Can I also ask for 'clarification' here from someone who understands the rule better than I? How can a bypass of any description be legal? 'At x speed (due I assume to air flow in a tunnel) air is 'redirected' to a different path. How is this not construed as 'movable aero'? There must be some sort ...

Any new gizmo that gives one team an advantage will always be protested in some way (and should be) Often it will be in the form of asking for 'clarification of the rule' There is an off chance the teams protesting can gleen some information form it, to use themselves, and of course there is the cha...

The whole thing is a can of worms. (in UK motorway speed is 70 mph 'side roads' 30 mph) I see a good condition motorway as safe at 'several' mph over the limit, but many side streets 10 mph or mph or more too fast. Most people, driving instructors in particular, lose sight of the fact that a limit i...

At the end of the season, its not just how many points you have, but also how many others have. Each point Button gets he takes from someone else. If it is the competition, fine. If it is a team mate with a better chance, then I think he should, and would, concede. Dont forget, something could happe...

problem is still poor race pace from mclaren. They had huge quali advantage which translated to narrow if not on par race advantage. They lose too much time to managing the tryes. I see Mclarren's weakness as strategy, not the current car. Had Hamilton followed the pit call immediately, as Button d...

Ferrari are big on 'image', to bring back a driver they sacked mid contract would be admitting it was their car at fault, not the driver. Not on.

Seanie wrote:http://planetf1.com/driver/18227/794511 ... ncial-woes

Craig Pollock in failed F1 project shocker. The guy seems cursed.

Cursed? I wonder who's money has gone down the pan? His or the investors?

I doubt he will take a hit.

As I said above, I know little (or less) about oval racing, but had some thoughts which maybe someone who does know can discuss for me. Points I would like to know the effect of. Acceleration, Fuel, Tyres, Brakes, Rev limit It seems a F1 car would be half way around the lap when the oval racer is ex...

I want to make the point. The blur flag rule is not 3 corners. It is 3 consecutive waved blue flags to incure a penalty. Correct to clarify this. Also, blue flags have always been part of F1, it means you are being overhalled by a faster car, not necessarily a car lapping you, so take care not to o...

If the problem is that a setting can be altered (under restricted conditions or not) without a tool, why would a mechanic be 'seen hiding' a tool in a rag? My thoughts, getting around the rules is what F1 does. Deliberately doing something that is set in stone, like parc ferme rules is something els...

Ovals: Indycars go up to 240mph/388kph where an F1 car tops out at around 220mph/340kph. Too big a difference to overcome. If you put an indycar engine in a F1 chassis though, the Indycars will be nowhere. Drag strips: Against which cars? Any decent drag car will leave an F1 car in it's dust. F1 ca...

Used to be 'handed' everything. From jobs to penalties to poles.

DOLOMITE wrote:Looks like at attempt at the record for lowest BASE jump.

Thats exactly what went through my mind
His 'chute didnt open.

Something as simple as bending an airduct out with grips so it chaffed the tyre?

On the reverse of above, I just put my 95 Previa (sort of our 3rd or spare workhorse car) through its M.O.T

Almost 18 years old and again it went straight through. Advisory for 2 tyres.

The todo with Hamilton unlapping himself, once again shows up the 'Blue flag rules'. It is also apparent that is hampering the tail end and even lower mid field cars far more than at first thoughts. As I have said before, and got scragged for, the blue flag rule that says jump out of the way is ridi...

Not a 'simple question' Or rather not a simple answer from me I did not like him when he was sweeping the board, but I did consider him as the best. I did not want him to come back and destroy the legend. He came back and has been an 'also ran'. Not a bad record if he had not previously been a super...

The difference is that the copy is not authentic. By your own accord, I take it you feel a Cobra Kit car is that same as a genuine Carroll Shelby 427 Side Oil Cobra or any other kit car is just as good as the real thing. If somewhere down the line these guys find themselves in dire straights, they ...

Geez,,,, I just realised :? I actually owned most of those nominated :uhoh: Good Grief.... I do hope you have also owned someting NOT on the list? :D Oh yes, plenty of good ones too. Usually I had a nice one and the missis had something that was bought for the cost of the fuel in the tank with a ne...

Geez,,,, I just realised I actually owned most of those nominated

A trophy is just a chunk of metal or glass. It has no soul no character no individuality, so what does it matter who gets the original and who the copy, provided they are identical and made by the same craftsman. If the terms and conditions of employment say you get a copy, so what? It is only a sym...

Well I have to put my hand up and say I was dead against F1 going to sky, but half way through the first season I now admit it was the best thing that ever happened to F1. There is much more for us regulars, and also I am now getting conversations on F1 with people who previously had on interest in ...

Oblivion (elder scrolls 1V).
I am on around 200 hours and still love it.


Dont do Skyrim until you have killed off oblivion you will miss out half a years game.

Not a big Alonso fan, but anyone with eyes has to say he is the stand out driver this year. This in probability because the current regs, tires in particular, suit his style and mindset. If the tire spec changes, or even if he gets a team mate that annoys him, things could change, but this year he d...

Is there an Andretti looking for a drive then

If ever there was a combination looking for eachother, its Williams and Kovalainen

You lot would shue mak a joke out of anything. which formula won? There were lot us to chose from.

I think some posters are ( choosing to? ) misunderstanding his meaning of the phrase 'daddy's boys'. I took it to mean that they have known no other life than being sheltered and groomed as F1 drivers from an early age, and having a lot of what others had to fight for, on a plate for them in compari...

I think Perez will inherit a win from being in the right place at the right time. It may well be in a curtailed race where it does not go the distance, or where an incident near the end takes out cars infront of him. No reflection on him, but I dont think his car has it in a straight fight.

I am already sick of hearing about the 2012 Olympics.

I will watch much of it, but ho boy, the rubbish we are already getting!!!

What a timely thread.

Today, I finished my chemo. Life is good, don't squander it. I am going to use what bonus I have been given to the full.

What note do you get if you drop a piano down a pitshaft?





A flat minor