Formula 1 World Championship 2016

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Edited Date/Time 5/31/2016 7:05pm
So testing starts soon ... Mad Max beginning the unofficial testing season at Kitzbuhel Australia (just kidding) Austria.
Does anyone else want to see more of this type of off sesson shenanigans?
https://youtu.be/gkwoK0EfKdc

Oh and Scotty ... not a fan of the hood design or whatever that thing is you posted. I don't want to see a drivers head become Julianne fries.
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Uncle Tony 1/26/2016 3:01pm
1/26/2016 3:01pm
According to the comments they received a 30,000€ fine those down hill guys amaze me, that was cool listening to the car scream
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ocscottie 1/28/2016 12:12pm
1/28/2016 12:12pm
Fixed the thread title to reflect last years a bit.

Can Ferrari catch those damn silver cars?

Seb has already done some practicing in the 2014 car at the Ferrari HQ test track, its so cool how he has gelled with the team. I had my reservations with him going to the Scuda (me being a huge RB supporter was the main reason) but now i am loving it.
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ocscottie 1/28/2016 12:15pm
1/28/2016 12:15pm
Trip on this one!!

Kevin Magnussen is set to replace Pastor Maldonado at Renault's new Formula 1 works team for the 2016 season, Autosport has learned.

Maldonado will almost certainly end up out of F1 after five seasons, three with Williams and then two with the Lotus team that Renault has acquired.

Link: Magnussen set to replace Maldonado at Renault

I hope Maldonado is gone from F1, they guy is a nuisance on the track!
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ocscottie 1/28/2016 12:20pm
1/28/2016 12:20pm
btw: some testing already started, Pirelli had a wet weather tire test.

Ricciardo fastest day 1
Vettel fastest day 2

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ocscottie 1/28/2016 12:36pm
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From the side the "halo" cockpit protection doesnt look as bad, but the front view is atrocious!!!

I would go cross eyed looking at the beam right in front of my face tough. Blink

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Spydee 1/28/2016 12:42pm
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That's a potential plan for 2017 though right?
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Uncle Tony 1/28/2016 2:21pm
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ocscottie wrote:
From the side the "halo" cockpit protection doesnt look as bad, but the front view is atrocious!!! I would go cross eyed looking at the beam...
From the side the "halo" cockpit protection doesnt look as bad, but the front view is atrocious!!!

I would go cross eyed looking at the beam right in front of my face tough. Blink

I'm totally against this! If this happens I go to WEC
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motogeezer 1/28/2016 3:16pm
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ocscottie wrote:
Trip on this one!! [i] Kevin Magnussen is set to replace Pastor Maldonado at Renault's new Formula 1 works team for the 2016 season, Autosport has...
Trip on this one!!

Kevin Magnussen is set to replace Pastor Maldonado at Renault's new Formula 1 works team for the 2016 season, Autosport has learned.

Maldonado will almost certainly end up out of F1 after five seasons, three with Williams and then two with the Lotus team that Renault has acquired.

Link: Magnussen set to replace Maldonado at Renault

I hope Maldonado is gone from F1, they guy is a nuisance on the track!
Good news.

With Maldonado out of F1, there should be much less carnage this year.
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ocscottie 1/29/2016 10:39am
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Uncle Tony wrote:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7kY1N2pC0L4. Might have been posted before but what the hell? Glad he's gone
That was 11min of epic failure. (gave him 1 min for his podium) Just pisses me off that the guy bought a seat in the most prestigious form of motor racing, glad / hope he is gone.
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ocscottie 1/29/2016 10:50am
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btw: those pics were from Will Buxtons blog, if you dont subscribe to it, you should, great article HERE
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Uncle Tony 1/29/2016 11:00am
1/29/2016 11:00am
Uncle Tony wrote:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7kY1N2pC0L4. Might have been posted before but what the hell? Glad he's gone
ocscottie wrote:
That was 11min of epic failure. (gave him 1 min for his podium) Just pisses me off that the guy [b]bought[/b] a seat in the most...
That was 11min of epic failure. (gave him 1 min for his podium) Just pisses me off that the guy bought a seat in the most prestigious form of motor racing, glad / hope he is gone.
Oscottie you got to remember Lauda bought his way in also, this is the way of the future, mx in Europe is getting like this and it won't be long till it comes state side, I wonder what Alonso and Vettel were thinking when then hoisted him up on their shoulders in Spain?
While that concept car is cool and I do like looking at them, I just can't get my head around closed cockpit formula one cars, I just can't consider it F1 anymore
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motogeezer 1/29/2016 11:23am
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ocscottie wrote:
look at this enclosed cockpit: [img]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a37c23_5a8def029d344cd3b93042ee2df96075.jpg/v1/fill/w_942,h_530,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/a37c23_5a8def029d344cd3b93042ee2df96075.jpg[/img] [img]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a37c23_ad1441624f804b319a8cfcef497a4573.jpg/v1/fill/w_942,h_530,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/a37c23_ad1441624f804b319a8cfcef497a4573.jpg[/img] [img]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a37c23_3fc08810bac4440cb9101a8ac164e593.jpg/v1/fill/w_942,h_530,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/a37c23_3fc08810bac4440cb9101a8ac164e593.jpg[/img]
look at this enclosed cockpit:





No front wing?

Scary.
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ocscottie 1/29/2016 1:50pm
1/29/2016 1:50pm Edited Date/Time 1/29/2016 1:55pm
motogeezer wrote:
No front wing?

Scary.
Its just a concept car rendering. No idea why they left out a wing though? Ever seen the RedBull Concept car? its wild! Full covered front wheels.

Here it is:

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4thGearPinned 2/1/2016 7:49am
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I really want to see technology take a step back to let the drivers be the difference. Kers is alright, I guess.. But DRS seems a little iffy to me. also the in season caps on engine and aero development need to go. Make the cars more mechanical and let teams engineer their own success like how it used to be.

F1 is the pinnacle of motorsports, so it should be just that.
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motogeezer 2/1/2016 8:40am
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I don't have a problem with DRS, since a driver needs to put himself in a position to use it.

The leading driver can no longer expect the dirty air off of his wing to keep the approaching driver behind him, and had better step it up to keep him out of range.

My only problem with KERS, is that it seems that most reliability issues involve that system.

F1 has always been about developing new technologies that translate to road cars, and this is the next big thing. (Porsche 918, McLaren P1, LaFerrari...)

Although I preferred the days of normally aspirated 10 and 12 cylinder engines, technology must move on.
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"Alfa Romeo could return to F1 as a rival to Ferrari in the near future" (both owned by Fiat Chrysler) but...
there is still one thing I don't get about it, why not sell Ferrari B spec Engine under the name Alfa Romeo?

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Uncle Tony 2/1/2016 2:26pm
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In last years F1 thread Spydee put up a post that there are rumors of over 200hp in the new Honda motors, rumors tho
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indy_maico 2/3/2016 5:27am
2/3/2016 5:27am
Renault first out of the box with their 2016 contender.






I hope to see Magnussen do well, after having worked with his dad for a few years!

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KMC440 2/3/2016 2:44pm
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^^^ This is an incredibly ugly paint scheme.


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