Focus and Bild in Germany are reporting that Mercedes and Schumi have reached agreement 3.5m for one year. It'll probably also cost a few million to release him from his Ferrari contract, if true.
It does already, what with the results countback when on equal points (including when on zero points)
I think top ten with 26 cars is the maximum. It should mean something to get a point scoring finish, unlike NASCAR or IRL.
Yes it is, but you can't read. I'll write the sentence again and try to make it easier for you to understand..
Bike points (25-20-16) is exactly the same ratio as the current system.
Is that better, or would you also need the dictionary definitions of "current" and "proposed"?
That's hardly any different. 1.0 - 0.75 - 0.56
Bike points (25-20-16) is exactly the same ratio as the current system.
Problem is that if you make the ratio wider then 6 wins out of 7 races makes the gap even wider. There might also be an better chance of closing a gap, but a runaway leader would only need to be consistent and conservative to maintain a gap.
Other options depend on what you want. The medals system would at least encourage drivers to try to win. If you want to guarantee a close finish then there's NASCAR's chase system (artificial). Take that one step further and have the first 17 races scoring points to form the grid for the 18th race and the winner of the last race is champion.
As long as the best driver / car package wins then the result is just, whatever system is used.
Unless the self destruct function was broken too.
Hydrogen cell powered cars will start to become mainstream, but petrol or diesel / electric hybrids will be the norm as they will have phenomenal power output from relatively small turbocharged engines.
Continued development in run flat technology will see the end of the pneumatic tyre.
Home networks will routinely include TV, Stereos, Fridges, Central Heating (or AC), lights, cars etc
Monday will become "Work From Home" day for office workers due to technology and savings on office running costs.
SKY TV will be Pay On Demand rather than subscription, so you pay 20p to watch Ross Kemp On Gangs for example but don't have a monthly fixed fee.
Computing power will increase via more cores - maybe 50 in ten years.
Graphics will be a diminishing return in games as they can't continue to improve at current rates. Other senses will be exploited - for example, consoles and PCs will have "smell cards" so you will smell the battlefield when playing Call Of Duty 12.
Bill Kenwrights "24/7" search for new investment will continue at Everton.
(In 20 years, stimulating the other 4-19 senses - depending on how you classify a sense - will be done via direct connection to your nervous system. The brain / tech interface will also allow input so when they make the game of the film "Firefox" you will have to learn to think in Russian to fire the weapons and G-Force will be simulated via electronic interface. You might even be able to get Vietnam flashbacks beamed into your head)
Continued development in run flat technology will see the end of the pneumatic tyre.
Home networks will routinely include TV, Stereos, Fridges, Central Heating (or AC), lights, cars etc
Monday will become "Work From Home" day for office workers due to technology and savings on office running costs.
SKY TV will be Pay On Demand rather than subscription, so you pay 20p to watch Ross Kemp On Gangs for example but don't have a monthly fixed fee.
Computing power will increase via more cores - maybe 50 in ten years.
Graphics will be a diminishing return in games as they can't continue to improve at current rates. Other senses will be exploited - for example, consoles and PCs will have "smell cards" so you will smell the battlefield when playing Call Of Duty 12.
Bill Kenwrights "24/7" search for new investment will continue at Everton.
(In 20 years, stimulating the other 4-19 senses - depending on how you classify a sense - will be done via direct connection to your nervous system. The brain / tech interface will also allow input so when they make the game of the film "Firefox" you will have to learn to think in Russian to fire the weapons and G-Force will be simulated via electronic interface. You might even be able to get Vietnam flashbacks beamed into your head)
I like eating meat and I have absolutely no problem with it being slaughtered so I can eat it.
You're right, but that's not the point. Who's is going to change the stupidity of these people? It hasn't happened so far in all my years of LFS.
It's a bit like being annoyed with your parents because you're too short. Worry about what you can change, not what you can't - unless you want to pay for a server and admin it yourself 24/7.
Willi Weber is quoted as saying discussions took place at the last GP between Schumi and the Daimler boss.
