Chief F1 Fan

hopefully right around the time I need him to be scoring max points after using other viable picks along the way.

F-C

StreetKA

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i just watched the chinese race and ROFL @ Vettel and Kobayashi incident OMG this guy is so pathetic !!!!

Chief F1 Fan

Paul Hembery of Pirelli does some bragging . . .

http://www.pitpass.com/51445/Pirelli...osebump-moment

Legend2TL

Was not aware of the 2014 brake by wire (BBW) system and how it works.

I can imagine how dificult it is for the drivers and engineers to work out a smooth transition from the kinetic recovery and hydraulic modulation of the rear brakes.

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2014/0...t-the-drivers/

http://www.racecar-engineering.com/a...brake-by-wire/

Chief F1 Fan

In 1989, my wife and I got 2 tickets in a grandstand just before Turn 1. Here's Senna on race day:



And here's the podium from the 1995 Canadian GP. Jean Alesi won his only GP on his 31st birthday and is with Rubens Barrichello and Eddie Irvine (Jordan's best podium as well). My brother and our wives were in the Gold grandstands and got into pit lane just in time to catch this action. I held the camera up over my head and snapped a shit load of pics and this one turned out.

F-C

Ah, the good old days.

Chief F1 Fan

the Senna shot was done a few laps before he retired-right in front of us. I was screaming in joy much to the chagrin of a lot of people around me. Boutsen/Patrese for Williams came in 1-2. I don't remember who finished 3rd.

EDIT: just checked, it was Andrea DeCeasaris a/k/a "De Crasheris" and the first driver I ever heard described as a high-speed chicane.

Chief F1 Fan

check out the number of entrants for the 89 GP! I remember the days of pre-qualifying at 8:00 a.m.


Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 69 2:01:24.073 6 9
2 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 69 + 30.007 3 6
3 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 69 + 1:36.649 9 4
4 11 Brazil Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 69 + 1:41.484 19 3
5 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Ford 68 + 1 Lap 22 2
6 21 Italy Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 67 + 2 Laps 8 1
7 1 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 66 Engine 2
8 38 Germany Christian Danner Rial-Ford 66 + 3 Laps 23
Ret 31 Brazil Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford 57 Differential 26
Ret 9 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 40 Engine 12
Ret 3 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 35 Spun Off 14
Ret 17 Italy Nicola Larini Osella-Ford 33 Electrical 15
Ret 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Judd 28 Spun Off 21
Ret 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 26 Spun Off 10
DSQ 36 Sweden Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford 13 Disqualified 18
Ret 24 Spain Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 11 Spun Off 24
Ret 15 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 11 Electrical 17
Ret 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 6 Gearbox 4
Ret 40 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 6 Spun Off 25
Ret 10 United States Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 3 Spun Off 16
Ret 2 France Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 2 Suspension 1
DSQ 27 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Ferrari 0 Disqualified 5
Ret 8 Italy Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 0 Accident 7
Ret 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 0 Accident 11
DSQ 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 0 Disqualified 13
Ret 4 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 0 Electrical 20
DNQ 12 Japan Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd
DNQ 29 France Yannick Dalmas Lola-Lamborghini
DNQ 20 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Benetton-Ford
DNQ 26 France Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford
DNPQ 7 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd
DNPQ 37 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Onyx-Ford
DNPQ 33 Switzerland Gregor Foitek Euro Brun-Judd
DNPQ 18 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford
DNPQ 34 Germany Bernd Schneider Zakspeed-Yamaha
DNPQ 41 Germany Joachim Winkelhock AGS-Ford
DNPQ 39 Germany Volker Weidler Rial-Ford
DNPQ 35 Japan Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha
DNPQ 32 France Pierre-Henri Raphanel Coloni-Ford

F-C

I'd love to see that again. Just imagine the Caterham-Marussia-Haas battles to qualify.

Chief F1 Fan

it sucked for spectators though-you had to leave the hotel at 6:30 to be out at the track and in your seat by 8:00, earlier if you sat in the Senna Hairpin section.

Legend2TL

Ahh, the start of Williams 3rd surge (1st 79-82, 2nd 86-87, 3rd 89-97, 4th 2000-2004). Beginning of a great partnership with Renault.

Chief F1 Fan

me and the whiff are going West. Got tickets in 24, aisle, sec. 5, JJ

00TL-P3.2

Not sure the USGP is going to happen for me this year. All depends on how the next few months go; $400 for 2 is steep for us right now.

West6MT

Nice, those are great.

Chief F1 Fan

what's your excuse for not going this year?

Chief F1 Fan

Just so happens he is in the midst of renewing his promotion of the Canadian GP. My tickets came yesterday, Grandstand 24 here we come! I'll have vids boyz


Canadian grand prix promoter pleased with new F1 V6 sound
By thisisf1 On 1 May, 2014 At 08:59 PM | Categorized As F1 2014 Canadian GP, F1 top news, Latest F1 News | With 0 Comments
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Canadian grand prix promoter Francois Dumontier doesn’t mind the new and milder sound of formula one.

