Motorsport Off Topic Thread

MarcLister · 3 Jan 2013 at 21:20

Kevin Clark said:
Pretty sure he joined up with them before Christmas. McLaren agreed he could leave before Jan 1st.

Yeah I've heard that as well. It is traditionally 1st January when a driver can at least visit his new team. I'm guessing McLaren didn't really want Lewis around too much longer to see their new developments?

Duke · 3 Jan 2013 at 21:28

MarcLister said:
Yeah I've heard that as well. It is traditionally 1st January when a driver can at least visit his new team. I'm guessing McLaren didn't really want Lewis around too much longer to see their new developments?

He had his last visit to the Mclaren factory a good few weeks ago.

MarcLister · 3 Jan 2013 at 21:33

Duke said:
He had his last visit to the Mclaren factory a good few weeks ago.

Trying to freeze him out of their 2013 car as much as they can?

Duke · 3 Jan 2013 at 21:42

MarcLister said:
Trying to freeze him out of their 2013 car as much as they can?

Yeah as soon as he signed for Merc they would have kept him out of the loop on anything 2013 related, although unless they had something 'big' (like F-Duct in 2010) then there isn't much he can tell them about as the cars are almost ready now any way.

Shame Sparky isn't here to give us a bit more insight on how much the drivers see of the new cars.

Skeeter · 3 Jan 2013 at 21:48

According to Hamiltons Twitter his last day at McLaren was 16th December.

His Twitter is still covered in McLaren branding, so I would assume if he is working with Mercedes the PR team haven't got hold of him yet.

MarcLister · 3 Jan 2013 at 21:49

Duke said:
Yeah as soon as he signed for Merc they would have kept him out of the loop on anything 2013 related, although unless they had something 'big' (like F-Duct in 2010) then there isn't much he can tell them about as the cars are almost ready now any way.

I can imagine the passcards they undoubtedly use to get into rooms suddenly didn't work for Lewis with some rooms after his announcement.

Duke said:
Shame Sparky isn't here to give us a bit more insight on how much the drivers see of the new cars.

Well there's that and there's what happens when a driver is leaving the team for a rival team. Red Bull aren't going to experience that this year.

Skeeter · 3 Jan 2013 at 21:51

MarcLister said:
I can imagine the passcards they undoubtedly use to get into rooms suddenly didn't work for Lewis with some rooms after his announcement.

Yeah I think they said he was basically locked out of the factory once he had signed for Mercedes. Standard practice really.

Well there's that and there's what happens when a driver is leaving the team for a rival team. Red Bull aren't going to experience that this year.

RBR have never had a driver leave for a rival team, have they?

Duke · 3 Jan 2013 at 21:57

Not until Vettel joins Ferrari in a couple of years

MarcLister · 3 Jan 2013 at 22:20

Skeeter said:
RBR have never had a driver leave for a rival team, have they?

True. DC retired from F1 and I think the other RB drivers left the sport?

Duke said:
Not until Vettel joins Ferrari in a couple of years

Hehe.

Skeeter · 4 Jan 2013 at 16:59

Details have been revealed on how far down the development route HRT were with their 2013 car...

~Mike~ · 4 Jan 2013 at 17:07

Skeeter said:
Details have been revealed on how far down the development route HRT were with their 2013 car...

hahaha

TaKeN · 4 Jan 2013 at 21:50

How to make an F1 car, Part 1: the conceptual design stage

tummelv · 4 Jan 2013 at 22:17

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8772724.stm

8:28 onwards

Frist of all, lol at the steward/marshall trying to get Senna off the car and Senna kicking him away!

But lmfao at the fan mooning the camera at 9:00 (one with the flag)

You just don't see stuff like this anymore!

Mr Men · 4 Jan 2013 at 22:20

LOL sure Senna spent his time when getting a lift looking at the dash to see if he could get any info from it, sure it was said in the Senna film.

JRS · 4 Jan 2013 at 22:49

Mr Men said:
LOL sure Senna spent his time when getting a lift looking at the dash to see if he could get any info from it, sure it was said in the Senna film.

I'd love to know what usable data he could get from a trundle back to Parc Fermé perched on a sidepod, but if anyone could manage such a feat it would be Ayrton Senna :cool:

this_is_gav · 4 Jan 2013 at 23:50

tummelv said:
But lmfao at the fan mooning the camera at 9:00 (one with the flag)

You just don't see stuff like this anymore!

With hi-def cameras, that's a good thing.

~Mike~ · 5 Jan 2013 at 11:11

tummelv said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8772724.stm

8:28 onwards

Frist of all, lol at the steward/marshall trying to get Senna off the car and Senna kicking him away!

But lmfao at the fan mooning the camera at 9:00 (one with the flag)

You just don't see stuff like this anymore!

That was the good old days of F1, not this sterile FIA nonsense we have know. How I miss it.

Skeeter · 5 Jan 2013 at 12:55

Mike306 said:
That was the good old days of F1, not this sterile FIA nonsense we have know. How I miss it.

~Mike~ · 5 Jan 2013 at 19:26

^ Happens rarely.

Just like drivers doing doughnuts. Was it Massa who last did them, in Brazil 2011?

mctiny · 5 Jan 2013 at 19:39

Mike306 said:
^ Happens rarely.

Just like drivers doing doughnuts. Was it Massa who last did them, in Brazil 2011?

I remember seeing Jenson Commenting disapproval and utter unhappiness of not being able to do doughnuts any more...