Great video: McLaren mechanics owned by Ferrari during Barca testing!

[Giuseppe F1]

Classic! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPqm7RjgtVY&feature=player_embedded

[gloomyDAY]

The Ferrari mechanic should have punched him.

[Allyc85]

Youtube seems to be down for me, says Http/1.1 Service Unavailable

[Sonic]

ROFL.

Now all ferrari need to do is rig them up and stick 'em on the car all the time - could have a super charged V12 hidden under those screens!

[jonny hurlock]

Classic! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPqm7RjgtVY&feature=player_embedded


Nah, they're all as bad as each other and its a competitve business. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHVv8uz_n78

The old "side step technique" soon took care of those screens lol..

8 years in the making for mclaren then

[Robinho]

brilliant vid, i loved that everywhere that guy went a mechanic popped up with a screen - nice to see that there is still a bit of good humour between the teams

[K-Pu]

Great stuff indeed! In fact, what woulf F1 be without technical syping?

[f1kid1987]

Awsome vid. No need for a screen tho they all do it and the double diffuser is usully the same for all teams now. after last year

[trigun7469]

great vids

[ArrowsFA1]

:laugh: :laugh:

Weren't the use of screens like that banned some time ago :confused:

[Storm]

Amazing stuff :laugh:

[MrJan]

I hardly think that they were owned, matey already had a big old eyeful of it anyway. Pointless, childish games really, with modern photography you could probably get a pretty decent close up while they are out on track anyway.

[yodasarmpit]

Why all the seriousness, it was just a bit of hilarity by the Ferrari guys.
Quite funny tbh.

[MrJan]

Why all the seriousness, it was just a bit of hilarity by the Ferrari guys.
Quite funny tbh.

I got the impression, albeit with the sound off, that McLaren were having a laugh and it was Ferrari being serious. Didn't see many people wearing red with a grin on their faces.

[AJP]

How is that being owned ???

at least the McLaren guys had a smile on their face...

[markabilly]

Classic! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPqm7RjgtVY&feature=player_embedded
Those macCheaters, caught again.....someone call MaX asap :ninja:

[markabilly]

I got the impression, albeit with the sound off, that McLaren were having a laugh and it was Ferrari being serious. Didn't see many people wearing red with a grin on their faces.
me neither....the ferrari guys all looked real serious

[SGWilko]

me neither....the ferrari guys all looked real serious

Yes. Charisma Bypasses are required before your CV is even considered at Ferrari.


luca leads by example.

[RJL25]

It's interesting to see the different mentalities in different parts of the world!

I think the Ferrari mechanics where putting the screens up in pretty good humor, one Ferrari mechanic in particular had a big smile on his face, it was all a good joke, they all know that high res pictures of the diffusers are on the net for all to see anyway.

However if any of that happened in either Australian or US motorsport, it would have been completely different, the Ferrari mechanic would have punched the Mclaren mechanics lights out for carrying on like that, but more to the point, the Mclaren mechanic would have had the respect to not act that way in the first place.

Maybe that stuff in considered acceptable in Brittish motorsport, but I know in Australia that kind of carry on is totally unacceptable

[Azumanga Davo]

It's interesting to see the different mentalities in different parts of the world!

I think the Ferrari mechanics where putting the screens up in pretty good humor, one Ferrari mechanic in particular had a big smile on his face, it was all a good joke, they all know that high res pictures of the diffusers are on the net for all to see anyway.

However if any of that happened in either Australian or US motorsport, it would have been completely different, the Ferrari mechanic would have punched the Mclaren mechanics lights out for carrying on like that, but more to the point, the Mclaren mechanic would have had the respect to not act that way in the first place.

Maybe that stuff in considered acceptable in Brittish motorsport, but I know in Australia that kind of carry on is totally unacceptable

Yes, how dare they look at a car... :/

[Daniel]

It's interesting to see the different mentalities in different parts of the world!

I think the Ferrari mechanics where putting the screens up in pretty good humor, one Ferrari mechanic in particular had a big smile on his face, it was all a good joke, they all know that high res pictures of the diffusers are on the net for all to see anyway.

However if any of that happened in either Australian or US motorsport, it would have been completely different, the Ferrari mechanic would have punched the Mclaren mechanics lights out for carrying on like that, but more to the point, the Mclaren mechanic would have had the respect to not act that way in the first place.

Maybe that stuff in considered acceptable in Brittish motorsport, but I know in Australia that kind of carry on is totally unacceptable

Huh? What a load of BS. It's a competitive sport, if Ferrari have something interesting happening in the back of their car McLaren will want to know. nothing wrong with that.

[Daniel]

I got the impression, albeit with the sound off, that McLaren were having a laugh and it was Ferrari being serious. Didn't see many people wearing red with a grin on their faces.
I also didn't think it was a joke with the Ferrari guys either. I also don't see how anyone got "owned" either.

What's the world coming to?

Time was when you didn't have to try to steal a glimpse past some screens at your rivals car.

In the good old days, you could just wait for a disgruntled employee of your rival to send you the complete designs, then bleat on about how integrity was a watchword and how no such thing could happen in your team of angels.

Ah, the good old days.

