"highmodulus" (highmodulus)
04/04/2014 at 20:32 • Filed to: F1 Ferarri
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"highmodulus" (highmodulus)
04/04/2014 at 20:32 • Filed to: F1 Ferarri | 1
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Everyone's favorite corrupt muppet has been dancing to Ferrari's tune for a while now (you can only imagine why), and even this season his vocal complaints had the faint wiff of an Italian accent. Now Ferrari has went public:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ferrari-l…
SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Ferrari is ramping up the pressure on Formula One authorities to change the sport's rules, saying a company survey shows most fans are unhappy with the new direction of the sport.
Ferrari released the findings Thursday, ahead of this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, where its cars are expected to again be off the pace shown by front-running Mercedes.
The release of the survey follows a meeting between Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo and F1's commercial powerbroker, Bernie Ecclestone . They are expected to meet with FIA president Jean Todt in Bahrain this weekend to press for changes.
Ferrari said it received more than 50,000 replies to its online survey, and said 83 percent of respondents said they were unhappy with the new rules, ''mainly because of the drivers being forced to lift off to save fuel.''
''In addition, the fans don't like the noise from the new engines and are confused by rules that are too complicated,'' Ferrari said.
Bold added by me.
Victorious Secret
> highmodulus
04/04/2014 at 20:40 |
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I don't care for the arbitrary rules either, but they are there and these are the geniuses who wrote them in and signed off on them; crying foul when the season is starting doesn't show much good faith.
I wish Red Bull would just BUY Ferrari already and end this nonsense.
Kailand09
> highmodulus
04/04/2014 at 20:40 |
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I am not into F1 as much as I am into LeMans style road racing, but bear with me.
I feel like there is a difference between most advanced car, and fastest car. In some ways, they are pushing technological boundaries with the gas and mpgs, even using the new engines. Unfortunately, that also means the cars aren't the fastest they can be.
I'm not sure how I feel between the two, but I'm not sure trying to balance them is working out. Not to mention apparent corruption, that isn't helping either.
WarShrike
> Kailand09
04/04/2014 at 20:57 |
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What I find interesting is how the rumor of how the Mercedes setup could be putting down close to 900hp at full tilt with the MGU-H/K at the assist. That's damned good. They aren't as fast aerodynamics wise, but I think we're going to see some quick shuffling around in the grid as the teams get a handle on the new platform.
captain_spleen
> highmodulus
04/04/2014 at 21:02 |
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This may be the first time a corporation tried to use "The lurkers support me in email (or "survey")" to get their way.
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Kailand09
> WarShrike
04/04/2014 at 21:08 |
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Which is actually kind of a cool thing, it isn't the boring same old at the lead every race.
Tim (Fractal Footwork)
> highmodulus
04/04/2014 at 21:12 |
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I may be making this up, but I think I heard that last weekend's Malaysian GP has twice as many views as last year
themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> highmodulus
04/04/2014 at 23:55 |
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FUCK. ALL. OF. THIS. The rules FINALLY lead to some interesting racing potential and we constantly see drivers *fighting* what are supposed to be the pinnacle of automotive machinery but since the first year has some teething problems and it sin't "loud enough" people want it to end? Fuck them. This is the best the series has been in a long time. I swear, people are looking back nostalgically at the days of the truli train and the schumacher shuffle like they were the glory days of the sport when in reality, people bitched just as much back then at how boring an F1 race could be. "Oh gee, schumi turned up the white dial.....aaaaaand he won....." "Hey look, 6 good midpack runners are trapped behind Jarno Truli because they can't really get around him but are technically faster than him. Oh boy, just like EVERY OTHER RACE ON THE CALENDAR" "Oh hey look, a Honda exploded" "Aaaaaaand Sauber beat McLaren......Again." "Oh wow, Toyota's most expensive racing program on the grid is still a pile of scrap!"
No, let's not return to those days. They sucked. I LOVE this season so far. Time will tell, but Bernie and the rest of the whiners can shove pineapples up their asses.