this would of been more appropriate for the F1 cars avoiding most of the cambered oval corner.

Technically the Porsches Fault but a really stupid move by that Corvette, it was always going to end bad.

Yeah Montoya showed signs of his old self in that race, I think he will improve as the season gets on, still lots of rust though.

Quote from Cornys :

That's great. Thank you for sharing

In regard to other matters, I guess I brought up a sensitive subject, but I'll contribute once more. I feel that Vettle has a particular skill with regard to absolute pace and consistency of it relative to the car which is under him. However, the way that he gets pace out of the car seems lesser when he is behind another competitor (aero-understeer). Also, it seems to wear tires (tyres) more so than others in equal equipment.

Perhaps Riccardo's style allows him to pull very similar speed from equal equipment while being easier on tires (tyres). I do feel that Vettle will adapt slowly, but I also feel that Riccardo will maintain an advantage over his more experienced teammate in tire (tyre) management. Natural talent and understanding in a racing area is almost always able to out pace adaptation skills.

Also, correct me if I'm wrong. I'm attempting to gain an understanding of this year's engine chages:

1: More power and torque from the engine with approximately the same weight.
2: Lower top speeds and lap times.

One of Vettels big advantages over Webber in previous years was his tyre management though which is quite odd, although most seem to be saying his style of driving heavily relies on down-force of the car which how it is right now isn't working because this years cars have had a massive down-force reduction.
I Still think if Vettel gets comfortable with the car and is at his best Ricciardo will be right on even terms, the gap currently is quite large and would cater for an improvement of Vettel I think.

Plenty of people seem to be writing off Vettel saying he isn't isn't as good as Alonso or Hamilton now because of this scenario which to me mirrors Alonso's Situation in 2007, maybe its not Vettel that has really changed but a Hidden Talent in Riccardo that could be on another Level completely, you got to Keep in Mind Riccardo and Vergne are Very high level juniors when they came to Torro Rosso and they haven't really had outside Team mate competition from outside the Redbull Driver Group.

Lewis has laid the foundation for Rosberg domination tbh, Bahrain would of been an easy win for Hamilton had the safety car not came out combine that with the domination of Malaysia and it starts to paint a picture.

only Hamilton retirement in Australia makes the points look close.

It's Hamiltons championship to lose, the only way that it wont happen is if he has his now and then lost stretch like at Abu Dahbi last year, but considering he knows the title is in the bag I doubt you will see that this year.

Rosberg is good and is clearly more focused then Hamilton and i can see him being a 1 time world champ before retiring, but Hamilton has much more talent then him and its obvious, its still unclear if Hamilton has the focus to develop a string of good performances together though.

Quote from Test Driver :

Rosberg seems equal in speed, he may not be able to beat hamilton on track, but he can still pass him on the pit-stops, just like schumacher did in his whole career.

looking at Bahrian in detail rosberg had no real excuse for not winning, hamiltons advantage on the softs was destroyed by the safety car then had to defend on worse tyres.

Not really racing, well kinda: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NYkuYg5qvPI

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

That's because Forza is arcade garbage.

Exactly, hence the controller.

Forza on a wheel though must be experienced for the lolz

im 184cm and i find it at the limit for an elise.

GT is no where near as good as Forza for controllers you need a wheel honestley.

Ricciardo can't catch a break, still he should be happy he definetely is close to Vettel and i think tension may be coming soon.

Hulkenburg is too good to be in that force india, he should be the one rejecting teams by this point seriously, if Mclaren want a good quality line up next year I would be weighing up whether to keep button and put Hulkenburg in his place.

Also Williams really need to wake up here, their poor management skills are costing them huge points at a time when they can be scoring double digits with both drivers, they need to get the job done on saturday.

Quote from speed1230 :

Hmm. http://www1.skysports.com/f1/n ... er-daniel-ricciardo-clash
Edit: He's incurred penalty points for this!

It was deserved, he clearly got in Riciardos way, the penalty wasn't that harsh though.

Dat tolerance.

Quote from Knight_Atack :

Yeah, the double headers. Any reason other than helping the markets and giving out more points? Having more races in the same number of weekends? First time I notice this.

It happened last year too.

Quote from Knight_Atack :

Looking at the calendar, I notice they have multiple races at a same track in a number of locations (Houston, Detroit, Toronto). Having two in Indy is good as it's not the same track (grand prix track which is nice) nor same weekend, but the others are. Any reason for this?

Double headers?

I knew pikey, im not english or anything but it seems to be a word used as a general sloppy job rather then casual racism on purpose tbh.

like in calling someone a fa*got because you think there an idiot or something not because they are homosexual or you think they are a Cigarette. words can have more meanings over time, and nothing is static despite what the common sense lacking political correctness crew say.

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Quote from CodeLyoko1 :

yes and when you show a white paper with a white person in the background and say "it's a nice paper, but it's white" nobody gives a hump. it's more about how butthurt the people are who feel offended by the pun than if it's racists or not.

Give this man a prize.

If you wanted to be offended you can find a way.

Imo people need to harden the **** up. This is 1st world problems at there finest.

Quote from The Very End :

Many countries pay the license fee for channels and programs we don't use (most of us), so that argument you cannot use.

Most?

more like a very select few of countries.

Power has to win this year seriously.

On a side note looks like Montoya should be right up there from the get go, I think he still has that epic talent within him and it will be unleashed at some point this season.

Quote from Cornys :

I understand that the at track experience suffers greatly with the new motors, but I think that once the teams become acclimated to the new engine package that the racing will be much improved for a TV audience (which is where the majority of income is obtained in today's motor racing environment).

I enjoyed Sundays race despite the engine failures. I thought that it was in all a pretty good race.

On a side note, maybe silence would be better. Tires squealing, crowds cheering. The atmosphere would be more pure, but clearly something would be missing unless a rumble / shaking was still achieved (which would be most awesome) . How to do this? You can't (with today's technology)

The track environment means more because its what everything is leaned on, if no one turns up to the races you get no promoters wanting to hold them and the whole thing collapses.

That said it makes the TV experience much better with quieter engines as now you can get an idea of the atmosphere which you couldn't before.

Political correctness is a disease.

Today on Top gear we find out if its possible to take a part of Ukraine and give it to Russia for under 1000 pounds!.

Quote from Boris Lozac :

There was a picture of this that i can't find, but this..

- I'm proud to be black, said a black man
- I'm proud to be asian, said an asian man
- I'm proud to be white, said a racist

Shhh you telling the truth too loudly someone might get offended.

Honestly, it depends how it was said.

But at worst case sceniaro its a Pun.


Most people that find this shit likely look to be offended.