so... this may be a dumb question... but when does the DRS wing snap closed? when the brake is applied? or a split second before that?

Quote from Hyperactive :

Quite odd comment because per capita americans pay more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C ... ada_and_the_United_States

not to the government though, that money goes to private companies instead

Quote from PMD9409 :

Petrov with the upset!

maybe... are there any sweet jumps at this circuit he can take?

Quote from PMD9409 :

Lap 1-25 = Dry
Lap 25-45 = Wet
Lap 45-70 = Dry

and Button wins

AMR 20-22 seconds off the pace

how is that even possible, they aren't even competitive in LMP2

they are closer to the pace of the lead GT cars than the Audis and Peugeots - only a ten second gap there

Quote from Rappa Z :

Really hoped that car was gone for good after IRL shot it down. I want to watch cars not rocketships.

I was completely against a whole series of them, but I think it will be interesting to see 1 of them up against more traditional cars. Who knows, maybe we won't laugh at it as much as I think we will

On another note, are those headlights on the rear wheels

Quote from PhilS13 :

10 years ago if you asked a dealer here why cars were so much cheaper in the states he'd look at you like you like you were some sort of retard and go : "duh it's the low canadian dollar value".

wait no, when I was a little kid things were definitely cheaper in Canada. Now they aren't it seems

Quote from Daffyflyer :

We've got the car body designer working pretty well now - check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJhWPpaFArc

well, you've just convinced me to give you my money when this comes out Certainly you deserve it

I have wanted a car designing system like this since I was a little kid, an I always wondered why someone didn't make it..

Quote from UncleBenny :

Screw the west coast, if they come to the east coast I'd make a serious effort to go see them. If they came to Watkins Glen there would be no question, I'm there.

east coast best coast

the reason they would likely be considering west coast would be logistics reasons... it's that much closer to Australia. But yeah, if they were anywhere in the region, I'd try to get there too.

Quote from dadge :

there can be only one commentator

I wish Murray Walker had been commentating that game, he would have done an infinitely better job. This was just... painful, even if the game went well.

Quote from PMD9409 :

Didn't exactly find a V8 Supercar thread, probably should have searched, but this was on the first page for me so seemed best.

V8's planning to come to the US in the near future it seems. Wonder where it could possibly go. He even mentioned "temporary tracks such as Long Beach". That would be pretty insane. Road Atlanta would be nice as well. Or they could be nice and go to Sebring so I can drive there and watch.

I of course am rooting for Atlanta

but they will be thinking West coast probably

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9bH5w9azb0

The commentary I was subjected to today...

This might be a case of so bad it's awesome, 3/4s of all the game comments I saw dealt with some of the more memorable catchphrases

Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :

...though I have to say the split done 15 minutes before race 3 didn't look very professional for the driver, the team and the series.

I don't think it quite happened like TOC leaving the team right then... from what I have been able to piece together I think it's something like this:

TOC wasn't under contract at AMD. He was there to help development work on the car, and because he's a great driver, and they were there to keep him on the grid. It was a mutually beneficial relationship. AON now have gotten their third car ready, and needed a good third driver. TOC is by all accounts a great development driver and gives lots of useful feedback. AON has a new chassis and engine, and is struggling somewhat to get consistent results. I don't think the fallout that everyone says happened actually happened, TOC has stated that he has remained talking to Chilton a lot.

So anyways, third car now ready, they meet with TOC sometime during the race weekend and offer to pay him to rejoin the team. A more competitive car, with a higher standard team, and getting paid, It's pretty much impossible to turn that down. TOC accepts, or is planning to accept, and informs Hollamby that it will be his last race... Hollamby elects to not send him out in the car because of potential damage to the car. Hopefully TOC will not get team-ordered.

Now AMD need a new driver... Hollamby is capable of stepping in, which he has indicated he might, but he has also said that the team has already been approached by many drivers about the ride. So I'm reasonably confident that they will be alright in the long run.

BTCC never fails to throw you curveballs when you least expect them.

hope he negotiated a no team orders clause

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

That's a lot of Subarus.

probaly the Chinesek nockoffs

the crowd love Kiss NOrbert

must have been fun to win infront of home crowd in hungary

one yuo can hit with hammer and survice

Quote from wheel4hummer :

also, trolololololololololo

[URL]http://gobarbra.com/hit/new-b35bc667fa725f03b944afd969c74be2

Quote from BlueFlame :

Also, if that was F1 and Westbrook was Hamilton he would of been penalised for looking up the inside and the guy on the outside (Mucke) didn't see him and just turned in..

And quite rightly, no way was he up the inside on that move. That is not the same as the whole Hamilton Maldonado thing at all, he only had the very front of his nose slightly inside and basically punted Mucke from behind.

Mucke though... idiot.

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

the guy who shot Cheney

Cheney shot the guy

Quote from BlueFlame :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6so8be16mL4&feature=feedu

SPOILER ALERT

Damn I thought maybe I was safe in this topic, I was avoiding the BTCC one

oh well

Quote from Crashgate3 :

A mate of mine came home wrecked, and managed to piss all over his bed. He also forgot that his gran was visiting for a few days and was sleeping in his room for the duration.

my roommate pissed in my other friend's (down the hall) sock drawer. That was quite the episode

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

I lost all memory for a 24 hour period, but some how I managed to wake up in my own bed.

Whenever I lose large amounts of time in my memory, I wake up in my friend's bathroom... no idea why not my own, but I guess it's smarter that way

Quote from sinbad :

I'm sure I've heard the term "spinning out" as a substitute for "wheel spinning" in American TV shows (ice road truckers springs to mind actually, although that might be Canadian, not sure), that must be what is meant here.

burn out

Quote from tristancliffe :

In the Irvine clip, Irvine was the leading driver, Fisichella was the overtaker, so whilst Fisi was half a car length in front, Irvine still had the right to the inside.

ok... I see the distinction you are making here... and I disagree that that's how it should be viewed. In my view, it should be the driver on the inside with the right to the apex, not the defending driver. Both ways end with the fault on Fisichella, but different in Hamilton's case (Maldonado, I still think the Massa move was never on)

But F1 cars have no B-pillar to judge from like in (for example) V8 Supercars, so it does make it tough to judge exactly when the car is seen as alongside, and when he should back out. This is partly why I'm not such an open-wheeler fan... the rules on passing are too vague and they often end up in penalties that contradict eachother.

I generally look at it and ask if the front wheel is next to the front of the sidepod... if it is I tend to see it as being rightfully alongside, if it is clearly not, then he was behind and it's his fault. Unfortunately there are shades of grey, but I do think in Maldonado's case that Hamilton was far enough along side him that Maldonado should have seen.