2015 F1 Japanese Grand Prix

[phreezee]

http://media.crash.net/gup/635151862632721492.jpg

Toro Rosso and RBR up in FP1 and FP2 in the wet. Might be wet for qualifying and dry for Sunday.

More people will be watching to see if Mercedes bounces back after Singapore.

[phreezee]

Button keeping quiet about future plans and Lotus locked out due to financial woes.

[rage2]

I thought they're only locked out of their hospitality unit? Or is there a new development that I've missed?

[phreezee]

Yeah just hospitality unit at this point.

[flipstah]

I thought Lotus had backing PDVSA?

[rage2]

One of the big Lotus sponsors stopped paying until the Renault sale is finalized, so they're in a weird limbo state where they don't have enough money to run while they're trying to sell to Renault.

[rage2]

Re8yC6lDL68

Fucking Honda.

[rage2]

Mercedes comparo:

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[rage2]

Buh_buh and Mibz reporting rain. Q3 should be fun haha.

[R154]

Fuck.

[phreezee]

I said to myself that Kyvat was gonna mess up after he passed Bottas on the out lap. Robbed us of a pole battle with a seriously rookie mistake.

[R154]

I think we can all agree that kvyats crash was pretty spectacular and severe. The fact that he got out of the car and just walked around as if nothing truly serious happened, is at the least, astounding. They talk about safety, but Jesus. That car was decimated on the one side. II am gutted that Lewis didn't get his crack at pole here this year. But damn.

[Chandler_Racing]

Originally posted by rage2
Re8yC6lDL68

Fucking Honda.
I know the Honda sounds bad but hardly a comparable there.

The Honda was going into the pits while Mercedes was winding it out.

[Redlyne_mr2]

When does it air? Tonight at 11?

[Chandler_Racing]

Originally posted by Redlyne_mr2
When does it air? Tonight at 11?

Yes 10:55

[kdwebber]

Mclaren can't develop a chassis. Even with a better PU they are still 5th or 6th in chassis development

[rage2]

Hoping for some decent chat here tonight with a normal for us hours race!

Pirelli has set minimum pressures to be way too high, lots of big teams complaining the tires overheat in long stints. Should be interesting to see if the back markers are sitting in the right temperature window with this change.

[R154]

Rage2 hosted f1 party?

[rage2]

I would if I didn't have a baby on the way any second now. I'm supposed to be in Suzuka this weekend but gave my ticket to buh_buh's gf.

Fingers crossed the baby holds out till after the race. :rofl:

[R154]

Congratulations!!!!!

[flipstah]

Are you going to name your kid Maldonado?

[rage2]

If he/she is born during the race I'll name him/her Jules.

[R154]

Will the wife let you?

[rage2]

Spotted. Mibz and buh_buh. Well, their shirts anyways.

http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc475/rage2amg/5203FD42-9AD4-41E0-A72D-93BEF6282871_zpsqs22bgwm.jpg

[rage2]

Poor rosberg. :rofl:

Just gets bullied out of the corner.

[R154]

Damn right.

[Chris Elyea]

Lauda whines about lack of TV coverage for Mercedes (http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/13751559/niki-lauda-questions-lack-mercedes-tv-coverage-suzuka). Because of course we'd all rather watch Hamilton drive around by himself than see McLarens getting passed about a hundred times. I mean, c'mon Niki, even rage has switched from Mercedes to Japanese power.

Funny hearing Ron Dennis call Alonso unprofessional for saying that his crappy Honda powerplant was crappy. Bernie already told the divers not to publicly criticize Pirelli, so it looks like F1 is headed the way of NASCAR, "If you don't have anything nice to say...." Farfetched? Well Vettel did make a nice pitch for Arai during the podium interview!

[R154]

Umm. Rage has always been a Mclaren fan. If he could he would have an mp4-12c

Ps he runs a car forum, he isn't Bernie Ecclestone.

It wasn't about driver exposure, it'd about sponsorship payments. They get paid ad revenue for the total time their cars are shown. Lauder is all business. It was a financial decision.

[rage2]

It's not easy being a McLaren fan. :cry:

[flipstah]

Mibz needs a tan.

[R154]

Kevin being a thug in a beater though.

[schocker]

Whoa, I finally managed to stay awake to watch a full race!
Very clean race though with lots of good passing :burnout:

[phreezee]

Grosjean signed with Haas : https://www.haasf1team.com/news/haas-f1-team-selects-grosjean-driver

Ron Dennis was grilled by Sky Sports F1 after the race and apparently Button's retirement talk was all a negotiation tactic : http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24180/10009517/button-winning-dennis-poker-game

Who knows what Alonso's game was after the GP2 engine comments. Dennis said he was just going to ignore it, but you gotta think something is going to come out of it.

[cloud7]

With Button now confirmed at McLaren for 2016, I wonder where Kevin Magnussen will go.

[Mibz]

Originally posted by flipstah
Mibz needs a tan. Haha, that's why I rolled my sleeves. I'm totally farmer tanned from the trip.