Prisoner Monkeys

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  • #251612
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    I’m surprised Izawa isn’t as horrible as I expected him to be. Given his background and his age, eleventh is fairly respectable.

    And pictures on the GP2 Series website show that he is backed by Honda and their Formula Dream project (which I thought had folded years ago).

    #251395
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    If Daly makes it into GP2, then the selection of teams with seats on offer means that his only real hope is to try and beat Alexander Rossi to attract American sponsors.

    #249858
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    If Classic Mode returns – and after its inclusion in F1 2013, it pretty much has to – then I would like to see a better range of circuits. The ones Codemasters chose for F1 2013 were not really representative of the era they were trying to capture. They should go for Imola and Buenos Aires (the version used in the 1980s, not the 1990s) and Watkins Glen and the Osterreichring (which I always used to call the ‘Ostrich-ring’).

    #242462
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    @andae23 – I think you are jumping to conclusions. Losing the government backing us a blow, but it does not completely kill Cecotto’s chances. Look at Mitch Evans – his entire career is funded by one man, somebody Giltrap.

    #242459
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    DHL is Abt’s personal sponsor. And Sony is believed to be talking with McLaren, not Force India.

    #248500
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    I don’t know. It’s conceivable that he would – whatever his ability, he is the most-prominent Venezuelan driver. With everyone losing their backing, all it will take is one private citizen with more money than sense for him to geta seat.

    #242457
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    Throwing drivers in the deep end and pulling the carpet out from under them as soon as they falter is Red Bull’s m.o.

    #248423
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    Ordinarily, I would agree that the intention of the law is subjective. But in the case of the OTBD ban, the FIA publicised their intentions for nearly a year in advance, and it was quite obvious that Red Bull were trying to recapture the effects that the FIA wanted banned.

    In that case, if the only excuse you have is “but it is within the letter of the rules”, then as far as I am concerned, that is no excuse.

    #248498
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    @wsrgo – Motorsport had nothing to do with it. Someone just saw the sponsor portfolio and thought it was a golden opportunity to embezzle money.

    @force-maikel – No, he has just lost his government backing. He can still get a seat, but will need private sponsorship.

    #248419
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    There is no such thing as a ‘spirit’ of rules. There are the words of the rules, and nothing else. If something complies with the wording of the rules, then well done to them.

    I disagree with that. The wording of the rules is used to express the intent of the rules. When a team finds a way design something that follows the letter of the rules, but ignores the intent, then that is against the spirit of the rules.

    For example, the FIA wanted to outlaw the practice of off-throttle blown diffusers in 2012. They had made it known for the better part of a year that OTBDs were going to be banned, and they wrote the 2012 regulations with that in mind. However, Red Bull found a loophole that allowed them to use the OTBD concept, but applied it differently to what they had previously used. That, to me, was against the spirit of the rules: the FIA made it clear the concept was banned, Red Bull did it anyway, and they got away with it because of the wording of the regulations.

    #248495
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    Sounds like a continuation of a story that was run a few months ago. Apparently close to $800 million in state funds was unaccounted for following Chavez’s death and the turmoil that wracked the local political scene afterwards. I remember it well because a lot of people assumed that it meant Pastor Maldonado was going to lose his seat.

    #248416
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    Is anyone keeping track of the list of items breaking the spirit of the rules this year? so far I have heard Lotus nose, and McLaren rear suspension (both of which I would love to understand better).

    How does either of those go against the “spirit of the rules”?

    #248401
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    Why would they want to do that? For the sake of making both prongs the same length, which is a detail that would only ever be noticed when the car is standing still?

    Seems like a complete waste of time, effort and money.

    #212843
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    You are lucky the teams even allow access to the tests at all. The last thing they need is people wondering around pit lane. They could reasonably ask that the tests be carried out in private and the FIA would be well within their rights to agree to that. Just because they are running their cars, it does not mean that fans are entitled to have access to everything.

    #212840
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    @toolmansteve99 – Testing is not run for the benefit of the fans. It never has been. Testing is for the teams, to allow them to come to an understanding about their cars. They do not owe the fans anything.

    For the past few years, the teams have struggled with low temperatures and rain during winter testing. With the changes to the engine formula, it was decided to move testing to Bahrain as it has a far more stable climate, thereby allowing the teams to get the most out of the time available.

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