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- 30 Jan 2019, 20:43
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Ponderbox
- Replies: 5043
- Views: 1387350
Re: Ponderbox
Speaking of alternatives to F1, I often wonder why one didn't spring up during Japan's 80s boom. Was the competition from Group C too strong? Formula Nippon (iirc was F3000 cars with upgrades) attracted upcoming European drivers (Eddie Irvine, Heinz Harald Frentzen, Roland Ratzenberger etc....) If ...
- 13 Jan 2019, 17:38
- Forum: The Andrea Sassetti Memorial Forum
- Topic: Alt-1958: Season finished!
- Replies: 640
- Views: 220641
Re: Alt-1958: Enter USA!
It's finally time.
Entrant: Bill Rutan
Driver: See entrant
Car: Er, this thing:
Entrant: Bill Rutan
Driver: See entrant
Car: Er, this thing:
- 10 Jan 2019, 18:52
- Forum: The Jean-Denis Deletraz Memorial Forum
- Topic: The short shelf life of the Life Racing team (1990)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 24948
Re: The short shelf life of the Life Racing team (1990)
A1GP cars to return in new African series The 4.5-litre normally-aspirated Ferrari V8s will run Life Racing engine management systems in place of the original Magneti Marelli units, which did not come with the purchase of the cars. Any connection? How potentially rejectful could this be? Isn't ther...
- 10 Jan 2019, 18:47
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Ponderbox
- Replies: 5043
- Views: 1387350
Re: Ponderbox
The great Russian film Andrei Rublev is sometimes transliterated as Andrey Rublyov . Its director, the great Andrei Tarkovsky, similarly has his name rendered as "Andrey Tarkovsky", like in my copy of his book Sculpting in Time , or "Andrei Tarkovskii", like in my college library...
- 07 Jan 2019, 16:38
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: No Grid Girls from 2018 onwards
- Replies: 68
- Views: 27935
Re: No Grid Girls from 2018 onwards
Pacific 777 wrote:Quite frankly, I'm getting very tired of the feminist/PC brigade trying to put pressure on everyone.
I never had the impression that Liberty were getting hot under the collar regarding the issue...
- 06 Jan 2019, 01:00
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Ponderbox
- Replies: 5043
- Views: 1387350
Re: Ponderbox
Rob Dylan wrote:@SimtekThe Chicane wrote:Does anyone know if the category "Formula 5" exists?
A bit random I know.
Why, yes, they're racing in Marrakesh next weekend...
- 15 Dec 2018, 17:47
- Forum: The Dave McFaste Memorial Forum
- Topic: The ASMF Canon Council Topic
- Replies: 279
- Views: 2277625
Re: Re:
Do you actually have a mod for Pro Mazda, or is it just a quick sim? If the latter I will likely change it so I can actually run it on GP2. It was going to be a GP2 quicksim job, but with a 20-car entry list, so something like rFactor would probably be better if you want to do it 'properly' (either...
- 15 Dec 2018, 17:15
- Forum: The Dave McFaste Memorial Forum
- Topic: The ASMF Canon Council Topic
- Replies: 279
- Views: 2277625
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As the runner of North American Formula 4 I would be interested in forming an Formula 3 series, or the case of the US it could be Pro Mazda, USF2000, or Formula SCCA. Without Star Mazda we are missing a significant portion of the "Road to Indy" ladder. I thought about making NAF4 on par w...
- 14 Dec 2018, 14:19
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: Common Misconceptions
- Replies: 44
- Views: 13909
Re: Common Misconceptions
Time to start cleaning out the drafts folder: Peter Collins handed the 1956 world title to Juan Manuel Fangio It may be the most famous act of good sportsmanship in the history of motor racing: In the 1956 Italian Grand Prix, Peter Collins, 24 years old and with what looked like a long and successfu...
- 11 Dec 2018, 15:51
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: Biggest coincidences in motorsport
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6063
Re: Biggest coincidences in motorsport
The BRM team in Frankenheimer's Grand Prix was called "Jordan BRM". Fourteen years after the release of the film, the real BRM would compete under that name in the Aurora F1 Championship after its takeover by John Jordan.
