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HAM ROS VET
HAM ROS VET
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HAM ROS VET
mad amx
first for fucking
HAMROSVET
>hamrosvet
FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT NIGGER
Ferrari is going to pass mercedes at the start. I guarantee it.
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at least there'll be a battle for 4th after gimi's gearbox explodes
>HAM gets pole after being eliminated
CHOCO-JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS AND RESURRECTED TO SAVE F1
F1 is so broken right now
the new qualifying is unpredictable they said
it will stop hamrosvet they said
FUCKING NIGGER
who is this semen demon?
NEXT SEASON PLS
>THIS QUALIFICATION FORMAT WILL SHAKE THINGS UP
>HAM-ROS-VET YET AGAIN
>>66539735
>watching RTL
fucking pleb
Okay guys
Chinese food, Pizza, Spareribs or Doner Kebab??
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>3 MINUTES LEFT
>>66539717
>fastest lap in the history of the world
what a guy
And that is why the early 05 system is best.
HRV
>half a second
>>66539772
Spare Ribs
Rosfags BTFO
>>66539772
Doner Kebab or chinese in that order
McLelren Hondshit are really embarassing to be beaten by Haas.
Nothing more to add.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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>>66539772
None, curry
>>66539746
>>66539746
Literally how is everyone misinterpreting this piece of news so fucking badly?
They had the same problems in Australia and plan to fix them by Barcelona. This is GOOD news to Ferrari, not bad news. It means they have a big performance upgrade coming.
>that flag
absolute cringe
>people actually doubted the power of the HAMROSVET
>I'd like to personally meet anyone in authority who doesn't vote to get rid of that for china
BASED BRUNDLE
Just kill me
>Ferrari shit
>Kimi even more shit
>Choco chokes and it doesn't even matter
>Rosberg can't get pole
woooooo boys what a quali woooo
>Grosjean free choice of tyres
>Will go medium again
>Will do less stops
If the Ferraris overtake the Mercedes and Chocosenna goes mad and does a strike, he might get a podium
Happy for Tricky Ricky.
>>66539829
>this is what lasagne fans actually believe
Hope this year's F1 game doesn't inherit shitty qualif.
>>66539829
and they got BTFO in Australia
I don't think this semen slurping "sport" is for me lads.
THANKS BERNIE
I' m just waiting for the Toto Wolff interview where he will downplay Mercedes Dominance as fucking usual
>"Well of course this is a good result for us, but everything can happen in the race"
>"We must push hard to win"
>>66539852
USA
S
A
>Hamilel in charge of taking advantage of pole after winning his 3rd WDC
Rosberg will win tomorrow. Cap this.
So 2ndberg saved that kid for nothing.
Hope she dies of cancer.
Captcha: Select all images with airplanes
>airplanes
>>66539879
hamilel can't single clutch start
Quali fucking sucks they better change it back or I won't bother watching next time.
>>66539879
kek rosberg will get cucked again
>>66539864
Sure mate.
They were clearly a lot closer than last year. Fixing the engine might just put them on par with the Mercs, or at least close the gap significantly.
ROS BTFO
Tricky Ricc and Grosjean delivered the best performance out of their car.
>>66539869
To be fair, he can't say much else without being crucified
Although a
>Ferrari, are you even trying?
would be top tier
Is Vettel always this pissed looking?
Why did the Williams go out on new supersofts for the second time in Q2?
"No one is out on track, we are through with 99% certainty, lets waste a set of tires and not use them again in Q3!"
wtf
>>66539869
This
Followed by Bernie donating more money to Mercedes for shit talk like this.
>>66539909
what about your countryman WEH
>>66539894
Jesus Christ hahaha
That post is end of year meme panel worthy lol
>Verstappen doesn't even know his own Qualification position
>>66539861
Codemasters would never code something new in Call of Duty. F1 Edition.
>>66539861
But the developers can just make cars go on the track and you're driving, not watching
So why are Ferrari and Mercedes so dominant?
>HAMROSVET
>>66539922
no he just realised its another HAMROSVET year
>>66539976
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
>>66539960
Proof of how fucking awful this quali system is. People hardly care about their positions as long as they safe their tyres
>>66539922
He's slowly realizing his shit team will never give him a winning car, so he's becoming bitter just like it happened to Alonso.
New qualifying is autism overload.
>Calculating to the max
>The bionic Button will soon rise.
I like it
SEXYLAP
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>there are """"""""""""""""""""people"""""""""""""""""""" who unironically pay to watch this """"""""""""""""""""motorsport""""""""""""""""""""
Hamilton's laugh legitimately made me mad.
>sexylap
2.6 seconds better than last year's pole.
yall niggers got any of dem HD streams?
>>66540012
>paying
Brundle shilling Williams sweat buster
>>66540033
>rosberg
>UNIQUE MICROCAPSULES
what utter bollocks
When will McLelren Hondshit luck out a point or two?
Last year, they were lucky with a P6.
This year, it seems that even a newcomer like Haas get their shit together straight up, so less chances to luck out a point.
>>66540033
Kek
when will he realize he is supposed to get poles and win races not save some dumb kids
>>66540033
pretty much exactly the same as last year
>>66540033
Original picture is also priceless
HAM ROS VET gives the best faces
>>66540142
>JUST
>smugpepe.jpg
>JUST
>>66540140
>Ricky 9th
Fucking kek
>>66540142
He seems optimistic about the race though
>>66540074
>When will McLelren Hondshit luck out a point or two?
It could well happen tomorrow. Their pace this weekend has been great. Jenson 3rd in FP2, then they're 12th and 14th on the grid. It looks WAY better than last season. Perhaps we can now consider them a mid-table team again rather than a back-of-the-grid team
>This year, it seems that even a newcomer like Haas get their shit together straight up, so less chances to luck out a point.
Haas is not a newcomer mate, they are Ferrari-lite in all but name
Qualy should be more spiced, add some ballast to Merc or reverse grid
>>66539976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-7v4qnHP8
>>66540204
Didn't know you were in Mexico, Bernie!
>couldn't sleep at night for some reason
>ended up sleeping and missed the qualy
FUCK
What did I miss?
jean todt has such a rat face
>>66540237
HAMROSVET
So literally nothing
JEAN TODT LYING ON CHANNEL 4 RIGHT NOW
THIS GUY IS PULLING SHIT OUT OF HIS ASS LIVE
>>66540237
nothing
>>66540237
You missed this:
HAM ROS VET
>>66539989
This.
Remove the stripes from the tires.
Teams have no idea what they're actually putting on.
exciting race desu.
>>66540256
what's he saying?
>>66540179
Jenson 3rd in FP2 was a glory run and the other teams sandbagging as usual.
Their pace has improved compared to last year, but so have the others.
Haas is still a new team, and yes, they get their PU and some other parts from Ferrari, but that's it.
Unless Honda can bring up some revolutionary shit with the few tokens they have, McLelren Hondshit will barely improve this season.
Mid-table is a vague term. Out of the points team would be more precise or not regular contender for points team.
>>66540256
>mfw poorfags unironically watch channel 4
>>66540256
He's trying his best to do some ronspeak.
If isn't working
does anyone seriously think McLaren can win another WDC?
how is the sky coverage compared to nbcsn
>>66540287
i only watch it for lee mckenzie
>>66540273
basically blaming everyone else for not agreeing with the changes
the FIA suggested having Q1/2 in the same format, and only Q3 being reverted to 2015 rules. nobody fucking wants that, they want the old 2015 rules back in their entirety
Pffft.
