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Mugen very nice shots! Where were you sitting? Last time we went we sat in the turn 9 grandstands
Thanks! We were sitting at Turn 9 as well. The first several photos (their recon laps) were taken from one of the pedestrian bridges on our way to Turn 9.
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I read a quote this morning from Christian Horner which said with regard to next year's RBR power unit "one thing is certain, Ron Dennis will not be happy." Did Honda override Ron's veto?
I read a quote this morning from Christian Horner which said with regard to next year's RBR power unit "one thing is certain, Ron Dennis will not be happy." Did Honda override Ron's veto?
That's what I'm talking about Chief. Over the last three days, Horner has made conflicting statements that seem to cause confusion.
First, he hints that Red Bull will stay with Renault but with other branding. This indicates that RB will use Renault/Infiniti/Nissan???
Then he says that he can't comment on what engine yet, and the reason is because of Toto Wolf. So it seems to indicate that Mercedes is still in play.
Then he says that Ron Dennis won't be happy. This seems to imply that RB will use Honda (or Acura as a loophole to Ron Dennis's contract)????
2015 AUTOSPORT TEAM PRINCIPALS' TOP 10
1 Lewis Hamilton (229pts)
2 Sebastian Vettel (180)
3 Nico Rosberg (113)
4 Max Verstappen (77)
5 Daniil Kvyat (69)
6 Fernando Alonso (57)
7 Valtteri Bottas (52)
8 Sergio Perez (48)
9 Daniel Ricciardo (47)
10 Kimi Raikkonen (37)
WHO VOTED
Toto Wolff, Mercedes
Maurizio Arrivabene, Ferrari
Sir Frank Williams, Williams
Christian Horner, Red Bull
Vijay Mallya, Force India
Franz Tost, Toro Rosso
Federico Gastaldi, Lotus
Eric Boullier, McLaren
Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber
John Booth, Manor
What a weird list. Do people really think that highly of Verstappen? Did Kvyat out perform Ricciardo? How in the world did Alonso get on this list?
What exactly can Mario Illien do to the Renault engine? Isn't the engine homogulated, and only the engine manufacturer can use tokens to change it?
That's a good question, there are lots of mechanical limitation but I thought the S/W can be changed. Ilien although a mechanical engineer and former Cosworth employee, is extremely sharp in ECU management and understanding the big picture of powertrain management.
No amount of software changes will make an engine competitive if mechanical limitation is the weakest link. The Honda powerplant is a good example.
Homologation just kills progresses and competitions.
It's not that simple, since neither of us know the woes of the Honda engine. It's a complicated mechanical/electronic/battery/cooling/electrical/software piece of the technology. Honda had alot of electronic problems with the mechanical and thermal kinetic recovery systems all season. This was noted at Monza.
Wolff and MB have had enough of their driver's public bickering
I like the power play by MB on this. Both drivers owe a ton to Mercedes. I would argue Mercedes is more responsible for the championship than Hamilton is.
McLaren 1984, MP4/2, won 12 out of 16 races. Lauda WDC, McLaren WCC. Pretty amazing season and start of 3 straight WDC from 1984-6
In 1988 McLaren won 15 of 16(and would have won them all if not for a backmarker in Italy) and Senna won his first title. The McLaren Honda MP4/4 is still the most dominant car in F1 history.
In 1988 McLaren won 15 of 16(and would have won them all if not for a backmarker in Italy) and Senna won his first title. The McLaren Honda MP4/4 is still the most dominant car in F1 history.
Both are legendary cars (Barnard MP4/2, Murray/Nichols MP4/4) with slightly different context.
The MP4/2 was in the middle of the first turbo era, and was a extremely versatile package with it's Porsche/TAG motor. It was so dominant it won 3 straight WDC's (last was on some luck as Williams FW11's were the best car). It beat
1988 was the last turbo year and most teams choose to revise their 1987 turbo chassis (Ferrari, Arrows, etc.) or design new normally aspirated cars (Benneton, Williams, etc.). Only two teams (Lotus 99T and McLaren MP4/4 both using the all new Honda motor) designed all new turbo cars for 1988.
The MP4/4 was so good that it only tested a week before the first race, when the team saw they were ~2 seconds faster than the rest they knew they had the WDC/WCC even before the first race, the only question was Prost or Senna?
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