Ferrari and that other F1 team to display their 2010 F1 cars online tomorrow.

[flohtingPoint]

http://www.ferrari.com/English/Pages/Ho ... ren.co.uk/

The mighty 16 time Constructor's Champion Scuderia Ferrari and those other guys from England, McLuncklin or something , will both display their new F1 cars online tomorrow.

[flohtingPoint]

Ladies and gentlemen, your future F1 2010 World Champions. The mighty F10, Felipe Massa and the future Drivers Champion, Fernando Alonso.

[Veriest1]

Ewww... acer.

[Captain Slow]

[Ling Ling]

Ferrari F1 motor + S13 = pure orgasm

[Red coupe]

Ferrari F1 motor + S13 = pure orgasm

I have began to notice you're a rabid fanboy idiot.

I think the motor would be better spend in... not an economy car chassis.

[Veriest1]

Ferrari F1 motor + S13 = pure orgasm

[MinisterofDOOM]

Well, we know where the money AMD got from Intel went.

[Bubba1]

Ferrari F1 motor + S13 = pure orgasm

Can I have some of what your smoking??

[f1seb]

Well, we know where the money AMD got from Intel went.

I hope you're being sarcastic because AMD and Ferrari have been partners for longer than I can remember.

[flohtingPoint]

Ferrari F1 motor + S13 = pure orgasm

Good luck with those rebuilds after 20 hours of driving.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I hope you're being sarcastic because AMD and Ferrari have been partners for longer than I can remember.

Actually, last year AMD dropped their Ferrari sponsorship because they were running dangerously low on funds. They're still doing bad, but they have a fresh injection of $1.25B from their suit against Intel to blow on all sorts of stickers.

But yes, my post was sardonic. I'm a long-time AMD-ite so I love seeing their logo on my favorite brand of racecar, too. But I find it kind of strange that they're spending money on advertising in F1 when they should be using it to...you know...keep up with the market? Intel has just unleashed a fresh slew of entry-market CPUs that DIRECTLY target the chips that have been (barely) keeping AMD afloat. They need to work on new tech, not putting stickers on pretty cars. Their customers already know who they are. They don't need to advertsize...that's Intels approach. But having existing customers doesn't help if you're not making what they want.

Just seems odd to see a company in serious financial trouble funding such an expensive sponsorship.

[f1seb]

Actually, last year AMD dropped their Ferrari sponsorship because they were running dangerously low on funds. They're still doing bad, but they have a fresh injection of $1.25B from their suit against Intel to blow on all sorts of stickers.

But yes, my post was sardonic. I'm a long-time AMD-ite so I love seeing their logo on my favorite brand of racecar, too. But I find it kind of strange that they're spending money on advertising in F1 when they should be using it to...you know...keep up with the market? Intel has just unleashed a fresh slew of entry-market CPUs that DIRECTLY target the chips that have been (barely) keeping AMD afloat. They need to work on new tech, not putting stickers on pretty cars. Their customers already know who they are. They don't need to advertsize...that's Intels approach. But having existing customers doesn't help if you're not making what they want.

Just seems odd to see a company in serious financial trouble funding such an expensive sponsorship.

AIG is still sponsoring Manchester United. Forking over way more money than AMD is to Ferrari.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Yeah, but I don't care about AIG. AMD and ATI have been my "teams" for a while. The fact that they're both in the same sinking boat means I care what they do with the patches. AIG can feed their patches to sharks for all I care.

[f1seb]

Yeah, but I don't care about AIG. AMD and ATI have been my "teams" for a while. The fact that they're both in the same sinking boat means I care what they do with the patches. AIG can feed their patches to sharks for all I care.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe I read somewhere that even without that $1.25 billion dollars that AMD still hasn't gotten their hands on they would've turned a profit for the first time in a few years. And also getting up to as high as 31% of the market share in the semiconductors sector.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Yeah, you're right. But Intel's most recent desktop chips are a serious threat to the small gains AMD has managed over the last year.

