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Btw, why do the winner have to drink milk? "Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Louis Meyer regularly drank buttermilk to refresh himself on a hot day and happened to drink some in Victory Lane as a matter of habit after winning the 1936 race. An executive with what was then the Milk Foundation was ...

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Btw, why do the winner have to drink milk? Somebody drank buttermilk after winning the race in the 30's, and some exec in the milk industry saw photos in the newspapers of the driver drinking milk, and got the idea to try to have the winners drink milk every year. I think the tradition stopped in t...

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Who is that in the BT Sport studio? Michael Conway, he has raced in Indycar and is a British F3 Champion. He also won the Long Beach Grand Prix, our most prestigious street race, twice. I was there both times. :] Yeah I only have a basic knowledge, I believe he never did the oval racing? After a wh...

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pokerman wrote:
SDLRob wrote:Who is that in the BT Sport studio?
Michael Conway, he has raced in Indycar and is a British F3 Champion.

He also won the Long Beach Grand Prix, our most prestigious street race, twice. I was there both times.

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Dammit he's passed away. A terrible damn day. :( :( He was the last of a long line of American MotoGP world champions. Such a popular guy in the paddock. He was just a kid from Kentucky living his dream of racing motorcycles, and he goes on to become a world champion. For it to end this way is just ...

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I will chuckle when commentators say wrong things but keep this in mind. How many of us could speak spontaneously about events as they occur for a couple of hours without doing the same or similar? I was watching a Blanc Pain race a few weeks ago and a Ferrari wrecked knocking all of the front body...

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Dixon's pole lap speed is the fastest in 21 years!!

Then a couple of idiots had to go and ruin the day.

http://www.espn.com/racing/story/_/id/1 ... r-speedway

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Good debut for Alonso!! Also killing 2 birds and dodging a 3rd one lol He hit every target in minimal time. The more knowledgeable IndyCar fans online have been impressed. They were saying that getting into 220mph+ would be a great day's work for someone who has never been in an oval before. He man...

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If there were no bonuses and the money was split as normal: Mercedes- $141.5 million Red Bull- $127.4 million Ferrari- $113.3 million Force India- $103.9 million Williams- $99.2 million McLaren- $94.5 million Toro Rosso- $85.1 million Renault- $75.7 million Sauber- $71 million Haas- $28.2 million Ea...

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The best F1 drivers are definitely among the best drivers out there. I would say the best rally drivers fill out the rest of the group.

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I'm assuming this is just 1 of the options. How would it be beneficial in this scenario: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03412/Belgium_Grand_Prix_3412682b.jpg Source - http://www.telegraph.co.uk It would have kept the Lotus from sliding across the front of Alonso's head. If it didn't br...

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Here you go, I made this diagram to explain part 1: http://i.imgur.com/nbeg1Rn.png http://imgur.com/oU59q2C.png It's a case of compound binary logic, the Random mixes it up a bit, and the definition of the Random character's behaviour can alter the solutions a little, (ie, random can mean "it gives...

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Must remember the track. Leave pits, turn left, turn left,turn left, turn left,turn left, turn left,turn left, turn left,turn left, turn left,turn left, turn left,turn left, turn left,turn left, turn left,turn left, turn left,turn left, turn left, etc :lol: Turn 1 is pretty nasty, though. Entry spe...

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I don't think anyone is discounting the possibility that either Hamilton or Alonso could come out on top if they were teammates...But, again, the fact that it's not easy to do something or that you have only done it a couple of times, does not make it a fluke. You need the car and the team to do it...

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Before the final race, I will send Ferrari a large package of dry ice with a message: DO NOT LET THE DRIVER DOWN AGAIN.

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That's an odd way to look at it. You could also say that Alonso needed a freak collapse in the final 2 races just to tie Hamilton in the points in his rookie year and despite Alonso having #1 status for a third of the season. It's not odd at all, really. Drivers can have a bad run of form or luck o...

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I'm assuming this is just 1 of the options. How would it be beneficial in this scenario: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03412/Belgium_Grand_Prix_3412682b.jpg Source - http://www.telegraph.co.uk It would have kept the Lotus from sliding across the front of Alonso's head. If it didn't br...

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If I had to bet, I'd bet on Joel Eriksson (although Ralf Aron has a good shot) for Euro F3 champion, George Russel for GP3 champion, Antonio Giovinazzi for F2 champion . Yeah that last one is going to be hard since he won't be competing in F2 this year ;) In F3 it's hard to look past Prema - Gunthe...

