German tuner dials up the power on the discontinued Carrera GT's 5.7 liter V10 engine from a standard 612 PS (450 kW) to 660 PS (485 kW).Emanuele Pirro Antônio Pizzonia Eric van de Poele Jacques Pollet Ben Pon
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Porsche Carrera GT Stage II by Kubatech
German tuner dials up the power on the discontinued Carrera GT's 5.7 liter V10 engine from a standard 612 PS (450 kW) to 660 PS (485 kW).
McLaren lead the First Practice Session in Spanish Formula One Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button gave a strong start to McLaren in the Spanish Formula1 (F1) Grand Prix at Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. Both the drivers topped the charts in the first practice session here in Spain. Lewis Hamilton topped the first practice session followed by team mate Jenson Button.
Mercedes, who have come up [...]
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Bird watching at Mercedes GP Petronas
Mercedes GP Petronas has confirmed that it will be giving GP2 driver Sam Bird a run during the upcoming F1 Young Driver test days at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 16 and 17. The 23-year-old has raced this year for the ART team and is currently fifth in the standings, with [...]
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Turkish Grand Prix 2010 Race gallery
Lewis Hamilton won the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix with a bit of a luck from the collision of the Red Bull mates, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton's first win of the season. His team mate Jenson Button finished second and Mark Webber who was leading the race before the incident, finished third
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Vic Wilson Joachim Winkelhock Manfred Winkelhock Markus Winkelhock Reine Wisell
Bahrain F1 Grand Prix 2010 Live Saturday Qualifying Results
It was Sebastian Vettel who powered his way to take the pole position in Bahrain F1 Grand Prix 2010 here in Sakhir, Bahrain. During the Saturday Q1 and Q2 Qualifying Sessions, Vettel took his 6th career pole position in the very first Grand Prix of 2010 in Bahrain. His teammate, Mark Webber will start from [...]
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Bernard Collomb Alberto Colombo Erik Comas Franco Comotti George Connor
Turkish GP: Hamilton gains victory by Red Bull collision
May 30 '10
Lewis Hamilton won today's Turkish Grand Prix with a bit of a luck from the collision of the Red Bull mates, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton's first win of the season. His team mate Jenson Button finished second and Mark Webber who was leading the race before the incident, finished third.
The McLaren duo of Hamilton and Button, who were running first and second after the incident between the Red Bull drivers, were racing against each other despite warnings from their crew about ?critical? fuel shortages.
According to F1Fanatic, The McLaren drivers could scarcely believe their fortune but Button, now up to second, fancied his chances of a third win. He drew alongside his team mate on the outside of turn 12 and scrambled past.
That left Button on the outside of the last corner and Hamilton used his momentum to get back alongside. The pair touched wheels as they dived into turn one side-by-side and Hamilton seized the lead back."
Details of the race below, thanks to the Formula 1 broadcaster and journalist, James Allen's tweets.
Video of the incident between Webber and Vettel
According to iTV, "Winning this race would be about seizing the precious moment. Vettel felt his had come when he got a run on Webber exiting ?Faux Rouge?, the right-hand kink in the back straight.
It was a squeeze but he got alongside and had the inside line for turn 12. He was slightly ahead too, and clearly felt he had earned the right to drift over for a slightly less compromised line.Webber didn?t see it that way. Perhaps hoping to pinch his team-mate in order to get a run on him through the second part or even the exit of the left-right-left combination, he held his line.
The Red Bulls touched and Vettel spun down the road, almost collecting Webber in the run-off area before marching away from his wreck while giving the universally accepted hand signal for ?crazy?."
Michael Schumacher finished a strong fourth in his Mercedes ahead of his team mate Nico Rosberg in fifth. Kamui Kobayashi scored his first points of the season and also his team's. Both the Saubers finished the race for the first time this season.
Hamilton?s first win of the season moves him up to third place in the driver's standings (84 pts), Webber retains the lead (93 pts). Button moves to second (88 pts). Vettel, who jointly led the championship heading into this race, falls to fifth (78 pts). McLaren lead the constructor's championship, ahead of Red Bull and Ferrari.
