Web site errors - post here only

All the forix.com links lead to default autosport.com page 

All the forix.com links lead to default autosport.com page 

Didn't get any reply, but it works again well.

@http://www.autosport.com/f1/ countdown to next race does not look right... only if race is @ Saturday morning.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/118425

"I made a human mistake last year [at Austin]

The link in this sentence is broken.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/118510

There is some confusion over the Karam-Saavedra situation.

"I'm grateful to Chip and the team for their ongoing commitment to me, and I can't wait to get back in the car at Barber," Karam said.

 

Saavedra, who has been available since parting with KV at the end of last season, will race at Barber the Indy road course - where he earned pole last year - and Sonoma.

 

 

 

"I'm looking forward to Long Beach" (Saavedra)

Not exactly straight forward.

"The Srakka Dome-Nissan S103, the only LMP2 runner on Michelin tyres, was quickest in class with Jonny Kane driving.

His time of 2m23.672s put him just over a second clear of the Dunlop-shod Jota Sport Gibson-Nissan 015S in the hands of Harry Tincknell.

Porsche led the way in GTE Pro: Kevin Estre, on loan from McLaren for this race, topped the times on a 2m26.055s, which put him six tenths up on Manthey team-mate Frederic Makowiecki."

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/118720 and 

Kane's time with the Strakka was 2.32.672 and Estre's time was 2.36.065 - according the result list posted in the same article.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/118741

"Pedro Lamy was quickest in GTE Pro for Aston Martin."

Should be GTE Am.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/119089

Refers to "Friday practice" when it was Thursday.

From Dieter Rencken's otherwise excellent open letter to CVC.

Ironically, on the eve of last week's Strategy Group meet, F1 celebrated exactly 65 years since its 1950 inauguration.

 

65 years since the start of the World Championship.  Formula 1 dates back a couple of years before then.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/119237

"He remains bullish about his chances in the race despite starting on row three"

13th wasn't on row three even in the days of 4-4-4 grids, but with 3-3-3 grids, 13th is definitely on row five...

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/119506

"When you see the effort in this team over the last 24 months with this being the ultimate goal, you're still extremely proud because you know the toil and graft that goes into it."

Graft?

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/119506

 

"When you see the effort in this team over the last 24 months with this being the ultimate goal, you're still extremely proud because you know the toil and graft that goes into it."

 

Graft?

In this context graft just means hard work, effort.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/119499

The last car in the list (Wainwright/Carroll/Keen Gulf Porsche) was never on the entry list, it was always a reserve and was only present at the test day.

How would you know? It's not like you were there.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/120113

"Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen, who had a drive-through penalty for making contact with Williams' Valtteri Bottas, battled his way up to a career-best fourth place."

The drive-through wasn't for the contact with Valtteri but for speeding during the SC period.

Edited by scheivlak, 26 July 2015 - 19:50.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/120863: "Carlos Sainz Jr was two seconds off the pace in eighth, but he pipped Toro Rosso team-mate Max Verstappen by just 0.019s."

Verstappen was seventh and Sainz ninth - as your own list of practice times in the same article shows. I guess you missed Max's later improvement.

"[Jorge] Lorenzo made the mistake but again he was the fastest guy on the track for me, especially in dry conditions," said Lorenzo. "In the wet, Valentino was faster."

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/120843

I think it should be Marquez.

I upgraded to Win 10 some time ago. Auto login was working for Autosport for a while but has now stopped.

I haven't changed any settings and can't see why it's not working.

The same problem occurs on a couple of other sites but others are unaffected.

Any ideas?

I can't quote posts from my home or work computer. (I am using Windows 7) I know, old news, but any help?

Try toggling the icon at the top left of the reply box that looks like a light switch. This turns the format from WYSIWYG to a much more basic format which is more user-friendly. Doing this is the only way that I (and many others) can insert links, quotes, images etc. It's a very unsatisfactory situation that doesn't look as if it will ever be resolved.

Not having much luck with the left light switch.

I will find another way.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/121580

"with the 17-year-old sliding into a barrier out of the exit of Turn 16, one of the slower sections of the track."

Max turned 18 last month, a fact much publicised - also at this site. Silly and stupid error.

Edited by scheivlak, 30 October 2015 - 23:19.

http://plus.autospor...e-mans-robbery/

 

The Alfa Romeo apparently held an mpg advantage

mph

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/122397

 

An update to the technical regulations, published on Wednesday, confirmed that from July 1 total power from the Williams Advanced Engineering battery will be capped at 250kW, up from 200kW.