>>66540319
What about Susie Wolff, she was well fit today
>>66540287
>giving shekels to the dirty digger for this clusterfuck quali session
>>66540314
not in this era
>>66540317
SKY = Randy Moss in his prime
NBCSN = A Divison 3 cornerback
>>66540317
NBCSN has legitimately more insightful commentary for every GP except Mexico, Canada, and US.
Sky brings the bantz.
>>66540287
Fuck off skyshill
>>66540323
Translation: "Our sponsors will give us more $$$"
ace stream link to sky sports?
>>66540366
good
>>66540237
>HamRosVet
>Grosjean 9th, Hulk 8th
>Nasr utterly BTFO
>Ves doesn't know where he qualified
>>66540323
based Williams, saved us from 4 minutes of empty track
>>66540287
How does a yank even know what Channel 4 is?
Why are you even in this thread?
susie wolff is such a qt. what the fuck is with her accent
>>66540413
mate i've watched more british F1 broadcasting than I have american
>>66540419
she's lived in austria for years and thus has grown hair on her testicles
>this sensitive bladder advert
>mfw imagining the girl doing a bit of wee all the time
>>66540237
>Waking up 18:00
Should you work even on Saturday
Pay Debt
>As data driven team we'd like to see a fresh telemetry off Fernando Alonso's chassis
>>66540438
Hamilton btfoing Rosberg in interview
>>66540413
>mfw free BBC iPlayer with VPNs.
anyone have some susie wolf pictures from today?
>>66540323
hory sheet, >>66539160 was right.
reminder that Formula E is in Long Beach today
Schedule:
FP2 - 6:30pm BST / 1:30pm ET
Quali - 8pm BST / 3pm ET
Race - midnight BST / 7pm ET
Streams:
VLC http://aos001feh-live.hls.adaptive.level3.net/formulae/live/wif/streamVideo2000.m3u8
YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSzJ3-wLURE
make sure to get in the YT stream before quali as they geolock it in some countries
>>66540523
>good quali system
>actually entertaining
shame it might just end up as BWL
>>66540523
Only electric racing can save this day from the shameful disgrace of F1 qualifying.
If the tickets don't cost close to 100$ again I might even go visit the Moscow race that's like 10km from my home. And next year for sure if Roborace takes off.
Weren't the 2014 cars 7 seconds slower than the 2004 cars?
How have they possibly made up 7 seconds when the gap from 2014-2015 was 2 seconds?
>>66540523
Did they get the guy to sing naked
>>66540612
you can still vote for Abt until a couple of minutes into the race
fanboost.fiaformulae.com
>>66540523
>Race at midnight
>Have to wake up early and head to L O N D O N tomorrow
>I'll be missing the F1 and cricket as well
WHY
>people mad at formula mercedes being shit
>going to watch a shittier open wheeler class race in street tracks
Stay nigger, /f1/
>>66540609
2004 pole: 1:30.139
2014 pole: 1:33.185
2014 pole: 1:32.571
2016 pole: 1:29.493
>>66540366
glorious
>>66540682
fuck, third one down is 2015
>>66540523
And again, who is Bob Varsha and why did Nicholls leave us to do a fucking radio coverage of F1? I know Britain loves BBC the way F1 drivers love Ferrari, but still.
At least bring back Scott Speed instead of Franchitti whose voice I can't even recognize after this many races.
>>66540609
the 2015 cars were only 1.5-2s quicker than 2015 because the nose regulations (and a few others) changed
the regulations have stayed the same except for the cockpit protection being taller this year, and so the teams can improve on their previous designs instead of having to start from scratch
>>66540636
>Voting comes to a close
>Haryanto wins the vote
>>66540682
Seriously, what magic have Mercs used to find a 3 second improvement?
>>66540752
Nicholls will be back when F1 and FE don't have clash weekends, don't worry la
Varsha commentated F1 in the US back when it was on Speed
>>66540679
And next year - or maybe late this year, but I'm not holding my breath - we're going to watch this.
Cheers for the help, Force India.
>>66540879
awww How nice
how many bongs until formula e
HAM should have been P8.
The Nignog clearly went off the track (all 4 wheels over the white line in the last corner) on his first run in Q3 and managed to post a time to get him ahead of P8, thus not get knocked out and being able to post the best time on his second run.
>>66540879
That's nice
>>66540365
NBCSN are doing Indy this weekend, aren't they? Is their coverage as decent as I've heard people saying?
https://twitter.com/massafelipe19/status/646606510210940928
Wew lad
>>66540879
Williams helped out too
>>66540879
This always happens. When the FIA requests cars to inspection teams randomly come up with the coolers and mix up as cars come in. FIA probably request some people to come at random too
It's just something that you normally wouldn't see normally BECAUSE THERE IS ACTION ON THE FUCKING TRACK
>>66541030
kek
>>66541051
>Senpais are noticing me~
>>66540682
2004 was with race fuel.
>>66541095
>BECAUSE THERE IS ACTION ON THE FUCKING TRACK
Don't you mean action in the team garages?
>>66541179
In a normal qualifying you dumb straya cunt
anywhere there is an onboard pole lap?
>>66541124
I'll always notice you, Austria <3
>>66541051
>Hendo stream ;-)
>>66541030
that is a big toothbrush
>>66541314
http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/video/2016/4/Hamilton%27s_pole_lap_-_the_fastest_ever_in_Bahrain.html
>>66541430
4 lipe
>>66541444
And here we see Hamilton eager to show off his pole lap
So at what time will the real race start?
>>66541636
2pm vst.
>>66540437
This is actually my fetish
>>66541636
You mean the Long Beach ePrix? 16:00 PDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lAIx6MrePw
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>>66541678
When do you plan to migrate to Britain?
Formula E FP2 is live lads
Marlene Knauss is amazing looking
>>66541855
10 verstappens bet he is using a proxy or vpn.
>>66541790
#awks
>>66541876
Link?
>>66541855
>Britain
>has more crazy Muslims demanding Shariah Law than Pakistan
Never
>>66541889
>Implying anyone would pretend to be from Pakistan
>>66541636
Here, a Finbro once gave me this.
http://whenisf1on.com/
>>66542004
have this too
http://hasmclarenhondawonyet.com/
>>66541876
yep, watching it in my old telly. new one is with argentinian MotoGP
>>66541889
Ves is unique you cunt.
damn frijns
car is handling like shit and he throws it in to the corner anyway
>>66542044
>http://hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/ is no longer relevant
A meme has died this season.
F
It's actually unbelievable how clean the running has been all weekend.
I don't think there's been a single yellow flag the whole weekend and the biggest incidents so far have been some cars losing the rear or going wide in the last corner. What does this even signify?
Is there any reason to think tomorrow will be good at all? If Hamilton is still P1 after the first corner, the race is over. Why am I even looking forward to this?
Kvyat is doing a great job of making it an easy choice for Red Bull on who to fire.
>>66542471
There were a couple yellows in P2 when I was watching yesterday.
>What does this even signify?
Not much except the fact it's a modern circuit with lots of room to run off and plenty of access points all around the circuit.
>>66542471
blind hope really
but knock on wood, i do hope it goes really well tomorrow.
>>66542361
Some one should hire just to do what my friend and I have always done in race vidya games. Crash and block anyone who is ahead of him.
>tfw no racing gf
Who /legitHaasfan/ here
hamilton under investigation for reversing in the pit lane
I love watching these formula e cars bounce around and go sideways. I want one.
>Hamilton about to get disqualified for reversing
Based FIA
>>66542711
I'd like to drive one in a sim game but I can't drive to save my life.
>>66542115
for youngest driver killed in a race, yes. soon.
