F1 Most liked posts in thread: 2015 - F1

mrntd · Nov 10, 2015

This is why I like Seb. He's enjoying himself while being one of the best.

Zapski · Nov 11, 2015

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I wish they would ban wireless communications and go back to this:

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1 lap +30 Seconds to the next car! That kind of gap is unsustainable! Such dominance in Formula one is unheard of! I can't believe they have such an advantage over other cars. F1 is over!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_French_Grand_Prix

That race from the photo (the 1965 French Grand Prix) had 10 retirements (9 mechanical and one accident), and the gap from P1 to P5 was over one lap.

P1 to P2 was 26.3 seconds.

And people complain about today's races. :crazy:

B.A.D. · Nov 18, 2015

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I didn't watch but this shot is fantastic.
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New t-shirt up on Blipshift

Crashton · Nov 30, 2015

All very good reasons to continue watching F1. It is not what it once was, but it's still racing & for me that is enough to continue to watch Bernie's circus on wheels.

Crashton · Dec 3, 2014

This years Red Bull contained no secrets. :wink:

mrntd · Dec 5, 2014

Any team decision made by committee in F1 never seems to work out very well. :frown2:

Steve · Dec 7, 2014

At the Autosport awards show tonight, Christian Horner on the stolen trophies:

"Hopefully Sebastian will return them..."
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Steve · Dec 8, 2014

Speaking of trophies, this is reportedly Merc's haul from 2015.

Crashton · Dec 8, 2014

The one on the right seems to have more trophy's....

Zapski · Dec 10, 2014

McLaren looks set to announce 2015 driver line-up | McLaren | Formula 1 news, live F1 | ESPN F1

McLaren appears to be ready to announce its 2015 driver line-up on Thursday after calling a media event at its factory in Woking.

Fernando Alonso is expected to be named alongside either Jenson Button or Kevin Magnussen, putting an end to weeks of speculation about the team's line-up. McLaren initially planned to announce its 2015 drivers ahead of the final race in Abu Dhabi, but then said it would postpone its decision until December.

The team has invited the press to "an important and exclusive media event" but did not mention the specific purpose. However, with pressure growing on the team to make a decision on the futures of Button and Magnussen, it is likely to be the long-awaited driver announcement.

On Friday last week McLaren racing director Eric Boullier said a decision would be made with the long-term future of the team in mind.

"I know there are a lot of fans, Jenson's fans, Kevin's fans, other drivers' fans and hopefully some McLaren fans, but it is just about taking the right decision for the future, not only for next year but also for the next years," he told Sky Sports.
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Just give JB his drive already!

minirab · Dec 13, 2014

Those old guys are now street vendors in Milan.

Zapski · Dec 17, 2014

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Police discover Red Bull trophies dumped in lake (f1times.co.uk)
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A dumb crime made even dumber. I hope the jerks get caught.

Nathan · Dec 18, 2014

Ummm..thats an old one.

Here is this years...

Steve · Dec 24, 2014

There's a caption contest already ongoing on Facebook for this pic.

If you're a Facebook user you can see how it's going here, if you like.

Crashton · Jan 5, 2015

That orange looks so good!

Zapski · Jan 20, 2015

Making sense of F1's engine rules for 2015 - F1 Fanatic

The 2015 F1 season marks the second year with F1’s V6 hybrid turbo engines. But the rules around the new power units are still causing confusion and controversy.

The new year is less than three weeks old but the FIA has already advised the teams of two key developments in how the rules will be interpreted. This has partly been triggered by the arrival of a fourth engine manufacturer, Honda, alongside Mercedes, Renault and Ferrari.

The latest rule interpretations could have a major effect on the competitiveness of the teams this year.

The letter of the law

The wrangling over the rules began last year when Mercedes’ rivals lobbied the FIA to relax the rules on engine development to increase their chance of catching the cars which dominated the 2014 season.
The FIA intended to prevent teams introducing new parts after pre-season testing concluded. However the section of the sporting regulations which laid down the rules for homologation – the process by which the FIA approved each manufacturer’s power unit – only referred to how this would take place last year:

