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[tefnut]

nobody takes a swim in the harbor anymore..

@ "... and he starts swimming towards one of the yachts"

In for Kimi doing this as his retirement announcement.

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1. Timo Scheider Audi 1:32.655
2. Mattias Ekstrom Audi 1:32.804 + 0.149
3. Bruno Spengler Mercedes 1:33.034 + 0.379
4. Paul Di Resta Mercedes 1:33.075 + 0.420
5. Tom Kristensen Audi 1:33.169 + 0.514
6. Jamie Green Mercedes 1:33.418 + 0.763
7. Martin Tomczyk Audi 1:33.575 + 0.920
8. Oliver Jarvis Audi 1:33.716 + 1.061
9. Bernd Schneider Mercedes 1:33.731 + 1.076
10. Gary Paffett Mercedes 1:33.891 + 1.236
11. Alexandre Premat Audi 1:33.893 + 1.238
12. Mike Rockenfeller Audi 1:33.991 + 1.336
13. Markus Winkelhock Audi 1:34.096 + 1.441
14. Christijan Albers Audi 1:34.299 + 1.644
15. Ralf Schumacher Mercedes 1:34.425 + 1.770
16. Maro Engel Mercedes 1:34.458 + 1.803
17. Susie Stoddart Mercedes 1:34.574 + 1.919
18. Mathias Lauda Mercedes 1:34.725 + 2.070
19. Katherine Legge Audi 1:35.784 + 3.129

at least he beat the girls

[chiuey]

The safety brigade have won the war, and with Hermann Tilke designing the tracks, you will never get anything like a Spa-Franchorchamps, a Clermont-Ferrand or even a Brands Hatch.

No, most circuits now all have the same features really - long straights leading out of / into to sharp turns to help overtaking with the rest of track generally made up of featureless turns.

While it's all in the aid of safety, even the old tracks have been sanitised. Imola was never the same after 1994 when they added three second-gear chicanes....

Hockenheim was desicrated by getting rid of the long blasts out into the forests. That's why everyone loved the old Hockenheim - simply because it was different. But no, now it's like every other circuit.

Frankly, that's the only reason why I still love Monaco. Because it still has that real element of danger.

my fav F1 crash, especially considering no one go seriously hurt.

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The president of double America's Cup yacht race winners Team Alinghi is keen for his squad to start a technical partnership with Ferrari.

Ernesto Bertarelli made the suggestion after attending last weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.

He already has a close relationship with senior Ferrari and Fiat personnel, and believes there is plenty of ground for collaboration between his America's Cup operation and the Formula One champions.

"(Luca di) Montezemolo is my neighbour in Rome, and I'm friends with (Fiat CEO) Sergio Marchionne and (Fiat vice president) John Elkann," Bertarelli told Gazzetta dello Sport. "I was pleased to see Ferrari winning.

"F1 and the America's Cup have a lot in common, from the technology to the organisation. I noticed that there's a debriefing too, after a GP, just like we do at the end of the regattas. The difference is that we are 17 on the yacht, while in the car there's just one driver.

"I would like (a collaboration with Ferrari) because the next America's Cup will be held with multi-hulls, so if there was an F1 engineer wanting to design a boat, this would be the right time to do it.

"On top of that, we could create some synergies with a flow of information going from one side to the other, and this would be interesting for both the Scuderia and ourselves."

Team Alinghi have won the last two America's Cups, taking victory at the first attempt in 2003, and then successfully defended their crown four years later.

it's been a couple of pretty good years for Ferrari, everyone wants a piece of them and they are selling their cars and technology like crazy

[kngrsll]

shinigami had them on cafe press or something..

speaking of which... he didn't make it here because he IL'd shiyan, did he?

aaaand ordered

thanks to whoever told him i wanted one!

[kngrsll]

it's been a couple of pretty good years for Ferrari, everyone wants a piece of them and they are selling their cars and technology like crazy

Newey has been talking about doing a boat for years now. hope it goes better than the RBR cars

[Nacho]

People generally only want to remember the good things.

