NickReppinThe909 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 it seems that Formula 1 (the only motorsport aside from wrc and motogp worth watching) is stepping backwards with both the look of the cars and the technology involved and i fear the cars will end up looking like indycar spec carshttp://formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/12/8792.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineout Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 why? although i believe that there were a few too many spoilers on the damn things before, i got to go to the special collection meuseum in munchen and saw a line of the last few years of BMW-sauer F1 cars and there was a different spoiler popping up every 6 inches on the damn things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NarghileNights Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 200 miles an hour = lots of spoilers unless you plan on flying away in a car that weighs nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineout Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 i know, however its pretty easy to mold all the parts like the front and rear spoiler and intakes to actually give you the right amount and distribution of downforce and drag reduction, BMW just gets nit-picky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename067 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Formula 1 + MotoGP are the only 2 races that I can actually sit down and enjoy watching with out getting bored. And damn, not much we can do about this sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickReppinThe909 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 QUOTE (fineout @ Dec 31 2008, 08:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i know, however its pretty easy to mold all the parts like the front and rear spoiler and intakes to actually give you the right amount and distribution of downforce and drag reduction, BMW just gets nit-pickyeverything that is put on the car is for a reason and has been wind tunnel tested and serves a purpose. one of the great things about formula 1 (up until this coming season i guess) is that no two teams cars are alike and it is really cool to watch inside grand prix and see how all of these tiny parts affect how the car performs. what other body of racing has ever tried a 6 wheel set up ? granted it didnt play out how the teams wanted it is sure as hell cool to look back and see how all the teams have tried to get the most out of their cars. i personally fear that this is going to be the end of a golden era of formula 1 and i also fear that they may end up racing on a bloody oval track instead of street courses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineout Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 now if that happened, that would make me sick (the oval) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indian_villager Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Whats annoying is that Auto companies pulling out left and right out of these events. IIRC Honda dropped out of everything and the worst part is that Subaru pulled out of the wrc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineout Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 WTF SUBARU DROPPED OUT OF WRC?!?!?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickReppinThe909 Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 honda isnt a loss at all but subie not being in WRC is blasphemy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indian_villager Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 QUOTE (NickReppinThe909 @ Jan 5 2009, 02:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>honda isnt a loss at all but subie not being in WRC is blasphemyIts like what the hell. A good bit of their cars were sold due to their performance in the Rally world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickReppinThe909 Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 subie not in wrc is like mercedes not being in DTLM or porsche not being in ALMS or dare i even say it Ferrari not being in F1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickReppinThe909 Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 subie not in wrc is like mercedes not being in DTLM or porsche not being in ALMS or dare i even say it Ferrari not being in F1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indian_villager Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Or like Jesus not being in the Bible.....It just ain't right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineout Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 i cant believe all these companies are pulling out of sports they have such a big part of, half of subaru's image came from how badass rally is and how people want a rugged rally car they can drive every day, ferrari threatening to drop out of F1 is ludicrous and audi and porsche out of ALMS is rediculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybersist Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Alot of the drop outs are not permanent and they might rejoin once the US economy shapes up (cause it clearly affects the rest of the world, Japanese automakers are down in production and sales, and euro companies arent seeing increases in sales with the exception of BMW and the M3). I hope this is the case, because I'm, begining to loose faith in auto racing. In lighter news, Honda F1 was bought by some rich dude thats putting Bruno Senna in Long live the Senna name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickReppinThe909 Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 QUOTE (fineout @ Jan 5 2009, 10:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i cant believe all these companies are pulling out of sports they have such a big part of, half of subaru's image came from how badass rally is and how people want a rugged rally car they can drive every day, ferrari threatening to drop out of F1 is ludicrous and audi and porsche out of ALMS is rediculouslol i wasnt saying they really are i was just giving an example to how subie leaving wrc compares to other companies and motorsport. i highly doubt ferrari will ever drop out of formula 1 because it is too big of a selling point for them, when my dad bought his 430 every other word was formula 1 derived. damn i just realized how much i miss that car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickReppinThe909 Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 QUOTE (Cybersist @ Jan 5 2009, 11:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Alot of the drop outs are not permanent and they might rejoin once the US economy shapes up (cause it clearly affects the rest of the world, Japanese automakers are down in production and sales, and euro companies arent seeing increases in sales with the exception of BMW and the M3). I hope this is the case, because I'm, begining to loose faith in auto racing. In lighter news, Honda F1 was bought by some rich dude thats putting Bruno Senna in Long live the Senna name!damn it i thought we got rid of some of the traffic causing cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineout Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 no its true, ferrari did threaten to drop out, and porsche did drop outhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/15/porsche...am-out-of-alms/http://www.motorauthority.com/ferrari-thre...gine-rules.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickReppinThe909 Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 holy shit fineout i was just being hypothetical i had no clue lolwell personally i wouldnt mind if ferrari left (im a mclaren mercedes fan) but it sure would be a horrible idea for ecclestone to let them go considering the tifosi is huge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybersist Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 QUOTE (NickReppinThe909 @ Jan 5 2009, 03:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (Cybersist @ Jan 5 2009, 11:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Alot of the drop outs are not permanent and they might rejoin once the US economy shapes up (cause it clearly affects the rest of the world, Japanese automakers are down in production and sales, and euro companies arent seeing increases in sales with the exception of BMW and the M3). I hope this is the case, because I'm, begining to loose faith in auto racing. In lighter news, Honda F1 was bought by some rich dude thats putting Bruno Senna in Long live the Senna name!damn it i thought we got rid of some of the traffic causing cars Yea, Honda doesn't necessarily have the best track record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indian_villager Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Ok people how do we fix the economy so that racing can go back to what it should be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickReppinThe909 Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 not bail out people that dont need to be bailed out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indian_villager Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 QUOTE (NickReppinThe909 @ Jan 6 2009, 01:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>not bail out people that dont need to be bailed outI got a sack of hammers can we do anything with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickReppinThe909 Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 QUOTE (indian_villager @ Jan 5 2009, 11:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (NickReppinThe909 @ Jan 6 2009, 01:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>not bail out people that dont need to be bailed outI got a sack of hammers can we do anything with that?i have 1500 rounds of free .40S&W ammo and 2 spare glock 22's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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