- 11 Dec 2018, 12:06
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: TOTB (ten of the best)
- Replies: 648
- Views: 256949
Re: TOTB (ten of the best)
And God, I remember that spam thread, I'm so glad it's under control better these days! I'm not. I think I've only seen like one really good spambot trying to pass inside these walls since being made a mod. On the subject of Turing Tests and what have you, this remains one of my favourite threads i...
- 11 Dec 2018, 11:53
- Forum: The Perry McCarthy Memorial Forum
- Topic: PMMF Artwork, Livery and Logo Requests
- Replies: 191
- Views: 125477
Re: PMMF Artwork, Livery and Logo Requests
Winans wrote:DemocalypseNow wrote:Also, here's the newly updated Mansell logo for F1;
I like it.
Me too.
- 11 Dec 2018, 11:14
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: Biggest coincidences in motorsport
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6063
Re: Biggest coincidences in motorsport
I think every season has had a past, present or future British Formula 1 world champion on the grid. Also, as far as I've been made aware, this would extend to every race had Button not been DSQ'd along with BAR in 2005 and missed those two races. Not sure whether this is more of an "unusual s...
- 08 Dec 2018, 02:09
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: Biggest coincidences in motorsport
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6063
Re: Biggest coincidences in motorsport
Damon Hill, the son of Graham Hill, won his championship in 1996, after having finished runner-up in both 94 and 95. Nico Rosberg, the son of Keke Rosberg, won his championship in 2016, after having finished runner-up in both 14 and 15. ...and both sons won their title 34 years after their dads won...
- 08 Dec 2018, 01:38
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Ponderbox
- Replies: 5043
- Views: 1387350
Re: Ponderbox
Well, I suppose it's about time I throw in my own two coppers: I do of course believe that the notion of "outperforming" is to (or should, usually) be taken metaphorically, but I somehow have the feeling that a genuine belief in some supernatural ability (the kind you'd expect to hear from...
- 08 Dec 2018, 01:05
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: The 2019 Silly Season thread
- Replies: 395
- Views: 146200
Re: The 2019 Silly Season thread
Out of the circuits which produce "boring" races, I'd contend that the worst offenders are Australia, Hungary and Sochi. One of the three is a Tilke circuit. He gets an obscene amount of crap for his circuits being not conducive to good racing - especially when Bahrain and Shanghai were n...
- 07 Dec 2018, 23:55
- Forum: The HWNSNBM Memorial Forum
- Topic: The 2018 Christmas GP Rejects Podcast! (AFPSPCEOYGPRWCODPS)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14205
Re: The 2018 Christmas GP Rejects Podcast! (AFPSPCEOYGPRWCOD
At the Q&A section now (I didn't expect this level of dedication from you ), but to give a better picture of what the supergroup could be like, da Matta plays guitar (though we could put him on triangle and have Controversial Jacques on guitar) and Sutil is a classically trained pianist. Would h...
- 07 Dec 2018, 12:44
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: Biggest coincidences in motorsport
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6063
Re: Biggest coincidences in motorsport
I don't know the exact dates, but Ascari's death was spookily similar to that of his father's. They died at the same age, with only four days difference, having won the same number of grand prixs, on the same day of the month, and also very soon after having survived serious crashes. Yeah, 26th of ...
- 30 Nov 2018, 04:44
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: TOTB (ten of the best)
- Replies: 648
- Views: 256949
Re: TOTB (ten of the best)
The other day there was a (repeated) episode of Pointless with a round about "Bond films with three or more words int he title". The lowest scoring film was For Your Eyes Only, which - so the hosts tell us - is the film that always scores that low any time there's a round about Bond films...
