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Kimi Raikkonen will remain with Lotus next season after extending his contract with the team for a further season. http://www.planetf1....m-Kimi-For-2013 good news!

speaking of webber fails.. Mark Webber reportedly walked out of Sunday's post-race press conference in India for reasons as yet unknown. The Australian finished Sunday's grand prix in third place behind team-mate Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. As such Webber attended the post-race press conference at the Buddh International circuit. However, in unexplained circumstances the 36-year-old walked out - although it was near the very end. When a journalist asked "question to Fernando and to Seb: Seb, first, is there anything you want from Fernando at the moment; and Fernando is there anything you want to have from Seb at the moment?", Webber upped and left. The Red Bull racer later apologised to Matteo Bonciani, the head of communications and media delegate. "It was the first time something like this happened in my charge. As an after-thought, Webber wrote me a mail and then came to my room to apologise," Bonciani told IANS. "He said it is something he should not have done. "Maybe he did that as he didn't like the questions asked in the room. It was nice he realised his mistake and the matter was over." http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8204191/-Webber-walks-out-of-press-conference-

that is all..

i'm not even going to watch the race tonight because i know it will put me to sleep, i'll watch it tomorrow morning when i'm eating my breakfast.

do you have any pics of the damage?

lolololols.

i hate this track. it's soooooooooo boring.. boring track = boring race?

agreed.

p3 Times 01 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:25.842 20 laps 02 Jenson Button McLaren 1:26.034 0.192 17 laps 03 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:26.108 0.266 18 laps 04 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:26.151 0.309 21 laps 05 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:26.209 0.367 22 laps 06 Bruno Senna Williams 1:26.214 0.372 24 laps 07 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.521 0.679 15 laps 08 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:26.531 0.689 21 laps 09 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:26.652 0.810 21 laps 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:26.664 0.822 21 laps 11 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:26.691 0.849 13 laps 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:27.140 1.298 18 laps 13 Sergio Perez Sauber 1:27.162 1.320 21 laps 14 Paul di Resta Force India 1:27.193 1.351 22 laps 15 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:27.229 1.387 21 laps 16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:27.374 1.532 21 laps 17 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:27.711 1.869 20 laps 18 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:27.983 2.141 19 laps 19 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:29.035 3.193 20 laps 20 Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:29.237 3.395 20 laps 21 Timo Glock Marussia 1:29.745 3.903 19 laps 22 Charles Pic Marussia 1:30.298 4.456 20 laps 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT 1:30.824 4.982 22 laps 24 Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:30.873 5.031 22 laps http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/8197811/Vettel-s-Indian-Practice-Reign-Continues

An incorrect setting on his Ferrari caused Felipe Massa to struggle with its handling during second practice for the Indian Grand Prix. The Brazilian, who had been seventh quickest in the morning, spun several times during the second session and was unable to set a proper laptime after damaging his tyres. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/103740

yap. p2 Times 01 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:26.221 35 laps 02 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:26.339 0.118 33 laps 03 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.820 0.599 34 laps 04 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:27.022 0.801 38 laps 05 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:27.030 0.809 40 laps 06 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:27.131 0.910 38 laps 07 Jenson Button McLaren 1:27.182 0.961 24 laps 08 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:27.233 1.012 37 laps 09 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:27.397 1.176 36 laps 10 Bruno Senna Williams 1:27.738 1.517 36 laps 11 Paul di Resta Force India 1:28.004 1.783 32 laps 12 Sergio Perez Sauber 1:28.178 1.957 39 laps 13 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:28.222 2.001 37 laps 14 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:28.239 2.018 37 laps 15 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:28.296 2.075 23 laps 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:28.455 2.234 40 laps 17 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:28.596 2.375 38 laps 18 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:29.167 2.946 35 laps 19 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:29.320 3.099 43 laps 20 Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:29.606 3.385 22 laps 21 Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:30.950 4.729 37 laps 22 Timo Glock Marussia 1:31.113 4.892 35 laps 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT 1:31.372 5.151 20 laps 24 Charles Pic Marussia 1:31.493 5.272 31 laps http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/8195861/Vettel-Leads-Red-Bull-1-2-And-Alonso boring race is going to be boring..

my sig is already big enough me thinks.

