lolwut
http://www.pitpass.com/images/cars/700x260/ferrari/2012F2012.jpg
― I Am Aguri Suzuki (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 4 February 2012 12:17 (twelve years ago) link
lolol what a ridiculous-looking car
― the Landshark Forum (haitch), Saturday, 4 February 2012 12:26 (twelve years ago) link
world's most expensive spatula.
― Merdeyeux, Saturday, 4 February 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
Business in the front, party in the back.
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 4 February 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
...but enough of Lewis Hamilton's GQ shoot, how about that new Ferrari?
― I Am Aguri Suzuki (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 5 February 2012 06:42 (twelve years ago) link
The stepped noses are so embarrassing for everyone involved.
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 6 February 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
i am now officially used to it so it doesn't bother me anymore (still NAGL) but i think there's one that has a rounded nose (McLaren) - i'm not any expert on downforce but wouldn't having a steep angled nose have a negative effect on the car? yes there would be downforce but wouldn't there be a push back effect as well? doesn't seem aerodynamic.
anyway, i'm still going to the Austin race in November
― brownie, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
After Red Bull's performance over the past two years maybe everyone just said, "fuck speed. downforce is all that matters."
― encarta it (Gukbe), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
The stepped-nose thing seems to be intended to prevent debris from coming straight at the driver, as well as making it more difficult to 'scoop' a car up from behind, tossing it into the air. So the nose revisions are just safety regs, if I remember right, and not intended to contribute to anything aero-wise. There's a great article on the new nose regs online.
I'm still not exactly clear on how McLaren dodged this - the nose must be within regs but it sure doesn't look at first glance like it could be.
― Brakhage, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 04:05 (twelve years ago) link
Just saw the Toro Rosso. Predicting that front nose to snap off by Practice 2 in Melbourne.
― Cold Chisel dude Cold Chisel (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 07:33 (twelve years ago) link
can i just say the 1979 Ensign N179
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqn823le81qbm0mn.jpg
― Cold Chisel dude Cold Chisel (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 07:34 (twelve years ago) link
biodiesel made from millions of little bugs, scooped, compressed, made into hi-octane all in seconds
― Brakhage, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
Testing with the Finns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkSSgC3Qbzo
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
bernie ecclestone with opinion 4 u on the arab spring:
"A lot of kids having a go at the police."
― Cold Chisel dude Cold Chisel (King Boy Pato), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
Looks like we gotta change the name of this thread
― Brakhage, Friday, 17 February 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
ha I knew I'd seen that ensign before..
http://www.jugstompers.com/images/wild_bill-1.jpg
― thomasintrouble, Friday, 17 February 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
This is slightly embarrassing than "Keeping Jenson Button Employed" and 'im winning the championship, through.
― Cold Chisel dude Cold Chisel (King Boy Pato), Friday, 17 February 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
lol. we're up to date.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Saturday, 18 February 2012 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://indycar.cdn.racersites.com/prod/photos/341658/HOME.jpg
Er, farewell then...
― Putin on the Ritz (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 1 March 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
in b4 Bernie sez something sexist: Marussia take on female test driver Maria de Villota
― Bo Jackson Overture (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 8 March 2012 07:41 (twelve years ago) link
NASCAR is so ahead of the game in this department.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zq0JRaww4Zo/T0ppG6Acd5I/AAAAAAAADkQ/GAPzsJkdWvU/s1600/danica-patrick.jpg
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Thursday, 8 March 2012 07:45 (twelve years ago) link
sorry for the huge
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Thursday, 8 March 2012 07:46 (twelve years ago) link
They're not that hug...oh, wait.
― Bo Jackson Overture (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 8 March 2012 07:48 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks, that really brightened up my day ...
Thought this little thing with Schumi was fun
― Brakhage, Thursday, 15 March 2012 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
Hey, it's the Australian Grand Prix weekend! And the big story is...Bernie's Bogan Daughter: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/labor-mp-kelvin-thomson-slams-the-50m-cost-of-the-f1-gp-saying-it-is-bankrolling-the-lifestyle-of-bernie-ecclestones-billionaire-bogan-daughter/story-e6frfmqi-1226300210612
― Bo Jackson Overture (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 17 March 2012 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
"You're not a communist state there, are you? Any money that my children have got, they didn't steal."
bernie ecclestone great train robberyAbout 26,900 results (0.27 seconds)
― Bo Jackson Overture (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 17 March 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
Congratulations to the GQ Model on his Pole Position.
More importantly: Grosjean starts third. Raikkonen starts...er, eighteenth?
― Bo Jackson Overture (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 17 March 2012 07:11 (twelve years ago) link
Lucozade gives Jenson Button wings...wait, what?
― Bo Jackson Overture (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 18 March 2012 07:43 (twelve years ago) link
You know what? I haven't seen a last lap like that in years (for 8th to 12th, that is).