It looks like they are staying at 200 kW instead of increasing to 250 kW... 

Today's features download is missing

http://www.autosport....php/year/2016/

The link in the email doesn't work either 

http://plus.autospor...hp?d=2016-01-06

Edit: The email link is now working

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/122397

 

 

However, the regulations state as following:

 

 

It looks like they are staying at 200 kW instead of increasing to 250 kW... 

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/122415

Guys, you have now confused me. That it will stay on 200 kW level was already in the regulations released on Wednesday, the same day you have reported otherwise. There are no amendments since then? Just confused... thanks. 

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/122473

"The situation surrounding Maldonado's seat has been further complicated by the fact a general election was held in Venezuela in early December, with president Nicolas Maduro being deposed as leader."

The election was for choosing a new parliament. It was not a presidential election, so Maduro is not deposed. He is still president.

Today's features download is missing

http://www.autosport....php/year/2016/

 

The link in the email doesn't work either 

http://plus.autospor...hp?d=2016-01-06

 

Edit: The email link is now working

You are still missing the features from 1 to 6 January

http://www.autosport....php/year/2016/

From the Gary Anderson Q&A

3) Mid-corner is the most complicated area. The car is loaded up so some roll will be evident, and also some yaw to generate the tyres' slip angle, plus steering lock. How much steering lock you have will depend on the corner radius, but something like three degrees for fast corners, six degrees for medium-speed and nine degrees for slow-speed is about right.

Is he talking about slip angle, steering lock(the angle of the wheel in the hands) or steering lock(the wheel of the wheels on the ground)? Those figures sound right for tire slip, way way too low for steering wheel angle. Depending on the ratio of steering-to-wheels, maybe correct for the angle of the front wheels themselves? 

Also

Each of these components will then be designed to to this level plus a safety factor 

Edited by Ross Stonefeld, 27 January 2016 - 16:17.

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/122615

Steijn Schothurst -> Steijn Schothorst

Does anyone actually read this topic or do people report things that will be ignored anyway?

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/122778

To make the mistake once.. ok... to make it twice after it was reported

"A lot of drivers were running different set-ups - there were more in race trim and not single-lap qualifications [spec] - so we'll get a better idea what it will be like tomorrow," Andretti said.
 
"It's pretty heavy in between Turns 1 and 2 because the steering gets pretty heavy there.
 
"You really have to wring the car's neck to get a good time here - that's what I like about it."

Article: Williams plans new nose for Bahrain

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/123114

Has exposed markup in final sentence: "I want us to [ITALS] win [ITALS] a race." 

I know some refer to drvers as light bulbs...

Manor reborn article.

The other four are sportscar rookies, two of which raced for Manor in F1 last year.

http://www.autosport...ekend-of-career

"I will be pouring through data myself and in the simulator, but basically trying to analyse myself what's going on," he said.

 

This article is factually incorrect: Sebastian Vettel and Daniil Kvyat collide again during Russian GP.

Sebastian Vettel and Danill Kvyat collided for the second successive race with the former ending up in the wall on lap one of the Russian Grand Prix.

I believe the appropriate word would be clashed rather than collided. To collide suggests physical contact. No collision occurred between the drivers in China but they certainly clashed afterwards.

The latest headline on Autosport to do with the Spanish Qualifying results has a major error.

"Daniel Ricciardo qualified third fastest for Red Bull, six tenths behind Rosberg's Mercedes and just over two tenths clear of new team-mate Max Verstappen, who had split the Mercedes after the first runs in Q3."

Daniel was actually just over 4 tenths quicker than Max, and the real times are even listed below this.

Seeing as none of these errors are ever fixed, I'm guessing this thread is just a place to vent right ?

http://www.autosport...n-if-it-serious

"Raikkonen has not won since returning to Ferrari, during which time the team has won five races"

Five? Did I miss something?

Wrong date in the next race tab, in the F1 homepage (e.g. 'SINGAPORE / NEXT RACE / 4 SEP')

Wrong date in the next race tab, in the F1 homepage (e.g. 'SINGAPORE / NEXT RACE / 4 SEP')

That's odd - that's supposed to be automatic. I wonder how long it's been doing that...

While I realise that the focus in the Do F1 drivers' careers go on too long? article is on the post-1950 World Championship, it is surely worth adding a caveat that - in addition to the fifteen seasons cited - Maurice Trintignant made his Grand Prix racing debut in 1938 and competed in every possible year thereafter; 1939 and 1945-49. Thus he was active over a total of 22 seasons, surpassing both Barrichello and Schumacher.