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Who would have thought a real race circuit could produce some decent racing, eh?

1:16.2- Very nearly 3 seconds faster than an Enzo and a 458 The only thing that's been around quicker on road-legal rubber is the Ariel Atom V8

I wish that episode of Top Gear would hurry up and get broadcast

I'd say he's had enough of it and doesn't give a rats anymore. But I can't see him landing a better whip anywhere else instead.

Team has no right to be issuing such orders in the first instance. 'Maintain the gap' is fooling nobody. The day a race driver gives up on a sniff of a chance at a fair pass on his team-mate and settles for one place lower is the day he joins the ranks of other legendary hall-of-famers like Barrichello and Massa.

that rattlegun dude probably starts his new position as a janitor at the MTC today pretty sure they can't work on the car outside of pit lane speed limit lines barring the installation process

It's Epic to the power of Wicked yes, but only by virtue of the misfortune of others he 'pulled a Bradbury'

tru dat =[

prolly

just imagine if the BBC TV director was Australian; Today he could swap between footage of Ricciardo possibly making up places and Webber gradually slipping down the field

is the bov also blocked off for maaad fludderz?

best call since last round

still waiting for the cycle guards

assuming gramps makes it there, of course anyway, roll on SILVERSTONE!!! *cough* VR16DETT

So I read ol' mate Bernie is thinking of suing the FIA over their decision to mandate a V6T formula on the grounds it'll hurt ticket sales. I could understand the gripe if they where being forced down the 4-cyl path, but they'll still sound good with high-revvin' sixes, and I'm sure they'll have at least as much or more power than the current jiggers. Suck it up you rich old khent.

Garbage. This is the most persistent misconception in the history of performance vehicles. Power and gearing is what determines acceleration and top speed, NOT the torque figure. You can make up for a lack of torque with shorter overall gearing, but you can never make up for a lack of power the same way. If torque mattered more than power for foot-down stonk, you'd look at torque-to-weight ratios to compare performance potential, but it's power-to-weight that matters.

don't know why so many people get hung up on boost. champ cars made over 800hp with less than 3psi. just need some revs. 1.6L V6 pulling big revs on 1 bar boost could make enormous amounts of power with current electronic systems. they'll certainly be running restrictors to cap power.

way to ruin an F40 with those lame plastic rubbing strips

Nice McLaren badges on the Ford V8's cam covers.

we can all point and laugh when they're stuck at the side of the road re-attaching yet another blown off piece of induction hose i guess

Not exactly. It's not airflow through the engine that matters, but rather the actual density (or oxygenization) of the air being drawn into the cylinder that determines how much fuel you can add, and thereby how much power you can make. that's why MAF sensors measure the Mass of the Air Flow, rather than the volume, and why there's a temp sensor in the intake for compensation. You could easily go up in CFM, but actually lose charge density per firing. I agree unreservedly that boost level is largely irrelevant- only a muppet would think it's better to run 30psi for 600hp if the same engine could make the same power anyway on 25psi (and i know some people seem to think it's some kind of 'street cred' to have a huge boost number.

Weird place Valencia- Some of the camera angles/aerial shots make it look like Spain's version of Monte, and then other parts of the track look for all the world like Port Botany. a reduction in downforce would be fulleh awesome for your cornering speed

bit disappointing how everyone realized they hadn't done enough in the first 2 sectors to bother finishing that last lap

But maybe (politely) you've missed the point- By mandating a formula that has some development relevance to mass-market manufacturers (i.e: hi-po small turbo 4's), the FIA actually encourages some involvement in F1 by volume manufacturers through tangible development benefits? Euro V combined-cycle tests probably hold little relevance to ~800hp 19,000rpm limited N/A V8's...

I've read an interview in car mags with the head of Volkswagen/Audi about this. He says F1 isn't really the right marketing fit for Audi, but did hint that Porsche is the best member of the VAG group to head in that direction. You'd prolly only see them as an engine supplier rather than a factory effort like Merc GP; but if the costs do end up coming down they may have a crack I'd say. I'm noticing a theme here- Get piss-poor results for a few years, sell the team on, new owner scoops WCC shortly afterwards...