TBK-Light.com

Yeah, and naturally when I was younger I had big ears as well!

that doesn't have sector times and top speeds info, though. It doesn't doesn't contain pit stop summary, which is relevant when you want to know the amount of fuel a driver was carrying on 2004-2009 qualifyings.

I only use statsf1 to find results of pre-Q1/Q2/Q3 era because they don't feature all the qualifying times(only Q3 times of the top 10). For all qlf times, I use newsonf1.com.

What happens to all the unused components in an F1 team? For example, a new front wing could be introduced for the next round, but the old wings which just become obsolete. So, if they have 3 or 4 of those just sitting around, do the throw them into the bin, or can they recycle them & reuse the carbon fiber?

So race higlights have been uploaded to the official F1 YouTube channel. Is this real life? (I know it's not full race like IndyCar but it's a start)

Caterham is selling their parts in an auction, lots of the parts are from previous years

Just stumbled across this in the classic tbk:

How F1 drivers and personalities might respond to the question "Why did the chicken cross the road?"

Alain Prost: "For sure the chicken crossed the road, but for me it was not as interesting as chickens crossing the road 10 years ago"

Rubens Barrichello: "I'd like to dedicate the chicken crossing the road to my great friend Ayrton Senna"

Max Mosely: "We have to find ways of slowing that chicken down and making it safer. For this reason the FIA are changing the rules so that the chicken be equipped with special chicken bodywork and neck supports"

Mika Hakkinen: "Why did the chicken cross the road? ........................................ That's a tough question .......................... maybe ........................ maybe it's a question you'd have to ask the chicken"

James Allen: "Hey guys, you're not going to believe this but the chicken's on a different strategy to the bantams"

Murray Walker: "And as the lights go out it's go go go for the duck as it dives towards..."
Martin Brundle: "It's a chicken, Murray"
MW: "Yes, yes, it's a chicken charging into the lead and I think it's got this race sewn up"
MB: "The chicken's stopped Murray"
MW: "Disaster for the chicken, this will throw the whole badger crossing championship wide open"

Ron Dennis: "The objective of the poultry individual in this situation is to work towards the goal of a road crossing. We're comfortable that this can be achieved using only bipedal motional forces. We would refuse to compromise until a safe chicken arrival scenario had been achieved"

David Coulthard: "I was really surprised when the chicken swerved right in front of me and crossed the road. I was expecting it to walk right along the pavement but it just cut right across in front of me. I think we'll need a ruling from the FIA if chickens are allowed to do this"

Michael Schumacher: "The chicken is allowed to move over, that is clearly within the rules. The chicken can make one move to defend it's line, but it can't zig zag backwards and forwards across the road. What it did was quite fair and within the rules"

Red Bull threatening to quit F1 - not being ok with the current generation power units.

Sure, that'll definitely happen, I'll head down to the bookies and put a bet on Red Bull leaving F1 due to being a bit shitty under the current regs....yeahhhh

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OK BYE PLS SELL TO VAG

the report;

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118081

Mann when they are not 1st they wanna quit!!
Fuck it, what about sticking together in good and bad times? You cant win always.
Horner says he want equality, ok then go to GP2 and make a Red Bull GP2 team,there you go, happy?
I would also like that cars are a lot closer, but looks like some had worked a lot harder in winter compared to others..
Thats how it is in F1, but as Mercedes lets them race it should be good. And not some multi 1-2 everytime RBR cars are close. Fuck orders.
If i were RBR i would give Renault last year the foot, and make own engine or buy from Ferrari.
Cuz Merceds sure wont give engines to them even if they give a lot of money.

WAH!! we're no longer dominant.

How many times have Ferrari made such a threat? And yet they're still around.

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Doubt this is going to happen soon, but I can see Red Bull pull the plug on this program as soon as their sales decline or F1 loses a significant amount of prestige. F1 is just one of the branding activities for them, albeit an important one

There's a case of double standards here. Yes a team wants to be competitive and fight for victories but the rules are the rules. When the rules suited them, Red Bull did the best job and they were rewarded handsomely. But during the previous rules there were constant suggestions of Red Bull bending the rules... so much so that rules were amended to stop certain practices continuing on. Mercedes have done a better job than anyone and yes their engine is much better, but it is 100% within the rules.

Red Bull needs to man up. McLaren and Williams have gone through hard times over the years, suffering immediately after periods of great success. Red Bull needs to remember and appreciate what 2005-2008 felt like, and learn from it.

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Ah ok, wasn't aware about that.

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When Red Bull was dominant it appeared every other team and even the FIA tried everything to stop innovations by Red Bull (it is against regulations etc). So last year Mercedes won everything and what happend? Nothing.. This year? Maybe even more so, but no one seems to care. Mercedes dominance ruins the sport for me. And the dominance is the outcome of the ongoing rule changes.

Apart from Renault, who detonate all 200 including the 5 that are supposed to work.

Ricciardo's already had to change most of the components once, he'll be eating penalties by the summer break.

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Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

The odd thing about Red Bull's comments is that Renault have repeatedly said that they don't want the engine rules to be changed:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117996

Renault were also lets not forget one of the biggest advocates of moving to the current formula & were talking about pulling out themselfs if F1 stuck with the V8s.


F1 has its problems right now but the engine formula isn't one of them. The rules are the same for everybody & Mercedes have just done a better job, If Red Bull don't have the confidence that Renault are going to improve then they should look at switching to a supplier they feel can & if Red Bull don't feel they can produce a car that can compete with Mercedes then they need to look at why that is.

Threatening to quit, demanding things be changed & talking about nonsense like performance equalization just because you have not got the car right & because your engine supplier is having problems is bullshit frankly.


I'd also like to point out that the power unit is not the only reason for Mercedes performance advantage, They have also come up with an exceptionally good car.

I direct you to 1988, 2002 and 2004.

1992, 1993, 1995 and 2011 get honorable mention.

This kind of domination is nothing new.

How quickly we forget the mid season banning of FRICS, which was rumored to be because Red Bull and Ferrari asked Charlie whiting about it last year and was (perhaps erroneously) seen as the main thrust of the Mercedes dominance.

I feel sorry for Renault in all this really. Yes, they've struggled, but the way Red Bull are playing it, it feels like red bulls problems are 100% renaults fault.
Meanwhile when they were dominant, Adrian Newey and their blown diffusers were getting all the credit with Renault credited as a mere bit part "and also thanks to our engine partners..." player in the success.

Red Bull are just playing the game, using every avenue to try and get things to go their way again.
Sadly as it seems they have no ability to fight on track, expect a lot more of this shit over the course of the season...

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