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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 01:46 AM
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Yep.
Btw ugly race so far.
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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 01:55 AM
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hammy: when are you going to call me in, my tyres are f****

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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 02:59 AM
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Fingery McDouchephallus's traction control working nicely again. Although if you ignore the fact he's running off in the lead then it was a really good race. 4th, 5th, 6th battle at the end was great!
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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 07:58 PM
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Fingery McDouchephallus's traction control working nicely again. Although if you ignore the fact he's running off in the lead then it was a really good race. 4th, 5th, 6th battle at the end was great!
He certainly took off from the standing start like a rocket.
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Old Oct 7, 2013 | 06:21 PM
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I missed that race. I definitely cannot do the 2 am local time stuff

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Old Oct 7, 2013 | 07:55 PM
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I missed that race. I definitely cannot do the 2 am local time stuff

Paul.
I think I saw lap 6. It's a good thing I recorded it.
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Old Oct 7, 2013 | 10:12 PM
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All Webber rides would have to be the most incidental problematic ones I can ever remember, Why always Webbies have the problems where Vets are fine..
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Old Oct 8, 2013 | 01:29 AM
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because vet has tcs!
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Old Oct 8, 2013 | 03:31 AM
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Fingery McDouchephallus is like the worst aspects of Alain Prost and Michael Schumacher rolled into one.
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Old Oct 8, 2013 | 05:26 PM
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Red Bull May Have Invented A Secret New Hybrid Technology

Red Bull May Have Invented A Secret New Hybrid Technology
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 02:41 AM
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Give alonso some nos. Stick it in his water bottle.
Or go check the solution I suggested last year.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 04:06 AM
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When is the next race going to happen..?
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 07:22 AM
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Red Bull May Have Invented A Secret New Hybrid Technology

Red Bull May Have Invented A Secret New Hybrid Technology
I was just reading this and came to share it here, makes you wonder.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by FlorencioMolter
When is the next race going to happen..?
This weekend; Suzuka Japan, I believe.

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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 07:40 AM
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This would explain how Vettel's starts are so much better and more consistent than anyone else too.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Starvsnr
I was just reading this and came to share it here, makes you wonder.
It makes sense. Vettel is not capable of wiping the floor with Hamilton, Alonso, Raikkonen and Webber; no way. Speaking of Webber, what level of inequity has been shown to him over time by his team?

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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 12:49 PM
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Makes sense that he's not entirely playing by the rules. His drive out of corners at Singapore was far too good.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 01:02 PM
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Very interesting, and cool, means of traction control. One of those things that I wonder if it would ever make it into consumer cars. Seems to be predictive of available traction, rather than reactive. Lots more variables in consumer cars, but hardly insurmountable.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 02:00 PM
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Hmm.

Looking at the rules, it appears that the traction control rules are tied to "limiting wheel spin". It will come down to a decision on if that is defining a reactive system or not. If wheel spin is not a component of what is being fed into the traction system, it very well may be successfully argued that it is legal.

It's a very fine line of definition, and I expect 99% of people won't be willing to acknowledge that the difference even exists since the end result is the same. Including F1 officials.

I fully expect that F1 has no idea what he is using and just haven't found it yet. If they knew, they would probably have made a statement by now, either saying that it is legal, or hammering red bull.
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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 10:41 AM
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It's a reletively tight grouping for P2. I wonder if RB has tuned down the traction control.

The talk about the phenomena has migrated outside of the race community.
Formula 1's Leading Team Has a Big Secret | Autopia | Wired.com

Sad news
BBC Sport - Maria De Villota: F1 reserve driver found dead in Seville
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Old Oct 14, 2013 | 10:18 AM
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Old Oct 18, 2013 | 06:04 AM
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What's that thing that sounds like **** and costs a lot more than its predecessor?

Here's the answer:
Honda's new Formula 1 engine - GPUpdate.net
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Old Oct 18, 2013 | 05:08 PM
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That sounds like **** for a formula 1 car, bring back the v10
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Old Oct 19, 2013 | 02:23 AM
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F1 has been sounding worse since Ferrari gave up with their V12.
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Old Oct 19, 2013 | 03:11 AM
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yeah, a FIA Gt v8 sounds better than this crap.

Bye bye Formula1, it was fun 'till it lasted.
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