No doubt if so, a McLaren pit stop will then involve a reboot and/or Software Update:stunned:
F1 in 2016
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No doubt if so, a McLaren pit stop will then involve a reboot and/or Software Update:stunned:
Pete McCluskey.
Lifetime Supporter
Indeed and to stop the engine the driver would push the start button.
Bureaucrats are continuing their campaign to destroy everything with their constant trickle of petty rules and regulations - this time in motogp: no hand gestures, no riding on cooldown etc without both hands on the bars...
I understand in the land of the free and the home of the brave that an extended finger is punishable by death and must be blurred out in public media because it may cause old ladies eyes to catch fire, but in the rest of the world it is has about as much impact as a nerf ball - it only gains power by the ridiculous overreaction to it - it is after all just a hand gesture.
Two hands off the bars in post race cooldown etc... professional riders at the pinnacle of the sport... seriously...
Bureaucracy is the slow relentless death of everything. Motogp surpasses other forms of Motorsport in large part because it is so good at communicating the passion and skill of its riders. This move by the bureaucrats moves it in the direction of other sports that the rule makers have ruined.
Tim.
I understand in the land of the free and the home of the brave that an extended finger is punishable by death and must be blurred out in public media because it may cause old ladies eyes to catch fire, but in the rest of the world it is has about as much impact as a nerf ball - it only gains power by the ridiculous overreaction to it - it is after all just a hand gesture.
Two hands off the bars in post race cooldown etc... professional riders at the pinnacle of the sport... seriously...
Bureaucracy is the slow relentless death of everything. Motogp surpasses other forms of Motorsport in large part because it is so good at communicating the passion and skill of its riders. This move by the bureaucrats moves it in the direction of other sports that the rule makers have ruined.
Tim.
Correction: as I understand it they must now have at least one hand on the bars, not as I mistakenly wrote above "both hands on the bars". Got it right further down though.
Tim.
Terry Oxandale
Skinny Man
Well, it seems F1 extracurricular activities extend beyond a Ferrari team principle fined for throwing a cigarette butt onto the street in Singapore. The latest:
Australians who stripped to swimwear at Malaysian Grand Prix to face court today, investigator says - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Australians who stripped to swimwear at Malaysian Grand Prix to face court today, investigator says - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Pete McCluskey.
Lifetime Supporter
Silly boys they should know better.
Pete McCluskey.
Lifetime Supporter
I have just heard that they have been cautioned and released.
Vettel is now off my Christmas card list for good. You cannot tell a race official to f**** off on the radio without consequences. There now seems open warfare between him and the brat. He used to be a calm individual - Ferrari must be in a bit of a mess.
Good news is that it looks likely Ross Brawn may be returning to take some kind of executive role in F.OM. possibly even replacing Bernie who was 85 yesterday and surely now on the slippery slope..
It's time. I think F1 will miss him, but he has definitely passed his sell by date and I say that as one of his long time supporters. He's made a lot of people very rich and that's a gift.
Here's wishing Frank Williams a full recovery from pneumonia. A very nasty and unwelcome burden in his state of health. It has to be serious as Claire is not attending anymore races this season, well maybe the last one.
Good news is that it looks likely Ross Brawn may be returning to take some kind of executive role in F.OM. possibly even replacing Bernie who was 85 yesterday and surely now on the slippery slope..
It's time. I think F1 will miss him, but he has definitely passed his sell by date and I say that as one of his long time supporters. He's made a lot of people very rich and that's a gift.
Here's wishing Frank Williams a full recovery from pneumonia. A very nasty and unwelcome burden in his state of health. It has to be serious as Claire is not attending anymore races this season, well maybe the last one.
Terry Oxandale
Skinny Man
I've looked repeatedly at these two situations (Rosberg's and Verstappen's corner-cutting to maintain position), and Rosberg's appears to be more obvious of a violation against Ricciardo than Verstapen's was against Vettle, yet only Verstappen was penalized. Rosberg was behind Ricciardo when he took off into the grass.
So come on, let's have your guess at the scenarios of the last two races, first three places in each and championship results.
Terry Oxandale
Skinny Man
What I foresee is a mechanical issue with Rosberg in one of the next two races, resulting in a panic drive that takes out one or both Merc cars.
Come on, prize for whoever gets it right!
Prize = artist signed print
