Marco-R34GTT

Hhhmmm, I'm curious if anyone else knows anything about those 4-door fenders, can't find much on the east-bear or cross-factory websites...

Just heard it on the news. Will take some pics at the GP tomoz and Sunday. Btw loulou is a douche!

East Bear kits don't flare out the fenders and rear door IIRC... Shame, because that Cross Factory 1 looks mint! a lot better than URAS IMO..

Really?? I went to there site and found only this.. No tinkering with the rear fender/door there...

Wholly crap..

You should be head of the FIA!

It would be good to see them make some basic changes to the track, honestly, there is a couple of things there that could vastly improve the racing at Albert Park, atm it is a little 'stop - start - stop - start', sorta like Montreal without the massive back straight...

Wow, I just checked out the link... and.... How on earth do you guys flare the rear guards and doors like that in a 4-door??? Either way I'm quite interested! btw, I could not find any info on LED lights for R34 4 door..

The fact Nissan are considering, can only be a good thing no???

The BMW engines were monsters in the early 2000's IIRC, just Montoya got a little bit loco and blew them all up! Ralf not so much, but I do recall the BMW engines that sat behind the Williams cars certainly had some grunt! Enough to worry Ferrari and McLaren.. Also for the record, I don't think you could hardly add Peugeot in there, they bailed at the end of 2000 and left dear old Alain on a bit of a limb... However, it is a shame they canned their F1 programme..

1: I am well aware they aren't and never were constructors.. However surely in past times they must've been better off in pocket (not that it looks like McLaren is struggling for a quid tho), Peter Sauber proved that privateers can moderately succeed with prudent management and yet make massive investments for the future. His infamous wind-tunnel in Hinwill is regarded as being one of the best in the motorsport-world. It in fact reserved the jobs of his Swiss employees when he sold to BMW, it didn't break him and it served BMW pretty well thereafter. It was mainly BMW's focus on kers that undid them last year (like the Fez and Renault), prior to that though BMW to be fair were nipping at the heels of the big two.. So obviously Peter Sauber's investment worked to some measurable degree.. Obviously it isn't the same as buying a race track, but the principle remains the same. In my previous post I did mention Dietrich Materzitsch, unless I'm mistaken, RBR aren't a manufacturer and is a 'privateer team' as you pointed out in regards to McLaren and Williams... I agree with the 2nd point too, definitely post 2000 it has suffered quite a disappointing decline...

Why is that such an issue??? Is it so evil that a company makes the necessary investments in order to procure and protect future prospects?? Why then in the 80's didn't McLaren buy Brands Hatch, or Williams, when they won a swag in the 90's, why didn't they buy Silverstone??? Ferrari owns Mugello and Fiorano, they both have the proper facilities to allow Ferrari to test very frequently and to run dedicated and complex R&D.. Why should they be vilified for that? Isn't that what you'd call commercially and competitively prudent and wise?? Dietrich Materzitsch (sp?) bought the A1-Ring hoping to use it as Red Bull's testing facility before the testing ban was put in place, in fact he still owns it, obviously the man knows what it is and what it takes to run a successful F1 team, or maybe Adrian Newey gave him the hint... Either way, Ferrari were simply geniuses to plan and build their dedicated testing facilities, it put them ahead and won them the bag of success they truly deserved in the early 2000's. Quite simply it was earned and deserved. Maybe other teams should have heeded the signs instead of bitching and whining about costs and Ferrari/Schumacher dominance... Seriously though, if they must cap it I'd be happy to see 30 days of testing... At least it would force teams to be a little strategic in its usage throughout the season... Go hell for leather at the start? Use it evenly over the year? or put all the eggs in one basket and save it till the last?? Now THAT would be a worthy concept.. - Base 2000 regs (Slightly larger front wings tho, but not as big as current spec ones). - Slicks (Last years sizes but with LARGER rears to big back grip balance, as opposed to making the fronts narrower, which we now see has failed miserably). - Keep V8 engines. - Ban a few more exotic metals for engine building. - The FIA have mandated a strict limit on bore size, maybe mandate con-rod size too?? Dunno, a half-baked idea on my behalf. - Engine to last 2 weekends, tranny's 3, promoting 'some' longevity is a good thing I will admit, but it should not be the dominating factor, performance should be the star of the show. - Piss off RPM limit NOW! Cars maybe in the draft, but hit max revs and struggle to accelerate... Yeah, smart one FIA!!! - Make the designers fit a big wing-mount, roughly 2 inches wide, which sits at the bottom of the engine cover and supports the rear-wing. This 'blocker-device' would create a fair bit of drag in order to encourage a larger 'draft' for the following car to follow. - I actually like the idea of being able to mechanically adjust ride-height during pit-stops.. Would entice more varied strategy. - Bring back re-fuelling, but increase fuel rig speed from 12 l/ps to 15 l/ps, put a bit more pressure on the boys on the rattle guns. - Just for the records I'm happy they pissed off wheel covers, they were a total sham. - Also, does anyone else think the extended engine covers are a bit of a joke??? Ban em I say! * Lastly, some food for thought... Has anyone actually considered that the reducing of the rear wing would have actually reduced total drag produced by the leading car? Less drag would equal a smaller draft for the following car??? That can't be good surely... I agree on decreasing rear diffuser size to either 125mm or 150 or 140 mil... Maybe 125mm is TOO small, but a reduction from 175mm is necessary I agree.. F1, if you can't take the heat, GET OF THE KITCHEN!!! Formula 1 should be NO PLACE for MEDIOCRITY! That is what NASCAR is for lol, and they pass too frequently for their own benefit!

Just thinking of this, maybe, has the FIA mandating smaller rear wings on these cars having an effect of some sort? Smaller rear wing = less drag and a smaller slip stream for the following car? Btw, I noticed during the commentary about bridgestone making the front tire smaller for this year... Why didn't they make the rears a little larger to bring back car balance, which would in turn have made them less dependant on aero! Yet still achieve and same goal?? I know it absolutely will not happen, but I'm crossing my fingers for re-fuelling for Melbourne in two weeks...

Well I'll be at the first chicane, and I'll be making sure I don't hold my breath.. Thank f*ck I have an iPhone with some games on it, and music... Need something to occupy myself by the looks of things...

Oh, I bet re-fuelling will be re-introduced in 2011... Heard it here first...

Surely he is no worse than Eddie Irvine....

Still though, there is only so much that driving technique and throttle-brake control can affect tyre wear... Ultimately, if it ends up being a scorcher tomorrow, they could tickle those slicks and still have them grain and wear badly.. Were as the hard will be more durable..

Anyone else notice Sutil is the only bloke in the top ten who qualified in the top ten on the hards??? Could possibly see Sutil on the podium... Those Force Indias certainly have a fair lick of top speed...

Any chance to make it +2

My tips for the weekend here: 1. Nico (He will break the drought, him and Schumi will lead 'Der Deutsches Arabiakorps' to victory in the desert!). 2. Nando. 3. Schumeister. 4. Captain chin. 5. Sebvet. 6. Massa. 7. Jenson. 8. Barry. 8. Der Hulk. 10. Captain nose. Hammo will surely destroy either his tires, his brakes... Or both..

FP session 2 Commentary I agree we don't have much of an idea as to how many laps those tires MAY have done prior to FP2, but either way... LOL, given any hot GP's this year, and I think anyone could safely discount Louise... Unless he tweaks and adjusts his aggressive driving style this side of soon...

My God..... I cannot WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO SOON WILL THEY BE TURNING WHEELS IN ANGER!!!!!!!!!!! SCHUUUUUUUUUUUMMMIIIII!!!!!! May the super-diffuser be with you!

Think this one is a little more accurate me thinks..

Unless I'm mistaken Richard, wasn't that the 107% rule? Not 110%... Either which way I agree with Webbers statements too, it goes for most sportsmen in general... 1989 grand final, when Dipper and Dermy both played on with a punctured lung and bruised liver respectively, both with internal bleeding and both winding up in hospital post game.... Now look at the pansyfl.... All full of do-gooders and soft-cocks...Everyone may as well give up and play soccer and badminton.. Motorsport has definitely gone the same way..

Not too any Aussie servers, 3FL, Game Arena or anything like that... I CAN however auto-connect... But every server I get on has a ping of around 500'ish and if I don't get booted, it is just unplayable anyway...