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I 2006 f1 cars generated their own weight in downforce at around 80mph, downforce more or less squares with speed so the idea that todays cars couldn't produce the downforce needed to more than equal its weight at 200mph now is obviously way out.

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What he said proved that the Lemans was faster through the corners. I don't care if it is faster in one lap. Obviously the hybrid F1 is faster in a straight line , but to me it's unfathomable that a Lemans driver would complain about grip in an F1 car. As far as I can see the highest Spa trap speed...

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Old Top Gear is not new Top Gear. Other than the name and the fact they are about cars the two shows share nothing , and we would not be getting the reaction if PunchGate had happened on old Top Gear. Saying that Clarkson was unknown when he started doing Top Gear back in the 1980s is just being pe...

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Evans said on the One Show he would be holding pretty much open auditions for co-presenters.

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I assumed he was talking about that old bugbear of pay drivers, although admittedly if so talking about getting paid is a bit odd. One other possibility I suppose would be that he's talking about drivers like Kimi, Button or Massa, who have had their success in F1 and are now really just sticking a...

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Given the fittest levels in f1 today compared to Nigel's when he was racing the “We had to do physical training just to be able to hang on to the car, now drivers can drive with a couple of fingers.” bit is quite funny.

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I assumed he was talking about that old bugbear of pay drivers, although admittedly if so talking about getting paid is a bit odd. One other possibility I suppose would be that he's talking about drivers like Kimi, Button or Massa, who have had their success in F1 and are now really just sticking a...

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Do you have a switch that lets you turn off F1? Do all the cars just coast to a halt on the track or does your switch also shutdown the factories, cause the lights in the hospitality to go out, the transporters to coast to a stop? You should probably make sure there are no F1 transport aircraft in t...

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Assuming 1990 is Alan's year of birth, 25 year old people used to be grown ups. Much sadder.

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And then he cries over the radio about Ricciardo's move on him in Monaco and calls for him to be punished... Ricciardo did as he Kimi wanted: "little bit more dangerous" and "more exciting” than as it would be following him around to the finish line. Do you think Ricciardo would have been so fast t...

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What people don't realise about the EU, they have a habit of butting their nose in something they know nothing about. They have forced companies to do certain things over the years which have caused hassle for customers. One petty little thing which did affect people was forcing Microsoft to instal...

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ob1kenobi.23 wrote:
Robbo-92 wrote:When on earth did Lamborghini enter the 4x4 market?
!997, this is the LM 002. Before the Miura they only made tractors.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 3-14_U.jpg

No they didn't. The Miura was not there first car the 350 GT was.

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This option is simple and not a gimmick. They are simply dumping the wastegate into it's own exhaust, rather than routing the wastegate into the exhaust as it is done now, and on road cars. Road car owners with a turbo car can choose to vent the wastegate to open air. Anyone who has driven a car wi...

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in the late 60's Keith Duckworth, Mike Costin and Colin Chapman had the following conversation Colin: Hi, I would like you to consider designing a new V8 engine for the new 3 litre formula one regulations. Ford will be providing finance for the project. Mike: how many values per cylinder do you thin...

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Blake wrote:Indeed... 37 changes for the lead. Makes it fun.

but none of the 37 were as funny as the one change at Monaco

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If a sportsman was punished for complaining about the rules there would be very few people left to play sports. I think most sportsman except the rules of their chosen sport. They might question dissensions as to how the rules are being applied or policed but they don't question the actual rules th...

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shoot999 wrote:
So what ' don't get to play' punishment would you think appropriate in this case?

Before I was thinking a fine for the team now more super license point for Lewis.

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I think the stewards should refer this radio transmission to be investigated. Seems like is disrepute case to me. It sets a worrying precedent if they punish him for this. It's a slippy slope to banning radio communications entirely. While it's most likely code, it could have been a genuine questio...

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I think the stewards should refer this radio transmission to be investigated. Seems like is disrepute case to me. It sets a worrying precedent if they punish him for this. It's a slippy slope to banning radio communications entirely. While it's most likely code, it could have been a genuine questio...

