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Re: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel XP Software - 6 years ago
Plucked from a different discussion on the interwebs. I downloaded it, and had a look and it seems right (didn't run it, just looked at the file structure). Do scam it for malware before you use it, just to be on the safe side.by Morbid - Off-Topic
Re: The Official 2018 Formula One Season - 6 years ago
gav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I assume everyone's seen this by now, but in case > you haven't (video name contains swearies): > > Just look at the rear jack man. He knows what is up... "you swapped left and right rears, with a pit stop in testing where there is no pressure? And then you try to mount it inside out? Oh Gby Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2018 Formula One Season - 6 years ago
Toki Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mclaren is reliably unreliable 3 Full Laps > Power Shutdown > > Anyone getting F1 Tv in the Future? I don't get it > seriously who want's to spend 100 Bucks . Seems to me, that their real problem is the insistence on zero size packaging of everything. AFAIK Honda actually made a slight incrby Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2018 Formula One Season - 6 years ago
Soooo..... Alonso had his fastest lap of the first day of testing deleted, because he had to cut the track to pass... the Honda powered Toro Rosso. Yep, the GP2 engine was just too fast on the straights for him to pass normally. And 90+ laps completed on the first day. Oh, the irony! Doesn't look like McLaren being able to blame Honda for most of their woes for so long has served them welby Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2018 Formula One Season - 6 years ago
kedy89 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The wheelbase of these trucks should be 1m > shorter... > > Halo fugly as expected. Super fugly! Let Toto have his chainsaw! I am sure we are going to get used to them, and that they (or some other iteration) is here to stay, but it is getting silly now. If we looked at statistics, I feel confidenby Morbid - F1
Re: q:2017 rule on helmets - 7 years ago
Yeah, in the old days a driver would have a helmet design that would pretty much follow him for life. That began to slide in the 00'ies and Vettel amongst others took it to a whole new level with new helmet designs at every race. The showmen were afraid that viewers could not recognize the drivers when the constantly had new helmets, so the different helmet design once per season rule was maby Morbid - F1
Re: Singapore - 7 years ago
Doesn't matter if Max Verstappen moved around, braked or didn't. It doesn't matter if Kimi didn't have a straight line. Since the inception of the "Schumi chop" it has been argued, that if you move over on another car on a straight, and you force that car to move or have a crash, then you are to blame, unlike in a corner trajectory (which is weirdly a punishable offeby Morbid - F1
Re: Tyre Choice - 7 years ago
gav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pirelli have an impossible job - too soft and > everyone complains that the drivers are driving > slowly conserving tyres - too hard and the drivers > complain that there isn't any grip and that they > can easily drive a 1-stop race. A middle ground > doesn't really exist any more. This isby Morbid - F1
Re: Official 2017 Austrian Grand Pr-Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ***SPOILERS with NOTHING HAPPENING*** - 7 years ago
gav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ricciardo was also moaning according to Horner, > but they only chose to broadcast Vettel's. Ricciardo doesn't have Vettel's history of raging. when the baby doesn't get the bottle. Perhaps he will be a better and more meaningful choice, when he has told Charlie over the radio to "F@CK OFF, hby Morbid - F1
Re: Official 2017 Austrian Grand Pr-Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ***SPOILERS with NOTHING HAPPENING*** - 7 years ago
Yep, not even a rage moment from the F1's McEnroe. All we got was some whining over the start.by Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2017 Grand Prix of Azzerbbaijananan ***SPOILERS WITH CHAOS*** - 7 years ago
gav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Don't get me wrong, Vettel was slow in reacting to > it, but Hamilton did brake on the exit of the > corner, scrubbing off 20kph in the process. > That's a third of the speed he was carrying. It's > hardly surprising the driver behind got caught > out. The FIA examined the telemetry aby Morbid - F1
Re: Official 2017 Spanish Grand Prix **SPOILERS with BIG NUMBERS** - 7 years ago
Soutsen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > and he qualified on 7th > i mean, what the heck? he is surely kind of a > wizard Or Honda can produce a handful of laps with a maxxed out engine, but don't have the reliability to do it in practice sessions and in the race.by Morbid - F1
Re: No joke: Alonso will race Indy 500 instead of Monaco GP this year - 7 years ago
Back when Macca signed the contract with Honda, I remember forecasting that there was absolutely NO WAY they would take on the grid and become champions. I was very, very sceptical of their ability to impress. I took a lot of sh!t on that account. While I might have gotten some of the technical aspects of their engine design wrong, is there ANYONE left that want to re-assert the bold claims fromby Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2017 Formula One Season *ALL Test Times* - 7 years ago
Soutsen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > keeping > the tests prohibited you're not helping much to > marussia/virgin/manor, caterham, hrt or now sauber > (isn't it obvious). it's not like these teams will > go and win the races, bec there's no tests. Back in the day, when we had unlimited testing and Ferrari and MS was cby Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2017 Formula One Season *SPOILERS - Day 4 & Overall Test Results* - 7 years ago
Frantic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @Morbid of course Alonso didn´t said that > seriously! What I was trying to emphasize in the > other post is that he´s already being ironic in > pre-season. He´s already fed up with the > situation. It´s obvious they are not taking all > the corners flat, they have a horrible engine but > still iby Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2017 Formula One Season *SPOILERS - Day 4 & Overall Test Results* - 7 years ago
Frantic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The fact that he´s saying he can go flat out in > almost every curve because the engine has no power > says it all. You can't be serious. That was tongue in cheek and a classic Alonso jab at Honda like "GP2 engine" to get them to get their sh!t together. Obviously the vast majority of corners Aby Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2017 Formula One Season - 7 years ago
It's not so strange, that the MP4 is designation is gone. It is very common in organisations and companies, that when a former chief that has become legend gets ousted after a big and nasty power struggle, the 1984 effect sets in. They are just erased, and all the things that remind of them are too as well. It is a way for the new management to demonstrate that they are now in full and totalby Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2017 Formula One Season - 7 years ago
Brawn onboard is really what makes this worth believing in.by Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2017 Formula One Season - 8 years ago
The rise of Formula E, perhaps not... the death of the internal combustion engine, yes for sure. Why do you think manufacturers wanted to go hybrid in the first place with minuscule v6's in the first place? They want to push the product, by establishing some imaginary connection between the car you see on TV and on track, and the car you see in the dealer's lot. It is about pushing saleby Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2017 Formula One Season - 8 years ago
J i m Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Initially I was excited at the prospect of the > hybrids.. I thought it'd make the technology more > relevant. But it hasn't really. And worse the > excitement has been systematically engineered > away. > > If we cast an honest eye over it, has F1 ever > really been relevant? Almostby Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2017 Formula One Season - 8 years ago
Who are Mercedes gonna field now for next season?by Morbid - F1
Re: NICO ROSBERG RETIRES FROM F1 (NO JOKE!!) - 8 years ago
I saw the facebook update. I can't believe it.by Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2017 Formula One Season - 8 years ago
Good that the FIA finally understood, that holding a GP during Le Mans is shooting themselves in the foot. Perhaps we will see the Hulk again at Le Mans next year after all.by Morbid - F1
Re: The Official 2017 Formula One Season - 8 years ago
I doubt that Mercedes will sanction Hamilton in any way that will affect his racing. They still want to dominate next year, and gimping Hamilton is gimping themselves. But as far as I recollect, they do have options to impose fines on his paycheck and such. As to Rosberg using #1, for sure, bring it on. If you got it, flaunt it.by Morbid - F1
Re: Official 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix thread ***SPOILERS with rosewater refreshments*** - 8 years ago
gav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why did I type "Mortal" in the quote box. Sorry > Morbid! No problem. > It's hardly an empty statement and you know fine > well what I mean. It is an empty statement. As to me knowing what you mean, then yes I do. However, I did qualify it, by putting up the standards that I think that areby Morbid - F1
Re: Official 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix thread ***SPOILERS with rosewater refreshments*** - 8 years ago
gav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Of course it hindered the start to his season, but > he certainly could have been less lucky than he > has been. This is pretty much an empty statement. This goes for every single driver on the grid. Even if Hamilton had 19 engines blow up on him on the grid, he could have been less lucky, because it could haveby Morbid - F1
Re: Official 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix thread ***SPOILERS with rosewater refreshments*** - 8 years ago
To be fair, what he says in that clip is true, that it isn't Rosbergs fault, that he had near perfect reliability throughout the season. That is factually correct: Hamilton has been stupidly unlucky with his gear this season. And it is hard to image that it did NOT cost him the championship. The statement is worded in such a way, that he doesn't hold that personally against Rosbeby Morbid - F1
Re: Official 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix thread ***SPOILERS with rosewater refreshments*** - 8 years ago
Dunno why people are so upset with Hamilton. If you are not willing to sell you soul, to all sorts of sponsors and corporate interests, to be in that car, you are not gonna be there. And many in the paddock would vote any day, that you SHOULD'T even be there. Added to that, we have seen the rise of the fully optimized sportsman, that is totally cycloptic on their goals, and burns with a dby Morbid - F1
Re: Official 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS*** - 8 years ago
n00binio Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What I don't get is your description of the tyre > tread closing (?) and opening again while throwing > out the water collected in the tread blocks. Maybe > I'm misunderstanding what you were saying but this > sounds odd to me. I didn't calculate it (too lazy, > again) but I would gueby Morbid - F1