Yeah, but does the car have to be dropped off at Stansted, or would Gatwick be okay?
I'm on business in Southampton on Thursday then was planning to get the train to Wales. It wouldn't be too much of a pain to get the train to Stansted on Friday and help you out but only if I could drop the Fiat off at Gatwick on Sunday.
Does it have to be Stansted?
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That rule (25.4 d) only applies to dry qual and a dry race start.
BAR was previously Tyrell.
Toyota had limitless amounts of money and a sportscar programme to test components and systems. They actually did okay in their first season and under the current system would have been regular scorers.
AS3R would be good. Nice wide track but short enough to get lots of lappery action. Reverse makes the chicane much more interesting and the last turn is marvellous.
Seems an appropriate event for a one-off appearance. Depending on the schedule (and track!) I'm in.
ABS isn't really about stopping quicker, it's about stopping in a more controlled manner. Lock all four wheels and Isaac Newton's doing the steering for you. With ABS you can still steer the car.
The arguing stops in March when they hit the track in the same car.
You can't compare seasons by the points totals anyway. In seasons past we had top 6 with 9 points for the win, dropped scores, 11 race seasons, 16 race seasons, 19 race seasons. Better reliability also inflates the scores of the modern front runner.
I do prefer lower points totals though. NASCAR, for which drivers rack up thousands of points (and then have them reset) and even IRL with 50 for the win is too much. The more points on offer the more meaningless it looks on the table.
I do prefer lower points totals though. NASCAR, for which drivers rack up thousands of points (and then have them reset) and even IRL with 50 for the win is too much. The more points on offer the more meaningless it looks on the table.
He won't be the same, but providing he recognises and embraces the changes he will still be able to perform at the highest level. Ryan Giggs is a good example. In his youth he was a fleet footed pacey winger - the type that England have desperately needed for his entire career. As he has aged he has developed into a more rounded attacking midfielder and won Footballer of the Year recently.
The new no refuelling rule change will benefit Schumi in this respect. For the past years a Grand Prix has actually been 2, 3 or 4 sprints glued together by pitstops. Not any more. A more considered approach to tyre management, like we had in the early 80s, will be to his advantage.
Also, although not as old, Lauda took a lengthy break, came back and was competitive.
The new no refuelling rule change will benefit Schumi in this respect. For the past years a Grand Prix has actually been 2, 3 or 4 sprints glued together by pitstops. Not any more. A more considered approach to tyre management, like we had in the early 80s, will be to his advantage.
Also, although not as old, Lauda took a lengthy break, came back and was competitive.
You can't really copare an old boxer to an old F1 driver, however as with any sport there are always examples of golden oldies - Bernard Hopkins for example.
I don't see why a fired up 41 year old can't be better than a tired and jaded 38 year old.
I don't see why a fired up 41 year old can't be better than a tired and jaded 38 year old.
Schumacher has never had a contract stating he is the number one driver and others must fall in behind him. Irvine said it himself - he made himself number one by driving faster than his team mates. Occasionally they then had to put the team before themselves but it's not like Rubens moved over every race for Schumi - 95% of the time he was behind because he was slower.
It's a great benchmark for Nico. He's blown away team mates so far but now he has one that can provide a decent measure of the young German's true ability.
It's a great benchmark for Nico. He's blown away team mates so far but now he has one that can provide a decent measure of the young German's true ability.
It's not my fault you miss the point.
Most people haven't driven a Bentley Continental GT, so saying "a GT is like a Bentley Continental GT" isn't really a criteria. It's a bit like describing the colour blue to someone with monochromatic vision as "you know, bluey".
That's what I'm getting at - it fits that fella's three criteria for a GT so the question is, "what else?"
a) 230hp and over 370 torques (about the same torque as the M5). No need to change gear, with peak torque at 1,750rpm there's no need to dip below 5th. Tick.
b) M-Sport package gives oodles of grip and no understeer. Only jiggly on things like muddy tracks. Tick.
c) Took 4 of us plus luggage for 3 weeks. Tick.
No one though would describe a 330d as a GT car, so there must be something else to it. Looks - is there a certain shape? X-Factor maybe? Does it have to be "exclusive" or have obvious luxury?
b) M-Sport package gives oodles of grip and no understeer. Only jiggly on things like muddy tracks. Tick.
c) Took 4 of us plus luggage for 3 weeks. Tick.
No one though would describe a 330d as a GT car, so there must be something else to it. Looks - is there a certain shape? X-Factor maybe? Does it have to be "exclusive" or have obvious luxury?
Need a better definition of GT than that. By that definition my lil 330D would be a GT as four of us went IOM-London-Brussels-Amsterdam-Nurburgring-Paris-Geneva-Alps-Pisa-Rome-Rimini-IOM in it this summer. It literally wafted us 4,000 miles round Europe in 17 days.
The Collyer brothers, creators of Championship Manager and then Football Manager (in all its guises) have also received honours.
Very nice for them. I wonder though how a Brit who has won his sport's World Championship 14 times (double Schumi's total) is not yet a Knight?
Very nice for them. I wonder though how a Brit who has won his sport's World Championship 14 times (double Schumi's total) is not yet a Knight?
One problem with the current system is that now further developments (S3, S4 etc) are content based, if we keep paying 12 quid per stage then someone new to LFS would have to pay £48 for S4, maybe £60 for S5 if we get that far. It would become even more niche, whereas people might be happier spending the same amount of money over a longer time with a time based licence instead of content based.
All of the above, plus overheating tyres could reduce speed onto the straight, hence reducing max speed.
If none of them were interested in fame and being on TV then they could race on Wednesday mornings and have the weekends off.
I'm not a TBO driver at all, but in other cars I find the longer Aston track setups are a very good starting place to get something at Kyoto GP - either way.
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