Motors The Official bit-tech F1 2012 Thread - Post season

Of course, it's much easier not to crash and take out half the field when you are in the fastest car, qualify on pole and then drive off in to the sunset

 

I think that's pretty harsh - given how meagre their budget was, to get a car out there (from scratch, I might add, not just buying an old chassis and bringing it up to date, actually building a whole new car) that's only 7-8s off the ultimate pace of a car from much more experienced teams with budgets that are 5 or 6 times the size is a deeply impressive achievement.

 

+1

Not to mention that the intent was to develop a Spanish team with Spanish money; money which no longer exists.

 

I think it's sad when any team leaves the sport, HRT or any other team.

 

But still fatally flawed, whether it's Toyota's billions or HRT's shoestrings when a team turns up announcing "We're going to go over here, do it our own way that's counter to they way everyone else does it," you may as well declare them the sport's new chew toys and be done with it.

It would seem in Formula 1 you're either based the in the UK, Italy or you're Peter Sauber, everyone else is doomed. The infrastructure, the experts and the manufacturers/painters/tech firms that F1 relies on are all in the UK.

I can understand the desire to set up somewhere else and 'create an industry,' but it takes a huge degree of arrogance (or perhaps insanity?) to look at the last forty years of Formula 1 racing and think you can go against that and succeed.

It's still a shame HRT are about to vanish, maybe being the latest addition to F1rejects will console them?

 

I have to admit that the HRT's had a really good livery. (For 2012)

 

I wonder how long will this stay online.

 

hopefully long enough for me to get home and download it!

 

I'm surprised no one posted this yet:

Turkey won't be in the 2013 line up due to $$$ but Mr Red Bull begs the FIA to use his circuit. Red Bull winning at Red Bull. At what point do we say no, no thanks, your involvement with two teams is already too much.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20657102

And also Luca and Bernie have a tiff.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20579360

 

Actually, i wouldn't be against Red Bull Ring. It is the A1 Ring after all with no changes, and with DRS/KERS it could be even more fun.

 

Good grief, imagine the damage Maldonado could do into the first corner at the A1 ring.

Or for that matter Kobayashi and Grosjean if either are still present next year.
Five cars? Ten cars? The entire field in one physics and logic defying dive of glorious slaughter?

 

And if not, then someone might be able to Dropbox it for you

 

I'm also not against it, I used to really like the A1 Ring as a track.

 

First and Second!

No one is concerned about Red Bull owning the sport?

 

My guess is when Bernie is a few feet under in a glorified pine box.

 

My guess is when Bernie is a few feet under in a glorified pine box.

 

I can't find who posted this up: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/12/07/top-ten-passes-2012-vote/ but definitely Kimi on Shumi at SPA. 200mph seat of the pants.

 

Brave as that was, I reckon his pass at Brazil was better. At Spa it was a case of dive past and drive the corner as normal, Brazil it was dive in and jostle a couple of inches from each other all the way through the corner...

As for the Red Bull Ring - does it really matter? They've invested a hilarious amount in the sport, and into a track, there's no reason that a race couldn't be held there other than a huge amount of Red Bull PR.

 

Christian Horner corner?