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LOL.. seems they have gone too far. I supose they need to be given a few race weekends to see how it goes. Charlie isnt quite that silly. though he did rob Disco Dan of points in Melbourne

Well here is hoping something falls Kimi's way

What makes you say the blocks fail/flog out? Most of the problems on the Sierras were turbo related and headgasket related. Followed by electrics/tune/ecu glitches. LOL, which usually meant the headgaskets went bang and they typically overheated. I don't know of too many instances where the blocks failed. Maybe in the RS days pre 200 series blocks but not in the RS500 and Group A rallying and circuit era

For now!

Ok, some good ideas in there but first things first. PADS MAKETH THE BRAKE SETUP! Secondly. Pads maketh the brake setup! Measure your std rotor thickness, if they are within spec dont waste your money buying new rotors. If its an R34 GTT then odds are you will still be ok for rotor thickness and quality of the std OE brake lines still ok. A master stopper is cheap and easy so why not. But, invest in good quality pads. Good pads give you better feel, fade resistance and stopping feel/bite. Something like Pagid R4-2, Ferodo 3000 , Endless CCX etc will be a huge improvement and still ok on the street. Remove the backing plates from the caliper-pads and you should be fine for squeal and whilst the wheel is off and you are changing pads give the lines a real good flush and bleed and remove the dust shields from behind the rotors. Something like RBF600, 660 is overkill buty still fine Did I mention brake pads make the brakes?

If they police it heavily it could sway things quite a lot. In the middle of a race if they are losing time to the car ahead they wont know if its because they are taking life out of tyres or they are slow in a sector. I am all for it. Its like cycling, team radio has taken away so much from the sport with breakaways and chasing pack all abreast of what the others are doing....take the gamble and individual strategy out of it. I think its a great move as the cars are no longer driven flat out lap after lap and its a race of reserved pace, which with pit radios makes it all prescribed from pit wall. This will be a rather large curve ball

LOL, what a HACK move! And, just walks away from the carnage he created. Dad needs to beat some sense into his brat son

I am referring to it in 2013. Whatever tune it was it flow past the GTS-Rs, Mustang and GTR. I catn recall if it was PI n 2011 or 2012 when I saw it lunch its engine

At last years Muscle Car Masters over Fathers Day weekend it was Lawlor hammering in the Caltex Sierra . He had the wick turned up for a few laps to charge back through the field after retiring from the earlier race. Was good to see a Sierra with the wick turned up. Most pot around in fear of lunching them (which is fair enough)

Really hope Alonso sticks it out at Ferrari and Vettel is the one that jumps at McLaren. Come on Eric, sign up the Sideshow Romain

I made sure when i grabbed my 5 point harness the buckle was on the waist strap so day to day can just run the 4 point. When doing motorsport events i could then use the crotch strap. With my Racetech seat and where my harnsesses are secured the thing doest ride up and with an upright seating position there is no way i am submarining. So i never even bother to use the crotch strap. Appreciate not all installations will be the same but rather than disagreeing with you more trying to point out it is still installation specific IMO

So posting this here as I have the option of removing it now from the car now whilst its off the road. What are peoples thoughts on value of this ultimate RB20 looking sleeper: - R32 RB25DE block, crank and head - CP pistons - Eagle Rods - ARP head studs - std oil and water pumps - Tomei 256/8.5mm cams and cam gears - Tomei valve springs - Plazmaman Inlet Plenum - 6Boost Manifold and Turbosmart gate - Genuine Greddy T67-25G - Xtreme Single plate clutch - RB20 gearbox (210,000kms) - ID1000cc injectors - Tuned AP Engineering RB20 Power Fc inc Z32 AFM - inc Splitfire Coil Packs Can include comeplet loom too if folk are thinking S13 conversion or something So how much so you reckon I would be able to sell the whole show for? Engine, turbo, injectors etc all less than 5,000kms old. Gearbox and clutch is really the only thing that is tired. Still works fine with no noises, doesnt jump out of gear etc but is obviously at its limit and has plenty of kms on it Graph is off the wastegate with no EBC and quick safe tune Really need the cash for the Judd V10 and transaxle I am putting in it (I wish)

4 points work fine if you have a proper seat and your harness mount points are in the correct locations. Trying to use a 4 point on a std seat or cheap race seat can be problematic

I think Sauber have earned their right to be on the grid. Very suscessful sportscar program. Encouraging results in the early year with Ilmor-Mercedes engines before they went to McLaren. Had a tidy car in the BMW years proving that they were doing as good job pre and post BMW as the results were not overly better with rubbish BMW Motorsport muddying the waters. They are a strong "mess up and we will be there to grab a podium" team. They are missing James Allison going to STR, but they are what F1 needs. And forget Fezz and RBR taking too much money out of the sport. How about CVC/FOM take a smaller percentage for their management of the series and give it to team and circuit owners. How about they dont rape teams by having contracts with airlines, hotels and DHL etc which dictate that teams in the series must use these series sponsors. Only for these service providers to rape teams by charging higher airline fees than joe public are charged. Higher hotel rates...I read DHL absolutely rape F1 teams for logistic costs. And all these paid premiums are no doubt kick backs to FOM for awarding the contracts in the first place. Farking capitalism and carnts with billions that somehow need billions more. I remember when sport was sport. People lived in communities....now we all seem to live in an econmomy where everything serves the economy and need for bigger profits year on year. F1 is just a reflection of the broader business/economic paradigm that corrupts everything it farking touches. Phew, feel a little better now for that purge. Meanwhile Uncle Joe talking that Vettel to Ferrari frees up Alonso for Mac. I hope something changes at McLaren, Sauber too. Bin Sutil and get Frijns in the car with the new Canadian money