But anyway, Alonso ~makes u think~: https://twitter.com/#!/alo_oficial/status/181304815693987842/photo/1
― Bo Jackson Overture (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 18 March 2012 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
Perez had a brilliant race
― Brakhage, Monday, 19 March 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
I hear that. Sixth for KOBAYASHI~! too. PETER SAUBER IS THE GREATEST DRIVER SCOUT IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY.
― Bo Jackson Overture (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 22 March 2012 10:32 (twelve years ago) link
I'm getting more and more convinced that "Charles Pic" is a fictional character btw,
― Bo Jackson Overture (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 22 March 2012 10:33 (twelve years ago) link
WETTTTT RAAAAAAAAAACE
― Clive "The Chip" Crinkly (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 25 March 2012 08:11 (twelve years ago) link
Stock the fridge with Magnums, the track is in a undriveable state.
― Clive "The Chip" Crinkly (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 25 March 2012 08:17 (twelve years ago) link
RED FLAG!!
CAN WE GET SOME MAGNUMS UP IN THIS AREA??
― Clive "The Chip" Crinkly (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 25 March 2012 08:25 (twelve years ago) link
The EXCITEMENT that is A NUMBER OF GAZEBOS.
― Clive "The Chip" Crinkly (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 25 March 2012 08:40 (twelve years ago) link
omg perez
― merrick & toro rosso (haitch), Sunday, 25 March 2012 10:15 (twelve years ago) link
omg perez― merrick & toro rosso (haitch), Sunday, March 25, 2012 10:15 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― hard in da hummus (cozen), Sunday, 25 March 2012 10:38 (twelve years ago) link
FERRARI-powered Sauber "runs wide" before it is about to overtake a FERRARI for the lead, shock horror.
― Clive "The Chip" Crinkly (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 25 March 2012 10:48 (twelve years ago) link
gotta lose one before you win one, i guess
― merrick & toro rosso (haitch), Sunday, 25 March 2012 10:52 (twelve years ago) link
Or in Michael Schumacher's case, win heaps before you lose heaps.
― Clive "The Chip" Crinkly (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 25 March 2012 10:56 (twelve years ago) link
FERRARI-powered Sauber driven by a guy who'll probably be in the other Ferrari by Monaco "runs wide" before it is about to overtake a FERRARI for the lead, shock horror.
― Clive "The Chip" Crinkly (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 25 March 2012 11:10 (twelve years ago) link
lol i was just going to say, how long until 'massa out' starts - it's a shame but he's just not anything like what he used to be
― merrick & toro rosso (haitch), Sunday, 25 March 2012 11:12 (twelve years ago) link
great race. really enjoyed it. Senna doing well this year.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Sunday, 25 March 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
Britishers: how is the Sky coverage?
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Sunday, 25 March 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah this was gripping. I'd gotten used to really boring races and making the best of it that it was fantastic to have an actual race, with real competition all over the place.
Perez astonishing. It sure looks to me that a decision was made to not really try for the win, which is a shame. I think Perez was telling Alonso 'don't you think I couldn't have taken you today' immediately after getting out of the cars. I wanted him to win but it was probably best to keep the points and not piss off Ferrari.
Re Sky: this is kind of a bizarre minor point, but to me it's cool to finally see Kravitz after the BBC made sure you never, ever saw him, he's really suited to prodding at space-age monitors in the Technobubble or Skylab or whereever that studio is. Miss Jordan and DC though, Hill is fine but he's very bland compared to them.
― Brakhage, Monday, 26 March 2012 01:32 (twelve years ago) link
I cannot see how Massa lasts the season. They're going to deny it to the ends of the earth, until they take him for a little drive in the woods.
― Brakhage, Monday, 26 March 2012 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
It seems suspect maybe but it also seems totally nuts that Perez would have ran off the track like that on purpose.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Monday, 26 March 2012 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
Not suggesting that was deliberate - but if it were me driving and I'd gotten that message, I might have run off the road simply because I wasn't concentrating on the drive any longer. The pit stop thing definitely seemed like an attempt to hold Perez back, and the message got sent to drive the point home that second place suited everyone just fine. Perez took Sauber by surprise, I think. Nothing nefarious or awful, just unfortunate since he could have taken Alonso with many laps to spare. Sauber of course denies any scheming, which makes sense since from his point of view it isn't scheming to settle for second.
― Brakhage, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
Gotta say it's great to have a race in which there's something to talk about instead of marvelling at somebody's 15-second lead they keep for the entire race!
― Brakhage, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
USFU1, amirite
― thirstin' maw (haitch), Saturday, 17 November 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
u rite
Vettel on pole again; Formula 1 press writes up twenty articles asking, "is Vettel really that good? Can't be as good as Alonso!"
― After Cease To Exist Button (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 17 November 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
148,000 people the first two days. Silverstone levels of attendance thus far.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 17 November 2012 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
pretty decent race so far.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 18 November 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah really enjoying it. What was Vettel complaining about with that overtake?
