tweety bird

also have a look at a vtr250, it's made in japan and it's a very good first bike/every day bike.

do you mean a cbr250r?

yay another motorbike rider here!

are all of these threads Barbs/Flynnn nismod?

i think a mr2 would be the pick under the new rules.

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean claimed the Race of Champions in Bangkok late on Sunday, besting some of the biggest names in motorsport including Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher. http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8337833/Grosjean-claims-RoC-title-in-Bangkok

school holidays yo!

Departing Mercedes-Benz motorsport boss Norbert Haug admits that his exit is results-related. http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8333081/Haug-Someone-had-to-go what a shame. Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel teamed up with Michael Schumacher to win the sixth consecutive Race of Champions Nations' Cup victory for Team Germany. In the semi-finals, the Germans beat Team Australia, who were represented by V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup and five-time 500cc motorcycle champion Mick Doohan. The Germans survived a major scare against the Aussies when Vettel crashed into the barrier driving the 570bhp Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo before recovering to win. http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8334034/Germans-claim-ROC-win

the ad it from 2004.

it is indeed.

^ agreed.

if you have to ask...

i'll put it on my christmas wish list.

here is a video of Adrian Newey and David Coulthard driving a Leyton House March from 1988 and the 2009 RB6.

i still wouldn't go there..

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has dismissed claims that the Austrian Grand Prix could return to the calendar after confirming that he is focused on adding the sphincter of the universe to the schedule once more. http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8327252/Bernie-quashes-Austria-rumours Former world champion Alan Jones believes Kamui Kobayashi is the best Japanese driver to have ever competed in grand prix racing. Jones is convinced the 26-year-old deserves to be on the Formula 1 grid next year, and has called on Japanese companies to get behind the driver and lend him the financial support he needs to land a race seat. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104801

wark webber had surgery on his leg 5 days ago (it was planned and was from a old injury). https://twitter.com/AussieGrit

OMG!!! you read my tldr post. you must be really bored today..

button will be mac's number two next year.

like this stuff. http://store.ferrari.com/en/collectibles/memorabilia/

Robert Kubica has admitted that he is unlikely to make a Formula One comeback anytime soon as he is still struggling with some mobility problems. http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/8324387/Kubica-Unlikely-To-Return-Soon

Mark Webber believes his refusal to settle for top-six finishes was a key factor in his 2012 Formula 1 championship defeat. Red Bull's Australian was in the thick of the title fight early on, and emerged as Fernando Alonso's closest championship rival after winning the British Grand Prix. But Webber's form tailed off thereafter. A run of six races without a podium contributed to him slumping to sixth in the standings, while his team-mate Sebastian Vettel produced a late surge to deny Alonso the crown in a wild Brazilian finale. "We need to get some of that 2011 and '10 consistency back," Webber admitted. "We lost some of that this year. Some of it was through no fault of my own, some was. "I tried to force some issues where I was not being prepared to finish fifth or sixth, which you had to grab this year. That's something that is a pain in the arse sometimes but you have to do it." Webber is confident he had the pace to stay in the title fight and that it was inconsistency that cost him. "We were very strong at the start of the year but then we had three races on the bounce with diff issues and penalties," he said. "You can go through a whole list of things here and there but ultimately it wasn't strong enough, it wasn't a consistent enough campaign to get more out of what we had." He believes his Monte Carlo and Silverstone wins proved he is a championship-calibre driver when he delivers his full potential. "The British GP was a sensational result. [it was] local for the team, a second home race for me, and getting Fernando Alonso in the way we did..." Webber said. "And Monaco as well - we were in the shit big time on Thursday, on Saturday morning we were struggling but we managed to get a couple of laps out of the car I was very proud of. Seb was struggling, only eighth on the grid. "That was probably the biggest highlight of the year for me. To win Monaco was very, very special. "I need to keep doing that, keep winning, which is something I'm clearly capable of." http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104793

good news indeed.

A supplier owed money by HRT has accused them of giving "misleading information" and also confirmed that the Spanish team went into liquidation last month. Formtech Composites, which supplies carbon fibre components to a number of teams on the F1 grid, says it agreed a payment plan with the backmarker outfit without the knowledge that HRT had started to liquidate their assets in November. Furthermore, Formtech claims it was misled about the ownership of the team after being told that investment group Thesan Capital, which took control of HRT in 2011, was controlled by what it calls a "Luxembourgian Fund". According to a statement released by the company, HRT entered liquidation on November 12 - the same day Thesan Capital announced the team was up for sale. At the time, the Spanish company said it was "in talks with a number of groups interested in buying" them. There was no sign of HRT on the FIA's 2013 entry list when it was published last week, though, and news the team's assets are being liquidated offers further confirmation that 11 teams will contest next season's Championship. Speaking at the United States Grand Prix the week it was announced that HRT was up for sale, Pedro de la Rosa was forced to deny the suggestion that, with the team unable to pay suppliers, worn components on their cars had compromised safety. HRT suffered a number of mechanical failures late last season, including the hydraulics failure in Abu Dhabi that left Narain Karthikeyan lucky to walk away from a spectacular collision with the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg. Formtech said HRT agreed the payment plan on November 15 - three days after they entered liquidation - with 25 per cent of the debt paid. Now, however, they are only willing to pay suppliers 30p for every Euro owed. Expressing their intention to "investigate further into the true shareholder ship of HRT and Thesan Capital SL", Formtech added: "It has come to our knowledge that [hrT] owe a substantial amount of money to other suppliers in the motorsports industry." When contacted by Sky Sports on Monday, a spokesperson for Thesan Capital could only confirm that the company is currently holding meetings with various suppliers. http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/news/17584/8322437/A-supplier-to-HRT-has-accused-them-of-presenting-misleading-information-

Adrian Sutil looks set to return to Formula One next year with Force India reportedly set to confirm him as one of their drivers. http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8321854/Sutil-set-to-partner-Di-Resta-