Mackie The Staggie Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 It's far too easy to lay all the blame at Bernie's door for the current state of F1 (the past 10/15 years does not help at all) but I think it's fairer to say that he has done far more good than harm to the sport. In the 60's and early 70's, F1 was very much run in an amateur manner, with teams negotiating individual deals with the event organiser rather than with the group running the championship. Bernine who had been managing drivers and then latter move into running Brabham F1, (and btw, Bernie remained very loyal to those he worked with. IIRC he managed Jochan Rindt till is death in Monza and afterwards continued to support the family for many years afterwards) jumped on this gap and managed to get the teams to agree to the Concorde agreement and took this to the TV companies who then could guarantee TV coverage as races where guaranteed to happen under the Concorde agreement, this brought in the sponsors and the big names in the 80's which saw the huge technological and growth in the sport in that time. Between Bernie and Max Mosley, they spearheaded the drive for safety especially after that weekend in 94 when the sport came under huge scrutiny in the media where some predicated that the popularity of the sport would drop off, the opposite was true. Bernies failure was staying for too long....if you could call running a multi million pound business and earning a shit load of money a failure. There was never any set way for a successor to come through and Bernie then found himself having to chase the money to appease the shareholders. As for the new guys, would remain cautiously optimistic for the time being. Would love to see Brawn get right in to the tech side but fearful that the politics of the sport will prevent and real significant change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanny paddery Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Manor won't race in 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Killington Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 12 hours ago, fanny paddery said: Manor won't race in 2017 So just like every other season then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Car launch week.Heres the Sauber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaldo Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Car launch week.Heres the Sauber That is stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 That is stunning. Cant wait to see it under the lights at a night race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackie The Staggie Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 A better angle imo, if only that 'shark fin' part wasn't there at the back of the car. Concerning lack of any main sponsor though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterlichtie Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 It looks nice enough but no use if it's a tortoise on track. Sauber celebrating 25 years this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Jazz Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 2017 Renault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Not sure about these shark fins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Not sure about these shark fins Looks better on the Renault as it is painted to match the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaldo Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Not sure about these shark fins Is this going to be a permanent feature? They've appeared on the cars before in years gone by but never continously through a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Mr. Brightside said: Not sure about these shark fins You won't like the P34 then? Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMorton Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 That's just last years car is it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 That's just last years car is it not? No, it's the new one. Mercedes are the only ones to not have gone with the full shark fin so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 McLaren, send it back please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 McLaren, send it back please Too much black on it for me, should have gone all out orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Full orange or no dice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Even black wings, bargeboards etc, and everything else orange would have been better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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