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  1. 4re Nut

    4re Nut F1 World Champ

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    #1 4re Nut, Nov 16, 2012
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  2. SPEEDCORE

    SPEEDCORE Four Time F1 World Champ

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    #2 SPEEDCORE, Nov 17, 2012
    And you lost me at Nascar ;)

    Top Speed is wrong, fan attendance is wrong, team budgets are guesstimates, pitstops is wrong.


    Useless chart really.
     
  3. Bas

    Bas Four Time F1 World Champ

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    #3 Bas, Nov 17, 2012
    +1
     
  4. Fast_ian

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    #4 Fast_ian, Nov 17, 2012
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    Since when is there a starter button on the steering wheel!?......

    Not very impressed, but I guess if you're a NASCAR noob seeing it for the first time it's a primer. At least they tried I guess.

    Cheers,
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  5. RP

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    #5 RP, Nov 17, 2012
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    Please, what exactly did you see that was truly wrong? Looked like decent estimates in all catagories. And there are at least 50 drivers that show up to a NASCAR superspeedway event, only 43 qualify, the rest go home.

    As for the steering wheel, I found this interesting James Allen interview: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Zkbbfygjw[/ame]
     
  6. 4re Nut

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    #6 4re Nut, Nov 18, 2012
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    Maybe y'all will like this one better: http://www.forbes.com/sites/netapp/2012/11/17/formula-1-austin-big-data-f1/

    hi res: http://blogs-images.forbes.com/netapp/files/2012/11/formula-1-big-data-infographic-netapp.jpg
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  7. BartonWorkman

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    #7 BartonWorkman, Nov 18, 2012
    The only real difference we need to know is
    the time it takes a NASCAR tractor to accerate
    from a standing start to second gear, an F-1 car
    accerates from zero to 100MPH and back to
    zero again.

    $1.5M to build a CoT? Seems inflated unless they're
    figuring in rebuild costs and each rebuilt car having
    to go through NASCAR's re-certification process at
    their $1+B technical center in Charlotte each time.
    Then, maybe.

    BHW
     
  8. TheBigEasy

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    #8 TheBigEasy, Nov 18, 2012
    Why do they say Red Bull is a constructor? Isn't it a sponsorship of the former Renault team?
     
  9. lmunz22

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    #9 lmunz22, Nov 18, 2012
    Red Bull is the constructor, just as Mercedes is a constructor, and not simply a sponsor of the former Honda team.
     
  10. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #10 Fast_ian, Nov 18, 2012
    Nope, they're a (too damn successful!) constructor. And it was never Renault; Started out in the mid 90's as Stewart GP. Sold to Ford and became Jaguar. Ford apparently sold the whole mess for $1 to Red Bull with a commitment to invest serious money over the next few years IIRC.

    It may be named for the sponsor, but their factory is in Milton Keynes, England, even though they race under an Austrian license.

    Cheers,
    Ian
     

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