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by mfields262
Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:21 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 2023 pre-season thread - car launches, testing news etc
Replies: 92
Views: 15366

Re: F1 2023 pre-season thread - car launches, testing news etc

So, what is the wording for 2023, then? Appendix L, 2023: 6. Exit from the pit lane c) Except in cases of force majeure (accepted as such by the Stewards), or unless otherwise defined by the Race Director, if appointed, or Clerk of the Course, any part of a tyre of a car exiting the pit lane must n...
by mfields262
Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:38 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 2023 pre-season thread - car launches, testing news etc
Replies: 92
Views: 15366

Re: F1 2023 pre-season thread - car launches, testing news etc

Are you just quoting the new rules that introduced last year? No. I'm quoting the area in the rules that's changed. The first quote is what it was pre 2022. The 2nd quote is what it was in 2022. It has been always the same argument, for years. It doesn't say "touch", it says "cross", I think there ...
by mfields262
Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 2023 pre-season thread - car launches, testing news etc
Replies: 92
Views: 15366

Re: F1 2023 pre-season thread - car launches, testing news etc

Some changes to the sporting regs: https://www.racefans.net/2023/02/22/further-f1-rules-changes-revealed-as-fia-publishes-2023-regulations/ The most interesting is the 'Alternative Tyre Allocation' qualifying sessions. For two qualifying sessions later in the season, drivers will have one set of ha...
by mfields262
Tue Oct 18, 2022 8:45 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45872

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

So the last big "cheating" scandal in my eyes was Spygate. Let's use that as a guide and do the same punishment. $150 million (updated from $100 million USD in 2007) and thrown out of the constructor championship (which is also a loss of money, no?) And in addition a loss of double the amount they ...
by mfields262
Tue Oct 18, 2022 7:56 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45872

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

So the last big "cheating" scandal in my eyes was Spygate. Let's use that as a guide and do the same punishment. $150 million (updated from $100 million USD in 2007) and thrown out of the constructor championship (which is also a loss of money, no?) And in addition a loss of double the amount they w...
by mfields262
Sun Oct 07, 2018 11:29 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Verstappen vs. Vettel Japan 2018
Replies: 105
Views: 29850

Re: Verstappen vs. Vettel Japan 2018

I’ll go with the majority decision (especially as I was watching iron the screen along with everyone else) but I felt he was at lesser halfway alongside the inside as was the “rule” for these sort of “maneuvers” but I could be wrong.
by mfields262
Sun Oct 07, 2018 10:13 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Verstappen vs. Vettel Japan 2018
Replies: 105
Views: 29850

Verstappen vs. Vettel Japan 2018

So I’m old enough to not get into the fanboy arguments but wasn’t Vettel halfway up the inside of Verstappen at Spoon? How is that not a penalty? I know he already had one but really if we’re being fair??? For full disclosure I’m a Ferrari fan since 1985 and I was there at the race (but at the start...
by mfields262
Tue Sep 29, 2015 1:23 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Attending a GP
Replies: 721
Views: 719275

Re: Attending a GP

Got back late Sunday night from the GP. It was amazing! I sat in my seat with a giant smile on my face the entire time. Forget that it was a boring race. It wasn't boring sitting there watching them go down the start/finish straight. Oh, and they sound great (except the Honda, it sounds sickly). And...
by mfields262
Tue Sep 29, 2015 1:20 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Did Lewis Force Nico off the Track at Suzuka?
Replies: 322
Views: 57559

Re: Did Lewis Force Nico off the Track at Suzuka?

These guys are amateurs! Here's how you do it! And here's how you talk about it afterwards!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqr9U4u2j7w (just kidding, by the way) I remember that - had me chuckling at the time as well. I would side with Schumacher on that one - though, perhaps, not his explanatio...
by mfields262
Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:05 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Did Lewis Force Nico off the Track at Suzuka?
Replies: 322
Views: 57559

Re: Did Lewis Force Nico off the Track at Suzuka?

These guys are amateurs!

Here's how you do it! And here's how you talk about it afterwards!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqr9U4u2j7w

(just kidding, by the way)
by mfields262
Thu Sep 24, 2015 12:37 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Attending a GP
Replies: 721
Views: 719275

Going to my first Grand Prix!!!

