Formula 1 2016

[pHILSANITY07]

I wonder if Button will go to Williams, only to have McLaren be better than Williams next year.

[momo]

good race. lots of ferrari vs verstappen which was entertaining.
good for force india. nice to see improvement for mclaren finally, bummer to see button out after a good quali.

yea i think kyvat is done.

[pHILSANITY07]

So Nico won a straight forward race while chaos happened behind him. Hamilton had some luck with the red flag to get 3rd. Looks like Magussen will be okay after that nasty crash at the top Eau Rouge.

I think it's an all but certain that Pierre Gasly is going to replace Danil Kvyat at Toro Rosso for 2017. Gasly had a fantastic weekend for GP2.

[aggie97]

Does anyone have a current formula monkey acct they can send me an invite from? We cut the cord and I haven't seen a race in 4 events....having withdrawal...my regular tech dude has been lazy with the link..need my fix.

Thanks.

[pHILSANITY07]

the dude's wife died earlier this year. said he's been going through a lot of stuff. dunno if he has kids or whatever but he likely needs to be home in Britain to take care of stuff.

rumors of a ross brawn return. not that ferrari havent already offered multiple times but ross says he is happy being away from F1.

I totally forgot about his wife passing away. Okay, now that makes sense for him to step away. Damn I feel like an asshole.

[momo]

So Ferrari and their Technical Director James Allison have parted ways. Wonder if that's because of Ferrari not meeting expectations

the dude's wife died earlier this year. said he's been going through a lot of stuff. dunno if he has kids or whatever but he likely needs to be home in Britain to take care of stuff.

rumors of a ross brawn return. not that ferrari havent already offered multiple times but ross says he is happy being away from F1.

[pHILSANITY07]

So Ferrari and their Technical Director James Allison have parted ways. Wonder if that's because of Ferrari not meeting expectations

[pHILSANITY07]

The theory of the rule made sense with the clamp down of coaching for performance. However if there is a failure or a setting wrong then it needs to have the ability to communicate.

[bird_dog0347]

exactly... this is what I'm saying. You're asking them to text and drive at 180+MPH and then putting them further in danger by not allowing someone who knows what's going on to alert the driver to a situation that can possibly and will likely cause him to crash his car. I thought the FIA gave a fuck about safety but I've been wrong once before.

[pHILSANITY07]

I read that earlier and I agree cause Perez should be told about his brakes if its close to failing.

[momo]

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-radio-restrictions-ridiculous-negligent-symonds-797877/

[pHILSANITY07]

Rosberg - Gearbox problem...
Engineer - Drive in chassis default 0, 1. chassis default 0,1, chassis default 0,1.

Engineer - Avoid 7th gear Nico, avoid 7th gear.
Rosberg - What does that mean, I have to shift through it.
Engineer - Affirm Nico you need to shift through it, Affirm you just need to shift through it.

[momo]

i think this is the first penalty of it's kind though so it kind of sets a precedence. 10 sec penalty is not very harsh at all and most teams will now consider if it's worth it.

i bet there will be a rule change next season.

[bird_dog0347]

it's a stupid rule.

This... If you want to make the cars so incredibly complex with the power units then you need to allow the teams to communicate shit like that. What they are asking the drivers to do is essentially text and drive at 180+ MPH.

[momo]

the rule is something about a driver must pilot the car unaided.

not sure which part of the radio message they didnt like but it was either/both the setting change they called for and the message on how to deal with the issue regarding 7th gear.

it's a stupid rule.