Escobarp Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, MancWanderer said: Sooooooo happy for Perez. Red Bull need to put a contract under his nose right now Gutted for Russell. He deserved the win. Managed a strange car so well Merc? Oh dear. Zee tyre team vill be lined up at dawn and zey vill disappear You know what makes it worse? Have a guess how much they earn roughly per year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, Escobarp said: You know what makes it worse? Have a guess how much they earn roughly per year? tbh mate any guess that I make is probably nowhere near the ball park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Just now, MancWanderer said: tbh mate any guess that I make is probably nowhere near the ball park At Merc with bonuses for winning etc c400k. Might be nonsense but that came from someone who knows a lot of the guys at brackley. Plus they live the life of Riley traveling round the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 19 minutes ago, Escobarp said: At Merc with bonuses for winning etc c400k. Might be nonsense but that came from someone who knows a lot of the guys at brackley. Plus they live the life of Riley traveling round the world. Wow!! Just wow No wonder Toto described it as a “colossal fuck up” live on SKY 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, MancWanderer said: Wow!! Just wow No wonder Toto described it as a “colossal fuck up” live on SKY 😂 Scary money eh. For changing car tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogs Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, Escobarp said: Scary money eh. For changing car tyres. Surely it's the mechanics that do it. Your not telling me they pay 8 lads that money and fly em all over just for throwing wheels on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted December 6, 2020 Members Share Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, MancWanderer said: Sooooooo happy for Perez. Red Bull need to put a contract under his nose right now Gutted for Russell. He deserved the win. Managed a strange car so well Merc? Oh dear. Zee tyre team vill be lined up at dawn and zey vill disappear 2 veeks in zee kulher 25 minutes ago, Escobarp said: Scary money eh. For changing car tyres. I wanted to be a pit monkey (Fuck BLM) I thought yeah I could do that, travel the world, take the rejected wimmin the drivers don’t wanna plough, making a decent bit of bank. I could be the ramp guy, ramp under, lift the car then boom. No drama, easy life Then I watched Guy Martin trying to be a mechanic in F1, it’s a right fuckin graft Edited December 6, 2020 by Rudy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 25 minutes ago, boogs said: Surely it's the mechanics that do it. Your not telling me they pay 8 lads that money and fly em all over just for throwing wheels on. Have a look at the money that teams bring in. Then have a look at the difference in the money between placings. Then disappear down a google wormhole at how often those tyre monkeys practice their tyre changes. Undercut/overcut- less than half a second in the pits can pay their wages if it puts the driver up a place or two over a season. Mental Merc play the safe game. They know that 99% of the time they just need to get the driver in and out in a decent time. Never the quickest. Always reliable. Until today. Heads will roll imo. Red Bull know they haven’t the fastest car and that on a lot of circuits they aren’t even second fastest but look at their times for pit stops. Unbelievable. They’ll finish second and part of that is down to their pit crew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 33 minutes ago, Rudy said: 2 veeks in zee kulher I wanted to be a pit monkey (Fuck BLM) I thought yeah I could do that, travel the world, take the rejected wimmin the drivers don’t wanna plough, making a decent bit of bank. I could be the ramp guy, ramp under, lift the car then boom. No drama, easy life Then I watched Guy Martin trying to be a mechanic in F1, it’s a right fuckin graft Aye. Bit of a difference to working at Kwik Fit 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 34 minutes ago, boogs said: Surely it's the mechanics that do it. Your not telling me they pay 8 lads that money and fly em all over just for throwing wheels on. No of course they don’t just change the wheels On a sunday. But they aren’t the top technicians either by a long way. They have other duties in the team but their key role and what they are retained for is being in the tyre crew. They practice for hours a day you ever noticed the times the top teams get in a pitstop compared to the Lower teams? Only a few of tenths of a second but that’s priceless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, MancWanderer said: Have a look at the money that teams bring in. Then have a look at the difference in the money between placings. Then disappear down a google wormhole at how often those tyre monkeys practice their tyre changes. Undercut/overcut- less than half a second in the pits can pay their wages if it puts the driver up a place or two over a season. Mental Merc play the safe game. They know that 99% of the time they just need to get the driver in and out in a decent time. Never the quickest. Always reliable. Until today. Heads will roll imo. Red Bull know they haven’t the fastest car and that on a lot of circuits they aren’t even second