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What you need to understand was that for the 1990 race the GT-R was completely unsorted. It had only just been finished and was, by all accounts, a horrible thing to drive on the Thursday/Friday/Saturday before the race. Only one car was entered, & from memory it broke a drive shaft - hence the reason for the missing 15 or so laps. Skaife got told to go out & drive it as fast as it would go in the hope of learning a bit more. The lap record was the result of that instruction.

Yes. One of the reasons the RAWS/SEVS scheme mandates ride height is to avoid this very problem.

How much thickness do the rotors have left on them?

At the risk of getting off topic (Which seems to about lube oil & adult themes which I don't want to think about) how do I get more performance out of my stock GT-R calipers? The R compounds will grip up to 1.2-1.3 gees, but the brakes will only ever kick out one gee (Above 100km/h), no matter how hard I push. Pads are good Ferodo DS2500's all round.

No I didn't. Have a look at the attached photo from a hillclimb last year. The car in question broke a suspension component in the front end. He was driving in a straight line shortly before it snapped. Point is you can't go get a second hand head from anywhere - so it pays to look after the one you have, even if it is as ugly as mine.

As springs get older they sag. Happens to all of them. Easiest fix is to either get some new/secondhand springs or coilovers with height adjustment.

I reckon it should have been the BMW M3 he drove in 1988.

Hmm, interesting assertion. What people should keep in mind are the following: The heavier the helmet the harder the impact. So it is worthwhile paying more money to get a lighter helmet. A proper helmet eg a full face Arai or Bell or similar will still cost under $1000. They are the very best you can buy & will last for many years to come. Many people start with an interest in the drags on a Wednesday night & that often leads to them wanting to do hillclimbs & track days at Wanneroo etc. Personally I have seen cars turn turtle infront of me & seen more than one spear off into the scenery. The $100 dollars you may have saved buying a stinking second hand helmet won't feel like much at that point. Looking after your head is not stupid...

This from grandprix.com The truth will out? Nine years after the World Championship showdown at Jerez in 1997, the then Sauber driver Norberto Fontana has decided to tell the story of what happened to him during that highly-charged weekend. In an interview with the Argentine magazine Ol?, Fontana claims that three or four hours before the race Jean Todt visited the Sauber motorhome and told the Swiss team, which used Ferrari engines at the time, that the Saubers must block Jacques Villeneuve if they were in a position to do so in order to help Michael Schumacher win the World Championship. Fontana said that he blocked Villeneuve for only three or four corners but that it cost the French-Canadian around three seconds. In the end Villeneuve challenged Schumacher for the lead and the two cars collided. Schumacher went off into a gravel trap and was unable to rejoin. Villeneuve won the World Championship and Michael Schumacher was later punished for deliberately driving Villeneuve off the track. Fontana said that the action had hurt his career but that Todt and Schumacher never thanked him for what he had done. To view what happened you can go to: Video and make up your own mind. While this is all ancient history now, there is a certain irony in that after the same race there were claims that Williams and McLaren colluded to rig the result of the race. That claim was rejected by the FIA World Council although it was never clear why the allegations ever got as far as the World Council.

Peter Brock NEVER drove a Skyline of any description, let alone an R32 GT-R. That may well explain why you cant find any pictures of it.

Does the 92 on the Jasma badge on the exhaust relate to 92dBA? I ask because I will need a new exhaust shortly & this one is very quiet. Most of those I see advertised are either 95 dB or 100dB.

Yes

Nice work.

Official how?

You don't have to do that even, There are three wires that going into the coil. Grab the fattest one & clip the timing light induction loop around it. If your light is at all good it should be enough to trigger it. Then you can set the timing.

Given how Mark has driven this year (quite often dragged the Williams around the circuits & soundly beaten his team mate) & also how he has bitten his lip & not paid out on the team for their lack of reliability I fail to see how any one could not have respect for the year he has had.

At this stage of the year there is very little in the way of evolutionary development left in the cars. A large part of the teams resources are necessarilly focussed on next year & in any case there are only so many things to improve on a car before you have to fundamentally change it. As a great many commentators have noted, the important difference will be whether or not Michelin can infact do a better job than Bridgestone over the remaining few races. You would have to say that Bridgestone have been the tyre of choice for the lest three or four GP's. This has a much greater impact on the teams relative performance than almost anything else at the moment. And, no Michelin don't built Renault engines any more than Bridgestone build the front suspension on a Ferrari.

No the theory of F1 driver relativity only works between teammates. If Alonso loses this year you can put it down to Michelin dropping the ball.

Actually, because he is such a talentless hack he only has to do it once to show that Schumacher is no longer at the top of his game.

Just be aware that irrespective of whomever does it there is a fair chance it will crack the paint around the guard where it is rolled.

"might have something to do with the fact MS sat behind him while he completed his pit stop..." How did that make any difference? He was already behind him.

the sphincter of the universe. Won from pole.

Look how well Mansell got on with them. And Ferrari for that matter. And Williams. And Lotus. Actually, back in the day Rosberg got on alright. As did Lauda. Even de Cesaris. That it didn't work out for Montoya probably says more about Montoya than McLaren. After all he didn't really get on at Williams, either. Let's be honest if Ron Dennis can get on with someone as difficult as Ayrton Senna, he can surely get on with Alonso.

I just wonder what Kimi's reaction will be if and when Ferrari insist he starts doing dodgy shit a la Schumacher. Ron Dennis is painfully even handed with his drivers and painfully fair in his dealings so such things may come as a bit of a shock to Kimi. I don't rate Massa. That he can beat Schumacher reflects badly on the German, not well on the Brazillian. Why wouldn't Alonso settle in at McLaren? He has consistantly shown he can handle the massive pressure he has been put under (Alot better than some others). His comments on Schumacher were very exacting - great driver - not great for a number of other reasons. Hardly whinging.

It will be interesting to see what happens when Ferrari get a motivated top line driver back in one of their cars. I remember how much the other Kimi upset Senna when he turned up at McLaren all those years ago. Senna had grown a bit complacent from having a second rate team mate (Andretti in this instance) & he really had to pull his finger out in the last few races before he disappeared of to Williams.