Michael van der Mark (michaelvdm) World Superbikes with BMW.

Wow that replay brought back some memories, those were the days! I did quite some great leagues in that time but nothing could match the open wheel racing league and the original lfs league. Many thanks to Wouter''Krutch'' de Bruin and Mr. and Ms. Fiendi. Many happy memories!

If you read this i was racing under the name ''FiredUp''.

When is the third event taking place?

You need to register for each round. It was a bit tough to find for me personally so in case other people are strugling:

https://www.buggyra301.games/races to register for the 2nd round.

Chaos....

“Van Buren will help McLaren develop their 2018 car” Unreal! Grats. Btw Good memories from racing you Dave, Dennis, Yan

TBH i allready had Rossi written off a few years ago, but that's probably due to a lack of knowledge

Van der Mark really impressed again today on his Honda, absolutely getting the last drop of performance out of that machine. He seems to be a match (if not better) for the world champion too, makes me wonder what he could do on a better bike, which is probably any bike out there..

Actually starting to enjoy bikeracing more than F1 tbh, Last weeks qualifing in MotoGP was more entertaining than most F1 races.

Finally a interesting press conference. Better than the race actually. Max was pretty good too! Renault should put some effort into improving the PU instead of talking how much they are gaining every GP.

It could get worse if Renault don't get their act together, RedBull might leave the sport completely. They can't affort to spend hundreds of millions and not get the results. They probably are hoping a manufacturer like BMW or Audi will want to step in F1.

Apparently they allready in talks to get rid of Toro Rosso.

No need to make a drama over this. Things like ''thanks scawen''.

Something will take over where cargame left.

Favourite, what a beauty.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B81KTODCUAAJYbW.jpg:large

Haha what a shame he's not in F1 anymore, very likable guy and not scared for anything! Great video.

Excuse my ignorance, why would someone apply throttle and brake together in case of leaving the track? Panic reaction?

Yea, trip to japan aint cheap either

If it was head on the 2014 nose probably made it worse. Did the team not communicate yellow flags in that zone?

So if i understand correctly:

Alonso to Mclaren Honda,
Vettel with Ferrari,
Kvyat to RedBull,

Than i assume Carlos Sainz gets the Torro Rosso drive? Imo he deserves it. Kinda shocked how little credit RedBull drivers have. 4 World titles don't outway a single disappointing season? Anyway with Kvyat they have a great replacement i'm sure. Would not be surprised if he could make it harder for Ricciardo next season, compared with how Vettel has done this season.

It was quite similar probably.

Max confirmed it was anti stall/clutch issue and took full responsibility for the incident: "I was late with the clutch in the anti-stall system,"


How such a small error can cost you your life if it was the same thing with De Vilotta...

Fantastic! I remember Jos announced he became father, and i knew he was married to a woman who beat F1 drivers in karting. I thought if there is ever gonna be a natural gifted racer it will be Max. I followed him from young age, he excelled in karting, usually the young talents stay away from shifter karts but max did it and with succes, winning several titles. I think that final year in shifter karts helped him a lot to do the giant step to F3.

In f3 with a small team, he started the season clumsy with some silly mistakes. But now he is driving with so much speed and consideration(rain or dry), i have absolutely no doubt he will be succesfull in F1. Some people will say he is too young, but from what i've seen this season he is a very mature racer.

A good read about Max on Autosport: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115436

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@ Framaris, do u know if these bikes are closer to world superbikes or Moto GP machines?

It's interesting to know cause Michael was so damn fast with this bike both last and this year.

Personally i think he would be very successful in WSB. Moto GP i'm not so sure, but i don't mean this in a negative way.

So it looks like the plane was mistaken for a military aircraft and shot down with a highly sophisticated "service to air" missile system provided to the separatists by russia. This could get a lot worse than it allready is. Strange feeling personally since i was working where the plane took off this afternoon. Deeply saddend for all the victims.

What if this plane was shot down by a russian missile? I don't believe Russia itself would shoot down a civil plane but what if they provided the weapon to the separatists. I'm sure the rest of the world won't be very pleased...

Apparently u need very sophisticated weapons to shoot down anything flying at that height, impossible for terrorists to obtain and operate such weapon.

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I gues the problem with grass/dirt is the danger the driver loses the rear and spins backs into the track where he can be collected by other cars. But yea the current situation is not ideal, drivers should get punished for mistakes without making it dangerous. Hopefully they can find a better solution in the future.

I sure hope Bernie is not serious about dropping Monza, just his usual pressure to let the organisers spend some money perhaps?

I loved the BBC pre show with Lewis and DC going back to Lewis's old karting track where it all started. Nice to see his interaction with the kids too.

Thanks just bought it, good price.

Quote from Pablo Donoso :

Westhill looks a bit cleaner and the car has more grip. I like it.

More grip? Have u tested it allready?