>>66542700
>>66542719
https://streamable.com/v3hs
cut and dry violation. if the stewards are such uptight cunts that they forced kmag for the weighbridge thing then hamilton should have a similarly severe penalty
>>66542700
>>66542719
Please god, let the nigger lose pole.
>>66542700
>>66542719
compensation for not invalidating his first q3-time.
>>66542700
>>66542719
>yet not under investigation for this
https://streamable.com/hl0g
>>66542830
>that they forced kmag for the weighbridge thing
forced kmag to a pitlane start for the weighbridge thing*
can't /london/ today it seems
Hamilton not getting penalised, party's over.
>>66542700
>>66542719
Please be true
fUCK SAKE
https://twitter.com/CroftyF1/status/716325808927805441
>>66542830
he will get a slap on the wrist, nothing more
>>66542843
>Debt Kebab calling anyone nigger
wew indebted pot meet kettle
>mfw i forgot f1 cars even had reverse gears
>just a reprimand
>>66542905
CHOCO-SENNA literally cannot do wrong. #stillrising
>>66542905
fuck everything
>>66542905
this is such bullshit
>they can't let things like these slide! they have to give penalties! oh unless hes a minority ofcourse
#BLESSED
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>>66542914
>defending the nigger
Fuck off burger.
>>66542905
I WONDER WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?
Hamilton is way too important to bernie's wallet to get DQed from pole.
>mfw Mansell got DSQ from the entire race for doing the same
#MercedesLivesMatter
>>66542974
>hamilel lives in a tax-haven b/c he's financially savvy unlike your government
only niggers incur debt, my gyro-eating friend.
hamilel is a mulatto
>>66543042
you mean black lives matter
i dont like it
>ferrari still .5 behind the mercs
>williams still shit
>mclaren still figthing for p14
>renault engine still shit
shit season is shit. Only haas can save us
what a joke
>>66543194
this is some loop hole politics
>>66543042
I think Lauda did, too, in his last McLaren year or something.
>>66543240
Screw that, second year in McLaren actually.
![273216C700000578-0-Lewis_Hamilton_poses-m-35_1427889309427[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/GsOPR7Y.jpg "273216C700000578-0-Lewis Hamilton poses-m-35 1427889309427[1]")
Your in the danceclub with your 10/10 gf, and this guy comes up to here and tells her he would never let her finish second.
What do you do?
>>66543275
rise
>>66543194
>>66543223
>no clear instruction given to the driver that both he and the car in front of him are wanted at the weighbridge
>violates rules
>excluded from quali and pitlane start
>no clear instruction given to the driver on where he should park the car
>violates rules
>reprimand
seriously stewards have some fucking consistency for once, you don't even have the excuse of different races having different stewards ffs
>>66543194
>>66543223
yeah, really.
listening to commentary earlier
>derek warwick, driver steward says not to make magnussen start from the pits. fia steward says, but he must, he broke the rule
SO DID HAMILTON, REEEEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
anyone else remember in brazil 2014 when hamilton went over the line while exiting the pits by literally an inch and the stewards gave him a stop-go penalty which caused him to lose his 1st place
basically fuck the stewards and fuck the fia. they're a bunch of cunts
>>66543194
holy fuck, that's even more of a joke.
>>66543275
you're in the club with your girl and he backs right up into her on the dancefloor
what do you do?
>>66543394
wasn't that the penalty which turned abbydabby GP into the deciding race, otherwise choco-senna would have won WDC right then and there?
>>66543500
actually i think you're right. i'm thinking of massa in 2013
>>66543394
I can't remember that time, but same thing happened in Austria last year
>>66543275
What compels an adult male to pay money to tattoo "Powerful Beyond Measure" on their chest?
What compels and adult male to pay money to tattoo a fucking compass in the middle of their chest?
I can understand the appeal of tattoos (don't plan on ever getting any tho) but some of Hamiltons tattos are so terrible. His sleeve is a bit cliche but at least it looks passably cool. His chest and back pieces are total cringe.
>getting inspirational motivational shit TATTOOED on your body
>>66540940
you only get penalized for the 4 wheels off the track if you gain an advantage in you lap time
>>66543636
he gained advantage of not being eliminated
>>66543751
being this buttmad that your energy drink producer can't win after 2.5 year
>>66543194
Sorry, why's this a joke?
Also what's a reprimand? Is that just a caution?
>>66543834
are you insulting me as redshit-fan now?
>>66543851
they acknowledge the rule-violation, they say "maybe it's our fault", yet they're punishing him with a reprimand (slap on the hand).
three reprimands in a season = 10-grid-penalty
>>66543636
>>66543751
>>66540940
You do realize that the drivers attend a meeting prior to the weekend in which they agree upon things like track limits, and where they are enforced and where they are not.
It is generally an agreement that in difficult corners where it is easy to go off track, the track limits rule is not actively enforced unless repeated consistently with considerable gain. Similarly, some corners have a much stricter adherence to the rule because the FIA knows that it is a huge time benefit if you go wide in the corner (e.g. Copse at Silverstone which caused some laps to be DQ'd last year)
The whole "hurr 4 wheels off the track automatic disqualification!!! especially when its my least favorite driver!!!" opinion is stupid and untrue.
>>66543851
Three reprimands -> 10 place grid penalty, but they have to be reprimands for "driving infringements" and if this doesn't qualify as one then it's basically just a caution.
>>66543934
going wide was certainly faster than braking hard to keep within tracklimits, which would probably eliminated him.
>>66543934
Point being that going wide in the last corner at Bahrain serves no real advantage as it's so bumpy anyway that it actually loses the driver time, and is therefore not actively policed as a track limits violation because its pointless and the time lost going off track already destroys your lap anyway
>>66543920
Maybe it's because he's #Blessed
#StillIRise
Formula E quali in 15 bings guys.
Who's ready for Buemi to choke? He probably won't this time, but nevertheless.
>>66539717
Buttmad that the rightful Brit completely buttfucked the two pathetic lowly Germans
Top lel
IM BLACK
>its another HWL season
>>66544152
>not watching El Clasico like a normalfag
>not just watching the FE race later
>>66542471
it's difficult to have "incidents" in a giant carpark
>>66544264
>normalfag
>4chan
REEEEEEEEEE
>>66542905
that is actually some straight bullshit and I don't even hate Hamilton
>>66544264
What is this El Clasico you're speaking of?
>>66544152
Formula E VLC stream pls?
>>66544235
>HWL
I don't get this
I also don't get why Max is always called amx
>>66544365
http://aos001feh-live.hls.adaptive.level3.net/formulae/live/wif/streamVideo2000.m3u8
HAMILTON GIVEN 15-PLACE GRID PENALTY
ROSBERGWINSLOL
>>66544379
>>66544380
what the fuck 4chan
my post has a timestamp of 19:50:53
yours has a timestamp of 19:50:54
yet yours is above mine
????
>>66544432
overtook your post t. max
>>66544447
DEATH TO MAX
>>66543995
that's not the point
going off the track and across the astroturf is slower than taking the optimum line through the corner staying within track limits
>>66544447
can't shun away the Oranje
Who is this AMERICAN fuck commentating Formula E
what a fucking idiot
>>66544498
which would be a valid argument in the quali-format of last year, where being the fastest is important.
this year, it's all about being fast _enough_ at the knockout-times. and going wide did allow choco-senna to be exactly that.
>>66544623
>hating americans
>>66544623
Apparently american Murray Walker or something looking at how Americans react.
>>66544623
Bob Varsha
he's not bad honestly, pretty highly regarded in the US even if he is a seppo
more bearable than Crofty too
>>66544623
I don't know mate, it's a tragedy I agree.
>>66544675
AMurraycan?
