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Spare Parts (F1 odds and ends)

Discussion in 'Formula 1' started by Masanari, Sep 22, 2011.

  1. u408379965

    u408379965 Well-Known Member

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    And now the press regulation charter's been granted the government no longer need a broadcaster to manipulate public opinion.

    RIP BBC. <rose>
     
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  2. 51LV3R8RR04

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    Ferrari don't hold the fastest pitstop, Mercedes do: http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns26703.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=grandprixdotcom

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    'In recent days, both Mercedes and Ferrari have claimed to now hold the record for the fastest pitstop ever recorded in formula one.

    We reported after Suzuka that Mercedes had stopped the clock during the Japanese grand prix at 2.02 seconds, which is 0.04 seconds faster than the previous pitstop record set earlier this season by Red Bull.

    But at almost exactly the same time, Ferrari was also claiming a 1.95 second pitstop in Japan. "Who is right?" wondered Auto Motor und Sport correspondent Michael Schmidt.

    "It's always a question of what you measure, and how you measure it," Mercedes' team manager Ron Meadows is quoted as saying.

    For instance, Ferrari reportedly times pitstops with its own overhead cameras, while Mercedes uses the timing done by the British broadcaster Sky.

    Schmidt said Fernando Alonso's 'record' 1.95 second stop at Suzuka was actually timed as 2.11 seconds by the broadcaster.'


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    Ferrari use there own biased timing system to declare their speed, while Mercedes use somebody else's UNBIASED! timing screen to prove their speed which isn't in favour of them (trying) to prove a point. Always in our shadow Ferrari!
     
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  3. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    Seems Newey is getting his wish to design a boat. He's going to be designing one for Ben Ainslie and Ian Percy for the America's cup. Good luck to him, I just hope it means his mind isn't fully on the game for next year and Vettel doesn't have the best car on the grid.
     
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  5. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    F1s secret smoker has been revealed!


    Kamui Kobayashi


    Very disappoint
     
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  6. DHCanary

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    Ah yes, the 1997 Scottish Open Junior Intercontinental "A" Karting Champion.
     
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  7. u408379965

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    Wolff and Coulthard, fifty years ago it would've been Stewart and Clark.
     
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  8. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    She really isn't doing female racing drivers any favours at all
     
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  9. StoneRosesRam

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  10. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    OMG he is not fit for purpose anymore
     
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  11. SgtBhaji

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    Never has been.

    Playing the doddering old fool now???

    "Look, I'm way too much of a fool to know how to rip off millions upon millions yer honour."

    Incredible.
     
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  12. Max Whiplash

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    It made me think of Rupert Murdoch playing the doddery old man when he appeared before Parliament: "This is the most humble day of my life... etc." Was that what Bernie was up to?


    Edit: Sorry, Sarge, just saw you'd already posted something very similar. Great minds and all that ;)
     
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  13. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    Laughable that he is showing what a con artist he can be...
     
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  14. Max Whiplash

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    Yeah but then it worked for Murdoch. It's just his minions who are up in court right now.

    Incidentally, what would happen if, heaven forbid, Bern was found guilty?
     
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  15. SgtBhaji

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    Aye. :p
     
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  16. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    lol, I doubt it Murdochs doddering old fool impression that got him off, it was probably the dossiers of dirt he'd dug up on everyone in power that did that.
     
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  17. Max Whiplash

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    The bloody cheek! Benson has regurgitated an old article on Bernie, changed a few words and is trying to pass it off as new:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/23346006

    He missed a bit though:
     
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  18. Forza Bianchi

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    http://thejudge13.com/2013/11/07/daily-f1-news-and-comment-thursday-7th-november-2013/
     
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  19. RoadRunner

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    Hello one and all, I've been on holiday for a while to celebrate the end of my uni semester, so that's why I haven't posted lately. To make up for it, here's a funny video :)

    [video=youtube;Ahg90HABOy4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg90HABOy4[/video]
     
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  20. Max Whiplash

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    Hi, RR. Welcome back, hope you had a great holiday. I was wondering where you had got to...
     
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