2015 F1 Season

[Gnnr]

Annnddd we're back!

Sun, Mar 15 Australian Grand Prix
2:00 AM ET Albert Park

Sun, Mar 29 Grand Prix of Malaysia
4:00 AM ET Sepang International Circuit

Sun, Apr 12 Grand Prix of China
3:00 AM ET Shanghai International Circuit

Sun, Apr 19 Grand Prix of Bahrain
8:00 AM ET Bahrain International Circuit

Sun, May 10 Grand Prix Of Spain
8:00 AM ET Circuit De Catalunya

Sun, May 24 Grand Prix Of Monaco
8:00 AM ET Circuit De Monaco

Sun, Jun 7 Grand Prix Of Canada
2:00 PM ET Gilles Villeneuve Circuit

Sun, Jun 21 Austrian Grand Prix
8:00 AM ET Spielberg

Sun, Jul 5 British Grand Prix
8:00 AM ET Silverstone Circuit

Sun, Jul 19 German Grand Prix
8:00 AM ET Hockenheimring

Sun, Jul 26 Hungarian Grand Prix
8:00 AM ET Hungaroring

Sun, Aug 23 Belgian Grand Prix
8:00 AM ET Circuit Of Spa Francorchamps

Sun, Sep 6 Italian Grand Prix
8:00 AM ET Autodromo Nazionale Di Monza

Sun, Sep 20 Singapore Grand Prix
8:00 AM ET Singapore Street Circuit

Sun, Sep 27 Japanese Grand Prix
2:00 AM ET Suzuka International Racing Course

Sun, Oct 11 Russian Grand Prix
7:00 AM ET Sochi International Street Circuit

Sun, Oct 25 United States Grand Prix
4:00 PM ET Circuit Of Americas

Sun, Nov 1 Mexican Grand Prix
2:00 PM ET Autodromo Hermanos RodrÃ*guez

Sun, Nov 15 Grand Prix Of Brazil
11:00 AM ET Autodromo Carlos Pace

Sun, Nov 29 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
8:00 AM ET Yas Marina Circuit

[simmode1]

Can't wait for this week end! Gooooo LEWIS!

[!Zar!]

Sad to see Alonso miss the first race. Would be nice to see what he can do with the McLaren.

[Gnnr]

Sad to see Alonso miss the first race. Would be nice to see what he can do with the McLaren.

I agree, one of my fav drivers. I believe the stories that say he got electrocuted, I don't buy that it was only a concussion after the crash. Jenson Button must be very uncomfortable right now.

[Agamemnon]

Seb in a Ferrari?
WTF mang!?

[simmode1]

^^^Yeah, I really don't like Vettel at all. But I found it really odd to see him switch teams after just 1 losing season. Its like, if he doesn't have an overwhelmingly dominant car, he just falls apart instead of working with what he's got. Jensen + Alonso is going to be so strange. I love Jensen Button, but Alonso is such an anti-hero to me. I want to hate him, but he's just too damn good! Alonso has turned out some truly heroic drives in some truly shitty cars... lol

[Trinidrift3]

hyped for this season to start. anyone have a good site for streaming of practice, qualifying, and race day?

[slideslidegnarslide]

^ this I haven't seen a race in 2 years.... I'm dying. We don't have cable because there is no reason for it with Hulu and Netflix. But I miss f1 :(

[simmode1]

^ this I haven't seen a race in 2 years.... I'm dying. We don't have cable because there is no reason for it with Hulu and Netflix. But I miss f1 :(

I'm the same way! Been having to torrent the races after they air, but that can be unreliable. Need to find a good streaming site...

[drift freaq]

^^^Yeah, I really don't like Vettel at all. But I found it really odd to see him switch teams after just 1 losing season. Its like, if he doesn't have an overwhelmingly dominant car, he just falls apart instead of working with what he's got. Jensen + Alonso is going to be so strange. I love Jensen Button, but Alonso is such an anti-hero to me. I want to hate him, but he's just too damn good! Alonso has turned out some truly heroic drives in some truly shitty cars... lol

It really is not odd when you think about the fact that Schumacher was Vettels idol since Vettel was a kid. Of course he is going to want to go to Ferrari at some time in career. He already stacked up a phenomenal winning streak at Red Bull that would be hard to continue. It was time to go to the penultimate team in F1.