First time watching Forumla E
>fan powerboost
>>66544717
how do I give reddit gold to this post
Will anyone from Formula E ever race in Formula 1 (again)?
Why is Vergne still hanging around? He was in Melbourne for example in Ferrari gear. Does he think he's going to pull a Gutierrez despite having no financial backing and choking hard in an electric karting series despite being straight out of F1?
I now understand how it felt watching ABC Indycar coverage with all that endless Indy 500 hyping, these two are constantly reminding that Indycar is soon on this track.
FE quali is live boys
>>66544623
I think he's a retire Indycar champion. He's really not that bad.
>>66544742
It's basically a marketing thing. It gives them like 100 kJ which is basically nothing.
>>66544747
You gtfo
>>66544751
I'd like to see Haas give Frijns a shot even in a driver test or something, he's already proven in FE that he's a cracking driver
Is it just me or anyone else really enjoy HAMROSVET?
I dont mind it
>>66544857
t. Hamilton fan
>>66544795
it allowed a pass last race
it's basically a one-off DRS
the sound of these fucking cars literally hurts my ears.
and not in the good way.
>Buemi
I'm not sure what happened though.
>buemi p3
>behind frijns who's in last year's car
AYYY
>>66544873
S-So?
Its not like I need to be punished just because I like it.
I mean like Hamilton
Not like being pushed
I mean...
Ahh..
>>66544857
>I enjoy watching a pompous dick win every week because he belongs to an artificially dominant team
For a flat 90 degree right hander this turn 4 is pretty rad.
don't reply you fags
how do I watch Formula E on VLC?
https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/716336140542996480
>2014
>MGU-H design flaw means you lose half a second per lap
>2015
>flaw fixed
>2016
>MGU-H design flaw means you lose half a second per lap
Lelrari
>>66544988
ctrl + n
paste link
>>66544857
Fuck. (you) got me.
>>66544988
Media > Open Network Stream > paste in the link from upthread.
>>66544988
http://aos001feh-live.hls.adaptive.level3.net/formulae/live/wif/streamVideo2000.m3u8
ctrl+n and paste
>>66544927
is frijns good? i've never watched formula e before
>>66544918
The engine sound isn't particularly pleasant but it's cool to hear the tyres skidding and the bodywork scraping over the curbing.
>>66545132
yes, was a fantastic driver in the junior series but was never given a shot with an f1 team
>>66545132
He's in a last year's car I think, but he's showing that a WSR champion is no slouch.
He's one of those quick drivers who couldn't get into F1 because no team support or money.
>>66545171
More like he threw away the chances he did get. Had too big of an ego and snubbed Red Bull, didn't last long at Caterham and was fired from Sauber too.
>>66545204
he didn't snub Red Bull, it was a rumour made up by a Dutch tabloid http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/12/14/frijns-denies-turning-down-red-bull-chance/
>>66545171
>>66545200
frijns>amx ?
>>66545204
It's not like being in a Caterham or a Sauber would have given him much of a career, you basically have to be one of the top teams' junior driver to have a chance at racing the good cars in a foreseeable future.
What the FUCK is happening
Wow, this Formula E is shite.
VERGNE
E
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N
G
E
is back baby
>>66545321
No idea, no reasonable comparison can be made since one raced in junior series and never made it into F1 and another basically didn't and is now racing in F1. Frijns is a more mature driver at the moment, though.
>>66544967
fuck u
>>66545321
I'm not sure tbf since there's not all that many drivers they've both raced against. If I had to guess I'd say he's currently quicker and more consistent, but is much closer to his maximum potential while Amx has a lot more room to develop
>>66545357
Just wait until the race. The quali is boring as always but the actual races are consistently fun. Lots of memes, carnage, on the limit overtakes etc
Last season was a lot better so far though
>>66545346
It would've given him something, not to mention the opportunity to be observed by other teams. His lack of sponsorship automatically means he's tied to nobody, so if he were to do well (which he was clearly capable of given his speed), Force India at the absolute least would come knocking on his door.
He's no Haryanto or Stevens. Just because Manorussia and Sauber are dead end choices for dead end drivers doesn't mean it would've been the same for him. Nasr's likely to have a decent future and he's considerably worse.
>>66545351
your link looks fucked up
copy and paste this http://aos001feh-live.hls.adaptive.level3.net/formulae/live/wif/streamVideo2000.m3u8
>>66545351
how about you update VLC?
NEED a nicki shields gf
> grillfriend: "why not just make them start in a line, wheel to wheel?"
I love blondes
>>66545428
Yeah, and then get stuck in Force India like Hulk and Perez because all of the better teams don't hire.
I mean by all rights Hulk should've been in a decent car by now and it seems like he's lost motivation because that ain't looking possible anymore.
(You) (You) (You) (You) (You) (You)
Free (You)s! Grab them while they're hot!
>JEV 0.7 slower than Sam Bird in the same team same car
>"I will have a career in the future in any racing series, most likely F1" -JEV, 2016
How to kill your career 101. Not that Bird is bad, in fact he is seemingly very good but Vergne was supposed to be great F1 potential tier. And to think he was roughly as good as Ricciardo and Ricciardo is now le fan favorite lad [email protected]
Simona is too damn cute.
>>66545471
Link is correct when I put it in, shit's fucked for some reason
Just watching on Youtube with a VPN
FE's street tracks don't look very challenging.
BLACKS
>>66545721
that zit on her nose doe
>>66545557
I unironically agree with her.
>that depressive Piquet
>>66545733
That's in part because the cars don't handle that well and are kinda slippery as it is.
What's the best looking car of 2016 and why is it the Mercedes
>>66545723
My VLC player doesn't play m3u8's either for some reason.
I found this when googleing. Seems to work for me.
https://www.hlsplayer.net/
>>66545627
ricciardo was so lucky to have red bull backing. didn't impress much at toro rosso, gets a good seat and does well.
i ignored his hrt stint for obvious reasons.
>>66545761
Okay anon, I'm not even going to explain it to you like I had to her. I expect more of anons.
>>66545844
>lewisdubs
Because it doesn't have a meme nose. Last year's Lotus is still the best looking one of this generation by far.
>>66545844
Literally a corporate drone emotionless team and livery
Watch 50% of their fans leave once Hamilton leaves the team
Watch the remaining 50% of the fans leave once the team stops being dominant. Bit of the same as Red Bull ""fans""
The best looking car of 2016 is obviously the Ferrari and Toro Rosso
>>66545918
he just wants to get in her pantaloons.
Da Costa is doing fucking miracles. Heidfeld was surprisingly great this time, too.
>>66545934
>The best looking car of 2016 is obviously the Ferrari and Toro Rosso
Ferrari has a meh livery that was poorly designed and only appeals to nostalgiafags as well as having the Williams clitnose
the Toro Rosso, chassis wise, is the best looking car on the grid but has an awful livery
ePrix looks so boring. What are the speeds they are getting?
>>66546009
eDams are in p8 and p9, too
>bulelmi
How can Renault be choking this hard with what is undoubtedly the best car on the grid and probably the biggest budget out of any team? Nico Prost is shit regardless but Buemi was pretty good and even he has been choking lately in quali and Mexico was a total chokeslam city
They're like the one of the few teams that actually take this stuff "seriously" and have huge corporate backing etc
>dillbag
Damn that guy talks fast
>>66546077
> Renault
Just a shit manufacturer, mate. Always been.
>>66546027
>an awful livery
I like it a lot. Sure, it's not the old Vettel-era livery, but it's still up there. The shade of blue is great, and with CEPSA or whatever's red being gone from the car, there are no clashing colors on it.
