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Ok, meaning the first post. :-) I'll try to get round to it.

See post 1979 for an explanation. It's just further up this page.

What update are you referring to?

You got a lots of blubber, how the hell can you be cold?

A Grenadian upbringing killed the cold survival instincts in me. Sorry.

You wouldn't need to be an F1 engineer, nor any engineer at all, to realise the damage that can be done to high-revving engine, to turn it down, then turn it back up again.

Imagine an engine that revs to 11,000rpm, that is then brought down to 9,500rpms max (these are for example only). The engine would cool slightly, and be less stressed. Then whacking it back up again in a race! Even in a testing chamber, this could make the whole thing go bang. Why do you think they want to preserve the 8 engines they have, if they can just stress it however they like?

I'm disappointed in Vettel for apologising. .

What?!

Webber had been given team instructions to turn his engine power down, and so had Vettel, to make their engines for another race or two. Vettel, knowing Webber had turned down his engine, gunned his and overtook Webber.

This is as unsporting behaviour as I can ever recall. They weren't racing evenly and the better driver won! One had turned down his engine, and the other took advantage of that, as if Webber was from another team! He took advantage of team orders to them both, to get the victory. Nasty.

Your analysis is deeply peculiar, to say the very least.

FuckinEll!!! It's as cold a witch's pussy outside! Is there no end to this misery?!!!

Hold the BACK button for a couple seconds.

Actually, that's for the hardware solution but I'm not sure about Chrome.

Agreed. Nasty little twerp.

......track was drying fast, and any of the top 6 that went last, would have probably got pole. Hamilton, Webber and Rosberg all went too early. Those who went later and had clean laps, surpassed their times.....

Prophetic? Does Gaggle actually know something, or wild fluke? Hamilton, Webber and Rosberg did go too early in Qualy, and they were faster than that result showed.

Good result for Mercedes, who really improved. McLaren has come on a bit too. Bad luck for Ferrari. But I do think the order at the end was correct, teamwise. Lotus seem to prefer a different type of track, and will probably win in their favourite scenarios.

By the way, Vettel is a twat of the highest order for his treatment of Webber.

Still, a brilliant race (for all but Farrari fans).

Very nice.

A correction:

I made reference earlier to a Maxim magazine test between the Fahg Mini and the OnGuard Brute - well the test was actually for a Kryptonite CHAIN versus the Brute. No surprise then that the Brute won.

But looking at the thickness of the Fahg Mini (18mm) vs the Brute (16.8mm), and assuming both steel samples to be extremely superior, then the Fahg Mini would be the victor. Still, whether 18mm or 16.8mm, both would provide excellent security.

However, the new OnGuard locks look like children's toys, so I feel that some may be kicked/attacked, just to test its strength. Really, I cannot see what they were thinking. It looks ridiculous.

The qualifying was a bit deceptive, rather than an honest snapshot of speed. The track was drying fast, and any of the top 6 that went last, would have probably got pole. Hamilton, Webber and Rosberg all went too early. Those who went later and had clean laps, surpassed their times. I think the race will show the real speed of those that mistimed the beginning of their flying laps.

You're a top man.

3rd practice has just ended. These were the placings.

S Vettel
L Hamilton
A Sutil
M Webber
K Raikkonen
P Di Resta
J Button
F Massa
N Rosberg
F Alonso
P Maldonado
S Perez

I'm going to miss the Qualies. I'll have to listen to it on radio. Grim times.

Some notes:-

Vettel and Lewis looked genuinely quick. Jenson is still ahead of Perez (good). Massa is looking a tad quicker than Alonso (good too). The Lotuses may have been running race-trim, like anyone else actually, so no-one knows where they'll be in Qualies.

What I do believe, it will be tight as fark. I hope you lot enjoy it.

mutters to oneself, ......doing favours for the missus bites

Mine is noted as a Grenadian thingy; where one comes from a country so tiny (100,000 population), that any Grenadian that achieves anything on the world stage, is followed (in a cult-like manner). Lewis' dad is first generation, like mine. Like Lewis, I'm second generation......born here.

Anyway, I was only joshing.

Is that the internal measurement only; ie. within the interior of the shackle?

Er, .....have I inadvertently stumbled upon a very man-friendly thread?
I sense the elegantly lavender whiff of Homo Eroticus.

Kimi is barely mentioned because he's a forgotten quality by the general public. The more recent names keep being mentioned, so that the casual viewer has a tiny idea of what may be happening. For the knowledgeable rest of us, Kimi, and more importantly Lotus, are looking dominant. If the reliability stays together, a championship looms.

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I also believe that the media keep on mentioning Nicole Shirtswinger for the very reason that they're attempting to drum up some casual interest in people that normally would never watch Formula 1. Which of you has not heard........... But it's only cars going round and round! :-D Relationships eh.

It's badly skewed though, because Webber had no KERS off the line, and that continued for 20 laps.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/motor-sport/kers-curse-strikes-mark-webber-again/story-fnec578q-1226599343874 (with video of start)

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/21891323

And now Webber goes fastest in first practice.

BBC analysis, its fascinating.

It shows that for race speed, there are 4 groups for the last race

A)

1. (2) Alonso
   
2. (1) Raikkonen + 6.175
   
3. (3) Vettel + 9.292
   
   

B)

1. (4) Massa +17.652
   
2. (5) Hamilton +21.153
   
3. (6) Webber +28.213
   
   

C)

1. (12) Vergne +51.564
   
2. (11) Perez +58.612
   
3. (9) Button +59.656
   
4. (10) Grosjean +61.164
   
   

D)

1. (7) Sutil +66.419
   
2. (8) Di Resta +68.807
   
   

Looks like mccarthy could right on the money about Ferrari. And it seems like the sewage works for Jenson. Lewis' optimism may be misplaced, unless their upgrades are stupendous. I enjoyed that article, and all of its quasi-scientific speculation.

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CON LOS TERRORISTAS!

queue heavy baseline

Do The Harlem Shake

Extremely slow by modern standards, no?

C'mon horatio, how's the Note 2?!!

Ahhhhhhhh. If hippy is involved, its got to be him.

amidoingitright

Android thread.....locked? Yes, I've seen those before, but when did the Android thread become controversial?

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