F1 - General discussion and 2017

Mercedes has emerged as a potential ally in Honda's efforts to turn around its efforts in Formula 1, as the Japanese manufacturer seeks to get on top of its current troubles.

Honda had hoped to make good progress in the opening part of the campaign after its difficult time in pre-season testing, but it has been hit by a run of reliability problems in the first three races of the season and also in the post-Bahrain GP test.

Sources have revealed that Honda has recently begun discussions with Mercedes about a plan for the German car manufacturer to provide consultancy assistance to help it make rapid progress with its power unit.
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https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mercedes-could-play-role-in-honda-f1-recovery-plan-897829/

Ive heard from someone who has connections with a UK based team that this is supposedly at an advanced stage of planning, Red Bull are apparently quite upset at the idea...
 
Yes it's Indy BUT... F1 needs these. Hell, all of motor racing needs these... Behold, the visor cam... I can't stop watching this.

[video=youtube_share;wJRM7-6IH_g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJRM7-6IH_g[/video]
 
Visorcam is such a win! Looks brilliant, quality is decent too.

I do like Indy. It's not F1, but I do like it.
 
^^Visorcam is epic
Gives you real perspective on the track and the forces at work including the air.
What you don't see well with F1 is the track elevation / drops.
 
Heavyonthemagick said:
^^Visorcam is epic
Gives you real perspective on the track and the forces at work including the air.
What you don't see well with F1 is the track elevation / drops.
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True, the tracks seem quite flat in F1 when seen from the in-car cam (dash cam is it?).
 
UrBaN963 said:
Visorcam is such a win! Looks brilliant, quality is decent too.

I do like Indy. It's not F1, but I do like it.
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I like the fact that Indy normally produces much closer racing than F1 .
Also the viewer aids also helps , eg.
-The LED numbers on the side for track position
-The Green boost usage indicator on the top
 
Yep saw that too, I like that. It is more spectator-friendly I think.
 
Also saw that. Is that just good camerawork, or is that abnormal?
 
Agent_Smith said:
The brake dust pouring off that Haas!! :wtf:
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In regards with this :

Haas hesitant over Brembo brake switch

Haas are undecided whether to switch their brake supplier from Brembo to Carbone Industrie to after seeing a recent improvement.

Romain Grosjean has been particularly critical of the Brembo brakes and tested new Carbone Industrie brakes at the two-day test in Bahrain.

But the switch will not be made for Russian Grand Prix as the Frenchman revealed that the team have finally seen a positive response from their current suppliers.

"They feel very similar," said Grosjean to Auto Motor und Sport.

"But we can see from the telemetry that a few things are already working better. They behave more in the way I like at the end of the braking process.

"But there was an update in China and since then it [the Brembo brakes] has worked better. We had to wait a year and half to get it.

"We should be completely sure that we are improving [before changing].

"We cannot sacrifice practice sessions to continue working on brakes."
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Source
 
On the Sky coverage the commentators remark was "Well that's one way to get rid of the silly T wing"
 
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