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  1. 18 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

    I feel like you're a little unclear on when "America" started. And very unclear on when "America" started winning.

    Phrasing: insert “The America’s…”

    Your comment had nothing to do with “winning” and everything to do with forced labor that you felt obligated to add to a Formula 1 thread.

    No CR, I like fast cars.

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    The numbers relate only to the costs of running the Brackley race team, and include a fixed £13m fee paid to the HPP division for the use of its engines, the same amount paid by other Mercedes PU users.

    This quote is from a Motorsport.com article regarding Mercedes’ spending/revenue.  Back to the discussion on the latest PU upgrades being available for the other Merc users, I’m guessing whatever made Lewis go zoom in Brazil wouldn’t be available for all customers if the advances were made by the team and not MB HPP?  I wasn’t sure if there was a separation between factory and team before.

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  3. 16 minutes ago, mackavelli said:

    Had a blast in Grandstand today. Qualy was great. Parking sucked in lot T getting out.
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    Agreed regarding the Main Grandstand, we were in mezz 17A (across from Ferrari) yesterday for practice and had a great time.  Unfortunately we entered and had to leave through the turn 11 gate.

  4. 13 minutes ago, utee94 said:

    I'm surprised he's doing it on Sunday morning before the race.  Seems like he'd want to stay in the F1 headspace that morning.

    But I'm not an F1 Grand Prix winning driver, so what the heck do I know?

     

    Well, the dude drinks champagne out of a shoe, so…

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  5. Ah, ONEderland, I get it now.  Seeing this on the map I read it as O’Nederland and thought it was some Dutch thing going on, was hoping to find some authentic Croquettes and Bitterballen.

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  6. 7 hours ago, utee94 said:

     

     

    Can't disagree with the spirit of any of this.  I've always said, I'd be all-in for having ZERO technical regs. And I mean ZERO.  And almost no sporting regs.

    You wanna roll out a 6-wheeled car?  Go for it.  You wanna roll out a car with no wings?  Go for it.  You wanna roll out a car that is nothing but a giant wing like a B2 bomber?  Sure why not?

    No fueling requirements.  Refuel if you want.  Or load up and never refuel.  It's up to you to strategize.

    Not tyre requirements.  Change tyres twenty times in a race.  Never change them.  Use solid steel wheels with no rubber at all if you feel like it.

    Only regs I'd want to see, are true safety ones.  Halo is ugly but it works, so keep it.  Improved fire-suits and gloves and booties, after the Grosjean incident?  Yup, that'a good.  HANS device?  Yeah, for sure.

    Obviously that's a fantasy world where very few teams could afford to compete, but I desperately miss the old days of wide open innovation.  There are plenty of spec series in the world, and I don't want F1 to be one of them.  

     

    Agreed, just spec safety equipment, leaving the rest open for a truly ultimate racing league would be awesome.  See more 919 Evo type creations.

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  7. 3 hours ago, RPM said:

    …While the passing in F1 could use some work, it's a better product overall.

    Take away all the downforce wizardry we currently have and return to a simple single front and rear wing.  It’ll never happen but I think we’d see much closer racing.  Then again I’m all for returning to leather helmets in football to promote more fundamental tackling and stopping these kids from using their heads as weapons.  But hey, unpopular opinions are my thing.

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  8. 2 hours ago, Pig Bellmont said:

    Great read but a little unfair shot at Pete Carroll at the end- winning a super bowl should be a little better than comparison to Chip Kelly’s pro career or dismissed as “mixed results”

    I don’t see a shot at Carroll, he was successful while Kelly wasn’t.

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