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Mike500

I don't think the British have it bad. Yes, they have to pay for Sky, yes, BBC is not showing all races, but... they have far and away the best race commentary you can get. No matter if you watch BBC or Sky, the commentary is so much more exciting, technically interesting and accurate than most othe...

Mike500

IIRC, Massa said he can see it from his speed. So that would be something you can see in the data, gaining a few km/h.

Mike500

4 seconds seems possible. With airplanes, depending on the size of both planes, they can wait 2-3 minutes between starts and leave 5 to almost 15 km between planes in the air... so, a strong wake turbulence can remain "active" for quite some time.

Mike500

Here it's in more detail: Source: http://www.sauberf1team.com/en/season/news/detail-view/-/grosser-preis-von-oesterreich-rennen-sonntag/ edit: Sorry to moderators, i quoted the entire source, because when browsing old threads in any forum, i often find that the source website is offline. So when i q...

Mike500

Laura23 wrote:Press conferences are a distraction to the doctors, the cause a fuss around the hospital that they don't need.

Of course the press conference on Wednesday won't be at the hospital. It will be held in Albertville, which is over 80 km away, by state prosecutor Patrick Quincy.

Mike500

Information from Spiegel Online (german) seems to confirm that the crash happened at a low speed. A man from Germany was standing on the piste and filming his girlfriend with his smartphone, while one can make out the accident happening in the background. The witness says that Michael wasn't skiing ...

Mike500

Apart from Khen's quote most of this is still just speculation and chinese whispers. The public haven't been told what happened after the fall other than his condition deteriorated at the first hospital. Unless Khen confirms anything else then it is speculation. I think we should avoid speculation ...

Mike500

Happy birthday Michael... :-(( New information about the accident is coming from Bild.de (translation follows): On Sunday morning, Schumi and his son Mick (14) meet up with friends in the French Méribel for skiing - he is on loan skis. They are on a piste of the mountain Sommet de la Saulire (2783 m...

Mike500

It seems silly, but i couldn't even celebrate New Year's Eve in a fully carefree way this time. Every so often during the evening, i kept thinking back to my idol of Formula 1. His formidable victories, his bitter defeats, the highs and the lows, the legacy of a man and his astonishing achievements....

Mike500

More details from Sabine Kehm about how the accident happened: http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/140675.html The picture is showing the area between the two pistes where it happened, a fork between the easy piste "biche" on the right, and difficult "chamois" on the left of the picture. There ...

Mike500

Euronews reports this about the accident itself: There was shock and sympathy in the French Alpine ski resort of Meribel where German former racing driver Michael Schumacher fell and banged his head on a rock. He was wearing a helmet and, by all accounts, skiing well within his capabilities. The acc...

Mike500

This was the statement being read to the press: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LBHTj-Hydc It basically says what all the news articles quote: He suffered grave head trauma with coma on arrival, which necessitated immediate neurosurgical treatment, and that he remains in a critical condition. Until...

Mike500

I would however take issue with this and Horner supposedly being mystified by the fans dislike when they blatantly change the race strategy to bring SV in front of Webber. I'm not saying give the guy chances but, it's his last season, the championship is in the bag - why scupper MW's race just so S...

Mike500

GP just reminded me of something... the GP2 start accident in Monaco. Much of the field only made it to the first corner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hHdWX0e-Gc (in German, but HD)

Mike500

Brabham BT46 B - "The Fan Car"

"I stuck a bloody great big fan on the back of the car..." - Gordon Murray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScBCoOv50dA

Mike500

I don't even bother watching or recording the race on the local (German) TV station, for reasons detailed here . And from the feedback i got, i wasn't the only one who thinks that Sky Sports UK and BBC UK are miles ahead in commentary and overall presentation quality. So if you're gonna watch it lat...

Mike500

It was not about the tribute itself. "Kimi Räikkönen has modified his helmet design following the first day of practice in Monaco, GPUpdate.net can reveal. The Finn, who is paying tribute to James Hunt, is believed to have been pushed into a change by FOM (Formula One Management). Throughout the ope...

Mike500

Just a small update. On BBC, Jake Humphrey's replacement Suzi Perry is doing an alright job, but doesn't feel like a lead anchor to me. She seems to be up on all the F1 knowledge by now, but book smart is not street smart. That natural chemistry between the presenters isn't up to par yet, but we'll ...

Mike500

I have always been of the opinion that to slow a team member down, would be cock up the pitstop, not enough fuel (the old days of refuelling) adjusting the engine maps so that the 'team member' runs a lower setting so starts being a second a lap down etc etc. Lots of subtle ways to slow down a team...