Turkish Grand Prix Race times
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 laps 1hr 28m 47.620s
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +00m 02.6s
3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault +00m 24.2s
4. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes +00m 31.1s
5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes +00m 32.2s
6. Robert Kubica Renault-Renault +00m 32.8s
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 36.6s
8. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 46.5s
9. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +00m 49.0s
10. Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari +01m 05.6s
11. Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari +01m 05.9s
12. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari +01m 07.8s
13. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes +1 lap
14. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth +1 lap
15. Vitaly Petrov Renault-Renault +1 lap
16. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari +1 lap
17. Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth +1 lap
18. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth +3 laps
19 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth +3 laps
20. Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth +6 laps
Rtd Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 46 laps completed
Rtd Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 39 laps completed
Rtd Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 33 laps completed
Rtd Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 32 laps completed
Fastest lap:
Vitaly Petrov Renault -Renault 1m 29.165s lap 57
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Francois Mazet Gastón Mazzacane Kenneth McAlpine Perry McCarthy Ernie McCoy
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Ecclestone gives finger to zimmer-frame gift
Photos of Bernie Ecclestone giving a middle finger salute are complementing reports on Thursday about the F1 chief executive's birthday.Enrique Bernoldi Enrico Bertaggia Tony Bettenhausen Mike Beuttler Birabongse Bhanubandh
Canadian Grand Prix 2010 Qualifying gallery
Lewis Hamilton qualified on pole for the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix. Mark Webber claimed second and his team mate Sebastian Vettel took third. Michael Schumacher had a disappointing exit from Q2.
Here are a few pictures from today's qualifying session
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John Miles Ken Miles Andre Milhoux Chet Miller Gerhard Mitter
Alonso in champion form after Korea win
Runner-up Lewis Hamilton applauded race-winner Fernando Alonso as they cruised round their slowing down lap at the Korean Grand Prix. Was the Englishman also hailing the 2010 world champion?
Alonso's superb victory in yet another thrilling race has turned the title race on its head - for the umpteenth time this year.
It moves the Spaniard, already a double world champion, into the lead for the first time since the Australian Grand Prix, the second race of the season, at the end of March.
The Ferrari driver is 11 points ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber, who crashed out on the second lap of racing. Hamilton's second place moves him up to third, 21 points behind his arch-rival.
It is a sign of just how close this incredible championship is that all five men who were in contention before this race remain so, even though Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel retired with an engine failure and Hamilton's team-mate Jenson Button could finish only 12th after a difficult race in his McLaren.
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However, with only 50 points still available in the two remaining races, Button - 42 points behind Alonso - must effectively be counted out, as he admitted himself after what he described as "a pretty horrific day". Are you still in the championship, BBC F1 pit-lane reporter Lee McKenzie asked Button after the race. "Not really," he said.
Vettel, too, 25 points (one win) adrift, is in serious trouble, despite having what is undoubtedly the fastest car.
Both those two teams must surely now start to give serious thought to backing their leading driver over the other - as Ferrari have been doing since they asked Felipe Massa to hand the lead of the German Grand Prix to Alonso.
For Red Bull, in particular, it is an agonising situation.
Their emotional investment in Vettel has been clear for a very long time - and it was emphasised yet again when team principal Christian Horner was quoted saying before the Korean race that they were building the team around him for the future.
But unless some disaster befalls Alonso in Brazil or Abu Dhabi, it is difficult to see how Vettel can make up 25 points in two races on a man who has won four of the last seven grands prix, scoring more points than anyone, and whose last four results read: win, win, third, win.
Still, though, Horner told BBC Sport after the race that it was too early to start backing one driver over the other.
"As we saw in this race, different drivers were leading the championship at different points," Horner said.
"Fernando we gave a big gift today, and we need to look at that, but we have seen how quickly things can change.
"At the moment our strategy remains unchanged - this championship will not be over until the last lap in Abu Dhabi has been completed, and we will be pushing flat out until that time."
That is all well and good, but this is surely the point at which Horner - and team owner Dietrich Mateschitz - have to start asking themselves some hard questions and making some equally tough choices.
They have had by far the fastest car this season - a Red Bull has been on pole at 14 of the 17 races - and yet, for a variety of reasons, they find themselves with two races to go with neither driver leading the championship.
Alonso's advantage over Webber is not large - it is effectively the equivalent of a fourth place.
If, therefore, Webber won the two remaining races with Vettel second and Alonso third, Webber would win the championship. But if Vettel won them, with Webber second and Alonso third, then Alonso would be champion.
