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I like the tales from yesteryear. Everything was just so much more accessible...and personal. Need to win lotto just so i have time to read the books i have

Got mine from http://www.pitstop.net.au/products/colin-chapman--the-man-and-his-cars/ Also paid a small fortune for mint condition, original print, signed copy in English of On the Starting Grid, by Paul Frere. Don't care if its not great read...its just COOL!!!! But don't doubt i will enjoy the tales

I started reading the Colin Chapman - Lotus book the other day. He was a hard man! http://www.bookdepository.com/Colin-Chapman-Gerard-Crombac/9781859608449

Ummm...forgetting the numbers and codes. The T67 which in Greddy speak is a T67-25G runs the same turbine as the TD06L2-20G. The turbine housings swap over, they have the same number of blades, they have the same pictch,. diameters...they are the same on the Trust/Greddy turbos. If they are not the same I would love to know what the differences are? Common wisdom in Greddy speak is the T67 and TD06-25G whilst running the same compressors run different turbines and different shaft diameters, The TD06H-25G I understand (going from memory here) uses the same shaft diam as the T78 turbos. Kando and other knock offs...who knows!?!?! A forum owner Kris bought my genuine Greddy L2 20G and the turbine was exactly the same as the genuine T67 I am running now This turbo (sold to Kris) Is on the left here On the right is a genuine TD06H-25G (below is the actual compressor cover of the turbo on the right) I dont have many good pics of my T67-25G. About the only pic I have uploaded is

Poor 89CAL....lol must be painful . Sorry. Source?? I told you...go watch the Ted interviews pre Malaysia etc. What you want me to crop interviews and youtube it? He most likely wanted RBR punished as he threw away pace when his meter was wrong. Good enough for him...good enough for RBR. Doesnt make the meter right or RBR wrong...just silly meter. LOL, FI, STR are lucky in that theirs outright failing means they divert to the engine parameters/fuel rail etc whilst the meter was performing. Bets put a kill switch or fusible link in that power cable Most likely teams have worked out by now the way around the meters and are either bench testing units and only installing the optimum ones. Remember the tolerance is + / - so imagine the holy grail is the one that reads a tad low and they get that .5% or 3-5hp extra Edit...you wont be satisfied but here is something on line. Similar things were said to Ted Kravitz and Ted drilled down on why they didnt show their true pace (suspecting he knew the answer was the fuel flow meter) Graeme Lowdon smiled, shrugged his shoulders ; effectively answering to Ted , yes...the reason we were slower than we should have been was the fuel meter. Extracts from what is online... "I don't think we showed our true pace in particular in the race and there were various reasons for that. So I do think that pace-wise we have made a step forward, it's just I don't think we've really shown that yet." "For all there were various issues and problems, and certainly we experienced some circumstances on the fuel flow where we had to make some decisions, I think most of the teams made those decisions in accordance with how the FIA thought the teams would act, which is to err on the side of ensuring that your car is safe and legal at all times, which is the stipulation that's in the Sporting Regulations. I know whenever we were presented with a decision to make we took it into accordance with the guidelines that have been issued with the FIA." http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/17581/9230233/exclusive-graeme-lowdon-qa-marussia-sporting-director-on-engines-appeals-2014 I am with CAL89 from here on. Hopefully everyone has 5 bench tested meters all reading a little conservative ready for this weekend....swap them out and be ready to start each session with a new one. Great for the supplier

I still call them virgin because they still haven't popped thjeir cherry! I watch the Sky F1 pre shows, post shows and also the BBC stuff. I skip loads but do watch the interviews. Yes Mur-Virgin wanted RBR to lose the appeal but in one of the interviews he also said that their pace had been hurt in Australia due to their sensor readings being wrong. They applied the FIA offset and felt that it still hindered their pace as it was still wrong! The line of questioning came from Ted Kravitz when the same person saying they hope RBR got penalised mentioned their lack of pace being artificial and not true to their potential Anway...I am not saying Vettel had a fuel problem...what I am saying is that going forward until they are reliable if a drivers pace is off then there is a reason why a driver could be unduly hindered. Precision and accuracy...lol they drift in readings. Thats just not RBR saying that. Force India had to apply different offsets on the same meter between practice sessions and ended up binning the meter and going with a new one.

Ah, several teams have had them stop and completely fail and been allowed to run alternate. RBR took teh sensor back to France and tested it on the bench with FIA witnessing then handed it over to FIA for their own testing. FIA chose not to test it. The sensors are faulty and do lose accuracy with multiple other teams on multiple occassions being allowed to use an offset. Those offsets may or may not be accurate....RBR thought the sensor was way off even after an offset. I look at Vettels performance in Bahrain and cant help but think he doesnt give that much away to Dan and other guys in combat. Why I wonder?!?!?! FI have had them fail, STR fail, Virgin not happy with the offset...saying that their tru performance has been hurt in two GPs and Bahrain was the first indication of the cars performance etc THEY ARE CRAP! But that all they have and the FIA have to be stick to their guns even if the sensros are affecting performance and places in GPs!!!!!!! So it dosnt matter if RBR was right...FIA cant allow teams to second guess them during a race. RBR shoudl have continued to argue with FIA during the race to get them to default to alternate means of measurement...not try to sort it out later. Its a process issue...not that RBR cheated.

