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[yonson]

Tempted to vote for Koby, but had to vote for Spies as ROY.

I had to vote for LE Tonglet, dude came out and kicked ASS (he won the championship as a rookie!) in Pro Stock Bike, and quite a few times with borrowed parts.

[Nacho]

Whelp, there goes HRT

HRT has been put up for sale by its owner, José Ramón Carabante, Spanish newspaper AS reports. The team finds itself in troubled waters after the deal with Toyota failed to materialise due to financial problems.

http://www.f1technic...ca0d6f415bc787d

[vietlol]

What a joke, what does the buyer get anyway? An entry into F1 and shitty motorhome?

[Nacho]

What a joke, what does the buyer get anyway? An entry into F1 and shitty motorhome?

I think the first part is the real selling point.

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sucks for senna/chandock...

[DrDickAction]

What a fiasco. I'm starting to wonder if USF1 would have done better if they were granted that 4 race extension.

[Redliner]

What a fiasco. I'm starting to wonder if USF1 would have done better if they were granted that 4 race extension.

Nope. They were mis-managed even worse than HRT...they squandered a shit ton of money. Can't say that I'll miss HRT. They didn't show any heart or passion, swapping out pay driver for pay driver. I just can't help to think that they could've done a slightly better job.

[MrBucket]

HRT denies they are up for sale.

http://en.espnf1.com...tml?CMP=OTC-RSS

The struggling HRT team has denied that the team is up for sale despite reports to the contrary from Spanish sports newspaper AS.

Although new investment from former Telefonica boss Juan Villalong has led to talks with other potential investors, no deals have been made.

"Jose Ramon Carabante and his equity partners have put up the team for sale," said AS. "It is evident that if Carabante finds a buyer he will dispose of the team."

Having parted company with partner Toyota Motorsport, the paper added that HRT has been left with "no car, no base, no drivers, no sponsors - only a Cosworth engine."

In reaction to the report, HRT denied that their Spanish owners had put the team up for sale.

"The team is not on sale, we are working for 2011," an HRT spokeswoman said. "Carabante is working on getting sponsors and investors. One Spanish group is interested in joining the team but things are not so easy nowadays in the world."

One fact that is for certain is that HRT is still to confirm its two drivers for 2011 with team boss Colin Kolles stating he is in no rush to announce his decision.

"We are not necessarily in a hurry, the deadline is three days before the first race," Kolles told 422race.com. "The 2011 car? We will have one. And we are in the process of manufacturing it."

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in their defence, AS is a rumor mill for their stories... sometimes they're right, sometimes they're wrong...

[DrDickAction]

In for Aguri Suzuki and Flavor Flavio buying HRT

[MrBucket]

wow its crazy how low downforce the cars were setup for the us gp

[Redliner]

wow its crazy how low downforce the cars were setup for the us gp

I bet those cars would work perfectly fine if you clean up the diffuser area, clean up the side pods, and add racing slicks for more mechanical grip. Bam. Is it really that hard?

[MrBucket]

I bet those cars would work perfectly fine if you clean up the diffuser area, clean up the side pods, and add racing slicks for more mechanical grip. Bam. Is it really that hard?

wait what?

[Redliner]

wait what?

lol. Just talking about how they shook up the rules so that cars could follow in the corners. Honestly, the cars right now look terrible in my eyes when I see an older car. i'm just used to it now, so it's not that bad, but then I see an old car, and the new cars just look shitty again...is it really that hard to make a car to follow in the corners and still look good?

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Lucas di Grassi wins Felips's kart race, loses VirginF1 seat.

[DrDickAction]

Lucas di Grassi wins Felips's kart race, loses VirginF1 seat.

[kngrsll]

irony is ironic

[vietlol]

Petrovsky retains seat

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Le Mans organiser the Automobile Club de l'Ouest has confirmed that in 2011 it will be able to adjust the rules during the course of its championships' seasons to prevent any type of car becoming too dominant.

The 'article 19' rule will apply to the new Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, Le Mans Series and American Le Mans Series, and is aimed to solve the long-running issue of petrol-powered cars being unable to compete with the diesel technology that Audi and Peugeot have introduced since 2006. The new regulations intend to keep the top petrol and diesel teams within two per cent of each other's pace.

A statement from the ACO promised the introduction of: "Performance adjustment through the application of article 19 [the ACO reserves itself the possibility of balancing performances between the different engines and technologies] as well as the two per cent rule.

"This means keeping the lap times of the quickest cars in each technology within a range of two per cent in relation to the quickest car, all technologies combined, through decisions taken by the ACO."

The official green light for the rule change will be welcomed by Aston Martin Racing, which has committed to an all-new petrol LMP1 car in the expectation that the regulations would give petrol machinery a chance to fight for outright victory in the 24-hour race again after five seasons of diesel dominance.

In other 2011 adjustments confirmed by the ACO, LMP2 becomes a fully-fledged 'pro-am' category across all the Le Mans championships, with at least one gentleman driver - as assessed under the ACO's driver categorisation - mandatory in each car's line-up.

The GT classes are also being restructured into a single GTE category, split into GTE Am and GTE Pro. The amateur class must include a gentleman driver in each entry, and cars must be at least a year old, whereas GTE Pro is unrestricted, but will feature performance balancing.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....
develop a better car if you can't keep up...

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....
develop a better car if you can't keep up...

If I were a pro driver I wouldn't be too supportive of this pro-am stuff. Imagine you're 20hrs into the race and leading in LMP1 and some 'gentleman racer' in a GT car loses his cool and takes you out of the race when you are trying to put another lap on him.

Then again, the other side of the argument is that its nice to get some new blood (or as the ACO sees it, money) into the sport.

[Redliner]

[SeaMack99]

i think i saw that in the 2010 review. what also blew my mind was the various placements of f-ducts by team. i can't remember which team it was but one of them actually had to lift their left leg up....

[DrDickAction]

I have a feeling kubi would be a dick high school teacher.

[Redliner]

If that was my phone, I'd flip a lid on Kubi if he had thrown it out!

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

If that was my phone, I'd flip a lid on Kubi if he had thrown it out!

I'd side with Kubica here. "You put WHAT flying projectile in my office?!?"