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Official 2016 Formula 1 Season Thread

Hopefully this season brings us some competitive racing action for the lead all the time, not just once or twice in 21 races.

Here's a nice behind the scenes video of Hass F1's new logistics facility.

Nice quote: "even to finish last in formula one is hard work". lol

Renault just bought back their F1 team from Genii capital for $1.50. Also paying 4 mil in taxes to Uk govt and assuming about 200 mil worth of debt.

Ferrari splits from FiatChrysler.

Good start.

Please please let there be some parity for this upcomming season!

I want Haas to come out the gate and be competitive.

Mclaren to come back to form!

Fingers crossed.

Go McLaren! They can't be much worse then last season, I hope.. :lol

I really hope at least one of RBR/McHonda/Ferrari catches up to the Mercs

heard the rumours but missed the official announcement from BBC (just before Christmas) that they're dropping F1 coverage :/

'Channel 4' is taking over, and they've already contracted David Coulthard

I wonder what this means for TSN coverage now? their coverage sucks as is, but at least they still gave us a little pip during commercials. Channel 4 has commercials, although i'm not sure if they'll make changes for F1 now?

I'd prefer TSN uses the feed from a broadcaster with commercials. That way, the director will have some say on timing of the commercials and they show replays of anything that happened during the commercial break.

The split screen drives me nuts. A good idea that TSN executes poorly.

I'm happy that we'll get to keep Coulthard, I've grown to like him more than Brundle & the crew over at Sky.

That being said, I really like Sky's pre/post race features, I wish we got more of that.

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Originally Posted by Eff-1 (Post 8716125)

I fucking HATE the split screen shit TSN does.

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Originally Posted by Great68 (Post 8716140)

I'm happy that we'll get to keep Coulthard, I've grown to like him more than Brundle & the crew over at Sky.

That being said, I really like Sky's pre/post race features, I wish we got more of that.

Sky's pre/post race features are top-notch. Coulthard nudges above Brundle in my books, so I'm glad they're keeping Coulthard on board :)

I think we'll see another Merc dominant year again with Ferrari being closer, but not quite there again. Looks like it will be an exciting year throughout the field with all the engine changing, new teams, and driver swaps!!

This make my mind hurt, it could spice things up a bit I guess.

Rich

I was planning to go down to austin to catch the F1 this year, but can't justify it with the exchange rate anymore =(
Anyway go McLaren!

red bull put Verstappen on a ski slope with a modified f1 car

onboard cam

So Channel 4 is only going to broadcast 10 races Live, the rest go to SKY

So I wonder what that means for us here with TSN :/

Are we going to get the Sky stream, or are we just going to see the race with no commentary?

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Live Coverage

Australia (Sky only)
Bahrain (Sky and Channel 4)
China (Sky only)
Russia (Sky only)
Spain (Sky and Channel 4)
Monaco (Sky only)
Canada (Sky only)
Europe (Sky and Channel 4)
Austria (Sky only)
Britain (Sky and Channel 4)
Hungary (Sky and Channel 4)
Germany (Sky only)
Belgium (Sky and Channel 4)
Italy (Sky and Channel 4)
Singapore (Sky only)
Malaysia (Sky and Channel 4)
Japan (Sky only)
USA (Sky only)
Mexico (Sky and Channel 4)
Brazil (Sky only)
Abu Dhabi (Sky and Channel 4)

thought this was neat

Stallone sold it at the auction for $43,750

An Ayrton Senna-Owned Racing Helmet Gifted to Stallone, | Lot #89148 | Heritage Auctions

FYI Maldonado doesn't have a seat in 2016, his sponsors missed the payment deadline, it was rumoured to be so recently, and the other day Maldonado confirmed it

and today it was officially announced that Kevin Magnussen has replaced Pastor

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ma...1-team-671355/

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Renault has finally confirmed that Kevin Magnussen will be joining its new works team in Formula 1 this year.

The Dane is to replace Pastor Maldonado, whose contract with the team was terminated following payment issues with his long-time backers PDVSA.

Although Magnussen was agreed at the weekend, as Motorsport.com first reported, Renault preferred to wait until an official team launch in Paris on Wednesday to make its line-up official.

Magnussen, who will race alongside Jolyon Palmer, returns to F1 after a season as McLaren reserve driver.

The Dane, who scored an impressive podium finish on his debut with the team in 2014, had initially focused his efforts on a race return with Haas for 2016 but was beaten to that seat by Romain Grosjean.

GP3 champion Esteban Ocon, previously a Mercedes junior, has also been confirmed as the team's third driver.Renault has finally confirmed that Kevin Magnussen will be joining its new works team in Formula 1 this year.

The Dane is to replace Pastor Maldonado, whose contract with the team was terminated following payment issues with his long-time backers PDVSA.

Although Magnussen was agreed at the weekend, as Motorsport.com first reported, Renault preferred to wait until an official team launch in Paris on Wednesday to make its line-up official.

Magnussen, who will race alongside Jolyon Palmer, returns to F1 after a season as McLaren reserve driver.

The Dane, who scored an impressive podium finish on his debut with the team in 2014, had initially focused his efforts on a race return with Haas for 2016 but was beaten to that seat by Romain Grosjean.

GP3 champion Esteban Ocon, previously a Mercedes junior, has also been confirmed as the team's third driver.

http://cdn-3.motorsport.com/images/m...-renault-r.jpg

http://cdn-3.motorsport.com/images/m...car-livery.jpg

I'm excited.

It has been an interesting two tests, now I can't wait till they get on track at real speed!!!

If you want to nerd out on the tech details after this weeks test:

Looks like Merc will be out ahead again with Ferrari nipping at their heels. I'm really excited to see how Torro Rosso starts the year as they look to have one of the stronger packages and driver lineups!

Rich

Not F1, but still relevant to Canadian open-wheel racing fans...

Big Read: Inside James Hinchcliffe's race to return to the track - Sportsnet.ca

A terrific article on James Hinchcliffe's almost fatal crash last year ....

Booking tickets to Montreal, anyone else going?

The Renault car looks pretty bad ass.

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Originally Posted by maxx (Post 8735007)

Booking tickets to Montreal, anyone else going?

On the fence.

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Originally Posted by radioman (Post 8735031)

The Renault car looks pretty bad ass.

Just released today.. I hope you like the new one :P

Rich

I read on an unreputable source today that they are changing it to a matte finish like RBR.

2015 Related,

BBC's year end reviews are spectacular. I've been downloading them all since 2012. Worth a watch if you can spare yourself an hour!

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Originally Posted by Noran (Post 8735205)

On the fence.

Same.

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Originally Posted by Vancouver240sx (Post 8735238)

Just released today.. I hope you like the new one :P

https://twitter.com/NobleF1/status/706884547351330816

Rich

:ohgodwhy: