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Sahara Force India
Nico Hulkenberg
Sergio Perez
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Sahara Force India
Nico Hulkenberg
Sergio Perez
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Mercedes engine this year.
Sauber and Ferrari little bit identical, apart from the paint job. I'm guessing Sauber are praying the performance isn't quite so identical.
I have a feeling Sauber will be propping up the grid.
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Red Bull test car.
Fernando Alonso airlifted to hospital after McLaren driver crashes in F1 testing
Fernando Alonso crashes on exit of turn three at Circuit de Catalunya
Spaniard was driving McLaren on the final day of testing in Barcelona
Alonso airlifted to hospital but said to be 'OK and conscious'
It's a weird one because it was a minor crash. The car is barely damaged.
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Lotus' new development driver. He's called Boh-B and has a woman's hands I'll wager have never weighed anchor in a storm.
Fernando Alonso has been given a clean bill of health. Is completely uninjured.
And yet he will not take part in the Australian GP under doctors orders.
Really, really weird.
???Quote:
Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
Health and safety gone mad? This is another sport that has been turned into a political money machine. Money ruins everything it touches, some day sports fans are going to figure that out.
What a mess Sauber are in.
They are properly fucked.
And Caterham too unfortunately.
Soon it will only be Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, Man City and the chavs who can afford to race.
Well Caterham no longer exist. No loss really.
But Sauber are a team with a long history. What they are trying to get away with here is criminal.
Still all about money in the end and if teams like Sauber have to pull shit like this then what hope is there for a smaller team to come in and survive? All of F1 is a mess, due to the greed of a few cunts like Ecclestone and the gang at Ferrari. They are too greedy and short-sighted to understand that grabbing every bit they can to the point where nothing is left for anyone else will ultimately kill the golden goose. The sport as a whole is in a shit state, like football living on the memories and hijacked by mobsters.
Only 11 cars are left running. :sarcy:
Red Bull threatening to pull out because of Merc's dominance.
I guess 2010-2013 are easily forgotten.
Hockenheim cut from 2015 schedule, first time there is no German GP since 1960. Attendances not high enough enough to stuff Ecclestone's wallet with enough cash. F1 supremo greed merchant still very much alive and well despite everyone in F1 wishing he was dead.
#f1farce
Qualifying for Malaysia in half an hour.
There was a bit of lightning around but Q1 has finally finished.
Nasr, Button, Alonso, Merhi and Stevens drop out.
:haha:
Vettel's car sparking around all lap long in Q2.
And down comes the rain. :bow:
Monsoon in fact.
Dropped out of Q2:
11) Raikkonen 12) Maldonado 13) Hulkenberg 14) Perez 15) Sainz
Halfway through Q3 now.
Piece of shit Bernie Ecclestone speaks:
On Hamilton:
Bernie just can't understand why everyone isn't a shameless publicity whore like himself.Quote:
‘He’s the best world champion we’ve had,’ said Ecclestone.
‘As a driver he is absolutely outstanding — as good as there’s ever been. Apart from the talent, he’s a good guy, he gets out on the street and supports and promotes Formula One. He is box office, 100 per cent.
‘It doesn’t matter what comes out of Lewis’s mouth, it’s good — even if it’s silly. It’s great for the sport. I told Sebastian (Vettel) he should do what Lewis is doing — put himself out there. He won four titles but went to ground.
‘He should have done the job of world champion. He got paid money for being champion. These guys think their only job is racing a car. It goes a bit further than that.
On his own unbearable and insatiable greed:
Monza FFS. The man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.Quote:
Ecclestone said that even Monza, the track central to Italy’s love affair with motor racing, could be another victim.
‘It would be terrible, but if it goes, it goes,’ he said. ‘It’s funny how these people dig up money for things like the Olympics, European athletics and God knows what else. People say we charge too much for a race, and they are probably right, but teams get 62 per cent of the profit the company makes, so if we make less money, the teams make less money.’
On his total disregard for the traditions and integrity of the sport and his desire to reintroduce and extend the farcical double points nonsense:
I know, why not have an auction for the points? Get rid of the stupid cars and drivers and we could have the teams bidding for points. And to place their bids they have to run the wrong way up a treadmill that was sprayed with oil while clowns threw wet sponges at them. All proceeds go to Bernie.Quote:
‘Last year we didn’t know who the world champion was until the last corner of the last race,’ he said. ‘It was exciting. I’d like to extend it to the last three races.’ And then there are the sprinklers to create artificially wet races. Ecclestone said: ‘We should do that. Why not have six races where there’s something different?
‘I also suggested that we give 20 points over a weekend. Ten points for pole and 10 for winning the race. Then the one on pole starts maybe 12th on the grid, so you get a bunch of decent guys starting in the middle of the field.’
On how low he's prepared to sink to stuff his wallet:
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix :haha:Quote:
Ecclestone, 84, is criticised for selling the sport’s soul to ever higher bidders, with Baku in Azerbaijan due to be added to the calendar next year and the German Grand Prix off for this season, with no guarantee of a return.
Only the good die young.
Malaysian GP under way.
Raikkonen has a puncture!
Ericsson crashes!
Vettel leads, Rosberg and Hamilton both fitted with the Safety Car out.
Hamilton is back up to second.
Think this is the biggest gap Vettel is going to get on Hamilton from this stint. Time to pit I say.
Vettel pits and is down in third now.
Vettel passes Rosberg!
Vettel is closing in on Hamilton, Hamilton's tyres losing grips significantly.
Only a second behind!
