tweety bird

srs benji?

Renault Sport has promised to do a thorough investigation into the alternator problems that cut short Sebastian Vettel and Romain Grosjean's races in Valencia. "We do need to hold our hands up and apologise to both Red Bull and Lotus on the problems on the sister cars of Sebastian and Romain," he said. "Both suffered alternator failures, although it seems for different reasons at this point in time. Sebastian's overheated and the engine shut down, while Romain's alternator failed and the electrical power to the engine stopped. "We will of course thoroughly investigate the reasons for this when we get the units back to Viry to try and ensure that Red Bull and Lotus, plus our other partners, do not have the same issue in the future. Similarly, we will also work to understand the reasons for Heikki [Kovalainen]'s KERS failure - there is a lot of work to be done between now and Silverstone but we have a strong team and resources in the factory." http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/7842715/Renault-apologises-to-Red-Bull-and-Lotus McLaren insist they have made big strides when it comes it pit stops, pointing out that one of their stops in Valencia was the "fastest stationary pit stop in motor racing history". 'They claim that data from the race shows that the 2008 world champion's first stop in Valencia was actually the "fastest stationary pit stop in motor racing history" at 2.6sec,' the paper said. Adding: 'McLaren had the two fastest pit-lane times during Sunday's race - a 19.36sec for Hamilton and a 19.64sec for Jenson Button - while their average stationary pit-stop time, discounting the one which arguably cost Hamilton the chance to fight for victory, was a sprightly 2.95 seconds. 'Mercedes were the previous record holders of the fastest stationary pit stop, achieving a time similar to McLaren's 2.6secs in Korea last year. But the Woking team believe they were just quicker.' http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/7842756/-McLaren-set-new-pit-stop-record-

yep, you sure are...

Whitmarsh reckons Hamilton could have been more cautious against Maldonado McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh believes Lewis Hamilton should have been more cautious in handling his battle with Pastor Maldonado in the closing stages of the European Grand Prix. Hamilton crashed out of the Valencia event after a clash with the Venezuelan driver as they battled for third on the penultimate lap - losing him vital points in the world championship standings. Although the stewards said that Maldonado was to blame for the incident, and handed him a 20-second time penalty in lieu of a drive-hrough for what happened, that brought little consolation to Hamilton or his McLaren team. But judging by the difficulties that Hamilton was having at the time of the incident with his tyres, and knowing how aggressive Maldonado is as a driver, Whitmarsh suspects that his man would have been better off giving his rival more room than other rivals he had fought with earlier in the event. When asked if he thought Hamilton should have defended so hard, Whitmarsh said: "Clearly not, but you are dragging me into the conversation. "In my mind, you saw him defend with [Romain] Grosjean and with [Kimi] Raikkonen, and he didn't do anything different with Maldonado. It was a different outcome, but he didn't do anything different with those drivers. "My own view is that it was Maldonado's fault, and it is deeply frustrating – but he is a racing driver and that is it. I am sure in hindsight you have to say that dealing with someone like that you have to take a different approach, but you cannot anticipate it." http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100724

better then the usual pics?

kimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii schumiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Jean-Eric Vergne severely penalised for Kovalainen incident in Valencia. Vergne, who retired from the race on lap 27, was given a 10-place grid penalty for the British Grand Prix and a 25,000 euro fine. http://www.autosport...t.php/id/100704 Revised world Championship standings, round 8: Drivers: Constructors: 1. Alonso 111 (1. Red Bull-Renault 176 2. Webber 91 (2. McLaren-Mercedes 137 3. Hamilton 88 (3. Lotus-Renault 126 4. Vettel 85 (4. Ferrari 122 5. Rosberg 75 (5. Mercedes 92 6. Raikkonen 73 (6. Sauber-Ferrari 60 7. Grosjean 53 (7. Williams-Renault 45 8. Button 49 (8. Force India-Mercedes 44 9. Perez 39 (9. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6 10. Maldonado 29 11. Di Resta 27 12. Kobayashi 21 13. Hulkenberg 17 14. Schumacher 17 15. Senna 16 16. Massa 11 17. Vergne 4 18. Ricciardo 2 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100705 Schumacher holds onto third. Accused by Mark Webber of using his DRS under a yellow flag situation, Schumacher had to face the stewards on Sunday evening. Team boss Ross Brawn was confident he would not face a penalty, telling the BBC that he had ' personally double-checked the data and Schumacher stopped using is 30m before the yellow flag zone so he's confident there won't be a penalty.' And after examining the evidence the stewards ruled that Schumacher had slowed sufficiently and he retained his third. http://www.planetf1....i-Holds-Onto-P3 Jean-Eric Vergne has been hit with a 10-place gird drop for the British GP while Kamui Kobayashi will also be demoted. Kobayashi, has been hit with a five-place grid penalty following his collision with Felipe Massa. http://www.planetf1....anded-penalties

fuel flow or ignition retard?

