Grand Prix Rejects

Rusujuur

Let's have another take on this - the whole reason behind even thinking about a boycot is not the fact that the GP is held in Russia but the fact that it is concidered a "pet project" of Putin. If they wanted a race for F1 fans they would hold it in Moscow or St. Petersburg. But they do it...

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Well, as I see it they banned two way telemetry back in the day to stop setup changes and other complicated gimmicks but now with all the knobs and switches the driver can do it but only if instructed from the pits. With the new engine rules I have a feeling that FIA and some others think this has g...

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East Londoner wrote:Can I remind people Maldonado still has more wins than Grosjean and Hulkenberg combined?

Hmm.. Never saw it this way. Oh the pain.

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Can someone tell me why is it that the Lotus cannot do more then a few laps in testing (and fp 1/2/3) but still manage to go the full race distance?

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The only way to enforce a cost cap is a spec series but we also don't want that. I seriously hope that evolution will enforce less spending in the long run, but I can't be too optimistic.

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Not for long, because they are too evenly matched. The car is the best so it is up to the driver to get the title and I think F1 drivers have a certain "winning is everything" mindset, so they will clash sooner or later.

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sswishbone wrote:I thought race was 8am start in UK? interesting. Well definitely ok there, rain has pretty much stopped, get them on track

I forgot about daylight saving so I thought the race starts 1h later.

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edit - Horner believes will get delayed again, if that happens are they in danger of running out of daylight? race start would have been 17 minutes ago, sounds a bit touch and go, yup delayed until 16:35 No, I think there is still 30 minutest to race start so no light issues for at least another 2 ...

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I have a feeling that Marussia was showboating in the tests, this is the second race in a row where they are 2 sec slower compared to the next realistic competitor. Lucky that the Caterhams and Lotuses are so slow and fragile. But I strongly doubt that Lotus will remain this rejectful for the whole ...

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They REALLY should move the time of Sepang. Come on! And yes, with these new cars they won't have the guts to run in heavy rain. They had trouble in the previous race and the rain was not heavy. The wets these days are a joke.

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We're confusing Red Bull the Fizzy Drink Company, and Arden Racing the Racing Team here. Arden Racing is in F1 for the motorsport and fields the Newey cars. Red Bull is just a sponsor who also happens to own the team. every Racing Team in F1 is in F1 for the motorsport. Well, not exactly, RB is mor...

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About the Russian situation: I have heard from rather reliable sources (the FIA dude in my country), that the race is good to go as things stand, there have been some concernes raised from some parties, but the overall feeling is that the crisis will blow over by Octobre and things will be back to n...

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I honestly think that only 3 teams are there for the racing, and they are Ferrari, McLaren and Williams. You can count Sauber in that group at this point in time, but I am afraid they wont be around for a long time if their situation is as it is. We have seen the likes of Jordan go and I think Saube...

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I wonder what are the odds of the Russian GP going on as planned this year. While I think that unless things escalate to unforseen levels there won't be any security issues like were in Bahrain but the political situation at the moment looks more unfavourable. I think the only time a GP was canceled...

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Maybe RB didn't think they have a good chance to finish or finish so high up in the order and just decided to test the limits of the rules?

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Eh, well, these things happen. Ferrari was weak around 85-95 and since then they have been there or there about every season. Ok, so the last title was in 2007 but they have been challenging almost every year. 2008 Massa almost nailed it, 2009 they failed to find the "gimmic", in the follo...

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From Marios postst I understand that flow limits power but so does the RPM limit and it has been in effect for many seasons, why add the flow limit if you already have the total consumption limit? OK, so from what I understand, it's not just the average that matters but peak. If you used 150 kg/hr ...

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I still don't understand why they have the 100kg/h limit when they already have the 100kg/race limit. I mean, all races last longer than 1h so your average flow has to be well below the 100kg/h limit anyways. So Ricciardo had more flow at times but then he had to save all the more on other occasion...

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I still don't understand why they have the 100kg/h limit when they already have the 100kg/race limit. I mean, all races last longer than 1h so your average flow has to be well below the 100kg/h limit anyways. So Ricciardo had more flow at times but then he had to save all the more on other occasions...

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I don't really think this Q gave us too much info for the season as a whole or even for tomorrows race. Some cars seemed to thrive in the rain while others were fast in the dry. I think traffic also affected the whole thing rather much, so let see tomorrow and especially, lets see what happenes in a...

