2015 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix

kart99 · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:36 pm

I'm getting of the opinion that F1 should just go away. There are about 150 better championships out there now anyway.

micha · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:45 pm

kart99 wrote:

I'm getting of the opinion that F1 should just go away. There are about 150 better championships out there now anyway.

tempting to ask you to name them all.

I do have a feeling there is a masterplan by Bernie and/or the FIA.

I'm convinced Bernie has the power to safe Caterham, Marussia, Sauber, Force India and Lotus. I'm sure he could convince other manufacturers to join today. I'm not surprised he actually does understand modern media and willing to embrace Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. But first things have to get worse.
Maybe he really does want to buy back F1 cheap from CVC.

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:53 pm

Bernie doesn't have the powers to put the rules he want as he owns comercial rights?

pimmy · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:05 pm

kart99 wrote:

I'm getting of the opinion that F1 should just go away. There are about 150 better championships out there now anyway.

Bingo! I've thought that for years.

Fabs · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:11 pm

But it's Melbourne

It's a great place for a race :cry:

De Cesaris fan · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:12 pm

It is getting a bit desperate now. I've been getting more and more fed up about the changes they make to the circuits, and now it looks like there are going to be less and less competitive cars to even go around the circuits. Meh.

That said, I thought last year was quite interesting, and I love Melbourne, so I shall try and stay positive.

NVirkkula · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:26 pm

According to Auto Motor und Sport, Three teams have not yet paid Pirelli for their tires. These teams are Force India, Sauber and Lotus.

So it's Mercedes, Williams, Ferrari, Red Bull and Toro Rosso that should be good to go.

Give me a break...

micha · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:35 pm

What about Manor? Are they actually in a better position financially than the one blocking their entry at first?

Schumifan · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:36 pm

We'll have a full grid at Melbourne, just that 6 cars won't have any tyres, 2 car's engines won't turn on, 2 car's engines will have exploded before turn 1 and 2 cars won't have enough seats.

Should be a good race apart from that though

RtN · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:56 pm

micha wrote:

What about Manor? Are they actually in a better position financially than the one blocking their entry at first?

Fitzpatrick and King should have enough personal finance between the two of them to keep the team going for a while, until the prize money starts coming in.

To the best of my knowledge, all of Manor's problems so far stem from logistics. They should be fine by Bahrain.

Schumifan · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:15 pm

guys

hey guys

this whole Sauber thing has given me an amazing idea. Instead of 3rd cars, convert all the current cars to two-seaters. The half decent pay drivers can do the actual driving, while all the useless knobbers (Chilton, Jorda etc) can sit in the back doing the DRS, doing the KERS, and complaining to Charlie about how it's wet and they're tired and their feet hurt. The teams get money from 4 pay drivers instead of 2, they don't have to build any more cars and we don't have to watch Chilton and co tooling around at the back burning daddy's money.

Everyone's a winner, I've saved F1

Fabs · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:30 pm

Perhaps 2015 is the beginning of the end, bout time F1 died.

kals · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:45 pm

Schumifan wrote:

guys

hey guys

this whole Sauber thing has given me an amazing idea. Instead of 3rd cars, convert all the current cars to two-seaters. The half decent pay drivers can do the actual driving, while all the useless knobbers (Chilton, Jorda etc) can sit in the back doing the DRS, doing the KERS, and complaining to Charlie about how it's wet and they're tired and their feet hurt. The teams get money from 4 pay drivers instead of 2, they don't have to build any more cars and we don't have to watch Chilton and co tooling around at the back burning daddy's money.

Everyone's a winner, I've saved F1

So your idea is to turn F1 into powerboat racing?

Fabs · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:45 pm

Then we might actually race in the rain. :icame:

kart99 · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:46 pm

Just make the WEC the pinnacle of World Motorsport - which it is kind of starting to become anyway - and get Ferrari, McLaren etc into that.

Fabs · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:47 pm

Not elitist enough :roll:

kals · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:48 pm

Fabs wrote:

Then we might actually race in the rain.

Edited (I'm very very sorry)

Cartman · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:48 pm

At this point they should just pump Yakety Sax through the loudspeakers nonstop for the rest of the weekend.

RtN · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:54 pm

Cartman wrote:

At this point they should just pump Yakety Sax through the loudspeakers nonstop for the rest of the weekend.

To go with it, there could be a scene of at least one member of Sauber being chased by the police through the paddock.

Fabs · PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 8:06 pm

I propose a separate session to decide the two Sauber drivers.

The two best crashes win

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