Red Bull faces alternator switch by the United States Grand Prix Red Bull will have to switch away from the safety of its old-spec alternators by the United States Grand Prix at the latest, AUTOSPORT has learned. In the wake of the double alternator failure that Sebastian Vettel suffered at the Italian GP, Renault reverted its teams back to a 2011-specification to ensure there were no repeat problems. However, with not enough of the old batch to last the entire season, Renault has continued work on a new version to make sure it has something ready for the final races. Renault's head of track operations Remi Taffin told AUTOSPORT that the French car manufacturer was now happy that it has a version that should not suffer the same problems that have struck this year, and its teams would have to switch across imminently. "The alternator has been changed and modified," he said. "We had a new version we tested in Singapore, and another one in Suzuka. We ran that one again in Korea - and will do so here in India as well. "As well as that, we were running it on the dyno and that will become the specification that we will introduce this year when we need it. But we also have other specifications that are coming from R&D that are focused on 2013." Taffin said that there is enough of the 2011 specification to last teams through the next two races, but that a switch over to the latest version would be needed for Austin. "I think at the latest, and obviously it depends on the mileage we do, it should be the United States," he explained. "Obviously it is not going to be for all teams, but we don't know for who yet." Although Red Bull may feel reluctant to move away from the guaranteed reliability of the older version because of its championship situation, Taffin said the final decision about what the team does will be made by Renault alone. When asked how Renault will decide when teams have to switch to the new version, Taffin said: "To be very honest it is a very difficult answer, because it is not any more just a technical issue. There are personal feelings about what should be run, and there are bad memories and things like that. "So even if we have gone through all the validation process, when you discuss about introducing a new spec of alternator - people say, 'stop, should we not just keep with the old one'. "The key point is where is the shift point from a 2011 unit with too much mileage on, to the new spec? "But we will take the decision as always, because for any internals of the engine you cannot really leave that to the teams. It is not because they are not technically speaking OK to do that, but there is too much of an inside [emotional] feeling." http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/103710

porn..

p1 Times 01 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:27.619 22 laps 02 Jenson Button McLaren 1:27.929 0.310 22 laps 03 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:28.044 0.425 24 laps 04 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:28.046 0.427 25 laps 05 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:28.175 0.556 22 laps 06 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:28.447 0.828 25 laps 07 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:28.542 0.923 24 laps 08 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:28.993 1.374 23 laps 09 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:29.204 1.585 24 laps 10 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:29.291 1.672 24 laps 11 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:29.691 2.072 26 laps 12 Paul di Resta Force India 1:29.760 2.141 23 laps 13 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:29.802 2.183 18 laps 14 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:29.850 2.231 19 laps 15 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:29.895 2.276 19 laps 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:30.041 2.422 26 laps 17 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:30.401 2.782 23 laps 18 Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:30.630 3.011 24 laps 19 Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1:30.896 3.277 20 laps 20 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:31.212 3.593 29 laps 21 Charles Pic Marussia 1:31.903 4.284 22 laps 22 Narain Karthikeyan HRT 1:32.125 4.506 24 laps 23 Timo Glock Marussia 1:32.369 4.750 19 laps 24 Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:32.859 5.240 13 laps http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/8195217/Vettel-Tops-The-Times-In-First-Practice

yep, i look forward to laughing at him in a weeks time.

so my prelude and i should fit right in then?

and cosworth helped design the bw efr turbos (i think i read that somewhere). +1 for cosworth?

williams f1 have there own kers too. and don't forget Chevy handing it to honda in indy as well..

i like this one. http://www.machineryhouse.com.au/S300 it looks about the right size for me.

kers is the teams responsible, i'm not sure what that has to do with honda. i don't think honda will be as 'in the dark' as people think, they have been running engines in indy for a few years now engines that are similar to whats coming in 2014 for f1. so you could say that honda are better prepared then any of the current engine suppliers for 2014. i with you on Cosworth, i hope they come back better with some new owners.

what's the quality and the pricing like? pic of sandblaster?, i've been looking for one for 2 years now but no one up here stocks free standing sandblasters... they all stock the little box ones.

McLaren are reportedly considering parting company with Mercedes and replacing them with Honda. German car giants Merc has supplied the Woking-based squad engines since the 1995 season and the two parties signed a new agreement in 2009 confirming that the "partnership may continue beyond 2015". However, it now appears McLaren are looking to replace Mercedes as they are not happy to stump up the £8million that the manufacturer is asking for their engines from next season. A source told The Sun that "there is no way McLaren will stay as a customer for Mercedes engines". Auto Motor und Sport claims that Japanese car manufacturer Honda - who was McLaren's supplier when they dominated the sport in the late 80s early 90s - is the likely replacement. The German publication reports that McLaren could team up with Honda when Formula 1 shifts to V6 turbo engines from the 2014 campaign. Meanwhile, racecar-engineering.com reveals that the Japanese company is interested in a return to F1 as a supplier the season after next. "The rumours are not unfounded but we have not decided anything, we are constantly evaluating the situation," a company source is quoted as saying. http://www.planetf1....-Merc-for-Honda- if that happens mclaren would be unstoppable imo.

i can't wait to see f1 cars race that track.