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by **2jayzgte** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:21 pm

Mr Revhead wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93204

15k rpm
8 speed box compulsory
driver required to be able to start the engine on his own
100% electric mode in pit lane. No running engines in pit lane!

I hate the new rules I liked it when it was v-10s 900 + HP revving to 19-20,000 rpm man bring back those rules.

by **Adamal** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:08 pm

I reckon. If you want to take a 'green' approach, plant more trees

by **Mr Ree** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:26 pm

F1 has already been planting trees since the mid nineties to offset the carbon created by components of F1, including flights etc. Unfortunately that doesnt please the greenies enough.

The cars will have very similar HP levels too so they wont be any slower, infact I would put odds on them being faster once the double KW output of KERS, coupled with the DRS and even more slippery cars, not to mention the Pirelli's will be in their fourth year so will be designing faster tyres too.

Ill miss the sound of the high revving NA's but at the same time, Ill be grateful that atleast we arent listening to 4 pots at 11,000rpm, now that would have been tragic.

by **Adamal** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:24 pm

Mr Ree wrote:Ill miss the sound of the high revving NA's but at the same time, Ill be grateful that atleast we arent listening to 4 pots at 11,000rpm, now that would have been tragic.

They could have saved some serious money by just getting some silvertops and strapping a turbo to them though!

by **Mr Ree** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:20 pm

The main arguement for the V6 was how much easier it will be to integrate it into the car to become a stressed member.

The 4 pots werent the best shape for the cars, although in saying that, I have plenty of pics of the old porsche tag engines mounted on what must surely be close to 45 deg lol

by **Mr Revhead** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:24 pm

I bet you do not have pics of a Porsche Tag 4cyl engine mounted at 45 deg :wink:

by **Mr Ree** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:07 am

Let me get my scanner out of the attic and dust it off in the next few days and I will try and upload some.

We can all get our protractors out and place some bets lol

by **Mr Revhead** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:03 am

Or we could just google the engine :wink:

by **Mr Ree** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:48 pm

What is this google you speak of?

by **Mr Ree** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:51 pm

P.S Good to see the criminal element on Pole, lets hope he can march away with it.

Bring on the RAIN!

by **RedMist** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:26 pm

Mr Ree wrote:P.S Good to see the criminal element on Pole, lets hope he can march away with it.

Bring on the RAIN!

Bernie racing???

http://pistonheads.co.uk/news/default.asp?storyId=23999

My God that man produces some unbelieveable lies!

by **Mr. Mainstream** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:28 pm

can someone PM me about stream link?
interested to watch german gp

by **OllieS** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:40 pm

Best way:

Get VLC, open media stream use this link: http://gimme.nu:8472

Failing that,

http://bbc-player.com/

download "Pakattu" and install (its a standalone player to access BBC programs)

last method (by far the worst)

https://cbe001.chat.mibbit.com/?url=irc ... bit.net/f1 and ask for stream address

Also, Mitch Evans on pole in GP3

by **Sideros** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:57 pm

Best way is to get Sky Tv!

by **Mr Ree** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:27 am

Agreed, I couldnt live without my reliable coverage. So often streams glitch, or crash so Id rather not take the risk unless its for FP3 on a sat night

Great race btw, so good to see red bull slowly losing their dominant grasp on the season.

The laws of diminishing returns always end up playing a hand in F1, this year is clearly no different

by **JustinSpiderholden** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:09 pm

Man Mark Webber is crap

Guy need's to give up ASAP

by **Adamal** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:13 pm

I wouldn't say that 3rd place, and one ahead of his 'unbeatable' team mate is crap....

by **JustinSpiderholden** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:23 pm

Adamal wrote:I wouldn't say that 3rd place, and one ahead of his 'unbeatable' team mate is crap....

Pretty crap IMO when you have the fastest car two Saturday's and a row and you don't even have a Win to show for either of them

The again Marks true level of talent was revealed in Korea last year

by **Mr Ree** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:36 pm

The fastest car in quali doesnt always equate to the fastest car in the race.

The cooler temps in Germany werent switching the tyres on as easily either so RBR wasnt as dominant as usual.

He made far less mistakes than Seb in the race too.

Anyhow, 'crap' is a pretty poor term to use for ANY driver in F1, let alone a multi race winner, and nearly world champion.

by **2jayzgte** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:26 pm

JustinSpiderholden wrote:Man Mark Webber is crap

Guy need's to give up ASAP

Mate I think he's overated much like Jenson Button.

I can't believe those two get F-1 seats ahead of a guy like Kimi Raikkonen who is a previous F-1 champ and has much better pedigree than the both of them and is proven under the pump even pushed Schumi all the way when Schumi was in his prime.

Yet now he's pi$$ing his talent away racing Nascar trucks god please turn left 4 times thats a real show case of talent that racing. :roll:

As for the RBR they don't have to win every race they just have to finish I think deep down Hamilton and Alonso no the game is up the best they can do is keep the pressure on and hope RBR have reliability issues with a few non finishes but if they finish like they are at the moment its RBR in a canter teams and another title for Vettel.

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