Would Buemi be doing a better job in the second Red Bull this year than Kvyat?
>>66546077
their race team are total shit
remember Russia last year where they didn't read the memo from race control that the minimum pitstop time had been decreased while every other team had, and so their pitstops were 10 seconds longer than they needed to be?
>>66546149
You fucking take that back lad, Renault are solid
reminder this happened last year in Long Beach
>>66546232
Solid shit, mate. Always been.
>>66546203
if he jumped right in out of nowhere? no.
>>66546358
Fairly sure it wouldn't quite be out of nowhere since he's still their test driver and thus has some knowledge of how to handle this year's car.
>Los MiniDrivers guy chatting in the Formula E stream
Nicky/Nikki is always so ex-CI-ted about everything.
>>66546258
School racing was fucking hype watching live. A highlight of the Berlin event.
>"quick" nick
>>66546410
wasn't aware of that. still, i don't think he is that good to be faster than kvyat (when not fucking up).
>>66546027
>has an awful livery
What exactly are you smoking mate, and where can I get some?
fucking hell cucko:
>If the cooling is too hot or not hot enough, the launch goes as Lewis in Melbourne in the pants
Anyone?
>>66546038
DA COSTA
Motherfucking DA COSTA in a LAST YEAR'S CAR
Is Ferrari running the blown axles?
>>66546766
like 110-130 mph i think
I wonder what happened to the track or the cars though that made all of them go much slower in Super Pole.
That Gulf oil sponsorship looks good.
>>66546851
And still hilarious given that it's an electric series. I know they don't specifically mean oil fuel with this but engine oils and whatnot, but nevertheless.
>>66546813
I keep bitching on ePrix but desu the drivers seem relaxed, the event looks fun and the rules are alright.
>>66546939
Everything that F1 has been missing for a while
>>66546939
Eh, I like the atmosphere, but the relaxation makes it seem considerably less important and serious all around.
>>66546939
It's not even the primary "job" series that most drivers compete in. Considering how low-speed the series is, it's basically just something most of the drivers do on the side for fun, so they are all pretty relaxed and friendly because it's not that serious and there's no F1-tier pressures of being out of a drive if you fail etc.
Just a very elaborate and expensive hitech casual weekend carting series with a highly overqualified driver lineup
>>66547016
True, but FE is not designed to copy F1, it's different. It's new. Taking the bits that F1 screwed up on
>>66546647
>edgy dark blue and red livery
Looks like shit m8
>>66547071
You're shit
>>66547016
And that's great if you ask me. I'm tired of the formalities tied to the oh-too-serious sports and especially car racing events.
>>66547066
>>66547098
Yep, which is why I'm enjoying it.
>>66547016
> but the relaxation makes it seem considerably less important and serious all around
Yeah, true but the atmosphere really does make up for it. It's comfy as fuck.
>>66547039
It's cool seeing all those big names/ Nice event.
>>66547094
no u
kek, buemi throwing a tantrum
>>66547016
It's refreshing to get a break from the corporate super-serious circus that is F1 and to see top-tier drivers actually capable of talking to each other despite being "rivals" and not having egos that prevent them from being normal people. It has something of a charm to it.
Current F1 has no real "charisma", it has no charm, no real soul at this point. Everything is a secret, how much can you possibly sandbag until you finally push the car for 1 lap in one qualifying session, how much you can preserve your wear rates and fuel consumption in the race etc. And the drivers rarely say what they want to say and the huge media attention around the sport makes it so, as every little thing is under huge scrutiny.
F1 continues to try and push this idea of prestige despite the fact that the sport lost its flair a long time ago. It's not dangerous anymore, the drivers aren't manly heroes, the cars aren't untameable beasts with huge engines, and the racing is mostly boring and super cautious because no one wants to pull off anything crazy just in case you destroy your car (except based MAD MAX)
Who's going to win tomorrow's race lads?
http://strawpoll.me/7261272
http://strawpoll.me/7261272
http://strawpoll.me/7261272
http://strawpoll.me/7261272
>>66546647
Is that Red Bull Cola any good?
Does it taste like plain Pepsi or is it different?
>>66547566
sharing this on facebook with my indonesian friends
>>66547566
Bottas
>>66547566
Don't know about the race, but I'm sure Haryanto will win the poll.
>>66547566
rosberg.
>>66543499
I raise my foot and crush him under my heel like the manlet he is.
>>66547566
>Kimi Raikonnen
Fug how do you fug up dis bad :DDDDDD
>>66547739
Please don't
>>66543311
underrated post
How can Honda be so shit everywhere?
Less than 5 bongs, right? Hope NBCSN is decent enough or I'm gonna watch Russian Viasat again. Apparently Russian MATCH TV should've had the race but the commentator said it was cancelled at last minute for no reason whatsoever.
>>66547964
>No Speed
>>66547473
>and to see top-tier drivers actually capable of talking to each other despite being "rivals" and not having egos that prevent them from being normal people
Really seems to help that a good number of big name drivers in FE are ones which are not known to have big egos. It helps foster the right kind of culture and is quite welcoming for the younger or weaker guys as well.
>no real charisma
>lost its flair a long time ago
I'm not entirely sure about this, given how quickly the sport went from being bashed to being hugely praised on two different occasions in recent times (the borefest of Bahrain 2010 vs the ultimate championship fight of that year, 2011's VWL vs the insane rise of Ferrari in 2012). That said, it's going to take a lot more to get itself out of this slump, and MWL certainly isn't helping in that regard.
>the drivers aren't manly heroes
You sure about that? Just look at how people view Vettel and Alonso. I don't agree with them on the latter at all, but he's still one hell of a character. This one strikes me as being more of a case of people looking through rose-tinted glasses and remembering only the notable moments, elements, people and the like.
>untameable beasts with huge engines
Could better marketing solve the latter issue? You'd think Lauda crashing in 2004, Hakkinen being slow in 2006 or Brundle crashing in 2015 would make the cars of the last 12 years stand out more, but the FIA are failing to push the sport's image in the right direction.
>>66547964
Hawksworth is from the city I live in d*ng
>>66547566
>people voting for gimi
>thinking gimi will ever win another race
...oh, it was restored on MATCH TV, but the race is gonna be live at 4AM local time... not sure I can wait that much even with Formula E happening at 2AM local time.
>>66548154
And Aleshin is from the city I live in, although this being the largest city here makes this less of a surprise.
>>66547933
>that pic
Kek
>>66547964
Because they've been out of F1 for fucking ages and have only just returned
Their pace this weekend has been surprisingly good though. I'm hoping they can emerge this season as a solid middle-of-the-grid team. I reckon they can. If they finish around the mid-point in the constructors' then it will be a vast improvement on last season, and something to build on for 2017
>>66547964
How come Maxie's doing better now? He was awful earlier.
>>66548175
People are also voting for Rio Haryanto
Go figure
>>66548175
He will win the race tomorrow though
Also his race pace is basically up to par with Vettel regardless of how slow he is at quali. If he can have an error-free (both himself and the team/car) race tomorrow I would not be surprised to see him in P1 or P2. He historically does well on this track as well and managed his tires better than anyone last year. Mercedes' race pace relative to Ferrari does not seem as strong anyway. If a Mercedes gets stuck behind any car at all they will be useless, as shown earlier.
Then again he could choke the start and crash out in the first lap or spend the whole race overtaking from the back and finishing in P4
>>66548175
Maybe they're hoping for meme magic
>>66548425
his race pace is 3 tenths slower at the best of times
>>66548425
>He historically does well on this track
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqh5jo_formula-1-bahrain-gp-2012-onboard-raikkonen-vs-vettel_sport
To be fair, so does Vettel, 2014's safety car misfortune or 2015's Vetlel moments notwithstanding. Not that it's going to help either of them since Mercedes are simply too far ahead on race pace, especially if AMuS are right about those turbo issues.
