#q motorsport

[crosscountryrally]

Con un año de experiencia, Audi sale en búsqueda de la historia con Carlos Sainz, Stephane Peterhansel y Mattias Ekstrom en un evolucionado Audi RS Q e-tron E2

El año pasado en el Dakar 2022, la aproximación de Audi fue más bien tímida buscando terminar la carrera. Los autos no habían completado tantos kilómetros en pruebas y poder ver si el Audi RS Q e-tron resistía los embates de las etapas de casi 500 kilómetros diarios era una prueba en sí. Dándose cuenta que rápidamente el auto no iba a soportar el nivel de competencia para ganar la carrera, Audi y Q Motorsport usaron la competencia como banco de pruebas de 5.000 kilómetros, asegurándose que los tres autos llegaran a la meta, haciendo soporte uno de otro cuando lo necesitaron. Eso explica que pese a ganar cuatro etapas en su debut, el mejor ubicado fue Mattias Ekstrom en noveno, probablemente el que menos forzaría el auto. Con un año de experiencia y muchas más pruebas, Audi ha reenfocado sus objetivos y espera ser competitivo de entrada en esta edición en la que repiten equipo con Carlos Sainz, Stephane Peterhansel y Ekstrom pero con un muy renovado Audi RS Q e-tron E2, que busca ser el primer híbrido en ganar el Dakar.

Los cambios más notorios en Audi han sido en el auto. Después de sufrir con la suspensión y con la dificultad de las reparaciones, el Audi RS Q e-tron E2 nace pensado en ello y ha sido fortalecido en esta área además de una importante reducción de peso y mejora aerodinámica. Se ha mejorado también el cockpit, la electrónica interior y la capacitación de los pilotos y navegantes en el uso de cada equipamiento que trae el auto dándoles mayor conocimiento sobre la máquina, algo vital en un rally tan largo. Audi llega mucho más preparado este año y eso lo ha demostrado el hecho de que los autos han llegado al Puerto de Marsella para ser embarcados junto al resto de los vehículos del rally a diferencia de 2022 cuando fueron apresuradamente subidos a un avión, con ajustes de último minuto. 

“Hemos ganado confianza a lo largo del año” indica Stephane Peterhansel, que fue responsable de la primera victoria del prototipo híbrido en el Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. Peterhansel correrá nuevamente con Edouard Boulanger. “La durabilidad del coche es muy buena. Hay notablemente menos estrés en todo el equipo. Tres parámetros marcan la diferencia: la tecnología, el rendimiento de los pilotos y también el de los copilotos. Espero competidores muy fuertes de Toyota y BRX”.

“No se puede comparar la situación actual con la de hace un año. La experiencia con el coche nuevo ayuda mucho, por lo que nuestros objetivos también están cambiando. En 2022 fuimos cautelosos y ahora esperamos poder competir por la cima. El mayor desafío sigue siendo el propio Dakar. Cada día tiene sorpresas” complementa Carlos Sainz, en búsqueda de su cuarto triunfo dakariano junto a Lucas Cruz. Sainz anduvo bastante parejo con los líderes del Rally de Marruecos de Prodrive hace un par de meses.

“Los detalles en el cockpit, nuestros planes de configuración, las instrucciones, la práctica de los cambios de neumáticos, la búsqueda de lo óptimo: realmente hicimos nuestro trabajo a fondo. Las decisiones detalladas sobre la elección de los resortes, por ejemplo, las tomaremos en función de la ruta, si es más probable que conduzcamos sobre terreno pedregoso o sobre arena” agrega Mattias Ekstrom que contará con el apoyo de Emil Bergkvist en navegación.

