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    I didn't like when the rules were all decided by the FIA with no say from the teams. But I thing the unanimous agreement thing is worse. The team leading gets to keep the rules in their favor. If it had been like that in the oughts Ferrari would have still been winning. The annual "stop Ferrari rules" would have gotten vetoed.

    Just thing out loud.
     
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    F1 engine manufacturers, FIA agree in-season development for 2016 (autosport.com)
     
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    Brembo : bench testing of a disk F1 carbon

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWra93NkrHU"]Brembo: prove al banco di un disco F.1 in carbonio - YouTube[/ame]

    La Casa Italian leader in braking systems , has a dynamic bench useful to do even aerodynamic tests
     
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    From motorsports. Com:

    Never afraid to court controversy, Bernie Ecclestone says in a revealing interview with RT in Sochi that "there's no place for democracy, anywhere".
    Elsewhere, the 84-year-old says that he's the "biggest supporter" of Russian president Vladimir Putin, and that FIFA president Sepp Blatter "should not have stepped down":
     
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    Looks like a Bernie smoke screen / strong arm bargaining attempt. As in, do what I want you to do (sell Red Bull engines) or I'll make you do something else (resort to a new, uncertain baseline and without time to perfect it). Or he wants something in the middle and this is his way of establishing room to haggle. Or maybe it's just Bernie being Bernie...again.

    Ecclestone wants to force V8s for 2016 (gpupdate.net)
     
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    F1 looks ripe for exploding. Again
     
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    Bernie Sucks
     
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    BIG TIME
     
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    I agree, and this is surely just another Bernie tactic.

    On the other hand, that sort of a switch at such a late date would, as they say, throw the cat among the pigeons. It's not going to happen but it's fun to think about the shakeup that would ensue. Plus I wouldn't mind that sort of a change. For me the green power experiment has been interesting and I think the manufacturers might have even learned a few useful things but I think they should just call it an experiment and move on. They want to make things more interesting? Go back to V8s or V10s and allow those who want it to run a KERS. Maybe add a rule that says X amount of electric energy harvested equates to Y reduction in max revs. There would be a mix of approaches and they'd all have to live with their choices.

    Sorry, got on another fantasy roll there. Point is, despite Bernie using this as a tactic (I give that a 99.9% probability) I wouldn't mind if it actually happened.
     
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    Bring back the DFV and Ferrari 043 V12!
     
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    USGP broadcast schedule reminder.

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    Love the life-sized bust of Bernie sitting directly behind Bernie. You can ask questions of either the lifeless statue or the person it represents and you'll get virtually the same answers.

    Strange to see Mad Max still around. I wonder if he is still a bad boy? :wink:
     
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    A wet race will hopefully be more interesting and unpredictable.
     
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    I'm ok with more interesting, but still hoping for a Lewis, Nico, Seb finish.
     
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    I like your finishing order, but Nico should be P3. :smilewinkgrin:
     
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    Given the drivers' championship could be decided already with 3 races still to run, I would rather see them finish in the unlikely order Rosberg, Vettel, Hamilton...with other finishers between them to tighten the points battle and keep it going.
     

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