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[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Did anyone notice the picture in the top right?

Favorites, 2nd page.. top left pic. yellow bikini, rude tittays.

[DrDickAction]

Favorites, 2nd page.. top left pic. yellow bikini, rude tittays.

Monte Carlo might be the coolest place on earth.

[kngrsll]

thats the first thing i noticed

[MrHahn]

thats the first thing i noticed

that, and Half having a cry

[DocGolem]

Haven't been on this forum in forever. Can't wait for some cars to start getting unveiled.

[1357]

It's official.
http://www.usgpe.com...010-season.html

[DrDickAction]

It's official.
http://www.usgpe.com...010-season.html

Wow, they can't even give the guy a team jacket, let alone a race suit

[DrDickAction]

Haven't been on this forum in forever. Can't wait for some cars to start getting unveiled.

and

Something tells me the renault is going to be the best looking car this year.

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It's official.
http://www.usgpe.com...010-season.html

that pr release is almost as bad as when they introduced Sutil at Force India...
"he's beaten lewis hamilton"....

okay... have a cookie...

[Nacho]

that pr release is almost as bad as when they introduced Sutil at Force India...
"he's beaten lewis hamilton"....

okay... have a cookie...

It said he was leading him in the final, not that he was beating him.

[yonson]

Haven't been on this forum in forever. Can't wait for some cars to start getting unveiled.

WTF u been hiding?

[vietlol]

Bahrain layout change!

Bahrain Grand Prix organisers have announced that their track will use a new layout for the opening round of this year's Formula 1 championship.

The Sakhir circuit hosts the first race of the season on March 14 and, with an expanded grid of up to 26 cars set to take part, race bosses have opted to use an existing extra loop for this year's event.

The new track will turn left shortly after Turn 4, the right hander at the top of the hill following the first sequence of turns.

There will then be a sequence of five turns before the cars head back to the original circuit. There will then be a left-right kink before a tight hairpin returns the cars onto the main track. The new layout increases the circuit length from 5.412km circuit to 6.299km.

Zayed R. Alzayani, Chairman of the Bahrain International Circuit, said: "The loop was completed in 2006 as part of the built-in evolution of the venue for competitors and fans.

"We gave it its debut with the inaugural 24 Hour Race of Bahrain that same year where it proved extremely successful, and with the changes to the regulations, the teams and the driver line-ups in Formula 1 this year it is the perfect time to evolve the circuit with this new challenge and new overtaking opportunities."

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Formula 1 teams have agreed to introduce an extra strategic element to races this season by forcing leading drivers to start races on the same tyres that they qualified on, AUTOSPORT can reveal.

With the ban on refuelling for 2010 already forcing a big change in tactics compared to how grands prix have run in recent years, the new rule looks set to have an impact on how teams approach qualifying as well.

Although the tweak has not yet been committed to the regulations, sources have revealed that last week's meeting of the Sporting Working Group agreed to the change as a way of improving the show.

It is understood that the majority of teams present voted in favour of a rule that will require the top 10 cars that make it through to the final session of qualifying to start the race on the same tyres that they set their fastest Q3 time on.

This will open up the possibility of teams gambling on sacrificing the best possible time in Q3 by running a more consistent but less quick tyre so as to have a better chance in the race. Alternatively, teams may choose a tyre that is better over a single lap to secure a good grid position, even if it runs the risk of compromising race performance.

The teams hope that the rule tweak will serve to mix up the tactics throughout the grid and therefore lead to more exciting races.

The change still needs to be voted on by the Formula 1 Commission and the World Motor Sport Council next week before passing into the regulations, but this is likely to be a formality.

The refuelling ban this season has brought about mixed opinions about whether it will improve the racing - with some suggesting that the difficulties in overtaking will result in races turning into pure processions.

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh said on Monday that he hoped the ban would prove a positive for F1.

"Inevitably, when you make a change, there are pros and cons," he said. "Regarding the pros, it arguably makes qualifying purer because the fastest car/driver combination will be setting the fastest times, and the public can understand that.

"Secondly, in the race itself, overtaking was often being planned and implemented to occur as a consequence of strategy, and therefore happening in the pit lane and not the circuit.

"In the absence of that effect, drivers will have a greater incentive to overtake. There have been occasions in the past where a driver hasn't had that incentive because he knows he will be running longer and can get past the car ahead strategically through the pit stops.

"Additionally, the fact that drivers will qualify on low-fuel, and then the next time they drive the car in anger into the first corner will be after a standing start with cold tyres and cold brakes and 160kg of fuel.

"That will be very challenging for them, not just in terms of getting round that first corner, but in terms of how they look after their tyres and how the balance of the car will alter as a consequence of that. And there will be drivers who are able to deal with those changes better than others.

"Those are all the positives. On the negative side, it's possible that if all of the above is managed equally well by every driver, then we'll have lost one of the strategic campaign interests that the more avid fans enjoyed in the sport. Hopefully the former points will outweigh the latter."

interesting...