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Konsept Araçla Kazandı

[tealpoisonuxyellow]

collecting photos of Lewis Hamilton and Valentino Rossi that I found and never see b4

i lied i didn't just "found" this i search it like a maniac bc i'm obsessed

Le Mans, 2013

sideburn bad bitches, both look so happy here! (both looking at diff camera lmao)

2014 Catalunya GP

legends! again looking at diff angle😂

Monza Rally Show, 2014

oh vale's suit looks SO COOL also LEWIS' ICONIC WHITE SUIT and love lewis' helmet has that petronas teal colour touch

2019 planning for the ride swap

HIS 2019 CORNROWS OMLL SO GOODD 😵😵 vale looks cute here, also love that their jacket has matching colours!

Love that they always respect each other 💜💛 Manifesting them meeting again in 2025 this time in Italia, now that Lewis will live there and/or maybe go to Vale's ranch 🤞🇮🇹

[compher]

a few more blinkies! first one was @amandakessel's request, and the rest were @mapled-penitentiary's :) f2u, with or without credit. these are 750x100, below are 50x20 (classic blinkie size)

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alexander rossi | silverstone 2013

[swedishghostvoice28789]

Hey! Thank you for the follow! :) You want me to tag you when I post any drivers?

Yes, please! That would be very much appreciated 💙💙

[f1version]

( 🩷 ) Q&A — ask questions about me and/or things you want to know (gossip, advice, childhood stories, experiences, etc) please be respectful <3

favourite season?

( 🩷 ) Q&A — 1K SPECIAL

favorite season? — i’m too invested and the first thing i thought was “my favorite f1 season? umm” and my answer to that would be 2012, probably, but i know you don’t mean f1 seasons so…

i think it really depends if i’m in france or in chile by those times. in france, the northern aesthetic of it will fall perfectly, nevertheless, since chile is in the southern hemisphere, when it’s summer up there it’s winter in chile, and vice versa with each season. so, when i’m in france i would say winter, when in chile i prefer autumn <33

[dielukedie-subaru]

Do you still offer the GD Brake Booster delete?

I don't/didn't offer any products? I did a review/install about my 98 LGT booster delete.

The part you are referring to I purchased from Outbound Motorsports. 👇

But it was several years ago now and I am not sure they have it but you can reach out to them. ✌️

Subaru factory part numbers...

264024S000 SPACER/B MST

264024S010 ROD RHD (long)

264024S020 ROD LHD (short)

[umgeorge]

Press con questions that weren't shown:

Q: (Jenna Fryer – Associated Press) George, were you guys blindsided by this or have any idea that it was coming or under consideration, that a change in Race Director was coming? GR: No, no idea whatsoever. So, yeah, as I said, it was a bit of a bit of surprise.

Q: (Luke Smith – The Athletic) George, has there been any response from the FIA or the FIA president to what the GPDA put out? GR: No. Not at the moment, which I'm a little bit surprised about, to be fair. But maybe there'll be something to come. Who knows?

Q: (Ben Hunt – Autosport) It's obviously very disappointing to learn from you that there's no transparency at all from the FIA. Was there any response about where the money's going from for all these fines and all that sort of stuff? Because that's another key element which we would quite like to know as well. GR: No, I think ultimately for us, when we were hearing from the FIA a couple of years ago, when it came to the Presidential elections, they were talking about transparency, talking about where the money is going to be reinvested into grassroots racing, which we're all in favour for. And of course, when it comes to some of these large fines, there's a number of drivers on the grid who can comfortably afford these fines. There's maybe some rookies on the grid that if they're handed a $1 million fine, you know, they can't afford this. But if we know where that's being sort of reinvested and if it's going into grassroots or into some training programs, then we get it. As I said, I think we just want the transparency and understanding of what was promised from the beginning.

Q: (Kevin Scheuren – Motorsport-total.com) A question to George as well on that topic. Isn't it a bad sign that you need to open up a social media account to make your voices heard as a collective? Because it sometimes seems, looking from the outside, that the individual, if the individual has an opinion on stuff, he faces repercussions. Now you have to work as a collective. Are you more or less a pawn in this game? Do you drivers feel sometimes more or less as a pawn in this game, not taken serious? GR: I think we've probably learned from the past that whenever we have spoken up, let's say internally, it hasn't gone anywhere. And as I said, as drivers, we only want the best for the sport. We want to improve it, especially on safety grounds, but whenever it comes to, you know, decisions in the race, we only want to help. And it's been a couple of years now that not much has changed when we have sort of given some views forward. And I guess we all wanted to show that we are collectively united. And maybe that will show how seriously we feel as a whole on the subject.

