2015 Australian GP Burgermeister ## Board Owner 03/09/15 (Mon) 07:16:04 88821d No. 1341 [View All]
You guys excited? 3 days until practice 1 and we still have no clue whether Giedo will get to race or who the second Manor driver is.
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Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:27:20 2fc807 No. 1418
Nasr is doing his best Trulli Train impression.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:29:27 d14639 No. 1419
>>1418 Haha I was just going to say
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:29:59 b50038 No. 1420
>Marshall gets applause
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:30:40 d14639 No. 1421
>>1416 Jean todt, if you aren't safe, he'll murder you.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:31:35 d14639 No. 1422
>>1420 Hilarious. Was that a monkey seat or a floor piece?
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:32:12 88821d No. 1423
wow this is a fucking farce.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:32:17 b50038 No. 1424
>>1422 Dunno. Looked like floor from the replay.
Also Raikkonnen getting screwed over by other shit again.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:33:10 2fc807 No. 1425
>>1424 He's getting too old for this shit.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:42:38 443832 No. 1426
What are the chances of Renault bringing these back to become competitive again?
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:44:44 88821d No. 1427
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:44:55 b50038 No. 1428
Left rears a shit today.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:45:24 d14639 No. 1429
What is up with these botched pit stops?
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:47:04 d14639 No. 1430
>>1426 3.5 liter f1 formula ftw
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:50:34 88821d No. 1431
shit, the off season has been brutal to Force india
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:54:46 88821d No. 1432
raikkonen is hot shit right now
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 05:59:13 2fc807 No. 1433
RIP Verstappen's engine.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:00:14 d14639 No. 1434
FIA reality check when? These engines man.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:02:19 b50038 No. 1435
>>1434 At this rate there isn't gonna be any engines left for half the field by the end of the season.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:07:51 2fc807 No. 1436
>>1434 >Being sensible
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:10:07 b50038 No. 1437
What the fuck.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:10:29 1b243e No. 1438
:(
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:10:39 88821d No. 1439
AHAHHAH MCLAREN MIGHT JUST SCORE POINTS
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:11:46 88821d No. 1440
>>1437 agreed. this is fucking amateur hour. Entertaining to watch though
>>1434 pls change formula FIA
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:12:06 2fc807 No. 1441
This race is fucking retarded.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:14:22 88821d No. 1442
>>1377 >"We have worse reliability than in the 90s, but none of the speed. In season drama is good though." Right now this comment looks prescient.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:14:55 b50038 No. 1443
The new unsafe release rules are some hot bullshit.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:37:03 b50038 No. 1444
Same three faggots on the podium.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:38:03 d14639 No. 1445
>>1444 Couldn't have said it better myself.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:42:43 2fc807 No. 1446
>>1444 2016 will be the start of the next Vettelreich
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:47:02 88821d No. 1447
what a shame that they fucked giedo out of Nasr's seat this race.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:47:07 b50038 No. 1448
Well, either way, it's bedtime since the old man has taken control of the box. Night, fellow Backmarkers. Here's hoping the next race is less of a shitshow.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:47:45 d14639 No. 1449
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:50:59 1b243e No. 1450
lol at the booing guy
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 08:27:08 16cfe8 No. 1453
>60 posts for the race
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 08:28:07 88821d No. 1454
>>1453 thread was better than the race.
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Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 08:31:02 16cfe8 No. 1455
>>1454 I might actually cross post here as well then next race if there are actually people posting here.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 08:34:54 d14639 No. 1456
>>1455 During a race the board is actually pretty fast.
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 08:35:49 16cfe8 No. 1457
>>1456 Well where the fuck are all these people when there isn't a race?
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 08:36:22 88821d No. 1458
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 08:41:24 16cfe8 No. 1459
>>1458 I just want my post race bants and wag discussions while we wait for the next race.
;_;
Backmarker 03/15/15 (Sun) 08:45:28 88821d No. 1460
>>1459 make a thread and they will come.
Backmarker 03/16/15 (Mon) 03:43:22 16cfe8 No. 1462
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Alright guys, I've had time to think about the race yesterday and have since come to this conclusion.
Backmarker 03/16/15 (Mon) 10:34:48 e5455f No. 1463
Wow, who wants to F1 nowadays ? There are too much money involved and too much régulations, it kills the sport.
Backmarker 03/16/15 (Mon) 19:01:19 88821d No. 1464
>>1463 If there were more ways to compete (engine development, more chassis freedom, less obsessively regulated aero) teams wouldnt be encountering diminishing returns in performance for dollar spent. In large part the cost cutting measures have made very marginal cost savings, but made running a competitive team or moving up the grid far more expensive.
F1 right now has a disrespect for the way economics work on a very basic level. We should seriously look at every rule made since 1994 and start striking them down. Also the team payouts need to be more fairly distributed.
Backmarker 03/16/15 (Mon) 19:08:18 d14639 No. 1465
>>1463 You're right, but the thing that scares me is that people think that "the sport" and "the show" are separate. In f1 half the sport is in the freedom to develop the cars in a limited restriction formula 1. This inherently produces good racing and consequently, a good show. FOM, the FIA, many fans, and the news commentators seem to think that adding more rules will improve things when it is the opposite. Those fake sparks looks ridiculous, drs and kers are extremely gimmicky and cheap concepts that take a lot of skill out.
Backmarker 03/17/15 (Tue) 01:30:50 16cfe8 No. 1466
>>1463 If you can't pay the bills, get out of the sport. Plain and simple. Makes room for more proper, relevant companies like Toyota and potentially Audi to get into F1, where we can have more battles rather than backmarkers shitting up the grid.
Backmarker 03/17/15 (Tue) 02:14:24 d14639 No. 1467
>>1466 And while you're not wrong in saying that unprofessional outfits shouldn't be in the top level of motorsport. The quest for lower speeds, overzealous safety measures, and draconian rules has disinterested manufacturers in taking the place of these backmarkers.
Michelin runs a wec program and has said several times that they don't want to make tyres that are regulated as heavily as they are, and with forced degradation.
Toyota runs a very successful wec program and will only run one effort of that level. It cost them far less to have this great pr in wec than it did for their mediocre team in f1.
Audi it seems only has a likely chance of joining f1 if Volkswagen group decides its Porsches turn to dominate wec.
Backmarker 03/31/15 (Tue) 21:26:08 3c7b21 No. 2166
>>1465 I totally agree. I believe that F1 is supposed to be the entry door for people discovering the Automobile World (at least in Europe since USA have much more different and fun auto competitions) , and therefore F1 should be fun to watch, exciting and gathering supporters. But F1 is failing at this task.
Good example: Moto3, 125cc bikes for everyone, 30+ riders, 7-8 riders in the same second at the starting Grid, not a single lap without overtake…and I could go on.
>>1466 Audi making AWD F1 to promote their Quattro ? Sounds fun.
Backmarker 03/31/15 (Tue) 22:30:52 88821d No. 2167
>>2166 The key thing to f1 though is not to be gimmicky. F1 has to have good racing because of open and consistent rules, not retarded shit like reverse grids, spark making titanium blocks, drs, kers, double points, etc.
Backmarker 03/31/15 (Tue) 22:49:35 88821d No. 2168
>>2166 you're right in pointing out that motogp and its series are definitely something to learn from.