Can you clarify what you mean with this post. The T67 uses the same 25G compressor. Only the turbine is different from a wheel perspective running L2 rear. There is nothing unreliable about the Greddy turbos. ...they ceank out power tear after year owner after owner...but oil quality and temp needs to ne looked after

You really think RBR were "cheating" or trying to when the FIA had live data? And yes...there have been two other team owners that I know if who know they are shagged but shrug their shoulders and say "tow the line in the interest of the sport"

CARNTS!!!!! Though predictable So i guess we see cars tank performance based on rol of dice, with viewers not knowing whether the driver is sucking on a given day or they are giving away 1.5-2% of power which is easily 12-15hp

"We respectfully submit that the most effective way to ensure that Red Bull do not flount further instructions from the FIA is for this court to recognise the severity of their infringement and to impose a further sanction upon them which is to be suspended for the rest of the season, so that they are acutely aware." Farking Mercdes. They got their QC straight out if their undergroung SS training school. Come in RBR!

And who the fark is Marco Mattiacci? Silly Ferrari!

Big mistake IMO for Ferrari to push/let him walk! Time for Dr Flav to get back on the scene anyway!

So whi is a gambling man. My money is on RBR winning...real test of the independence of the tribunal ..oh by win I mean found not to exceed the fuel flow limit...from there how the politics plays out will be interesting. Reading some various resports to the letter of the law RBR shoudl be ok...but the intent and spirit...and egg on FIAs face...umm...will be interesting

UMERICA---FARK YEH! Should be interesting. Building a team up from scratch...real question will be whose engine? Honda? Surly not Fezz. Have they ever supplied good customer engines?

I think Pastor is recognised as being fast...just not all that clever. And I think you will find that Romain would destroy him in a car that actually worked and was relaible. Give them 6 months and hopefully the car is at least Q3 worthy and see if we can judge the relative pace of them

I think it was a similar case with Magnussen on Kimi where the Fezz on old tyres under brakes caught him out with how slow it was and did a bit of swerve off track to avoid collision.

Not one to defend Seb but... http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/9253910/Seb-Has-Obligations-as-Champ Would so love to see Montoya, Alonso, DC and others kick the snot out of him in a ring. I would pay money for that.

I think that was the messiest move I have seen him do in the 3 years he has been in F1. Not a bad record, espeically when in the move on Kimi you cant help but think with his fresh tyres and pace part of the problem was just how slow Kimi was when he arrived at corner entry and Kimi was still there. It appears Vettel's car hasnt been running in the sweet spot that Dan's car has so will be interesting mid season when the cars are free of those little dramas that rob one or the other of those tenths lap after lap how they go. So far was impressed by Vettels maturity in letting Dan pass when ordered to. Actually was shocked he moved out of the way within a few corners

...but it did. When Dan pulled a nice move on Vettel then resisted Vettels attempts to get backl past whilst Dan was trying to get the job done on Hulk just in front of him. There was probably less than 2m between each of the three cars in breaking areas!

So happy to start reading apologies from those saying Dan was the cop=out option for a safe no.2

So all those guys were hanging sh1t on Dan and RBR for picking a clear No.2 vs Kimi? Dan is showing a lot of class for a young guy with pressure on him. Has not put a step wrong in first 3 races

Shit...completely forgot about being a night race now! That is sh1t. Means Webber will coem last as he always goes hopeless there and sucks at night Old habits die hard

This comes despite Red Bull estimating the sensor it had on its car in Melbourne was fluctuating by up to two per cent - which had a theoretical implication on laptime of three quarters of a second. Fabrice Lom, who is head of the FIA's powertrain department, said: "We accept plus or minus 0.5 per cent [accuracy]. Even at 0.5% thats still 0.185sec a lap from a silly meter error...oh and thats on the low side...if another car has a meter reading +.5% then they get 3/10 sec on you per lap. Retarded situation for F1 to be in ...and for that matter Lotus Seems losing Eric and other engineering staff is hurting the teams ability to stay focussed and just resolve issues strategically...rather they seem to be in a rather confused state and not getting any better GUTTED Oh well, Romain to McLaren next year

Its a joke. No doubt Dan having another new meter installed yeserday could be polotics...but... "We know Toro Rosso had two failures this morning. Sergio Perez's sensor failed for the entirety of the race and others were given other readings." Right or wrong re process in Melb...go RBR for bashing FIA over the head over this cluster fark. All the F1 teams do a rather stellar job getting 15 cars to the finish line in Melb and an FIA part is the root of stupidity and performance differentiators.