"Renault have had flexy wings from the start of the season. Many teams had - BMW was one for example. In fact, as Geoff Willis said, there are so many examples of flexy wings and behind-the-scenes activity, that it is irresponsible and unreasonable to single out Ferrari, for what is a perfectly legal car that passed all FIA tests - just like ALL the other cars on the grid. But I find this constant whinging about Ferrari, now that they are back on form, particularly amusing. Please do continue... "

Just wanted to know what view does Biggie/Flotch/Eza use.

Quote from Greboth :

Made me smile but so obviously fake too.

Hint?

Quote from Blackout :

*had

Yes I agree with you, he changed so much. Was really surprised how he's content to play second fiddle to Raikkonen last year. I can't imagine he would yield an inch in his Williams days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6K9L6sU1_k

This guy has his moments.

Seems to be a kite.

I knew loads of people who could make weird English sentences, but never saw anyone who has a goodish vocabulary yet make such wonderfully messed combination of words. This mitsufumi is a genius. And I nearly urined when watching his post.

Quote from Hankstar :

Old enough to know better than to answer age polls
I was born in July, 10 years after the introduction of the 3-litre engine in F1. Do the maths!

relax, half of the LFS population falls into our group.

Quote from NotAnIllusion :

I are know that, look here
I can still express my boredom, despite it being the nature of the type of racing. In fact, I'm also displeased with anything that results in turning down revs or otherwise saving the engine for another day. Engine & tire rules suck, as does the 1st part of the last section of quali, not to mention the mannequin crap the drivers are these days, no offence to good driver but I'd rather see them drive than curb every flipping aggression.

Back to the days when passes were made, to the extent that even illegal blocking was not unheard of!

And I'm not deluded, you're deluded thinking I'm deluded. My opinion is based on what I want to see while I'm perfectly aware that the top drivers are putting everything in it thoughout. Immediately after Alonso had pitted for the 2nd time Schumacher went much much faster for several laps, and if it weren't for the sodding aero rubbish that makes passing near enough impossible on a track where there supposedly are opportunities for it not only had he probably gone faster earlier, but he'd have caught up earlier and had more reason to pass.

Couldn't agree more! Engine rule sucks, and I want slicks back. Burning fuel in the first part of Q3 is kinda stupid really, and it seems they will change it very soon.

"Back to the days when passes were made, to the extent that even illegal blocking was not unheard of!"---post of the day

But by the comment "Schumacher went much much faster for several laps", I think you are still to an extent, deluded. Check them out---lap times around FA's second pit stop:

Schumacher---Alonso
1.32.544---1.32.7xx
1.32.523---1.32.53x
1.32.420---Pit Stop(7.6s)
1.32.099---1.55.1xx
1.32.1xx---1.33.7xx
Pit Stop(6.8s)---...

Three tenths a lap = 0.1 seconds per sector, do you still call that "much much faster"? Of course if you think Suzuka 2000 was boring as well...

Grand Prix racing at its finest.

Quote from NotAnIllusion :

It's annoying to see that Schumacher could have gone much faster than Alonso while behind him, and not even trying to go for the pass.

Boy your deluded. Below I quote MS in the press conference---



Michael Schumacher: "It was no surprise that it was difficult because we were driving pretty competitively and as quick as we could. It’s a bit more difficult behind when you’re driving in the slipstream and the wind conditions today made it a bit tricky in certain areas. "

"I always thought we could do it at the first pit-stop, but then I pushed a bit too high at turn six and almost lost it and that was probably the reason that I had to spend more time behind until the last pit-stop, which was interesting because it was varying quite a bit in certain parts of the race where Fernando sometimes seemed a bit slower and then sometimes I seemed to be a bit slower and then I was picking it up again and he had a pit-stop where he was pushing very hard, but we could match his sort of pace."

"I had two occasions, honestly. One was when Fernando went into the pits and I pushed, naturally, pretty hard and I got a bad tail wind in one corner which almost took me off the circuit and then during the race, probably lap 24, I went wide in turn 11, I think, which was quite tricky, and I lost quite a bit of ground. But then, at that stage, Fernando was strong in the middle sector of the second stint, I was pretty strong and then we were pretty equal before the pit stops. "






This race is head to head, even steven, just like in Bahrain. Difference is though, this time MS wins. No one's sandbagging, it's all about fractions, and watching people competing at this level gives me total satisfaction.

Quote from ajp71 :

Dull and boring watched the first 2 thirds of it :yawn:

Lap times are so delicate that all those drivers are struggling to squeeze every and each tenth out of the car, and sometimes a race is decided upon one tenth of a second. You don't need everybody huddling together and scratching each other for position for a race to be exciting, at this level of racing the competition happens everywhere and one single delay could ruin your race. If you could follow for the entire race onboard with one driver, say Montoya, it would be very interesting to see how the race unfolded.

A good race overall, I enjoy the tussles of the midfield between RB/JPM/JV/RS/GF as well as the race at the very front. The way Michael Schumacher put on blindingly fast times after Alonso's second pit stop was just awesome.

