Motorsport Off Topic Thread

[sunama]

Hilarious Indian rallying video

http://adamcooperf1.com/2013/08/09/video-shut-up-dont-tell-me-how-to-drive/

Isnt that normal in Rallying?

I'm sure S.Loeb and his co-driver say much worse things to eachother while racing.

Certainly a far cry from the pit comms between McLaren's grey suits who speak on the radio to their drivers. McLaren must have a strict hiring policy - must have grey hair (or be prepared to dye it), must be prepared to wear grey clothes, must speak in a monotonous robotic tone, must be devoid of all emotion, must exude the word "boring".

 

[Nismo]

Isnt that normal in Rallying?

I've never heard a co-driver get that worked up, to be fair the driver is a bit inept

 

[this_is_gav]

luckily it was only in a practice session though

Yeah, because he might have finished last otherwise.

 

[Reaper 392]

Yeah, because he might have finished last otherwise.

 

[arknor]

Looool

didn't hamilton **** up stuff when he first started to? I remember him having to reset the engine a few times?

 

[Nismo]

didn't hamilton **** up stuff when he first started to? I remember him having to reset the engine a few times?

He famously did something, not sure if it was the pit limiter, in Brazil '07 which dropped him back massively, and among his other f-ups that year cost him the title.

 

[Duke]

Came across this gem of an F1 intro

 

[Cavallino]

Well since we got a few weeks still to go till Spa....
I was just thinking about how at the end of each season the team principles rate drivers based on their performance over the course of the year. Last year the consensus from the team principles was that Alonso was the driver of the year.

I want to turn this on its head slightly and ask all of you, who you think was the team principle of the year last year was. Please don't take into consideration just the end results of the WDC and WCC, but the overall management of events and crisis during the course of the year.

Furthermore, I would like to know from you which team principle that should be fired based on their tenure thusfar.

(You are more than welcome to select anyone from up and down the paddock, but I think it would be more interesting if your choices came from the championship contending teams).

 

[Cavallino]

Well that was good

 

[MarcLister]

I think Christian Horner for guiding RBR to another title winning year and keeping Vettel and Webber apart for the good of the team. Considering how new a team RBR and their budget, which I don't think is as big as Ferrari/McLaren, they do a good job.

The one who should be fired? Martin Whitmarsh. McLaren are sinking and he's in charge. McLaren should be there or thereabouts and they are rapidly falling off the pace.

 

[Duke]

 

[MissChief]

I think Christian Horner for guiding RBR to another title winning year and keeping Vettel and Webber apart for the good of the team. Considering how new a team RBR and their budget, which I don't think is as big as Ferrari/McLaren, they do a good job.

The one who should be fired? Martin Whitmarsh. McLaren are sinking and he's in charge. McLaren should be there or thereabouts and they are rapidly falling off the pace.

Give Ross Brawn a chance to get out of 'Too many cooks' Mercedes and hire him. Ron should be making it his top priority. I'm not sure what sort of background Twitmarsh has but Ross has a big Technical background and will stand them in good stead.

 

[arknor]

I think Christian Horner for guiding RBR to another title winning year and keeping Vettel and Webber apart for the good of the team. Considering how new a team RBR and their budget, which I don't think is as big as Ferrari/McLaren, they do a good job.

The one who should be fired? Martin Whitmarsh. McLaren are sinking and he's in charge. McLaren should be there or thereabouts and they are rapidly falling off the pace.

er I thought RBR had a massive budget for more than a few years now?

 

[tummelv]

They do. They spend as much as anyone.

 

[Cavallino]

BUt I think the "throw enough money at something and it will work" adage doesn't necessarily work (I.e. Toyota in early 2000s).

 

[Alibaba99]

I think Christian Horner for guiding RBR to another title winning year and keeping Vettel and Webber apart for the good of the team. Considering how new a team RBR and their budget, which I don't think is as big as Ferrari/McLaren, they do a good job.

The one who should be fired? Martin Whitmarsh. McLaren are sinking and he's in charge. McLaren should be there or thereabouts and they are rapidly falling off the pace.

RBR have the largest budget on the grid. They also weren't a new team, they bought out an existing one.

 

[this_is_gav]

It's still a new (and more importantly very inexperienced) team though. Formed as Stewart GP in 1997.

 

[MarcLister]

They also weren't a new team, they bought out an existing one.

The management structure is relatively new. Horner/Newey/Marko were brought into the team after it was bought by Red Bull.

 

[arknor]

BUt I think the "throw enough money at something and it will work" adage doesn't necessarily work (I.e. Toyota in early 2000s).

worked fine when brawn took over and the management structure wasn't the Japanese way

if you want to give someone recognition based on the teams budget then the midfield teams likely do a lot more with what resources they have available compared to any of the massive budget teams who can basically throw money at a problem until it goes away

 

[Cavallino]

worked fine when brawn took over and the management structure wasn't the Japanese way

That was Honda. Not Toyota.

And Toyota in the day was spending the most in the F1 paddock (I think it was 2008).