it's weird because you can hear it on some corners but not on others, but i don't think off throttle blowing is illegal that's why the fia moved the exhaust so they didn't have to ban it.

i would like to see lotus stop playing games for this gp and let kimi do his thing... srsly, put kimi on a three stopper and take the leash off. winning?

Mark Webber labels his qualifying issues in Valencia as a "big hit" Mark Webber described the DRS problem that wrecked his European Grand Prix qualifying session as a "big hit" for his championship chances. The Red Bull driver will start only 19th in Valencia due to the issue. Webber had earlier run into technical problems in free practice as well. "We had no DRS. That's worth 1.3 seconds, so it makes it very difficult when you have no DRS," he said. "The car's put up a big fight today. We've only managed four laps all day, and three of those were in qualifying. "We had one lap on primes at the start and then went to the pits because the gearbox hydraulics were playing up. "The guys did the right thing by putting me onto the options because we were in a desperate situation there to try and get through because it's very tight. "The laptime wasn't too bad given the DRS was out, but it doesn't do anything to help our situation. So now we have to do what we can tomorrow." Webber admitted that the Valencia qualifying result could prove costly. "It's a big hit for us," he said. "With this one and Barcelona, that's two difficult qualifyings through no fault of my own, but that's the way it can go over 20 races." http://www.autosport...t.php/id/100624

very interesting... kimi?

Jenson Button leads the way in final practice for the European Grand Prix Jenson Button showed that his recent qualifying struggles could be behind him by topping Saturday morning practice for the European Grand Prix. The McLaren driver knocked Lotus driver Romain Grosjean off top spot by just under a tenth of a second during the flurry of soft tyre qualifying simulations in the final minutes of the session. This suggests that he will be in the mix for pole position, although Sebastian Vettel, who ended the morning an unobtrusive 13th, justified his status as the man to beat by setting the fastest times of all in the first and second sectors before aborting his only flier on softs late on. After a quiet opening 10 minutes of the session, first Grosjean and then team-mate Kimi Raikkonen topped the timesheets, although it was Red Bull driver Vettel who set the best time of the medium-shod runs, posting a 1m38.434s just after the halfway point of the one-hour session. During the medium runs, there were few major incidents, although Pedro de la Rosa did spin his HRT after losing it under braking for the final corner. Grosjean was the first to bolt on the soft tyres after half an hour, jumping to the top of the times. His lap was good enough for second overall, with Raikkonen, who took advantage of an uncongested circuit to complete his qualifying simulation with 10 minutes to go, proving that Lotus will be strong this afternoon by lapping just a tenth slower. Force India pairing Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta carried their impressive Friday form over by setting the fourth and fifth fastest times ahead of Sauber driver Sergio Perez. Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher was seventh fastest ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa, while Pastor Maldonado, who showed strong pace relative to the rest on mediums, completed the top 10. Several big names were in unfamiliar territory in the bottom half of the timesheets. Fernando Alonso ended up 12th after a big lock up at Turn 12 during his soft tyre run that forced him to take to the run-off area, with Vettel one place behind him with a time set on mediums. Nico Rosberg was down in 15th, but it was Red Bull driver Mark Webber who endured the worst session. He completed just four laps before a technical problem brought his morning to a close, meaning that he didn't get the chance to run on soft tyres in preparation for qualifying. Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m38.562 17 2. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m38.655s + 0.093 18 3. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m38.759s + 0.197 18 4. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m38.819s + 0.257 17 5. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m38.892s + 0.330 17 6. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m39.084s + 0.522 20 7. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m39.141s + 0.579 15 8. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m39.178s + 0.616 17 9. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m39.318s + 0.756 15 10. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m39.357s + 0.795 18 11. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m39.358s + 0.796 19 12. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m39.395s + 0.833 15 13. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m39.434s + 0.872 13 14. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m39.543s + 0.981 13 15. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m39.946s + 1.384 20 16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m40.037s + 1.475 17 17. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m40.134s + 1.572 20 18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m40.681s + 2.119 15 19. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m41.282s + 2.720 4 20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m41.931s + 3.369 15 21. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m42.758s + 4.196 14 22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m42.815s + 4.253 16 23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m42.943s + 4.381 14 24. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m43.124s + 4.562 16 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100617

