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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1340 on: March 17, 2015, 06:24:36 AM »
Wasn't Sainz Jr. a bit drifty?

I'm really liking Maurizio Arrivabene as the new team principal. Finally just getting the team do their thing and getting Ferrari just to build their moral. I was really disappointed that Kimi's hub had damage. Mercedes' 30 sec+ lead by the end of the race, Ferrari has a lot of work to do.

Honda is a joke. Alonso should just stay out lol
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1341 on: March 17, 2015, 06:34:32 AM »
Drifty when, in quals or when his tires were greasy? Or do you mean early when he had lost downforce from the front wing damage in the collision? I think the qual results spoke well for his rookie debut.

https://twitter.com/F1TotalOfficial/status/576653376999583744/photo/1

One of only two crappy Renault engines, and in the slower chassis nearly the equal of or better than Ricciardo amongst all the Ferrari and Mercedes power plants.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1342 on: March 17, 2015, 06:51:18 AM »
It could have been FP1. Impressive result in quali with such a shitty car no doubt.

I'm also impressed with the result that Felipe "Nasa" got in the race. Ferrari's engine got so much better over the winter.

Can't wait til the next race.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1343 on: March 17, 2015, 07:05:39 AM »
80 more hp, and they lowered the front suspensions roll center so Kimi could find some grip.

I don't get why they call him Nasa since his name is clearly Nasr, as in:



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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1344 on: March 27, 2015, 09:34:06 AM »
RIP Top Gear
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1345 on: March 27, 2015, 04:31:54 PM »
Quote from: Maxvla on March 27, 2015, 09:34:06 AM
RIP Top Gear

Yeah what a pathetically sad way for the show to end, especially considering this season for the most part was on the upswing in terms of quality. AND THEY WERE TEASING THE GODDAMN 918 vs. P1 vs. LaFerrari FIGHT!!!
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1346 on: March 27, 2015, 04:54:30 PM »
Well the BBC wants to be politically correct while Top Gear is not politically correct.

This time the BBC management has won. Top Gear is no more though, or should I say "entertaining Top Gear" with a presenter who knows how to banter and joke around?

The Jeremy Clarkson era of Top Gear is over.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1347 on: March 27, 2015, 05:01:53 PM »
Talk is Netflix will rejuvenate the Phoenix.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1348 on: March 27, 2015, 07:44:24 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on March 27, 2015, 05:01:53 PM
Talk is Netflix will rejuvenate the Phoenix.

Yeah I'm curious about that. They haven't really done any "regular car" reviews for like a decade, so issues with advertisers on a network like Sky or ITV I don't think would be a big problem. Whether they'd want to deal with Clarkson is a different matter.

The big question is who is going to want to put up the money for the big location shoots, because that's definitely where the show is at its best. I can watch EVO or Autocar flog the latest supercar around a racetrack any time I want on Youtube, I don't need TopGear for that. Their shooting schedule also means that they are months behind the magazines with their car tests anyway.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1349 on: March 28, 2015, 02:51:34 AM »
Oh, I think the Top Gear crew will be back, under a different name and a different network, but they'll be back. There's no way that a rival network can ignore the kind of views that Top Gear was generating, especially when you don't have to deal with the costs of the kind of byzantine bureaucratic overhead that the BBC has. The real question right now is whether or not the BBC can tempt Andy Wilman, Hammond, or May to stay with the network now that Clarkson is gone. I fully expect them to pack up and go as a unit.

The BBC has a clear political agenda, they've been axing everything that isn't a part of that agenda, and Top Gear was the last of that. They seem like they've been after an excuse to sack Clarkson for some time now. Sure, his behavior is inexcusable, but when you're dealing with high-profile talent, that sort of thing happens all the time. If they wanted to hold on to Top Gear, they would have resolved everything quietly and internally without making a public fuss. As it stands, the BBC loses its biggest claim to relevance, enough fans to sign a million-plus signature petition are left without a show to watch, and everybody loses but Clarkson, who's now the entertainment industry's most employable free agent.

When the BBC's views start to tumble, I expect Danny Cohen to be on the chopping block. It's his mismanagement that's at fault here every bit as much as Clarkson's boneheaded, drunken antics.

Anyway, I wouldn't worry too much about Clarkson, I'm sure we'll be seeing more from him in not too long a time. He may be a pillock, but he's also a comedic genius with a proven track record of success.
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