Especially when someone dies.

[Robert]

11.5 days....

[yonson]

@ "... and he starts swimming towards one of the yachts"

In for Kimi doing this as his retirement announcement.

But not this year!!!

[yonson]

at least he beat the girls

has been, or maybe I should say never was...






He's still better than I will ever be though

[Nacho]

He's still better than I will ever be though

But your fail isn't on such a grand scale.

[yonson]

But your fail isn't on such a grand scale.

I guess you can look at it like that

[Redliner]

But your fail isn't on such a grand scale.

LOL. Or we were never as great on such a grand scale

How come everyone from F1 that makes these switches to "lower" forms of racing struggle so much? Are F1 drivers not as great as they used to be?? Seems only MS has switched and is doing it with a lot of success...ya know? Makes you think the quality of F1 drivers today. Because these guys are supposed to be the cream of the crop -- and should dominate in anything if they switch...right?

[vietlol]

Newey has been talking about doing a boat for years now. hope it goes better than the RBR cars

[kngrsll]

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

2500+ posts since we left OT (2 weeks). F1 crew FTMFW

[doublemeat]

Fuck, THAT was that track I remember as a kid when I was like 5 or 6 years old and watching TV and I'd see these F1 cars blasting through a forest... shit looked bizzare and awesome... can't believe we lost that

I loved the old Hockenheim. It was such an awesome horsepower track.

Once, in the 90s, the first few laps had the cars going "Noah's Ark-style" through the forest based on their HP output.

IIRC, it was Williams-Renaults leading, then McLaren-Hondas, Ligier-Renaults(!), then came the Ferrari V12s, followed by the Benetton-Ford V8s.



*sigh*

[rlolz]

I loved the old Hockenheim. It was such an awesome horsepower track.

Once, in the 90s, the first few laps had the cars going "Noah's Ark-style" through the forest based on their HP output.

IIRC, it was Williams-Renaults leading, then McLaren-Hondas, Ligier-Renaults(!), then came the Ferrari V12s, followed by the Benetton-Ford V8s.



*sigh*

that sounds rad

[yonson]

:failboat:

[yonson]

2500+ posts since we left OT (2 weeks). F1 crew FTMFW

F1 Crew RULES!!!!!11one

[Redliner]

F1 Crew RULES!!!!!11one

Helll yeah...I think i've become more addicted to this forum than I am OT now. I think I'm going to let my sub expire now...

and why am I still Formula Ford

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Helll yeah...I think i've become more addicted to this forum than I am OT now. I think I'm going to let my sub expire now...

and why am I still Formula Ford

see post #104 in suggestions thread:

restructured the post ranks (otherwise nobody will ever get to Formula 1 ):

0 Nobody
1 Kart
30 Formula Ford
100 Formula 3
250 GP2
1000 Formula 1
5000 WDC

[yonson]

Helll yeah...I think i've become more addicted to this forum than I am OT now. I think I'm going to let my sub expire now...

and why am I still Formula Ford

I think I've only made maybe 20 posts on OT since the formation of this forum, I still go to OT for the entertainment value, but this forum is definitely tits!

[Redliner]

see post #104 in suggestions thread:

i've posted more here than I have any other forum in the last 2 weeks.

My 3 forums I head to are now in this order:

f1-crew.com
s2ki.com
OT (Arts & Photography)

And I post the most in this one now...I swear I thought I'd be outta Formula Ford by now. I guess I lurk too much

[yonson]

i've posted more here than I have any other forum in the last 2 weeks.

My 3 forums I head to are now in this order:

f1-crew.com
s2ki.com
OT (Arts & Photography)

And I post the most in this one now...I swear I thought I'd be outta Formula Ford by now. I guess I lurk too much

I read a LOT of fourms (10+ different ones daily, all automotive related), but mainly (as in daily)only post here and OT, others I post on only a few times a week.