That isn't the issue here though. You initially said it wouldn't help and would possibly hinder. Then you changed your tune when presented with an opposing view.
If there's one thing that Red Bull has consistently demonstrated through the last few years it's that they're willing to sacrifice straightline speed at almost every single track (Monza being among the small number of possible exceptions) for better cornering performance. That cornering performance includes the blown diffuser.
So why exactly would more downforce (from the blown diffuser) slow your acceleration? It's increasing rear grip (and therefore traction) and allowing you to put down more power.
No. The exact opposite is true. The more effective your blown diffuser is on power at low speed the greater the advantage you have compared to the other cars.
Once again: No. You're ignoring the performance impact of a blown diffuser in low speed acceleration (straightline or exiting a corner).
True, but any extra downforce you can generate compared to your rivals from apex to corner exit and through the traction zone will add up to significant time over a single lap, nevermind a race distance. If you can, say, gain half a tenth of a second per traction event (number pulled from thin air for purpose of discussion) then on a track with 10+ traction events you've made have a second on your rivals.
Are you serious? You're saying F1 cars aren't traction limited when accelerating from a slow corner? Really?
Blown diffusers. There is also, of course, a difference in mechanical grip.
No. If you can't understand why this is wrong then you haven't been following F1 very carefully for the last few years.
Some states have an irrational fear of paternalistic legislation like mandatory helmets for motorcycle riders and seatbelts for drivers. Some states, for instance, have a seat belt law such that an officer can't stop a driver just because they're not wearing a seat belt. However, if they get stopped for, say, running a red light and they're not wearing a seat belt then it becomes punishable.
Incidentally, I don't intend to unfairly mock the dead, but read this for an exercise in applied irony re: helmet laws.
The problem with that is that you can't really say Vettel was 2 secs quicker than anyone else in the race, for a number of reasons.
A few resources to consider:
Questioning Red Bull's pace in Singapore?
Singapore Grand Prix: Race Notes
Because of the rhythm of the race (including SC), the fact Rosberg was artificially slow (tyre debris / inconsistent pace) and that Vettel saved a set of super softs by only running once in Q3 all came together to make Vettel appear vastly superior in the race. Of course, he was the quickest guy out there, but you can't simply say he was 2s quicker than everyone else; the circumstances don't support that kind of assertion.
As I said above, look at the seam between the new patch and the old track surface. That's really what caused the wheel hop and the oscillation.
The Webber pic from Canada above has already been debunked months ago as wheel hop. Note that the treads are solid until the rear tyres cross the seam of the new patch of track surface to the old. Also, if you think this is actually a traction control system it's doing a horrible job. The Vettel 'sound' video from Singapore is just cylinder deactivation / cut. Unfortunately the desire that some people have to discover Red Bull are cheating causes them to lose any kind of rationality.
Big congratulations on the well-deserved title, Champion! 
Fangio won 4 in a row too ('54-'57) and by all accounts he wasn't "a dick".
Proof of alien life? You need a lot more evidence than this.
edit: Also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Cosmology
edit: Also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Cosmology
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Thanks for the link.
Grats on another win under pressure, Dennis
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Gender has nothing to do with what happened on the track. You can debate if there's political motivation to what happened off-track, but at least do it maturely.
Big congrats
Good to hear about your plans for the future too - I hope they come together for you.
Have you shown any of the officials the video from Silverstone where you go to pass her and she...erm, doesn't leave a lot of room?
Another somewhat obscure request from me. I'm looking for any information on what I remember as an early-to-mid '90s dance song. The only distinctive feature I remember is that it used a sample of some of the dialogue from Terminator 2, specifically John Connor's line of "I see her crying sometimes". Unfortunately that's all the information I can provide. Another long shot request, I suppose, but worth asking anyway. Thanks for any help.
edit: There may be other sampled dialogue or audio from Terminator 2 in the song too.
edit2: With help from Bean0 on the #liveforspeed IRC channel we've found some songs which have Terminator / Terminator 2 samples, but which sadly aren't the song I'm looking for:
Metalheads - Terminator
N.R.G. - The Terminator
The Object - Theme From Terminator 2
dreaMagic - Terminator 2
Paffendorf - Terminator 2 Theme
edit: There may be other sampled dialogue or audio from Terminator 2 in the song too.
edit2: With help from Bean0 on the #liveforspeed IRC channel we've found some songs which have Terminator / Terminator 2 samples, but which sadly aren't the song I'm looking for:
Metalheads - Terminator
N.R.G. - The Terminator
The Object - Theme From Terminator 2
dreaMagic - Terminator 2
Paffendorf - Terminator 2 Theme
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A few pictures from this year's Strathaven Balloon Festival. Unfortunately I was only able to attend on Friday and Saturday morning (since I was at the McLaren Technology Centre watching the Belgian GP on Sunday and had to leave for the drive down on Saturday afternoon). This meant I missed the 'evening glow' (where tethered balloons use their burners in very low light - a truly spectacular sight) and many balloons flying. Anyway, I tried to get some nice close shots of the burners and canopies, in addition to the more 'standard' shots.
