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Post by Wß on Jul 30, 2017 11:09:40 GMT
is that a samurai warrior about to fall on his katana?
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Post by Wß on Oct 19, 2017 16:43:42 GMT
Not the most genuine of tweets, but I'm glad for Alonso staying. It's not like there were any real options out there. I believe the bridge at Ferrari is burned, Mercedes unequivocally said they were not interested, and no genuine threat from another team. Renault perhaps but they weren't going to pay his salary demands.
We can close this chapter for now.
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Post by Hammer on Oct 19, 2017 16:49:59 GMT
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHH AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH He's a 11 time WCH - World Champion of Hypocrisy 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and now 2017
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Post by London on Oct 22, 2017 12:23:25 GMT
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Post by London on Oct 26, 2017 20:23:27 GMT
Nando is too good at this game.
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Post by dogued on Jan 30, 2018 14:47:43 GMT
Alonso will compete in almost the full WEC season (including 2 Le Mans races) for Toyota in 2018/19.
The only race he'll miss is the Fuji round as it clashes with USGP, but don't be surprised to see him swap those 2 if the McLaren renault is towards the back. This is his race calendar for 2018:
F1 Round 1 - Australia 22 - 25 March F1 Round 2 - Bahrain (Sakhir) 5 - 8 April F1 Round 3 - China (Shanghai) 12 - 15 April F1 Round 4 - Azerbaijan (Baku) 26 - 29 April WEC Round 1 - 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 5 May 2018 F1 Round 5 - Spain (Barcelona) 10 - 13 May F1 Round 6 - Monaco (Monte Carlo) 24 - 27 May F1 Round 7 - Canada (Montreal) 7 - 10 June WEC Round 2 - 24 Hours of Le Mans 16–17 June 2018 F1 Round 8 - France (Le Castellet *Circuit Paul Ricard*) 21 - 24 June F1 Round 9 - Austria (Spielberg) 28 June - 1 July F1 Round 10 - Britain (Silverstone) 5 - 8 July F1 Round 11 - Germany (Hockenheim) 19 - 22 July F1 Round 12 - Hungary (Budapest) 26 - 29 July WEC Round 3 - 6 Hours of Silverstone 19 August 2018 F1 Round 13 - Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps) 23 - 26 August F1 Round 14 - Italy (Monza) 30 August - 2 September F1 Round 15 - Singapore (Marina Bay) *TBC 13 - 16 September F1 Round 16 - Russia (Sochi) 27 - 30 September F1 Round 17 - Japan (Suzuka) 4 - 7 October F1 Round 18 - USA (Austin) 18 - 21 October F1 Round 19 - Mexico (Mexico City) 25 - 28 October F1 Round 20 - Brazil (Sao Paolo) 8 - 11 November WEC Round 5 - 6 Hours of Shanghai 18 November 2018 F1 Round 21 - Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina) 22 - 25 November
WEC Round 6 - 1,500 Miles of Sebring 16 March 2019 WEC Round 7 - 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 4 May 2019 WEC Round 8 - 24 Hours of Le Mans 15–16 June 2019
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Post by Wß on Jan 30, 2018 16:31:04 GMT
The fact that he's doing this means McLaren know they won't be in the hunt for anything this year.
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Post by dogued on Feb 10, 2018 3:11:22 GMT
In a show of just how amazing this Driver is, how universally loved he is, and how much power he has in the world of racing, WEC have moved the Fuji round to avoid a clash with the USGP so that Alonso can now do the full WEC season.
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Post by London on Feb 21, 2018 15:26:03 GMT
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Post by Wß on Feb 21, 2018 15:50:49 GMT
Me gusta.
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Post by London on Feb 21, 2018 17:23:48 GMT
I wish he had kept the Daytona one. One of the best looking helmet I have seen in a long time.
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Post by Wß on Feb 27, 2018 19:41:06 GMT
the kimoa logo is the most prominent thing on the McLaren car, Alonso also is now exclusively wearing the hat. With Honda footing his salary for the last three years, I doubt that McLaren can afford to pay Alonso's salary, so he's more than likely working for free, in exchange for the kimoa advertising.
I doubt that deal will stay in place should McLaren not be challenging for wins in the second half of this year.
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Post by dogued on May 6, 2018 2:50:29 GMT
Well Alonso said he'd be challenging for wins in 2018, and he's backed that up with a pole-to-victory effort at the WEC 6hrs of Spa race for Toyota. Helps when you're the only manufacturer team left For the record, this is his first trip to the top step since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.
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Post by Hammer on May 6, 2018 3:00:05 GMT
yay.
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Post by Hammer on May 6, 2018 3:02:17 GMT
I got a pole to lights flag victory last week when playing with my gf in the shopping mall arcade. But my stats in F1 Championships is the same as Alonso for the past 12 years.
Man I sound so bitter lol. Just can't help loving hating the guy.
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Post by Wß on May 6, 2018 13:36:26 GMT
It's not like he needed the best car in LMP to do it either. Those Porsche and Audi cars are very competetive. Alonso must have had a hell of a time competing with them in order to get Toyota the victory.
