Grand Prix Rejects

IdeFan

It certainly managed to avoid the ugly stick that the DeltaWing Coupe got hit with. Is there any information about how "refueling" will be done? Fast charge, quick change battery packs? I believe other modern electric racers are only able to run for about 20 minutes flat out, even with sig...

IdeFan

I have done some updates to the LMP, mostly tidying things up. If GTR2 goes cheap in the Steam sale I might try converting it, but really I look at that car compared to what I can do now and I'm slightly ashamed of it, I want to do another one but I'm going to finish the DeltaWing first. As for the ...

IdeFan

Hi guys, thought I'd share something I'm working on in 3ds max, hoping to release for rFactor 2 sometime, the Nissan Deltawing!: http://i.imgur.com/BoilEMcl.png http://i.imgur.com/J7jahoZl.png http://i.imgur.com/hDxcOs5l.png http://i.imgur.com/js9LJEYl.png This is my first major project in 3ds max a...

IdeFan

I accidentally read Porsche as "Peugeot" for a minute and thought "What the...?" I'm still confused, but more of the baffling paint job than the manufacturer of the car... There's rumors that those 908s are sitting in a warehouse somewhere, just waiting..... There certainly are ...

IdeFan

Suddenly a wild Porsche appears.

Looks very much like an Audi, I wonder how much access Porsche have had to Audi's aero data?

IdeFan

I would love to have a look at the statistics for win by car numbers. I suspect that 5 would come out higher than 1 as I can recall quite a few championships being won by car number 5 when the world champion has struggled to drag inferior equipment round/lost desire/moved to a less competitive team...

IdeFan

This is probably a good reason to keep Binson Jitton on board for 2015 as someone who knows how the Honda engine works having raced it throughout his entire time at BAR and Honda. If he stays on board then they might get some ideas on how to make a good chassis You mean Jenson Button? Why always gi...

IdeFan

That's interesting, since there is also an article in Racecar Engineering stating that they are working on a conceptual study of a 2014 spec F1 car - although it is unclear who the potential customers might be (or even if they are any customers for their design). m Adess designed the Lotus T128 as ...

IdeFan

I am bumping this thread up to point out that this weekend is a Super Endurance Weekend at Silverstone; the ELMS is running on Saturday and the WEC on Sunday. With 25 Entries for the ELMS and 31 for WEC, it would have been possible and awesome for the two to combine into one race, but just like the ...

IdeFan

I can see her getting fast-tracked into F1. Why? Well, look at the facts. Exhibit A: Hiring a female driver would generate an enormous amount of publicity. Exhibit B: Red Bull are a team who thrive on media publicity. Exhibit C: She also appears to be a handy driver. I rest my case, your honour D. ...

IdeFan

roblomas52 wrote:Cruchlow for title or at least a few wins since tech 3 have really sorted that bike out

I doubt the title is on without a works bike, if Yamaha dominate he still has to beat Rossi and Lorenzo in the works team.

Definitely hoping for a breakthrough win though, and a works bike for next year.

IdeFan

Compared to Marussia, Caterham have spent lavishly over the last three years with little in the way of results. - They had two paid drivers for two years, and one last year. - They've had two lawsuits (with Force India over the Aerolab wind tunnel and with Lotus/Proton over use of the Lotus name). -...

IdeFan

If Karthikeyan gets the Force India seat...bathplug it, I'll do an avatar challenge. If Karthikeyan gets the drive, this will be my avatar: http://i.imgur.com/VpwKd23.jpg I might do it anyway, since I already took the time to make it. Who's Narain Kart hk eyan? shite. Fortunately I saved it as a mu...

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Ataxia [BacLettNinj] wrote:If Karthikeyan gets the Force India seat...bathplug it, I'll do an avatar challenge.

If Karthikeyan gets the drive, this will be my avatar:

I might do it anyway, since I already took the time to make it.

IdeFan

Err, I think we're missing something?

IdeFan

Mario, or someone with a higher technical knowledge than myself, can you explain to me just how much performance a high nose can gain? How can directing airflow under the nose increase downforce, when there is no wing king structure underneath? The height of the nose determines how much air is push...

IdeFan

As an aside, it looks like Williams made a somewhat overlooked announcement yesterday - they have announced that Susie Wolff will be given the chance to carry out the shakedown test for the FW35, plus she will also be responsible for carrying out most of in season aero tests that the team are consi...

IdeFan

It looks like many of his compatriots are disinterested in his success and Vettel isn't mobilising the German public, so it may well be that we end up with a triple world champion on the grid and no home GP for him in the near future. By my reckoning, the last time that happened was Jack Brabham, a...

IdeFan

Nice thread.

Does anyone know what Luca is doing now? Is he racing anywhere or retired?

IdeFan

Interesting that de la Rosa is getting a day, although it might be hard for him to give negative Bathplug considering anything he drives will be a massive improvement on the HRT! I'm glad he's getting a test, but I don't quite see the point, surely Ferrari would be better off giving Massa another d...

