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2014 - Round 01 - Formula 1 Rolex Australian GP


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#26 Redliner

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Posted 14 March 2014 - 07:48 PM

It will be gone or will they be forced to wear a condom to cover the penis like they had that plate to cover the quasimodo hump last year?


I'll take that hump back anyday of the week now :\

To think, I used to get annoyed by the little winglets during the 2000 era F1 cars....now I'd love to have those back :o

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Posted 14 March 2014 - 09:00 PM

Seb's new car can be called Helmut's manwhore brother.

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Posted 15 March 2014 - 07:08 AM

They should have just paid kimi not to race like in 2010 and but Bianchi in the car

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Posted 15 March 2014 - 03:24 PM

God damnit

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Posted 16 March 2014 - 07:42 AM

that was kinda boring not gonna lie

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Posted 16 March 2014 - 08:09 AM

Damn Kamikaze ruined Massa's race :mad:

Was an interesting race otherwise. A lot more finishers than I expexted.

Edit: mechanical failure, so not Kovayashi's fault

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Posted 16 March 2014 - 02:49 PM

Ricciardo excluded for exceeding 100L/h fuel flow.

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Posted 16 March 2014 - 03:10 PM

Ricciardo excluded for exceeding 100L/h fuel flow.

It's seems like such a bullshit ruling. Poor kid.

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Posted 16 March 2014 - 06:37 PM

I guess the rule's there to limit maximum power. Would be cool if there was just a total fuel limit per race with no power limit but I guess the FIA also wanted to keep costs in check.

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Posted 16 March 2014 - 08:28 PM

I thought that was a great start.

New era of f1 showing that fast cars won't get stuck anymore is great...bottas fighting back to 6th and button from 10th to 4th I'm race is good.

So I think the new engine dependent rules have worked.

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Posted 16 March 2014 - 08:38 PM

It's seems like such a bullshit ruling. Poor kid.

They should have just used a flow restrictor instead of the electronic monitoring bs.

Hopefully this is not a recurring issue this season

Good passing and not too easy. Drivers making mistakes and having to apply opposite lock. Seb getting his panties in a bunch. So far so good..

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Posted 16 March 2014 - 10:25 PM

I thought that was a great start.

New era of f1 showing that fast cars won't get stuck anymore is great...bottas fighting back to 6th and button from 10th to 4th I'm race is good.

So I think the new engine dependent rules have worked.


Mercedes cars can fight back...Ferraris couldn't overtake anyone

Not sure about Renault since only one was running and I don't think Dani had to overtake anyone.

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 01:29 AM

Reliability wise Ferrari ftw?
Renault and Merc had issues...

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 11:38 AM

http://www.theguardi...-prix-organiser

Formula One cars not loud enough, says Australian Grand Prix organiser

I guess any excuse will do, there's been a lot of talk past few years about AUS GP wanting to get off the calendar or have better terms.

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 05:52 PM

This fuel sensor reminds me of the Toyota WRC scandal where Toyota found a way to trick the pop-off valves from releasing @ 2.5 Bars to allow the motor to run higher boost than allowed. Perhaps RB has engineered a section of their fuel delivery to show lower values while it's actually pushing higher fuel rates to the motor?

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 06:31 PM

This fuel sensor reminds me of the Toyota WRC scandal where Toyota found a way to trick the pop-off valves from releasing @ 2.5 Bars to allow the motor to run higher boost than allowed. Perhaps RB has engineered a section of their fuel delivery to show lower values while it's actually pushing higher fuel rates to the motor?

My guess is this dsq will be upheld. No doubt rbr will mount a hard fight later this season, no point helping them out now and risking another boring 2nd half of the season

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 07:59 PM

Oh you mean how last season Vettel basically won both constructors and drivers chips by himself?

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 08:26 PM

My guess is this dsq will be upheld. No doubt rbr will mount a hard fight later this season, no point helping them out now and risking another boring 2nd half of the season

Especially when the other teams heeded FIA's instructions

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 09:07 PM

Especially when the other teams heeded FIA's instructions



This.

Also, remember that double points are still in effect for the final race. If Vettel comes back and clinches the title because of that asinine rule...Vettel will become public enemy number F1 through no fault of his own.

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 04:15 AM

The new engines sound like fucking ass :madfawk:

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 02:33 PM

On one hand I understand why F1 should be noisy. On the other hand, comments that racing cars need big sounds, I point you to the current diesal LeMans cars...no one cried when they went quiet?

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 05:55 PM

On one hand I understand why F1 should be noisy. On the other hand, comments that racing cars need big sounds, I point you to the current diesal LeMans cars...no one cried when they went quiet?

Im still more offended by the str and fi nose cones than the noise.

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 10:06 PM

Quiet F1 is a bit like an electric sports car. You know it's the future but it still doesn't quite provide the same emotions.

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 10:28 PM

It doesn't bother me that they are not loud, it does bother me that they sound like shit... now if they raised the rev limiter back to 18k they would be much better...

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 10:54 PM

On one hand I understand why F1 should be noisy. On the other hand, comments that racing cars need big sounds, I point you to the current diesal LeMans cars...no one cried when they went quiet?


The diesels sound like shit, but you still have the glorious sounds from V8 Corvettes and Ferraris and flat-6 Porsches.




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