2015 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix

  • Thread starter Thread starter SVT Cobra GT
  • 900 comments
  • 33,509 views
NotThePrez
Thursday Press Conference

Click to expand...


Not to sound extremely negative but am I the only one that cringed at the fact that the man for the Tennessee Tribune felt the need to point out that it was a "Very small Black publication"? And then the question itself was just...wut? It doesn't surprise me that the drivers had a hard time answering that. Personally speaking, I found F1 appealing the way it was BEFORE Lewis came along so it just comes off as silly to me when he asks "How to appeal to urban kids".

Apart from that, some funny moments from that conference. I lost it at Daniel Ricciardo's joke and then when that one man asks about removing some tech from the F1 cars and (David Croft? IDK) goes "Kimi, That's a great question for you" :lol:

Also, I wasn't expecting Greg Creamer to be there (sounds like he's also now got a gig for COTA in edition to being a commentator for NBC).
 
Last edited:
TenEightyOne
It depends, wet weather normally limits practice running when the race conditions aren't expected to be the same. In this case I understand that they are expected to be the same... so the teams get some benefit out of the risk.
Click to expand...

Not if it floods or leaves pools of water, hence why I made the comment at all.

RACECAR
Not to sound extremely negative but am I the only one that cringed at the fact that the man for the Tennessee Tribune felt the need to point out that it was a "Very small Black publication"? And then the question itself was just...wut? It doesn't surprise me that the drivers had a hard time answering that. Personally speaking, I found F1 appealing the way it was BEFORE Lewis came along so it just comes off as silly to me when he asks "How to appeal to urban kids".

Apart from that, some funny moments from that conference. I lost it at Daniel Ricciardo's joke and then when that one man asks about removing some tech from the F1 cars and (David Croft? IDK) goes "Kimi, That's a great question for you" :lol:

Also, I wasn't expecting Greg Creamer to be there (sounds like he's also now got a gig for COTA in edition to being a commentator for NBC).
Click to expand...

Nope as someone that is half black, I too cringed cause in the U.S. it always seems some group has to bring race into it. I'm sure if Sergio was there and mexican-american news organizations caught wind they'd have that person out there asking how he is trying to make it exciting for the mexican urban youth. Just how the U.S. is at times and it makes me cringe both ways, since I'm half black and half mexican.
 
Last edited:
If the guy wouldn't have put the awkward race angle on it, and just made the question about American youth in general, it's actually not that bad of a question.

I liked Lewis's take on getting more people exposed karting, although it's probably a little unrealistic if I'm honest
 
Last edited:
rossi.jpg


'Murica
 
catamount39
:lol:

I like it, surprised though. Hopefully they can get past McLaren, shouldn't be too hard. They do have a proper F1 engine afterall. :p
Click to expand...

They've been off the pace from even McLaren all year. They have a spec 14 engine which was decent but not nearly as good as the 2015 version. And the aero package is always going to be weaker than McLaren. Maybe if Mc-honda retain this form next year after Marussia join up with Merc and do the tech alliance.
 
LMSCorvetteGT2
Maybe if Mc-honda retain this form next year after Marussia join up with Merc and do the tech alliance.
Click to expand...
The token trading system enables the teams to redesign 88% of an engine in a season, and it's staying in place for 2016. Given that McLaren and Honda know what the issues with the engine are, I would be very surprised if they don't make progress next year - especially after their form in Sochi.
 
prisonermonkeys
The token trading system enables the teams to redesign 88% of an engine in a season, and it's staying in place for 2016. Given that McLaren and Honda know what the issues with the engine are, I would be very surprised if they don't make progress next year - especially after their form in Sochi.
Click to expand...

That's why I said maybe, since as you've seen my post on the tech thread I dont believe they'll actually retain this form, but how good they are next year is still very much up in the air. Basically you're commenting on a superficial hypothetical future, that was in jest with @catamount39
 
McLaren have put some red flowvis paint on Button's front wing endplate, and it actually looks cool. Can McLaren paint they're endplates red for the rest of the season/
 
Wet Conditions for FP1, results below.


Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m53.989s - 7
2 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull/Renault 1m55.224s 1.235s 6
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m55.592s 1.603s 10
4 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Renault 1m55.667s 1.678s 8
5 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m55.693s 1.704s 4
6 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m55.710s 1.721s 10
7 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso/Renault 1m55.969s 1.980s 7
8 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m56.326s 2.337s 10
9 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m56.839s 2.850s 18
10 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m56.866s 2.877s 15
11 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m57.081s 3.092s 13
12 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m57.139s 3.150s 4
13 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m57.495s 3.506s 20
14 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m57.518s 3.529s 4
15 Romain Grosjean Lotus/Mercedes 1m58.319s 4.330s 10
16 Raffaele Marciello Sauber/Ferrari 1m59.431s 5.442s 19
17 Marcus Ericsson Sauber/Ferrari 1m59.743s 5.754s 18
18 Alexander Rossi Marussia/Ferrari 2m01.154s 7.165s 11
19 Will Stevens Marussia/Ferrari 2m01.907s 7.918s 13
20 Pastor Maldonado Lotus/Mercedes - - 1
 

Latest Posts

Back