Hi Everyone, Sorry for the completely selfish thread (and this should probably go in the "Attending a GP" thread but I just can't contain myself!) So tomorrow I have my shinkansen tickets from Tokyo to Nagoya and I'll be attending my first Formula One Grand Prix this weekend (I'm a teacher and there...
by mfields262
Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:21 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Attending a GP
Replies: 721
Views: 719275

Re: Attending a GP

Just purchased tickets for Suzuka! I've been a fan since I first saw a ferrari car in 1985 but have never been to a race. I'm sooooooooooooooooooo excited!!!

I have a hotel reserved in Nagoya. Any other suggestions from anyone?
by mfields262
Mon Mar 16, 2015 1:58 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Rosberg vs Vettel post race press conference...
Replies: 49
Views: 10462

Re: Rosberg vs Vettel post race press conference...

Seems I actually quite like Seb when he's not partnered up with RBR. Curiously me too :lol: I've been a Vettel fan since he first stood in for Kubica at Indy in 2007. I haven't liked it when he's acted a bit childish but let's be honest, every driver has acted childish at one point or another. Even...
by mfields262
Tue Jun 10, 2014 1:58 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Attending a GP
Replies: 721
Views: 719275

Re: Attending a GP

Any ideas for a good, not too expensive hotel near Suzuka for the GP weekend? I'm thinking I might try to get down there this year.

Thanks!
by mfields262
Fri Dec 06, 2013 11:36 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Rare, Funny & Interesting F1 Videos
Replies: 178
Views: 81578

Re: Rare, Funny & Interesting F1 Videos

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but here's some footage of Webber & Vettel starting up their engines in the garage after the race in Brazil!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90R9C2XfYXU

I love how Webber deals with the safety goggles!
by mfields262
Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:01 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: jenson button 's history report
Replies: 15
Views: 6765

Re: jenson button 's history report

He left Brawn GP at the end of his championship winning year (2009) to join McLaren for the 2010 season. 2000: drove for Williams 2001: Benetton 2002: Benetton was purchased by Renault and named Renault F1. Continue to race for the team. 2003-2005: Joined and raced for BAR Honda At the end of 2005 ...
by mfields262
Wed Oct 16, 2013 1:58 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Anyone still on here from 9 years ago?!
Replies: 355
Views: 71564

Re: Anyone still on here from 9 years ago?!

:lol: A poster named Calais... :] Been on here since mid 2003 when I first moved overseas. Much more of a lurker than a poster during that span, but just the mention of Calais brings back a ton of memories. Those posts/discussions/arguments were often hilarious. It makes me think of (in no particul...
by mfields262
Sun Oct 13, 2013 1:29 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Can Sauber catch Force India in WCC?
Replies: 11
Views: 2761

Can Sauber catch Force India in WCC?

With Hülkenberg coming on so strongly, Force India seeming to fade away (or crash away), and Gutiérrez scoring some points today, do you think that Sauber can catch Force India in the WCC this year?
by mfields262
Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:05 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Official Kimi Räikkonen thread
Replies: 17474
Views: 3785465

Re: The Official Kimi Räikkonen thread

It looks like it's confirmed on Ferrari's website:

http://formula1.ferrari.com/news/back-kimi

2 years!
by mfields262
Sun Sep 02, 2012 3:52 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Maldonado - two 5 place grid penalties for Monza
Replies: 77
Views: 15022

Maldonado - two 5 place grid penalties for Monza

One for false start, one for causing a crash...

according to Andrew Benson

http://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1
by mfields262
Sun Sep 02, 2012 3:39 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: So, head protection.
Replies: 114
Views: 19338

Re: So, head protection.

It reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc0SxqHFhxY

(wasn't this crash the reason they raised the cockpit sides?)
by mfields262
Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:23 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Ferrari has V6 engine on dyno
Replies: 29
Views: 6526

Re: Ferrari has V6 engine on dyno

Aren't the V6 engines for 2014?
by mfields262
Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:09 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Attending a GP
Replies: 721
Views: 719275

Re: Attending a GP

Great Thread!

Any hints/advice on attending the Japanese GP? I saw the prices on F1.com and nearly passed out. Trying to find the info locally but having a tough time.

Thanks in advance for any helpful info!