I thought the ekranoplan predated F1 ground effect? Isn't it a Russkie Cold War invention? It is an amazing sight though.

Car safety and track safety (catch fencing - what were they thinking?) is much better now and as skirts are still banned the effect should not be as pronounced or as sensitive, I would imagine.

Quote from J@tko :

Looking a bit more into the future, ground effect back for 2013.

I nearly got it right on my first point.

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=1524901#post1524901

You can't really get much more historical than 1.6L turbo as compressed 1.5L engines were part of the regs in 1950

Oh, and ban telemetry except for dire safety stuff like tyre pressures.

• Ban wings & allow ground effect - better racing as wings lose more downforce in turbulence.
  
• 2.4L V6 turbo charged (no restriction on pressure). Limited engines per season. Turbo vs reliability regs to produce 1000hp to 1200hp in race trim.
  
• Fuel allowance for the season. With no restriction on turbos then even a diddy team can whack up the pressure and give it the beans for a couple of races. If they run out of fuel allowance before the end of the season then they may only run minimal turbocharging. Whatever goes in for a race is lost from allowance, so you don't save by retiring.
  
• Increase minimum weight by at least 300kg to increase braking distances and general.
  

That should mix things up a bit. Theoretically, anyone should have a chance to win. Red Bull would still be quick, but give Kamui enough fuel to have 150hp extra for a race or two

Disagree. Apart from his Hollywood moment in Brazil he had a solid but unspectacular season of steady progress. 8th place was about right. I'm surprised that people are so blinded by hype.

Maybe he could have scored more than half the points that his team mate did?

It was very sad to hear it on the news on Radio 4 this morning. Then they played a montage of lines from Airplane and Police Squad and I found myself laughing like a drain in the car. Very talented comic - he was stuck in serious roles until he did Airplane and found his calling.

There's some twists and turns left in this.

That's the great thing - there are so many possibilities. It's going to ebb and flow and we'll probably have three different points leaders at times during the race.

I'd be astonished too :eye-poppi

The plank runs very low to the floor so that might act like a keel, but I can't see water spray lifting both the car's weight and the downforce - we're talking about a couple of tonnes.

We need more ground effect, not less.

In wet conditions they would need to make the wet tyres a bit bigger to raise the ride height - they already are bigger than the drys, but we're only talking a couple of mm.

There's a saying in football: "Never take advice from someone who has to pay to get into the stadium". I think it translates quite well to internet "experts" from all sports - even those that have driven karts.

I think Webber would be well advised to accept that he will be 3rd into T1 and let Alonso and Vettel beat each other up at T3. One or both will end up wide there.

Yeah, I heard that

Renault have a GP2 team too I think. Anyway, I'm sure GP2 teams will hawk data around to the highest bidder.

Not sure how much use it would be though, being on a different car and perhaps a different construction?

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I miss the times when I was quick

I must've missed that race Jase

2007 and 2008 were great days for league racing. So many rivals, mostly German, do not seem to be around now.

I nearly ran him over once. Was about to rage at the pedestrian stepping infront of my car when I saw it was him so cheerily waved him across. Was rewarded with a trademark trip up the kerb when he reached the other side.

Used to see him a lot around town too, but didn't like to bother him apart from a quick "Hello".

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See there's the crucial point - you would be happy to pay. You have not explained, or even justified, why other people should pay who are not happy to do so. Why should those who are the poorest in society subsidise your tv viewing needs?

I don't care what you like about the BBC, and nor should I. yet, for me to enjoy and consume independent and private output I have to subsidise you. That is morally corrupt. And to add to the the BBC demonstrates a clear political bias which is one big kick in the face to anyone who objects to this institution.

The BBC could dramatically cut it's size (even the hardest leftists agree its bloated), and then offer a subscription service. Guys like you who enjoy it's output can pay for that pleasure, while those who wish to not consume what the BBC produces can go watch and pay for something else.

Irony - Intrepid's avatar is a BBC copyrighted image.

Just imagine that your paying £150 to use your The Day Today picture on here.

Sergio Perez is very good and well worth a try, especially if he's bringing a wheelbarrow of cash with him.

He did, which is why he turned out of the pitlane and tried to find a fire marshal away from the crowd of people in the garages.

Most sport is mostly pyschological. There's no way Webber would, or should, have just said, "There you go, Golden Boy - have the points." This is the World Driver's Championship.

Stewards said racing incident, and it could have hurt Webber more than Hamilton, but there's times in your life when don't back down.

Quote from Stefani24 :

Seems nice enough to me. Although Luck was not with me today.

Anyways, is the new Section in Bahrain really that bumpy? Seemed a BIT unrealistic there.

Probably bumpier in real life.

First race made it to Q3 in HRT. Didn't do a proper lap so I've got nice fresh primes for the first stint tomorrow. It's not so bad. Driving model is way too forgiving, but I find I'm lost in moment every now and then.

Yeah, I wonder who these people are trying to impress.

Maybe I should uninstall LFS as brake temperature is not modelled, unlike in F1 2010?

Quote from Greboth :

I will be doing the same thing, though I didn't know you had to select career length before starting? Surely a better idea would be to have an open ended one so you play as many seasons as you want. I can see myself doing so badly in the first season(s) that I end up stuck in hrt . I wonder if the game allows you not to have a drive for one year lol.

You choose a 3, 5 or 7 year career. The shorter the career then the more teams you have available to choose from. For the 3 year career you can only choose HRT, Virgin or Lotus.

Fernando went from Minardi to World Champion in 4 seasons (ignoring his year as a test driver at Renault), so there's a benchmark.