Yeah, otherwise his scone would have looked like the front of that Mac...

haha man Im shaking :D

F1 kicks arze :p

Im not shaking, but I like :D

wow, that tether is incredible.

yeah how is it attached to the wheel, so that it doesnt get twisted when the wheel is spinning?

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yeah how is it attached to the wheel, so that it doesnt get twisted when the wheel is spinning?

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Good question.

Until tonight I didnt even know they had it.

f1 is much more interesting this year.

the last couple of races have been outstanding, lots of close competition has been great

f1 is much more interesting this year.

the last couple of races have been outstanding, lots of close competition has been great
Agreed.

Definately anyones game :D

Good question.

Until tonight I didnt even know they had it.

i thought they had had it for a year or two now.

didnt some get hurt by a flying wheel a couple of years ago???

i thought they had had it for a year or two now.

didnt some get hurt by a flying wheel a couple of years ago???
Yeah, I wont argue it, I just havent heard about it...

yup, the Marshall at Melbourne wasnt it - was killed by the stray wheel from Ralfs car from memory.

cant find anything will keep looking

nite all until next time

The wheel rope thing was introduced a few years back now - I think 98 after Mika Hakinen hit the wall at Melbourne in qualifying and his wheel struck him on the head... Micky may be able to tell you, but I think JV's car had the teater on it when it killed the marshall a few years ago, the impact tore it off.

There has been some discussion that the teather can actually cause harm to a driver when both wheels come off as it could fling back up into the cabin.

It is like a kevlar rope or some other sort of exotic material tightly woven... the rope connects to the brake set up on the car, generally if a wheel is torn off it will also take the brake - this was an issue eariler in the season when someones tyre came off?? Cant remember who, but the tyre rolled down the road...

Aaahhh Attached to the brakes.

I was thinking that they were attached to the wheel and was wondering how that didnt get twisted up?

just did a quick calc and it looks like on ave an f1 tire rotates approx 150,000 time for a 300km race cool

Thanks

circumfrence in cm divided by race distance in cm?

I think you might have been optimistic Scotty, BB didn't finish until 9:10 so the GP won't be on until 11pm ish. DAMMIT!!
That really pizzes me off :mad: :mad:

It always runs late :mad:

They know they have an hour, so they take 100 minutes :mad: :mad:

FWIW the GP was advertised as starting at 11pm on RPM, or the V8s or whatever show was on Channel 10 in the afternoon.

Kimi, what happened, at least Mark was clever enough to have an early shower so he could beat the traffic on his way out. :eek: :p

FWIW the GP was advertised as starting at 11pm on RPM, or the V8s or whatever show was on Channel 10 in the afternoon.

Kimi, what happened, at least Mark was clever enough to have an early shower so he could beat the traffic on his way out. :eek: :p
Yeah, but all the papers and TV guides said 10.30 :rolleyes:

So Channel 10 know that BB will run late, they just don't bother to tell anyone else :mad: :mad:

from memory the tethers were introduced in about 98 or 99, after a marshall was killed at Monza, the tether failed in JV/RS's accident in melbourne, and the tyre went through one of the access holes in the fence (that was 2cm narrower than the tyre...)

from memory the tethers were introduced in about 98 or 99, after a marshall was killed at Monza, the tether failed in JV/RS's accident in melbourne, and the tyre went through one of the access holes in the fence (that was 2cm narrower than the tyre...)
thanks for clearing that up - it was the incident in Melbourne that had me confused.

Still the first time Ive noticed/heard of the tether system to be honest :o

another thing, I'm surprised the commentators didn't notice that the tyre didn't actually fail, it was the suspension that exploded from the vibrations. the tyre was still inflated and relatively intact.

on the topic of tyres & drivers, there was an indy race about 10 years ago where a tyre went flying and one of the drivers (possibly zanardi) had a big black skid mark on the top of his helmet....

And the inside of his underpants! :eek:

Black skidmarks... must have been dehydrated :eek:

It was JV's tyre that went through the barrier at Melbourne. I remember seeing a thing on TV about it after the coronial inquest into the accident.

Button on pole at Montreal! Anyone plan on watching it?

Isnt it like 3am or something for us?

Think I'll be giving this one a miss - even tho it looks set to be a really good race again :)

Isnt it like 3am or something for us?

Think I'll be giving this one a miss - even tho it looks set to be a really good race again :)
wimp :p

Isnt it like 3am or something for us?

Think I'll be giving this one a miss - even tho it looks set to be a really good race again :)


Yer....bit too early/late..... I might miss my 1st one for the year.... :(

WTF happened!?! 6 cars finished?

Michelin were having some trouble....

Hahahaha

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Isnt it like 3am or something for us?

Think I'll be giving this one a miss - even tho it looks set to be a really good race again :)

You got that right. :p

Schuey wins six car fiasco
http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,15669312-39019,00.html

:rolleyes:

1. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 1:29:43.181
2. Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Ferrari +1.522
3. Tiago Monteiro (Por) Jordan 1 lap
4. Narain Karthikeyan (Ind) Jordan 1 lap
5. Christijan Albers (Ned) Minardi 2 laps
6. Patrick Friesacher (Aut) Minardi 2 laps
Did not start
Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota
Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren
Jenson Button (Gbr) BAR
Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Renault
Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault
Takuma Sato (Jpn) BAR
Mark Webber (Aus) Williams
Felipe Massa (Bra) Sauber
Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) McLaren
Jacques Villeneuve (Can) Sauber
Ricardo Zonta (Bra) Toyota
Christian Klien (Aut) Red Bull
Nick Heidfeld (Ger) Williams
David Coulthard (Gbr) Red Bull

What a joke.

WTF!

Thats a disgrace! Im glad I didnt watch that race....would have been boring as crap

mmmm...close race or what...... :p .....at least Stoddie got some serious points!
Was interesting though to listen to the opinions of some of the drivers and teams....I recorded it btw.

funny thing is I just ordered some new Micheys this morning :confused: :rolleyes: :p :D