It's in Florida. The whole damn state is flat.
Three posts and you've already confirmed yourself to be a complete numpty. Way to go.
Again, no. You're completely wrong. All the big teams have their own sponsors. Sponsors don't create teams. What the hell do you think, that Cheerios also makes piston rings and driveshafts on the same assembly line on which they make cereal boxes?
As has already been pointed out, wrong again. You really don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about.
A simple piece of advice: if you aren't knowledgeable on a particular subject, keep your fool mouth shut.
Nope. I paid $4000 cash for this two years ago:
Except mine's in silver and it has different (better) wheels.
I plan on driving this into the the ground (it's a Honda, so that should be years from now). It had just had the 100,000 mile service when I bought it (timing belt, water pump, tune-up etc) and absolutely nothing has gone wrong since. I don't plan to have a new car and a car payment until I'm completely financially secure.
Except mine's in silver and it has different (better) wheels.
I plan on driving this into the the ground (it's a Honda, so that should be years from now). It had just had the 100,000 mile service when I bought it (timing belt, water pump, tune-up etc) and absolutely nothing has gone wrong since. I don't plan to have a new car and a car payment until I'm completely financially secure.
Your lack of knowledge of how F1 works is abundantly clear. The number of teams in F1 has absolutely nothing to do with the number of sponsors interested in in the sport; that number is regulated by the FIA and is currently at 12. Whether there is one sponsor in F1 or one thousand, it's 12.
The picture has already been posted in this thread. Don't repost the damn thing again.
Saw this on another forum a while ago.
Nothing in this statement makes any sense at all.
Really great server guys, thanks a lot for your efforts.
Also thanks for changing the cars occasionally. Single-seaters, especially the FOX, are my favorites. TBO was a nice change of pace though and the racing was very tight. I think it should be LRF next, then maybe UFR/XFR.
Also thanks for changing the cars occasionally. Single-seaters, especially the FOX, are my favorites. TBO was a nice change of pace though and the racing was very tight. I think it should be LRF next, then maybe UFR/XFR.
"I am reminded of the time a friend bought an espresso maker in Switzerland. The instructions in Italian said to wash after every use; in French they said to wash every few uses; and in German they said to wash occasionally. He figured that would all lead to similar behavior."
That's true, but IMO it's better to have the "bad boys" straighten up and drive cleanly than be kicked or banned. Fewer kicks and bans = more drivers to race against.
Yeah, it's sad really.
The most often-quoted reason is because America had a lot of grassroots motorsport pop in the middle part of the 20th century, and so people here didn't have to look overseas for it. I don't buy that, honestly. There are so many people here of so many different backgrounds that there's plenty of room for all different sorts, including F1. Grand Prix racing was huge here in the 1960s and '70s, despite the rise of NASCAR and the popularity of the Indy 500, drag racing, dirt track racing, etc.
Of course the reason lately is because F1 coverage is only available on a single cable channel which is 80% NASCAR. A lot of people in this country don't even know what F1 is. An American F1 team with a moderately successful American driver (top-10 qualifying, maybe a few podiums) would do a huge amount to change that though.
Yup, I think he'd be a great choice. He did a hell of a job driving a dog of a car in '06 and '07, outdriving the talented Davidson (who'd be another good choice, incidentally). He has lots of experience and would be a good pairing for a newbie American driver. I don't understand why people slag him off so much.
I think it's bigger than a lot of people think, it's just in the doldrums because of the IRL/CART split a decade ago. The foundations of the Indycar heyday of the 1990s are still here, it just needs rebuilding. There are millions of fans of non-stock car motorsport (open wheel, ALMS, etc) in the US, but we're being overshadowed by the NASCAR monolith. There's a ton of open wheel expertise and experience here as well. It will take a long time to get back to where it should be, but any US F1 effort will do a lot to get us going in the right direction.
I think USF1 should spend a few months simply testing a bunch of drivers, rather than trying to sign two as soon as possible. Danica will probably get a test but it will be a publicity stunt, not a serious effort. Everything she's done so far indicates that she simply doesn't have the skills required for F1.
Where's the "from inside a whale" option? This poll sucks.
Surely you actually looked at the image in question, right? It's a Mercedes W195 from the 1950s, which was ~15 years before sponsor logos came to F1. The factories themselves paid to build the cars. IIRC teams were actually required to run national colors. Sponsorship was never considered.
I know what you meant, but you got it backwards.
He may not actually be the father, because evidently it could be any one of eight guys. 
It's fine in OT. It should go there.
Yes, LFS really needs more and better sounds. IMO more so than graphical updates. Not just engine sounds, but bumps and thumps from hitting curbs, dust and dirt and rocks hitting the windshield, scraping metal from contact, and squishy meaty noises from a driver's body being ripped apart in a sick crash (OK, maybe not so much on the last one).
Of course it isn't safe, but things happen sometimes. They're still using a throttle cable, so if the car gets damaged in just the right way, a piece of metal can push on the cable and open the throttle. It's rare, but it can happen. Hell, it can happen with a fly-by-wire system like they use in F1. Nico Rosberg had his throttle stick open at Monaco of all places, and he had to nose it into the tire wall at Antony Noghès.
The Renault R26 with the one-off custom scheme for the 2006 British Grand Prix. Absolutely gorgeous. I still maintain this is one of the most beautiful F1 cars ever built.
Honorable mentions to the 1967 Lotus 49 in British Racing Green, the 70s Lotus in JPS black and gold, the 2007-2008 Ferraris bathed in red, and the bright yellow 1999 Jordan with the hornet motife.
Honorable mentions to the 1967 Lotus 49 in British Racing Green, the 70s Lotus in JPS black and gold, the 2007-2008 Ferraris bathed in red, and the bright yellow 1999 Jordan with the hornet motife.
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I don't care about the cars, post more pictures of those women.
I generally agree with the notion that many kids today are coddled and overprotected, but I'm not sure that picture represents the best situation for backing off and allowing him to figure it out for himself. That saw is sharp and could do some serious (i.e. permanent) damage. Admittedly that isn't all that likely, though.
A better scenario is one where he goes out to a mostly-frozen two-foot deep puddle in winter and tests the thickness of the ice by standing on it. At worst he'll get wet and muddy and we'll have a laugh.
A better scenario is one where he goes out to a mostly-frozen two-foot deep puddle in winter and tests the thickness of the ice by standing on it. At worst he'll get wet and muddy and we'll have a laugh.
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