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Post by Alberto Ibanez on Jan 31, 2020 19:40:02 GMT
Anders you can pick a season car if you want, so as to be sure that you will have a drive you like. If a better one becomes vacant, it will be offered to everyone and you can switch, and if you can't attend regularly and loose/drop the car, that won't prevent you from picking one offs or a season car again.  |
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Post by Brian Janik on Jan 31, 2020 21:28:25 GMT
Yes, and this was a brilliant engine....
... had it been released 15-20 years earlier.  it was, in a 917 in one shape or another  I understand from several sources, the 91 Porsche F1 engine design was basically 2 mid-80s championship winning TAG-Turbo V6 engine blocks fused together into a V12. Out of date technically and very heavy. PR stunt gone terribly wrong Best move they made was to sneak away from the project mid season claiming to return once it was all sorted  |
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Post by Brian Janik on Jan 31, 2020 21:28:56 GMT
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Post by Richard Coxon on Jan 31, 2020 22:49:11 GMT
it was, in a 917 in one shape or another I understand from several sources, the 91 Porsche F1 engine design was basically 2 mid-80s championship winning TAG-Turbo V6 engine blocks fused together into a V12. Out of date technically and very heavy. PR stunt gone terribly wrong Best move they made was to sneak away from the project mid season claiming to return once it was all sorted It sort of was yes, the guy behind it designed the 917 engine too, he took some of the design traits from that engine into the F1 engine. |
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Post by David Jundt on Jan 31, 2020 22:59:38 GMT
They only ones that sneaked away was Footwork/Arrows, since they decided to drop it for some Hart-tuned engines and didn't wanna wait for Porsche to get their serious update going. Because I think there were still people that did try to provide a better engine, not to mention it would've been a hughe flop for Porsche to give up like that...
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Post by Richard Coxon on Jan 31, 2020 23:20:54 GMT
Porsche "Sneaked" away too, they claimed multiple times during '91 that they would stay after the 91 season either with Footwork or another team. Even saying this as late as the Spanish GP. The fact that both of the heads of the project were dismissed shows how embarrassed Porsche was. Porsche made major mistakes in the design, no upgrades were going to improve that engine, only a whole new one would make any difference. Porsche and Footwork simply underestimated the task at hand, Porsche admitted that themselves.
Both parties were equally to blame, they didn't work together like McLaren and Porsche beforehand, hence them using an A11c for the first two races and the new engine didn't fit in the FA12. No one at Footwork expected the engine to be so big.
But back to Imola now. 🙂
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Post by David Jundt on Feb 1, 2020 1:44:16 GMT
Well, with serious update, I basically meant a true V12, not two bolted together to form one. And those that worked on it apparently then used it(or any experience gained) for a new project. If it was a magazine, I probably threw it away by now  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2020 7:40:46 GMT
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Post by David Jaques on Feb 5, 2020 15:06:16 GMT
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Post by Richard Coxon on Feb 5, 2020 15:10:18 GMT
Just 5 left to confirm. Gianluca, Mick, Brian, Reilly and Adam to confirm. If all confirm and everyone shows we will have a full grid of 26 cars  |
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Post by Adam Hackman on Feb 5, 2020 15:17:40 GMT
 Should be able to be there.
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Post by Brian Janik on Feb 5, 2020 21:59:09 GMT
expecting to |
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Post by Mick Chapman on Feb 8, 2020 1:33:59 GMT
present
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Post by Jacob Fredriksson on Feb 8, 2020 17:21:36 GMT
Won't for sure make qualifying. Are there DNQ's? If so, there's no point for me showing up.
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Post by Alberto Ibanez on Feb 8, 2020 17:29:22 GMT
Only if more than 26 people appear, which so far isn't the case.
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Post by Simon Wattman on Feb 9, 2020 14:32:21 GMT
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Post by David Jundt on Feb 9, 2020 16:49:17 GMT
#9 Wow, not going for the Benetton? After being busy elsewhere and staying in bed due to headache and being a bit unwell, I'll probably not get far in this race I fear...  |
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Post by Richard Coxon on Feb 9, 2020 17:13:22 GMT
** OFFICIAL QUALIFYING HAS BEGUN, ONCE YOU HAVE JOINED DO NOT LEAVE THE SERVER AGAIN UNTIL THE WARMUP UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY **
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Post by Jan Kowalski on Feb 9, 2020 18:47:31 GMT
i wont make it tonight. Hurricane is coming and i am more concerned about the real life cars by now  |
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Post by Anders Nilsson on Feb 9, 2020 19:13:14 GMT
Engine went hot on gridd a blewed out Shit happens |
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Post by David Sabre on Feb 9, 2020 19:44:09 GMT
Damn tyres, one spin and the tyre blows.  |
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Post by Tim Hille on Feb 9, 2020 20:03:32 GMT
I wanted to let someone through into the first hairpin, touched the grass on the outside, lost then the control but somehow I didn't touched the barrier but then the gravel ended my Race 
Big Thanks to David Jaques for helping me with the Setup, the car felt good until I touched the grass
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Post by Grant Riddall on Feb 9, 2020 20:14:54 GMT
Brake failure |
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Post by David Jaques on Feb 9, 2020 20:19:12 GMT
was a fun race, brakes didn't last unfortunately
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Post by Pascal Mikula on Feb 9, 2020 20:19:15 GMT
Crashed out of the lead. Story of my fucking life.
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