Q: (Andrew Benson – BBC Sport) George, it's been seven years since the GPDA had put out a public statement of this kind about something they were concerned about. What level of confidence do the drivers have in the leadership of the FIA at the moment? GR: I mean, I'm not too sure to be honest. We recognise everybody's working as hard as they can to do the best job possible. There is obviously a huge amount of change within the FIA quite regularly, so it's clearly not the most stable of places. And maybe that's why it's been a bit challenging to get some of the changes that we've wanted implemented. Of course, everyone has their own side to their own story. But as I said, I think if we feel that we're being listened to and some of the changes that we are experiencing, requesting, are implemented, because ultimately we're only doing it for the benefit of the sport, then maybe our confidence will increase. But yeah, I think there's a number of drivers who feel probably a bit fed up with the whole situation. And it only seems to be going in, to a degree, the wrong direction.

Q: (Jordan Bianchi – The Athletic) For all three drivers: you returned to Vegas this year. A year ago, there was a lot of hype and excitement about this race. I'm curious, now that you come back here for a second time, what's the atmosphere like that you guys have kind of experienced so far? Kevin, let's start with you.

GR: Yeah, I mean, it definitely feels strange, this Grand Prix, just living in the night. And like Kevin says, the atmosphere builds up during the course of the weekend. So, yeah, let's see how it goes.

Q: (Anna Cordera – Momentum Racing) George, I'd like to ask you, you've been racing with Lewis for almost three years. What do you think is going to be different now you being the veteran of the team racing with Kimi, regarding the development of the car? GR: Yeah, I mean, ultimately, for most F1 teams, you have near on 1,000 people who are working towards building these two cars, yet you only have two drivers driving it. So, I think, let's say, in Lewis, in my case, it was never that Lewis had a stronger voice. The team listened to us both equally because both of our opinions were extremely important. And the same going into next year. You know, Kimi's new. He's fresh. And I'm sure he's going to have a lot of great ideas to bring to the table. So, you know, I am the more experienced of the two, but we will both get equal voices the same way, and we will both equally contribute towards the development the same way as it was with Lewis and I.

Q: (Ian Parkes – New York Times) Sorry, another question to you, George. George, is it that difficult to try and get a sit-down face-to-face meeting with the President of the FIA to discuss all these issues, that you have to go down the route that you did with that message? GR: It's definitely not difficult to get a sit down, but I think getting things to change or getting promises upheld seems slightly more challenging. So, it's maybe the FIA or the president didn't recognise how seriously we all felt. So I think that's why over the course of 20 races this year and also even last year we spoke about a number of topics, all of the drivers, we all feel pretty similar. We all know what we want from the sport and the direction it's been heading and we probably feel that we want to do a small U-turn on a number of topics and just want to work together with the FIA on this. And that's just what we've felt has not been happening at all, at least directly from the President.

[new-arvo]

Don't mind me I just saw the tags that you used, but yes they are in fact scars on his hand😈 (terrible oc parent here but he wouldn't be my child if there wasn't some form of spice)

Little ref that I made up quickly last night (reblogging just so everyone can see tehee🤭) it came out a bit more vibrant than I wanted but he has burn scars on his hands from helping a fellow driver out of a car after an accident which resulted in Nik getting burnt, both were okay and if it weren't for him may have been a different story (random little fun fact he's also left-handed)

Wanted an excuse to draw Nik's hands (subtle lore hinting here hehe)

[thissying]

post-race press conference, GP Spain, 2024

Q: (Kevin Scheuren – Motorsport-Total.com) A question is to Lewis and Lando. Of course, I don't want to discredit you becoming driver of the day today, but Max is bringing in victory after victory, and there were slight boos at the podium as well. So would you say that there is a lack of appreciation for the accomplishments that Max has in the general public from time to time?

