2013 Random F1 Discussion

EAS · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:53 am

Mäth wrote:

I don't even understand what to do there

You fill A1 with the latest champion. Then, each cell contains tips about the other ones. Follow this tips to fill the whole board.

Mäth · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:21 am

oh crap, I missed the instructions. And they were clear. Obrigado anyway !

Mika Kimi · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:44 pm

RtN wrote:

http://adamcooperf1.com/2013/03/16/how-a-factory-mistake-made-mclaren-unrealistically-fast-in-jerez-test/

That sounds amateuristic as hell.

kals · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:03 pm

Mika Kimi wrote:

RtN wrote:

http://adamcooperf1.com/2013/03/16/how-a-factory-mistake-made-mclaren-unrealistically-fast-in-jerez-test/

That sounds amateuristic as hell.

That is probably as big as Jaguar's horrendous wind tunnel miscalculation when designing the R3 for the 2002 season.

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:16 pm

what about Prost in 2001

There will never be another car that was so hyped up at launch yet so pathetic on track as the 2007 Honda Earth Car

RtN · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:21 pm

The AP-04 wasn't a bad car, they just ran it in an illegal configuration during the tests to try and get sponsors.

kals · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:26 pm

Which worked (don't forget).

Bleu · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:53 pm

What sponsors they got late?

Basically two biggest sponsor places almost empty: sides of the rollbar (only small Acer and Dark Dog) and sidepod

phil1993 · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:55 pm

Sauber did a similar-ish thing in 2010. The car was being talked about as a potential podium contender but spent much of the early races being rather slow and unreliable.

Mika Kimi · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:07 pm

Did it work out for them? I recall Brawn GP for having a fantastic winter but no extra sponsors in Melbourne. Monster Energy became a big one during the season but I thought that this was even after Jenson's winning streak.

kals · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:34 pm

Bleu wrote:

What sponsors they got late?

Basically two biggest sponsor places almost empty: sides of the rollbar (only small Acer and Dark Dog) and sidepod

Autosport.com wrote:

On February 14, 2001, the cash-strapped Prost team suddenly looked like the team to beat ahead of the F1 season.

Jean Alesi, having already topped two of the previous four days of testing at Estoril, lapped the Portuguese circuit over a second quicker than anybody else had managed - or would manage - during the winter.

The rumours of the AP04 running massively underweight in a bid to grab instant headlines and convince potential sponsors to part with their cash, flew instantly - especially as the car had also gone second fastest at Barcelona two weeks previously. The rumours were right too. Sponsors secured, the car showed its true colours, scoring only four points all year.

A picture from that Estoril test...

RtN · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:43 pm

Quote:

Autosport

Yeah.

Come on, the photo evidence is beyond conclusive. The only sponsors who actually turned up after those testing times were Dark Dog and Adecco, and if either of those were paying seven figures for the space they got they were robbed.

PSN were dragged along by Mazzacane and Prost himself managed to persuade Diniz to part with some of his funny money in the hope of eventually selling the team to him.

kals · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:45 pm

Regardless of the source it's pretty accurate. And those were the only sponsors Prost secured for 2002, who was already a team struggling for survival.

EDIT - looks like we on the same page with PSN and Parmalat

phil1993 · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:51 pm

McLaren has confirmed that Webber did have an ECU software issue in Australia
http://www.f1zone.net/news/mclaren-apol ... sue/18200/

RtN · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:51 pm

Prost GP was dead by 2002.

The Autosport article makes it sound as though dozens of companies were flinging their money at the team after that test.

If they really wanted that, they should've put adverts in the local newspapers at each GP.

kals · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:55 pm

Looking back at articles across the internet, Alesi went stupidly quick at Estoril (and other tests that winter), then just a handful of days after the final Estoril test Acer were confirmed and announced as a sponsor (and badger of the Ferrari engines) for 2001. Yeah, durrrrhhhh not 2002. It's not really a coincidence that the car wasn't officially unveiled until the Australian GP, where the actual pace of the car was also officially unveiled.

Mika Kimi · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:02 pm

phil1993 wrote:

McLaren has confirmed that Webber did have an ECU software issue in Australia
http://www.f1zone.net/news/mclaren-apol ... sue/18200/

Didn't they deny it at first? Great job once again by McLaren.

RtN · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:05 pm

Yes, they did deny it.

Thinking of phoning DEFRA as there appears to be a group of escaped monkeys in the vicinity of Woking.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:14 pm

Well it wasn't a denial, it was a sort of "Well there's nothing wrong with it generally, just this little bit"
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106136

Which was a little odd.

Just think, 6 years ago McLaren had Fernando, Lewis and the 22. Yes the car was a little bit photocopied but still. How the mighty have fallen.

RtN · PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:20 pm

I wasn't aware that Red Bull were paying for ECUs that 'mostly' worked, or ECUs that randomly decided to desync from the pitwall.

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