I was more surprised about Fernando getting the heave ho from Ferrari . Alsonso pulled some great performances out Ferrari at a time when there was much confusion and the chassis was less than ideal.
He actually represent a long time tradition at Ferrari of Spanish drivers in Italian cars.
Now granted Seb is a record breaking world champion and that goes right back to the whole Schumacher thing. Which does put a bit more perspective on the whole turnaround.

So here we are practice tonight 9:30 pacific. Sattelite TV man.

[nghuicaso]

Jenson Button must be very uncomfortable right now.http://goo.gl/tVxTl6

[Gnnr]

Those asking for streams, check your PMs. :)

The first race was pretty odd. Didn't like the reduced grid of 14 cars and only 11 finishing. Albert Park did not look as great this year either and there were minimal on track battles. I was more entertained by all the surrounding story lines happening off track for the weekend.

Hopefully Malaysia is a better show.

[Agamemnon]

Maya ladies should be better. Manor racing has promised they'll race for sure. Albert park looked dirty because of high than usual wind activity and was blowing lots of debris on the track.

I have high hopes that Ferrari and Williams can make some commotion behind Mercedes.

[JadedNazgul]

No more German GP guys... thanks Bernie..
http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/38329/Official-German-Grand-Prix-dropped

[migzs14]

Waaaaahhhhhooooo. Vettel/ Ferrari. Only thing missing was Schumi. Great battles and overall great race.

[Gnnr]

Great race! First time I have full respect for Vettel. Should be an exciting season and Williams, Renault, Sauber and Torro Rosso are keeping things interesting in the middle.

I started watching the NBCSN broadcast I DVR'd and it was annoying as fuck. Found out BBC was covering this one (as well as every other race it seems) so I grabbed the recording. Holy crap! It's 100x better than even the SkySports coverage! :eek3:

[!Zar!]

Awkwardddddd
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[Jibbberish]

Nico right now:
http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/images/shows/south-park/clip-thumbnails/season-11/1109/south-park-s11e09c11-bonos-sore-spot-16x9.jpg?

I want to see Kimi ahead of Vettel cause Vettel is a dork and Kimi hangs with the dudesons.

[Gnnr]

http://i.imgur.com/dftUNuk.png

LMFAO :rofl:

[Gnnr]

Bump for Monaco :2f2f:

[Jibbberish]

I was almost certain maldonado was gonna put it in a wall when he was out in the rain on slicks.

[Gnnr]

The Monaco race was the biggest croc of shit. It was a boring practice, qualy and race. I was amused with Kimmi cursing up a storm. Then the way it ended just soured the outcome for me.

[drift freaq]

The Monaco race was the biggest croc of shit. It was a boring practice, qualy and race. I was amused with Kimmi cursing up a storm. Then the way it ended just soured the outcome for me.

Ya I really feel Lewis got royally screwed out of a win for the sake of giving Nico a three time win at Monaco. Nico is a good driver but not quite at the level of Hamilton.

It definitely felt like a sympathy hwin as Lewis had it sewn up and that last minute pit call just hosed him.
Now granted this probably was a honest mistake but how could Lewis's chief mechanic be so dumb?

[Jibbberish]

Yeah poor lewis that was crap. Not happy that Rosberg is now being compared to senna for three wins there in a row. If you can even call being handed like 15 seconds on a silver platter winning.

[simmode1]

Well, Nico grew up in and lives in Monaco. Judgments in the favor of this hometown boy aren't really surprising to me at this point. But yes, it does suck.

[OBEEWON]

RIP Jules
Nico robbed Ricciardo of a win. He should have been penalized.
What happened to Williams this race? They should have been in the top mix.
Poor Kimi.
Honda seems to be getting it together.

[Jibbberish]

It was fun to watch Mercedes melt down after not claiming the start. Hamilton made a rookie status mistake that first lap.
And yeah I'm excited for Honda. They both had great drives. Alonso finished P5 ahead of Hamilton haha. Red bull seems to slowly be getting better as well, maybe Renault is finally figuring their shit out.

Here we go on another couple week break :-/

[soryu]

ferrari stepping it up.

