Honda Ass Dragger
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SPA this weekend
6 hours of fun and games
Audi are running there number 1 & 2 cars in Lemans' Trim I believe
Mitch Evans is having a go at LMP2 ( Probably realised he doesn't have a big enough sugar daddy behind him to ever make F1
)Can't wait
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^ Yep Jochen Rindt
Been trawling this thread on Autosport:
http://forums.autosport.com/topic/198075-mighty-powerful-f1-images-of-the-past/page-1
So many feels when looking at the pics
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Makes you think.........
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It's an awesome place, the museum is the greatest place I've ever been.
Rahall had a blinder in those last few laps. Two passes round the outside!
I think fi the race had gone another 2 Lap Rahal would have won
Was cool to see his Dad in the stand cheering him on
Looks like an amazing place to visit and apparently that museum there is insane
Indycar need more circuits like this and less street races IMO
That was a great race. I just ignored the stupid looking cars and tried not to compare it to anything else and it was enjoyable. That is an awesome track!
Month of May now
Bring on the 500 and Oval spec body kits I have a feeling that cars are going to look a whole heap better in Oval trim
Its pretty incomparable to other open wheel racing series, you wouldn't get that Don't argue that JPM put on Kimble in any other series
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Exxy bad then? Do you know any of its specs?
No EXXY like expensive was built when Chris was at Precision Re-grinds not sure if he is still there
Pretty sure it got Pistons & Rods and had custom cams ground up at Kelfords
Was a sigma block with a vr4 head iirc
I remember that the Turbo and Intercooler cost and arm and a leg as the intercooler came from Heat exchanges in CHCH so wasn't a China, plus the turbo was an early Garret Ball bearing
Plus the Link -Plus was a pretty exxy build back then.....
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Yes I am from nelson, it's still Chris's? motor. Different shell. His shell was rusted out. Its pretty quick.
Ah sweet I remember when Chris first put that motor together (geeze would be a good 8-10 years ago now) had lots of goodies and parts that were exxy bad then
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Scott Dixon inability to Win at Barber remains 5 Years 5 Podiums and no win yet
Such a sweet Circut
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Are you from nelson?
If So that a pretty sweet motor you have if its from the car I think it was from originally
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I am pretty sure a lot of the teams have made a deal to effectively guarantee their participation until 2020. I am unsure how binding this and clearly was only able to agreed to by the well supported / backed Teams. I am fairly sure this is the deal they are referring to.
I am fairly certain that, in no way does Red Bull receive a bonus in relation to historical importance.
Again the Red Bull deal is mentioned in the below article apparently its worth around $70 million a year:
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I think the below Diagram really explains how energy recover works on the 2014 spec motors:
Key point to not is that there is no limit of the energy that can be harvested from and feed back into the MGUH while there are limits on the MGUK
Basically this means that any time the turbo is maxing maximum boost and excess energy can be harvested and feed back directly into the Kentic motor........
The other cool thing is the MGU-H can be used to spool up the turbo so basically they can have boost at all times
I think is article explains it way better than I ever could:
http://somersf1.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/f1-in-2014-explaining-energy-flows-and.html
2014 Ferrari Spec Turbo:
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Cool article about the Honda PU on Auto sport today
Would appear they are doing some new stuff with there Turbo
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I don't read that chart as Red Bull receiving any historical payment and I am pretty sure they don't. Their top up came from the Constructor's Championship Bonus Fund, I would say this chart is from 2013 or earlier. As Caterham didn't receive any payment from 2014 season. Actually it's the 2012 Season I am pretty sure, judging on Constructors Championship results.
Sorry yes the above chart is a couple of season Old now
If you read through Below press conference you will see Red Bulls deal is mentioned:
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What's the Ferrari payment all about?
Came from the first Concord agreement Ferrari negotiated the deal due there perceived historic important to the sport
Basically they get $90 a year from FOM for just turning up
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Hes such a fucking muppet.
