Sport The Formula 1 Thread

[marsh]

That must mean Campos and USFoff aren't coming to the party. Heidfeld is the last big name available. Anyone else is either loaded and rubbish or just really rubbish and loaded.

Really rubbish and loaded it is then. The back of the grid is going to be full of unprnouncebles.

[Sidewaysbob]

How many drivers are they allowed to have in one season, is is more or less than 5 ?

[mexos]

Who says he'll see his contract out?

Or even make the second race...

It's a gamble, but a smart one. He's gambling on Schuey's neck handing him a winning drive.

[dayte]

Hey guys I've just got back from the USF1 factory and I'm in the team. They're just going to fax over the contract and we have a go.

They don't have a fax machine though so does anyone know of some cheap fax software they can use? I can sign on the digital dotted line right now.

[Sidewaysbob]

just send them a picture of your signature. It's about as proffesional as they get

[dam_aks]

Valles is being linked with the other USF1 seat*. He's better than the Argentinian, but so am I.

*It's not like the seat is real anyway...

[Sidewaysbob]

vapour seat ... perhaps

[zxcvbnm]

Hey guys I've just got back from the USF1 factory and I'm in the team. They're just going to fax over the contract and we have a go.

They don't have a fax machine though so does anyone know of some cheap fax software they can use? I can sign on the digital dotted line right now.

They're letting me design next years car. I told them I'm pretty handy with MS Paint, and they were well impressed with that,

[LowCostMonkey]

Holy moses. I just saw where the front camera mounts are on the McLaren.

[zxcvbnm]

Button's bell end?

[marsh]

Valles is being linked with the other USF1 seat*. He's better than the Argentinian, but so am I.

*It's not like the seat is real anyway...

My dead grannies been linked with that seat, and she'd be far faster than anyone they take a pay cheque from.

I've just been on the USF1 website.

1. Fuck me that's a terrible website.

2. They'd film someone taking a piss if they thought it had anything to do with making a car.

[Dudley]

2. They'd film someone taking a piss if they thought it had anything to do with making a car.

Thanks to the budget it's the only way they can measure fluid dynamics.

[Halkyon]

Not particularly funny jokes about USF1 are all well and good, but, its always nice to have another team enter the fray, right? We should be a little sympathetic and disappointed if they don't make it, right?

[marsh]

Dissapointed, most definately.

In the meantime, let the pisstaking commence.

[Sidewaysbob]

Lola should have got the nod. USfoff are a bunch of self serving dickheads.

Campos i feel sorry for, they got shafted by the change of rules from money cap to "we'll try not to spend too much Max"

[Sigourney Beaver]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...one/8500148.stm

Damn, that looks nice on-track

[marsh]

That does look good, Best of the new teams perhaps?

[Halkyon]

Probably. Although I think the Merc is a bit prettier, do they count as new? Silver is a bit more sophisticated than red and black, innit.

It's certainly going to be a season full of sexy cars though, one to watch in HD.

[Sigourney Beaver]

I'm going to stick my neck out and say this team will be more than the dark horse. Something tells me that this will be very successful and make the excessive use of wind tunnels look extremely unnecessary.

[Halkyon]

Yes, it would be nice if Virgin could pull something out of their shiny new bag. Hopefully their car will be as well engineered as it is painted!

[morcs]

2009 did suggest you can judge an F1 car by it's cover.

Beauties: Brawn, Red Bull, McLaren

Troggs: Renault

[Halkyon]

You forgot Force India, except on tracks with no corners.

[djbhammer]

I don't understand how Campos are struggling to it make into this season. You would have thought that the FIA would have needed proof from a prospective new team to show they had the finances available to enter. It must make other teams who applied and did not gain FIA approval, like Prodrive, pretty narked off.

It would be a shame if they don't make it as I really want to see a throwback to the good old days with 26 plus cars on the track.

[Sigourney Beaver]

You'd think the FIA or Bernie would either be a bit lenient with them or help them out a bit. It's in their interests to have as many cars as possible.

[morcs]

Doesn't Bernie have a preferred team waiting for a slot though, the Toyota chassis one?

[Sigourney Beaver]

Why not ensure Campos can get in and have Stefan GP too?

[morcs]

Pit lanes not long enough?

Doesn't seem like it'd be a massive mission to deal with that though!

[JohnC]

USF1 don't need theirs. Just give them a shed to fix their toaster.

[JPR]

They'd need everyone to agree to extra teams over the current 13. Which you won't get, pretty safe bet that Williams will oppose as they did with Sauber.

[GwiDan]

Can we stop with the toaster jokes already? They were never funny. 

I've decided I wouldn't bet against Schumi this year at all.