it's truly a sad state of affairs when the feeder series sounds better than the Premier stars do
Posted on 06/05/2014 3:59:02 PM PDT by Chode
| Race Date: | 08 Jun 2014 | |
| Circuit Name: | Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve | |
| First Grand Prix: | 1978 | |
| Number of Laps: | 70 | |
| Circuit Length: | 4.361 km | |
| Race Distance: | 305.270 km | |
| Lap Record: | 1:13.622 - R Barrichello (2004) |
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Friday Cloudy 24C Saturday Sunny 28C Sunday Sunny 28C |
it's truly a sad state of affairs when the feeder series sounds better than the Premier stars do
“Stupid F1 cars sound like lawnmowers now. They are ruining motorsports”
This I will say: Audi have been running diesels in Le Mans for several years with great, great success.
I went to Laguna Seca in 2008 to watch the diesel in P1 and it was strange that the big car made such a low throated (low rpm) sound. It was a V8 that year. It also won the race.
Also, here's your Maldonado preview: 
The V6 turbo cannot be fixed. They always say it is for costs of racing and the “green” factor. Well they got the highest cost power package in the history of racing right now. They also have absolutely the worst sounding engines in history.
Who gives a damn about racing costs? I don’t. If they cannot afford to race the quickest and fastest cars on the planet then go home. EVERY time any racing series says they are going to reduce costs it turns out the opposite happens.
Wanna know what they sound like? Just go to your local gokart track and watch the Briggs and Stratten class. Perfiect.
They are losing fans worldwide weekly and they even now have promoter problems. Ole Bernie may have to make new contracts with promoters or suffer reduced race schedule. And of course when he kicks the bucket the whole F1 will most likely collapse with all the fighting that will go on for control.
I love the BMW straight-six.
Had one myself, Straight 6’s are great, I love the drone of a BMW I6 and they really pack a punch. They are just like the Boxer’s because you can even up the firing order.
It’s the V6 configuration that sucks. 60degree banks is as close as you can get with a V6 to even firing order.
At a stop light you always feel a little vibration, and something happens to the sound. It’s like sound waves cancelling themselves out in the exhaust system or something.
oh HELL YEAH... OUTSTANDING!!!! thank you.
even though they seem to do nothing but step on their own crank, i'd be most appreciative if you can get a shot or two of the McLarens, thx...
WAY AWESOME !!!!!!
Thank You
You lucky dog!
Great work and good going on the seat locale!
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:16.471 | 1:15.289 | 1:14.874 | 19 |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:15.750 | 1:15.054 | 1:14.953 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:17.470 | 1:16.109 | 1:15.548 | 18 |
| 4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:16.772 | 1:15.806 | 1:15.550 | 21 |
| 5 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:16.666 | 1:15.773 | 1:15.578 | 21 |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:17.113 | 1:15.897 | 1:15.589 | 20 |
| 7 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:17.010 | 1:16.131 | 1:15.814 | 17 |
| 8 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 1:17.178 | 1:16.255 | 1:16.162 | 24 |
| 9 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16.631 | 1:16.214 | 1:16.182 | 20 |
| 10 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:17.013 | 1:16.245 | 1:16.214 | 17 |
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:16.897 | 1:16.300 | 21 | |
| 12 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16.446 | 1:16.310 | 15 | |
| 13 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:18.235 | 1:16.472 | 19 | |
| 14 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:17.732 | 1:16.687 | 19 | |
| 15 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 1:16.938 | 1:16.713 | 19 | |
| 16 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:17.519 | 1:17.314 | 16 | |
| 17 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1:18.328 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:18.348 | 6 | ||
| 19 | 17 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:18.359 | 5 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1:19.278 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1:19.820 | 10 | ||
| DNS | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | ||||
| Q1 107% Time | 1:21.052 |
ANOTHER first lap foul up
Missed it, gonna have to see the DVR. Some decade before I die I’d like to to have a Fri.-Mon. That had nothing to do but relax, have 5 TRV screens to put all the crap I want to and not change things.
Hammy takes the LEAD!!!
WTF!!
Lead swap and then Hammy cuts the corner
And now Hammy fries the brakes and is out!!!!!!
clusterfluck on brake size vs energy recovery system claims it's first victim
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