Best thing for F1 would be, way bigger simpler aero (circa 2004), fuck the over complicated ers off in favour of a the previous system, and organise the race schedule so they arent constsntly going back and forth across the globe all year (all asia pacific, then americas, then europe & middle east etc) That would save a fortune for all teams.
although its a tricky one as it should be then pinnacle with essentially no rules but then only 1-2 teams would continue due to costs
Its a hard one
But IMO easiest starting point would be to look at split of revenue in F1
Here is the current Model:
First cull the Historic Payments / Special Payments
I can kind of understand why Ferrari, Williams, Mercedes and McLaren get them but Red Bull For Fucks sake really geeze the team was only founded in 95* as Stewart Lotus and Sauber have both been on the Grid just as longer or way longer in the case of Lotus but get no Historic payments (I don't really have a lot of time for Red Bull in F1)
Give all team an equal amount of revenue to spend at the start of each year and then let them go for it
I also think the Manufactures should be told that engine development is unlimited but there should be a fixed cost on the price of motors.......
But this would be way to logical and wouldn't ever happen
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Bernie just doesn't get it does he.......
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/32373718
Replacing Monza with Baku WTF
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Open discussion is good, allot of people do seem to be against Quinn owning tracks so you are not alone.
Personally I thinks hes doing some good stuff & we just need a few more people like him doing similar things, he has had to take a big personal financial risks setting up Highlands, but I'm sure its calculated.
I want to see events like race to the sky go large with people like sebastien loeb and manufactures bringing along wild purpose built cars. Then we will get young Kiwis like Sloan Cox taking them on and making a name for themselves.
I'm not against Tony owning tracks in NZ at all
But I think people need to realise that if he does purchase tracks they will be run rather differently to how things are done now
As obviously the current model is broken else Hampton Downs and Taupo wouldn't be on the market (I also accept that the 08 GFC would have also had an impact on both of these circuits as well)
How do you make a small fortune in Motorsport?
Start with a large fortune
100% Truth
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Anyway I'm going to do the best thing and shut up and will just wait till the Man with the $$$$$ tells us what his plans are until then its all just speculation......
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Ok but Quinns not saying he's going to save NZ motorsport with one series, or one event I'm still totally flummoxed as to how that's even relevant to the impending circuit purchase.
Ok above Mikuni say's that the above article proves that Tony Quin has NZ motorsports best interest's at heart
I personally think Tony Quinn has Tony Quinn's wallets interests at heart most.....
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That's like comparing apples with skyscrapers tbh but please elaborate so I can understand where you're coming from?
Basically one man or one series / event isn't going to be the magic Bullet for New Zealand motorsport
It doesn't matter how much Tony tries and how many $$$ he tosses in if he doesn't have across the board support
To me it appears that NZ motorsport is very fractured at top level with the people running it only out to look after there own interests...
I remember a lot of talk when the Super Tours were announced as to how they would be the game changer for NZ motorsport and the start of a new era.....
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I thought this was relevant for the people who still doubt Tony Quinn has the interest of New Zealand Motorsport at heart.
http://m.speedcafe.com/2015/04/20/cafe-chat-tony-quinn-on-race-to-the-sky/
Yes and No
I'm pretty sure the Super Tourers people were spouting similar stuff when they first launched there series
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Solid Victory for Dixon
Even better that Will Power was way back in 20th
Helio is looking strong this year
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Britney is Broken, I wonder if Mercedes now regret signing him long term as he is not WC material
Might as well start engraving Hamilton's name on the WC trophy
Great to see Ferrari doing so well, maybe Red Bull and Renault should take a leaf from there book and STFU and just get on with it, Ferrari have stopped moaning and trying to change the rules and have just got on with racing ad the results are now speaking for themselves....
Now we head to the real races IMO after 3 Tikedomes in a row
Also top stuff from Alonso to bring the McLaren home in 11th, some really great pictures of the Honda PU on Racecar Engineering today (I wonder who else Honda will supply engines to next year....pretty sure RedBull will get veto'd by McLaren HAHAHAHAHA)
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The Chevy Kit looks Slick: