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by wire2004
Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:28 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Victory from thew jaws of defeat...
Replies: 23
Views: 4504

Re: Victory from thew jaws of defeat...

I think that the only logical answer is kimis championship in 2007. Maybe hunt winning in 76. But they are my only for thoughts.
by wire2004
Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:53 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Motorsport Magazine's petition to reform F1
Replies: 9
Views: 2613

Re: Motorsport Magazine's petition to reform F1

Some of it is a little over the top. But the general gist is there. If they tinker a little on this. And not go too stupid. Bring it back in to round 00 levels of car. With 80s wing. 1 elements only. We could be onto a winner.
by wire2004
Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:58 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Ecclestone wants bigger F1 teams to run third car
Replies: 43
Views: 8802

Re: Ecclestone wants bigger F1 teams to run third car

Bernie is manipulating the situation for money. Maybe CVC have reported half year or quarterly profits are down.

But I'd go for 3 car teams. And 1 car teams and 2 car teams. Also increase the grid to 40 cars maximum. But make sure the 107% rule is also strictly enforced.
by wire2004
Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:55 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Bernie to drop Monza from the calendar?!
Replies: 64
Views: 10961

Re: Bernie to drop Monza from the calendar?!

I like the fact a moderator is getting in on the act. Why can't our moderators have a personality like that and have a opinion.
by wire2004
Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:06 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Winner of British GP
Replies: 54
Views: 9680

Re: Winner of British GP

Hamilton. He will be gunning for revenge Wasn't he gunning for revenge in Canada and Austria? ;) And look how well he performed in the race ;) excluding qualifying lol. Well, unfortunately, qualifying matters just as much as the race because you can't complete the race distance as quickly from 9th ...
by wire2004
Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:14 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: FIA Reform
Replies: 40
Views: 7969

Re: FIA Reform

FIA is the governing body for all automobile racing. There is no separate 'leader' for F1 racing as far as I know. The FIA president happens to be someone who has been involved with F1 (Ferrari) for a long time but has also been involved in sportscar racing before. His predecessor Mosley was also i...
by wire2004
Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:33 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Formula E
Replies: 881
Views: 204642

Re: Formula E

do you think that there will be enough topics and discussion to warrant formula e its own sub forum.

Edit. I asked the mods in the report button. (probably wrong way to do it) to see if we have enough to warrant its own sub forum.
by wire2004
Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:06 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: FIA Reform
Replies: 40
Views: 7969

Re: FIA Reform

You do know that the FIA's remit is not just to run F1? Its main role is to represent the interests of motoring organisations and car users, and the position of President is a political post. How many ex-drivers are going to be able to talk to world leaders about improving safety standards in road ...
by wire2004
Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:04 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: f1 budgets in recent years...
Replies: 18
Views: 4904

Re: f1 budgets in recent years...

I read somewhere that the 93 Williams cost £30 Million.

So in todays Money. £53,334,000
by wire2004
Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:57 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: FIA Reform
Replies: 40
Views: 7969

Re: FIA Reform

You do know that the FIA's remit is not just to run F1? Its main role is to represent the interests of motoring organisations and car users, and the position of President is a political post. How many ex-drivers are going to be able to talk to world leaders about improving safety standards in road ...
by wire2004
Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:55 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do teams HAVE to run 2 cars?
Replies: 23
Views: 6444

Re: Do teams HAVE to run 2 cars?

What's the minimum amount of cars needed on the grid before the 3 cars per team rule kicks in? I'm assuming that rule still exists? The 'Three Car' rule was never put on the books and is, in fact, against Rule 28.1 (' Each competitor may have no more than two cars available for use at any one time ...
by wire2004
Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:47 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Winner of British GP
Replies: 54
Views: 9680

Re: Winner of British GP

Hamilton. He will be gunning for revenge
by wire2004
Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:44 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Standing starts after safety cars
Replies: 239
Views: 41566

Re: Standing starts after safety cars

Imagine Merc being 30 seconds ahead of 3rd place car, and then at the restart Vettel wins from 4th. Too much of a lottery and punishes lead drivers too much. Even worse - imagine someone getting seriously injured or killed on a re-start after a Safety Car, all in the name of 'Improving the Show'. I...
by wire2004
Sat Jun 28, 2014 1:10 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Caterham likely to be sold ASAP.
Replies: 87
Views: 19333

Re: Caterham likely to be sold ASAP.

What about team sky???
by wire2004
Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:27 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Why don't Mercedes, Ferrari and Lotus support a FAIR go?
Replies: 5
Views: 2359

Re: Why don't Mercedes, Ferrari and Lotus support a FAIR go?

