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  1. minimark

    minimark Well-Known Member

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    #335 minimark, Mar 23, 2011
    Bloomberg & Bernie going to pay for the track out if their pocket?? Think a race there might be great but given the present economy of most states and the Federal government for that matter; building a race track for one F1 race might be a very hard sell to the taxpayers......
     
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    #336 Minidave, Mar 23, 2011
    I think F1 is going to be a hard sell to the fans too if they don't get the #$%^&&**^%$ effing season started and stop mucking about with the rules!

    Oh wait, it's this weekend! Yay!
     
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    #337 Steve, Mar 23, 2011
    ... and now the Staten Island POV:

    Staten Island Plays Down Race Rumors (SpeedTV / GMM)

     
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    #338 minimark, Mar 23, 2011
    So instead of being at the season opening race, Bernie is off on a flight of fancy and thumbing his nose at the Australians while doing it....

    They shoot horses don't they? :(
     
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    #339 Nathan, Mar 23, 2011
    Bloomberg (NY City mayor) has more money than Bernie. Figure Bernie is trying to figure out how to get some.
     
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    #340 minimark, Mar 23, 2011
    That goes without saying.....lol
     
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    #341 goaljnky, Mar 23, 2011
    All's I know is there is a race this weekend and my DVR is set and I can watch it on my iPhone if I want to.
     
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    #342 Steve, Mar 24, 2011
    Hey Bernie, tell us what you really think...

    Ecclestone: The FIA is a joke (gpupdate.net)

     
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    #343 minimark, Mar 24, 2011
    Bernie does have intermittent useful thought....lol

    They keep this mess up and they'll have another CART, Indy Racing league fiasco on their hands. Bernie is right when he says the teams and those actually doing the racing should write the rules as long as he keeps his 2 cents in the Berniebank.........like that'll ever happen.
     
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    #344 Steve, Mar 25, 2011
    Two practice sessions done and HRT have managed a single lap so far. Since they never managed to run it during testing, that's their first and only lap in the new car so I suppose it was a big one.....

    Liuzzi drove the installation lap then actually said "... we now have some numbers to work on for tomorrow." Really? One lap and they have useable numbers?

    There's a strong hint in Karthikeyan's words re just how close they are to having the car fit and ready to run "We have everything here, but just to trim parts and fit them into a car is a time consuming process."
     
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    #345 goaljnky, Mar 25, 2011
    I see the dorsal fins are now universally gone?
     
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    #346 goaljnky, Mar 25, 2011
    Love my slingbox DVR.
     

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    #347 goaljnky, Mar 25, 2011
    Loved the comment from David H.:

    "If you Twitter you're a twit."

    Followed by a few seconds of air silence from the rest of the commentating team.
     
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    #348 Steve, Mar 25, 2011
    :lol: Good old Hobbs.

    Only remnants remain and only on a few cars, nothing like last year.

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    #349 Steve, Mar 25, 2011
    Couple more interesting photos from practice today.

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    #350 Minidave, Mar 25, 2011
    Don't need them this year, they were for the F-duct, which is no more....
     
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    #351 Steve, Mar 25, 2011
    Don't NEED them but...

    Any idea why the new ALMS LMP cars all have this mandated shark fin now? I know it's "mandated" but I can't find anything that explains why.

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    #352 ScottinBend, Mar 25, 2011
    F1 banned the "full size" Shark fins for this year and severely limited the size. The original design had nothing to do with the F-duct, it was a means to modify the air flow around the rear wing. Machett had an explanation on it some time back.

    Not sure about ALMS having mandated those fins. They weren't seen on the cars at Sebring.......?

    Is that maybe for LeMans and the European series?
     
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    #353 Steve, Mar 25, 2011
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    I was pretty sure I saw at least one watching Sebring but couldn't remember whether it was on track or a pic the commentators showed to talk about new rules. Did some Googling and I keep finding "required" and "mandated" for ALMS and for the 2011 season but only for new cars. I think cars carried over from 2010 are grand-fathered in without the fin.

    Check out the spotter guides here. If they're accurate, there were shark fins on the track at Sebring. (I wish I'd found the guides before the race...)
     
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    #354 works4me, Mar 25, 2011
    I believe the fin is to help prevent the car from flying. NASCAR introduced a similar fin for the same reason. One unintended consequence for NASCAR was it also aides lateral stability (a bit) if cars briefly come in contact.




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