LN: No. It's difficult to say, I think. I mean, it's never a nice thing, honestly. People are always going to boo, I think, no matter what. You have it in every sport. You support people and you don't support other people. I think it's happened in sport for years and years and years. And Max is winning every race, so people are not going to like that. And it definitely makes the sport less exciting, but that's just because he's doing a good job. There's a fine line. I think everyone within the sport appreciates it and respects it. You have to. And I think everyone does. But people who don't know the most about motorsport are probably not going to be able to appreciate as much because they don't know what really goes into it and what it takes to be in a position and do what he's doing. So... Yeah, I don't know. You're always going to have boos is my thing. And I think there's a level of disrespect and respect in any version of disrespect. I don't think that's OK. But yeah, I mean, I'm trying to not dig a hole for myself here. I just think, whatever. I would say no. I think people appreciate what Max has done. I think people maybe should appreciate more. But every driver is going to get boos at some point.

LH: What was the question? Well, I mean, honestly, I'm not really a lot on social media or reading the news. So in terms of being like, I don't really, I'm not tapped into that to know exactly. But on the race weekends, he always has a huge crowd always. So he's always got amazing support. And at the end of the day, he does a fantastic job. Every weekend, he delivers. And he's got a great team and obviously a great car. But you can't fault him.

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Photoshoot of Lewis Hamilton and Valentino Rossi from LH44VR46 Ride Swaps by Monster Energy, Circuit Ricardo Tormo Valencia, December 2019 💛

vale's suit is sooo good imo like it fits so perfect and that neon yellow strip in the middle??? AND OFC lewis' gear HELLO and w beanie!!! spectacular fantastic no notes

that was so fun!! need them to meet more (please ferrari next year please)

[harrisonarchive]

Photo (from 1987) via Imago Images.

Q: “Many people don’t entirely understand the fascination of Formula One. What does it for you?” George Harrison: “It’s the many different, amazing people and their ongoing soap opera that I can view closely without having any direct responsibility for. It beats Coronation Street.” Q: “If you had never picked up a guitar, would you have wanted to be a Formula One driver? Or are you happy simply being involved with the crossover between rock-and-roll and F1?” GH: “I don’t think so. I have played guitar with Damon (Hill) and Jacques Villeneuve, drums with Eddie Jordan and taught Gerhard Berger the ukulele… but the Formula One supergroup I am really in is called FLB with Norbert Haug (Mercedes Motorsport director) on accordion and lederhosen. I hear Max (Mosley, president of the FIA) and Bernie (Ecclestone) are thinking of joining…” - The Times, March 2000 (x)

[ctimenefic]

sorry it’s me again with another deranged notification!! i can’t stop thinking about three’s a crowd like…… I would devour any morsel about that universe……… alex and george’s childhood together?? or when george was the voice in alex’s head and then… 😵‍💫 and/or would love to hear about how you conceived of this fic bc it’s soooo well-crafted!!!

three's a crowd, like almost everything I write now, came from me haranguing @latecomersprivilege in Tumblr DMs, a format that is ludicrously hard to search/look back on. I simply cannot scroll back until March I will die A LIE, I did it, it took like fifteen earth minutes but I have the origin and it is THIS POST. I saw it at the end of February and immediately sent to her with "Why is this George-coded?" And from there I spitballed an idea that is pretty much 90% accurate to the fic as it is today, but without the bones of the reveal and with a slightly different ending, plus an epilogue that I have drafted, but which didn't really fit in the final version.

I left just that concept in my bunnies doc for a good four months to marinade, and then when @motorsport-halloween got announced I realised that it fit the theme, and my brain had rotated the thought enough for me to have a crack at writing it. I can't work on one thing at once, so I managed it in dribs and drabs alongside other stuff basically right up until the deadline and @latecomersprivilege had to endure so much caterwauling from me about it, and was the kindest, most patient nursemaid while I threw myself about the room like a frantic Victorian infant.

