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Did anyone actually find out what caused the lights to stick on for the first race? -
Doesn't matterBut underlining is stuck on:-L -
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Sunny in, Croft :p -
Ah Ok, I was wondering if you were the fat photographer in front of me on the other side of the fence. :pTommig1995 said:Spectator, we're not official media... (yet ;) )Mind you, he didn't half move quick when a Ginetta came plummeting backwards into the barrier in the last race :p -
I couldn't be bothered :p -
No, I was standing/sitting. Were you on the spectator side of the fence or the track side?Tommig1995 said:
Were you in the stand? Else we probably walked right by you...fIsince08 said:
Ah I was at T1/2 all the time.Tommig1995 said:
No, I don't think I asked anyone to move, we were just off the chicane for R1, in the infield for 2 and at Sunny for 3.fIsince08 said:That was great! @Tommig1995 I don't suppose you were the photographer who asked to move in front of me at turn 1 were you? -
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Ah I was at T1/2 all the time.Tommig1995 said:
No, I don't think I asked anyone to move, we were just off the chicane for R1, in the infield for 2 and at Sunny for 3.fIsince08 said:That was great! @Tommig1995 I don't suppose you were the photographer who asked to move in front of me at turn 1 were you? -
From a pretty reliable source:Alonso --> McLarenRosberg --> Merc or RBHamilton --> Merc or RBVettel --> McLarenHulk --> FerrariBianchi --> FI -
It was just as reliable too.GoldenColt said:
It looked just like it handled.mike96 said:Weirdest looking 2008 F1 car
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I've always liked the shape of the 2008 Toro Rosso.
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I think that man has been to the moon. I'm not sure whether 1969 was the year it actually happened though. -
I like the 2008 regs too. 19K RPM, best looking cars of the V8 era, brilliant! -
They are pretty expensive so watching it is probably the cheaper option :ponetwothree said:The more I see that Sunderland kit, the more I love it and the more I want one. I'd watch Sunderland games just to drool over the kits. -
You child :pRevolvingPrawn said:
Why thank you sir, but I'm still no @KRTheIceman yet :pjustbiglee said:Wow your photoshop skills are really picking up prawn :)I was giggling as I typed it ;) @PeteTheDuck -
That was great! @Tommig1995 I don't suppose you were the photographer who asked to move in front of me at turn 1 were you? -
Part 1) Reliability will get better as we go on - just look at the V8s for example.KuB said:
I can´t understand this. Because some drivers already had changed the MGU-K for example for 5 times.fIsince08 said:@PeteTheDuckI can understand the 4 power units thing, it's part of the cost cutting scheme and to be fair we all love unreliability ;)
Yes, it´s right that some new rules are very silly. But the F1 can´t be fan controlled because then we´ve got probably a V12 engine and more expenditure.fIsince08 said:@PeteTheDuckI've said for a long time F1 should be fan controlled, I don't know how to organise it but I'm sure it could be done.Part 2) I should've added that I meant in conjunction with the teams. -
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@PeteTheDuckI can understand the 4 power units thing, it's part of the cost cutting scheme and to be fair we all love unreliability ;)
I agree with everything you said bar that, but more needs to be done. I've said for a long time F1 should be fan controlled, I don't know how to organise it but I'm sure it could be done.
The safety car is already unfair on the leader - whether you like the driver or they have built up their lead. Having a standing restart just means that more accidents are going to occur. Now whilst I'm not the longest serving F1 fan by any means, I've never heard anyone complain about the safety car restarts (bar the unfairness). This makes it even worse. Double points - sure we all love a last race title decider, but the rareness of them makes them all the more exciting - having them as a common occurrence will probably have some of the novelty wear off a bit - perhaps the same could be said about the start of the race and safety car restart. Only time will tell.All these gimmicks are spoiling the sport - I've said before the skid blocks are pointless - it doesn't suit modern F1 and just looks like the cars are broken. The FIA introduced the new engines for efficiency, having the cars scrape along the ground increases friction and reduces efficiency. DRS I can cope with as the FIA are now starting to master the zones. Wasn't something similar tried by Lotus in the 80s anyway?I mentioned at the top of my post about cost cutting, but there is so much more that needs to be done. The top teams need to lose some of their power, but be stopped from withdrawing from the sport because of it. What will happen soon? A ten car race between Merc, RB, Ferrari, STR and McLaren? Costs have been spiralling out of control for years and due to the greedy runners of the sport, the smaller teams are going to be sucked out of the sport. We all love having large grids (I was disappointed when HRT folded) and we should be encouraging new teams to join, not doing as much as possible to bankrupt them.As for Bernie, he is well passed his sell by date. I accept that he has done a lot of good for the sport, but his time has passed now. He's destroying the F1 calendar classics like Imola and Magny Cours for the middle east/asia Tilkedromes such as Korea, China and Singapore. The great European circuits like Spa, Silverstone and Monza struggle to get new deals (similar to Canada) as Bernie is so greedy, yet the tracks we all hate have no issues due to being in oil rich countries.
Anyway, rant over.Actually, not quite over. I forgot about FOMs greediness too. They are too concerned about getting cash that they forget about the fans. We don't want F1 to be on pay TV, nor do we want to be forced to pay for access to the basics such as live timing screens. FOM should be earning money by allowing us fans to buy classic race weekends - although there are a lot about on the web they are either in pieces or missing some of the sessions. They could make a fortune with season packages etc (I wouldn't even mind if these were pay per view.) -
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GRID AUTOSPORT IS HERE!!! :D -
Well, F1 is crap from next season onwards.BTCC is looking more and more interesting though, I have to say.
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