Considering the international flavor of the membership here why is there no Formula 1 interest?
I'm a Maine Redneck. We only watch NASCAR.
I play "Formula D" - that kinda counts.
I was just watching some of that with junior sleeping in my lap. Hammy does it again :) Just checked the news and saw some dude actually scaled the fence and ran over the track (said he wanted to try out one of the cars).
Quote from: mirth on April 12, 2015, 09:22:06 AM
I'm a Maine Redneck. We only watch NASCAR.
Then why no auto sport threads at all?
when you get down to it there is no other sport that has such a direct impact on your daily life.
Endfire, I would have liked to watch the race live but it didnt come on here until 2am. :buck2:
no worries, I've kind of lost track of time this weekend with the baby. Losing some sleep has some benefits though, F1 was cool, catching up on Archer was another :)
i watch the F1 races regularly :) ...well, if possible
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 12, 2015, 09:53:50 AM
Quote from: mirth on April 12, 2015, 09:22:06 AM
I'm a Maine Redneck. We only watch NASCAR.
Then why no auto sport threads at all?
when you get down to it there is no other sport that has such a direct impact on your daily life.
Dude, I don't really watch NASCAR either. I'd rather watch MLB.
Well not really.
Why no golf thread? Why no curling thread? Why? Why? Why?
because those are boring and high speed cars slamming around a track are not.
also, we all own cars. whats being engineered for racing becomes standard kit a few years down the road on everyday drivers.
did you ever consider that todays VW Golf GTI is faster and more maneuverable then an 70s or 80s Formula 1 car?
of course you didn't Mirth, because you can be a dipshit. ;)
curling, golf, football, soccer and whatever ultimately contribute pretty much nothing to your day to day life.
I own sneakers too. Doesn't make me Lebron.
And curling contributes a lot to my life. I live in Maine. Half the year the entire state is a sheet of ice.
Are you interested in Formula 1 because of all those tricked out golf carts you see the geezers driving around?
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 12, 2015, 04:48:01 PM
did you ever consider that todays VW Golf GTI is faster and more maneuverable then an 70s or 80s Formula 1 car?
get out!!
:uglystupid2:
Jump back!
ok, maybe a little bit of hyperbole but not much when you get about 300 hp out of a 4 cylinder engine today.
Zzzzzzzzz....
they were at the top end of 1200 bhp in the early 80s after they developed the turbo engines
bugatti veyron yes, golf............
no
I do miss my Peugeot 505 turbo.
Quote from: undercovergeek on April 12, 2015, 05:26:35 PM
they were at the top end of 1200 bhp in the early 80s after they developed the turbo engines
bugatti veyron yes, golf............
no
ya, from a turbo v-10 engine. you want to bring up todays hyper cars fine. they would crush F1 cars from back then and do it with A/C and a sound system. my point still stands thats todays racing technology always finds its way into what we all drive on a daily basis.
great race today!
...well, not for Vettel and not for Rosberg :(
Rosberg kind of screwed himself with that apex overshoot though.
he claimed break failure (overheat) after the race (Hamilton reported similar milder but increasing breaks problem on his last two laps)
I would be blaming very small sand particles covering the track and getting into everything.
i had those "IS with shitload money for 5 decades" = suddenly 'nicy nicy kingdoms' accepted race locations anyway. ...where the driver had to celebrate with rose-water ::)
consider whos been buying all of those Ferrari's, McLarens, Lambo's and Astons for decades.
There was a nice convertible Ferrari F430 Spider in the HEB (grocery store) parking lot. Should have taken a picture but it was exactly like this one:
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meh... middle of the road Ferrari. IIRC one of those sold over the weekend at the auction for 70k-ish.
shit, there were Bentleys and Astons that were less then 5 years old that sold for under $70k. I could have cried.
Why didn't you buy.
... us each one.
like I have $70k to spend....
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 20, 2015, 11:17:48 AM
shit, there were Bentleys and Astons that were less then 5 years old that sold for under $70k. I could have cried.
:o
>:(
That's like what, a weeks supply of Aveeno and rubber for you Star, or one night at you favorite gentlemen's club. :P
Walking into the truck stop 'o horrors that is a Florida strip club with $70K to spend is like going into McDonald's with $20. You're just gonna leave vaguely unsatisfied with a higher blood pressure and something 'extra' given to you by the staff.
I've lost interest in Formula 1 over the last 3 or 4 seasons.
