Aww dude please expand on that a tad(Obviously covering any sources you may have...)
Could not possibly say who, although it is from inside Honda.
F1 2009 Season discussion/development thread
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Could not possibly say who, although it is from inside Honda.
Soldato
So the Brawn/Fry rumour is more or less on the money then?
And then, start hinting that for 2010 the electrical based KERS will be outlawed after all but one of the teams have gone down the electrical route.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73109 webbers recovery coming along well. That treatment sounds insane though -130c cant be right surely.
Soldato
Hopefully that injury is the final bit of bad luck Webber has to suffer for a while. I'm sure he used to work in a mirror breaking factory...
I was going to say that takes some balls to do... but at that temperature he won't have any!
Soldato
FIA wants even more dramatic cost cuts for 2010.
*sigh*
Hey sunama, still think I'm scaremongering when I say that Formula One is dying a death?
My favourite bit:
So, they want the manufacturers to stay in F1 - they need them anyway to keep grid sizes up and a supply of engines available. But they want them to give all their technology and info to the smaller teams. They also want them to sell engines to these teams for pennies, and will probably announce next week that the manufacturer teams have to give the smaller teams a 100m head start at each race
I mock, but I can also just about see it happening with the way things have gone in this sport.
BRING BACK FORMULA ******* ONE, YOU MUPPETS!!!
What was wrong with it, huh? It worked, didn't it? It was motorsport's highest tier, the series that everyone wanted to get to eventually. And did you notice how every effort in recent times to ban technology and cut costs has led to teams running out of funds and withdrawing?
1993 was the last of the high-tech years. Of the thirteen teams that competed that year, three are left still in mostly the same form they were then - Ferrari, McLaren, Williams. Benetton was bought out by Renault, Jordan by various groups until now Force India effectively have what remains of it. Minardi effectively became Torro Rosso. Sauber is now the BMW works team. Footwork, Ligier, Lotus, Larrouse, Scuderia Italia and Tyrrell are all gone.
Ligier became Prost, who folded down the line. Footwork reverted to being Arrows, who folded down the line. Tyrrell's remains were bought by BAR, who became Honda, who have withdrawn.
But who cares, right? If we cheapen F1 to the point where it's a brand rather than a racing Formula, then everyone can play! And it'll be great, with all those identical cars running around with just the painjobs to tell you the difference. Oh, and won't it be just fabulous when all the drivers, and teams, and circuit promotors, and fans get bored and bugger off?
*sigh*
Hey sunama, still think I'm scaremongering when I say that Formula One is dying a death?
My favourite bit:
So, they want the manufacturers to stay in F1 - they need them anyway to keep grid sizes up and a supply of engines available. But they want them to give all their technology and info to the smaller teams. They also want them to sell engines to these teams for pennies, and will probably announce next week that the manufacturer teams have to give the smaller teams a 100m head start at each race
I mock, but I can also just about see it happening with the way things have gone in this sport.BRING BACK FORMULA ******* ONE, YOU MUPPETS!!!
What was wrong with it, huh? It worked, didn't it? It was motorsport's highest tier, the series that everyone wanted to get to eventually. And did you notice how every effort in recent times to ban technology and cut costs has led to teams running out of funds and withdrawing?
1993 was the last of the high-tech years. Of the thirteen teams that competed that year, three are left still in mostly the same form they were then - Ferrari, McLaren, Williams. Benetton was bought out by Renault, Jordan by various groups until now Force India effectively have what remains of it. Minardi effectively became Torro Rosso. Sauber is now the BMW works team. Footwork, Ligier, Lotus, Larrouse, Scuderia Italia and Tyrrell are all gone.
Ligier became Prost, who folded down the line. Footwork reverted to being Arrows, who folded down the line. Tyrrell's remains were bought by BAR, who became Honda, who have withdrawn.
But who cares, right? If we cheapen F1 to the point where it's a brand rather than a racing Formula, then everyone can play! And it'll be great, with all those identical cars running around with just the painjobs to tell you the difference. Oh, and won't it be just fabulous when all the drivers, and teams, and circuit promotors, and fans get bored and bugger off?
Soldato
Hmmm.
Why bother? The FIA will simply ban anything creative they come up with in an effort to cut costs....
Man of Honour
Soldato
Leaf sprung F1 cars ahoy!
Hey, if they're fibreglass composite transverse leafs à la Corvette then I won't be complaining
Soldato
Look forward to seeing it!
Hey, if they're fibreglass composite transverse leafs à la Corvette then I won't be complaining
You'll have to spend your life telling everyone they're not rubbish like you do with the Corvette though. lol
So far the Williams is the only car that isnt offensively ugly. Its definately not a looker, but the well proportioned nose and the fact the dark blue does a good job of hiding the uglyness of the car means the only thing that looks wrong is the rear wing.
The only way the Red Bull will be good looking is if they roll out a car that doesnt meet 2009 specs...
I think the McLaren looks the best out of the ones launched so far
I agree. The Renault the ugliest by a country mile.
Good to see Button keeping relatively busy, despite the possiblitiy of having no drive this year.
Oh man, this guy does not miss a trick. His job is on the line and he goes having a love session.
I would LOVE to see him at McLaren immediately...if only to see Hamilton humiliate him, just as he did to Heikki this year.
The very definition of a journeyman, though it looks like his journey in F1 is coming to an end.
Looks dont matter at all. Performance is everything and in Australia we shall find out what the deal is with all the cars.
I still say that releasing a car this late is a very bad idea, unless Red Bull are VERY confident in their design and have done so to prevent other people from copying their ideas.