Motorsport Off Topic Thread

JRS · 29 Sep 2019 at 10:58

Okay, so they were ****s then. My level of concern for their future prospects after being sacked?

GravyMonster · 1 Oct 2019 at 10:34

I think there's quite a few of us on this forum who work in IT, or at least know people who do, so I thought it'd be worth letting people know that Racing Point are looking for a junior C# web developer, with Node/Angular/TS experience:

https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/2548...35u8g&so_medium=Email&so_source=ShareJobEmail

I'd have jumped on that myself 10-15 years ago

The_Abyss · 8 Oct 2019 at 08:14

Looks like there will be the remnants of a typhoon for race weekend. Brings back memories of Bianchi and the dreadful race management that weekend. Let’s hope that they don’t repeat the same mistakes.

Freakbro · 8 Oct 2019 at 10:23

Is it remnants? I thought it was supposed to hit on Saturday and it's currently the equivalent of a Cat 5 hurricane! :eek:

MagicBoy · 8 Oct 2019 at 23:18

RIP Autosport.

Flibster · 9 Oct 2019 at 19:34

MagicBoy said:
RIP Autosport.

It ain'tent deadded yet.

Just gone to £10.99 an issue.......

MagicBoy · 9 Oct 2019 at 19:43

Dead man walking. No reasonable person is going to pay £10.99 a week for it, assuming you can find it on a newsagents shelves.

The content has been steadily getting worse for well over 10 years since getting acquired by MN.

It makes me sad is all.

timmeh · 9 Oct 2019 at 20:30

£10.99 for a weekly print magazine? I didn't even realise they were still doing print, I thought it was all online now.

MagicBoy · 9 Oct 2019 at 20:33

Yeah, it's pretty much gone up by a factor of 4... :eek:

Lopéz · 13 Oct 2019 at 12:02

Flibster said:
It ain'tent deadded yet.

Just gone to £10.99 an issue.......

Eleven quid? For a magazine? Flippin' 'eck.

KiNgPiN83 · 13 Oct 2019 at 12:12

Lopéz said:
Eleven quid? For a magazine? Flippin' 'eck.

In a world where most information is at the touch of your finger tips, that seems to be a bit rich... Haha! Unless they are coming out with stuff that cannot be found anywhere else?! (Which i doubt) Looks like they want to be the Woolworths of the automotive magazine world.

MagicBoy · 13 Oct 2019 at 12:24

Yeah, it's almost like they don't want anyone to buy it. Who'd have thunk!

MissChief · 13 Oct 2019 at 12:38

Sadly, poor print sales mean we have to shut down the print magazine. Likely before the end of the year.

mind you the print magazine has likely been haemorrhaging money for a while. The online sub isn’t such bad value.

MagicBoy · 13 Oct 2019 at 12:43

The quality of most of the content is poor compared to what it used to be. It's going all clickbaitey Daily Fail. When it's free I'll forgive that and ignore the outbrain ads at the bottom. Not paying for an online sub to support being treated like I've had a lobotomy.

JRS · 16 Oct 2019 at 19:23

Scuderia Torro Rosso is to be no more at the end of the year. The team is to be renamed Scuderia Alpha Tauri.

The_Abyss · 16 Oct 2019 at 21:39

Pity. Toro Rosso's brand has decent equity and was aligned to the parent in a subtle manner.

Malt_Vinegar · 16 Oct 2019 at 21:57

The_Abyss said:
Pity. Toro Rosso's brand has decent equity and was aligned to the parent in a subtle manner.

Its was too similar imho.
I think it makes sense to use it to support a new product line. They spend a lot of money to be in f1 and if they can get a wider benefit from running the second team as a sub brand its better for the sport in the long run I hope!

The_Abyss · 16 Oct 2019 at 22:03

Let's see how it goes. Perhaps better to be flying the flag for some clothing rather than a fizzy drink pimping legal yet harmful narcotics to children.

GravyMonster · 17 Oct 2019 at 08:26

'It's the Alpha against the Alfa heading to turn 3!'

CaptainRAVE · 18 Oct 2019 at 07:47

https://www.planetf1.com/news/now-rivals-are-questioning-legality-of-ferraris-pu/

Ferrari burning oil. I've not heard that one before

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