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- Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:07 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Today is a sad day for the history of F1...
- Replies: 102
- Views: 20195
Re: Today is a sad day for the history of F1...
I think you may have missed the point, 30 years ago they were used to make large engines even more powerful, next year they are being used to make small engines more powerful. It's not the turbo that's important, its the size of the engine. Ehh? Thirty years ago in F1 the turbo-charged engines were...
- Sun Jun 02, 2013 1:53 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Drivers who use their money to get a seat..
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4882
Re: Drivers who use their money to get a seat..
This seems to answer the OP's question: http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sport ... atN00Csim4 (figures quoted are in Australian Dollars)
- Fri May 24, 2013 7:17 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Physics/Maths of F1 acceleration and speeds
- Replies: 80
- Views: 14526
Re: Physics/Maths of F1 acceleration and speeds
Anyone else getting the feeling that Flyboy is getting a little chuckle out of how many times he can ask the same question and get the same answer (relative). I'm actually chuckling more at the number of different answers I'm getting to the same question. Who'd have thought so many people with an i...
- Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:07 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: McLaren-Lamborghini in 1993... why didn't they do it?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4765
Re: McLaren-Lamborghini in 1993... why didn't they do it?
Lamborghini was owned at the time by GM, who didn't want to invest in the engine. McLaren had a customer deal with Ford for '93, however the Lambo V12 was evaluated as an alternative for '93 in the absence of anything else, and if it had looked a better bet than the Ford early in the season it migh...
- Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:54 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2013 Bahrain GP Practice and Qualy thread..
- Replies: 193
- Views: 39661
Re: 2013 Bahrain GP Practice and Qualy thread..
Zain telecom a company of Airtel india is the new title sponsor for Mclaren Zain and Vodafone are the same company, since Sep 2012 Airtel Telecom bought Zain back in 2010. The Vodafone thing is just a partnership to share bandwidth. Vodafone and Zain announced a partnership last September: http://w...
- Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:45 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: McLaren-Lamborghini in 1993... why didn't they do it?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4765
Re: McLaren-Lamborghini in 1993... why didn't they do it?
There's a fuller explanation of the McLaren/Chrysler flirtation here: http://8w.forix.com/mc-lambo.html
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:24 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: toto wolff drunk?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5524
Re: toto wolff drunk?
I think the real Toto Wolff probably knows how to spell Brackley too!
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:31 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: FRIC System
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7170
Re: FRIC System
Deja vu all over again! Fundamentally, this is the same principle as the Hydrolastic suspension system that my first ever car (an 850 cc Mini) had back in 1969 (or the earlier, more complex hydro-pneumatic system developed by Citroen). BMC's Hydrolastic was never used in F1 but it was tried in Indy ...
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 8:58 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Fitness
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9899
Re: Fitness
Currently, Sebastian Vettel's diet is mostly humble pie and his exercise regime is dodging the media
- Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:20 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Best one-liners from the world of motorsport
- Replies: 80
- Views: 15894
Re: Best one-liners from the world of motorsport
"Like riding a bicycle around your living room"
Nelson Piquet's description of racing at Monaco
Nelson Piquet's description of racing at Monaco
- Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:36 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Are They All Pay Drivers?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2639
Re: Are They All Pay Drivers?
I think BlackBerry's sponsorship of Mercedes is their first foray into F! - certainly don't recall them sponsoring McLaren previously. Perhaps you're thinking of Siemens or SAP, who did sponsor McLaren in a small way some time ago:
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:35 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Best one-liners from the world of motorsport
- Replies: 80
- Views: 15894
Re: Best one-liners from the world of motorsport
"Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
Colin Chapman
Colin Chapman
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:23 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Best one-liners from the world of motorsport
- Replies: 80
- Views: 15894
Re: Best one-liners from the world of motorsport
"When the flag drops, the bullshit stops"
Jack Brabham
Jack Brabham
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:58 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Button's strategy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3708
Re: Button's strategy
One question here... you have to use the same set of tyres as quali or same kind?? as in if a driver uses one set of super softs for quali and a new set of super soft to start race... or has to be same super soft which he used in quali? The exact same set of tyres that he driver set their fastest l...
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:48 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Group Lotus to be wound up
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3119
Re: Group Lotus to be wound up
Even if Group Lotus were to be liquidated it wouldn't affect the Lotus F1 team, which is neither owned nor sponsored by Group Lotus. The only connection between the two companies is the name.
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:14 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10558
Re: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
Damon Hill testing a Ligier at Suzuka in 1996 http://bandverde.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/damonhillbridgestone.jpg Technically speaking, he was testing tires in a Bridgestone car 8) A Bridgestone car that just happened to be a Ligier - and at the exact time that he was pondering whether to accept ...