Earlier in 2014, Australian grand prix chief Ron Walker revealed his outrage at the loss of the screaming engines of the past, insisting fellow race promoters will also be looking into whether the sport had breached its contracts.

Less concerned, however, is Dumontier, the man behind the popular Canadian grand prix in Montreal.

He is currently in the midst of negotiations to extend the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve’s contract beyond 2014, but on the matter of engine sound, he thinks it is purely “subjective”.

“I think assessing the sound of the engine is subjective,” Dumontier told La Presse newspaper.

“Now with a V6, I am more inclined to look at the technological development,” he added.

“In Montreal, simulations predict that Mercedes will be 18 kilometres per hour faster on the Casino straight than before.

“The cars will be less noisy, but there are those concerned with the performance, and they will be more powerful,” said Dumontier.

And he pointed out that some spectators in Montreal later this year will be happy with F1′s new sound.

“With the V8s, it was impossible to have a conversation when there were cars on the track,” he said.

“I see a positive side: Saint-Lambert will complain less,” Dumontier, referring to the city on the other side of the St Lawrence river, joked.

Nonetheless, F1′s engine manufacturers are looking into how to urgently turn up the volume of the new turbocharged V6s, with the only viable change likely to be in the area of the exhaust.

But there are already noticeable differences between the sounds of the Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault cars, and Renault’s Rob White said the reason is due to varying exhaust lengths.

“Mercedes has the shortest exhaust, we have the longest and Ferrari is somewhere in between,” he is quoted by Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport. (GMM)

00TL-P3.2

Um, isn't that the point

West6MT

Great behind the scenes mini documentary thing about Ferrari getting ready for the 2014 season.

Chief F1 Fan

or more precisely, his Venezuelan oil sponsor did. Talk about getting less than zero for your money out of the deal.

Maldonado paid $25m to leave Williams



A $25 million termination payment from Pastor Maldonado's sponsor helped Williams to drive back into profit.

The publicly-listed British team released its 2013 financial results on Friday, showing a $20m operating profit despite a poor season on track.

The Telegraph newspaper said the result was helped by a one-off termination payment made by the Venezuelan oil company PDVSA, who wanted to move their backing of driver Maldonado to the Lotus team for 2014.

The report said the payment "is believed to be in the region of $25m", in the wake of a more than $8 million loss recorded by Williams just a year ago.

"We made good progress commercially through the winter months and Williams continues to attract an enthusiastic and very loyal group of partners and fans," team boss Sir Frank Williams said in Friday's statement.

"These annual results demonstrate that we continue to manage our business in a fiscally responsible way and provide the foundation from which we can continue to grow.

"We have started the 2014 formula one season well and hope we can continue to improve our performance," he added.

Legend2TL

^ wow, the only thing that compares to that is when Ferrari paid Kimi $45M (estimated) for him not to race in 2010.

StreetKA

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i will leave it here...

Legend2TL

^

Chief F1 Fan

I really really dislike that guy

Legend2TL

Interesting race

• Great drive by Vettel to 4th, made some pretty good passes
• Radio traffic between Hamilton and his race engineer were strained to say the elast with the strategy
• Ferrari one lap down
• Good to see Williams doing better
• Perez must be loving life these days
• Lotta pressure on Hamilton but he doesn't crack too often

F-C

Hamilton seems very paranoid. Maybe he thinks Mercedes prefers a German to win?

Legend2TL

^ yeah he didn't like the miscommunication problems, questioned the gap times and openly wondered about the strategy.

00TL-P3.2

Good race, was hoping Bottas could put it on the podium, but 5th isn't bad.

F-C

Interesting. These aren't mass-production vehicles, so I guess imperfections do happen.

Legend2TL

^ that is interesting.

Woulda thought with all the high tech equipment F1 teams buy that they could tell the tub was not up to spec.

Chief F1 Fan

Well, Vettel was 7 seconds closer to Ricciardo at the finish in China than he was at the finish of the Spanish GP where he had the unbent chassis.

F-C

But Vettel didn't have to start from 15th in China.

StreetKA

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Maldonado the Movie - Extended Trailer:

Legend2TL

^

Chief F1 Fan

No wonder his sponsor paid Williams-he wrecked a shitload of cars

F-C

I'd watch this movie.

Chief F1 Fan

Pretty cool, I wish I could put 2 mistake free laps in a row together when I race Monaco on "F1 2013"

http://www.f1-fansite.com/f1-videos/...hamilton-2014/

West6MT

Nice link ^^

Chief F1 Fan

Hey West-good chance for the Cdn. GP I'll be in the suites at Turn 1 this year beotch!

00TL-P3.2

DVR'd & watched the Spanish GP2 race earlier this week. Not bad, but a by comparison.