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I wonder if they would sound better if they increased the RPMs. Back around 20k or so yes, but that kind of defeats the object of a turbo? I dont see how a higher revving engine defeats a turbo. More rev's equals more exhaust which equals more turbine energy which equals more power to the wheels. B...

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HS Thompson, I'm curious. Your daughter couldn't have coped with the louder engines, by your own admission. Yet you want to tell us all that the louder engines aren't a problem for people's hearing and comfort? You can't have it both ways. My daughter isnt interested in attending any more races. Sh...

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huggybear wrote:
dizlexik wrote: Isn't there oval?
Some (if it still exists there). But there might be parts of the old Rettifilo runoff there?

It is part of the old Pirelli circuit.

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2fast wrote:Sounds like an excellent thing to happen in F1 next year.

Kimi Raikkonen should be their driver, but instead of no 7, he should use no 007 on his car.

They should be forced to make an extra pit stop of a Vodka Martini

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Sauber impressed me almost always, I had a deep sympathy for them. But since Monisha joined, they''re really toast, financially, technologically, aero-wise. The team has no direction. Look qt last years saga with van Der Garde, signing 4 drivers for one seat. They need to.get rid of her. I heard ru...

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Yep very much, however over the course of the season I wouldn't say it was dominant over the Red Bull car. It's debatable whether it was even quicker than the Red Bull over the season. Any talk of the Mclaren being dominant in 2012 is delusional. Not taking into account reliability, just pure speed...

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HS Thompson wrote:
pokerman wrote:
Lt. Drebin wrote:Button vs Alonso 2015. Alonso has only 67% points of Button.

(Runs and hides).
I think you need a car to have a battle?
Or at least an engine.

They have had lots and lots of engines

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James Hunt's per f1 career was nothing very special. I think he had won one French f3 race win and his best championship finish was 6th in the 1970 British F3 championship.He was fast and everyone knew it but a mix of pretty average cars and frequent collisions didn't make for great results.

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Pretty sure it's really about their using an axial flow compressor as opposed to the centrifugal compressors that everyone else is using. This actually seems to be able to produce similar boost from a smaller device at this point. The turbine might be undersized and/or the ers-h generator might lack...

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Find a friend who subscribes to Sky Sports but doesn't use all their Sky Go device accounts (everyone has at least two), and ask them to set you up an account. Set it up on a laptop, and plug the hdmi cable into a TV. Done. I was lucky, when we got Sky, Sky Sports F1 came free with the HD package, ...

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Find a friend who subscribes to Sky Sports but doesn't use all their Sky Go device accounts (everyone has at least two), and ask them to set you up an account. Set it up on a laptop, and plug the hdmi cable into a TV. Done. I was lucky, when we got Sky, Sky Sports F1 came free with the HD package, ...

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Banana Man wrote:Am I the only one who wants to see spiked tyres and an Eskimo Grand Prix? No issues with brake cooling, engine cooling, graining on the rears etc. Just flat out racing on the ice.

on a frozen lake so if you run to much downforce you are going down.

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Mcclaren are playing the system..but its a system which reflects the dieing days of the sport under totd and eccelstone who should have gone years ago. GP in Argentina ??? You are nuts !!!!! Why the heck not? There was an Argentine GP for every decade until the 2000s ; one of the greatest world cha...

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I think most F1 drivers agree the most important skill is thermal management.

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What sort of person has a larger than life sized bronze bust of himself in his office?

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The Ducati down the straight was unreal. If they can make that turn they'd have a title winner in their hands. It made Yamaha look like a moto2 bike in terms of power lol. They presently are being helped by the regulations in that they are allowed to use more fuel, I believe that will not be the ca...

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Is Putin saying "Your going to have to sharpen your pencil Bernie, Mr Blatter will sell me a World Cup for not much more than you charge for a GP"

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Lewis and Nico might have drives elsewhere and if had got a Ferrari drive in Kimi's place that might be quite interesting. Also if Mercedes had no works team so provided more support to a customer team like Williams so they could be close to Ferrari.

