F1 - General discussion and 2017

pinball wizard said:
I see Kubica completed a whole bunch of laps wit renault. Good to see.
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Keeping an eye on that.

He is oozing to drive, any old injury limitations allowing. Renault seem to be happy with the simulations he did, Quali and full race.

If the cards fall right he will come back, whether he'll be competitive we'll see. At 32 age is less than more on his side but its not critical yet, at least for a few seasons.

It will definitely make the fans happy, which will lie well with the new F1 owners.
 
Motorsport heaven this weekend! Three MotoGP races to look forward to immediately followed by F1 :love:
 
I need somewhere to watch this, don't have DSTV and can't stream that much HD Video :o
 
Polish said:
Keeping an eye on that.

He is oozing to drive, any old injury limitations allowing. Renault seem to be happy with the simulations he did, Quali and full race.

If the cards fall right he will come back, whether he'll be competitive we'll see. At 32 age is less than more on his side but its not critical yet, at least for a few seasons.

It will definitely make the fans happy, which will lie well with the new F1 owners.
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100%

I hope he at least gets a drive or two this season still.
 
pinball wizard said:
100%

I hope he at least gets a drive or two this season still.
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I wonder if it is not more of a PR stunt whilst repaying Kubica for a promise they made years ago and simultaneously putting pressure on Jolyon Palmer to shape up or lose the seat.
 
Was Porche ever in F1? I can't seem to recall them ever featuring.
 
Wall said:
Was Porche ever in F1? I can't seem to recall them ever featuring.
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http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/history/f1/porsches-place-formula-1-history

Porsche is too coldly rational for Formula 1; I very much doubt that it has ever loved it. That’s why a marque whose history is so entwined with motorsport has only one World Championship Grand Prix win (as a constructor) to its famous name. Fifty years ago this Sunday, Dan Gurney’s luck turned for the better as he steered the fastidious rather than out-and-out fast Type 804 to victory in the French GP at Rouen.
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Wall said:
Was Porche ever in F1? I can't seem to recall them ever featuring.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_MP4/3

The McLaren MP4/3 is a Formula One racing car built and run by McLaren International during the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was designed under the leadership of long time McLaren engineer, American Steve Nichols, after John Barnard quit the team in August 1986 to join rivals Ferrari. It was the first all-new chassis design for McLaren International since the successful Barnard designed MP4/2 series of cars debuted at the start of the 1984 season and the first McLaren designed by anyone other than Barnard since the Gordon Coppuck designed McLaren M30 had appeared in the last three races of the 1980 season.
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Engine

The engine was the same 1.5 litre, Porsche built TAG twin-turbo V6 engine that had so successfully powered the MP4/2, but with slight changes in compression and engine balancing, to cope with not only the new reduced fuel limit, but also with the FIA's mandated pop-off valve which restricted turbo boost to 4.0 bar after turbo charging was unrestricted prior to 1987.[1]
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caroper said:
I wonder if it is not more of a PR stunt whilst repaying Kubica for a promise they made years ago and simultaneously putting pressure on Jolyon Palmer to shape up or lose the seat.
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Yes that is also possible, if that's the case clever tactics by Renault.

Palmer must go anyway, don't rate him much.
 
Sauber confirm Kaltenborn’s departure

Sauber have confirmed that Monisha Kaltenborn has left her role as team principal and CEO with immediate effect.

Reports surfaced on Wednesday claiming that the under-fire team boss had left Sauber where she was promoted to CEO back in 2010.

However, Sauber have struggled in recent times, leading to a point-less 2014 championship and just two points scored last season.

This led to the team finding new owners in Longbow Finance, who have confirmed that “diverging views” on the future of Sauber have led to Kaltenborn’s exit.

“Longbow Finance SA regrets to announce that, by mutual consent and due to diverging views of the future of the company, Monisha Kaltenborn will leave her positions with the Sauber Group effective immediately,” read a brief statement released late on Wednesday by Pascal Picci, Chairman of Sauber Holding AG.

“We thank her for many years of strong leadership, great passion for the Sauber F1 Team and wish her the very best for the future. Her successor will be announced shortly; in the meantime we wish the team the best of luck in Azerbaijan.”
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Hamilton could retire ‘end of this year’

Lewis Hamilton admits he could follow former team-mate Nico Rosberg out of Formula 1 as early as the “end of this year.”

The 32-year-old is currently embroiled in a battle with Sebastian Vettel for the 2017 Drivers’ Championship title.

Should Hamilton come out on top, it would be the Briton’s fourth World title, putting him third on the list along with Vettel and Alain Prost.

However, four is where it may yet stop.

“My destiny is in my own hands. I can decide to stop at the end of this year,” the Mercedes driver told the FIA’s official in-house magazine Auto.

“Does that mean my legacy is less great than it would be if I stop in five years’ time? Who’s to say?

“I don’t like to plan for it because I don’t know what’s around the corner, I don’t know what I’m going to do.

“Whatever I know I’m going to do, if I apply myself the way I’ve always applied myself in my racing and I apply it to anything else I want to do in life, or even if it’s still in racing, I feel I can achieve great things.

“I’m never going to stop pushing the limits of whatever it is I do with myself and I’m always going to strive for greatness in whatever world it is that I’m in. So I think that mission or that mentality will create my legacy.”

The 32-year-old, who has a Mercedes contract in place for next season, added that he gets why Rosberg, with a first World title in the bag in 2016, decided to walk away from the sport.

“I can empathise, and really understand in some ways, the feeling of wanting to stop and do something different,” Hamilton added.

“Every now and then I have a thought of what I will do after Formula One. Then I see that car and I am like, ‘I think I am going to stay’. I don’t know how long I will stay, but I am still competitive, still hungry and still driving at my best.”
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