- 27 Nov 2018, 17:19
- Forum: The HWNSNBM Memorial Forum
- Topic: The 2018 Christmas GP Rejects Podcast! (AFPSPCEOYGPRWCODPS)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14205
Re: The 2018 Christmas GP Rejects Podcast! (AFPSPCEOYGPRWCOD
Gentlemen, a short view back to the past: Thirty years ago, Niki Lauda told us: "Take a trained monkey, place him into the cockpit, and he is able to drive the car." Thirty years later, Sebastian Vettel told us "I had to start my car like a computer, it's very complicated", and N...
- 27 Nov 2018, 12:33
- Forum: The HWNSNBM Memorial Forum
- Topic: The 2018 Christmas GP Rejects Podcast! (AFPSPCEOYGPRWCODPS)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14205
Re: The 2018 Christmas GP Rejects Podcast! (AFPSPCEOYGPRWCOD
Oasis or Blur?
Chipsticks or Frazzles?
Esteban Gutiérrez or Jolyon Palmer?
Chipsticks or Frazzles?
Esteban Gutiérrez or Jolyon Palmer?
- 27 Nov 2018, 12:30
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Ponderbox
- Replies: 5043
- Views: 1387350
Re: Ponderbox
How does a driver "outperform" the car he's driving? How does he take the car to "places it has no right to be"? Is it just hyperbole, or do people genuinely believe there's a certain performance level for a car that only a world champion-calibre driver can rise above? Are we doi...
- 27 Nov 2018, 00:42
- Forum: The HWNSNBM Memorial Forum
- Topic: The 2018 Christmas GP Rejects Podcast! (AFPSPCEOYGPRWCODPS)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14205
Re: The 2018 Christmas GP Rejects Podcast! (AFPSPCEOYGPRWCOD
How long is my parking permit good for?
- 25 Nov 2018, 22:37
- Forum: The HWNSNBM Memorial Forum
- Topic: The 2018 Christmas GP Rejects Podcast! (AFPSPCEOYGPRWCODPS)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14205
Re: The 2018 Christmas GP Rejects Podcast! (AFPSPCEOYGPRWCOD
Will Carlos Sainz Jr.'s child be called Carlos Sainz Jr. Jr.? Will the F1 race graphics have to be expanded to include all the Jr.'s in a few generations time? I was immediately reminded of these things from Final Fantasy VII . We'll also ramble, or in Nuppiz's case, as much as Finns can ramble, ab...
- 25 Nov 2018, 22:15
- Forum: The Black Stig Memorial Forum
- Topic: 1930s Points - Lewis Hamilton is a 7-time World Champion
- Replies: 162
- Views: 98559
Re: 1930s Points - 5 in a row for Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton has become only the second driver to win five world titles in a row and, much like the real title battle, this actually was more competitive than the final points table shows. In other news, look how McLaren and Williams did... 2018 WORLD DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP 1. Lewis Hamilton - 42 2...
- 25 Nov 2018, 21:59
- Forum: The Black Stig Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Formula One Rookies' Championship - Albon 2019 Champion
- Replies: 104
- Views: 60642
Re: The Formula One Rookies' Championship - Leclerc didn't w
Due to the strict rules of this championship, only Charles Leclerc and Sergey Sirotkin qualified as rookies for this year's championship. And, I shite you not, these were the results:
2018
1. Sergey Sirotkin - 380
2. Charles Leclerc - 379
2018
1. Sergey Sirotkin - 380
2. Charles Leclerc - 379
- 25 Nov 2018, 21:42
- Forum: The Black Stig Memorial Forum
- Topic: F1 Rejects World Championship - Lando wins for the moment
- Replies: 98
- Views: 48967
Re: F1 Rejects World Championship - Leclerc champion, for no
It's time to check in with the championship you can't take your eye off of for a second because someone could retroactively disqualify themselves at any race! This year has seen only Pierre Gasly unrejectify himself, meaning that the 2017 standings have had to be amended. Here's what they look like ...