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Nico doesn't seem to think the move was unfair. He blames himself for carrying too much speed through T1. Funny that. PEACE. Has he changed his mind from this: "I had to avoid a collision"? You forgot to say PEACE. Seems to be a thing now. PEACE. :D Are you sure? Shouldn't that be CHEESE? As in "Bl...

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I am being objective, in the vast majority of cases rookies lose to their teammate if they have more experience. It has happened throughout history. Hamilton and perhaps James Hunt are the exceptions. As I recall Hesketh was a one car team for the first 2 years so I'm not sure how you would go abou...

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Massa is a world class driver and Bottas is finding that out via his head to head battle with the man. Simple as that. If you look at the drivers said to be the absolute best in all of F1 since Massa has been there, he has proven to be one of the most difficult guys to pass, and NOT like that other...

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it was/is 40% off on steam this weekend. 3:30 left before the offer ends.

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steoc4 wrote:Ricciardo even had a brand new engine that he put in fail after one practice session. That is beyond unacceptable really

How long did Nico's new Monza engine last before it decided to mix its water with its oil?

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In the press conference Ericsson and Massa said both Williams and Sauber had cuts over the course of the weekend. Ricciardo & Sainz said RBR/STR did not. Strange because Nasr said that Sauber didn't, is this down to different camber settings as it appears that Pirelli have set a new limit on the se...

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WEC cars have closed wheels because they're GT cars, Grand Tourers have enclosed wheels because they're meant to be based on road cars. There's no real reason why F1 cars don't and therefore no real reason why they shouldn't. It's nice to have the clarity of distinction between open wheel and GT, a...

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James Allen tweeted on the bbc live race coverage at Spa that : "Vettel could be in trouble with Stewards for not being weighed at end of #BelgianGP. Upset after tyre cost a podium" http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/formula1/32542940 Also ESPN reported similarly: "Vettel was so upset after the race h...

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IT is pretty much meaningless when it comes to single season records. Percentages allow very accurate comparisons between seasons. For example: Only one man has won more than 6 races in a season with 11 races or less. Jim Clark who won 7/10 races in 1963. Hamilton's current record of 90% pole posit...

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maybe a less distructive system similar to AMAP-ADS or Iron curtain.

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WEC cars have closed wheels because they're GT cars, Grand Tourers have enclosed wheels because they're meant to be based on road cars. There's no real reason why F1 cars don't and therefore no real reason why they shouldn't. It's nice to have the clarity of distinction between open wheel and GT, a...

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driverless cars are not that far away and once there are no people involved there shouldn't be to much risk. They've been with us from the 60's really: http://www.hobbyco.net/eComm/products/Hamilton%20Tamiya.jpg Source: http://www.hobbyco.net That's no good people could stub there fingers on joysti...

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pokerman wrote:
stratos wrote:driverless cars are not that far away and once there are no people involved there shouldn't be to much risk.
Who would watch?

As long as no one goes to watch they won't be a safety risk.

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driverless cars are not that far away and once there are no people involved there shouldn't be to much risk.

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mcdo wrote:Oh damn, I read the thread title and got excited to read that Honda were going to go with an unprecedented 2 engines in the back of each car to close down the deficit to the others

Enzo tried that to beat Mercedes 80 years ago.

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I think my one thing would be the technical regulations

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Weren't we all hearing earlier this season how Ferrari has a mega budget this year in order to put develop Mercedes? Now I know why Ferrari increased their budget size by 100 million, it was to even stay in touch with the biggest budgets in the sport. The amount of money spent by the top 4 teams in...

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It was just a bit of light rubbing in a touring car race. The only difference for what happens all the time was the radio call. Where would the likes of Plato and Neal be if a bit of contact in touring car racing got you banned. I think you are ignoring the condition of the track, it was like a ska...

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It was just a bit of light rubbing in a touring car race. The only difference for what happens all the time was the radio call. Where would the likes of Plato and Neal be if a bit of contact in touring car racing got you banned.

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the person it credits is Mike Drury of M A Horne, the first team they supplied was Williams.

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Making the cars faster and making the drivers operate at close to their limits means the drivers will make mistakes, and mistakes lead to overtaking opportunities.... no? If you want more mistakes why not just have all the teams employ much worse drivers or better still don't pay any drivers, first...

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