[Jibbberish]

Yeah hoping Ferrari will be a serious contender next year. We'll see about Red Bull as well because their chassis seems to be pretty good, an engine may bring them back.

[OBEEWON]

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--ylqDZ77i--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/1490053813793223715.gif

http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_large/public/thumbnails/image/2015/10/27/10/hamilton-rosberg.jpg

[OBEEWON]

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http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_large/public/thumbnails/image/2015/10/27/10/hamilton-rosberg.jpg

[IIIXziuR]

The amount of salt-face displayed by ROSS deserved some kind of recognition / trophy.

[Jibbberish]

I literally laughed out loud when he biffed it at SOTA.

Mexico was badass, the track looks great.

[OBEEWON]

Mexico is my 2nd favorite track now. I love that opening straight.
Poor Vettel drove like an immature child. I was just starting to like him too.

[Jibbberish]

Yeah Vettel was sad.

My favorite part was definitely this
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03489/bottas_3489319b.jpg
That's what you get Raikkonen you jack shit.

[Terry84]

I prefer Nascar over F1. Ayrton Sena was my favorite F1 driver.

[Jibbberish]

Good for Raikkonen not sucking complete ass in Abu Dhabi. I think that put him up to 4th in the drivers standings ahead of Bottas. Although Vettel still ran a way better race. Pissed I missed quali, Vettel must've just trashed his lap or something. Verstappen was gettin a little too hyphy he needs to cool them tits.

[STR8 H8N]

I prefer Nascar over F1. Ayrton Sena was my favorite F1 driver.

yet another strong post

:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::tweak:

[SoundEfx]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who thought that....lol

[Jibbberish]

I thought we were just ignoring that.

Rumored concept liveries for Haas. I hope they're at least better than Marussia was. Cause 'murica.
http://gas2.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/haas-rendering-1024x682.jpg
http://i0.wp.com/www.grandprix247.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Yello-Haas-F1-Team.jpg?resize=750%2C500

Of course we don't really know until the official unveiling on February 21st right before winter testing. I really hope we see them out there, the first car's being built as we speak so it's crunch time as fuck. Then in 2017 they're gonna get blindsided by all the supposed changes that are supposed to make the cars "6 seconds a lap" faster. Say goodbye to overtaking.

[SoundEfx]

So let me ask this. Do you think that lack of overtaking is due to the cars or the track?

Because in my opinion, Indy has more 'multi-line' tracks that drivers could choose which makes the race a little more exciting. With F1, most of the races I see comes down to pit stop times. Yes, you can gain ground, but over taking is almost impossible.

Again, just my opinion.

[!Zar!]

Overtaking is hard solely because the cars are so aero dependent. The moment a trailing car gets close to the car ahead, the dirty air kills all downforce. Mechanical grip helps overcome this, but tire degradation goes way up when this happens.

[Jibbberish]

Yeah F1 cars make a lot more downforce than Indy cars. I think I read Indy cars make 1:1 at like 190km/h and F1 cars make 1:1 at like 130km/h and nearly 2:1 at 190.

[SoundEfx]

That makes sense, but doesn't that mean that it would come down to each driver's skill to handle the car when being passed with less down force?

I watch both type of races and to me, even though Indy is indeed slower, it's more fun to watch because you can pass at most corners. In F1, all you have to do is start up front and make sure your pit stops are on point.

[Sway500]

You would think it would come down to driver skill, but the dirty air from the car in front "stalls" the aero produced by the car behind. If the chassis are the same, it means you can't use you chassis strength against the other car as you will both have the same strengths, and you will also have less downforce due to the dirty air of the leading car so its a lose lose unless you have the advantage of fresh rubber, which you could lose if you try to overtake too many times due to accelerated deg.

[SoundEfx]

I hear you. So it basically comes down to the same thing, the car in front will stay in front.

[Jibbberish]

So, this new quali format is ass. I get that they're trying to make it exciting or whatever but man if you get dealt a shit hand with track position you're pretty much screwed. But if you want good track position, you gotta sit at the end of the damn pit straight for like 4 hours while your temps fall apart.

[drift freaq]

So, this new quali format is ass. I get that they're trying to make it exciting or whatever but man if you get dealt a shit hand with track position you're pretty much screwed. But if you want good track position, you gotta sit at the end of the damn pit straight for like 4 hours while your temps fall apart.