fastest but look at their times for pit stops. Unbelievable. They’ll finish second and part of that is down to their pit crew Red Bull pit crew are phenomenal. Each week just relentlessly consistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted December 6, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted December 6, 2020 Red Bull have done a 1.8 second stop I think Which is beyond comprehension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 10 minutes ago, Spider said: Red Bull have done a 1.8 second stop I think Which is beyond comprehension They hold the record for the fastest ever at about 1.8 yes. They’ve done more under 2 seconds than any other team. They know the value of having a decent pit crew. They get full value from them Some folk don’t like F1. I get it. Fair enough, don’t watch it. For me it’s the tactics, the pit stops, the tyre strategy, the stuff that can go wrong, and the battles within teams. But most of all who is the best driver race after race after race. It’s no coincidence Hamilton is where he is. He has the fastest car but look what happens when he’s not there. Fucking chaos. Or as Toto so eloquently put it “a colossal fuck up”. Hamilton drives the best team not just the best car. For those folk who say that Merc have the best car so anyone could win in it, well watch today’s race. Yeah, bad luck for Bottas and Russell but would it have happened with Hamilton? Who knows but I know where my money would be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted December 6, 2020 Moderators Share Posted December 6, 2020 I think hamilton is great I dont think he wouldve won today He may have been further ahead than Russell but the safety car wouldve wiped that out Hamilton is strong enough to refuse to pit granted, but I think he wouldve then lost to Bottas as his stop wouldve gone as intended But Hamilton is still cleary the best and Verstappen is a good way behind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted December 6, 2020 Moderators Share Posted December 6, 2020 Bottas has to be on borrowed time, though Hamilton might not want Russell snapping at his heels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted December 6, 2020 Members Share Posted December 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, Casino said: Bottas has to be on borrowed time, though Hamilton might not want Russell snapping at his heels He’s wank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Steady on. Wouldn’t surprise me though if he left merc this year. But anyone who comes in will have their role clearly mapped as a number 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Bottas has helped guarantee that Merc win the constructors every year so I think that he has Merc’s backing and I can’t see him walking away to a lower team. Much as I joke with Esco about him he is very good. He’s just not Hamilton and hasn’t got the aggression of Max and some of the younger drivers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted December 7, 2020 Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2020 Re bottas, with Hamilton out of the way, only 1 merc in the race and my life depending on it, id go bottas over that loon verstappen You cant win if you don't finish, after all As for next year, bottas is at merc unless he gets paid his salary to have a year off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 Hamilton is back Booooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! In other news Mick Schumacher debuts for Haas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted December 11, 2020 Members Share Posted December 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, MancWanderer said: Hamilton is back Booooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! In other news Mick Schumacher debuts for Haas Any news on his owd fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted December 11, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, Rudy said: Any news on his owd fella They keep it so secretive it’s unreal. He’s either a proper cabbage, dead, or living a normal life in America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted December 11, 2020 Members Share Posted December 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Spider said: They keep it so secretive it’s unreal. He’s either a proper cabbage, dead, or living a normal life in America. Fuck knows how they’ve managed it. The Sun would have been all over this in the 90’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted December 11, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2020 13 minutes ago, Rudy said: Fuck knows how they’ve managed it. The Sun would have been all over this in the 90’s I just reckon he’s so cabbaged that it’s too grim for the world to see. Got a head like Rocky Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Winchester White Posted December 11, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2020 9 minutes ago, Rudy said: Fuck knows how they’ve managed it. The Sun would have been all over this in the 90’s Ah, the heady days of phone tapping and just making stuff up for the giggles and selling print. Simpler times. Now you have to employ geeks to attack social media with bots, photoshop celebs and harras their families online. Booo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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