- 25 Nov 2018, 20:59
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Your Reject of the Race - Abby Dabby
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3546
Re: Your Reject of the Race - Abby Dabby
- Sauber strategy : although all's well that ends well, Leclerc really could have finished 6th today, and moved a step closer to unrejectification. Now that he's going to Ferrari next year it looks increasingly unlikely that he will unrejectify himself in the near future. Yeah, it's certainly looki...
- 25 Nov 2018, 15:42
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Your Reject of the Race - Abby Dabby
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3546
Re: Your Reject of the Race - Abby Dabby
ROTR for me has to be Valtteri Bottas -- If he keeps this up, Ocon may actually find himself with a seat next season. Early this season Valtteri lost out on races either due to insane performances from other drivers (Vettel at Bahrain) or just sheer dumb luck (Baku). Now he's just shatteri'd the be...
- 25 Nov 2018, 15:41
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Abby Dabby
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2751
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Abby Dabby
I nominate Will Smith again.
- 25 Nov 2018, 14:50
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1557
Re: 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
dr-baker wrote:If 2018 is Year of Zayed, as the plane declared at the start of the race, then who or what is a Zayed???
He was the Emir of Abu Dhabi and the main driving force behind the Trucial States' transition into the modern United Arab Emirates. This year is the centenary of his birth.
- 23 Nov 2018, 20:32
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1557
- 22 Nov 2018, 14:34
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Could we be about to see the Deletraz name back in F1?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5337
Re: Could we be about to see the Deletraz name back in F1?
This wrote:i thought Barbazza was not a reject
- 21 Nov 2018, 12:17
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Could we be about to see the Deletraz name back in F1?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5337
Re: Could we be about to see the Deletraz name back in F1?
dr-baker wrote:FortiWinks wrote:How many reject father-sons have we had? As in both ended up as rejects?
Not sure it has happened? Definitely not the Hills, nor Fittipaldis, nor Verstappens, nor Rosbergs, nor Brabhams...
On the contrary...
- 11 Nov 2018, 20:23
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Your Reject of the Race - Brazil
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5149
Re: Your Reject of the Race - Brazil
I think Esteban Ocon and Max Verstappen should be considered as a single candidate now.
- 09 Nov 2018, 14:41
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: What Tracks Will Get the Boot?
- Replies: 1158
- Views: 1325214
Re: What Tracks Will Get the Boot?
Well played. But this time we are looking at a scenario where FOM is not even looking at the U.K. or Italy. That's not what Bratches is saying though. Getting rid of either the British or Italian Grand Prix is a stupid idea and Liberty know that. The more likely scenario is that they're posturing f...
- 08 Nov 2018, 15:53
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: What Tracks Will Get the Boot?
- Replies: 1158
- Views: 1325214
Re: What Tracks Will Get the Boot?
dr-baker wrote:Pacific 777 wrote:FOM Sends warning to historical circuits.
http://espn.com/f1/story/_/id/25205811/ ... c-circuits
Well. Try an F1 season without Silverstone and Monza, and see what happens. Hopefully the fans desert F1 in droves.
1980. Brands Hatch and Imola...
And that turned out to be the last season of the original World Championship. Coincidence?
- 07 Nov 2018, 21:12
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: What Tracks Will Get the Boot?
- Replies: 1158
- Views: 1325214
Re: What Tracks Will Get the Boot?
Pacific 777 wrote:FOM Sends warning to historical circuits.
http://espn.com/f1/story/_/id/25205811/ ... c-circuits
Well. Try an F1 season without Silverstone and Monza, and see what happens. Hopefully the fans desert F1 in droves.
I hear VW are considering an F1 entry as well...
- 02 Nov 2018, 13:38
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Get Ready for... The EricssonEra!
- Replies: 139
- Views: 34972
- 31 Oct 2018, 10:41
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Ponderbox
- Replies: 5043
- Views: 1387350
Re: Ponderbox
On the issue of mathematical models, I've never seen one (and it would be an impossible task anyway) that takes into account the fact that machinery is not always equal even for two drivers in the same team, and it was often exacerbated further in the days of teams entering three or four cars in eac...