Mike500

To quote AUTOSPORT's F1 group editor Jonathan Noble: "It makes no sense at all for an outfit to invest nearly £200 million per year on its two car operation and then throw half of its efforts away by deliberately stopping one of its drivers. To suggest that the team would purposely not put enough fu...

Mike500

Covalent wrote:Is that a capture from a video? (No this is not a caption!)

At first i thought it was from this, at the end: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geDcGGOYiF0

That wasn't it though. But i'm sure it's some other video from that channel.

Mike500

On a side note, Horner said in the interview that there are also "Multi 12" T-shirts, not just "Multi 21". However, i didn't find any online. Just another rethoric trick to protect the image!

Mike500

Clearly, we haven't heard all the radio exchanges between Vettel and his team, including the "Multi 21" message which went out. Has it really gone out though? Like Gary Anderson wrote: At Red Bull, Christian Horner came on and said: "Seb, this is getting silly." That's not an order; it's just a sta...

Mike500

sixwheeler wrote:You don't expect professional people, who are paid vast sums of money, to tell such obvious lies all the time, and get away with it.

Politicians, CEOs and others do it all the time, so professionalism or earnings are a bad measuring stick...

Mike500

I rather watch the official 2012 season review. There i have HD resolution, correct aspect ratio, and background information instead of 90s techno. Sorry for the lack of constructive criticism.

Mike500

Who would blame Massa for anything regarding his teammate, really. There can be no better wingman than Massa.

Mike500

Even though there is a multi-map setting on the RB9 steering wheel, it seems Multi 21 just means "car 2 before 1" indeed. And some other interesting points (translation from motorsport-total.com ): The mystery of "Multi 21" Just before going to the podium, Webber was "tiddled off", which was evident...

Mike500

paoloandrea123, been there, done that, got the T-shirt. That stuff was 20 pages ago, mate. We've already progressed to finding out what exactly actually happened. I'm confident that we will have it all figured out in 2 1/2 weeks time.

Mike500

Unbelievable, Flavio is one to talk about other F1 team bosses, after ordering Piquet to deliberately crash his car to have Alonso win the race. As far as i'm concerned, he should keep his mouth shut about anything F1-related and go date some more supermodels if he wants.

Mike500

The point is, does this not say more about the way the world in general views Vettel? That's what i thought about too. I think if a foreign driver (your own countrymen are exempt) wins so many races that he is starting to dominate, people will start to dislike him. Now, with the MSC's domination fr...

Mike500

Mike500

Heaven forbid him having a car that isn't clear of the field. Most over rated driver in F1, Adrian Newey is three time world champion, not seb. He was highly regarded even before joining the Red Bull team, and broke some records like being the youngest driver ever to drive into the points in an F1 ...

Mike500

Not sure what country your in but in the UK thats not the case. My local Tesco for example has its kiosk right at the door. I regularly have to walk past the door to get to the kiosk area, and regularly do so with my shopping, just like everyone else. Sorry, i misunderstood you a bit, i was talking...

Mike500

I don't believe it one bit until i see an actual quote. And not what some forum member wrote, i want to see something from a reputable source. "However with the way Sebastian drives, it is logical for a team to develop its car according to his style. And that will inevitably happen in the (2010) RB...

Mike500

It'd be like walking into a shop and saying 'I'm going to steal this book...I'm gunnu do it' and walking up to the door, before it gets closed. You didnt actually commit the crime, just threatened to. Attempted theft is a criminal act too... If it can be proved. If you were to walk into a supermark...

Mike500

RickM wrote:It'd be like walking into a shop and saying 'I'm going to steal this book...I'm gunnu do it' and walking up to the door, before it gets closed. You didnt actually commit the crime, just threatened to.

Attempted theft is a criminal act too...

Mike500

Given the 'front wing gate' events of the weekend, I'd have done the same. Yet again double standards. So you'd condone an act from Webber, but not Vettel. Also, what was the reason that Vettel got the front wing? Horner gave it to Vettel for the Qualifying mostly based on championship position, no...

Mike500

Well, Schumacher never ignored team orders. He never had to, he was the clear number one, so they were all in his favor.

Mike500

It was stated by Christian Horner, his words, there was a thread on it here not long ago. I don't believe it one bit until i see an actual quote. And not what some forum member wrote, i want to see something from a reputable source. RB always made sure that their drivers have an equal status, they ...

Mike500

"car being designed for Vettel from 2009 onwards"... man, do people honestly give any credence to this kinda stuff? That's borderline conspiracy theory.

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