25 replies to this topic

[A3]

Will Renault have found an answer for it's problems or not?

[Fatgadget]

Puleez...Is this really worth talking about?...OKAY ookay I see what I just done there...Duh!

[aramos]

Renault claim they'll have that issue fixed for Barcelona. So 2.

[Jimisgod]

Two: Kvyat, because he's pretty crap, and one of the STRs.

[V8 Fireworks]

This thread amuses me.

[wonk123]

This thread amuses me.

Renault amuse me 

[realracer200]

i voted for none. i think Renault will not allow themselves another failure even at the cost of reducing the power somewhat.

[FullThrottleF1]

Good question A3. How long is a race? About 1 and a half hours. Calculating the number of Renaults in the world, I would say the number would be about 200. 

[SammyWilson]

I'm going for none

[Donkey]

5

[kevinracefan]

0, zero, zilch, nada (it wouldn't recognize a simple 0)

[age]

close thread.  lol

[alfa1]

I voted for none, but that poll is just during the race.

I'll go for two failures during practise and qualifying sessions.

[teejay]

Boom boom shake shake the room

 

Tick tick tick tick boom!

[043Max]

2 is a safe bet....

[george1981]

5

 

I'd agree with 5. Four will fail on track and one of the spares will fail when someone looks at it.

[Redback]

100% They're Renault engines, so each of them are already a fail...

[Nonesuch]

Just to provide some context:

 

The non-existent Engine Championship:

1. Mercedes - 243 points (4 teams)
2. Ferrari - 126 points (2 teams + Manor)
3. Renault - 35 points (2 teams)
4. Honda - 0 points (1 team)

Engine related retirements (engine & gearbox); I've listed the ones I've counted, so feel free to quibble.

1. Honda: 37,5%, 3 out of 8 (Magnussen in Australia, Alonso and Button in Malaysia)
2. Renault: 31,3%, 5 out of 16 (Kvyat and Verstappen in Australia, Kvyat and Verstappen in China, Verstappen in Bahrain)
3. Mercedes: 6,3%, 2 out of 32 (Grosjean in Australia, Hülkenberg in China)
4. Ferrari: 4,5%, 1 out of 22* (Stevens in Malaysia) [not counting Manor in Australia]

Edit: minor correction, hopefully the rest of the basic math wasn't too hard.

Edited by Nonesuch, 06 May 2015 - 22:53.

[v@sh]

Is that just race related retirements because it isn't an accurate picture IMO if you have Ricciardo who is on his 4th PU already and not have him listed there at all which would pretty much give Renault at least a 50% failure rate.

[Nonesuch]

True enough, but the question was about failures during the race.

 

If you can make a list about the 'four engines'-situation that would be an interesting addition to the thread!

Edited by Nonesuch, 06 May 2015 - 22:56.

[rmac923]

None, but somehow 2 will blow up at Monaco.

[Redback]

Dan's engine failed before he finished the last race so it was definitely "during" the race.

[Exb]

True enough, but the question was about failures during the race.
If you can make a list about the 'four engines'-situation that would be an interesting addition to the thread!

 

You mean something like this:

Average usage by manufacturer:
              ICE      TC      MGU-K   MGU-H     ES    CE
Mercedes      1.125    1.125   1.125   1.125     1.    1.25
Renault       2.75     2.      1.75    2.25      1.5   2.
Honda         2.       3.      2.      3.        2.25  2.25
Ferrari_15    1.5      1.      1.      1.        1.    1.
Ferrari_14    2.       2.      2.      2.        1.    2.

borrowed from here: http://forums.autosp...nit-usage-2015/

[wonk123]

1  down????

[kevinracefan]

0, zero, zilch, nada (it wouldn't recognize a simple 0)

hooooooooooooooooray!!

[Redback]

hooooooooooooooooray!!

A friend of mine has a Clio with a motor that lasts even longer than a Grand Prix weekend without having to turn it down, - and it puts out almost as much power it seems.  Hardly cause for celebration.