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Guess we are all F1 fans otherwise we wouldn't be here talking about it. Used to watch it when it was on channel 9 after the Sunday movie which finished at 10.30pm if you were lucky. Remember sitting there hoping Brabham could drag his Brabham/Simtek into the top 18 just so you could see how many laps down he was. So when a yocal with half a chance is running he gets my support, doubly so when he is the only one from WA to ever have had a go. Probably the closest I will get to fanboism. But outside that and outside a hatred for all things Ferrari I am not massively bothered by who wins. Do like to see driving talent rewarded and the middle ranked teams stay in the hunt for half a result every now and then. Which is why the current arrangement where Ferrari gouge all the coin sh!ts me to tears. Well done to Lauda and Merc for letting Britney and Homo have a fight. Otherwise it would be like the Schumacher era all over again - and that sucked badly enough the first time. The JEV thing is an example. Most young drivers with a good future turn up and qualify well, but lack race craft. Eg Hakkinen when he turned up at McLaren and scared a somewhat complacent Senna. What improves is their speed (a bit as the comparison of quali performances over the year shows) but more so their race performance. Which I reckon is why Kvyat is getting an RB drive and JEV not. That and the fact that Russia is probably a market with more growth in it for that god awful cats piss than France.

If he is doing that what's Harry going to do?

News has Button contemplating an endurance drive. Should he jump or wait until Alonso decides whether or not to turn up next year?

Cat looks angry

Le trolling, surely? And don't be telling the bullshit.

Yes. He should have wiped the floor with him but had been out qualified by him for a start. And no, I cbf'd going toe to toe on every race result. Yes JEV has more points. So he should. Because you promote drivers as much on their potential as on their results. Clearly the judgement is that Kvyat has more to offer in the future than JEV. See here for the quali trend for example. http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/statistics/2014-f1-statistics/driver-form-guides/daniil-kvyat-2014-form-guide/

What like the fact that Dan has continually improved this year, becomimg the lead driver at RBR, smashing Vettel and repaying every ones faith in him and JEV has not improved and not outshone his rookie team mate? Those sort of facts?

Looks like JEV may get another year at TR.

Title will go to the last race. 50 points for a win basically guarantees it will. You only get 7 points differential for a 1-2. So 17 will only get to 31 if the current trend continues.

Britney has won 4 races. Australia, Monaco, Austria, Germany. Homo has won 9. In the four races Britney has won Hamo has: Australia: DNF'd Monaco: Came second after the qualifying yellow flag thing. Austria: Second after starting ninth. He screwed up in qualifying. Germany: Third after starting twentieth Think this was the one with the brake problem which put him into the wall. So yeah - once if you don't include Monaco. The three races Dan won - Canada, Hungary & Spa. Homo DNF'd in two and In Hungary Britney got beat.

A worry too that the Redbull was slower than the Torro Rosso. Hoping Williams can find something in the off season. Package things up a bit better. But the Merc is so much quicker everywhere.

10 airing some rounds live. The difference between last years 20 20 and prior years in terms of attendance was big. Why? Because people got to see it on FTA, got interested then turned up. You don't BUILD audience via FOXTEL, just let Rupert exploit them. V8's are not the EPL after all. V8's aren't getting more popular. It has been consistent for a while now. They have been trying to get traction oversees for years. And failing I might add. No US swing next season which is another failed venture.

Why would they sign such a stupid contract in the first place. Audience is the most important thing they have. Look at the domestic 20 20 cricket. No one gave no fk when it was on Foxtel. Put it on free to air and every man and his dog were watching it. Highlight packages are absolute rubbish. Imagine Ten will put them to air at 3.00am between an advertorial about saucepans and one about gym equipment. Muppets. Anyway screw you 888. Glad they choked after all the shit Roland Dane has handed out over the years.

Holy crap 2 & 888 hard in the wall together.

Wouldn't bet against it.

HRT not looking strong. 888 in trouble. Which leaves what FPR & BJR??????

Ah budgets. I remember them. Now it just goes into the just fix it some more bucket. Be interested to see how this all goes. For my 10 cents worth I reckon that cam is on the too large size.

Well exactly Same as the cams briefings - a race track is now regarded as a workplace. It isn't the 1960s anymore where the prospect of avoiding killing yourself/someone else is regard as part of the challenge.

Stock rods too? E85 I would love but the logistics of it are hopeless.

be interested to hear some comments on the above. 98, 256 & 252 cams & -5 turbos.

Whether or not he was pushing any limit is irrelevant. It isn't good enough that a simple mistake (If it was even that - no one knows) ruins someones weekend/season/career/life/whatever the outcome is. Should be straight forward marshals and forklifts out under double waved yellows is not good enough in the wet. Put the safety car out. Fixed. Which, sadly, is more than can be said for Bianchi at the moment.

Lift and lobe centres are as per the Tomei cam spec sheets posted earlier. Lift is 260 is 9.15 256 is 9.25 252 is 9.15 Lobes are 110 inlet 115 exhaust - same for all.

Fk daylight savings. Hate going to work in the dark only to knock off when it is still pharken hot. Glad we dont have it here. But yeah top ten should see the lap record go.

May need to get stuck in a bit earlier than usual. Track is newly resurfaced and times are going to be quick. As an aside I think start time is 7.30 in WA. Are you NSW types on daylight savings time yet?