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I really don't understand this logic, I'm afraid. You have the example of Hamilton with Rosberg, where it's clear that a single season is not necessarily representative. You have the example of Vettel and Kimi, where a single season is not necessarily representative. But because Vettel and Ricciard...

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I really don't understand this logic, I'm afraid. You have the example of Hamilton with Rosberg, where it's clear that a single season is not necessarily representative. You have the example of Vettel and Kimi, where a single season is not necessarily representative. But because Vettel and Ricciard...

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You know he had winning designs before Red Bull right? Of course, all those cars had blown diffusers. No they didn't. Newey and everyone else went away from them in the mid 90's because they caused too much of a balance shift between on and off throttle. The FW18 and 19 didn't use one, and I'm fair...

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...and everybody assumed that Hamilton was the best qualifier since Senna, and then Rosberg beat him in 2014. Does that mean Hamilton's not actually that good? Personally, it doesn't change my view that he's one of the best qualifiers out there, but I'm comfortable making that assumption because I ...

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I was there, baby! Only 30 minutes from my house!

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I think if Alonso wins Indy, he's off to the WEC next year to get the Le Mans win. Or maybe I'm just hoping this is what happens since I have zero confidence at all that Honda will deliver an engine that's anywhere near competitve next season, and I want Alonso to do something with the years he has ...

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He was already beating him in 2012 . There are similarities between Michael's mechanically-compromised final season and Lewis' own last year. On track both had Rosberg's measure, but the points don't reflect that. There's every reason to believe Schumacher would have provided stiff competition to R...

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Barichello finished 12th when he ran there for the first time in 2012. Alonso will be in a more competitive team, and this time he will be thankful for the Honda lump in the back, so I can't help but wonder if he could indeed win it. It's not always about skill, of course. Michael Andretti has led m...

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I'm assuming this is just 1 of the options. How would it be beneficial in this scenario: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03412/Belgium_Grand_Prix_3412682b.jpg Source - http://www.telegraph.co.uk It would have kept the Lotus from sliding across the front of Alonso's head. If it didn't br...

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Read elsewhere they could be looking at V4 Turbo Hybrid's with the MGU-H removed and just having KERS. It was what Todt originally wanted and Illien thinks they could be developed for as little as 10m. Along with the 4 current manufacturers, VW,Alfa Romeo and Ilmor were at the table during the disc...

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Batfish crazy is almost complimentary to this miserable excuse of a immature bully. If I weren't in the sane "boat", i'd say that those who voted for him are getting just what they deserve. I just hope this country survives him and his flunkies. I hope he does not make it to the end of the term. I'...

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If I had to bet, I'd bet on Joel Eriksson (although Ralf Aron has a good shot) for Euro F3 champion, George Russel for GP3 champion, Antonio Giovinazzi for F2 champion.

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40th. They're so slow, they'll lose to cars that don't exist.

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Maybe Austria? The straight at the top of the hill past the hairpin? I can remember them being side by side there once or twice.

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WDC

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Bottas

WCC

1. Mercedes
2. Ferrari
3. Red Bull

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Thanks for the clarification. Sounds as if Indycars are a lot cheaper to produce and run than F1 cars. I could not believe Chevy themselves were working on race cars and engines, out of the back door as in musclecar and Chaparral days. Seems as if the Chevvy name (how many vees?) is just for market...

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R.I.P

His posts were my favorite to read. His knowledge and stats were so fascinating.

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how can it possibly sully Hill's reputation? Hill should enjoy the reputation of a double world champion. There is no such thing as "the reputation of a double world champion". The reputation of a driver is not directly proportional to the number of WDC's he has. I would say Hakkinen and Alonso do ...

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Leah Pritchett won this weekend in the NHRA Top Fuel class. She has now won the first two events of the season, which hasn't happened in the Top Fuel class in 20 years! She beat another woman, Brittany Force, in the final on Sunday. I've always somewhat wondered why so many more women are competiti...

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how can it possibly sully Hill's reputation? Hill should enjoy the reputation of a double world champion. There is no such thing as "the reputation of a double world champion". The reputation of a driver is not directly proportional to the number of WDC's he has. I would say Hakkinen and Alonso do ...

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sandman1347 wrote:Not when it comes to two wheels. You need a Japanese bike for that!

No doubt!

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I think everybody agrees quality over quantity, but if you go back to 2007/2008 we had Ferrari and Mclaren only able to overtake each other once person season. Hamilton on Raikkonen in Monza 2007 - aided by Hamilton having new soft tyres vs Kimi on old hards While that was a fine pass, let's also n...

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