F1 - General discussion and 2016 Season

[stixx]

Read this on iafrica.com

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I wonder how this will affect Ferrari's F1 future... Probably won't alter it that much, but still. Could have implications.

If they keep on the traditions of Enzo Ferrari - Ferrari is first and foremost a racing team, they make road cars to finance the racing. So it wouldn't really affect them, in fact it might help them out. The Ferrari road car business is doing extremely well for a low volume manufacturer, in fact they are one of the most profitable divisions in FIAT. They wont be under the whims of the volume producer FIAT and can make their road cars even more elite.

 

[Polish]

As long as there's room up there for me too! Would be able to dust off my old BMW F1 attire

I still have '06, '07 and '08 BMW Sauber caps straight from the BMW factory in Germany. Very very dusty now, but nothing a wash cant fix

 

[Agent_Smith]

I still have '06, '07 and '08 BMW Sauber caps straight from the BMW factory in Germany. Very very dusty now, but nothing a wash cant fix

I also have the BMW Sauber caps as well as my favourite, my '03 BMW-Williams Juan Pablo Montoya one. Not from Germany though, the BMW Pavilion at the V&A. Haha

 

[stixx]

BMW lovers

 

[Polish]

I also have the BMW Sauber caps as well as my favourite, my '03 BMW-Williams Juan Pablo Montoya one. Not from Germany though, the BMW Pavilion at the V&A. Haha

I would have liked the Williams, i liked that era.

 

[Agent_Smith]

I would have liked the Williams, i liked that era.

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Yup. 2003 was their best shot at both titles, and they were well within the hunt, until the infamous Michelin-gate. The Bridgestone runners questioned the legality of the Michelin tyres and that query was up-held, resulting in Michelin having to drastically alter their tyres right before the Monza GP. The Williams of Montoya and the McLaren of Kimi Raikkonen were never in the hunt after that.

 

[stixx]

Some pictures of the Mercedes power unit:

 

[Polish]

Some pictures of the Mercedes power unit:

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it looks like its holding on

 

[Polish]

 

[Polish]

Undecided where to put the extra wheels

 

[Polish]

Yoh !!!!!!

More of a concept but luckily never made it.

Fekking scary if you ask me.

 

[Polish]

Awesome picture of a part of the track in Austin

 

[Polish]

He he

 

[Polish]

Concept car

 

[caroper]

He he

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It may not be a joke
Renault testing a closed cockpit and the ability to run after sunset.
Could be the answer to all of Burnie E's problems.

 

[Willie Trombone]

It may not be a joke
Renault testing a closed cockpit and the ability to run after sunset.
Could be the answer to all of Burnie E's problems.

Hahaha - very cool!!

 

[Polish]

Eish, now they wanna slap Marussia and Caterham with fines.

http://en.espnf1.com/usa/motorsport/story/181363.html

Talk about kicking a man while he's down.

No heart or love lost in F1.

 

[Polish]

I am growing ever so curious what is Alonso's plot. He seems to be creating an impression that something out of this world will happen.

An assumed move to McLaren is hot news, but not that hot, drivers move all the time.

There seems to be something bugging me about this or maybe its mere anticipation because i don't know.

 

[caroper]

Maybe Alonso had forewarning of this http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/ferrari-be-split-fiat-and-listed-stock-market
It could be interesting to see where it leaves ferrari from a financial standpoint.
They may suddenly decide that budget caps are not such a bad thing afterall.

 

[Polish]

Yup, was wondering myself how that is going to affect their unlimited coffers.

However i don't think too much. They'll just ask Bernie for some more.