[yonson]

Bahrain layout change!



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I like the changes!

[yonson]

interesting...

indeed...

[DrDickAction]

indeed...

Looks like that tight left back onto the track might be conducive to passing as well. We'll see how wide it is I guess.

[DrDickAction]

Proposed new layout for silverstone:



Existing layout:



and the explanation:
http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/81070


I kinda like it.

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I'm digging both new track layouts...
i hope this doesn't delay the PS3 game

[Redliner]

New tracks need to have more fast bends and less Mickey Mouse hairpins/slaloms/Chicanes.

It's really not that hard to see this - the best tracks have fast, fast eye-watering corners where they defy physics. F1 cars do not work well at low-speeds...so why design courses with them in?

Damn you Tilke!

[kngrsll]

New tracks need to have more fast bends and less Mickey Mouse hairpins/slaloms/Chicanes.

It's really not that hard to see this - the best tracks have fast, fast eye-watering corners where they defy physics. F1 cars do not work well at low-speeds...so why design courses with them in?

Damn you Tilke!

the track he designed in utah is supposed ot be amazing though... but i hear that from guys with real life cars, not F1 cars.

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New tracks need to have more fast bends and less Mickey Mouse hairpins/slaloms/Chicanes.

It's really not that hard to see this - the best tracks have fast, fast eye-watering corners where they defy physics. F1 cars do not work well at low-speeds...so why design courses with them in?

Damn you Tilke!

can't wait for the Streets of Rome GP... good job bernie... that's what we need, more street circuits...

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Six-time World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb has given his fellow Citroen driver Kimi Raikkonen a vote of confidence ahead of the Finn's competitive debut in a C4 WRC on this week's Arctic Rally.

Loeb says there is no doubting the former Formula 1 champion's speed and added that he expected him to be competitive this season.

Raikkonen will get an early taste of the pace of a WRC round when he goes head-to-head with Loeb's number two Dani Sordo on the Rovaniemi-based event, which starts tomorrow.

"It's very difficult to say straight away how he will get on," said Loeb. "What we can look at is what he did on Rally Finland last year, when he was close to the pace in the Group N class - this was very good.

"It's easy to see he can drive the car, there's no doubting he's a very good driver. He's a Finn, he has been brought up on slippery surfaces and I'm sure he was playing around on them for a long time, it's natural that he will be good like the other Finnish drivers."

The Arctic Rally will be a continuation of the two-day test which Raikkonen conducted at the end of last week, close to Jyvaskyla in central Finland. The event includes 12 stages and finishes on Saturday afternoon.

Raikkonen said: "I got to know the C4 a little bit during a test session close to the Citroen Racing workshops. This rally is a very good opportunity for me to work with the team in competitive conditions and continue my learning curve with the car. I took part in this rally last year with [co-driver] Kaj [Lindstrom] and as the route is largely the same I think that could help us a bit."

Citroen Racing Technologies team manager Benoit Nogier, the man who will run Raikkonen's C4 this season, added: "This experience will be as useful to the team as it will be to the individual crews. Kimi will drive a C4 WRC in identical specification to the one that he will race over the rest of the season.

"Similarly, the crew of technicians in Rovaniemi will remain on his car for the remainder of the year."

kimi crew

[Nacho]

Campos could miss all testing

By Steven English Wednesday, January 27th 2010, 10:09 GMT

The Campos Meta F1 team has admitted that it may not take part in any pre-season testing, but insists it will make the opening race in Bahrain.

The Spanish team has signed Bruno Senna and its Dallara-built chassis passed the FIA's final crash test last week, but concerns remain about its financial strength and it is still searching for investors.

Campos's head of strategy Daniel Eisen says the season's first race will be the team's testing time.

"Bahrain is a test, it's not a first race for us," Eisen told the Associated Press. "The cars are very advanced, we have a driver under contract and our intention is to be in Bahrain for the first race.

"Everybody's worried and that's logical because the season is long and we're the new ones. But first things first, we want to be there with the best of everything - especially the cars.

"It's no secret that we are negotiating with investors and sponsors, especially on an international scale. But everything is going according to plan."

Eisen denied that the team's deal to run Bruno Senna brought in money and says Campos is determined to succeed without pay drivers.

"Bruno didn't come with cash, and that's important," he added. "We've always wanted it like that from the start. Yes, it would bring a lot economically, but our focus is to be ready. We can't compromise the cars in any way."

The team also admitted that it may not announce a second driver until the eve of the Bahrain race.

And all the hints are floating around as far as Nico being Chin's #2

Brawn: Schumacher good for Rosberg

Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn believes being paired with Michael Schumacher will help Nico Rosberg will develop into a potential champion.

http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/81082

[yonson]

kimi crew

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fucking campos...
Senna is THHHIISSSSS close to getting on the grid, and fucking campos man...
someone give that guy a real drive