.
>>66355386
There might even be 3 of us, depending on whether the other one is the emoticon abuser or not.
>>66355386
One is from Chad
>>66355368
Why did you change your flag, German Bully-non?
>/f1/ is now just Canada and Romania, with occasional Britbongs and Americucks bandwagoning Haas
best part of the track, turns 10, 11, and 12.
in the games this is where you would gain time on the A.I.
>>66355352
looks like he got squeezed on the outside by the car next to him, maybe it was one of the saubers.
>>66355415
Is not me but ik ben van Duitsen bloed.
I didn't change anything, I am who I am.
>>66349348
Snaefell Mountain Course
Obviously
>>66355432
no i think it was a force india
>>66355431
the way it should be ;^)
>>66355291
why? like half the grid is at least as good as ROS if not better. his only remarkable trait (if you can call it that) is that he's safe and rarely reckless, always brings the car home. can't remember any big accidents he's been in other than that "Nico's hit me, Nico's hit me!" bullshit
>>66355352
whichever was the one in front of the Sauber
>>66355432
>in the games
>tfw can never get your driving smooth enough with a controller
fuck dropping $200+ on a wheel tho
>>66348097
I wish they could show off the car's designs then plaster all the advertising on it after
>>66355431
And incidentally, all Romanians are various degrees of Finnboos.
>>66355461
Easily worth it if you can spare the money though. Automobilista is insanely fun with it, and I imagine other sims would be the same.
>>66355476
Yep.
>>66335922
Hydrodynamics > Aerodynamics
>>66355480
>>66355461
fuck wheels use a controller.
in the settings just lower all sensitivity except raise speed sensitivity.
>>66355457
That's some car control.
What even really happened? He had the same line as the other drivers. Why did it slip out like that?
>>66355581
>me playing F1
>>66350902
Bahaha I've been to that bus station. And fucking looool.
>>66354557
>overtaking
>Imola
pick one
I would love for Imola to come back m8 but cmon
>>66355481
The rake on the red bull cars almost looks comical.
>>66355431
Better than German Dorftrottel autism
>>66355240
Ferrari have always been great starters though.
>>66354119
It's shit
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