Quote from BlueFlame :

Of course, but that's because he's had his fathers support from day #1. People just mistake that for 'He hasn't worked for anything his whole life' and get all jealous and pissy about it.

It's more to do with him being a dick.

Maldonado didn't do much wrong, F1 precedent says that if you've won the corner and are clearly ahead then you're entitled to take the exit and it's the other guy's responsibility to get out of the way. Not really relevant if that's right or wrong, it's just the accepted way.

Quote from jrd.racer :

Petrov/Kovalainen/Williams Chassis/Torro Rosso engine/

I havn't got much clue what Im doing. So I can make changes right up till before the race right?

I think it's an hour before Quali you can make changes up until

Jaime Alguersuari will be co-c ... Radio 5 Live this season.

I'd much rather see him driving, but I think he'll be fantastic. He always impressed me when he spoke, especially when giving technical feedback in free practices. This might actually be a better lineup than BBC TV's Ben Edwards/DC..

Quote from J@tko :

So AVB's gone. So much for Abramovich paying £14M for him to "build for the future"......

More than that - it cost them around £15M to sack Ancelotti, so AVB cost them £30M total. And it will have cost them at least another £15M to sack AVB now, probably more.

2 Gatorades and 2 bananas

Alguersuari on Torro Rosso:

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/ ... as-his-say-on-toro-rosso/

I do agree with TR cutting loose both drivers as they're basically the endgame of the Red Bull young drivers programme and they'd both proved they're solid if unspectacular drivers, but my god, TR didn't have to be so dickish about it.

It's worse than you think.. it's not just the Caterham that looks like that, ALL the cars are going to have hideous noses. It's the way the 2012 regs are written, duck beaks on the front of the car are prescribed.

Quote from Rappa Z :

Best one for me is the guys thumb looks like a dick on the girl.

That's the one

Quote from Yuri Laszlo :

Ferrari said they would be looking into creating a similar system. No one knows if what they came up with works.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96971

Quote from ATHome :

Welcome to the FIA, whose boss is the former team principal of Ferrari, Jean Todt.

Actually, Ferrari already have their own version of the system, so banning it is a disadvantage to them, too. Take off the tinfoil hat.

Quote from Yuri Laszlo :

BMW had the best overall package in 2008 until it actually won a race and the team decided that was all they needed for the next two years. Sure, Kubica was impressive, but when you build a car that gives Heidfeld a shot at winning, it cannot be called an underdog.

The BMW was never the best car at any point in that season.

Quote from NSX_FReeDoM :

Honestly I think that's just bulls**t. Fernando is only saying that because Kubica can't race. I think Fernando see Lewis as his biggest rival.

He's said it on more than one occasion over the last few years. I seem to recall him even once saying that Kubica was the best driver in the world, even including himself. Lewis has also said numerous times that Kubica is the driver he fears the most.

Just a light dusting of snow here, but it's the first snow of winter, which is always nice

I'd swap Button and Alonso and put Perez in at number 8, but apart from that, I agree with it

Torro Rosso dump both Buemi AND Alguersuari and replace them with Ricciardo and Vergne.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96745

Quote from JackDaMaster :

And its all about the money again, Total wern't gonna renew their (quite lucrative) contract unless Romain got signed...

I hope Vitaly gets the other Williams seat now or something

It's hardly ALL about money - Grosjean has the talent to deserve that seat regardless of anything else he brings, unlike Petrov.

@Jamesallenonf1
James Allen
#f1 Sources telling me F1 fans should keep your eyes on Twitter and websites this evening for Kimi Raikkonen news....

@adamcooperf1
Adam Cooper
#F1 Raikkonen to LRGP story is gatheriing momentum. He should have been there already - I wrote this on Feb 7th! http://t.co/khn92D5K

Quote from The Very End :

Even tho he is a nutcase, it's possible they will find something new in the future

Yup - a move to nuclear fusion rather than fission. Like it or not, we need nuclear power.

