Get Ready for... The ChiltonCraze!

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 30 May 2014, 12:47

Why would anybody visit a proper F1 forum anyway?

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 30 May 2014, 13:34

CoopsII wrote:Why would anybody visit a proper F1 forum anyway?

A proper F1 forum? What's a proper F1 forum?

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 30 May 2014, 14:07

DanielPT wrote:
CoopsII wrote:Why would anybody visit a proper F1 forum anyway?

A proper F1 forum? What's a proper F1 forum?

A bunch of baby boomers in their tweed jackets guffawing at the thought of a hybrid engine in the back of a Formula One machine?

"I do say old chap, isn't this talk of electrical nonsense in the car just the worst? I remember back in the day when Moss was driving a straight six powered by the corpses of the lower classes, shagging a lovely bit of totty on his way to victory. Speaking of which, it is a tragedy that young chap Hamilton is what we have representing Britannia these days - we can't be having descendents of bongo bongo land flying our flag, can we? What happened to the stand up influence of Stirling?"

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 30 May 2014, 14:11

DanielPT wrote:
CoopsII wrote:Why would anybody visit a proper F1 forum anyway?

A proper F1 forum? What's a proper F1 forum?

That'd be a proper question in my case. This is the first F1 forum I have ever registered to, and have no intentions to go anywhere else. That says a lot. :mrgreen:

W12 · Post by **W12** » 30 May 2014, 16:01

DanielPT wrote:
CoopsII wrote:Why would anybody visit a proper F1 forum anyway?

A proper F1 forum? What's a proper F1 forum?

This is a proper F1 forum! :lol:

Post by **Ataxia** » 30 May 2014, 16:34

Biscione wrote:
DanielPT wrote:
CoopsII wrote:Why would anybody visit a proper F1 forum anyway?

A proper F1 forum? What's a proper F1 forum?

A bunch of baby boomers in their tweed jackets guffawing at the thought of a hybrid engine in the back of a Formula One machine?

"I do say old chap, isn't this talk of electrical nonsense in the car just the worst? I remember back in the day when Moss was driving a straight six powered by the corpses of the lower classes, shagging a lovely bit of totty on his way to victory. Speaking of which, it is a tragedy that young chap Hamilton is what we have representing Britannia these days - we can't be having descendents of bongo bongo land flying our flag, can we? What happened to the stand up influence of Stirling?"

I didn't realise Godfrey Bloom was a member here...

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 30 May 2014, 22:29

W12 wrote:
DanielPT wrote:
CoopsII wrote:Why would anybody visit a proper F1 forum anyway?

A proper F1 forum? What's a proper F1 forum?
This is a proper F1 forum!

What, you mean This is a forum all to himself?

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 30 May 2014, 23:35

Wizzie wrote:
W12 wrote:
DanielPT wrote:Why would anybody visit a proper F1 forum anyway?

A proper F1 forum? What's a proper F1 forum?
This is a proper F1 forum!

What, you mean This is a forum all to himself?

I confess. It's true.

Alextrax52 · Post by **Alextrax52** » 31 May 2014, 01:04

This is a strange forum made stranger by the various interests some of us have

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 31 May 2014, 01:40

Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:This is a strange forum made stranger by the various interests some of us have

Well, we're not as crazy as that F1 forum. You know the one. Where everyone likes the guy so much.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 01 Jun 2014, 15:23

Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:This is a strange forum made stranger by the various interests some of us have

An interest in women isn't that strange is it?

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 01 Jun 2014, 15:43

Shizuka wrote:
DanielPT wrote:
CoopsII wrote:Why would anybody visit a proper F1 forum anyway?

A proper F1 forum? What's a proper F1 forum?

That'd be a proper question in my case. This is the first F1 forum I have ever registered to, and have no intentions to go anywhere else. That says a lot.

Same here. I have looked at other more official forums, usually affiliated to something like Autosport or whatever and it often appears to me at least too focused on the front end, the Rejects appear to have no worth and in some points of view should be got rid of. What I like about this den of iniquity is the broader range of subjects. Yes we fall out from time to time and people often post before thinking (Id consider myself one of the worst btw) but its still a forum where there's something interesting to read each time I visit, often due to the high level of knowledge members have, and not just about the champion elite either.

I think what we need is newer emoticons btw

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 01 Jun 2014, 17:43

dr-baker wrote:
Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:This is a strange forum made stranger by the various interests some of us have

An interest in women isn't that strange is it?

When we don't bring up women, you just do it yourself? Awesome. :lol:

Also, yeah, some of us have weird interests. That's what makes us different from each other

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 01 Jun 2014, 18:52

Shizuka wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:This is a strange forum made stranger by the various interests some of us have

An interest in women isn't that strange is it?

