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  1. https://twitter.com/samtordoff/status/654407848923918336?lang=en-gb
    https://twitter.com/samtordoff/status/654708206569000960?lang=en-gb
    https://twitter.com/jasonplato/status/654716398359306241?lang=en-gb
    https://twitter.com/samtordoff/status/654719064141512704?lang=en-gb

    It's all kicking off!

  2. Brundle sits down with Ecclestone and talks about the future of F1.

    Sky F1
    So, I've just had time to watch this and these are the things I picked up:
    • Red Bull will be Cosworth powered (unless that's the journalist in me taking things too far :p)
    • Ecclestone avoids the obvious solution to the money problem. He says that the engines are too expensive and that the teams are spending too much, but the solution would be to distribute the money more evenly
    • He makes a fair point about the British government
    • He says F1 needs the right people, but I'm not sure he is the right person
    • He is delusional if he can't see why Force India and Sauber have called in the EU
    • I like his ideas of improving the 2017 cars

  3. If that was the case and it wasn't decided on friendship then there's a good chance Alonso would have been 2012 WDC. Hypothetical situation: If @Hughesy and I were racing drivers in the same series and I were the driver ahead of him in a race where he only needed one more position to win a championship, I'd move over and let him through, even if driving for a different team. It's the way things are, nothing is gonna change that.

    Plato has done plenty of things to lose points by his own fault. And it's the same for Shedden, no point in just pointing out Shedden's race 2 incident and not actually mentioning anything else that's happened in the season. I'm guessing you're more of a Plato fan than Shedden right?
    Yes, but it would also be true to say that I can't remember any other Shedden incidents :p 

  4. fIsince08 said:
    fIsince08 said:
    Well done Gordon Shedden on bribing everyone to move out of your way.
    And you call yourself a motorsport journalist... In that case then, well done Vettel on your 2012 championship, the one where both Toro Rosso drivers and Schumi all let you go by for the positions needed.
    I don't need to be neutral on BTCC  ;)
    https://twitter.com/tonyyeb/status/653256816604913664?lang=en-gb
    Fair enough, but I still don't see what the problem is. Clearly Shedden hasn't bribed other drivers, that would be against sporting regs, maybe it's just the fact that some of the other drivers like him and wanted to see him win the championship again? And it certainly wasn't 'all' drivers that let him pass, in most cases it was that he was just faster, and had no ballast in comparison to heavier cars ahead of him. Even the commentators mentioned that.
    I said bribing slightly tongue in cheek, but motor racing shouldn't be decided on friendship but on pure racing. Plus there is the fact that Plato has lost so many points through no fault of his own. Granted, Shedden lost some points in race 2 but it wouldn't have been a victory's worth.

    Plus Plato had more wins.

  5. Hughesy said:
    fIsince08 said:
    So the scene is set! Gordon Shedden leads the championship by 12 points heading into the final race of the year, Shedden will start nineteenth on the grid after having problems in race two, whilst the reverse grid puts Plato in second.

    PLOT TWIST: Matt Neal starts from pole, and a DNF for Plato would hand the title to the other Honda...

    Also, Aaron Smith has probably got himself the sack.
    Why, what did he do?
    Not move out of the way of Plato and Turkington.

  6. fIsince08 said:
    Well done Gordon Shedden on bribing everyone to move out of your way.
    And you call yourself a motorsport journalist... In that case then, well done Vettel on your 2012 championship, the one where both Toro Rosso drivers and Schumi all let you go by for the positions needed.
    I don't need to be neutral on BTCC  ;)
    https://twitter.com/tonyyeb/status/653256816604913664?lang=en-gb

  7. So the scene is set! Gordon Shedden leads the championship by 12 points heading into the final race of the year, Shedden will start nineteenth on the grid after having problems in race two, whilst the reverse grid puts Plato in second.

    PLOT TWIST: Matt Neal starts from pole, and a DNF for Plato would hand the title to the other Honda...

    Also, Aaron Smith has probably got himself the sack.

  8. Hughesy said:
    mike96 said:
    Hughesy said:
    My new profile pic on Xbox One, it's a burger eating a burger :joy: 
    Should be a burger eating a human ;)
    Naa, a burger eating a burger makes more sense.  o:)

    fIsince08 said:
    https://twitter.com/LabourEoin/status/649959918041202688
    What else did you expect? Conservatives don't care about the working class, never have, never will.... I'd rather sell my soul to the devil than vote for them.
    Tbh I'm seriously not surprised. I'm already foaming that the plant closed in the first place but this is a huge slap in the face to the working class but also to the North East. Once again we are the area hurt the most by the Tories.

    I want to join Scotland.

  9. Hughesy said:
    This could all be solved if teams could use ground effect downforce, as you can follow cars a lot better. They could then use durable tyres and push a lot more. That was the one thing I was hoping for in 2017, but it's not going to happen. Having cars going 5 seconds a lap quicker isn't going to change the excitement at all.
    They are using ground effect, but the problem is that they are still using normal aero too. The front wings aren't going to be much simpler so following another car will still be impossible.

    I agree that in a situation where cars can follow and pass, durable tyres are a must.

  10. Hughesy said:
    fIsince08 said:
    Hughesy said:
    Very strange as I didn't change anything.......

    It's funny watching racing live, you don't see the cars for that long yet it's so exciting. The noise and smell really add to it. When I got home and watched the F1 race, not just because I was pretty much dead, but because it felt so boring compared to watching racing live. I really want to go watch another race live soon
    I agree. At Croft the smell was awesome and I came home covered in rubber and gravel dust. And sunburn :p 
    Haha Dave and I had to seek out the sun. When we got there it was blazing hot, once we got in the stand it was cold and windy. We left our coats in the car as it was hot when we got out. We then looked for stalls selling jumpers or coats, but couldn't find any. We did find a sunny place and my face got sunburnt lol.

    We actually found a stall whilst walking out of the circuit, it was actually near where we came in, but was the opposite way we went when coming in. At that point we didn't need them so didn't bother :joy: 
    Sunny hill at Croft doesn't half catch the wind, I always stay away from there :p 

  11. Hughesy said:
    Very strange as I didn't change anything.......

    It's funny watching racing live, you don't see the cars for that long yet it's so exciting. The noise and smell really add to it. When I got home and watched the F1 race, not just because I was pretty much dead, but because it felt so boring compared to watching racing live. I really want to go watch another race live soon
    I agree. At Croft the smell was awesome and I came home covered in rubber and gravel dust. And sunburn :p 
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