With Hamilton now on 241 points and Rosberg on 238, it will be interesting
to see what happens between these two.
Daniel Ricciardo is sitting on 181 points and there will be
many fans who would love to see him score a victory on a circuit where
in theory the Red Bull might do okay.
Rumours are circulating as to whether Alonso might leave Ferrari
and possibly go to McLaren in 2015 or 2016. He hasn't ruled it out.
See http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29457332
On a personal note, I got to spend a little time today behind the wheel
of a Formula Ford, which was a real lot of fun.
It is forcast to move north and then swing Northeast just to the east of Japan/Suzuka, but being a typhoon anything could happen just as with Tropical Cyclones.
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Gary, are there many F1 fans on this forum? My brother and dad are avid followers, im merely the photographer lol. We got back from Singapore F1 last week, i got some great pics and was an awesome holiday overall .
Gary, are there many F1 fans on this forum? My brother and dad are avid followers, im merely the photographer lol. We got back from Singapore F1 last week, i got some great pics and was an awesome holiday overall .
That formula ford looks cool!
Hi!
There's a small group of us here where the Venn diagram of
"amateur astronomy enthusiast" forms an intersection with "F1 follower".
Fantastic that you went to Singapore and your dad and brother and
if you have any pictures to share, we'd love to see them, either in the
Terrestrial Photography forum or feel free to add them to this thread!
The Formula Ford was cool. Going into the braking zone before a corner,
the "obi-wan Kenobi" half of the brain that received prior instruction is
telling you, "it will make it around this even faster than V8 Supercars are
capable of cornering, so apply 20% to 30% throttle now and drive through
the apex", whilst your inner ear is telling the other half of the brain,
"you are coming in too hot, don't lift off the brake".
There's a small group of us here where the Venn diagram of
"amateur astronomy enthusiast" forms an intersection with "F1 follower".
Fantastic that you went to Singapore and your dad and brother and
if you have any pictures to share, we'd love to see them, either in the
Terrestrial Photography forum or feel free to add them to this thread!
The Formula Ford was cool. Going into the braking zone before a corner,
the "obi-wan Kenobi" half of the brain that received prior instruction is
telling you, "it will make it around this even faster than V8 Supercars are
capable of cornering, so apply 20% to 30% throttle now and drive through
the apex", whilst your inner ear is telling the other half of the brain,
"you are coming in too hot, don't lift off the brake".
haha nice, i will upload some of the better pictures when i get home this afternoon.
There's a small group of us here where the Venn diagram of
"amateur astronomy enthusiast" forms an intersection with "F1 follower".
Add me to that group!
I've been to a few F1 races, but an absolute highlight for me was the 1989 Silverstone Grand Prix, where I managed to spend some time in the Benetton pits (as in INSIDE the pit garage - "Look, but don't touch anything!") during Saturday practice and qualifying, thanks to a cousin who was a mad-keen club motor-sport participant, and had some good connections with some of the British F1 teams.
And then in 2012, I was lucky enough to score a double-pass to the Qantas hospitality suite in Melbourne, which is built on top of the pit garages. I got some fabulous photographs leaning out the window (glass of champagne in hand), looking straight down on the mechanics working on the Red Bulls, Ferraris, McLarens ...
(Oh yes - and on the subject of Suzuka 2014: Go Daniel!)
I've been to a few F1 races, but an absolute highlight for me was the 1989 Silverstone Grand Prix, where I managed to spend some time in the Benetton pits (as in INSIDE the pit garage - "Look, but don't touch anything!") during Saturday practice and qualifying, thanks to a cousin who was a mad-keen club motor-sport participant, and had some good connections with some of the British F1 teams.
And then in 2012, I was lucky enough to score a double-pass to the Qantas hospitality suite in Melbourne, which is built on top of the pit garages. I got some fabulous photographs leaning out the window (glass of champagne in hand), looking straight down on the mechanics working on the Red Bulls, Ferraris, McLarens ...
(Oh yes - and on the subject of Suzuka 2014: Go Daniel!)
Well to make you guys super jealous/cant wait till i upload pics, we knew a marshall at the track who let us know about the hush hush public walkabout that occurs on the Thursday night in singapore.
We got access to the entire track, with Grosjean, Maldanado, Chilton, Vettel etc doing their track walks! I didnt know what they look like so my dad and brother just pointed and said "take a pic of that guy"! My dad had fun walking around as if he was part of their team lol.
Then we went down the pit lane and looked at all the teams preparing the cars for practice.
After that we were trying to find the route home and bumped rather casually into Nico Hulkenburg going back to his hotel. There were only a few ppl around.
So we waited in that spot till 3am, meeting and taking pictures with Bottas, Perez, Maldanado, Vettel, Chilton, Christian Horner, Toto Wolff, Bianchi, Gutierrez, Sutil, Alonso. Raikonnen sped out in a golf cart so fast that no one could take any pictures lol. Kobayashi and Grosjean were pretty annoyed and so didnt want to take pics/autographs.
There were a few other people too, and i started just taking group shots with some lol.
At 2.45am or so, everyone left, but dad said he had a feeling we should wait a few minutes.
7 minutes later it was just us 3, and Danny Ricciardo came out. He had problems with the car so had to stay back late. He spent 5 minutes with us, a brief chat, some pictures, and he carefully took his time signing my brother's tshirt.
Brother: "we're from Brisbane!"
Ricciardo: "Good on ya fellas!"
Dad: "Good luck for the race!"
Ricciardo: "Cheers mate, you guys have a good night!"
Or so the conversation went haha.
For qualifying, i managed to get a premium photography spot at turn 1 and practice/qualifying at turn 23. What amazing spots, and managed to get photos that i really wasnt expecting to get!
We also saw some great/rare supercars earlier in the trip, highlights of which were a Lamborghini LP720 and a Lamborghini Sesto Elemento.
Sorry for the waffle lol, but its nice to tell a story
There was a typhoon that hit the Suzuka F1 GP a few years back 2004 I think, I remember Webber was leading but was rammed by then rookie Vettel in the Toro Rosso. His quote in response made it live to air, "These young kids, come along and F#@K it all up" classic Webbo
It was wet back in the 80's as well - as in Monsoon wet - if it's like that it will be a lottery to pick a winner. Might as well back Kamui in the Caterham!
I too have had a ball in a Formula Ford! Best fun you can have with your clothes on I reckon. It was at Longford in Victoria, kind of a mini Bathurst circuit with sweeping corners and elevation changes. Woo Hoo!
Meantime on the web site you kindly supplied the link to, Ferrari
argue to relax the engine development freeze rule. Under the rules
this year, in order to try and reduce costs, the engine designs were
"frozen" and could only be changed for safety or reliability reasons.
See http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns29051.html
Mercedes clearly came out with a killer power unit design that could
see them dominate for some time.
What is unclear to me, now that all the other engine suppliers had to
open their kimonos with their engine designs at the beginning of
this year, might that give Honda a significant advantage in steering
the design of their own engine?
Or is it a case of "good luck to you if you can create a physical embodiment
of an engine that is any match for the engineering marvel of the
Mercede's power unit?"
Mercedes 1,2 again.
Ricciardo into the wall at turn 16 and brings out the red flag.
Had a 4 lap drive of a V8 supercar around Bathurst in 2010 that was a lot of fun. Only problem was the instructor sitting in the passenger seat. Think driving a Formula Ford would be a lot of fun esp. without the passenger.
Yeah Vetel quits Red Bull, DR to be lead driver. A fitting end to a sploit brat. He won't get the same money on another team and Mercedes won't have an opening unless Rosberg moves on. What was he making, I heard $30mil.
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