2014 Random F1 Discussion

RtN · PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:07 pm

kals wrote:

RtN wrote:

I believe Simona's results in Formula Atlantics would have gotten her a stab at Indycar regardless.

kals wrote:

I'm guessing some of the comments I saw have been moderated. The article is as you'd expect from that author.

But then again Suzie is marketable, British and part of one the most historic of current F1 organizations. She's not devoid of talent even if she's not on Simona's level. Yes she got into F1 because of Toto, but she didn't get through the junior rankings and into DTM thanks to him.

What junior progress? She did 3 seasons of FR2.0, then had a year with only 1 weekend each of British F3 and PCC UK...and then somehow went from that to DTM, which is perplexing.

Perplexing? If you think so.

She was a female driver doing well (5th in FR2.0 in 2004 with some very decent results) at a time when female drivers were sought after and making headlines (Danica, Legge, etc...). So she was strong marketable material and wasn't doing a bad job in the junior ranks, ankle injury in 2005 aside.

If you don't like the attention she's getting then it's probably best to ignore it. She'll get more attention than Simona, despite not being as talented, thanks to who her husband is. But let's remember, and as I've already said, she's not without talent and she's certainly no Giovanna Amati.

See, that's the thing, if her being a woman meant so much more to teams\sponsors etc. in the same way that it was for Danica, what happened in 2005? That's what I mean by perplexing, she goes from having pretty much no career prospects whatsoever in 2005 to a full-time DTM drive in 2006...on the back of what? Genuine question btw.

I think she's better than Amati definitely but they both got their drive in the same way.

kals · PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:14 pm

Susie was injured in 2005, which kept her out of the cockpit for a lot of the year. There was probably some budget aspects as well I'm sure. But that didn't stop her and Legge and Ickx from cashing in on their talent and uniqueness of the female form for drives in series that wanted female presence.

It's not that hard to understand right?

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:23 pm

I still see Legge as the one who got away (unharmed) from the most scariest crash of the last years of OWRS

RtN · PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:24 pm

kals wrote:

Susie was injured in 2005, which kept her out of the cockpit for a lot of the year. There was probably some budget aspects as well I'm sure. But that didn't stop her and Legge and Ickx from cashing in on their talent and uniqueness of the female form for drives in series that wanted female presence.

It's not that hard to understand right?

Was that so hard?

Now let's move on to seeing how many seconds there are between her and Valtteri tomorrow morning.

kals · PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:26 pm

RtN wrote:

Now let's move on to seeing how many seconds there are between her and Valtteri tomorrow morning.

Tee hee yes. Let's have a wager. I'm saying 3 seconds. Your guess?

RtN · PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:28 pm

I actually believe it'll be between 1 and 2, as they'll be doing race sims.

cookie · PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 7:29 pm

Hockenheim is a short lap, won't be that big a gap I think, if she can do a normal program.

cookie · PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:49 am

And I was right, only 0.2 seconds away from Massa. You can only compare times from the same session, they'll go faster this afternoon on the super softs.

kals · PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:46 pm

That's right, not bad. We were both wrong. But then we don't know what programs both drivers were running. Still pretty impressive though.

alex1369 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:12 pm

Question about new Sochi track:
I would like to know how the track will be?
Will it be like Valencia, like a street circuit with walls very close or will it be like Korea,India,Austin lets say normal track with wit walls not so close and big run off areas..

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:17 pm

alex1369 wrote:

Question about new Sochi track:
I would like to know how the track will be?
Will it be like Valencia, like a street circuit with walls very close or will it be like Korea,India,Austin lets say normal track with wit walls not so close and big run off areas..

more here

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthrea ... 08&page=21

alex1369 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:36 pm

It will probably be normal track, but lets wait and see when its finished..

RtN · PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 8:25 pm

PDVSA pay for at least one more season.

krag · PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 9:16 pm

RtN wrote:

PDVSA pay for at least one more season.

Yep, Lotus just confirmed Maldonado for 2015 season

kals · PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 9:41 pm

RtN wrote:

PDVSA pay for Mercedes engines at Lotus next season.

RtN · PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 9:43 pm

And the ~$5 million they save for not having to pay for Renault's 'superior' product will cover the crash bills.

kals · PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 11:51 pm

Ooh la la

alex1369 · PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:51 am

Oh look on F1.coms radar it says rain for Budapest on race day like it was for Hockenheim. In the end it will be cloudy or damn hot!

alex1369 · PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 5:52 pm

I know its a week away, but still..

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:28 pm

Swedish Tv commentator says that Bernie has confirmed GP in Mexico next year

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