V8 SUPERCARS 2015.

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cheddar

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4,637 posts

173 months

Sunday 7th December 2014
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Following on from:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Spectacularly wet end to the 2014 season, will 2015 be the end of the V8 era?

Kicks off 27th Feb in Adelaide.

Red Bull domination or young upstarts upstaging the old timers?

Your thoughts gentlemen?


Jader1973

3,946 posts

199 months

Monday 8th December 2014
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A Holden will win the championship (hopefully).

Channel 10 will fk up the TV coverage (actually they've already done that and they haven't started yet).

N0ddie

380 posts

164 months

Monday 8th December 2014
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Jader1973 said:
A Holden will win the championship (hopefully).

Channel 10 will fk up the TV coverage (actually they've already done that and they haven't started yet).
Does that mean we're losing what is arguably one of the best commentary/pit reporting teams on tele?

old'uns

540 posts

132 months

Monday 8th December 2014
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gonna take a while to get used to all the shake-ups, seems to be a lot going on movement wise with drivers/teams/sponsors. paid drivers are a hot topic, David wall in particular with his Wilson security money taking the 2nd Volvo

the consensus in Aus is that they don't like having to pay for Fox/telstra to watch the series next year although they will get all the practice/ Quali and races live, looks like Bathurst will still be Free to Air as its a 'protected' event.
Gregg Murphy is listed as commentary, again the Aussies are bhing about Skaife/Crompton bias towards certain teams so depending whether Blue or Red, Larko seems to be safe from criticism though.

cheddar

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173 months

Monday 8th December 2014
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old'uns said:
the Aussies are bhing about Skaife/Crompton
As the poster above said that duo (plus Larko) are just about the best commentary crew on TV, I see no bias, they're a fantastic, knowledgeable team that make F1 commentators like Coulthard, Edwards and Jordan seem incredibly dreary.

samvia

1,635 posts

169 months

Monday 8th December 2014
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Will be massively disappointed if they make big changes to the commentary team, the Beretta/Crompton/Skaife/Larko combo is brilliant.

Is Dahlgren offski then? That S60 is a cracking looking race car, been really impressed with McLaughlin too.


DanielSan

18,748 posts

166 months

Monday 8th December 2014
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Reliability issues now seem to be sorted, and they've certainly got the pace I can see Mclaughlan and Volvo in the fight for the title next year. They've been mightily impressive this year. But I think Whincup will win it, he's just a machine.

old'uns

540 posts

132 months

Tuesday 9th December 2014
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Dahlgren I think is a Volvo factory driver?
His main job was to be the link between GRM & Sweden for development,job done, back to Europe for next assignment.
Mark Engel I guess did a similar thing for M Benz & Erebus last year,factory paid driver.

Jader1973

3,946 posts

199 months

Tuesday 9th December 2014
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N0ddie said:
Jader1973 said:
A Holden will win the championship (hopefully).

Channel 10 will fk up the TV coverage (actually they've already done that and they haven't started yet).
Does that mean we're losing what is arguably one of the best commentary/pit reporting teams on tele?
Quite possibly. I'm not sure 10 have confirmed their line up yet, although I'm not certain it is their line up and not V8 Supercars. There seems to be a company called V8 Media in the mix.

They are all good, with the exception of Beretta who is just a sports reporter and has no real link to the sport and therefore none of the experience of the others. I wouldn't miss him.

They've also made a lot of it Foxtel (Sky equivalent, but worse) only this year with the exception of Bathurst and a few others. Their expectation is people will subscribe just to watch it - I suspect they'll find the opposite. I hope their viewing figures don't drop too much as with the loss of Ford and the additional uncertainty around the rule changes in the future they run the risk of damaging the brand.

dazwalsh

6,095 posts

140 months

Tuesday 9th December 2014
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Might we see more volvo's mercs and Nissans on the grid with the demise of Ford? It's a shame they are pulling the plug.

A cracking year of racing, roll on 2015! I have fully switched over to v8 now with the awful mess f1 is in. Motors TV I salute you, keep up the coverage!

entropy

5,403 posts

202 months

Tuesday 9th December 2014
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Matt White is back at Ten.

Can't see past J Dub winning it. Jandal or the Gizz I would love to see win. Frosty needs to sort out his form.

V8s vs turbos is going to be a headache to equalize with the Gen2 cars.

Fane

1,308 posts

199 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Isn't Marcos Ambrose making a return with Penske backing in 2015?

cheddar

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4,637 posts

173 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Fane said:
Isn't Marcos Ambrose making a return with Penske backing in 2015?
He sure is - started his comeback in the last race at Sydney 2 weeks ago.

Fiesty chap, didn't even make it through qualy without crashing:

@ 1.04 secs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t96Snotr5A8




T4RRR

206 posts

218 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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DanielSan said:
Reliability issues now seem to be sorted, and they've certainly got the pace I can see Mclaughlan and Volvo in the fight for the title next year. They've been mightily impressive this year.
Well if Volvo/Polestar/GRM are going to vie for the title next year, then they're going to have to go all out as they may not have many more chances to do it, given the statements of some of their more recently appointed bosses:

Motorsport Does Not Comform With Our Brand

dazwalsh

6,095 posts

140 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2014
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That's a real shame if they axe the volvos, fantastic looking machines

lfc888

33 posts

137 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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I`m heading down south for the Clipsal 500 and the Australian Grand Prix.
Can`t wait!

cheddar

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4,637 posts

173 months

Friday 13th February 2015
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Last weekends testing and shootout looked promising for the upcoming season, 8 different manufacturers in the top ten.

Crazy van Gisbergen 2nd quickest, McLaughlin 4th and the dominant Red Bulls of Lowndes and Whincup only managing 8th and 12th.

All kicks off in 10 days, first race with live UK broadcast on 28th.

Go Scotty !

DanielSan

18,748 posts

166 months

Friday 13th February 2015
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Don't think the Red Bull's were running flat out even in the shootout. They'll be up at the front come Adelaide. Just behind the Volvo hopefully biggrin

cheddar

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173 months

Friday 13th February 2015
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DanielSan said:
Don't think the Red Bull's were running flat out even in the shootout. They'll be up at the front come Adelaide. Just behind the Volvo hopefully biggrin
You mean sandbagging?
I thought so too, quite slidey but a deliberate poke of the throttle at the wrong time can easily make them do that.

clarki

1,312 posts

218 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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lfc888 said:
I`m heading down south for the Clipsal 500 and the Australian Grand Prix.
Can`t wait!
Git!!lol

Hoping to get to Townsville.

Great to see Ambrose back, be interesting to see how he does.

Van Gizzy is my man, but i've a sneaky feeling about the Volvo this year.