Yes, that was the point I was making. Alonso doesn't lack pace to Hamilton. That's what I said in the first post. Are you sure you didn't misread it?
Like the second stint in Turkey. Both had a clear track, no car problems and no offs. The result? They stayed very consistently at 14 seconds apart from each other, which came down to 12 in the end, probably because Hamilton's tyre was already beginning to fail.
One of the reasons GP2 works so well. Have a look at those skirts that increase the effect of the venturi tunnel by closing it off:
http://first4f1.com/Wallpapers_4/GP2_5140.jpg
No disagreement. Diesels have been very popular over here for a long time, mainly because they use less fuel and have good low rev power.
What I was getting at is that in a racing environment Diesel vs Petrol is meh, as they are matched up by regulations anyway they are just two versions of the same concept, not the next big thing.
What I was getting at is that in a racing environment Diesel vs Petrol is meh, as they are matched up by regulations anyway they are just two versions of the same concept, not the next big thing.
Huh? Indycar was a series of half track half oval racing with multiple chassis and engine manufacturers and a field of world class international drivers. It was a series that produced future F1 champs and where F1 champs went after their F1 career. It was also commercially very successful, even challenging Nascar and F1 in the early to mid nineties.
IRL is an oval only (until recently) spec racing series with ugly cars, unknown drivers and no spectators.
How can you say they are the same thing? Again: Indycar was extremely popular at a time when there were Americans fighting for wins. Later when there were mostly Europeans and South Americans the interest dropped.
Now I don't know if the lack of competitive American drivers was a major factor in Indycars downfall but you haven't said anything to convince me it wasn't.
Apparently Red Bull wants him there. Google it.
I was talking more from a fan point of view. JPM has brought a lot of people to watch NASCAR who wouldn't have without him being there. Of these people I'm sure most would be happy to see a higher percentage of real tracks. After all NASCAR are exactly what many people want from racing: low downforce, low grip, high power which leads to pretty good road races.
Could lack of public interest have been a reason for these problems?
Err, isn't that the problem? They were interested when Al Unser Jr and Michael Andretti were doing the winning.
BTW, I'm talking about Indycars, not IRL. IRL was DOA.
It's supposed to create a more dynamic race. For example yesterday there could have been some exitement from the fact that we knew that Lewis was almost able to keep up with the Ferraris even though he was on the harder tyres. Meaning that later on, on the softer tyres he might have been able to attack them. The system isn't working though, as there is not enough difference between the hard and the soft tyres.
On the other hand, if there was a big difference, then the teams would probably all be running the same strategies anyway.
You're right about qualifying, it's been a joke for years. What I don't understand is why qualifying has been on fuel for so long when obviously there is no one in the world who doesn't think it's crap? Just shows how poorly F1 is managed.
I'm saying the same thing. When both cars are runnning clean and trouble free Alonso is usually a little bit quicker. But Hamilton has just been great in terms of getting the better results by being better in qualifying, making less mistakes and not getting stuck behind BMW's in races.
I just realized that I haven't posted my favourite GW link in this thread yet. It's from New Scientist and it's basically a summary of the IPCC reports that BuddhaBing linked to. I'll even do it in form of seperate links to encourage people to actually click and read:
Top 26 Myths:
Human CO2 emissions are too tiny to matter
We can't do anything about climate change
The 'hockey stick' graph has been proven wrong
Chaotic systems are not predictable
We can't trust computer models of climate
They predicted global cooling in the 1970s
It's been far warmer in the past, what's the big deal?
It's too cold where I live - warming will be great
Global warming is down to the Sun, not humans
It’s all down to cosmic rays
CO2 isn't the most important greenhouse gas
The lower atmosphere is cooling, not warming
Antarctica is getting cooler, ... disproving global warming
The oceans are cooling
The cooling after 1940 shows CO2 does not cause warming
It was warmer during the Medie ... with vineyards in England
We are simply recovering from the Little Ice Age
Warming will cause an ice age in Europe
Ice cores show CO2 increases l ... he link to global warming
Ice cores show CO2 rising as temperatures fell
Mars and Pluto are warming too
Many leading scientists question climate change
It's all a conspiracy
Hurricane Katrina was caused by global warming
Higher CO2 levels will boost p ... rowth and food production
Polar bear numbers are increasing
And a 43 page PDF version for people who prefer reading on paper:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51 ... _Climate_Special.pdf.html
If only I was allowed a sig.
Top 26 Myths:
Human CO2 emissions are too tiny to matter
We can't do anything about climate change
The 'hockey stick' graph has been proven wrong
Chaotic systems are not predictable
We can't trust computer models of climate
They predicted global cooling in the 1970s
It's been far warmer in the past, what's the big deal?