Why should the mercs Ferraris and lotus support the teams with the weight increase.

Here is the headline news that will shock
THE TEAMS HAVE KNOWN THE REGULATIONS FOR 2 YEARS.
The teams have had plenty of time to make a car that conforms to the weight limit.
So in my view
Tough fairy cakes
by wire2004
Mon Jun 23, 2014 4:38 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Slip Stream. Car is 4 Seconds ahead.
Replies: 14
Views: 4962

Re: Slip Stream. Car is 4 Seconds ahead.

Even brundle was sceptical
by wire2004
Mon Jun 23, 2014 4:36 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2014 WDC
Replies: 81
Views: 12111

Re: 2014 WDC

As long as either driver is 14 points or less behind going into Abu Dhabi. The championship is still on. 1-2s for the rest of the season we can assume. Hamilton I feel will have the upper hand in most of the races. It will come down to double points
by wire2004
Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:44 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2014 Austrian GP Race Thread
Replies: 388
Views: 48264

Re: 2014 Austrian GP Race Thread

If Mercedes want to win this. Hamilton needs to pit first. Rosberg is struggling.
by wire2004
Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:38 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Slip Stream. Car is 4 Seconds ahead.
Replies: 14
Views: 4962

Slip Stream. Car is 4 Seconds ahead.

If anyone is watching sky sports f1 with the fillipe lap with martin brundle.
Explain what fillipe is saying. I'm not dumb and stupid. But surely what he is saying is impossible.

Surely you cant have a slip stream with a car that is half way up the straight.
by wire2004
Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:15 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2014 Austrian GP Race Thread
Replies: 388
Views: 48264

Re: 2014 Austrian GP Race Thread

Beschy wrote:Brundle is an absolute poet when describing the past.

I would of liked it if he could of rode the track as it was on the bike.

It would be cool to of seen the circuit as it is now. and how it has changed. and what is there now compared to 87.

Id love to do it at hockenheim as well.
by wire2004
Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:03 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Standing starts after safety cars
Replies: 239
Views: 41566

Re: Standing starts after safety cars

Here is some Case In Points... Austrian Gp 1st and 2nd Start Crashes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T14HLURCLW8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W2xf4YRv7E 1987 Portugal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUAPEgiEtXY 2004 Australian Grand Prix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evwB22JqRsU 1998 Belgium ...
by wire2004
Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:28 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Standing starts after safety cars
Replies: 239
Views: 41566

Re: Standing starts after safety cars

BREAKING NEWS....

The 2015 restart on the grid is NOT compulsory.

Graham Lowden has stated on the notebook that it is only a OPTION for Charlie whiting to utilise. and it is dependent on the weather conditions etc...
by wire2004
Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:03 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: So what do we do to improve the 'show'?
Replies: 100
Views: 17748

Re: So what do we do to improve the 'show'?

Free To Air This would actually solve a lot of the ratings problems. Bernie was always very definite about the necessity of FTA. In fact he said losing it would be a nightmare and wrote it into the Concorde Agreement... And look whats happening to that. As for me. Just go back to how f1 was in 97. ...
by wire2004
Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:46 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Why is there no African F1 race?
Replies: 39
Views: 9393

Re: Why is there no African F1 race?

Why such high praise of kyalami. If south Africa is to return. Why not the great Phakisa Freeway in welkom. Great flowing circuit. Has both a oval and the road course the moto gp used for 4 years.
by wire2004
Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:10 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Standing starts after safety cars
Replies: 239
Views: 41566

Re: Standing starts after safety cars

Just opened the link as I thought I'd gathered it all from your replies. Death nail in the coffin of f1. This has been approved by the f1 commission. Thus all the fia need to do is ratify it and that's the deal next year. I may switch to another Motorsport next year. Any suggestions Switch to anoth...
by wire2004
Fri Jun 20, 2014 12:29 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Standing starts after safety cars
Replies: 239
Views: 41566

Re: Standing starts after safety cars

Just opened the link as I thought I'd gathered it all from your replies.
Death nail in the coffin of f1.
This has been approved by the f1 commission. Thus all the fia need to do is ratify it and that's the deal next year.

I may switch to another Motorsport next year.

Any suggestions
by wire2004
Fri Jun 20, 2014 12:23 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Standing starts after safety cars
Replies: 239
Views: 41566

Re: Standing starts after safety cars

Just have the old way. Safety car comes out. Drivers drive behind safety car. Safety car goes into pots. Race restarts at the start finnish line. Simples. If they want to be picky. The first lapped car can go to the back of the pack asbtge lucky dog. And then the computer adds a lap on. So the lucky...
by wire2004
Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:17 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Last time a circuit came back in its original guise?
Replies: 40
Views: 11810

Re: Last time a circuit came back in its original guise?