Complicating the issue is that, on the evidence of this season, the chances of Red Bull taking one-twos in the next two races are pretty slim.
There are two reasons to say that.
Firstly, Red Bull have proven again and again in 2010 that they cannot consistently deliver the results the performance of their car suggests they should.
Sometimes that has been down to the drivers, sometimes the team and sometimes things out of their control, such as the engine failure that hit Vettel in Korea. Whatever the reason, though, it keeps happening.
Secondly, it is far from clear they will, on pure performance, be able to dominate the last two races.
Of the two tracks, Abu Dhabi probably favours Red Bull more than Brazil. But neither of them are 'Red Bull tracks' in the fashion of, say, Suzuka, the Hungaroring, Silverstone or Barcelona. Both remaining events are difficult to predict.
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Alonso, then, will remain a serious threat on pure competitiveness on the track and could well win in either Sao Paulo or Abu Dhabi. As Eddie Jordan pointed out in the F1 Forum, if you were minded to bet on anyone to win the championship, it would be the Ferrari number one.
Alonso drove another fantastic race in Korea. He was the only man anywhere near the Red Bulls on qualifying pace and in the race he buried an undeserved reputation for not being particularly good in the wet.
Although the Red Bull clearly has more downforce than the Ferrari, Alonso never let Vettel off the hook, pressuring him hard throughout the race.
Horner said Vettel had lost a "guaranteed race victory", but it did not look very guaranteed as the Ferrari closed right up to the gearbox of the Red Bull in the laps before its retirement.
Was Vettel managing the gap? It didn't look that way as he made a mistake and ran wide on lap 43, allowing Alonso to gain more than a second on him.
Was he already struggling from a lack of power that prefaced the failure? We may never know. But, until just before Vettel retired, the race still looked to me like a proper, flat-out fight between the German, Alonso and Hamilton.
What a battle it was. What a season it has been. And what a climax it promises to be.
Alonso might be favourite to win the title after what Martin Brundle described as "a champion's drive". But it is still all to play for. And after a year of so many twists and turns, you would be better off keeping your money in your pocket.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2010/10/alonso_in_champion_form_after.html
Art Cross Geoff Crossley Chuck Daigh Yannick Dalmas Derek Daly
Bahrain F1 Grand Prix 2010 1st Practice Session Results Live
The 1st Grand Prix of year 2010 kicked off with the 1st free practice session on Friday in Sakhir Bahrain Grand Prix today. All the teams participated in the 1st free practice session on Friday except for Hispania Racing Team. Karun Chandhok is having some hydraulic problems with his cars. IHowever, t is excepected that [...]
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Stephane Sarrazin Takuma Sato Carl Scarborough Ludovico Scarfiotti Giorgio Scarlatti
Heikki aims to be champion again
Heikki Kovalainen first shot to international prominence in motor racing when he defeated Michael Schumacher and S�bastien Loeb on his way to becoming the Champion of Champions in the Race of Champions event in Paris, back in 2004. It has now been announced that Kovalainen will be back in action in the 2010 Race of [...]
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Sebastien Buemi Luiz Bueno Ian Burgess Luciano Burti Roberto Bussinello
ABT Sportsline announces upgrades for VW's 1.2/1.4 TSI and 1.6 TDI
German tuner now offers comprehensive power boosting on the 1.2 TSI, 1.4 TSI and 1.6 TDI found on a models such as the A3 and the VW Scirocco.Alberto Rodriguez Larreta Franco Rol Alan Rollinson Tony Rolt Bertil Roos
Japanese GP 2010: Vettel Leads Red Bull 1-2 In Qualifying
Sebastian Vettel led a Red Bull 1-2 in qualifying, as the team dominated in Suzuka on the morning of the race. Lewis Hamilton qualified third, but will drop to 8th due to his gearbox change penalty. Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1m32.035s 1m31.184s 1m30.785s 2. Mark Webber Red Bull [...]
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Franck Lagorce Jan Lammers Pedro Lamy Chico Landi Hermann Lang
Friday, October 29, 2010
Ross Brawn: ?We?re just getting everything working properly?
Ross Brawn says he was encouraged by the performance of Michael Schumacher in the Korean GP, where the German�equalled his�season best result of fourth place. Although flattered by the retirements of three cars ahead, Schumacher nevertheless did a good job to stay out of trouble and put in a much stronger showing than in previous [...]
