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BruceHildenbrand
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Mountain View/Boulder
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I found this photo from Jenson Button's win at Hungary in 2006!
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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I absolutely love the Motogp announcer. Absolutely Brilliant!
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BruceHildenbrand
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Mountain View/Boulder
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This accident looked horrific on TV. I don't know what's up with Ferrari's pit release system. BTW, it appears that this accident actually caused Ferrari to change Vettel from a 2-stop to a 1-stop strategy and he ended up winning the race. Bittersweet.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/43693181
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Tarbuster
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I saw that happen when I watched the race this morning, but they didn't play back the accident, and I just saw one of the pit crew guys hit the ground, and it wasn't immediately clear via what kind of contact with the car.
F*#king awful!
I missed qualifying again, but apparently this was the second pit incident of the weekend for Ferrari.
And I was wondering why Vettel wound up only doing one stop, after all the talk they made of him doing a two stop strategy, thereby enabling more of an attack approach, versus the Hamilton long game, one stop strategy. (If I have that right).
Thanks for clearing that up.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 14, 2018 - 10:08am PT
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Has Ferrari found the secret sauce? The tifosi are partying hard.
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Tarbuster
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Apr 14, 2018 - 10:18am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 14, 2018 - 10:34am PT
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Yes, Tar’s photo is definitely not from a NASCAR race.
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Tarbuster
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Apr 14, 2018 - 11:37am PT
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Yeah,
The Tifosi are dancing in the moonlight & Ferrari are second to none for the time being!
[Click to View YouTube Video]
JOIN THE BOYS
Are you for or against us
We are trying to get somewhere
Looking around for a helping hand
We're doing our best to keep it steady
But it's falling down around us
Blows keep coming fast and strong
I done found another fellow
He agrees with my direction
Arms around each others shoulders we go everywhere
Are you in, are you out
Are you in, are you out
Are you in, are you out
Are you in, are you out
Do you care to dance about and shout
Join Jack and the boys
Be in a band
Doing a one night stand
We'll be dancing in the floodlight
Second to none
Not even on a bad night
Dancing in the floodlight
Second to none
Not even on a bad night
We'll succeed where others failed
Stay together many years
And watch us take the world by storm
Are you in, are you out
Do you care to dance about and shout
Join Jack and the boys
Be in a band
Doing the one night stands
Songwriters: Joan Armatrading
Join the Boys lyrics © T.R.O. Inc.
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 Okay, may have been more fitting if Brabham were fielding cars and had won the first two races!
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Tarbuster
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Apr 14, 2018 - 10:16pm PT
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This guy is annoying.
I swear his jaw offset was cloned from Jay Leno.
But he is detail oriented, the first 9 minutes covering driver/cockpit interface, like if you had more money than sense, and you were up for a test drive.
And being neither, (okay, maybe the test drive part) I still find these performance car look-see/vignettes entertaining.
The actual test drive doesn't occur until 19 minutes and it's pretty much a bore:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
So unless you want to niggle around with driver interface, amenities, and price and that guy's subjective analysis, try the Jay Leno treatment:
Where you can see the 918 Spyder on the road, and get an interview with one of the car's development test drivers, where he and Jay discuss sidebar issues like the 918's 70 mile per gallon gas consumption and so forth, PLUS a much better technical overview (887 hp) and review other performance oriented details, such as aerodynamics, reduction of lift, downforce, four-wheel steering, and its notoriety as fastest production car in the world today:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 14, 2018 - 10:42pm PT
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Or you can view a lap of the Nürburgring from inna 918 and dispense with the frew frew. 🤪
Although the Lambo Huracan Performante now holds the record IIRC.
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Tarbuster
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Apr 14, 2018 - 11:00pm PT
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The other day, I was watching a vintage Porsche 917 driver POV at the 'Ring. Okay, so I noticed the c*#kpit looked a little weird, but whatever ...
Got all the way through it before somebody pointed out it was all being played out in some guy's bedroom while looking at three monitors!
A fool and his YouTube allotment are easily parted!
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landcruiserbob
Trad climber
PUAKO, BIG ISLAND Kohala Coast
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Apr 15, 2018 - 02:43am PT
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Haven’t watched since Senna passed at Imola. He was the best driver of all time winning with an inferior race car, all it took was a little bit of rain to equalize the field, then guts.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Apr 15, 2018 - 08:26am PT
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Great race last night, glad I stayed up. Really happy to see Ricciardo win.
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Tarbuster
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Apr 15, 2018 - 08:40am PT
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Yeah, way too many DNFs for him lately.
I'll watch it at 7 PM MST tonight.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 23, 2018 - 09:05pm PT
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OK, you knuckleheads, here’s 3:35 of motorhead mania.
Crank the volume and shut the door!
[Click to View YouTube Video]
I can see myself putting money down on one of these. I mean it’s like 2.5 Buicks!
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Tarbuster
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Apr 24, 2018 - 04:52am PT
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Yeah, knucklehead will do. Gearhead works even better.
I can see myself putting money down on one of these
Well, I don't have that kind of money, even the one Buick kind, or any kind for that matter, but I can see putting my foot down on one of those things.
Or putting my foot into it, to be more accurate!
Interesting POV. Seems like the camera is set a bit below the driver's sight line.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 24, 2018 - 10:27am PT
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Well, Roy, yer getting a ZR1 would be a moot point I would think. If you rolled up to the Salto in one I would expect you’d be met with pitchforks and tar. 😉
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