F1 2009 Season discussion/development thread

Stormrider · 26 Feb 2009 at 19:11

Mad_Jay said:
Shame I'm going to be in the RAF soon and I'm going to miss all of this.

You need to see if you can train abroad in places that just happen to have a F1 race on at the same time

timbob · 26 Feb 2009 at 20:21

Masterdog said:
I like Bernie.
However if he lets his daughter present a segment on an F1 show again my patience might snap.

Hmmm, what we need is something that lets us keep the pictures on the telly, with a way to mute the sound somehow.....

(sorry!)

Kimi · 26 Feb 2009 at 20:35

Bernie's daughter is quite the beauty, how she is his daughter, i do not know!

Duke · 26 Feb 2009 at 21:16

Kimi said:
Bernie's daughter is quite the beauty, how she is his daughter, i do not know!

You only have to look at the mother to see where she gets it from

Entai · 26 Feb 2009 at 21:16

Kimi said:
Bernie's daughter is quite the beauty, how she is his daughter, i do not know!

Which one?

Tamara is the older sister, brunette but acts more the blonde bimbo, has had some really daft quotes attributed to her, for example at the last estimate Bernie's value is in the region of £2.5 billion. However Tamara says; "We're not that rich. My mum doesn't even have a dishwasher."
Petra (IMO by far the pretty one) is blonde but has much more common sense and brains about her, much easier to have a very good conversation with.

Stormrider · 26 Feb 2009 at 22:46

Entai said:
Which one?

Tamara is the older sister, brunette but acts more the blonde bimbo, has had some really daft quotes attributed to her, for example at the last estimate Bernie's value is in the region of £2.5 billion. However Tamara says; "We're not that rich. My mum doesn't even have a dishwasher."
Petra (IMO by far the pretty one) is blonde but has much more common sense and brains about her, much easier to have a very good conversation with.

hmmm

Pete19s · 26 Feb 2009 at 23:00

Wicksta said:
RENAULT NOSE

I may be abit thick but wasnt that similar to what they had banned afew seasons ago?

Skeeter · 26 Feb 2009 at 23:10

Pete19s said:
I may be abit thick but wasnt that similar to what they had banned afew seasons ago?

Do you mean the walrus nose on the Williams from a few years back? It wasnt banned, they just realised it didnt perform aswell as a normal nose so went back to that style.

JRS · 26 Feb 2009 at 23:25

FrankJH said:
And how many didnt feather BE's own nest significantly? About 2 of those!

Shock as businessman tries to make money!

FrankJH said:
You think Prof Sid Watkins wasnt bought in to "protect" the sport as a financial entity?

Sorry? You honestly think that Prof Sid Watkins, neurosurgeon of some repute, was brought in simply to further the commercial aspirations of Bernie Ecclestone? Is that what you're saying?

**** off, Frank. You're talking nonsense.

FrankJH said:
Transporting of equipment was undoubtedly stipulated by PSW before he agreed to join, so wasnt done for any real meaningful reasons apart from allowing the sport to grow

Actually, the Prof made very few demands initially. He asked permission to get a few other people involved, and certainly put his foot down after the tragedy of Monza '78 about procedures at the racetracks (which Bernie assented to with no argument).

I missed one out of my list actually:

Who donated the use of his own helicopter to be used in the event of a medical emergency in a practice session one GP weekend as the authorities couldn't/wouldn't send one? Might it have been Bernie, in fact?

But it's okay that you hate him, Frank. After all, the Prof did note in his book that Bernie had told him "say anything decent about me, and I'll sue you"

mctiny · 27 Feb 2009 at 00:51

Skeeter said:
Do you mean the walrus nose on the Williams from a few years back? It wasnt banned, they just realised it didnt perform aswell as a normal nose so went back to that style.

I thought he was referring to the weight/sledge thing. I´m surethey had something like aa few years ago, some kind of rubber band/spring thing that stored the energy from breaking and reused it later. :confused:

Owenb · 27 Feb 2009 at 01:02

Pete19s said:
I may be abit thick but wasnt that similar to what they had banned afew seasons ago?

The mass damper? That was suppose to counter the bumps on the track and was banned when Mclaren complained that it was movable ballast- mainly because their own version was rubbish!
The atlasf1 forums thing is just a joke, I would assume- just someone poking fun at the large front end?

Masterdog · 27 Feb 2009 at 08:30

I'm so confused:

2 hours, ago the Grauniad reported that there's no serious buyers for Honda.

Also 2 hours ago, the Times reported (quite sensationally if true) that Honda have been saved by a management buyout. Who to believe??

Wicksta · 27 Feb 2009 at 08:37

Owenb said:
The atlasf1 forums thing is just a joke, I would assume- just someone poking fun at the large front end?

I'm astounded that people thought otherwise!

JRS · 27 Feb 2009 at 08:54

Masterdog said:
I'm so confused:

2 hours, ago the Grauniad reported that there's no serious buyers for Honda.

Also 2 hours ago, the Times reported (quite sensationally if true) that Honda have been saved by a management buyout. Who to believe??

Um, the Guardian article was published on Monday

orderoftheflame · 27 Feb 2009 at 09:04

It is not yet known under what name the team will operate or in what livery their cars will race.

Competition time?

My vote: Brawn 'n' Brains F1, and in bright pink! :eek:

Masterdog · 27 Feb 2009 at 09:19

JRS said:
Um, the Guardian article was published on Monday

Stupid misleading BBC. Thanks

clv101 · 27 Feb 2009 at 09:30

Masterdog said:
Also 2 hours ago, the Times reported (quite sensationally if true) that Honda have been saved by a management buyout. Who to believe??

That's awesome, a British underdog to support. I really do hope they do well enough to survive. Brawn must be confident in the car to get behind this, presumably he's had to put his hand into his rather deep pockets?

Skeeter · 27 Feb 2009 at 10:24

I vote:
Last Minute F1, sponsored by Lastminute.com, meaning it would be a white and pink car. The team would also have to arrive without having shaved in the morining, and wear last nights clothes.

Kimi · 27 Feb 2009 at 11:37

frakker said:
And also the most irritating person to ever grace my television screen. She is utterly horrendous at presenting.

Turn the sound down when she comes on and just look at the pictures...

I remember one video where she was interviewing Kimi last year , and one of hes mates shouts at her in the background "he ****** you in the *** last night"

She didn't disagree

Pete19s · 27 Feb 2009 at 11:47

Owenb said:
The mass damper? That was suppose to counter the bumps on the track and was banned when Mclaren complained that it was movable ballast- mainly because their own version was rubbish!
The atlasf1 forums thing is just a joke, I would assume- just someone poking fun at the large front end?

I would be refering to the mass damper. I will be honest I didnt read the link but I guess it would be part of the inspiration behind the spoof system.