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Do you suppose Lewis had a splinter in his eye again and couldn't see for himself if the weather was good or not? Probably! ;) In all seriousness, if the Stewards want to use this as a test case to enforce the new rule, anything more than a reprimand is excessive for an infringement in P1. I don't ...

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I think the stewards should refer this radio transmission to be investigated. Seems like is disrepute case to me. It sets a worrying precedent if they punish him for this. It's a slippy slope to banning radio communications entirely. While it's most likely code, it could have been a genuine questio...

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Hamilton "Was my turn 1 good?" Radio "I'm not aloud to tell you that." Hamilton "Is the weather good?" Radio "Yes, the weather is good" Gotta love loopholes Wait.... Is this for real? :lol: Yep! :lol: Brilliant I think the stewards should refer this radio transmission to be investigated. Seems like...

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Couldn't be bothered to translate the binary, but I'm old enough to have been able to read it if it was in hexadecimal or even ..... octal. I could afford a Rolex, but I'd rather have VD than dangle one of them on my wrist. I've never meat a Rolex collector who wasn't a total tool. Patek Phillipe, ...

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More to the point, WHICH CAR??? I'd use Audis, just to add fuel to the fire of whether they are joining F1 or not! I'd rather prefer something RWD. So not Audi. BMW's M235i would be nice. Somewhat in the spirit of the old M3's and 190E Evo's. The current 3 and C have gotten too big and heavy :) The...

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Oh I think that would make the sport look even sillier. It'd just look like an energy drink company series. Which is all well and good until this company decides it wants to give it a go.. http://www.bcenergy.co.nz/images/bca4a.jpg Source: http://www.bcenergy.co.nz/about.php Haven't heard of this s...

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For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone. All that "obeying the law" has been making it difficult to arrest people! We are going to need a lot more prisons if they are going to lock up people for obeying th...

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Yes. For good reason. The damage the Blair administration did is what the Tories have spent the last 5 years trying to fix! When Blair first came to power the Uk had almost zero debt and a pretty strong manufacturing economy. Now look at us. Another 5 years of Labour and we would have been like Gre...

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The latest f1today news about Schumacher's condition says "The latest news about 46-year-old former Ferrari and Mercedes driver Schumacher". I can see why they wouldn't mention Jordan after all it was just one race but he did win 2 championships for Benetton so you would think they might get a menti...

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An actor, a drugs dealer and a lorry mechanic, sounds like the start of a joke.

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Lewis hasn't won races in every season at all. Races is plural and in 2013 he only had one race win.

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Take this year LMP1 919 Porsche, take out the 2l v4 turbo and pop in a 917/30 CanAm 5.4l Twin turbo.

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0.016s*850hp = 13.6s per lap slower if no engine at all. 8) Well actually of the PU weighs 145kg then they'll be 5.8 seconds quicker over the lap without it so only 7.8 seconds slower due to power deficit. But I suppose without an engine you have no need for fuel so can take another 3.5 seconds. Th...

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cosworth would be in, Ferrari would be in..I can see Honda as they produce V6sand easily go to 8s as they did so in the past for Indy, GM can be in for sure they are ramping the racing division and profits are up big time at GM . MB will not pull out they will yell and scream but not pull out. I th...

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hittheapex wrote:
SchumieRules wrote:
mcdo wrote:Mika Hakkinen scored two penalties at Euro '96?
Almost a hat-trick!

he also came third in Eurovision that year

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I think they should stick with the 3 guys format but go for Bernie Ecclestone, Eddie Irvine and Prince Andrew.

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I'm sure he only didn't know the English, not really one of the first words you learn in a third or fourth language is it?

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I've always said that car setups are just like any other piece of the teams intellectual property and so belongs to the teams.

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http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/31942251 F1 engineers have a formula for working out what a lap-time deficit is equivalent to in terms of horsepower. This is, on average, 0.016secs per bhp. So 2.9secs down is equivalent to 181bhp; 3.9secs is 244bhp; 5secs is 312bhp. Now, not all the McLaren-Hon...

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