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Well, we had more running then what I would have expected. Lotus and Caterham seem to be the only ones in SERIOUS trouble. Nice time from Nando, but maybe the Mercs were sandbaging. I have a feeling that Lotus and Caterham won't make it to the grid, at least not in anger. So we have 18 who are looki...

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Well, the *insertdrivername*winslol is most always boring, because it occurs when a driver/machinery combo is above the rest and that usually means poles as well as superior race pace. Although there are some exceptions, like when we had Buttonwinslol it happened in the beginning of the season and a...

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I know the true F1 fans on autosportforums and everywhere else want to ban anyone from saying positive things about the sport, but got to say I am really looking forward to the season already - perhaps more than ever. After just a couple of days of testing, already loving the new engines and the un...

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While Ferrari isn't a disaster, it is looking increasingly good for the Mercedes-powered teams. I can't see any worries for Ferrari as well. The unit is working well, it seems, and well, the car is conservative but it could change... Mercs have the upper hand but not THAT much to call it a season. ...

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Well, after day 3 early runnings we can say it is VERY bad for Renault and also for RB as the track time is low. Lotus may just have made the right decision not to go to testing with a crap engine and continue work on their chassis.

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Toro rosso:

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Now that we have seen almost half the field I have to say, the cars are rather nice. I also don't fancy the noses but I was somehow led to believe that it will be even worse. If you look beyeond the noses they are all sleek and the flow of the coke-bottle is nice and clean. You don't have so much &q...

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I am preparing questions for a quiz and it occured to me that Karthikeyan is the worst ever classified driver by achieving 24th in Valencia in 2011. Is it so or do you happen to know if there are some obscure Indy 500 races where they had more? Also the rule x results from y races was logical at th...

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I am preparing questions for a quiz and it occured to me that Karthikeyan is the worst ever classified driver by achieving 24th in Valencia in 2011. Is it so or do you happen to know if there are some obscure Indy 500 races where they had more? Also the rule x results from y races was logical at the...

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Could it be, that Lotus is just trolling?

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It's a shame the F1 cars will not look like this artists rendering this season. Not only bigger engines but aslo slightly different rules. I have a strong feeling they will update the aero rules by next season to do away with the ugly noses. How that will play out is yet to be seen but there have b...

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About the whole scandinavian/nordic/baltic thing - Iceland is definitely Nordic, but can also be considered Scandinavian, although it is geographically far away it has the same culture as Sweden and Norway and used to be a part of Norway for a long time. Finland is usually considered Scandinavian, h...

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I wouldn't change much, but cap the amount of races to 16-17, allocate a number of gearboxes per driver per year, so less penalties, maybe reintroduce refueling.

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I think the reason we are not getting much news is that everybody is trying to hide their hand. I also think that not much will be revealed in Spain either. They will be testing internals and engines, get to know tyres etc. but probably keep the "killer aps" at home as 20 days is a long ti...

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Thanx, great hangover cure, listned to it while grilling on the 1st of January. We usually have a meter of snow and -10 C but this time around it was +6 and we are yet to see any snow. That's global warming for you... Can't agree with the ROTY but that's probably because I had 0 expectations for him...

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Another idea: what will happen for example if a driver retires, a new driver picks the old driver's number, but the next year the retired driver makes an unexpected comeback? One of them would have to switch numbers, so in that case the numbers wouldn't be as "permanently attached" to the...

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I honestly cannot see massive interest for a 12th entry. Many teams are/were looking for financial backers so the easy way to go would be to buy them out. Lotus is probably for sale if the price is right and they have a long history as a unit. Any manufacturer looking for an entry would do the right...

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I have to agree with some of the comments made about the tyres. I have think I have to change my vote... Some of the points: Pirelli were asked to deliver a more variable experience after the conservatism of last years latter half. They did comply, although they should have known better. They perhap...

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AndreaModa wrote:Unlikely, but I'd like to see one of two things happen:

1. Massa goes over to Williams one race early and Raikkonen miraculously makes a full recovery in time to race for Ferrari in Brazil.

Now that the operation is done there is no way for Kimi to race for quite a while, even in snowmobiles...

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I would like to nominate the two new teams, Caterham and Marussia. Hear me out - they have been around now for quite some time but are not much closer than they used to be and on paper their situation is deteriorating with each passing year. When they entered in 2010 they were rather better organize...

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