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    #993 Steve, Sep 16, 2015
    Rossi to replace Mehri at Manor for most of the remaining races this season. I'm guessing this should say something like "...unless Mehri ponies up more cash" but for now it looks like there will be an American on the back of the grid, and that includes COTA.

    F1: Rossi to race in Singapore with Manor (racer.com)
     
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    #1001 Crashton, Sep 17, 2015
    Trouble is there is no American with enough F1 experience to fill the seat. I too would love to see an American at the wheel of Haas' car, but I understand his decision. The team is going to have a tough time learning the ropes. Having to train a driver would just add to that.

    I think Rossi is good & given time may be a very good F1 driver. Watching his GP2 races he seems to fade at the end of the race where the really good guys are moving forward. Don't know why that is, maybe he is using the car up too early.
     
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    #1002 Steve, Sep 17, 2015
    Okay, I just really like this picture. Autograph session in Singapore. A clearly ecstatic fan. But the best part is Alonso's reaction to all that joy.

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    #1007 minimark, Sep 20, 2015
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    #1009 Minidave, Sep 20, 2015
    Well, since the cat's out of the bag......

    This was a classic Vettel race the likes of which we haven't seen in a couple of years. It was simply amazing that he could carve out a 4 second gap in one lap, and he adapted his strategy as the race progressed. Just a dominant effort in a whole new way compared to the way the Benzer boys usually do it - which is simply to run away and hide all race.

    Danny Ricky Bobby impressed too, which makes me wonder if the Renault engine is really as bad as they claim? Danny Kay was also right in the mix till he got caught out of sync with the safety car on his pit stop.

    All in all a fun race to watch from 2nd on back, and Vettel did a remarkable job in controlling this race all the way to the win.

    Of course, the big question is - how is it the fastest Mercedes which is usually 1.5 sec ahead of the closest competitor now 1.5 seconds slower?

    Gotta love Hammie's brave face when he said he thought they still had the pace to win this race! Ha......yeah, right.......:biggrin5:
     
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    #1010 Steve, Sep 20, 2015
    So, this was fun.

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVQOJulBrYg"]F1 2015 Singapore GP Race The Man Walking On Track - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #1011 Steve, Sep 20, 2015
    Caption I found with this pic: "No marshalls at these kind of gates no wonder he got on track"

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    #1029 Steve, Sep 23, 2015
    I don't imagine they'll be running the GP at Suzuka under monsoon conditions again this year, or ever again for that matter. Nevertheless, they've made some revisions at the track based on lessons learned from last year.

    Suzuka improves safety to avoid repeat of Bianchi crash (motorsport.com)
    Pics with the article here.
     
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    #1033 Steve, Sep 24, 2015
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    #1039 Steve, Sep 25, 2015
    Another done deal.

    Grosjean signs Haas deal for 2016 (racer.com)
     
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    #1044 Nathan, Sep 25, 2015
    That got tossed when Red Bull tossed Renault under one of their own trucks...

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    #1058 B.A.D., Sep 28, 2015
    Then those people must be idiots because it was the same story when Seb was running away with races in previous years.
     
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    #1065 Minidave, Sep 28, 2015
    Maybe he's going to start a competing series? Or buy F1 from Bernie and run it "his" way.......
     
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    #1072 Zapski, Sep 29, 2015
    Two teams call on EU to investigate F1 · F1 Fanatic

    I'm OK with this. I'd prefer the sport to be more competitive, and want to see a full grid again some day. If it means shaking down some of the older teams a little, so be it. As it stands, the small teams don't have a chance to survive or compete for long.
     
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    #1073 Steve, Sep 29, 2015
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    There are paid pundits predicting (please pardon the alliteration :smile5: ) that Mateshcitz will start his own series. I can't imagine he'd want to spend that kind of money if his only motivation is advertising for his energy drinks company. Plus then what would be the point of also ponying up the money to run a racing team in the same series? If your team loses in its own series, wouldn't that suck worse from an advertising standpoint than losing elsewhere? But if they always win, wouldn't that smell bad? Another advertising black eye.

    I've been wondering whether he would take RB sports car racing but they're not a manufacturer of road cars. It seems like buying and racing a Ferrari or Aston Martin (or whatever) in most classes would have little to no difference in effect than just paying to be an existing team's title sponsor but would be much more difficult and expensive. Unless they want to build their own cars, and that leaves the non-spec prototype classes, which brings back the engine question. The difference, though, is there are less engine design restrictions compared to F1 and more options available. So, a sports car prototype racing team (or teams?)? I'd love to see them work with Nissan to take that front wheel drive thing they're working on and fix it. Seems like Adrian Newey and Ben Bowlbey might be an unbeatable design team.....

    But back to F1, they really do look stuck for 2016 unless they decide to take Ferrari up on a customer (read detuned) engine. They could do that as an interim solution though to carry them through 2016 while they work on their own engine or work with someone else on an engine for 2017.
     
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    #1077 ScottinBend, Sep 30, 2015
    Why wouldn't Red Bull simply take a year off and spend the time developing a car?
     
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    #1079 Steve, Sep 30, 2015
    Max finally has a driver's license.

    Max Verstappen passes driving test on his 18th birthday (bbc.com)
     
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    #1080 Alan, Sep 30, 2015
    Not if he makes the podium @ CotA.
     
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    #1082 mrntd, Oct 1, 2015
    An interesting thought from Formulaspy.com. It does make more sense.

     
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    #1086 Steve, Oct 2, 2015
    That's the opposite of what I read. Button tweeted yesterday:
     
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