[Ari]

brilliant vid, i loved that everywhere that guy went a mechanic popped up with a screen - nice to see that there is still a bit of good humour between the teams

Very funny indeed!

I would daresay it's for fun, but a little seriousness in it too. A bit of "oi, bugger off". ;)

[Daniel]

Very funny indeed!

I would daresay it's for fun, but a little seriousness in it too. A bit of "oi, bugger off". ;)
I still don't geddit. It would be funny if it were a lighthearted prank played on McLaren by Ferrari but it didn't appear to be that way. I think one Ferrari mechanic had a smile on his face but that's more likely that he was thinking about a humourous bowl of pasta he'd seen last night than at what was going on with McLaren.

[MrJan]

They also had a little device to cover the difuser as they roll it back, like a rubber curtain or something.

[Daniel]

They also had a little device to cover the difuser as they roll it back, like a rubber curtain or something.
OMFG!!!!! They owned or as people who type one letter wrong or think they're 1337, say, they pwned them!!!1111111

[AJP]

OMFG!!!!! They owned or as people who type one letter wrong or think they're 1337, say, they pwned them!!!1111111

Huh??? Am I missing something?

[Daniel]

Huh??? Am I missing something?
Nope, it seems you have to be missing a few brain cells to "get it" :)

[AJP]

;)

[Daniel]

It would have been funnier if the Mclaren boys had whipped out a Stanley knife and turned those screens into some kind of lame frame with a pretty much useless hole in it..Tooshay.. :p :)
Yes, then you could say "McLaren mechanics pwn Ferrari mechanics who were attempting to pwn the McLaren mechanics" and then if the Ferrari guys got some gaffer tape out and fixed it you could have a thread saying "Ferrari mechnics pwn McLaren mechanics who attempted to pwn the Ferrari mechanics who were pwning the McLaren mechanics"

[Daniel]

Between us Daniel I think we could write a great sketch.. ;)

Then once the gaffa tape had been used up each team could emerge from their garages with tins of Red and Silver paint splatting each other with super large brushes and... I've gone too far haven't I? :p
Yes, yes you have :p

[Dave B]

Have I wandered into a production meeting for a "humourous" BBC Three comedy? :s

[Daniel]

Have I wandered into a production meeting for a "humourous" BBC Three comedy? :s
Dave Brockman pwns some forum members.

[SGWilko]

Have I wandered into a production meeting for a "humourous" BBC Three comedy? :s

I suspect 'spotty teens with souped up Corsa's and a token acne infested 14 year old female in the passeneger seat' are taking over..... lol@me m8.

[Daniel]

I suspect 'spotty teens with souped up Corsa's and a token acne infested 14 year old female in the passeneger seat' are taking over..... lol@me m8.
LOL u just fink cos we r not old that r forts rnt worth listnin 2. Chavs r ppl 2!

[Dave B]

Careful: keep talking like that and before you know it David Cameron will be trying to hug you.

[Daniel]

Careful: keep talking like that and before you know it David Cameron will be trying to hug you.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/01/14/article-0-07DB9012000005DC-883_634x316.jpg

[Dave B]

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs444.ash1/24477_380479432268_627167268_4971180_8173399_n.jpg

:p

[Daniel]

http://web5.twitpic.com/img/73154776-effcb30b175acc093a647e8d99c4ad07.4b966eed-scaled.jpg

:p
Dave pwned Max

Daniel, I am disappointed that you have become a Chav. You could have done something with your life. Oh well, it's your own time your wasting!

The rest of you....well, it just proves what I always suspected.

You can take the boy out of the Council Estate, but you can't take the Council Estate out of the boy.

[Daniel]

Daniel, I am disappointed that you have become a Chav. You could have done something with your life. Oh well, it's your own time your wasting!

The rest of you....well, it just proves what I always suspected.

You can take the boy out of the Council Estate, but you can't take the Council Estate out of the boy.
:p

I'm certainly no chav :D

[Azumanga Davo]

So how will the Ferrari perform with a shower curtain all around it, do you reckon? A unique and bold strategy perhaps? ;)

[SGWilko]

Daniel, I am disappointed that you have become a Chav. You could have done something with your life. Oh well, it's your own time your wasting!

The rest of you....well, it just proves what I always suspected.

You can take the boy out of the Council Estate, but you can't take the Council Estate out of the boy.

It's social/affordable housing these days Tamb - the blight local government puts upon the middle classes as a result of the S106 chestnut.

Do try to keep up.....

And I kid you not, it's no fun having to keep your windows shut in the middle of summer so your impressionable toddlers don't learn the language they come out with.

There, you can add snob to my list of labels you have Tamb. :laugh:

[SGWilko]

So how will the Ferrari perform with a shower curtain all around it, do you reckon? A unique and bold strategy perhaps? ;)

Nah, never 'appen - shower curtains are moveable aero devices - banned after Friday prectice. :)

[SGWilko]

:p

I'm certainly no chav :D

Init? :laugh:

[Azumanga Davo]

Shame, it would compliment the "bathtub" nature of the cars so well. :p

[markabilly]

Yeah I must admit I watched it a couple of times to see where the Mclaren guys got "owned".. Hardly.. :)
Yes, it appears that Ferrari was the guys who were "running for cover", not Mac