2013 Random F1 Discussion

RtN · PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:13 pm

That's two years in a row, then.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:14 pm

He was at Silverstone last week, presumably visiting Force India.

They must have told him the deal was off.

Artur Craft · PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:29 pm

I change my guess now, Sutil will take the seat, assuming he's the guy with most cash to bring in and Ferrari's 2014 engine deal isn't that good for FI

AxisVonOversteer · **Joined:** Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:50 pm **Posts:** 100

OS wrote:

StanV wrote:

OS wrote:

Then again, people also invent names because they want to ... Jacky 'Ickx' for example, which sort of came about by accident, he was originally like Malcolm X, only Belgian, and with less political motivations.

Huh? Either I've missed something completely or I just don't get the joke

Years ago when I used to read such things, I read that before Jacky Ickx's first race he went to sign on, but decided he didn't particularly like his surname of Bernard, it was quite bland and common, so he placed an X, which people began to pronounce in French as 'Ickx' ...

Isn't Bernard his middle name?

StanV · PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:05 pm

AxisVonOversteer wrote:

OS wrote:

Years ago when I used to read such things, I read that before Jacky Ickx's first race he went to sign on, but decided he didn't particularly like his surname of Bernard, it was quite bland and common, so he placed an X, which people began to pronounce in French as 'Ickx' ...

Isn't Bernard his middle name?

It is, and as far as I know his father was called 'Ickx' as well.

ryan86 · PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:12 pm

Artur Craft wrote:

I change my guess now, Sutil will take the seat, assuming he's the guy with most cash to bring in and Ferrari's 2014 engine deal isn't that good for FI

You can't go changing your guess when the announcement has been about as good as made.

StanV · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:32 am

I've just spent the past 1hr and 45 minutes watching this.

Thought I'd share it, as I hadn't seen it yet (most of the vid & F1 freaks probably will, I guess), but it's quickly become one of my fav racing-related vids.

Artur Craft · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:07 am

ryan86 wrote:

You can't go changing your guess when the announcement has been about as good as made.

@

StanV, the problem with such kind of videos is that they kind of cut the enthusiasm for the present F1, at least that's what happens to me

The looks of this year's cars, the even more agressive tires and the HD onboards made me create an excitment for this year, so I'm slowing down on watching past F1 to not ruin that. But thanks for the video, as I added it to my favourites' list to watch it some other time

Scirocco · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 4:09 am

amq55 wrote:

Alexander Albon doesn't sound very Thai.

British Father and Thai mother. I can't remember if he was born in Thailand or the UK but he can chose which one he wants to race for and he has chosen Thailand.

RtN · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:30 pm

Kobayashi was mugged at gunpoint at last year's USGP.

OS · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:31 pm

StanV wrote:

AxisVonOversteer wrote:

OS wrote:

Years ago when I used to read such things, I read that before Jacky Ickx's first race he went to sign on, but decided he didn't particularly like his surname of Bernard, it was quite bland and common, so he placed an X, which people began to pronounce in French as 'Ickx' ...

Isn't Bernard his middle name?

It is, and as far as I know his father was called 'Ickx' as well.

Could have been his father? I remember reading the story a few years ago ... did read it on the internet, but it wasn't somewhere obviously dubious. Oh well ...

Gaara · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:18 pm

RtN wrote:

Kobayashi was mugged at gunpoint at last year's USGP.

Wait, what?

RtN · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:20 pm

He was on a talkshow on FujiTV last night and he said that he was mugged on the beach in Texas.

cambridge · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:22 pm

RtN wrote:

He was on a talkshow on FujiTV last night and he said that he was mugged on the beach in Texas.

what do they stole? his seat at sauber? :tumble:

Gaara · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:31 pm

RtN wrote:

He was on a talkshow on FujiTV last night and he said that he was mugged on the beach in Texas.

Damn.

Fish88 · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:06 pm

USA is way worse than São Paulo.

kals · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:19 pm

Fish88 wrote:

USA is way worse than São Paulo.

What we need now is J.Morelli to give a fair, unbiased and non-emotional contribution to this discussion...

...oh wait!

Tobias · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 4:22 pm

looking forward to the wicked stories when Russia joins the F1 schedule.

FerrariGirl · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 4:43 pm

Guys, could you please tell me, how many official (manufacture, or how to explaint it better) teams are in F1 in 2013?
McLaren and Lotus are private teams, or official teams of the manufacturer? Ferrari and Mercedes are surely, but how about others?

phil1993 · PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 4:47 pm

FerrariGirl wrote:

Guys, could you please tell me, how many official (manufacture, or how to explaint it better) teams are in F1 in 2013?
McLaren and Lotus are private teams, or official teams of the manufacturer? Ferrari and Mercedes are surely, but how about others?

Ferrari, Mercedes.

Marussia and Caterham in a way, but the ownership is complex and not strictly a manufacturer team.

You can make cases for all but Red Bull, STR, Force India, Sauber and Williams. Even then Renault still has a large involvement with Red Bull.

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