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-= F1 2007 Season! =- (pg. 2)
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| Orko |
The 'surprise' of the off-season has been Massa's advantage over Kimi.
Kimi is rated as the faster driver, but Massa has had most of the top times in the team. You could attribute that to his years as a tester or his time spent at Ferrari. We will see how actually does better in the races. |
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| yankeeBaby |
| Ferry is playing at F1 weekend in mtl....now thats hot! :D |
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| pmoisse |
| quote: | Originally posted by yankeeBaby
Ferry is playing at F1 weekend in mtl....now thats hot! :D |
Better than Tiesto a few years ago.
Tiesto & Misstress Barbara - F1 weekend. his set sucked my bag, and hers ruled 'ardcore. She dropped her first record before he rinsed his last out (he was on the left booth - the A&H, and she started on the right-hand rotary job). her 3rd record was Women Beat Their Men.
She totally emasculated his really weaksauce set.
It was awesome.
Anyways, F1 weekend in MTL is a riot. Book your hotels early. I would recommend staying somewhere out in Laval or St Laurent (near Cote Vertu metro) and then taking the subway in/out of town. |
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| MikeyN |
Yay For this thread !!!!
Im definately for Mclaren, i've regained hope from looking at the testing timesheets and checking the news daily...
whats almost scary about the new MP4-22 is that its been in devolopment prior to the MP4-21, aerodynamically, and suspension wise, its still a newey car, i just wish ilmor was still making their engines...
this year is going to be a mclaren-ferrari shootout...actually, a mclaren vs. Massa shootout...kimi is yet to post as fast a time as massa, and when asked if the ferrari suits his driving style, he's openly said no. |
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| MikeyN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_M
Ferrari and Kimi have the strongest chance of winning this year. All other teams will have to adjust to run on Bridgestones. Renault is strong but not with Alonso. Alonso is great, but not with engine blowing Mclaren. No other team has a strong driver and strong car setup as ferrari. |
I'm sorry? there is no "adjusting" to bridgestones, for all other teams, but for ALL teams period.
that's the idea of a control tyre...no one gets different variations of the compounds, no one gets different tyres...there's no advantage to teams running bridgestone's prior to the introduction of a control tyre... |
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| MikeyN |
HUGE GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR AT THIS:
| quote: | Tyre types will be visibly distinguished
By Jonathan Noble Tuesday, March 6th 2007, 20:47 GMT
Formula One will adopt its own version of Champ Car-type 'red tyre' markings this season to make it easier for fans to understand what compounds drivers are using, autosport.com can reveal.
Following an 11th hour decision by the Formula One Commission and the FIA's World Motor Sport Council, a modification to F1's sporting regulations means that the two different tyre compounds must now be visibly different.
This comes after months of discussions between the teams, the FIA and Bridgestone about the situation - and how best to make the most of the regulations that forces drivers to use both hard and soft compounds in races.
Although there was a push to try and help inform the fans of what type of tyres drivers were using by making the different types of rubber look different, the teams initially resisted any move to publicise what they were doing for fear it could benefit the opposition.
As late as January it appeared that all attempts to make teams go public with their plans had failed, and instead, as Autosport revealed at the time, the FIA considered forcing teams to simply state what type of tyres they would start the race with.
However, further discussions in recent weeks have now resulted in a last-minute rule change that requires the two different compounds at races to be 'visibly' different - so the public will know what tyres each driver is using.
Formula One's revised 2007 Sporting Regulations states: "Each tyre supplier must undertake to provide no more than two specifications of dry-weather tyre at each Event, each of which must be of one homogenous compound and visibly distinguishable from one another when a car is on the track." (emphasis added)
Autosport.com understands that discussions are now taking place within Bridgestone to decide exactly what it will do to the tyres to make them appear different. A decision needs to be made soon, however, with the season starting in Australia next weekend.
A Bridgestone spokeswoman confirmed that a simple marking would be used to distinguish the tyres, as opposed to a completely different colour sidewall or tyre, as done in Champ Car.
"There will be a marking on one of the different specification of tyres," she said.
Although it has not been finalised yet, the most likely route that will be taken is for one of the compounds to be marked with a large solid white circle - big enough to ensure that the white colour is visible when the wheel is in motion.
Although it was originally suggested that F1 could follow Champ Car's example and paint the sidewall of the softer tyres red, Bridgestone baulked at that suggestion because of the costs it would entail.
The company's former technical manager Hisao Suganuma told autosport.com last year that such a move could lead to a lot of wasted tyres - because a soft tyre that needed to be painted red at one race could be a medium tyre at the following race.
"Taking account of the production of such tyres, we need to think," explained Suganuma. "For example, in Champ Car softer tyres have the red mark on the sidewall.
"Maybe we would have some difficulty because the softer tyre on a circuit may be the harder tyre on another circuit, which means we need to have all the different specifications in double colours - one with a standard sidewall and the other with a coloured sidewall.
"That makes it more difficult. If we need to do that we should think about the best way to do it." |
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| mute79 |
god that's so lame... F1 is turning into a circus with all the stupid regulations...
i've been hoping max mosley got canned somehow for years now
*sigh* |
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| malek |
| wait civics now run in the F1 ? |
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| Cosmic Fur |
| quote: | Originally posted by MikeyN
HUGE GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR AT THIS: |
Why is it so critical for the fans to know what tyre their team is running? It's like making basketball players reveal what brand of underwear they're wearing before the game so the fans would know. |
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| MikeyN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
Why is it so critical for the fans to know what tyre their team is running? It's like making basketball players reveal what brand of underwear they're wearing before the game so the fans would know. |
i'm assuming they want to raise fan interest in terms of the technical aspect of formula one, but when the same part is the same on every car, who cares really? its not like an aerodynamic aspect of the technical side of F1, where every car is different, i mean, mclaren introduced Horn winglets on the engine cover, and they look damn mighty cool !
but only time im interested in a team's tyre compound is when they're the only ones on the field blowing tyres over and over and over again in one weekend, at that point, its somewhat interesting to know. sure, its also cool to look at tyre degradation after a monaco GP, or somewhere hot like malasiya, but otherwise, just commentator's saying "this team is running this compound" is enough for me, i think fans can deduct if an unusual tyre choice is giving a team an edge over someone else, especially when every tyre is the same within the same compound |
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| chinaboy1021 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
Why is it so critical for the fans to know what tyre their team is running? It's like making basketball players reveal what brand of underwear they're wearing before the game so the fans would know. |
F1 is hugely influenced by money. FIA has always wanted to make F1 more watcher-friendly, especially for the huge USA market.
It reminds me of when Texas hold em Poker became mainstream some years back. The commentators would talk about some beginner stuff like poker hands, etc. For a veteran poker player, it is useless, but it is a good way to gain attention from people who never played poker before. They must understand the game before they take interest in it.
That said, FIA implements a lot of things to suit their TV program customers, such as new camera angles, pre-shows, and information. |
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