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2010/10/26/ross-brawn-were-just-getting-everything-working-properly/
Kunimitsu Takahashi Patrick Tambay Luigi Taramazzo Gabriele Tarquini Piero Taruffi
Subaru will bring six customized WRX STIs to SEMA
Subaru has announced its posse for the 2010 SEMA Show with the guest of honor being the "Fastest STI Ever," the record breaking Nurburgring Subaru WRX STI driven by Tommi Makinen. This STI lapped the Nurburgring in 7:55:00. Altogether, Subaru will be bringing six customized versions of the Impreza WRX STI, each with its own flair for design.
Trailing behind the limelight centered on the fastest STI will be Travis Pastrana’s World Record Setting WRX STI, Get More G’s Subaru Performance Tuning WRX STI 2010, Kicker Audio WRX STI, K&N Performance WRX STI, and Subiefest Best of Show Winner ? Jamarri Whiteside ? 2006 WRX STI.
The vehicles won’t be the only ones in attendance as SRT USA drivers Travis Pastrana and Dave Mirra will be on hand on November 2nd and November 3rd from 1pm-2pm to sign autographs. Four-time World Rally Champion Tommi Makinen will also be making an appearance.
"SEMA is the pinnacle of the aftermarket tuning world and the perfect place to show our new line of SPT parts," said Charlie Fishman, national accessory manager, Subaru of America, Inc. "With the launch of the new 2011 Impreza WRX and WRX STI, Subaru is having a record year for Subaru Genuine Parts and SPT accessory sales. The launch of the 4-door WRX STI has rekindled interest for the 2011 SEMA Show."
Press release after the jump.
Subaru will bring six customized WRX STIs to SEMA originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 29 October 2010 19:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/subaru-will-bring-six-customized-wrx-stis-to-sema-ar99136.html
Tony Brooks Alan Brown Walt Brown Warwick Brown Adolf Brudes
1969 Ford Talladega Pro-Touring WIP
Inbetween working on the 'Bird, this one was in the to-do pile also from 2 weeks ago. So while letting the Trans Am gass out, I decided to work on this puppy. What's done so far is I made a 4-link using the kits rear axle and made the rest from various kits. I'm using a Boss 429 motor from the MPC '73 Cougar kit with a Custom Fuel Injection system, the 5-speed tranny from the '67 Mustang kit, and custom headers that fit on to the stock exhaust system (which i'll be using also). I added a console from a Charger kit with a shifter for the manual tranny, used late-model (1995?) Mustang Cobra seats, and a '69 Mach-1 steering wheel. Yesterday I sprayed the body in Testors Emerald Green Lacquer over a sliver base coat. I notice the color looks like a Light Jade Emerald than the color that's shown on the cap, but it still looks good. Being the paint dried quickly, I applied some future to futher enhance the shine on the color
Here's some quick mock-up pics:
Here's some quick mock-up pics:
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Erwin Bauer Zsolt Baumgartner Elie Bayol Don Beauman Karl Gunther Bechem
Moebius Models Sneak Peeks: Hornet, Lonestar, and 300
Dave Metzner of Moebius Models has posted some photos of the mock-ups for their upcoming 1/25 car kits:
Hudson Hornet Gallery
International Lonestar Gallery
Chrysler 300 Gallery
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Nico Rosberg Mauri Rose Louis Rosier Ricardo Rosset Huub Rothengatter
Ferrari a ?team that never surrenders,? says Montezemolo
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo warned his team that they ?have not won anything yet? and cautioned them to prepare properly for the last two races of the season. Montezemolo was speaking to the Scuderia employees at the traditional post victory gathering at Maranello. ?First of all, I want to congratulate and thank you all, [...]
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2010/10/26/ferrari-a-team-that-never-surrenders-says-montezemolo/
Elie Bayol Don Beauman Karl Gunther Bechem Jean Behra Derek Bell
F1 2011: Tyres, adjustable rear wings, 640 kg and...
June 24 '10
The FIA's World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) announced a raft of decisions after a meeting in Geneva on Wednesday (June 23). Decisions include the rule clarification which involved Michael Schumacher at the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix, where he passed Fernando Alonso on the final lap when the safety car returned to the pits and was handed a twenty-second penalty. Also, repeat of Hamilton's Montreal qualifying stunt wont be allowed.
Others decisions are taken to "improve the show" which involves the use of proximity rear wing.
