The first proper GP in a long time

[Lee]

Originally Posted by millzy

Mansell was cool yeah ill give you that.

Lee

its not and it made my childhood a very loanly place, i couldnt interact with others and i was scared of cheese and body hair my only friend was my teddy ruxpin

As long as you had teddy ruxpin Millzy. He pulled me through some difficult times

[Northy]

JV used to argue with his engineers on car set-up, he wanted it un equal side to side so he 'could go round the outside' of someone - point proven

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[millzy]

Originally Posted by Lee

As long as you had teddy ruxpin Millzy. He pulled me through some difficult times

did you teach your's to sing Aerosmith? or Guns'n'roses

[Lee]

Neither, we couldn`t afford batteries for him

[millzy]

Originally Posted by Northy

JV used to argue with his engineers on car set-up, he wanted it un equal side to side so he 'could go round the outside' of someone - point proven

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Craig harris used to do that not sure if he still dose, we ran less camber on the left side for the RRCI at Hamshire

[millzy]

Originally Posted by Lee

Neither, we couldn`t afford batteries for him

oh dude thats so sad

[Kopite]

Originally Posted by xjr14

Damon Hill being probably the most underrated F1 driver ever, shame he did loose the Hungarian GP 1997...even though assisted the then new Bridgestone tires a great drive! ...and Villeneuve, great addition to F1...he entered F1 when everybody said "ooh it`s impossible to pass", but he did it....anyone remember his pass on Schumacher in Estoril 1996? Great stuff!

I always say that about Hill. People forget how late he came into racing (23). Most F1 drivers have raced in some format before their teens!!

[millzy]

i also like him for driving a moped into his hotel room after wining. and not givng a crap and letting them film it and stick it on the telly

can you see the golden child doing that with Mr Dennis

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Pit Lane Lights

what are the BLUE ones for?

they were on moments before the lighs went to red

picure is when Kimi & Robert looked to have stopped.

Lewis just coming into shot

[Kev B]

The red light is there to show no entry and the flashing blue lights to warn the drivers faster cars are on the straight(or traffic). Normally used more in a place like donnington park for example where you pull out on to the racing line.

[ginger fixit]

f1

in my opinion is ripping its self in half is so hooked up on rules (for safety i agree rules are needed) but i think in the this case the cars could have entered the track with in the white line same as they have to adhear to while racing.
i dont see how it can be dangerous to enter when the cars are doing 80mph but its not for them to enter at race speed which could be up around the 150mph mark or more

i am really getting fed up with f1 i think they need to change the cars back to more mechanical grip get rid of pit stops full stop (would save teams a fortune) fixed limited testing and engines to last longer ie made not to there limits and brakes that work when there cool,

and of course cars that dont self distruct with a 10 mph knock at the end of the pit lane f1 is just so borring after the first 10 laps 2 hours is far to long 40 min race like moto gp is spot on.

i think im going to write to the fia about hamiltons 10 spot drop yes he may have been a little stupid but kimi was parked in the wrong place in my opinion i think worse has been done and people dont get penalties.

maclaren and hamilton are being hit hard no matter what they do he is im my opinion the best driver we have seen in a decade i think even shumacher would have struggled to beat him in the same paced car.

i think ferarri realise this and complain to the fia when lewis has a wee 5 minutes from the start just to see if they can get an advantage they have always been dirty racers as a team and this rubs off on there drivers even massa is become a more agressive driver like kimi.

may be they should find a way to make all the cars based on one design i think we would see the drivers come through built in different factorys but to a more specific design or poss 2 or 3 designs ie 1 for cornering 1 for stright line speed and 1 good for both so depending on how your engine performed thats how you decide what chassis you run.

this is just my opinion great thread Andy

[bender]

Originally Posted by ginger fixit

i think im going to write to the fia about hamiltons 10 spot drop yes he may have been a little stupid but kimi was parked in the wrong place in my opinion i think worse has been done and people dont get penalties.

That has nothing to do with Hamiltons penalty - if Kimi wasn't there then Lewis would have either driven straight out of the pit lane or overshot the pit lane line - either way he would've been instantly disqualified like Montoya and Massa were when they did it.

He was deemed to have caused an "avoidable accident" so his penalty is well deserved - Rosberg got the same penalty too so I don't think the FIA were playing favorites.

he is im my opinion the best driver we have seen in a decade i think even shumacher would have struggled to beat him in the same paced car.

Bit early in his career for that sort of talk - afterall he was in the best car last year - not too many drivers begin their F1 career in the best car, and then fail to do well.

Villenuve finished 2nd and 1st in his first few years at Williams - never looked good again.
Same can be said about Hill - after leaving Williams he looked ordinary too.