Formula 1 teams are considering a ban on tyre warmers for 2013 Formula 1 teams are considering a ban on tyre warmers from as early as next year as part of a package of cost-saving measures. With the FIA and teams currently involved in a consultation period to frame new regulations aimed at keeping finances in check, sources have revealed that one proposal being given serious thought is to outlaw tyre blankets. Such a move, which was also considered a few years ago before being dropped because of safety concerns, would save teams money in both equipment expenditure and in freight costs. Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery told AUTOSPORT that his company would be happy to produce tyres that would work well without pre-heating, but said it would need some advance warning. "It needs planning and you have to do it well, so it is something that if they want to do they have to do it very quickly," he explained. "What we have found in the past, when we have tried to discuss it, is that the drivers have tended to be worried about such a move, as they feel that it can create a safety issue. From our point of view, yes we can do it but we need time to do it - because it changes completely the compounds that you use." Hembery believes that because of the time constraints - as well as the limitations imposed by it not having access to a 2012 car for private testing – it could be better for F1 if such a ban was imposed over two seasons. For 2013, he suggests, it could be possible to ban tyre warmers on wet tyres before a full-on ban on heating slicks for the following campaign. "There might be some midway of being able to get rid of them on the wet tyres because, by the time you get down the pit straight and it is raining, you have lost your temperature anyway. So possibly we could get halfway there quickly and progress to something different for 2014." http://www.autosport...t.php/id/100613

both Nick Heidfeld and Jacques Villeneuve will be racing v8supertaxis this year. the Townsville 400 for Villeneuve. the Gold Coast 600 for heidfeld.

''starts saving for new supra''.

p1. Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m40.890s 22 2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m40.973s + 0.083 21 3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m40.984s + 0.094 19 4. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m40.994s + 0.104 19 5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m41.065s + 0.175 26 6. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m41.105s + 0.215 15 7. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m41.117s + 0.227 22 8. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m41.158s + 0.268 18 9. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m41.182s + 0.292 21 10. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m41.620s + 0.730 21 11. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m41.784s + 0.894 15 12. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m41.838s + 0.948 19 13. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m41.861s + 0.971 16 14. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m42.109s + 1.219 20 15. Jules Bianchi Force India-Mercedes 1m42.175s + 1.285 21 16. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m42.299s + 1.409 24 17. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m42.442s + 1.552 26 18. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m42.758s + 1.868 26 19. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m42.777s + 1.887 28 20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m43.209s + 2.319 19 21. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m44.173s + 3.283 18 22. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m44.996s + 4.106 15 23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m45.120s + 4.230 23 24. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m45.338s + 4.448 7 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100558 p2. Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m39.334 33 2. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m39.465s + 0.131 32 3. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m39.595s + 0.261 20 4. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m39.601s + 0.267 27 5. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m39.644s + 0.310 34 6. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m39.700s + 0.366 32 7. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m39.733s + 0.399 34 8. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m39.868s + 0.534 33 9. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m39.901s + 0.567 30 10. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m39.926s + 0.592 32 11. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m39.945s + 0.611 34 12. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m39.990s + 0.656 33 13. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m40.075s + 0.741 29 14. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m40.147s + 0.813 25 15. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m40.244s + 0.910 35 16. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m40.511s + 1.177 29 17. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m40.963s + 1.629 20 18. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m41.121s + 1.787 32 19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m41.197s + 1.863 38 20. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m41.263s + 1.929 29 21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m42.424s + 3.090 21 22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m42.958s + 3.624 30 23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m44.201s + 4.867 33 24. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m44.260s + 4.926 12 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100569

thread now about what turbo to put on jimmys 86?

http://www.toyota.com.au/86/colours?WT.ac=VH_86_TopNav_Colours chose your colour then click the ''gts option pack'' for teh lulz.

black = boring. i would get dark blue.