When we don't bring up women, you just do it yourself? Awesome.
Also, yeah, some of us have weird interests. That's what makes us different from each other

Like some of us pay more attention to the back of the F1 grid than the front. Why would you do that??

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 03 Jun 2014, 10:15

Correct me if I'm wrong here..

1000 kilobytes = 1 megabyte
1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte
1000 gigabytes = 1 terabyte
1000 terabytes = 1 petabyte
1000 petabytes = 1 exabyte
1000 exabytes = 1 zettabyte
1000 zettabytes = 1 yottabyte
1000 yottabytes = 1 chiltonbyte

W12 · Post by **W12** » 03 Jun 2014, 10:21

Jocke1 wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong here..

1000 kilobytes = 1 megabyte
1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte
1000 gigabytes = 1 terabyte
1000 terabytes = 1 deletrazbyte
1000 deletrazbytes = 1 simtekbyte
1000 simtekbytes = 1 lavaggibyte
1000 lavaggibytes = 1 yottabyte
1000 yottabytes = 1 talentbyte
1000 talentbytes = 1 hwnsnbmbyte

Fixed

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 03 Jun 2014, 10:40

Jocke1 wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong here..

1000 kilobytes = 1 megabyte
1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte
1000 gigabytes = 1 terabyte
1000 terabytes = 1 petabyte
1000 petabytes = 1 exabyte
1000 exabytes = 1 zettabyte
1000 zettabytes = 1 yottabyte
1000 yottabytes = 1 chiltonbyte

Alright, I will. It's 1024, not 1000.

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 03 Jun 2014, 11:30

Salamander wrote:
Alright, I will. It's 1024, not 1000.

I thought both of these standards are correct, depending on what type of storage you are referring.

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 03 Jun 2014, 13:49

Chilton's a...byte?

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 03 Jun 2014, 14:40

Max Chilton
2013 Qualifying - 21st, 2013 Race - 19th
“I’m really excited about the Canadian Grand Prix. After such a positive test in Barcelona, and a very positive qualifying in Monaco off the back of that, I am hoping that we can piece together all of the positives into a more competitive result in Montreal. I am really encouraged by the work we have done and the obvious progress that we are making with the car. I think the whole team loves coming to Montreal. It’s such a great venue for the race and the fans are so enthusiastic. After a successful team result last time out, it’s shaping up to being busier than usual. I can’t wait to get back down to the racing.”

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 07 Jun 2014, 06:17

Max Chilton, FP1 - 1:20.844, 20th; FP2 - 1:18.693, 18th
“I’m pleased with where I’ve ended the day on the timesheet. I think we got quite a lot of the car today and in particular I had a very positive FP2. We got a good long run with the car in which we seemed to be quite competitive, so hopefully we can maintain this progress into tomorrow.”

John Booth, Marussia team principal
With Max everything has pretty much run to programme and he is quite happy with the balance of the car. He did his option run very early in the session as we decided to concentrate more on long runs with the tyres. This will be reflected in the ultimate pace, but he still looks relatively competitive.

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 08 Jun 2014, 08:57

Marussia
Max Chilton (18th, Q1 - 1:18.348)
“We came here off the back of a great result for the team in Monaco, but fully expecting to struggle rather more at a circuit that has never really suited our car in previous seasons. I think we are all a little surprised, but pleasantly so, because it really underlines how much progress we’ve made with the car in all conditions and at a variety of circuits. We’ve had a very positive couple of days and we were hoping to be able to wrap all that into a great qualifying, which we started to do on the first run. That was a good lap, but there was definitely room for improvement, but the red flag put paid to that. We have to look on the bright side though because it’s a further sign that our progress is genuine and not the product of one race. My plan for tomorrow is to aim to keep everyone behind me and hopefully have a nice fight with the cars ahead.”

All I see when reading the above is;
"My plan for tomorrow is to aim to keep everyone behind me."

Everyone?

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 08 Jun 2014, 18:05

Let us all remember where we were at this historic moment...

Eifelland · Post by **Eifelland** » 08 Jun 2014, 18:05

A black day for Formula One.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 08 Jun 2014, 18:07

Eifelland wrote:A black day for Formula One.

I agree. This is a really dark time for F1. :cry:

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 08 Jun 2014, 18:09

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse confidently expected to come riding over the hill any moment now.

Eifelland · Post by **Eifelland** » 08 Jun 2014, 18:15

Paul Hayes wrote:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse confidently expected to come riding over the hill any moment now.

War, Plague, Famine and DNF

SimtekFan32 · Post by **SimtekFan32** » 08 Jun 2014, 18:16

Somehow, this is Pastor Maldonado's fault. Don't ask me how, but it is.