Other than any parts solely associated with power unit installation in different types of car (which have no performance benefit and which may be changed from time to time during the homologation period with the consent of the FIA), any such power unit is one which is identical in every respect to either:
a) A power unit delivered to the FIA no later than 28 February 2014.
b) A power unit delivered to the FIA after 28 February 2014 which has been modified in accordance with the Annual F1 Power Unit Homologation table […]
c) A power unit delivered to the FIA after 28 February 2014, or modified and re-delivered to the FIA after that date, which the FIA is satisfied, in its absolute discretion and after full consultation with all other suppliers of power units for the Championship, could fairly and equitably be allowed to compete with other homologated power units. […]
2015 FIA F1 Sporting Regulations, June 29th draft, Appendix 4, Article 1 (read the current rules in full – PDF link)

At the beginning of the year the FIA admitted, in a letter to teams, that the rules did not prevent them from introducing new power unit components after the 2015 season had begun. It advised the three manufacturers who competed in last year’s championship that their basic homologated unit would be the same as the one used in 2014, including any alterations made under clause (c) of the above rule.

However this would not apply to Honda who, as a new entrant to the championship, had not yet homologated an engine.

The Honda exception

Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren-Honda MP4-29H/1X1, Yas Marina, 2014At the same time the FIA also ruled Honda would have to homologate their engine by February 28th of this year, something which had not been specified in the original draft of the 2015 engine rules.

Crucially, this also meant Honda would not have the same right to introduce upgrades to their engine after this date – the dispensation which had just been granted to their three rival manufacturers. Unsurprisingly, the FIA was soon contacted by representatives from the engine manufacturer as well as McLaren.

The extent to which teams can modify their homologated power unit designs each year is specified in the rules in order to keep costs under control. Each year a team has a quota of items which they may modify – often referred to as their engine ‘tokens’.

The FIA’s stance meant the three original manufacturers could now use 32 of these tokens throughout the season. However Honda were expected to adhere to the same restrictions used last year and not make any alterations to their engine after the season had begun.

That changed last week when the FIA agreed a new compromise. Honda will now be granted an allocation of tokens to use after they have homologated their engine on February 28th. This will be based on how many tokens their rival manufacturers have used by the beginning of the season. An average will be taken of how many tokens each of the other three has left, and rounded down to the nearest whole number, to give Honda their allocation for 2015.

Fewer engines, fewer teams

A further complication to the freedom teams have to introduce new components on their power units comes from the fact they are only supposed to use a limited number of power units per car per season. Last year they had five for 19 races, this year that number will fall to four power units for the 20 rounds on the 2015 F1 calendar.

The obvious consequence of this is engines will now have to last for five races instead of four. But it also means teams will have fewer opportunities to introduce upgrades.

This also gives an insight into why allowing teams to develop their engines during the season is likely to increase waste and force costs up. Spare components may now be superseded by upgraded versions before they have been used.

Another key factor which will determine how quickly the manufacturers can advance their development programmes is the number of teams they are supplying (see chart below). This is a double-edged sword: while Mercedes can potentially accumulate twice as much testing data as their rivals as they are supplying more teams, they also have to build enough parts to provide for a larger number of competitors.

So what can they change?

Renault Energy F1, side, 2014What does the abstract idea of tokens actually mean when it comes to changing parts of their power units?

For the purpose of the rules, a power unit is divided into 42 components, each of which is given a weighting from one to three in terms of the number of tokens which are spent when it is changed.

It would cost 66 tokens to change every item on the power unit once – which is more than twice as many tokens as the teams have. However for 2015 three items (with a total weighting of five tokens) are frozen in specification and cannot be modified. These are:

Upper/lower crankcase: Cylinder bore spacing, deck height and bank stagger
Crankshaft: Crank throw, main bearing journal diameter and rod bearing journal diameter
Air valve system: Including the compressor and air pressure regulation devices
The number of frozen items will increase again next year, stay the same in 2017, increase again the following year and significantly increase for 2019 and beyond. Therefore teams may wish to prioritise development on items which will be frozen in specification sooner rather than later.

Here are how many tokens it will cost teams to develop each part of their power unit, and when that part is due to be frozen:

Column 1

Tokens Item Frozen

3 Upper/lower crankcase: All dimensions including cylinder bore position relative to legality volume, water core 2016

3 Ancillaries drive: From ancillary to power source. Includes position of the ancillaries as far as drive is concerned 2016

3 Combustion: All parts of parts defining combustion. Included: ports, piston crown, combustion chamber, valves geometry, timing, lift, injector nozzle, coils, spark plug. Excluded: valves position 2019

2 Valve drive: Gear train down to crankshaft gear included. Position and geometry. Includes dampers 2016

2 Valves axis position: Includes angle but excludes axial displacement 2018

2 Valves drive: From valve to camshaft lobe. Position and geometry. Exhaust and inlet. Including valve return function inside the head 2018

