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since sepang has brought the curtain down for f1 race ...

here is a quick flashback of the past winners [thumbsup]

 

F1 Sepang

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since sepang has brought the curtain down for f1 race ...

here is a quick flashback of the past winners [thumbsup]

 

Thought Ah Jib say possible to renew? [laugh] maybe need some grease to lubricate the wheels of bureaucracy.
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Thought Ah Jib say possible to renew? [laugh] maybe need some grease to lubricate the wheels of bureaucracy.

anything is possible

angmoh said money can make the world spin

ahtiong said 有钱能使鬼推磨

just need a BIG donation ... problem solved!

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[wave]  vettel

hamilton ... 4+4 = huat ah ... can smell the driver championship already

nice work for red bull 2-3 finish

renault engine seems pretty good and competitive ... why red bull plan to change to Honda? [hur]


 

alonso pushing very hard to get 1 point for the Honda team ...

but too bad that 1 point went to Massa :XD:

Japanese GP: Fernando Alonso set for 35-place grid penalty after engine change

 

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most disappointing team of the season: Williams.

 

the car eat rubber, cant do mid speed corners, cant compete with FI and HAAS. almost did not clear Mclaren.

 

i do not think driver problem... 

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Force India is doing very well for 2017 Season [thumbsup]

one more race Merc can be crowned Constructor Champion liao ....

 

most disappointing team of the season: Williams.

the car eat rubber, cant do mid speed corners, cant compete with FI and HAAS. almost did not clear Mclaren.

i do not think driver problem... 

 

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that's okay la for a 20 years old "kid" ... [laugh]

 

Its his reaction in the cool-down room that was pretty lousy and lacks any sort of grace befitting of a future champion. Hopefully time will mellow him down. 

 

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Mercedes won the Constructor

Hamilton is crowned 4x world champions

the last 2 races no one want to see liao? [laugh]

 

btw, here is the race highlights for Mexico

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Wah, this is serious.

 

Ferrari threatens to quit F1

http://www.news.com.au/sport/motorsport/formula-one/ferrari-threatens-to-quit-f1/news-story/b78521c0c097ae2f29f7f42be0eff8cb

 

FERRARI president Sergio Marchionne has warned that Formula 1’s most iconic team is “at odds” with Liberty Media’s engine proposals and could quit the sport after 2020 if it is not happy with its plans for the future.

F1’s owners revealed their engine blueprint for 2021 earlier this week but their initial outlines have already been met with scepticism by manufacturers — and Ferrari is the first team to have threatened to stop racing entirely.

Marchionne, speaking in a conference call with analysts to discuss Ferrari’s latest financial results, said that while he agreed with cutting costs, he was not happy with the direction Liberty Media was taking F1.

“It (F1) has been part of our DNA since the day we were born,” he said, via Reuters. “But if we change the sandbox to the point where it becomes an unrecognisable sandbox, I don’t want to play anymore.”

It is by no means the first time Ferrari, the only team to have competed in every F1 season since its inauguration in 1950, has hinted at leaving the sport over changing regulations, though Marchionne hasn’t issued such a quit threat in some time.

And asked how he would feel about being the chairman who led Ferrari out of the sport, he replied: “Like a million bucks because I’ll be working on an alternative strategy to try and replace it. More rational one, too.”

Not only is Ferrari F1’s most historic team and a source of Italian pride, but it is also the sport’s most successful outfit with 16 constructors’ championships and 15 drivers’ titles, and its current revenue share reflects that status.

However, the Scuderia are approaching 10 years without a trophy after an improved but ultimately disappointing 2017 season, and are currently only signed up to compete until the end of 2020.

Liberty Media, meanwhile, who took charge of F1 in January, has set its sights on levelling the playing field both on-track and off-track and its engine plans include cheaper, louder and simpler power units.

“Liberty has got a couple of good intentions in all of this, one of which is to reduce the cost of execution for the team, which I think is good,” Marchionne, in charge of the Maranello outfit since 2014, added.

“But the fact is that we now appear to be at odds in terms of the strategic development, and we see the sport in 2021 taking on a different air. It is going to force some decisions on the part of Ferrari.

“I understand that Liberty may have taken these into account in coming up with their views, but I think it needs to be absolutely clear that unless we find a set of circumstances, the results of which are beneficial to the maintenance of the brand, and the marketplace, and to the strengthening of the unique position for Ferrari, Ferrari will not play.”

However, ahead of next Tuesday’s Strategy Meeting in Geneva, when the sport’s future direction and structure will be further debated, Marchionne added: “I don’t want to prejudge any of this. We’re walking into this meeting next Tuesday with the best of intentions. We’ll see where it takes us.

“The financial implications of the wrong choice for the moment going forward are pretty significant to Ferrari.”

F1’S 2021 ENGINE PLANS AT A GLANCE

— The 2021 power unit to be a 1.6 Litre, V6 Turbo Hybrid

— 3000rpm higher engine running speed range to improve the sound

— Prescriptive internal design parameters to restrict development costs and discourage extreme designs and running conditions

— Removal of the MGU-H

— More powerful MGU-K with focus on manual driver deployment in race together with option to save up energy over several laps to give a driver controlled tactical element to racing

— Single turbo with dimensional constraints and weight limits

— Standard energy store and control electronics

— High Level of external prescriptive design to give “Plug-And-Play” engine/chassis/transmission swap capability

— Intention to investigate tighter fuel regulations and limits on number of fuels used

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