I can't really nail it as to why...perhaps it's that there's more excitement off the track than on. Perhaps Bernie Ecclestone just gets on my freaking goat. Perhaps it's because my fav team, McLaren, aren't cutting it and haven't done for, well, that long almost. Perhaps it's the insignificance of the pit stops now. What's the freakin' point. They're over in less than 3 seconds. Perhaps it's because greedy Bernie decided to sell it (or at least half...but likely soon to be all) to Sky and Pay per View.
Or perhaps it's just - I don't know.
If I'm honest, I think the introduction of the DRS was a spot of genius. It at least helped to enhance overtaking chances. Also, if I was honest, there's more character than there ever has been (or at least that I can remember).
But there was one statement made, I think on the last race, that kind of summed it up for me..."the most important part of the race is when the cars are stationary". Not a word for word quote, but it was pretty much that.
From a driving perspective, I would much rather watch Nascar or DTM or the far superior BTCC.
Unfreakin believable. Hamilton is going to be livid. :tickedoff:
He's a bit pissed. And rightly so - that was stolen from him - a gimme from the team to Nico. >:(
Crap, that sucks for Hamilton!
See y'all in Montreal next month
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Quote from: JudgeDredd on May 24, 2015, 09:34:16 AM
He's a bit pissed. And rightly so - that was stolen from him - a gimme from the team to Nico. >:(
just watched post race interview - an exercise in not screaming and smashing the trophy over someones head
i feel so bad for the guy, the rage must be intolerable especially having to Rosberg celebrate and be congratulated
someone at mercedes is sure in for a beating
...the reflections of all of Hamiltons gangsta blink blink golden chains hanging on the garage wall distorted the reading of digits on his the race-engineers screen, who so misstook the 21 sec gap as a 27 sec (where about 24 sec are needed for the voluntary pitstop to mount a set of fresh tires from the extra soft type, just in case his actual set may degrade to the end of the race and may have given Rossberg a minimal but not zero chance to catch up) ;D
They gambled to play it save with a new set, instead of taking the risk with the old tires ...and lost.
Boooooo the rosberg fan!!!
forget Roseberg, I would have shoved that trophy up the pit bosses ass sideways for that call. :knuppel2:
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 25, 2015, 05:11:58 AM
forget Roseberg, I would have shoved that trophy up the pit bosses ass sideways for that call. :knuppel2:
It always surprises me the involvement the drivers have with the set up and technical side and I always chuckle at their arrogance - bearing in mind the way in which they ignore team orders sometimes, I don't know why he didn't just say 'fk that' an carry on
Because if he did say that - and his tyres dropped off - it would've been him in the interrogation seat. As it was - it's the team in the seat.
Seemed like a dumb call - even given the time the team thought he had "in the bag"...if something had gone wrong in the lane, his race was done for. On top of that - position is king in Monaco.
I think it was a knee jerk reaction to a yellow flag. Teams are ALWAYS pulling people in for a "free" pit stop when a yellow flag is out and they had to make the snap decision to bring him in or not - with the weight of the decision heavily on the "bring him in" side. Given some more time, perhaps they wouldn't have made that call. But gut reaction to a yellow flag for teams is to call the drivers in. In fact - it's such a freebie (a pit stop under yellow) that they even sometimes double park cars to have them in under yellow.
Having said all that, I'm very surprised - as you have said - given the orders they refuse to obey that Hamilton would have thought going in with juts over 10 laps to go was a good idea and I'm very surprised he did so...though he was likely misinformed (being told he has a free pit stop).
Why didn't they bring roseburg in?
his pit boss was either smarter or Mercedes wants a closer race between its team for the drama of it all.
Live blog from the Canadian Grand Prix today, some interesting shots
http://montrealgazette.com/sports/auto-racing/live-blog-canadian-grand-prix#scribble (http://montrealgazette.com/sports/auto-racing/live-blog-canadian-grand-prix#scribble)
Really great race at Silverstone today.
Yeah - it wasn't too bad. Shame Williams couldn't keep those Mercedes behind them. Great start by them both.
I yearn for the days when Williams is back on winning form.
todays race is a pretty friking interesting thing so far.
one would think this one was a NASCAR race with all the collisions.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on July 26, 2015, 08:12:59 AM
todays race is a pretty friking interesting so far.
O0 that's how a Formula 1 race should be
...with a bit of everything, surprises, and including collisions (without injured pilots of course)
the disintegrating nose at 160 mph was pretty wild.