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Even without access to the AC Tech Preview nkPro is definitely worth a few quid.
Can you attach the original picture from before you did your edit, please?
Unfortunately not, although there were some gearbox components sitting on a workbench in the race prep bays that could have been easily pocketed
Just back from having watched the race at the McLaren Technology Centre. My brother won 2 tickets as part of the Vodafone VIP competition.
The prize included a factory tour, including the 'Boulevard' (a foyer containing a number of important cars in McLaren's history - F1 cars from several decades, the Le Mans-winning F1 GTR from 1995, an F1 LM, a Can-Am car driven by Hulme and Bruce McLaren's Austin 7 and some other gems), the wind tunnel (complete with a 2008-spec 60% scale model on display), the 'mission control' area, from which engineers and strategists watch the race, the trophy cabinets and the race preparation bays.
In the race bays we got to take part in a 'pit stop challenge' where we had to change the wheels as quickly as possible. I wanted to try using the wheelgun, but it was incredibly difficult to get the timing right. After ending up with metal filings all over my gloves from a few badly timed moves I changed to be the person putting the new tyre on. That was a lot easier and we did OK, but our group on the tour sadly finished the competition in 3rd place...of 3 teams. Another treat in the race bays was that one of Perez's race cars from this season was sitting on high stands and being stripped. It's one thing to look at pictures and technical drawings but it's quite another to see the real thing up close and be able to smell the car too.
We were allowed to look wherever we wanted (within the scope of the tour of course, we didn't have an 'access all areas' pass), so I spent a lot of the time taking close-up looks of the cars, including time on the ground looking at the floors/diffusers of a few models.
The race itself was pretty decent too, but this will certainly be a day I remember for a long time because of the tour and the location.
The prize included a factory tour, including the 'Boulevard' (a foyer containing a number of important cars in McLaren's history - F1 cars from several decades, the Le Mans-winning F1 GTR from 1995, an F1 LM, a Can-Am car driven by Hulme and Bruce McLaren's Austin 7 and some other gems), the wind tunnel (complete with a 2008-spec 60% scale model on display), the 'mission control' area, from which engineers and strategists watch the race, the trophy cabinets and the race preparation bays.
In the race bays we got to take part in a 'pit stop challenge' where we had to change the wheels as quickly as possible. I wanted to try using the wheelgun, but it was incredibly difficult to get the timing right. After ending up with metal filings all over my gloves from a few badly timed moves I changed to be the person putting the new tyre on. That was a lot easier and we did OK, but our group on the tour sadly finished the competition in 3rd place...of 3 teams. Another treat in the race bays was that one of Perez's race cars from this season was sitting on high stands and being stripped. It's one thing to look at pictures and technical drawings but it's quite another to see the real thing up close and be able to smell the car too.
We were allowed to look wherever we wanted (within the scope of the tour of course, we didn't have an 'access all areas' pass), so I spent a lot of the time taking close-up looks of the cars, including time on the ground looking at the floors/diffusers of a few models.
The race itself was pretty decent too, but this will certainly be a day I remember for a long time because of the tour and the location.
Agreed (with possible caveats that don't need to be explored here).
Are there? I thought all bans were lifted now, but if there are any in place please provide a source as to the number. Unless there are a huge number in several different countries that were in the path of the Chernobyl 'cloud' I contend that my statement above (i.e. "In the aftermath of the Chernobyl incident there were various doomsday predictions that large areas across Europe would be unfit for humans and would produce highly radioactive crops/meat for generations. Those predictions have really failed to materialise.") is correct. We're only approximately a single generation after Chernobyl.
The 'normal' adverse effects of coal/gas power stations likely cause the premature death of at least tens of thousands of people worldwide each year. Here is a recent Guardian article which quotes a Greenpeace-commissioned study by Stuttgart University's Institute for energy economics. More than 20,000 premature deaths in a single year by (just) Europe's 300 largest coal power stations.
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