*** The official Formula One 2015-16 off season thread ***

[suffolk009]

ajprice said:

Eric Mc said:

It was hiding in Ron's sock drawer - which is usually very well organised.

Ron does take special pride in the organisation of his foot garment storage area, as he would call it.

Returning to the specificity of finding a correct synonym for Ron's "sock drawer", I propose his own appellation as a podiatry trim-option sliding unit.

[Piginapoke]

Vaud said:

Sadly, could it be Sauber?

Sauber, as the car is late, the engine is old, the sponsors are sparse and the drivers are st

[Scuffers]

Piginapoke said:

Sauber, as the car is late, the engine is old, the sponsors are sparse and the drivers are st

A real shame, one of the last privateers

[MiniMan64]

Piginapoke said:

Vaud said:

Sadly, could it be Sauber?

Sauber, as the car is late, the engine is old, the sponsors are sparse and the drivers are st

Agreed.

I'm surprised they didn't made more overtures to Ferrari about becoming their B-Team instead of Haas.

Definitely a chance of being the also rans this year..

[Scuffers]

After their experience with bmw, I'm not surprised.

[FW18]

MiniMan64 said:

Piginapoke said:

Vaud said:

Sadly, could it be Sauber?

Sauber, as the car is late, the engine is old, the sponsors are sparse and the drivers are st

Agreed.

I'm surprised they didn't made more overtures to Ferrari about becoming their B-Team instead of Haas.

Definitely a chance of being the also rans this year..

They done that job from 1997 to 2004, they eventually got sick of it and sided with the non Ferrari teams on issues and even switched to Michelin tyres for 2005, much to Ferrari's annoyance.

[Piginapoke]

BMW has left both Williams and Sauber high and dry over the years. Williams seems to have recovered to an extent but I fear Sauber will either be sold or close given the pressures upon it

[mollytherocker]

Piginapoke said:

BMW has left both Williams and Sauber high and dry over the years. Williams seems to have recovered to an extent but I fear Sauber will either be sold or close given the pressures upon it

Or be sold. I cant see who would be interested though, sadly.

[BarbaricAvatar]

ajprice said:

Internet beer bet: Which team will be at the back of the grid?

I'm asking because I may have started an argument on f1technical about whether Manor will have McLaren worried this year .

Renault/Lotus

[PhillipM]

But at least they might not have a £500m repair bill now Crashtor is going.

[deadslow]

PhillipM said:

But at least they might not have a £500m repair bill now Crashtor is going.

I'd love to see Kev M in that seat

[wibble cb]

I must have missed this, but its really under consideration?

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jan/25/formu...




Thoughts?

[Scuffers]

completely stupid idea.

almost as wacky as plexiglass canopy.

[HTP99]

When are the first car launches.

As for the canopy or protection; F1 is an open cockpit formula, Motorsport is dangerous, the drivers know the dangers, potentially a canopy or that odd contraption pictured could casuse even more problems; vision issues, blind spots, trouble getting the driver out if there is an accident, leave things as they are.

[Scuffers]

if they want closed copits, race in WEC

[cho]

Don't see how that could stop flying debris. Gambling on a flying object hitting one of those two pieces rather than going straight through. Also, how can it not obstruct vision when there's a great big piece of, I assume, carbonfibre right in the line of sight. Did Wurz say a whole bunch of F1 experts thought this up?

[thegreenhell]

And that still wouldn't necessarily prevent something like Massa's accident where he was hit in the face by a small metal object.

[pits]

Well it's good to see Kev getting a drive and Maldonado being sent of to pastors new.

[HTP99]

pits said:

Well it's good to see Kev getting a drive and Maldonado being sent of to pastors new.

Where are you reading that?

[westtra]

HTP99 said:

Where are you reading that?

http://m.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122625/magnussen-set-to-replace-maldonado

Still a chance maldonado could drive for them.