>>66547964
They were pretty strong in Super GT last year, at least. Maybe they can only do hybrids now.
>>66548350
But was he really? I mean, his F1 stint was as unremarkable as of any generic moving chicane team driver, but in his third year of GP2 he showed half-decent pace, he was pretty damn okay in IndyLights and put in some good laps in St. Petersburg. Seems like he's more comfortable with these cars than he was with F1, especially as they seem to be glorified GP2 cars.
Not that I wasn't surprised seeing him that high.
>>66548334
m8, he is referring to honda in indycar.
>>66548370
desu i'd give Hairyanus a better chance because his car could work for the whole race
Serious question though, did Button basically just force his own retirement? As good as Vandoorne might be, it's really not "acceptable" for Button to be outqualified by a rookie who's driven only a handful of laps in this particular F1 car, and probably less than 100 laps of F1 total in his life.
Bit of a blogpost but I honestly think that Button's persona and charisma have gone a long way to really elongate his career. He is a known and valuable personality, sponsors like him, his face can be used to sell fucking insurance and banking shit in ads in the UK because he is a good looking and likeable dude. Can't really say the same about someone like Vandoorne who doesn't have much of a personality at all. I honestly think a lot these "big personas" go a long way in ensuring career longevity as long as you're not total shit. This might be part of the reason why Kvyat is constantly under pressure (somewhat deservedly) yet people completely brush off the fact that he outscored Ricciardo last year and somehow make it seem like not a big deal at all that tricky honeybadger smile lad got beaten by the driver people are expecting to be replaced now.
So many of these current/new generation drivers have like no distinguishable personality whatsoever, Kvyat, Bottas, Verstappen (minus the HOTHEAD), Wehrlein, Vandoorne etc. They're all super bland people outside of the car. Which basically means that they're not as beneficial for sponsors. Can you really sell anything if the face of your brand is someone like Kvyat?
>>66547964
Honda bankruptcy when? They're doing a pretty good job of ensuring no one wants to buy their cars both in the North American and the European/International/South American/where-ever people watch F1 market
I honestly don't know how long they can keep this up before it is ultimate sudoku time
>>66548619
I don't even know what that is
Nobody knows what that is
Or cares
>>66548677
>Can you really sell anything if the face of your brand is someone like Kvyat?
You can, in Russia. Patriotism goes a long way.
[spoiler]Not that they use him too much in ads over here, to be honest.
[/spoiler]
That said, it's just one qualifying. Vandoorne has consistently proven himself as a great qualifier and racer, but Button is an old fox with many tricks and he generally does better in races. And not many people expect him to stay for another season in the first place (it should've been Alonso/KMag or Alonso/Vandoorne THIS season before Button outwitted Dennis somehow) so he can't really force anything at this point except for a surprising extension of contract/team change.
>>66548810
McLaren's chassis doesn't even seem that great.
Everything about their car so far is just basically average as hell
FE race when?
>>66548677
>it's really not "acceptable" for Button to be outqualified by a rookie who's driven only a handful of laps in this particular F1 car
Jenson's not a good qualifier. It means very little. Are we already so quick to forget that, even with the help of a few fluke results, he outscored ALONSO last year?
He'll be fine. It's a great result for Vandoorne, but it's not going to harm Button that much imo.
>>66548742
Don't know about what people generally think, but I'd never really judge road cars by race car performance of the same brand. Hell, most of these teams don't even make road cars, especially ones that ordinary people can buy.
Not to mention that a lot of road car companies share technology and parts and whatnot so the road cars are all about the same with some exceptions.
>>66548928
just over two bongs
>>66548928
In two bongs.
>>66548928
ctrl+f schedule
>>66548922
B-but muh size zero
>>66548677
Button is a fucking fraud who should have been out of the sport after 2008. His title should have been Barrichello's, who objectively performed better than Button did. Button apologists only deserve death.
>>66548922
pretty much, their entire car is 90% watered-down merc/red bull
>>66549042
>>66549104
I'd love to see a second team take honda engines. Red bull maybe?
BASED JOE'S AWARD
>if you take a hammer, and you hit your finger with it, the second time is less painful than the first
https://youtu.be/U9JaLw5Cizo?t=266
>>66548894
bahrani shareholders put pressure on dennis to retain button, kek.
>>66549089
Mad as fuck
>>66549165
So would I, it would probably help Honda learn a lot about their engine and improve it
McLaren are basically just a lost fucking cause at the moment
Just saw the Herbert-Alonso exchange
Holy shit
That was live on TV? How is Herbert not crawled crying in his bed right now? Absolutely rekt hahaha
>>66549165
sauber, but they're going bust before the season ends. then mclelren and honda buy their assets.
>>66549165
Dennis will cockblock any such a deal for a while so that's not looking likely.
>>66548922
They should've stuck with their proven design back then, they started experimenting for no reason and dropped it in 2013 and that's when the current downfall really started, not with Honda.
And they sure need a big name designer, seems like most left for Mercedes or Red Bull or wherever.
>>66548946
Yeah we all know that Button isn't a quali specialist. But even then it his hard to justify what happened. I'm not saying Button is shit, I'm saying that this situation basically directly highlights the situation McLaren finds themselves in, and exemplifies the fact that Button's experience and the paycheck that goes with it is not necessarily as valuable as McLaren have previously thought.
Even if this somehow means that Vandoorne is literal GOAT tier then McLaren have to keep him somehow, and that means someone is going to have to go. And unless Alonso suffers permanent brain injury, the one to go is going to be Button, especially if he performs at a worse level than Vandoorne already.
>>66549270
Herbert is a beta cuck mate who won like 3 races in his whole career, all of which were fluke luck victories with several retirements from positions above him. I have no idea why he is employed as a commentator. He wasn't a great or even good driver, he isn't likable and he honestly comes off as quite dumb in many segments, which is further evidenced by the fact that he honestly cannot construct a proper argument for what he believes, whether it's live on air or in written form, as evidenced by his Alonso smear-piece.
Herbert himself had a crash that almost killed him and permanently affected his career and ability early on in his career and yet he has somehow the audacity to claim that Alonso isn't good enough for F1 anymore now that he crashed. And that Alonso isn't passionate enough about driving because he didn't object to the FIA judgment on his injury being too severe.
I mean what was Herbert expecting? He basically wrote a poorly justified criticism of a very dedicated driver for seemingly no reason at all other than clickbait
>>66549365
Button was never supposed to stay in the first place! For a few years now. Yet somehow this is his fifth partner in this team, two of which were world champions. And with the way things are going with Alonso, who knows, he might just get tired of this shit. And Vandoorne himself, albeit unlikely, might get headhunted into, who knows, Williams or something.
That said, Alonso/Vandoorne or Alonso/KMag should have already happened this year and Alonso/Vandoorne was always the plan for next year before this season even began, so that's still the likeliest outcome.
>>66547964
>Honda
>shit everywhere
Repsol Honda would like a word with you
t. Marc Marquez
>>66549499
this.
however, i will add that herbert's crash was not his fault, and alonso's was.
but yes, herbert is a fucking idiot all-round. and a chav.