Anyone see Adam Parr tweet? 8 teams for next year and 3rd cars in 2015. Sauber, Marussia, Caterham, Lotus all in trouble. McLaren, Williams losing money. Though Saubers seems to have a Canadian billionaire to their rescue

Yeh he hit Romain...was a pretty blunt chop across the bow. I am hoping Caterham call me this week. I am ready to step up

I thought Magnussen was hard done by. But I like the precedent. You cant jsut drive other cars off the track when they are alongside you. This "right to the racing line" is a bit of a crock when there is another car alongside you, even if they are only 1/3....the fact that they are there means you shouldnt just ruthlessly cut their lunch. Look at the amazing, respectful racing you had with Massa, Hamiltion, Macs and FI. Dan...Bottas...all respectful of the track needs of the car the guy that they are racing. One of the best Monzas I remember. Dan has messed up the last two quali sessions with mistakes. Hope he can get it right in Singapore where Vettel has been untouchable. Tempted to jump on a plane.

So went looking for Button interview post race. Was curious to see if he was sooking about rough and ready racing or thought it was fun tough racing? Glad to see he is enjoying his last few races in a McLaren I almost feel sorry for him Jenson Button: "This wasn't the result I was after - but the was good fun nonetheless. It's just a pity that we didn't quite have the race pace we'd hoped for: when you start fifth and sixth, you're not just looking for a points finish, you want a bit more than that. If we'd had a clear run, I think we could have done a bit better - but, in the traffic, it was easier for the cars around us to pick us off than it was for us to pick them off. I had an amazing battle with Checo - we took the first Lesmo side by side, which doesn't happen very often. It's a pity I couldn't get past him - I tried so many times - but he was so strong under braking that to match him into the turns I was locking up the fronts and the rears, which left me struggling for position on the exits. But I was really on the limit. It was superb wheel-to-wheel action - I hope it was great entertainment for the spectators and fantastic TV for the fans at home."

How funny is it? Just embrace it or go to Advanced Hair. Fark knows e has more money than Warne Proving his inner farktard is strong...cant even be a good winner. Rosberg did choke, but glad he he was upbeat when he jumped from the car. Sick of sooks! Bottas and Dan continue to show their class "I have a great team of people who work with me, who give me advice and guide me," he said. "It's advice, not you have to do this. They give me a bit of information and take that and decide how to use that. I felt I had the pace at the time so I felt I had to use it now, I was certain it might not come again. I knew that was the best time to put pressure on him. I did it a couple of races ago and he doesn't seem to like it, so I'll try it a bit more. "We've got a long way to go, but one step at a time. The support I've had from the fans....

So Hulk is going to turn into another Heidfeld or Fisi unless he picks back up the ball and flogs Perez; who is doing a good job

I dont mind Sky coverage. I think the BBC arrangement with DC and Anderson with Davidsons and Kravits was the dream team. But I am now ready to wipe Sky. Lewis gets race after race advice on where he is losing time, strategy for exits on corners and braking and not a word said . FP2 , Rosberg asks his engineer where is there more lap time and the Sky crew launch a line of questioning that does asking and the public hearing such questions make Rosberg sound less than competent! FFS, are they so Hamo-biased retarded? And they harped on about it. Saying nobody else gets that support from pit wall!!! More than ever want Rosberg to hand it to Homo. Come on Nico!

So what is hatchet Kolles up to at Caterham? He is meant to be building up his new F1 team with Estonian money FFS. Get out of Caterham and let them do their thing. I am guessing since he seemingly made the introductions he is now working his way into the team as far more than an advisor. Oh well, I am guessing Team America Ver 2 is real and will happen. Torro Thingie or whatever it was called is BS based on the fact that Kolles is at Caterham now Man its 4yrs ago since me and the Count were there. Pretty sure someone from SAU has been to the Italian GP every year since about 2010...not this year it seems

Because I am desperate to see Romain get a good seat I do find myself wondering how much infuence Allison will be getting at Ferrari. "You know, when I was at Lotus and we had Kimi and Romain in the cars...Romain was ...." Means I would have to start liking Ferrari, which truth is now that Dennis is back at McLaren I would find it a lot easier to like Ferrari than Mac. LOL, its September and what is one of the 3 biggest names in F1 is running around in the back of the top 10 with no sponsor after the last two seasons of losing money

Its not confirmed yet, but does seem to be expected that teh Mcalaren engines will find their way to Lotus next year. Not sure its wise as myself as Renault will get there and Lotus need the French support of Renulat engines, Total oils and are likely to get better deal out of Renaul then Mercedes powering their own car. Also...common sense http://boxofneutrals.com/2014/08/nice-guys-finish-last/

Wet quali ruined their weekend. Massa is an odd one. Has pace, can still race...but race after race is having Rubens Honda-esque problems and poor Williams bleeding points. I know he is on a two year contract but with Bottas heading into his 3rds season and looking pretty damn rock solid maybe its time for Massa to step aside and they give someone else some testing and a shot. It is a real shame that Frijns has such a chip on his shoulder as he has the talent to get a seat even without cash. Would have been great to see someone like Williams give him testing instead of Nasr. I do wonder if any teams out there are making excuses for JEV and willing to give him a shot. I cant see where he is going to end up unless Romain does kick a goal with McLaren, Williams etc and Lotus want another French driver to keep Total and Renault happy.