Quote from lap traffic nz :

Just like nuclear power, the risk maybe tiny. But would you take that risk knowing what might happen?

Yes.

Quote from Racer X NZ :

OK, lets play the proof game. Do I expect that some people would rather avoid/abuse me for this, lets see ?????

So, nuclear energy is completely safe ( ok ), there's really no chance of an accident/ balls up, Britain has never had earthquakes/ tsunamis, just ignore the evidence and, wow, your right !

Lets take a first look at the dropping of the bombs on Japan during WW part 2
Try actually reading what is posted, if your not a troll/employed to disagree with me then this might help to educate you.

In 1947 Albert Einstein wrote:
"Through the release of atomic energy, our generation has brought into the world the most revolutionary force since the prehistoric discovery of fire. This basic power of the universe cannot be fitted into the outmoded concept of narrow nationalisms. For there is no secret and there is no defense, there is no possibility of control except through the aroused understanding and insistence of the peoples of the world.
"We scientists recognize our inescapable responsibility to carry to our fellow citizens an understanding of the simple facts of atomic energy and its implications for society. In this lies our only security and our only hope—we believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not death."

Please read all of this.
http://nucleardemolition.com/Killing_Our_Own.pdf

The dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan is irrelevant, that was a deliberate use of atomic energy specifically for warfare. Knives are occasionally use to kill people, does that mean we shouldn't be allowed to have them in our kitchen?

Nowhere did I say that nuclear energy is 100% safe. And I'm not ignoring the evidence. The evidence supports me - If you can only find a handful of examples of earthquakes or tsunamis in England of a relevant magnitude in the last thousands of years then that is so small an occurrence that it is considered statistically insignificant.

This is all about risk/reward. Yes there have been a small number of accidents with nuclear power - and when there are accidents they tend to be very high profile. Pound for pound, nuclear energy is the safest, cleanest and most cost effective way of satisfying our planet's thirst for electricity. The burning of fossil fuels causes infinitely more damage to the environment than nuclear power does. It could be argued that wind farms and some forms of hydroelectric power also do.

Just because something has risk attached to it, it doesn't mean we shouldn't do it - if that was the case then we as a race would never have created fire or even ventured out of our caves. Like it or not, even if you'd have preferred to be born as a deer or a badger or a marmot or something, you were born into a race which is driven towards relentless progression. Progression always comes at a cost.

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Quote from lap traffic nz :

Orly?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T ... fecting_the_British_Isles

What's your point? If anything that proves just how tiny the tsunami risk is.

Quote from Racer X NZ :

So there will never be a natural disaster in the UK, never a tsunami or any other issue, other than " The plant releases some 8 million liters of contaminated waste into the sea on a daily basis, making the Irish Sea the most radioactive sea in the world. England is known for its green fields and rolling landscapes, but nestled in the heart of this industrialized nation is a toxic, accident-prone facility, spewing dangerous waste into the oceans of the world." and there are no jobs that aren't in a nuclear plant. Seem's a blinkered view but fair enough if that's what you believe.

No, there will never be a tsunami in England because it's shielded by Ireland (thanks Ireland, by the way). Nor will there be an earthquake or any other major tectonic event.

You're kinda trampling all over your own argument there. You're right, England is known for its green fields and rolling landscapes. Sellafield is in the locality of one of the most spectacular parts of England, and has been for the past 55 years - and the presence of the plant hasn't done a damn thing to degrade the beauty of the countryside over those decades. What it has done is provide vast amounts of economical, relatively clean energy whilst singlehandly reconstucting a local economy that was left in ruins by the fall of mining.

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Quote from Racer X NZ :

http://brainz.org/ten-most-radioactive-places-earth/

Sweet! I live at number 6. And no, I'm not even vaguely concerned. The biggest risk Sellafield poses to the area is the complete desolation of the jobs market when it's gone.