How about Fuji. I don't know what the configuration was in 76 to when it came back in 07.
by wire2004
Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:13 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Last time a circuit came back in its original guise?
Replies: 40
Views: 11810

Re: Last time a circuit came back in its original guise?

Haven't there been tweaks to the Red Bull Ring? Small ones but enough to make it not exactly the same track? Anyway if one was to be pedantic the track isn't original anyway, it hasn't been since it was rebuilt as the A1-Ring years ago. I watched the DTM race on you tube from 2012. The circuit is e...
by wire2004
Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:11 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Last time a circuit came back in its original guise?
Replies: 40
Views: 11810

Re: Last time a circuit came back in its original guise?

RunningMan wrote:If Imola came back, would that count?
No. They've changed the final section. They have got rid of the final chicane. So from the rivatza. They have got rid of the viariante basa. At least from the pictures I've seen on world superbikes and top gear. So from rivatza. All the way to tamberello.
by wire2004
Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:07 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Last time a circuit came back in its original guise?
Replies: 40
Views: 11810

Re: Last time a circuit came back in its original guise?

For the avoidance of doubt, I meant only F1 Grand Prix and races that had actually hosted a race and then hosted another race. I also thought it may have been Jerez (it wasn't used in 1991, 1992 or 1993) but then it reappeared in 1994 with a chicane added where Donnelly had his accident so fails th...
by wire2004
Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:17 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: will experience count come Sunday.
Replies: 21
Views: 5043

Re: will experience count come Sunday.

mikeyg123 wrote:You are forgetting Massa! and no i don't think it will count for anything.
Oh yeah. I forgot he drove for sauber in 03.
My mistake
by wire2004
Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:13 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: will experience count come Sunday.
Replies: 21
Views: 5043

will experience count come Sunday.

Only the McLaren and Ferrari drivers have driven the red bull ring. Jb Fernando and kimi in 2003 race. K mag in the world series last year. Jev has done promo for red bull.
So will experience count for anything come Sunday.

Remember. The track is unchanged since the last race held in 2003.
by wire2004
Sun Jun 15, 2014 12:51 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official MotoGP thread
Replies: 1178
Views: 210166

Re: Official MotoGP thread

flyboy10 wrote:Anyone know what just happened on the last lap? All I could see was live timing but no pictures.
Dani went in too hot and ran wide.
by wire2004
Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:57 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Bianchi to Sauber for 2015?
Replies: 19
Views: 3877

Re: Bianchi to Sauber for 2015?

Wouldn't it be wise for Jules to keep doing what he is doing and waiting for the Ferrari drive in 2016
by wire2004
Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:55 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Le Mans 2014 Thread
Replies: 229
Views: 32124

Re: Le Mans 2014 Thread

Yep, I've been following things through a series of tubes. I went sleep for a few hours. Have you done the whole thing in 1 go. If so. You must be shattered. Isn't it going to be like 32 hours including warm up and the classic. I watched the start, had a good lunch and went to bed. I got up an hour...
by wire2004
Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:27 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Le Mans 2014 Thread
Replies: 229
Views: 32124

Re: Le Mans 2014 Thread

M.Nader -DODZ- wrote:
dizlexik wrote:But let's be honest, finish is still big success for Porsche.
they should have hired ricciardo
Come on. Not the best of taste the comments


Very diplomatic and humble from mark.
by wire2004
Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:24 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Le Mans 2014 Thread
Replies: 229
Views: 32124

Re: Le Mans 2014 Thread

Yep, I've been following things through a series of tubes. I went sleep for a few hours. Have you done the whole thing in 1 go. If so. You must be shattered. Isn't it going to be like 32 hours including warm up and the classic. I watched the start, had a good lunch and went to bed. I got up an hour...
by wire2004
Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:22 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Le Mans 2014 Thread
Replies: 229
Views: 32124

Re: Le Mans 2014 Thread

Number 20 Porsche OUT of the race
by wire2004
Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:16 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Le Mans 2014 Thread
Replies: 229
Views: 32124

Re: Le Mans 2014 Thread

Guia wrote:Yep, I've been following things through a series of tubes.
I went sleep for a few hours. Have you done the whole thing in 1 go. If so. You must be shattered. Isn't it going to be like 32 hours including warm up and the classic.