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The Danie, staring from fourth, spun and lost several positions as a result of the crash, but recovered to finish in ninth place.

http://www.autosport...8715.1388661901

You understood it incorrectly, guys. You don't need to worry about time cushion Vergne had at the finish, as he served this very penalty during his second pitstop. The only addition is 1 penalty point (not 5 extra seconds or any other time penalty).

Why Hamilton could not be satisfied? Really?

Meant is: why Hamilton should not feel satisfied.

Of course he could be satisfied (think of Nicole. Don't you wish your girlfriend... etc.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/115143 

"Third place went to an HTP Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG driven by Stef Dusseldorp.

The German ended up just under three tenths behind Pier Guidi in the car he shares with Sergei Afanasiev and Xavier Maassen."

In spite of his name Stef Dusseldorp is not a German but a Dutchman.

Hi,

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/115136

 

 

"................Massa, using a new ring wing which he described as 'positive', was unable to complete his long run in the afternoon because of an issue with his car............"

I'm guessing you meant rear wing?

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/115150

"Lewis Hamilton's Formula 1 qualifying woes continued at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday when a fuel leak in Q1 caused his Mercedes car to burst in to flames"

http://plus.autospor...2425.1402939312

"44 LEWIS HAMILTON
Mercedes F1 W05

Start: 22nd (pits)
Finish: 3rd
Strategy: 2 stops (inter/soft/soft)"

Inter/soft/medium I'm told....

(from the front page) 

Mercedes says fixing recent reliability problems is its main priority, rather than diffusing the team orders controversy

 

I think they would rather defuse the team orders controversy, rather than spread it everywhere...

Maybe you diffuse the foul air of controversy with some kind of handheld battery fan?

For the present conflict I suggest Toto and Niki wield one of these

http://www.autosport...php/id/13323076

The thumbnail and all the various sizes of the image don't appear to exist...

I haven't been able to copy-paste text in forum messages for a long time. Do others experience this, as well?

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/115733

That's Kobayashi

And while we're at it http://www.autosport...t.php/id/115678

That's not an TUSC Z4. But there are plenty on LAT if you need help finding them.

Dieter Rencken's latest article sign-off...

The tragedy of the entire affair is that going forward Ferrari is likely to become more Cash Cow than Prancing Horse, and no bovine ever won a grand prix...

 

Erm, Red Bull?

Dunno if it's an error, but I found the photo used in http://www.autosport...t.php/id/116183 a bit suggestive. It didn't look that dark from the TV footage.

I don't know how the cameras were set up, but I think autosport should be a bit careful with this. 

With a bit of exposure shift I get this:

How do I know for sure which one is correct?

TV cameras tend to make things look a lot more bright, at least that was always the case at American races(just in case our cameras are different for NTSC/PAL reasons).

TV cameras tend to make things look a lot more bright, at least that was always the case at American races(just in case our cameras are different for NTSC/PAL reasons).

They do, but A3 is right as there's no guarantee the photo he referred to is correct either.  It's even easier to make things look darker with a camera as it is to make things look brighter than they were.

Neil

"Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have been told not to change their approach to racing each other, even though Mercedes has not yet secured the drivers' title"

This was the lead-in to a recent article. However, Mercedes will never secure the drivers' title because Mercedes is not a driver.

In Jonathan Noble's Analysis: Why small teams can't afford F1 amid Caterham/Marussia woe piece:

The "cost of competing" is pegged at $120m, but the article goes on to say that income from FOM stands at £55m -- "roughly half" of the $120m figure. £55m is more like $90m dollars, which is three-quarters of $120m. Not roughly half.

Edited by Risil, 28 October 2014 - 12:42.

The 'your timezone' schedule for the Austin GP fails to take into account the daylight savings time shift for the USA on Sat Night / Sunday Morning

http://www.timeandda...ange/usa/austin

Robert Kubica's World Rally Championship future in doubt for 2015.

Sources close to the 2007 2008 Canadian Grand Prix winner say he is not yet certain of the direction he wants to take.

It is so nice, you have to post it twice.

http://www.autosport...php/id/13324491

http://www.autosport...php/id/13324499

Is this the place to report problems with articles in the App?

If so the F1 press conferences for the last few events have had no text in the article.

Button won't new try McLaren wing

Button won't try new McLaren wing

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/116916

The 2008 world champion, whose 12th place in the drivers' standings is the worst result of his F1 career, said the race went more or less how the team had expected.

2007

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/116923

Just hours after Mattiacci said he was fully focused on helping the Italian outfit move forward with its plans for 2014, a statement from the Maranello team said that he was being replaced.

2015?

Dieter Rencken's latest column gives Porsche's last Le Mans win as 1989, should read 1998.

In fact, the column states: "score Porsche's first outright victory in a world championship endurance race since 1989", nothing about Le Mans. The 1998 Le Mans race was not part of the championship (none existed then), and Porsche last won in an endurance championship in Dijon with Joest on 1989. See also:

http://www.fia.com/n...zil-toyota-seal

on the official FIA WEC site.