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:30 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10558
Re: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
I'm surprised this one hasn't already been posted - James Hunt testing a Williams in 1990, when he was thinking about making a comeback. The test was enough to convince him to stay in retirement.
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:38 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10558
Re: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
Perhaps I was wrong about that Ligier seat - here is Niki testing a Ligier at Zandvoort in 1977
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:33 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10558
Re: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
The only time James Hunt and Niki Lauda were seriously interested in a Ligier seat?
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:11 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10558
Re: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
1972 and the Matra MS120 again but this time it's Zeltweg and the interloper in the cockpit is Niki Lauda
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:59 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10558
Re: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
Another Graham Hill extra-curricular drive. This time helping out Matra by doing a day's testing in an MS120 at Jarama in 1972 because regular driver Chris Amon was ill.
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:46 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10558
Re: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
Damon Hill testing a Ligier at Suzuka in 1996 http://bandverde.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/damonhillbridgestone.jpg Technically speaking, he was testing tires in a Bridgestone car 8) A Bridgestone car that just happened to be a Ligier - and at the exact time that he was pondering whether to accept ...
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:18 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10558
Re: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
Graham Hill driving the Ferguson P99 in the Tasman Series 1963 http://www.theroaringseason.com/attachment.php?s=ef45fc1fcbdef362c4761499c4e127fa&attachmentid=7187&d=1334031526 and Graham Hill again - this time in a Porsche 718 at the 1960 Solitude Grand Prix http://8w.forix.com/ghill/gh-soli60.jpg
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:57 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10558
Re: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
Damon Hill testing a Ligier at Suzuka in 1996
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:45 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10558
Re: F1 drivers in 'not their usual' racing cars.
Bruce McLaren driving an Eagle-Weslake in the 1967 French Grand Prix http://www.buyf1merchandise.co.uk/product_images/eagle-t1g-acf-grand-prix-1967-8-b-mclaren-1-43.jpg And returning the favour - Dan Gurney driving a McLaren Ford in the 1968 US Grand Prix http://www.grandprixlegends.com/Images/Produ...
- Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:00 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Car Countdown to the 2013 F1 Season
- Replies: 694
- Views: 145583
- Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:07 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Car Countdown to the 2013 F1 Season
- Replies: 694
- Views: 145583
- Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:25 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Car Countdown to the 2013 F1 Season
- Replies: 694
- Views: 145583
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:34 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Car Countdown to the 2013 F1 Season
- Replies: 694
- Views: 145583
- Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:41 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Formula One and the Indianapolis 500
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4443
Re: Formula One and the Indianapolis 500
The period when full-time F1 drivers also raced in the Indy 500 was actually quite brief - just a decade from Jack Brabham's pioneering drive in the Cooper T54 in 1961 to 1971 when Denny Hulme and Jack Brabham flew the flag for active F1 racers for the final time. Even between 1950 and 1960, when th...
- Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:10 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Car Countdown to the 2013 F1 Season
- Replies: 694
- Views: 145583
- Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:20 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Formula One and the Indianapolis 500
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4443
Re: Formula One and the Indianapolis 500
I think it's a relic of the old era, where as others have said you could combine the two. The closest you'll see these days is when someone wins the Indy 500 and then transfers across to F1, which is pretty rare in itself, only Villeneuve has done it in recent years from when I remember (ironic con...
- Fri Feb 22, 2013 5:10 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Car Countdown to the 2013 F1 Season
- Replies: 694
- Views: 145583
- Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:03 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Will Force India run as a 1 car team??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6811
Re: Will Force India run as a 1 car team??
From the FIA F1 Sporting Regulations 2012: 19) CHANGES OF DRIVER 19.1 a) During a season each team will be permitted to use four drivers. Changes may be made at any time before the start of the qualifying practice session provided any change proposed after 16.00 on the day of scrutineering receives ...
- Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:26 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Car Countdown to the 2013 F1 Season
- Replies: 694
- Views: 145583
- Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:06 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Car Countdown to the 2013 F1 Season
- Replies: 694
- Views: 145583
- Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:05 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Car Countdown to the 2013 F1 Season
- Replies: 694
- Views: 145583
- Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:27 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Car Countdown to the 2013 F1 Season
- Replies: 694
- Views: 145583
- Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:46 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Car Countdown to the 2013 F1 Season
- Replies: 694
- Views: 145583
- Sat Feb 16, 2013 4:37 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: HRT cars sold to Spanish auto-breaker
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3655
Re: HRT cars sold to Spanish auto-breaker
So much for the "Scorpion Racing" fairy story! For this year yes, but if it it isn't vapor and they are trying to make it onto the grid next year last years chassis wouldn't be much use to them. Scorpion was intending to operate with just 60 staff (half the HRT workforce) including those at the wor...