Allowing you to change tyres on the restart rule needs to be removed. It ruined what was going to be a classic finish. They pretty much just gifted the race to Vettel. Alonso could have easily got the win, Button getting on the top step was a tall order. They might as well have just finished the race at the restart because that is what allowing you to change tyres did.
But that is racing for you.
[edit: By chance, does anyone know what type of shoes DC was wearing? I recognise they are Adidas, but that is as far as my trend spotting goes, but I really like the look of them.]
But that is racing for you.
[edit: By chance, does anyone know what type of shoes DC was wearing? I recognise they are Adidas, but that is as far as my trend spotting goes, but I really like the look of them.]
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That is quite possibly the nicest BMW I've seen in a long time. Do like. 
The best place to find out is the offical F1 website as they'll have the FIA approved grid, or you can wait a couple of hours to see who is put where.
As F1 engines have computer controlled pnumatic valves the can set the computer to leave them open, so the engine does turn into a pump. So the options available to the person writing the maps are incredible.
They do. They have been using bio fuels for some years. One of the other big "green" moves was when bridge stone changed from marking the option with white paint to green paint, but although the manufacturing involved cancels it out, Pirreli's tyres are a synthetic rubber which gives them the characteristics we've grown to love or hate and are designed to bio-degrade quickly too for that extra greenness.
I believe at the second race during FP they worked out that the spectators turning up to the Silverstone weekend makes as much CO2 as the whole of the racing for a season.
Hamilton is 10th as he was penalised, 9th will be empty on the grid, just like Massa's place was in Hungry '09. Sauber can't put in a reserve driver because the driver who started quali is the only one allowed to race on Sunday.
F1 is trying to make the sport have a smaller green foot print, blown diffusers keep the throttle wide open while off the power, but dump the fuel directly into the exhaust to combust, bypassing the engine. It creates the maximum amount of exhaust gasses at all times, but burns shit tonnes of fuel, although not very green. The new regs will mean that only 10% throttle can be applied when off the power (essentially a high idle), so you can get some benefits of a blown diffuser, but not the insane amounts we have now.
But it requires whole new engine maps, hence the delay in rolling out the ban, which will hurt Renault Engines most as such reign in RBR and kill Lotus Renault completely. It'll also get rid of the controversial wet fart sound the cars make. Merc, Ferrari and Cosworth have designed similar engine maps to try and compete with Renault, but as they started the season with non-blown maps it is easy for them to revert back, Renault on the other hand don't have the luxury of non-blown maps, so needed to start from scratch.
The FIA could've been ****s and said "**** you Renault, you're breaking the rules, comply and be uncompetitive, or don't comply and get ejected from the championship year" so giving them a grace was rather sporting.
... Negative Nancy much? First blown diffusers will be outlawed by Silverstone, which will put a spanner in the works, second have you never watched F1 before? We're only 5 races into a 19 (maybe 20) race season. All it'll take is McLaren and Ferrari to get their act together, which isn't far away for McLaren and RBR will lose their dominance in a handful of races. I also imagine when RBR start to miss out on pole in quali Seb will start to struggle and make a lot of school boy errors.
Seb was gifted pole today (even Alonso has said pole should have been Lewis's). His luck is quickly running out.
Reminded me of Jenson when he got in a mess there.
Bet Nico created diamonds during that shunt, which is fitting for Monaco.
Bet Nico created diamonds during that shunt, which is fitting for Monaco.
I suspect he will be dead when the account gets banned for being resold and the new owner tracks him down and beats him to death with a floppy disk.
That font doesn't look quite right, might be the photo. If the font is right and it is just a crummy photo then fair enough.
Insurance, diesel, road tax, front brake callipers (new discs and pads on order) and some new wheels.
These wheels in fact (not my car). 15" of sex, anything more would ruin handling, knock out the speedo and look a bit daft.
Fixed.
These wheels in fact (not my car). 15" of sex, anything more would ruin handling, knock out the speedo and look a bit daft.
Fixed.
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They aren't that slow. Blasting down a runway (assuming you changed gearing on the S2000 and GroupB to allow high top speeds) then a GroupB would probably come out tops. But that isn't what rally is about. Over the rough ground of a rally course, average speeds are much higher with S2000, but look a lot more controlled due to actually knowing how to build cars. If all you want is out of control and crashes, hit up some local novice rally stages.
Power does not mean fast. In fact quite the opposite in the world of rally.
Costs of racing have spiraled so much it has started to kill off top level sports. BTCC was really suffering but the latest regs have slashed them so much by having onesize fits all rolling chassis you can stick on your own body and engine.
I believe Loeb is in front by 7 points, which isn't much compared to previous rears.
I've not been able to catch much of it due to being on a shit channel. We don't even get a highlight show on a more accessible channel.
IIRC, Citroen charge around 250k for a ready to race DS3. I have no price for an old car though.
[edit: Just found this. "Must be for sale at a maximum price of €168,000."]
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Ah, so one of the few countries in Europe where you can still advertise smokes then. Suppose it makes sense for a tax haven.
Marlboro make shark lasers? Hot damn, got to get me one of those! Tell me more of this fantastic product.
According to DVLA S100 SBG is a BMW 5 Series 2497CC on Heavy Oil. But the saggy middle is a 1 Series and the interior isn't a BMW interior. Honda Civic according to Google. Most of that ad was full of various parts of cars. The purple one was a Mk3 Fiesta the engine bay was a Toyota Pulsar.
FPR is Pro Drive. They run under FPR in Aussie for some reason I'm sure is very interesting. You could say it is a factory team, but not a Ford factory.
I know advertising tobacco was made illegal in the EU and various other countries around the world followed suit. I assume then that Monaco doesn't belong to the EU?
Group B only seemed as insane as it did because the cars looked out of control more through a lack of technology to create a stable platform to take racing and because the crowd would stand on the track which made the track look insanely narrow. But everyone has on their rose tinted glasses so won't admit to the fact that it generated just as much boring racing, although like old music you generally gloss over the shit parts for the more exciting parts.
The other thing that doesn't help (that S2000 will) is a lack of manufactures/teams. Last season was Ford and Citroen. At least now we're getting more manufactures/teams as S2000 makes it cheaper to compete, Ford, Mini and Citroen so far with Suzuki and VW looking to throw their hat into the ring soon. Plus the various small teams who can now afford to actually go racing thanks to S2000.
Of course Citroen still dominate with Loeb, so the results are slightly predictable, but hopefully with lower development costs we're more likely to see more challenges to the crown.
How is that not entertaining? What WRC needs is more media coverage, as I recall in the UK it is on one of the silly channels. The BBC stopped covering the sport 2-3 years ago which shows you how WRC and the FIA have failed to publicise it correctly.
Something I noticed in FP1 when it looked like the old German at MGP was spying on Fezza, since when was tobacco advertising allowed back in F1? As Fezza have Marlboro on the side of their garage. To be exact "Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro".
The $10 is just to reserve a copy, it is a deposit for your copy so on release day you can walk in and pay off the rest of your balance. Although I can see it being used as a bit of a PR stunt before long.
I blame the front too chaps, they reacted way too late to block the charging Mundaino so was only going to result in contact.
[edit: Just looked again (and about 4 extra times), I apologise, the chap in the Vauxhall was an innocent victim in this clip, the Volvo pushed the Mundaino into the Vauxhall.]
[edit: Just looked again (and about 4 extra times), I apologise, the chap in the Vauxhall was an innocent victim in this clip, the Volvo pushed the Mundaino into the Vauxhall.]
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And you didn't go down the route of silly huge fart can. Much respect for that.
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