As for the points, Martin Brundle summed it up as "an answer to a question that no one was asking".

Seems about right.

Quote from tristancliffe :

The cost cap, if workable, is very important, and should have been done years ago.

It wasn't done years ago because it is unworkable.

They could look towards MotoGP. Factories now produce a slightly lower spec bike (Honda's Production Racer is only different to the works bike in respect of the ECU and the valves), but these "Open" class bikes get other advantages = more fuel, more engines, softer tyres. You can buy a HRC bike and have it updated for two seasons for EUR 1.3m. Peanuts.

In F1, adopt the privateer concept. Marussia buys chassis from McLaren, pops an engine in and goes racing. They use their R&D budget to do this so it is not wasted developing a shit car and the big teams get some money back on their much better R&D.

Do that, and we'll be back to pre-qualifying within 3 years.

Quote from BlueFlame :

Drivers can now choose what number they have... wtf


Well I ain't watchin F1 anymore. I used to enjoy it as a sport. Now it's more similar to a pantomime or NASCAR.

Good. Stop posting then. If you renege on this matter of principle then all respect for you as a human being is lost.

Please stay strong.

Quote from Kid222 :

Had him in my fantasy, got more than half of points just from him. Epic stuff.

So have Liverpool. Needs to stay fit and behave or they'll end up a mid table team like Man Utd.

Quote from The Moose :

Same here. If I had no wheel I simply wouldn't simrace.
It doesn't feel like simracing if you're not using a wheel. It feels like gaming. No satisfaction. No point.

Concur

Quote from BlueFlame :

@gerrard video There's a difference between 'diving' and just avoiding contact and going down anyway to ensure a foul is given. Do you people not understand football or what? Do you want these players to get injured rather than avoid the contact? Very bizarre.

If you think the last clip on that video was Gerrard bravely jumping out of the way of a vicious tackle, then there's no hope for you.

There's one clip that doesn't belong on that video where he jumps a tackle but stumbles getting his shot away - no contact but a foul. That's because contact and fouling are not one and the same thing. Feeling a touch and collapsing like a sack of spuds is cheating because you can be touched but not fouled.

Suarez discussions are so boring. Let's bash Steven Gerrard instead - that never gets old

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVb2gbMtN3I

Quote from BlueFlame :

Both players stayed on the pitch did they not? Can't have been that bad. Remember Suarez actually had blood drawn from his knee from two wholes created by Mirallas' studs and still played a great game.

Guess what? You're wrong. Mirallas was subbed and was out for three months.

Ankle ligament damage is a bit worse than a gash and a bruise.

I recall one appalling start when he somehow put the Jag on the front row in Malaysia - 2nd to 9th or 10th.

Baines broke his toe from a no quibble accidental tread on the boot. It's an issue that the clubs need to address as they are the ones losing players because of it.

Maybe they should be wearing these miracle boots that are infinitely strong, flexible and light that Blueflame has been studying so carefully.

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Quote from The Moose :

Yeah Storm Cloud, because standing on someones foot is just like a knee height, studs up tackle.


You appear to have missed the gif where Barry stamps on Suarez foot if you're going to play that game

Well one was out for three months, the other seemed to be close to death on Saturday but somehow survived and finished the game. In fact, the physio was so sure that Suarez was seriously injured he ran on at full steam to shout at the referee to send Mirallas off rather than tend to the player.

The point of my point is that for Liverpool fans to bleat about refereeing decisions is a bit rich. Mirallas should have been a red card, no problem there.

Quote from BlueFlame :

If Suarez made the tackle Mirallas did then it would've been red for sure. Not sure what the first gif is even about. It's easy to stand on someones feet by mistake, i do it to my wife all the time and she doesn't jump around holding her foot like a pussy.

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He was out for three months with ligament damage after that. If you think that looks accidental and you do that to your wife all the time then you've got bigger problems than just being wrong about everything on this forum every day.

Quote from The Moose :

Great game, though it aged me 20 years and i want to shoot Joe Allen ...and the ref. How Kevin Mirallas didn't get a red for that tackle on Suarez i'll never know. The ref completely bottled it.

Although internet warriors are fuelled by pontification and high principles (that they're never judged on themselves), F1 teams need money.

So you'd hire Hulkenberg? Which departments would you close to save the money to make up for not taking a pay driver? Wind Tunnel? R&D? Maybe you could get some fans to make up the pit crew each weekend?

So, who's driving Kimi's Lotus this weekend?

He's had a great career and will leave having achieved so much. Good luck in your next career Dario.

Quote from IsaacPrice :

Getting that right is about as hard as getting 2+2 right. The fact you're proud of that tells a story all by itself.

And it was an hour after I wrote exactly the same thing.

Magnusson confirmed at McLaren

http://www.findyourownlinktothestory.com

Maybe he didn't want to jump into a new team for two races and get made to look like a mug against Grosjean who is quick and experienced with the team. He was only offered the drive for this season.

Quote from CSF :

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Will Buxton's love of Sam Bird is amazing. 27 year old still being called a young driver.

Yet, if you can look past the half a sentence of Sam Bird loving, there's a decent wrap up of the current driver market. If the Lotus deal goes bad, then Maldonado goes there, or maybe Perez - they both have money. The other will get a ride somewhere - Force India, or maybe Sauber.

There does seem to be a number of permutations that leave Hulkenberg out of the picture, which would be a shame.

Grand Prix Legends

Ignore cargame.

You will however lose if you're not prepared to put the effort in and / or you're not financially savvy enough to interpret the data and advice that you research. Don't forget that your investments don't take a holiday when you do.

There are many diversified funds you can put the money into for a managed investment. There are fees on those (say 1.5%pa for the fund itself and then 1.5%pa on the funds that it invests into), but they are professionally managed.

If you think you can consistently get to within 3%pa of the professional diversified funds and you can spend the time then go for it. Otherwise, consider professional management.

This is a part of F1 that doesn't often appear in other forms of single seater motorport as they are usually spec series:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/24659085

Just as Princess Leia said that "the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers", then the more regulation there is in F1, the more ingenious innovations appear.

Quote from Gougoodthing :

The way that Twitter works is that the "followers" list is ordered from newest followers to oldest followers. Considering that he is currently about 50th on the list, not too long before before I posted that pic.

Interesting. Might have just been set follow them by his management company to promote a bit of internet chatter (so that worked!) and perhaps give Lotus / Sauber a little nudge.

When did Massa start following Williams? Is he following anybody else?

Hope he gets a seat next year. Whether Williams will be any good is a big question. Mind you, big change in regulations could shake things up initially.