It's already going bye bye. It only took to the beginning of the Australian Grand Prix for the officials to hear loud and clear. Even the announcers on NBC sports mentioned it during their broadcast.

On the other race tip it was an awesome race and a great season opener regardless of the fact that qualifying did suck complete ass. Lol

[Rob's S14]

so it looks like they're sticking with this retarded qualifying for one more race. hopefully it's as bad as last time so they just switch back.

[lewisfk]

The last time I checked the ticks for the Curcuit of America tickets were not available. Everyone should come to Austin, TX and keep it weird! !

[Rob's S14]

yeah if you look it says sign up for the presale list. you basically email them and wait for a response. pretty early right now anyway.

[drift freaq]

I am definitely going to Austin this year.

[Rob's S14]

you decide which ticket package you're going for? paddock club would be pretty damn sweet.

[drift freaq]

you decide which ticket package you're going for? paddock club would be pretty damn sweet.

Not yet. Though I have been told turn 9 has excellent viewing . I am going to talk to an old buddy and see if h can still get me a paddock pass. He works at SpaceX now but used to be on the old Lotus/Renault crew.

[lewisfk]

Taking my kids, so hopefully I can get 4-5 good seats under $500!

[drift freaq]

The entrance tickets are not bad. It's the Hotels and parking that gets crazy. In fact book your hotel soon as the rates go through the ceiling. Parking is $250 yup $250! So best idea is to get a Hotel with a shuttle to the track to save there.

[lewisfk]

I live there, so I will have my mother and law drop us off and pick us up. Thanks for the heads up on the parking, I will pass it along.

[drift freaq]

I live there, so I will have my mother and law drop us off and pick us up. Thanks for the heads up on the parking, I will pass it along.

Damn am I envious, lol I am expecting Hotel expense to be the largest part of my expenditure as I can fly free on Southwest due to frequent flyer miles.

[BoostyMcZface]

150 or so a night for hotel isn't terrible. probably can find cheaper not going through the f1 website. probably about 1500, 2 grand for a good weekend with food and drinks and hotel for 4 nights with parking and rental car. hmmm, to go to somewhere sunny and tropical for vacation this year or go to texas and see my first f1 race. decisions...

but, hopefully this new quali setup is gone for china. at least the last race was pretty exciting, and HAAS is looking to be in good form. I'd love to see seb or kimi put a hurting on nico and lewis though. but we'll see. I feel bad for jenson and Alonso though lol

[Rob's S14]

anybody in here figure out a way to watch online? My cable contract is up and I'm ready to cut the cord. (sick of paying for hundreds of channels I don't watch) this is the only thing I haven't figured out how to replace.

[drift freaq]

anybody in here figure out a way to watch online? My cable contract is up and I'm ready to cut the cord. (sick of paying for hundreds of channels I don't watch) this is the only thing I haven't figured out how to replace.

Join the club I am in the same boat except it's Direct TV and they are hosing hard on the monthly bill. May jump to Dish for a couple years at a lockd in price.

[1993fdrx7]

anyone in Montreal for the race? I will be at the race all weekend.

[Rob's S14]

Well I'm gonna try this weekend and see if anything I found worked. I'll let you know. I already did my estimate and I'll actually be getting more channels I like and paying between 30-40% of my bill now. Damn NBC sports is killing me though.

[BoostyMcZface]

I might not even get cable when I move into my new house. I just download F1 on the piratebay.. I'm deployed so that's all I've got anyway. I've got Netflix and amazon prime for tv shows and movies. might look into the direct tv or dish route if its a couple year fixed rate for a good deal, but id rather just have fast internet by itself vs a bunch of channels I never watch just for nbc sports

[1993fdrx7]

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[!Zar!]

Well I'm gonna try this weekend and see if anything I found worked. I'll let you know. I already did my estimate and I'll actually be getting more channels I like and paying between 30-40% of my bill now. Damn NBC sports is killing me though.

I would sooner miss the race and download it than watch NBC Sports coverage.

Sky > BBC > Soap Network > NBC

[BoostyMcZface]

I like skysports as well. Channel 4 isn't bad either, David Coulthard, Eddie Jordan and Susie isn't a bad line up.