Räikönnen:
"There is so much politics and bullshit in F1 that it is crazy sometimes," he said. "People from the outside must look at us and think 'what stupid people, what are they doing?'.
based Gimi ::DDD
>>66549499
>and yet he has somehow the audacity to claim that Alonso isn't good enough for F1 anymore now that he crashed
Uh, does his own performance really invalidate his point in any way? As I said earlier in the thread, Alonso himself pointed out that he wasn't good in 2015, and he's crashed into other drivers out of idiocy in both of the last 2 races. He really hasn't been the same driver since leaving Ferrari, and you don't need to be a rocket scientist to know that. People just give Alonso more of a leeway because Britain (outside of a handful of individuals like Herbert) is bloody obsessed with him to the point of mass hysteria and retardation.
>WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
>GET THEM OUT OF THE FUCKING WAY
>>66549578
Yeah Herbert was right in suggesting that Alonso should retire. His wording just was a bit strong. If he doesn't quit, the sport will kill him.
>be Alonso, 36 years old
>2017 aero comes along nicely
>have bad reaction times and no strenghts to catch the car
>park the car on the outlap in the wall
>be ded
fuck, youtube changed something and now the formula e livestream blocks automatically even if you don't refresh the page
>>66549573
Based Gimi. Does he want them to get out of the way too?
Also, source?
>>66549540
That's true. Weird how Button just keeps getting another year and another year added. They even had a retirement recap segment for him a few years back haha. I guess Dennis just really likes him and to be fair he has performed quite well against some strong teammates.
I wonder if McLaren's mismanagements are down to Dennis or if there's other factors at play? Dennis is an autist but he's a successful autist who has brought together amazing teams in the past, Prost-Senna era, Häkkinen-era, Hamilton era, even arguably the Kimi era despite it not resulting in a WDC.. All of those instances show that Dennis is in fact not an idiot at all and knows the sport inside and out. It's not like he suddenly forgot. So wtf is going on? It's not even the engine fiasco, it's the culmination of so many things
>losing hamilton
>the endless quest for replacing Hamilton
>Perez, Magnussen, Vandoorne to an extent
>numerous personnel changes
>dropping and losing sponsors
>unclear driver signings
>weird design direction changes
>what ever happened to Whitmarsh?
It all just gives the impression of a team scrambling around without a clear focus or aim. Button is seemingly the only real constant that the team has had in the past 5 years.
>>66549705
Actually Dennis hates Button but the Bahraini family which owns 50 (?) % of McLaren insisted that he stays for 2015 and 2016. So did Honda. It's why it to Ron so long to announce the lineup because he tried to put Alonso alongside his then favourite young talent (not heidfeld I believe)
>>66549705
Eh, he lost Prost and Alonso the first time the same way he lost Hamilton, and he's attracted the ire of drivers like DC and Kimi as well. His favoritism, while positive when taking a cursory glance at what it's given us, quickly turns negative when you study the details or figure out what it's robbed us of.
>no Heidfeld or Hill
>several great drivers hate what he's done, to the point where Mika, to this day, feels sorry for DC and is even more humble around him
>the engine saga with Senna despite Prost being the better driver
And that's just a handful of events.
Also, as >>66549765 said, Dennis isn't really fond of Jenson. He also tried really hard to get KMag into the team and to get Jenson to retire, but was eventually overruled.
So apparently Da Costa just lost the pole position over a 0.05 below the limit tyre pressure.
https://twitter.com/FIAformulaE/status/716375062903820292
>>66547566
fucking hairy asshole
>>66549694
http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/15119712/f1-look-stupid-outsiders-kimi-raikkonen
espn is breddy gud for F1 news.
>>66549799
kek, FE just loves to disqualify drivers for petty shit
>>66549578
>>66549647
Is Alonso really that bad though? Sure 2015 was a disaster but he was driving an actual backmarker. You can't shine in a backmarker. Hell you could put Nasr in the Ferrari and he'd be pretty good but because he's driving a shit Sauber, no one will ever be impressed by what he does simply because the car doesn't enable him to shine, except in comparison to his teammate. 2015 was an oddball season for so many reasons for both the drivers and the McLaren team so I don't think it's fair to judge so harshly based on what happened then.
Maybe his instincts aren't as sharp as he hasn't been racing hard for the past year, but honestly it seems like huge speculation to say he has deteriorated significantly since Ferrari. The crash with Gutierrez was his fault but it only gets talked about because it was a huge destruction crash. If there was no sand, he would have just breaked on the tarmac and crashed into a barrier like Max did and there wouldn't be 1000 replays of the crash everywhere.
Mansell won a championship age 42 or something. Damon Hill entered F1 in his 30's. Age is a factor but it is not 100% determining of performance. Even Schumi was back on pace by the time he retired the second time.
I'll agree with you if there is a noticeable pattern of Alonso's deterioration. So far he just coincidentally crashed in 2 races back to back and I don't even rememebr what happened in Abu Dhabi. It's going to take one or two cool overtakes and no one will doubt his determination and talk about his eventual retirement again.
>"If you take the top rally guys it is absolutely amazing what they do. If you take the top NASCAR guys it's not like we can jump in and suddenly beat them. They own the things that they do, but if they came here they would be in trouble also. It depends what you are used to and what you do, but if you just want to look at the highest level of racing at race circuits, for sure it is F1."
Would be bizarre being in the same room with Kimi when he speaks like that.
>>66549822
And it's the one thing I really hate to see happening in Formula E. Fucking Di Grassi DSQs and now this, too.
>>66549897
No wonder Vettel likes him so much.
>>66549799
0.05 PSI?
that's fucking nothing
it's almost like they're doing everything they can to make sure it's BWL
Button isn't a bad driver, he's always been that constant guy that will just drive the car and finish in the best position he can without driving to the limit
Sort of like a better Stevens, drives the car home without pushing too hard, getting good results with it. For example when Perez was in Mclaren, the guy was fast but he crashed or did really stupid stuff every now and then, canceling the good results
Also, if he got dropped from Mclaren he would've killed himself for sure
>2014 father dies
>2015 cucked by Jessica
>2016 dropped from Mclelren
He's also one of the few drivers that aren't cocky pieces of shit and still remains gentlemanish. Unless the car has understeer.
>>66549935
if only they'd DQed Senna in London for blocking him
So, Formula E. Will we make our own thread for the race? Go to the motor/sp/ort general? What's the plan friends?
>>66549781
>>66549765
Any reason as to why Dennis hates Button?
I mean sure yea I know Dennis isn't the perfect person but at least his leadership has brought in success despite his mismanagement. His favoritism is very noticeable though and its weird that he can even get away with it. He had such a huge boner for Häkkinen as well even though a driver like DC (who is rarely rated as a great) could have achieved similar results if given the same sort of support and backing as Häkkinen did.
Häkkinen was flat out better at qualifying (DC himself has admitted this), but he was also one of the better qualifiers in history. On raceday though the two were not too far apart and Mika could have easily supported David into a championship if such a situation would have arised.
>>66549499
You realize Mark Blundel used to be an F1 pundit right?
it's not like their standards are particularly high. Having simply driven an F1 car is enough.
>>66550012
the /f1/ thread has always been fine
>>66550012
Either our own thread or just stay here, but it's not like there's too many of us to require a dedicated thread and this one isn't very active overnight.
>>66549944
Button is just extremely consistent. He never really was anything too special, its just that his career got a massive boost due to the lottery win that was Brawn. If the Brawn GP car would have been some shit tier Honda instead, Button would have retired from F1 years ago. Had it not been for that year, he would have been known as that pretty good midfield driver who won a few races and was good in the wet.
>>66550066
Pretty much this, yeah >>66550067
I do wonder what shall the few of us who stay for Indycar do, though.
Speaking of which, just one bong left until LBePrix.
>>66550018
Probably because Jenson doesn't conform to his autistic ways. But who really understands Ron? I don't think he ever gave a clear answer to that, maybe he thinks Jenson isn't fast enough or too expensive. Who knows?