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Post by London on May 26, 2018 18:36:56 GMT
LMAO
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Post by RyRy on Jun 19, 2018 6:05:12 GMT
Alonso's team got the 24 Hours of Le Mans win relatively easy, even with penalties that they received. Alonso was on fire during the stints at night and was absolutely smashing the opponents, he was on some laps 6-7 seconds faster than an identical car.. Just look at this graph, this is the top 100 laps for To put that in perspective, he was 0.4 seconds a lap faster on average than any other driver and he brought a gap of like 2 mins down to just 40 seconds which put his team back into contention. If we look at how Ex/Current F1 drivers faired in all of the categories in the Le Mans race on best average laptime... they were: LMP1 Alonso 1/30 Buemi 2/30 Najajima 5/30 Kobayashi 6/30 Petrov 10/30 (Retired early) Lotterer 11/30 Button 13/30 (Retired early) Senna 14/30 Sarrazin 22/30 (Retired early) LMP2 Vergne 2/60 (Beaten by Duval, who was 1.5 tenths faster on average but Vergne's team still won the LMP2 class) Stevens 6/60 (Will) Maldonado 8/60 Van Der Garde 11/60 Montoya 15/60 Nasr 16/60 Di Resta 22/60 (Retired early) Lammers 46/60 (He is in his 60s...) GTE-Pro Bordais 6/52 Magnussen 14/52 (Jan) Bruni 15/52 (Gianmaria) Giovinazzi 27/52 GTE-Am Fisichella 1/40 (On average 3 tenths faster than others, team finished 2nd in class) Beretta 20/40 (Olivier) Lamy 38/40 (Pedro) I don't think I missed any, but it shows that F1 drivers are clearly some of the best drivers around. It would be so interesting to see more F1 drivers race the 24 hours of le mans, just imagine seeing Ricciardo, Verstappen & Vettel vs Alonso, Hamilton & Bottas/Raikkonen/Other... If all of those drivers turned up I'm sure WEC / 24 Hours of Le Mans would see a huge rise in popularity. I'd like to see the best of all racing categories turn up to events like this. It's what I wish ROC would be (Race of Champions... all the current champions of major categories and past champions going head to head)
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Post by dogued on Jun 19, 2018 12:40:51 GMT
Thanks to EoP rules, you can't compare LMP1 to LMP1-H. When they are forbidden to go faster than the Toyota's, lap times will always be slower, even if it was an LMP1 car that did the fastest S1 time.
In fact, a lot of these "comparison" graphs don't tell anything like the full picture; When was the majority of driving done? Those lapping during "Happy Hour" will always average more. What state was the car in? If there was a niggle or concern, this will effect times. What state were tyres in during that driver's stints?
Alonso drove well, but he was no god behind the wheel. Those "amazing" overnight laps were still 2-4s off the ultimate pace of the car. It screamed of a rookie who doesn't realise that overnight is the crucial time to nurse the car through and be alert. Yes, it turned out well, but it could also have been rued as an idiotic way to drive. As Bourdais said about Alonso, "He knows how to push the peddle down and turn a corner."
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Post by RyRy on Jun 19, 2018 14:10:10 GMT
Thanks to EoP rules, you can't compare LMP1 to LMP1-H. Of course you can't but Fernando still topped 5 other drives, in equal machinery. According to Michelin the best laps should have came at the start of the race when the engine & brakes were fresh and the temperatures were best for the tyres. In fact, a lot of these "comparison" graphs don't tell anything like the full picture; Yes they do, they show who's the most consistent. When was the majority of driving done? Those lapping during "Happy Hour" will always average more. Over 24 hours the max stint length equals most of this out and it's not too much of an issue on statistics. What state was the car in? If there was a niggle or concern, this will effect times. Of course it would but neither of the top 2 had any major issues. What state were tyres in during that driver's stints? The tyres were fairly consistent, even at the end of the tyre stint they were still performing very decently only about 0.7/lap slower than fresh tyres. Those "amazing" overnight laps were still 2-4s off the ultimate pace of the car. Alonso was setting 3:19/3:20 consistantly that's only 2-3 seconds of the pace which is very very good for a race lap, the car will be detuned, it will have more fuel onboard, the drivers won't be pushing as hard and they have more to lose from crashing/spinning than they do in qualifying. It screamed of a rookie who doesn't realise that overnight is the crucial time to nurse the car through and be alert. Not according to several of the teams, overnight is the perfect time to push if you are comfortable in the dark because the engine is running cooler and the tyres are running cooler so you can put more stress through them. You just need to make sure you don't touch the grass and spin or miss a braking point. Being 2-3 seconds of the ultimate pace is quite a lot over a lap, one could argue he judged it perfectly. The team didn't radio in any concerns to him and they told him that he was doing a really good job so they obviously see it on the data and knew everything was okay. Many of the other drivers had much more significant drop offs in performance over the race yet he didn't.
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