Tyres
We finally have an F1 tyre supplier for 2011. The FIA preferred the idea of Michelin, as did McLaren and Ferrari in particular. But it is Pirelli who have beaten off competition from Michelin. Pirelli becomes the official F1 tyre supplier from 2011. The Italian tyre manufacturer gets a three-year contract from 2011 to 2013. They last supplied F1 teams in 1991.
According to WMSC:
Pirelli has been selected as the single tyre supplier for the FIA Formula One World Championship for a period of three years, commencing in 2011. The sole supplier will undertake to strictly respect the sporting and technical regulations implemented by the FIA.
Safety Car
In the wake of the controversy involving Michael Schumacher in Monaco, the FIA has ruled that there will be no overtaking even when the safety car pulls in on the last lap of a race.
With immediate effect, no car may overtake until it has passed the first safety car line for the first time when the safety car is returning to the pits. However, if the safety car is still deployed at the beginning of the last lap, or is deployed during the last lap, it will enter the pit lane at the end of the lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking.
General safety
Lewis Hamilton?s fine and reprimand after qualifying in Canada has resulted in a new rule requiring drivers to stay below a ?maximum time? set by the FIA on in-laps.
With immediate effect, any car being driven unnecessarily slowly, erratically, or which is deemed potentially dangerous to other drivers, will be reported to the stewards. This will apply whether any such car is being driven on the track, the pit entry or the pit lane.
In order to ensure cars are not driven unnecessarily slowly on in-laps during qualifying or reconnaissance laps when the pit exit is opened for the race, drivers must stay below the maximum time set by the FIA between the safety car line after the pit exit and safety car line before the pit entry. The maximum time will be determined by the race director at each event prior to the first day of practice, but may be amended during the event if necessary.
The grid
Next year, the 107 per cent qualifying rule will reappear. Any car not setting a time within 107% of the fastest time in the final part of qualifying, will not be allowed to start the race. This was dropped when single lap qualifying was introduced in 2002. There are exceptions however, whereby if a team sets competitive lap times during practice session, they maybe allowed to race.
From 2011, any driver whose best qualifying lap exceeds 107% of the fastest Q1 qualifying time will not be allowed to take part in the race. Under exceptional circumstances, however, which may include setting a suitable lap time in a free practice session, the stewards may permit the car to start the race. Should there be more than one driver accepted in this manner, the grid order will be determined by the stewards.
An analysis by F1Fanatic: "Had the rule as proposed been in place this year it would have prevented both HRT drivers from starting in Bahrain and Malaysia. Lucas di Grassi would have been out of the Malaysian race as well, leaving just 21 cars on the grid.
"Bruno Senna would have missed out on racing at Barcelona ? by just one-hundredth of a second ? and Karun Chandhok wouldn?t have been on the grid at Canada last week."
Adjustable rear wings
The FIA has banned F-ducts for 2011 and approved the debut of the proximity rear wing. The adjustable rear wing can only be operated by the drivers to overtake the car in front.
McLaren?s engineering director Paddy Lowe said on Wednesday, "In the race, you can?t use it (the wing) for the first two laps at all, but after that if you?re within a second of the car in front then you will be able to deploy it,?
?So that will be very interesting. That?s a FOTA initiative to improve the show and I think it?s very exciting.?
From 2011, adjustable bodywork may be activated by the driver at any time prior to the start of the race and, for the sole purpose of improving overtaking opportunities during the race, after the driver has completed two laps. The driver may only activate the adjustable bodywork in the race when he has been notified via the control electronics that it is enabled. It will only be enabled if the driver is less than one second behind another at any of the pre-determined positions around each circuit. The system will be disabled the first time the driver uses the brakes after the system has been activated. The FIA may, after consulting all the competitors, adjust the time proximity in order to ensure the purpose of the adjustable bodywork is met.
Weight
For the return of KERS, the minimum car-plus-driver weight will increase from 620kg to 640kg.
From 2011, the minimum weight of the car must not be less than 640 kg at all times during the event.
Licences
A ?four-race probationary super license? has been approved for Renault?s official third driver Ho-Pin Tung.
Based on his career r�sum� and comparative F1 testing times, the World Council has approved the granting of a four-race probationary super license to Chinese driver Ho-Pin Tung.