2 Crankshaft: Except crank throw, main bearing journal diameter, rod bearing journal diameter. Includes crankshaft bearings 2018

2 Cylinder head: Except modifications linked to subsequent modifications 2019

2 Con rods: Including small and big end bearings 2019

2 Pistons: Including bearings and pin. Excluding crown 2019

2 Injection system: PU mounted fuel system components: (e.g. high pressure fuel hose, fuel rail, fuel injectors, accumulators). Excluding injector nozzle 2019

2 Pressure charging: From compressor inlet to compressor outlet 2019

2 Pressure charging: From turbine inlet to turbine outlet 2019

2 MGU-H: Complete. All internals including bearings, casing… 2019

2 MGU-H: Position, transmission 2019

2 MGU-K: Complete. All internals including bearings, casing… 2019

2 MGU-K: Position, transmission 2019

2 Energy store: Cells 2019

2 Energy store: BMS 2019

1 Valve drive – Camshafts: From camshaft lobe to gear train. Geometry except lift profile. Includes damping systems linked to camshaft. Exhaust and inlet 2016

1 Covers: Covers closing the areas in contact with engine oil cam covers, cam-timing covers… 2016

1 Oil pressure pumps: Including filter. Excluding internal if no impact on body 2018

1 Oil scavenge systems: Any scavenging system 2018

1 Oil recuperation: Oil/air separator, oil tank, catch tank 2019

1 Engine water pumps: Include power unit mounted water pipes 2019

1 Inlet system: Plenum and associated actuators. Excluding pressure charging, trumpets and throttle associated parts and actuators 2019

1 Inlet system: Trumpets and associated parts and actuators 2019

1 Inlet system: Throttles and associated parts and actuators 2019

1 Pressure charging: External actuators linked to pressure charging 2019

1 Ignition system: Ignition coils, driver box 2019

1 Lubrication: All parts in which circulates oil under pressure (oil pump gears, channels, piping, jets) and not mentioned elsewhere in the table 2019

1 Friction coatings 2019

1 Sliding or rotating seals 2019

1 MGU-H: Power electronics 2019

1 MGU-K: Power electronics 2019

1 ERS: Cooling/Lubrication systems (Including ES jackets, pipes, pumps, actuators) 2019

1 Pressure charging: From engine exhaust flanges to turbine inlet n/a

1 Electrical system: Engine mounted electrical components (e.g. wiring loom within legality volume, sensors, alternator). Excluding actuators, ignition coils and spark plugs n/a

1 ERS: Wiring loom n/a

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ScottinBend · Jan 21, 2015

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Footage of the Red Bull Trophy theft has been posted

BBC News - CCTV shows Red Bull trophy break in at Milton Keynes factory

Can't embed it here though.
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wow.......what a bunch of asshats. Looks like they didn't even know what they wanted to do. Tossed a bunch of the trophies on the ground that they seem to not want.

Nathan · Jan 31, 2015

Aonso to get first moan at McLaren

Posted in Motorsport, News by Sniff Petrol on Monday, January 26th, 2015

McLaren has confirmed that at next week’s pre-season testing in Jerez, Fernando Alonso will be the first of its drivers to moan about the car.

‘It’s a show of faith,’ admitting one Woking insider. ‘We hired Fernando because we know what he’s capable of. He is as good as anyone out there, especially at moaning. So it’s only right that he gets first go in the car and then a chance to moan about it.’

However, McLaren is keen to point out that Jenson Button will also get plenty of chances to moan about the car in Spain next week. ‘There are no favourites here,’ our man insisted. ‘Jenson is a world class driver and can deliver world class moaning. Our ideal is for both drivers to get an equal amount of time to moan about the chassis and the engine, and then to sigh and tell reporters there’s a lot of work still to do.’

‘Simulations and data can only tell us so much,’ our mole continued. ‘It’s not until you get a real driver out there on a real track that you can really get a sense of what there is to moan about.’

McLaren is famed for the attention it devotes to pre-season moaning, even running all moans through a special measuring machine it developed in the mid-‘90s known as ‘the Mansellometer’.

Minidave · Feb 1, 2015

What kind of pissed off is Alonso going to be if Vettel starts winning some races at Ferrari? :cryin: :biggrin5:

Steve · Feb 9, 2015

These guys don't look entirely enthusiastic about their new ride.

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