Whiplash
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If you want to watch some real supercars Round 1 of The Aussie GT's from Adelaide will be on 7mate today at 3pm
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Those AMG cars sounded awesome, but someone has to tell me what the hell was in that Ferrari that lead most the race on Sunday! Thing flew down to that Senna Chicane like an F1 car! The GT40 thought it could fly....backwards into the barrier.
Least the young lad is being taught at a young age
Yep the SLS is very Awesome..... not that i'm biased.
The answer to the 458 is Alan Simonsen... if you own a Ferrari and want it to win you give him a call.
Car is same spec and similar speeds to the Merc, but it gets around with a lot more drama and noise, where as the Merc doing similar lap times are some what more relaxed / lethargic sounding so its quite deceptive.
I'm still blown away at the crowds reaction to the GT races this year, its all been so positive its amazing to hear / see.
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The Clipsal after party was somewhat dead this year, but thats what you get when vodka o aren't running it
But in saying that i didn't get home until 5.30 this morning.
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And here come the shameless promo girl pics
..... not nearly as many there this year as previous years .... but not too bad all the same.Most of them were behind the pits I found over the last 2 days, ran into a couple in there that i knew ( the joys of throwing after parties
)but over all I thought they were down, and unlike you i don't go out of my way to find them lol
GT had some today for the podium presentation in the paddocks
*EDIT* there are a few more back there behind the drivers
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Considering i was a 'free agent' this year seemed to work longer and harder than last year!
Long day yesterday arrived at the track at 8am our final GT race finished at 7.15 and didn't leave the track closer to 10 due to a banged up Merc
Car didn't make it out on track but the 2nd one got a podium for the weekend.
The mosler I was 'working' with kept it on the track and after we discussed some changes on friday night the car picked up 5secs a lap to be competitive today
was great to see the crowds all comment on how interesting the GT races were this year.
and if anyone wants to buy me a AMG SLS i won't say no
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One sad Merc at the end of tonight's race
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To add to the 458's collection of Lap records it broke the Clipsal GT record tonight in the light rain on the damp track
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We will definitely catch one Friday arvo .... and I like how you call it a fashion show, rather than what it really is - swimsuit soft porn
:D I thought they only did it on the saturday and sunday...
last year we made the superscreens when we were front row and they recorded the swimsuit soft porn...
and a little reminder of last years
Oh and the weather looks a bit shit
http://www.bom.gov.au/sa/forecasts/adelaide.shtml
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Yep, as mentioned I will be there ....
I put the 5 spare tickets we had on Gumtree (since David is in China for work, Chops & Nicky moved away, Bronwyn is due with her 3rd child on 10th March, and we had one spare) and they sold in a snap - I could have sold them 3 times over!
Weather is going to be perfect too - hopefully there is some rain Sat/Sun to make the racing interesting! And they have Coopers beer this year (instead of that camel piss XXXX).
This year is going to be good, but roll on next year with the Nissans I say!
What days are you going in Andrew?
need to pencil in the annual 'fashion show' for saturday or sunday or both
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Can you tell us how? Or is it Top Secret?
I have to wait until tomorrow night to find out if i have a Team pass lol, nothing like leaving it to the last minute.
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i doubt the v8's will break that record. this year is the last year they will have a chance, because under the COTF regs they will have less power, so will be lapping slower.
But they will have better suspension and handling. The GT cars peaked at around 260 - 270kph on conrod compared to the V8's knocking on 300kph. All the time is made up across the top of the mountain.
The GT cars have much better aero, but the driver reports on the COTF state that they handle a lot more like the Cup Cars
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So Who's going?
I know Andrew and I will be there as usual... although i am still to arrange a 4 day pass
Also won't be working as such this year so will have some more free time to catch up, although my mates are now spread around in different categories not all in the GT so will be running around like an idiot
any way there should be a GTR running around in the GT category (approx 30 cars so good turn out this year) make sure you support the Merc SLS's!
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the speed channels coverage doesn't start till 5pm.
why?
only live internet feed until 5pm
Speed showing the world super bike series as per their contract with the super bikes
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back at it again this weekend, hours in before the ran the 458GT3 has set a new official lap record in the 12 hour a 2:06.3311 with another 4 cars under the V8 Lap record
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?26/02/2012.MOUN.R13
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Does anyone know if this is being broadcast on Free To Air TV?
I've checked the broadcast schedule for all the channels in Perth over the weekend and can't find anything....
12Hr is getting coverage on Speed, and Live stream on line (bathurst 12 hour site)
not sure about the support categories for the weekend.
12 Hour class qualifying results
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?26/02/2012.MOUN.Q5
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New 2012 Camaro Race Car!
If you want a fast yank tank give it to Lambo's race division
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on a side note, are you nick going to run the F1 tipping again this year?
Yeah have been waiting for it to come on line again. The website says the league is open in Late Feb to set up comps
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Another Ugly Nose
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LOL
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I'll stick to GT racing...
Have fun watching a Nissan Shell Race
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HRT :
Doesn't look too bad!
Saubers F Duct
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Pause the video at 3.42 for something interesting on the nose
Are you talking about this
Red Bull’s RB8 immediately caught the eye in the paddock with a large nose mounted duct. It is though to feed air from the hump on the front of the chassis forward through the nose structure and down to the front wing – similar to a system used on the Mercedes W02 in 2011. It is thought that this approach increases front downforce but little is known about it. Sauber is also thought to have a similar design for its new C31, openly admitting that they have ‘a lot of developments in this area’.The layout is legal as it is not driver operated so does not constitute a moveable aerodynamic device.
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surely just running a bit more angle of attack on the front wing aerofoil elements would be a less retarded solution??
I reeeeally hope (as I suspect it won't) this doesn't turn out to be a successful design feature
I can't see it making much difference
obviously Ferrari think so considering they haven't done the concave design like the other 2 ugly ducklings launched so far.
Sauber have the step, haven't heard much talk about the other cars as yet
..... not nearly as many there this year as previous years 
.... but not too bad all the same.
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Formula One 2012
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Not unprofessional..... just pure fraud