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Chico Landi Hermann Lang Claudio Langes Nicola Larini Oscar Larrauri
Heikki aims to be champion again
Heikki Kovalainen first shot to international prominence in motor racing when he defeated Michael Schumacher and S�bastien Loeb on his way to becoming the Champion of Champions in the Race of Champions event in Paris, back in 2004. It has now been announced that Kovalainen will be back in action in the 2010 Race of [...]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/heikki-aims-to-be-champion-again/
Archie Scott Brown Piero Scotti Wolfgang Seidel Gunther Seiffert Ayrton Senna†
Kobayashi relishing Interlagos return
Kamui Kobayashi says he is looking forward to returning to Interlagos, the scene of his F1 debut for Toyota last year. The Sauber driver said: In 2009 I drove my first ever Formula One race in Brazil when I stood in for Timo Glock at Toyota. I didn?t expect much because I didn’t know the [...]
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Ian Raby Bobby Rahal Kimi Räikkönen Hernando da Silva Ramos PierreHenri Raphanel
R32 skyline weekend track use
hey guys. This one was a stock GTR that i thought needed some added spice.
i decided to try my hand at building a roll cage from scratch (thanks to all who offered advice on here) so it's not perfect but for my first attempt at it i'm pretty happy.. even though my 1 yr old daughter thought otherwise and "helped" daddy. after fixing that up it's coming along slowly.
just letting the body gas out after clear coating the decals and carbon hood, then i'll polish it out and hopefully by then i'll have the suspension sorted and it can go together
the little gauges, switches etc. are all scratch built. the switches(yellow) were some metal bits from the local discount electrical store.. no idea what they're for but awesome for modelling! gauges are all sprue offcuts with detail master gauge faces then a drop of clear. playing with a water filled gauge at the moment.. post it if it works out.
anyways, i'll stop babbling now.
this was my template for the cage
and my highly technical measuring device.. a piece of styrene strip and a marker!
you can see the white styrene tube running alont the roofline.. pretty close. i love eyeball engineering
as always, comments are welcome.. good bad whatever.
any advice/constructive criticism is welcome too
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/scacs/forums/thread/915298.aspx
Mikko Kozarowitzky Willi Krakau Rudolf Krause Robert Kubica Kurt Kuhnke
Korea say 168,000 attended first F1 race but many tickets were given away
The inaugural Korean Grand Prix attracted 168,000 spectators over the three-day event, the race organisers claimed on Friday. However local media reported significant numbers of tickets were given away for free to boost attendance at the first race at the Korean International Circuit. The Korea Auto Valley Operation (KAVO) claimed attendance figures of 25,000 for [...]
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Chris Irwin JeanPierre Jabouille Jimmy Jackson Joe James John James
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Your questions answered - Japanese Grand Prix
Does Lewis Hamilton have the composure and ability to get his title challenge back on track? Who do I think have been the best new team? Who would I like to win the world championship and who do I think will? Is there a chance this season's title fight could go down to a last-race climax as exciting as 1986?
Watch my answers below.
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Alessandro PesentiRossi Josef Peters Ronnie Peterson Vitaly Petrov* Alfredo Piàn
MOTOGP: Simoncelli: Results don?t reflect pace
Simoncelli: Results don't reflect pace By Matt Beer Wednesday, October 27th 2010, 17:22 GMT Marco Simoncelli says he is determined to start delivering race results that truly reflect the progress he has made through his MotoGP rookie season. The former 250cc champion has fought for podium positions early in recent grands prix, but has not been able to maintain that form across the full distance Related posts:- MOTOGP: Simoncelli eyes first MotoGP podium Simoncelli eyes first MotoGP podium By Matt Beer Saturday,...
- MOTOGP: Aoyama beats Simoncelli in Sepang test Aoyama beats Simoncelli in Sepang test By Matt Beer Thursday,...
- MOTOGP: Simoncelli confident he will improve Simoncelli confident he will improve By Michele Lostia and Matt...
Source: http://doxcar.com/motogp-simoncelli-results-dont-reflect-pace/
Robert OBrien Pat OConnor Jackie Oliver Danny Ongais Rikky von Opel
Production Rally Fighter set to debut at SEMA [video]
Developed as an open source project, the Rally Fighter was created by a community of enthusiasts who effectively designed the vehicle from the ground up.Olivier Gendebien Marc Gene Elmer George Bob Gerard Gerino Gerini
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