At one stage during his second stint, MS suddenly lost about 2 seconds to Alonso, he explained afterwards that he went a bit wide at turn 11, and people hardly noticed that. It is that fast.

Quote from Kris-Is-Awesome :

Hey everyone, I'm S2 liscensed now!!! Cant wait to go play!

Seems that you've got a brand new one. Congratulations, and enjoy!

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http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/8926/sinttulo16ua.gif


Watch them!

Quote from tristancliffe :

Look at his sig, and then his nationality - it explains everything

I see, thanks.

Well done Janezki.

Quote from SuperSportBilly :

I tried the LFS demo a little while ago and enjoyed it but returned to GT Legends and RBR.

I tried the new demo and thought it just felt better so I bought an S2 licence.

I have tried most of the cars and I`m impressed how differently they feel.

I enjoy the XF GTI and LX4 / LX6 (thinking of buying a Caterham / Westfield !) - also enjoy the Formula XR (Formula Ford ?).

I am used to sim racing and can keep it on track, keep out of the way of the speed demons but still race consistently with those around my speed.

I have tried a few online races but it was all a bit hit and miss - a couple of really quick people and others coming and going - chaotic.

I don`t know where to go with this now. GT legends forced me to work through car & track combinations which was fun and good practice for online racing.

Do I need to join a league for good racing or should I persevere with pickup races ?

Is there a recognised career path for a newbie ?

Thanks

Very nice analysis/observation you made, I have exactly the same feeling. After some actions both online and offline you just feel that little bit of emptyness...yeah it's good, but what next?

There may be some leagues running, but I haven't seen any championship going on.

Quote from Janezki :

Hmmm.. I'd sell my account for - say - half the price? Anyone??? No? darn...

Only joking, I wouldn't sell it for a million (mmm then again...) but maybe there are persons who'd do such a thing. Doubt that they are any of the regulars in this forum...

how come you bought so many vouchers? have you persuaded all your friends into playing it?

Quote from Leifde :

has anyone got any videos of the old Hockenheim? (The long one that went into the woods)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0MNYpCcl7A

I uploaded it for you, enjoy!

JPM vs KR at Hockenheim, cant remember which year.

http://video.google.com/videop ... 88&q=fisi&pl=true

Quote from JTbo :

I think they have TC setting for tire warm up in F1, as they have different settings for launch and wet too.

According to Martin Brundle, they swtich TC off when doing the stunt.

Nice.

Quote from speedfreak227 :

...... doesn't it seem suspicious that two years in a row they've started off with a semi-good-enough car for the first few races and then when they show up at their home track they've got a world-beater F1 machine all of a sudden?

as i remember last year their car wasn't that great after imola again as well. but maybe i'm remembering incorrectly.illepall

all i know is that this is the second year in a row they've made an incredible improvement for their home race. in fact, it's more of an improvement than most teams ever make with a car package update.

maybe it's just meillepall anyone else see it this way?

speedfreak227

Anyone who followed F1 would know last year Michelin made a mistake in tyre choice at Imola, the Michelin runners had their rubbers long gone towards the end of the race, while Bridgestones performed brilliantly especially two thirds onward in the race. That's simply the reason why Schumacher could close up so quickly. And this year, their car is just fast enough to keep Renualt honest.

By the way, the race at Imola is called the San Marino GP, Ferrari sucked big time at last year's Italian GP.

Isn't it a straightforward way to ask your parents for it since your still 16?

Quote from keiran :

No way would MS decide to back off and lose over a 10second lead illepall The fact that both Massa and Schumacher were dropping back after the pit stop was enough evidence to prove that there was tyre problems. Probaly due to them using too many sets of tyres during qualifying.

JPM most likely backed out of it to save the engine for the next race, if I remember rightly he has to take this engine to the next GP and bouncing over the Imola kerbs at full atack aint going to help its relability.

Keiran

http://www.formula1.com/race/news/4275/754.html
Q: So what was the key?
Pat Symonds: The really significant thing was that on the free lap after Fernando pitted, Michael showed he had some performance in reserve. On the lap we pitted, he did a lap of 1:25.7 - where his average speed in the ten previous laps, was 1:27.4. The lap-times during the second stint had not suggested he had that performance in reserve.


And please take my advice to always think twice before using this smiley illepall to comment on others' opionions.

This is for those who said there's no overtaking this race

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CHLQ6WF0

Quote from aoun :

lol you should know that racing isnt as easy as you see on tv.. thats an extremely hard track to pass espesh when you have 2 simmilar cars..


montoya (my fav) was stupid..

14laps to go.. 13sec behind pos 1 and 2.. he said he was "cruzing".. and was doing it at the same pace as alonso and schumy who were pushing.. if monty pushed and got 1sec lap quicker which was easily possible, he would have caught up.. may have been held up to, but alonso made 2 mistakes which costed him almost 3sec.. which could have given monty 2nd..meh..

Well said, at that stage MS intentional backed off his pace, partly because of his tyre problem, partly a tactical maneuver. JPM would seriously stand a chance to challenge for win had he upped his game towards the end. A pity for him, and kinda stupid.