IdeFan

Juha Kankkunen:

Interviewer: "What kind of tires did you have?"

Kankkunen: "Black Round Pirelli"

IdeFan

And now BBC are saying that Brawn and Fry might be on the way out of Mercedes... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/21143847 I wonder if Hamilton has an out if key personnel like Brawn leave? I assume Brawn's winning track record was a key factor in persuading Lewis to switch, as without him the...

IdeFan

Alessandro del Piero and Patrick Dempsey to launch a sportscar team: m Kostas won't like it for sure. Doesn't specify what car they would use, or even what class. One would assume it would be a Lola LMP2, since thats what Dempsey ran last year, but I believe that car was actually owned by Level 5 a...

IdeFan

Svenko Wankerov wrote:The FI collapse talk is heating up again. Lot of chatter about VJM out with either Kolles or even the Flav to the rescue.

Stay at home Colin Kolles!

IdeFan

Slight amendment needs to be made to the launch schedule - Williams have announced that they will launch their car on the 19th Feb at the first test in Barcelona. They are now planning on using a modified FW34 for the first test, which should have a number of interim parts that they would like to t...

IdeFan

3. Renault R29 http://adrianllanpal.wikispaces.com/file/view/fernando-alonso-renault-r29-jerez.jpg/151688405/796x479/fernando-alonso-renault-r29-jerez.jpg In light of recent aero concepts (step noses to maximise underbody airflow); WTF is going on with the aero concept on this car? It looks to me l...

IdeFan

First one is almost certainly Silverstone, Hill only did a handful of races with Brabham didn't he? I know he did Silverstone and Hungary I think. Not sure about the other photos though sorry. Thought 3 might have been Donington with the blue and white kerbs, but that was soaking wet. Fairly certai...

IdeFan

I think his driving's adequate but not exceptional so far. When reading either his or others view of his future world champion status I get a strange feeling as if Ive turned over two pages at once, like Ive missed something in his two (count 'em) F1 seasons. If you want to be generous you could co...

IdeFan

Hello. My friend (in reality, whatever that is) Idefan encouraged me to join these forums. I am from the UK and a passionate lifelong Williams fan. This was quite a depressing existence until Spain last year, but life has been great ever since! I'm part of a couple of other F1 forums and take a kee...

IdeFan

A good compromise might be persuading Audi, Toyota and Porsche to make their cars more available to customers, and making it affordable for the customers to run them. Lola and HPD are never going to get near a factory Audi, but they might be able to fight a customer one, especially over 24 hours. If...

IdeFan

The only things worse than anything coming out of that twat's mouth are his driving and people actually taking him seriously. I think his driving's adequate but not exceptional so far. When reading either his or others view of his future world champion status I get a strange feeling as if Ive turne...

IdeFan

Actually Mario Pescarolo's role as a chassis manufacturer lives on through OAK/Onroak/Morgan. OAK bought out all of Pescarolo's chassis manufacturing capability in 2009 after Herni's team went bust the first time, they seem to be doing pretty good business with the Morgan LMP2 that is derived from t...

IdeFan

The Dubai 24 hours is on right now, steam here:

http://new.livestream.com/accounts/2362362/events/1784668

IdeFan

In terms of pace the Deltawing was on the tail end of LMP2 at Le Mans and pretty much right in the middle at Petit. The result at Petit was mainly down to staying out of trouble when the other prototypes were tripping over each other. The challenge for endurance racing is not just balancing the pace...

IdeFan

Getting the discussion back onto more positive content... Pitpass may be smoke-blowing here but I sincerely hope they're right: they say Bernie wants to do a deal to secure an official F1 vodka, and Chase is the favoured brand. Why do I want them to be right? Why should Chase have more right to be ...

IdeFan

East Londoner wrote:
IdeFan wrote:It seems Lewis Hamilton and McLaren can only perform well when nobody in Britain is watching.

And Maldonado only seems to do well when people are watching...

You say that but aside from his victory Pastor didn't score particularly well in the BBC championship.

IdeFan

It seems Lewis Hamilton and McLaren can only perform well when nobody in Britain is watching.

IdeFan

On the flip side, there is the championship counting only the races shown exclusively live on Sky. The 2012 Sky Sports Exclusive F1 World Championship http://i.imgur.com/PDsPE.png http://i.imgur.com/17B2w.png Consistent scoring from Hamilton, Vettel and Alonso leaves an exciting three way showdown i...

IdeFan

I have been musing on the topic of BBC vs Sky F1 coverage lately, and thought to myself "what if someone only watched the races that were live on the BBC, and ignored everything else that happened that year, how would their championship look?". Sounds like the making of an F1 Rejects paten...

IdeFan

http://www.vivaf1.com/blog/?p=12627 An interesting read, though I would take their numbers with a pinch of salt until we see them at a different source. A drop in viewing figures is not entirely unexpected, with stiff competition from the Olympics and the Euros pulling casual viewers away, but what...

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