Post by **Londoner** » 08 Jun 2014, 18:17

I'm gonna cry myself to sleep tonight. :cry:

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 08 Jun 2014, 18:22

He might come back out and still be classified..

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 08 Jun 2014, 22:23

Jocke1 wrote:All I see when reading the above is;
"My plan for tomorrow is to aim to keep everyone behind me."

Everyone?

New conspiracy - it was Max Chilton driving the safety car at the final lap.

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 09 Jun 2014, 05:43

SimtekFan32 wrote:Somehow, this is Pastor Maldonado's fault. Don't ask me how, but it is.

According to my sources, Maldonado will take a ten place penalty in Austria because of it.

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 09 Jun 2014, 06:55

I have a possibly valid reason to let Max Chilton off for his awful mistake. By bringing out the SC for 7 whole laps, it meant that the field was bunched up by the time of the first stops and allowed the Force Indias to rise into 3rd and 4th, with their one-stop strategy in turn sending Perez up into 2nd for some time. Without the SC the field spread would have been greater and the race might not have developed as spectacularly as it did. So Max did a favour for the GP.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 09 Jun 2014, 09:35

FullMetalJack wrote:Max Chilton doesn't do non-finishes.

But if he did, they'd probably be the best in the world.

Good call!

It certainly wasn't bad. Impressive to get the safety car out for around 10% of the total race distance...

LionZoo · Post by **LionZoo** » 09 Jun 2014, 19:09

good_Ralf wrote:I have a possibly valid reason to let Max Chilton off for his awful mistake. By bringing out the SC for 7 whole laps, it meant that the field was bunched up by the time of the first stops and allowed the Force Indias to rise into 3rd and 4th, with their one-stop strategy in turn sending Perez up into 2nd for some time. Without the SC the field spread would have been greater and the race might not have developed as spectacularly as it did. So Max did a favour for the GP.

Even when Max retires, he does it for the good of the world. What a great man.

LionZoo · Post by **LionZoo** » 11 Jun 2014, 21:43

Max wins the prestigious ROTR award!

watka · Post by **watka** » 15 Jun 2014, 23:44

I haven't been on this forum for about a week and a half and have only just caught up with the Canadian GP. Whilst there was a lot to savour about the race I can't quite get over what happened to Talent. I am in a state of mourning and will be for several weeks to come. Don't expect to see me around here much.

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 30 Jun 2014, 18:55

I am at a crossroads, I honestly don't know if I can support Max anymore. It's been a hell of a fun time this far spent on board his wagon,
but I'm afraid that all I can feel now is fear of Max. Fear of what he has become and what he might do.

According to Edd Straw and Matt Beer at autosport.com Max was quoted in Canada saying;

The problem is with the world feed it cuts to me having oversteer and it looks like I slide straight into him (Bianchi).
What actually happened was we were side-by-side out of Turn 2 into 3.
I braked late and he braked even later, which was too late in my opinion, and then turned in.
The only thing I could do at that point to try to avoid it looking like it was my fault was to go to the inside.
I took the big kerb, still didn't have enough room so I hit the brakes to slow the car down which lost the rear end and that's when it cut to the world feed. So it looks like I braked late and lunged at him but in fact I had the inside line and I was just trying at all costs to avoid him.

He then went on saying;

It was a nice record to have but in a weird way it kind of takes the pressure off my shoulders and actually, subconsciously, it was probably sometimes making me back out of stuff like that.
I've been pretty good at staying out of accidents. I know when something's going to happen.
I was not expecting that car to turn in so then at that point I tried to avoid the accident like I always do.

This [above] is Max lying through his teeth. That is not how he really feels. In fact, an Austrian pit lane marshal made a tweet during the Austrian GP race weekend how he overheard Max talking inside the Marussia garage, during free practice.
Now, I was going to save that tweet if it weren't for it being deleted within minutes of it's posting.
Even the twitter account has since been deleted.

But the gist of it was how Max was so very angry with Jules, so very angry with the team and extremely angry with the world!
I guess that means us?

He had also apparently shouted to a mechanic;

I want vengeance! Don't you understand? The world will pay! You'll see.

The same marshal mentioned some further details about Max having been to Norway and the Czech Republic recently, and how people should be aware of the growing threat and not take this situation lightly.
What did he do over there? What does Chilton have planned? I do not know, and I am not sure I want to find out either.
However I certainly can't let this go. Soon I will be travelling first to Norway to see if I can find more information on this matter, whatever that may be. If it leads to something, naturally Czech Republic will be next.
If I make it back I will report further..

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 21 Aug 2014, 18:19

http://youtu.be/ATL0bqT6tiE

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 21 Aug 2014, 18:33