The response has been utterly confounding to me in the best possible way. Three days ago I genuinely believed the story didn't work.

Below are some very garbled thoughts on George as the guy in the chair. Spoilers etc.

So I envisioned something like a centralised command centre for 'superheroes' and their support squads. Let's call it the Parahuman Intervention Team. It'd be slightly worn in, not quite squeaky superhero clean and neat, kind of like an NGO going slightly off the boil. George isn't the only person on Alex's squad, but he's been there since the beginning. He was the first person to suggest Alex was special, when they were kids. The rest of the squad support Alex in the field, but he's the guy in the chair, eyes on everything. Subconsciously modelling himself on Q in Skyfall and enduring Alex's teasing about it. His set up would be at least five monitors, close to surround sound, trying to get Alex to wear at least four more sensors and cameras in his suit than anyone else thinks is necessary for the data.

He'd have his own space, away from the main lab, so that his focus can be total during missions, no distractions. Of course, that means on the day it happens, there's about 45 seconds before anyone can make it through bulletproof glass into George's space, shut off the sound of screaming and force his eyes away from the 4K high definition mess.

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Mini Cooper Safari Rally Car, 1995. On display at Transport World, a remarkable classic Mini that was built by Robert Plant Engineering (RPE Motorsport) and is a fully-documented Group A Rally Car having originally been put together for the 1995 'Network Q Rally of Great Britain'. More famously it went on to compete in the East African Safari Rally in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002 and finally in 2003 where it earned the nick-name 'Du Du' (Swahili for little insect). The car was restored to its former glory, pretty much as it was for its first Safari attempt in 1997 when it was sponsored by Corgi Models, by Malcolm Huxley and Anne Sealand (Annemal Motorsports).

[smoooothoperator]

Q&A of Dafne

a/n: Hey!! Double update today!!

I was thinking that since the next month I won't have much time to write because I'll be busy with the operas season of my city, I'll make more things like this, just to keep you guys a little busy and in that way you can know more about Dafne!

Masterlist

Pinterest

1. How does she celebrate her birthday?

When it's not in a race week, she goes to the Tuscany house with her family and buys her favourite cake, spending the day there.

When it's on race week, the team buys her a cake and she likes to take some chocolates or pastries for the team.

Jules Bianchi. He was the one who introduced her in motorsport and she owes him everything she is.

2. Who is the most important person in her life?

An oversized shirt and biker shorts when it's summer/spring and joggers and a hoodie when it's autumn/winter

3. What does she wear when she's just at home?

5. Any pets?

4.What is he house like?

Athena

Food. Any type of food

6. What will always make her smile?

"Live, Manon. Live"

7. What will always make her cry?

"Close the gate"

(if you know, you know)

Interstellar

8. What's her favorite movie?

Throne of Glass series

9. Favourite book?

Yes!

10. Does she get along with her parents?

She would be so so happy in the Sarah J. Maas universe

11. In which fictional universe would I put her?

Christmas

12. Favorite holiday?

13. Tattoos?

Her official first kiss was when she was six years old with Charles. But since it ended pretty bad, she will say that her first kiss was with one of her classmates from high school.

14. How was her first kiss like?

Jules and her grandma.

15. Have she ever lost someone she loved?

16. She finds a genie and is granted with three wishes, what does she wish for?

Who: Charles

Have another chance to be in Formula 1, have a dinner with her favorite celebrities, conceive her son in another situation.

17. She's stranded on an island ans can only have 4 items and one companion, who and what does she bring?

What: condoms (yes), a big bag of protein bars (it counts as an item, it's a bag), a lightener and water.

"you do not yield"

18. What's a quote that I associate her with?

Charles Leclerc

19. Any romantic interest?

Italian/english-ish

20. What kind of accent does she has?

The blanket with her name from when she was a baby

21. What is her most prized possession?

22. Has she ever stolen anything?

Once. When she was little she stole a bag of gummies because of a bet

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