Lots of people talk to lots of other people, of course, but it's not just a wild rumour - people have discussed it.
Lots of people talk to lots of other people, of course, but it's not just a wild rumour - people have discussed it.
You can't expect league racing behaviour on a pickup server. CTRA tried, but it was too much effort. Just take it as it is, don't expect the world and it won't be annoyed when things happen. It's not important, just a way to waste some time.
Pace notes - like it 
Having said that, after 3 or laps you don't learn the lap as such, but you begin to remember the bits where you crash and instinct takes over. Not knowing the track as a whole is great though - you really have to concentrate on the road ahead and have the car under control as you don't know what's coming up.
Having said that, after 3 or laps you don't learn the lap as such, but you begin to remember the bits where you crash and instinct takes over. Not knowing the track as a whole is great though - you really have to concentrate on the road ahead and have the car under control as you don't know what's coming up.
37:52.5 now. Anybody else driving this with the 65s?
39:28.6 in Lotus 33 (65 car)
5 resets though. If it were real life I'd be communicating to you via Derek Acorah right now.
EDIT: 38:46.2 with 1 reset - and not a "oh I've fallen off a cliff reset", more a case of bending the steering arm too much it wasn't fun to drive.
5 resets though. If it were real life I'd be communicating to you via Derek Acorah right now.
EDIT: 38:46.2 with 1 reset - and not a "oh I've fallen off a cliff reset", more a case of bending the steering arm too much it wasn't fun to drive.
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I kept the chrome 
Got 6 cylinders right now, looking to add another 4 for my next Beemer.
Got 6 cylinders right now, looking to add another 4 for my next Beemer.
Stranger Than Fiction! Forgot about that.
I loved Elf. Not really hit the heights since then.
There's a 15 mile version already out there, but the full 37.76 mile course is on the way. Actually, it's been on the way for ages now, but the clip on youtube looks spot on. Been driving a few laps of the real thing in preparation for the GPL version
Good to see you've joined up for the FOX race on Saturday. I see you're quite new so race practice is handy as whilst more drivers are always welcome in OWRL F1 it is important that you can handle yourself in race situations. It's not just your evening you might mess up!
Must've missed it.
The point is that F1 is something that should be experienced live because it is the pinnacle of motorsport. Drag anoraks hijacked things, and whilst they reach higher velocity they are not, by any stretch of the imagination, the pinnacle of anything. Name a drag racer that pervades the national conciousness. There aren't any, but get stopped for speeding and the policeman will occasionally say, "Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss / Nigel Mansell etc" They don't say, "Who do you think you are Gudmund Gudmundsson - Top Fuel European Champion in 1987?"
F1 has the cache and resonance that makes being there special, plus it is a spectacle just to watch a car go round the track. Most people just watch drag racing on Havoc.
The point is that F1 is something that should be experienced live because it is the pinnacle of motorsport. Drag anoraks hijacked things, and whilst they reach higher velocity they are not, by any stretch of the imagination, the pinnacle of anything. Name a drag racer that pervades the national conciousness. There aren't any, but get stopped for speeding and the policeman will occasionally say, "Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss / Nigel Mansell etc" They don't say, "Who do you think you are Gudmund Gudmundsson - Top Fuel European Champion in 1987?"
F1 has the cache and resonance that makes being there special, plus it is a spectacle just to watch a car go round the track. Most people just watch drag racing on Havoc.
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Why don't you start a drag racing thread and see how much interest you get.
They could make F1 cars made to current rules run at 300 mph if they wanted, but there's no F1 track with a 10 mile straight.
F1 car would be at least 20-30 seconds faster than a Veyron round Silverstone.
Beemer drivers can test this out. Drive down a hill in neutral at say 20 mph and the needle will move off the stop as fuel is needed to turn the engine over. Pop it into 4th 5th 6th and it moves back to 1,000,000 mpg
Also when I was driving in Italy recently I reset the fuel mpg at the top of the San Carlo pass. I then drove down (some 1500m altitude) and the average mpg didn't budge from 99.9 mpg for 20 minutes after hitting the flat.
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