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Another wonderful T shirt quote.

 

Well if you can't win races then your the number 2.

Maybe it's since he lost his motivation years ago, his words, he thinks whining can make him go faster.

 

Japanese Grand Prix | Caught in my headlights

 

Good read indeed, thanks for sharing!

 

That was a good read. He mentions Federer and I believe someone else has mentioned Tiger in this thread. Could part of the reason that these three are treated different be do to the nature of their sports? Federer is dealing with one opponent at a time, while there are other players working their way through the brackets to reach the finals. Take away the leaderboard and you wouldn't neccesarily know who is winning a golf tournament since they are not all playing the same hole at the same time. With Seb, it is obvious when he is dominating a race.

 

That's cool. Surprising from CNN and not one of the sports channels

 

Truth...but than again, Italy does have it's own fascist history...

Good piece, now think about trying to navigate all that on the wheel whilst trying to chase down Vettel in the midst of an F1 race........

 

Arroo?



Indian court to rule on whether Sunday's race should be cancelled - F1 Fanatic

 

Maybe Bernie can reach in his pocket & pay the unpaid taxes.

 

Well, assuming the race happens :/


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfYPg7b1Y44]India 3D Track Experience - YouTube[/ame]

 

Simply put: "They are in the zone."

 

If the floor needs to be in contact with the track to generate the heat to make his idea work then when it functions it moves away from the track. It would cool back off ( aluminum cools quickly) and go back down. This would make it go up and down when the desire is to keep it constant. This would cause a lot of instability.

The floor could be moving by heat as he explains but the heat has to be coming from somewhere else, not the scraping the floor.

 

**SPOILER ALERT**
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1. Sebastian Vettel 2. Nico Rosberg 3. Lewis Hamilton 4. Mark Webber 5. Felipe Massa 6. Kimi Räikkönen 7. Nico Hulkenberg 8. Fernando Alonso 9. Sergio Perez 10. Jenson Button

 

Hope there is a good race for 2nd.....

 

Yep.....from BBC F1:

Pirelli has asked Formula 1 teams to limit running on the tyres in Sunday's Indian Grand Prix on safety grounds.

Teams have been asked not to use the 'soft' tyre for more than 15 laps and the 'medium' for no more than 35 laps.

Governing body the FIA is refusing to order the teams to follow the advice.

But if any teams goes beyond the limit and hit problems they could be brought before the stewards and asked why they ran their cars in a dangerous configuration.

It is the latest in a series of controversies to hit Pirelli this season that have tested the patience of teams and senior F1 figures.

The company was forced to change the design of its tyres after a series of dramatic failures during the British Grand Prix.

At this weekend's Indian Grand Prix, the 'soft' tyre has been suffering severe degradation after just handful of laps.

The tyres are suffering blistering - when the surface overheats and bubbles - after just three or four laps, leading to a loss of pace of as much as three or four seconds a lap.

One senior engineer at a top team said this was the worst blistering ever experienced with the Pirelli tyres since the company entered F1.

The FIA does not want to force the teams to comply with Pirelli's limits because race director Charlie Whiting feels it is unfair to force teams whose cars have better tyre life to be reduced to the lowest common denominator.

The teams all have means of measuring tyre life live during the race and feels they should be trusted to do so.

Pirelli is also disagreeing with the teams over its desire to do more testing to prepare tyres for next season, when the cars and engines will be different following a major regulation change.

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery said in India this weekend: "We have to do some testing. If we cannot, then we will not be able to provide the tyres for next year."

But the teams are frustrated with Pirelli because it is refusing to pay the costs for the tests it wants to do. So far, Pirelli has only offered to pay for circuit hire.

Teams point out that F1 cars cost hundreds of pounds a lap to run, so a three-day test in which teams cover hundreds of laps would cost them tens of thousands of pounds or more at a time when costs in F1 are a major concern.

Pirelli has been told if it wants to do extra testing they must pay the entire costs of the teams involved.