Edited by Felix, 04 December 2014 - 13:15.

http://plus.autospor...6952.1412066436

"Thanks to a pitwall gamble, Winkelhock was the only driver on full wets"

He wasn't. He started on inters!

After lap 2 he pitted again and changed them for full wets, still holding the lead.

In Autosport Premium's How Renault got it wrong

 

Fans will recall the disastrous pre-season images of Red Bull-Renaults regularly breaking down in clouds of white smoke. Considering its late start with F1's new hybrid V6 turbo formula, and the initial performance and reliability deficit to standard-setter Mercedes, the season that followed represented a remarkable turnaround for everyone at Renault's Vichy base.

'Allo 'Allo, this doesn't sound right at all. Viry, maybe?

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/117281

There's a typo against Japan Super Formula. It has 2nd worth 7pts instead of 15.

In Ford boss coy on racing at Le Mans with new GT supercar

According to AUTOSPORT's sources, speculation that a race programme encompassing Le Mans and a full-season assault on the GT Le Mans class of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship in 2106 has already been signed off is wide of the mark.

Typo, sure, but on the other hand...

Dieter Rencken's latest column on the endangered European races:

In fact, only twice since its first world championship grand prix (in 1951) has Germany sat out a year, with the other seasons being 1955 - in the wake of that year's Le Mans disaster that killed 77 spectators after a Mercedes flew into a crowded grandstand - and 1960, when it was run for Formula 2 cars after drivers decreed the heavily-banked, stretched oval Avus circuit too dangerous.

 

No, the 1960 race was on the Sudschliefe at the Ring.  It was converted to F2 for the simple reason that Porsche had a decent F2 car...

Dieter Rencken's latest column on the endangered European races:

 

 

No, the 1960 race was on the Sudschliefe at the Ring.  It was converted to F2 for the simple reason that Porsche had a decent F2 car...

Yes the race was switched to F2 cars on the Suedschleife, but this happened AFTER the drivers boycotted the proposed F1 GP at Avus and the ADAC found itself with a spare date. Competitive Porsche F2 car or not played no role in persuading the the drivers, led by S Moss, to boycott Avus. In 1960 Germany had von Trips in F1, and therefore every reason to run a world championship F1 round.  

Spelling error in the live forum. Here is how to find that.

• Not signed into the forum
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Notice the word that I underlined.

Yes the race was switched to F2 cars on the Suedschleife, but this happened AFTER the drivers boycotted the proposed F1 GP at Avus and the ADAC found itself with a spare date. Competitive Porsche F2 car or not played no role in persuading the the drivers, led by S Moss, to boycott Avus. In 1960 Germany had von Trips in F1, and therefore every reason to run a world championship F1 round.  

TheADAC had also lost a shedload of money in the political, and temporary, move to West Berlin.  I've never seen a single contemporary reference to there being plans to repeat the exercise.  There was some talk about it being an experiment for the 1961 formula.  Never bought that line.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/117812
The text does not match the time sheet in any way

m.autosport.com is down in the US... been this way all morning...any updates?

m.autosport.com is down in the US... been this way all morning...any updates?

Thanks for reporting this - I've asked our developers to investigate.

Edit - finally up and running again now. Sorry that took so long!

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/117812
The text does not match the time sheet in any way

And still not....

http://plus.autospor...8217.1412195380

No mention of Jan Magnussen? That should qualify as a major Web Site Error. IMHO

Speaking of omissions (not that I think an article on the whole history of British F3 that doesn't include Jan Magnussen is one), the latest WTCC qualifying report

Argentina WTCC: Jose Maria Lopez dominates qualifying for Citroen

doesn't mention where the race was held (Termas de Rio Hondo). This stuff's important!

Edited by Risil, 08 March 2015 - 14:29.

From Dieter Rencken's piece on the constructors' championship (http://plus.autospor...s-championship/

Of 15 constructors to win the title since its inception, just three survive to the present day, less than the number (four) currently facing extinction.

I might be misunderstanding this sentence, but it seems that Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Red Bull and Mercedes make five, with possibly a sixth in Lotus as Renault and Benetton.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/118138

"Horner's team won the world championship from 2010-14, taking Sebastian Vettel to a string of drivers' titles in tandem with its constructors' success."

Pretty sure Hamilton and Mercedes won titles in 2014...

Also http://www.autosport...t.php/id/118139

When you go to the actual story, the headline says "Williams adamant it has engine party with works Mercedes F1 team"

Not sure they are quite that excited

Edited by b195, 20 March 2015 - 14:14.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/118153

 

Last Tuesday, it was revealed that GP2 racer Mitch Evans would partner Yelloly and Doran at the Le Mans 24 Hours and Spa's World Endurance Championship round

Simon Dolan is the name of the Jota Sport owner/driver.