It's too cold where I live - warming will be great
Global warming is down to the Sun, not humans
It’s all down to cosmic rays
CO2 isn't the most important greenhouse gas
The lower atmosphere is cooling, not warming
Antarctica is getting cooler, ... disproving global warming
The oceans are cooling
The cooling after 1940 shows CO2 does not cause warming
It was warmer during the Medie ... with vineyards in England
We are simply recovering from the Little Ice Age
Warming will cause an ice age in Europe
Ice cores show CO2 increases l ... he link to global warming
Ice cores show CO2 rising as temperatures fell
Mars and Pluto are warming too
Many leading scientists question climate change
It's all a conspiracy
Hurricane Katrina was caused by global warming
Higher CO2 levels will boost p ... rowth and food production
Polar bear numbers are increasing
And a 43 page PDF version for people who prefer reading on paper:
http://rapidshare.com/files/51 ... _Climate_Special.pdf.html
If only I was allowed a sig.
Hadn't heard of him, thx for links. Hard to see him get anywhere in a country that RE(!)elected Bush though. I still can't get over that one.
Same thought I was left with after the race. We have 4 drivers that can do a very similar pace to each other, driving for teams that will allow them to fight, at a decent track and yet NOTHING happens.
I mean there has to be something majorly wrong when you know the P2 car is faster than the P1 car (at the end of his stints) and yet there is no sense of excitement whatsoever.
We need something that brings more dynamic changes into races. The tyres we had in 2005 that had to last a full race worked quite well in this regard. The hard/soft concept they are using now could also work if Bridgestone would engineer a bigger performance difference into the two tyre compounds.
Anyway, good race for the championship points, Alonso again showed that it's not pace he's lacking against Hamilton so I think the title is still very, very open.
Montoya, Speed(?), Villeneuve, Allmendinger. Is something happening in NASCAR? They should increase the number of races on real race tracks to cater to the new fans that JPM and JV bring in.
Although I could understand reluctance to make any major changes. Wasn't one of the main reasons for Indycar's dimise in the '90's that the public lost interest when the foreigners were beating the natives too often?
Although I could understand reluctance to make any major changes. Wasn't one of the main reasons for Indycar's dimise in the '90's that the public lost interest when the foreigners were beating the natives too often?
If an engine concept from 1892 is the motorsport industry's idea of a future propulsion technology then I'm worried.
Having seen and heard(?!) a Le Mans Audi on the track, I am convinced that motorsports must do all it can to retain Petrol engines. But because of the growing public awareness of environmental issues, the only way it will be able to do this in the future is by adding modern technologies into the mix as well, such as Brake Energy Regeneration and electric motor power boosts. Just like Max says actually...
And about WTCC: so SEAT is telling us that diesel is better than petrol because a turbo diesel beat an NA petrol engine? I'm eagerly awaiting their report on apples being better than oranges.
Having seen and heard(?!) a Le Mans Audi on the track, I am convinced that motorsports must do all it can to retain Petrol engines. But because of the growing public awareness of environmental issues, the only way it will be able to do this in the future is by adding modern technologies into the mix as well, such as Brake Energy Regeneration and electric motor power boosts. Just like Max says actually...
And about WTCC: so SEAT is telling us that diesel is better than petrol because a turbo diesel beat an NA petrol engine? I'm eagerly awaiting their report on apples being better than oranges.
Wow, walk through rooms and shoot at zombies. That demo was so exiting. Maybe the next big thing will be a game where you can fight in WW2! From first person perspective!
The bit with the flooding water looked nice though.
The bit with the flooding water looked nice though.
Are you saying that with an open diff all torque will go to the wheel that is in the air? That's not true. Both wheels get the same amount of torque, which isn't much because the one in the air can't take much.
You can watch the Watkins Glen Busch race live on nascar.com right now. Most of the NEXTEL Cup grid are doing it, including JPM.
Quali cancelled because of rain. Start grid by championship positions. That puts Ambrose and German Klaus Graf out. 
Try channel 20758 on Sopcast, not TVU.
If it's an exe file I would tip on some kind of copy protection scheme that got installed by another game and now thinks it needs to check all the exes on your machine when you select them.
Had that before with Securom.
Had that before with Securom.
Nice articles. Still a shame there was no coverage of the IRT final anywhere. Not even a replay file.
Fox on TVU player. (google it)
I thought the thank system was quite good. A bit of feedback is always nice. And Tristan already summed up all the things that could be improved.
My first lolcats:
Made with this: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/lolcat.php
This one looks better but didn't work: http://kscakes.com/LolCats/
EDIT: uploaded to forum as image host seems to be unreliable.
Made with this: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/lolcat.php
This one looks better but didn't work: http://kscakes.com/LolCats/
EDIT: uploaded to forum as image host seems to be unreliable.
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This is getting off topic but maybe you're interested in what I'm talking about (click on the images to open larger versions in new windows):
VLC player:
VLC player with bob deinterlacing:
PDVD with hardware deinterlacing:
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