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Mmmm, I will ride past the factory tonight and see if they have a nice new shiny sign outside then.
In this photo it's got a bit of a Cadbury's Dairy Milk thing going on
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Has anybody ever seen a Nissan Infiniti around? Maybe they are sold in other territories?
There's an Infiniti dealer in Glasgow, and it would appear that a handful of people have actually bought the pug-ugly things! Fittingly, they are on Braille Crescent
Haha! Yes, just been checking them out in Google. They're a pretty dull looking bunch!
Quite a few on the roads around here (together with Mustangs, Chargers, Hummers, cadillacs and miscellaneous other oddities) ..... mostly due to the American air bases.
Has anybody ever seen a Nissan Infiniti around?
Chap near our work has one, along with his BMW i8 and 3 Porsches!
I find it funny that Pastor doesn't feel a manor drive is worthy of his ability. I think Manor may give some of the midfield a whooping this year.
"Manor are not really an option," said Todt. "After five years at Williams and Lotus...with all due respect to Manor, it makes no sense for Pastor."
Admittedly Manor's budget may not extend to crash liabilities that come with Pastor.
[quote=bombjack ]Needs more yellow.
I'm thinking the yellow needs replacing with gold on that Lotus...
Exciting stuff- it'll be good to see Renault and their drivers next year 🙂
Yep, it's all looking good! Nice to see KM back in a car and curious to see how JP works out- it's always good to see new drivers on the grid 🙂
Pity we won't see Pastor rubbing shoulders with other drivers in 2016
Quite a few infinities around here too, posh and smart but pig ugly! I'd be thinking the manor seat wouldn't be a bad bet this year, merc power at very least
Stupid engine token system to be scrapped in 2017 - bring on the POWEEEEEEEEEEER! 😀
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-to-scrap-power-unit-token-system-from-2017-671488/
Has anyone ever seen any numbers on how much the cost saving projects over the years have actually saved? Always seems that where they restrict one area, funds just go straight into another (or a new) one
The team with the biggest budget doesn't always win - Toyota was expected to sweep all before it after their 2001 debut, but I don't think they ever won a race. Williams is pretty small, yet they seem to be good at hiring the right personnel. A good chunk of the budgets of the larger teams go on PR (McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari).
If only they outlawed bullshit in F1...while you cannot argue with improved safety (nor should we ever grow complacent in this area, especially after losing the likes of Jules Bianchi and Justin Wilson to preventable accidents), I do yearn for a return of real characters to the sport. I was rather fond of Maldonado because he seemed to speak his mind, even when it was careering off the track and into a portaloo.
The token thing is a sensible move, shame they're not doing it this year as I think it might have removed one of the barriers to new engine suppliers coming in.
Looks like the Halo is coming too - they say they'll work on ways to make it look good but I can't help think it's reminiscent of when the prettiest girl in school got braces fitted
I see the halo system as just being roll bars by another name, and as such they make a lot of sense to me. We may even look back and wonder why they weren't there for so long!!
I'm also a little sad to see Maldonado go- even in the dullest races you could always rely on the bailer from Venezuela to provide some absolute balls-out craziness
Manor have signed Pascal Wehlein. Sounds like he's a quick driver! It also sounds like Manor chose a quick driver with some cash rather than a slow driver with tonnes of cash, which is exciting...
He's the next best option once vandoorne and ocon are out of the equation, but it really shows how Manor is actually Mercedes' B team this year. I doubt they'll be hanging 2 seconds off the back of the grid now.
Manor have a genuine chance of embarassing McHonda this year I reckon.
According to the press releases so far - EVERY team is going to score points this season. 🙂
Could be really close in the mid-field with no real tail-enders unless Haas or Honda make a complete mess of it.
My money is on Sauber propping up the back of the grid.
Or Renault, they have an old car and wont have much time to sort that.
I think Renault will be OK, with regular points finishes. The talk is that last years car was decent, just let down by lack of money to fund development.
I think they knew what was wrong, so a bit of cash chucked at it over winter should keep it mid-field.
Yeah, looking forward to a bit of a shake up this season!! 🙂
I think Renault will be OK, with regular points finishes. The talk is that last years car was decent, just let down by lack of money to fund development
But they did have the Merc power. 2 steps forward, 2 steps back.
Sounds like he's a quick driver!
he's in a slow car and team with no money, he will end up last or close to last
he's in a slow car and team with no money
albeit powered by merc engines and with use of the merc wind tunnel. They wont be last this year i reckon.
I still think last place will be sauber.. although I have a soft spot for all the privateer teams.
I agree, prob Sauber at the back, which is a shame I was always a bit of a fan! I agree I always prefer it went the privateer teams do well. Seems closer to the original spirit or something...
Manor have a genuine chance of embarassing McHonda this year I reckon.
If they haven't raised their game massively since last year, the Anthill Mob, Dick Dastardly and the Slate Brothers have a genuine chance of embarrassing McHonda.
I'd think we can forget last year's mchonda, they knew it was beyond hope by mid season and everyone in the know thinks they can easily fix the fundamental problems for this year. It seems Ferrari have gone for some major repackaging of their 2016 pu to allow for variable inlet trumpets, so there may be some fun for them to get that all integrated properly again.
Im hoping Ferrari and merc produce comparable units thus year, and that Honda and Renault aren't too far behind. I can live in hope for another fortnight anyway...
Ferrari engine sounds nice on the bench, hopefully that'll translate to the track...
https://twitter.com/ScuderiaFerrari/status/697813539852066817
sound like they have an old metal dustbin as the exhaust, bernie will be happy vroom vroom 🙂
Ferrari engine sounds nice on the bench
Sound like a bag of spanners to me, as all f1 engines sound like at idle
Looks like we're guaranteed one decent f1 sound next year - channel 4 are keeping The Chain.
Ferrari engine sounds nice on the bench, hopefully that'll translate to the track...
not to be outdone mercs claiming an improved noise
Sorry I feel dirty and cheap listening to ^^ ..must cleanse the palate.. 8)
Bring them ^^^ Back ..... they sound amazing
Yep! V12 not the scruffy sounding V8's though
That V12 sounds great forget all that ERS,Kers and hybrid nonsense..... bring back the noise
Stop living in the past, F1 has always been about change. These current pus are powerful, efficient and make a whole range of interesting sounds, in fact gp2 and 3 sound like monotonous whines after hearing f1.
One week today and we'll have some clues about who got it wrong over the winter, but let me be the first to say 'it's only testing '
With it being half term, I finally had time to finish construction and start testing on my team's 2016 car.
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