>>66550018
Hell if I know why he's not fond of Jenson. Generally, he's just very stubborn and possibly more than just a little bit bitter about losing KMag and having to push even Vandoorne further and further away, but I don't think that would be enough in this case. Ron's bloody weird.
>(who is rarely rated as a great)
This really goes to show how much the outside perception of drivers can shape their legacy. To me, DC is easily a great driver, as is Rubens, but merely had the misfortune of dealing with Mika and Michael, two god tier legends, in their respective prime.
That said, let's be honest - DC wasn't really that close. In 1997 he only won the teammate battle because Mika's luck was abysmal, and in 2001 Mika himself said he only really raced at 100% capacity in two races (and he doesn't even know why), both of which he won.
>>66549944
>He's also one of the few drivers that aren't cocky pieces of shit and still remains gentlemanish.
You know that that is a ruse and Jenson is commonly known to be one of the biggest cunts in the paddock?
Because he is. He just covers it up well.
>>66550106
Obviously I'll be sticking around for it, being an amerifag. Does threads not autosage anymore at 500 posts?
The camping world trucks race was shit, by the way.
>Caution clock ruined any chance of interesting strategy gambles
>kwl
>two red flags in last 20 laps (first one semi-justified, second one pure nascar garbage)
I don't know why I still bother.
Formula E stream just started
RAI VET RIC
Lewis gets a drive through for speeding in pit resulting in 8th
Rosberg gets cucked at the start and comes 4th
Piquet got a 10-place penalty for changing the motor and since he was already starting the race from New York he got 10 seconds of extra pit stop time to compensate for the lack of grid places behind.
>>66550226
Wait. This isn't long beach at all, is it? God damn it, Fe.
I would rather they take the standard track and put in chicanes wherever needed, honestly. So tired of just sweepers and 90* turns in this series.
>>66550294
I'd change that to RAI VET GRO because CAN'T PASS THE HAAS.
>>66550370
Grosjean comes 5th and BTFOs the Williams cars
>>66550370
>>66550294
So this is going to be the one race a year where Mercedes isn't on the podium?
>doubt.jpg
>>66550351
I think it's Long Beach with a part of it cut off. Seems like the cars not handling well and trying to have a decent amount of laps in a race causes all these boring-looking tracks.
At least there hasn't been another disastrous track like Beijing 2014, and that track itself was somewhat better in 2015, too.
ROS VET HAM
I hate you Hamilton
>>66550351
But then it is a long lap which means less overtaking opportunities over the race distance.
>>66550351
Oh, and mustn't forget that these cars can't handle going upwards so no tracks with elevation changes.
>>66549089
>Le Barichello was better than button in 2009 meme
>>66550518
>meme
>>66550454
>>66550446
Ugh. This is my third time trying Formula E, apologies for any ignorance.
I still maintain that these cars would be far better as hybrids. Add in a sealed honda, toyota, or mazda I4 poweplant. It would hardly increase car running costs, and you wouldnt have to deal with all these dumb problems.
>>66550597
You guys were correct, though. Its the full circuit with the fountain section after the front straight cut out. It isn't as bad as I first feared.
>gonna watch formula e
>don't know any of the drivers or the teams so it's not as fun as F1
Fug.
>Already halfway through the calendar
It goes quickly
>>66550857
Come on, like half of the grid is F1 rejects. Exactly the reason why a lot of people are watching this.
That, and where else can you see Prost and Senna duking it out these days (although failing miserably, both of them).
>>66550857
but they are all ex F1 drivers....
>>66550904
>>66550927
Yeah but I started following F1 in 2015 so they are before my time. I have only heard some of the famous names, nothing really about them.
>>66550973
poor nick. at least you have a namesake.
>>66550973
Youve got catching up to do, m8. I didn't start watching F1 until 2012, but through sportscars I know almost all of these guys.
Watch moar racing. Even besides that, you can actually see these guys taking their cars to the edge of their tires adhesion. That's pretty cool.
>all-season tire
I THOUGHT it was. Neat.
The stream has started. To a good race, guys.
>>66551042
>nick
Stop that, you're making me nervous.
I'm surprised that someone even remembers my name when I posted only once, threads ago.
It's true that there are very few to no greekfags so you can recognize me but I feel like a fucking tripfaggot or something.
>>66550973
>Yeah but I started following F1 in 2015
and you stuck with it? that's impressive t.b.h.
>>66551184
i like having a gimmick.
;_;
>>66551161
>ABT sponsored car
>Schaeffler group (INA, FAG, Luk) also on car
as a VW fag i approve of this
Mad amx p10, so that's a lot of aggressive overtakes tomorrow.
>>66551184
It's normal, I'm basically the "russian fridge guy" who's easily recognizable by his interest in junior or alternative racing series, there's that one guy from a weird country I can't remember here, a few other people everyone recognizes.
>>66551346
he'll have a big crash tbhfam.
>>66551360
I should probably get a gimmick too,literally the only Paki here
>>66551328
I had a namesake.
Then I had to leave and so I stopped...
>>66551346
>implying he can pass the haas
>stream stuttering
I guess I'm watching this one on tv
>AC/DC
The goddamn mascots are back, please kill me now. Or, better yet, awaken, my masters.
>>66551434
>>66551441
formule e race right now? just came home wew
>>66551360
T H R E E
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and yes, that curacao poster
>a fucking liqueur
there was the gp2 russian, but he's mia ;_;
>>66551414
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i didn't mind it. but i hate that cunt jessica
>oh herro prease i am jessy bond gurll
FUCK OFF REEEEEEEEEEE
new bread?
>>66551360
I guess I'm the greek newbie then.
The only poster I can really remember is that one german animu masochist but let's not talk about him.
>shilling Faraday Future vaporware
Wew
>>66551468
jesus christ. you said that before and awoke him. YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN REEEEEEEEEEEE.
>>66551339
>316x180
apologies m8s. What a shit quality photo
time for SUPER POLE
>>66551456
I really miss the GP2 russian, too...
>>66551511
>all that weight, power and Gs on that tire and it's not even flexing
wew, impressive
>>66551456
>WAGs
No idea what you are talking about
>>66551498
Please explain, this is the first day I even hear of this company and their car designs seem neat.
>>66551543
i don't bother to watch anymore, as he used to post the grids so i was reminded it was on. and russian time was a goat team.
>>66551570
DON'T POST THAT CUNT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
bob varsha has such a smooooooth voice.
SPEAK UP NICKI I CAN'T HEAR YOU REEEEEEEE
The fuk is this american guy commentating FE?
Just found FE on ITV4. What's all this about eSports being important?
>>66551617
Don't talk shit about those who are born with the freedom in their hearts
> ameriboo inbound
>>66551617
Bob Varsha replacing Jack Nichols who is doing F1 for the BBC this weekend
>that pronunciation of Jaguar
Just no
USA USA USA USA USA USA
>>66551674
>>66551674
>>66551674
pls don't hate the typo
>this anthem
Holy shit the lips on that girl.
American anthem is so cringy.
>>66551578
Its my general reponse to most start-ups.
Also
>butchering the anthem
Why?
For fucks sake America.
This is why people hate your anthem. Why cant you people just sing it normally?
>>66551643
Formula E started having sim races between drivers and fans before the actual races since Mexico. Missed it this time, though, will watch in the morning.
Also, Bird and D'Ambrosio recently took part in some simracing event on TV.
What is it a out Ferrari's cars that make them fast on the start? Posting in this thread cause the other one is all /FE/ and Indy car shit
>>66542699
Hahahahaha. Seriously though nice shirt
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