― Gukbe, Sunday, 18 November 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
I think he thought Hamilton was too close to his side? If so, it's because Vettel didn't give him enough space even though he was good and got via DRS.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 18 November 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
great inaugural COTA race.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 18 November 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
that is an excellent track imo. are there any upcoming races in other classes on it, le mans prototypes or something?
― thirstin' maw (haitch), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 00:20 (eleven years ago) link
I believe the next race is MotoGP in April.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
I really dug the COTA track too. Horner was saying it's obvious they'd intentionally stolen bits of other tracks, which sounds awful but it came together really well - it feels a bit like Interlagos and looks like great fun to drive. New tracks get a lot of complaints these days but most everyone seems well pleased.
― Brakhage, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 00:24 (eleven years ago) link
It's totally Tilke's greatest hits - bit of Turkey, bit of that. But it looks like it'll be the best Tilke track for passing, at least.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 00:26 (eleven years ago) link
also: V8 Supercars next year
I don't "get" that part of the marketing plan.
― After Cease To Exist Button (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 09:37 (eleven years ago) link
Not sure if I enjoyed the GP as much as everyone else did (well, until the podium ceremony), possibly because it was on at 6am on a Monday morning. As good as Lewis' stalking of Seb was, I preferred PASTOOOOR's barging past B. Senna. If that didn't bring a smile to the face of Sir Frank, nothing will.
Can't get too excited about Brazil either; I want Vettel to win because OL' HAIRY EYEBROWS but it would be something of an anti-climax, if you know what I mean.
― After Cease To Exist Button (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 09:42 (eleven years ago) link
!!! SUTIL MIGHT BE COMING BACK TO FORCE INDIA !!!
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/forc_suti_vale_2011-1.jpg
― After Cease To Exist Button (King Boy Pato), Friday, 23 November 2012 11:02 (eleven years ago) link
He probably won't be able to get visas for several races so it seems a weird choice.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 23 November 2012 11:41 (eleven years ago) link
Charles Pic moves up to the dizzying heights of...Caterham?
― After Cease To Exist Button (King Boy Pato), Friday, 23 November 2012 11:51 (eleven years ago) link
McLaren lock out! Nicely done.
Poor Alonso :(
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 24 November 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
yeah but red bull have a special qualifying car that is highly illegal and that is making alonso look bad (just ask any internet f1 b0ard)
― After Cease To Exist Button (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 25 November 2012 11:21 (eleven years ago) link
oh, please let it end this way.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 25 November 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
This is nuts
― Gukbe, Sunday, 25 November 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
absolutely goofy.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 25 November 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
Dammit! It was so close. Alonso is champion in my book. There is no way that car is even close to the Red Bull and yet it's only a few points that separate them at the end of the season. Remarkable.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 25 November 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
still remember alonso in qualifying for his debut GP, melbourne 2001 - one of my pals and I went along and got a good position in a braking area with some trees throwing shade, so you could see all the cars' brakes heat up. so you could tell really easily that alonso was going in metres later than everybody else in that piece of shit minardi!
― the wower of pun (haitch), Monday, 26 November 2012 02:01 (eleven years ago) link
Had to wait almost a day to watch this.
Bloody 'ell.
― ✂--- CUT HERE FOR YOUR COUPON --- (King Boy Pato), Monday, 26 November 2012 12:34 (eleven years ago) link
CRAZY RAIN RACE + OL' HAIRY EYEBROWS NOT WINNING + THE HULK LEADING SOME LAPS = PRETTY AWESOME
― ✂--- CUT HERE FOR YOUR COUPON --- (King Boy Pato), Monday, 26 November 2012 12:35 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.rian.ru/images/17446/72/174467200.jpg
u mad, marussia?
― ✂--- CUT HERE FOR YOUR COUPON --- (King Boy Pato), Monday, 26 November 2012 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104598
lol butthurt
― ✂--- CUT HERE FOR YOUR COUPON --- (King Boy Pato), Monday, 26 November 2012 12:41 (eleven years ago) link
<3 interlagos, what a mental race
― the wower of pun (haitch), Monday, 26 November 2012 13:05 (eleven years ago) link
'PETROBRAS' is one of the most awkward brand names of all time, u feel me
― the wower of pun (haitch), Monday, 26 November 2012 13:36 (eleven years ago) link
360-degree video from a Red Bull test run
― Brakhage, Monday, 26 November 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
A friend of mine has to research how Formula 1 works (teams, money, development, etc) for his job. Anybody know of any good sites/books that might give a solid rundown?
― Gukbe, Thursday, 3 January 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
I follow a lot of F1 stuff and the only people I've found so far who really work the financial side are Buxton and Saward. Saward in particular made it clear to me how the prize money is structured as an incentive and life support, ie the race for tenth place really is life or death for teams. You'll never hear anyone on TV actually talking in depth about money, sponsorship, etc and how it affects the sport - it's mentioned in passing.
The unapproved bio of Ecclestone is interesting not in that it demonstrates he's obnoxious (we all knew that) but how brilliant he is at a. structuring deals and b. playing the media.
― Brakhage, Thursday, 10 January 2013 17:15 (eleven years ago) link