[flohtingPoint]

... and it's refreshing to see a McLaren not build with stolen Ferrari tech for a second year in a row!

Pics of them with the Ferrari on top of course, just like in real life.

[HashiriyaS14]

Modern F1 cars are hideous, not that it matters.

[flohtingPoint]

Modern F1 cars are hideous, not that it matters.

Are you serious? Adrian Newey creates beautiful cars. Also, depending on your definition of modern, Rory Byrne made very good looking cars.

[r34 gtr]

The F10 is gorgeous!!!

[etschell]

you know all ferrari drivers are gay

thats why all enzo's drivers died in the 60s.

[sbird1]

Fernando Alonso is a cheating bastard... but I can't not like him no matter how hard I try.

[infinitgkid]

I have began to notice you're a rabid fanboy idiot.

You deserve a statue made in your honor.

[Red coupe]

You deserve a statue made in your honor.

I have been working on one in my free time.

[Mr1der]

are you riding an ox while carrying an axe?

[flohtingPoint]

Fernando Alonso is a cheating bastard... but I can't not like him no matter how hard I try.

1) Everyone cheats in racing. An old NASCAR saying goes something like, "If you're not cheating, you're not trying."

2) On track, Fernando's antics have been far from excessive. He didn't plow into Damon Hill or Senna or Prost. He doesn't weave and push everyone off track when he has a bad start (which is just about every start for Schumi). He doesn't intentionally try to offset anyone going into T1. These are examples of a race driver "cheating".

3) He doesn't run upstairs to b**** to the stewards after every bad race.

4) Nelson's idea to crash was that of him, Pat and Flavio.

5) During Stepneygate, Fernando had no qualms telling the truth. This also had to do with the fact that he was fed up with McLaren, but never the less, he didn't cover anything up.

In the grand scheme of things Fernando isn't a bad seed at all.

you know all ferrari drivers are gay

The Professor was far from "gay".

[sbird1]

I know. I like Alonso. It's just that he's been... grouped together with some unsavory characters in the past. Alonso himself seems like a class act as do most F1 drivers.

Oh, and how DARE you enter a NASCAR saying into a F1 thread. Get that trash out of here.

[flohtingPoint]

I know. I like Alonso. It's just that he's been... grouped together with some unsavory characters in the past. Alonso himself seems like a class act as do most F1 drivers.

Who? Flavio? He's a moron who lies, Pat Symonds mainly ran that team. Ron Dennis? Ron didn't even care for him that much, most of the "stolen" parts went to Lewis before Fernando would get a shipment.

Schumi is a much better example of someone who had unsavory characters surrounding him. Todt, Byrne and Ross Brawn all know how to "bend the rules" (read: cheat) much better than anyone Fernando has been in association with. 94's Benetton w/traction control is a prime example.

Whats wrong with NASCAR? Get an iRacing subscription and try to run respectable times in their sim with their car. It's a very tough sport and far from trash.

[sbird1]

I was referring to Briatore and Symonds, yes. I still can't believe that Piquet escaped with virtually no penalty. Also recall Alonso's roll in the Ferrari spying scandal.

Nascar has its merit, just not in innovation or technology. I'm not a fan. I might be more inclined to be a fan if the stock cars were, in fact, stock cars like the way it used to be.

[flohtingPoint]

I was referring to Briatore and Symonds, yes. I still can't believe that Piquet escaped with virtually no penalty. Also recall Alonso's roll in the Ferrari spying scandal.

Nascar has its merit, just not in innovation or technology. I'm not a fan. I might be more inclined to be a fan if the stock cars were, in fact, stock cars like the way it used to be.

Piquet got away scott free because he was granted anmesty for ratting out everyone. He was the initial person to come forward, mainly as a big "F U" to Renault for canning him mid-season.

The Ferrari scandal was Stepneygate (named after Nigel who worked for Ferrari and fed McLaren the blueprints). Everything that McLaren benefited from that mainly went toward Lewis' cars. When they were subpoenaed, Alonso was the one who came forward first and came clean about the whole thing.