Man that was amazing in car camera action. :shock:

The penalties for the safety car incident were pretty light IMO. I was surprised how little it impacted the finishing positions.

I'll go ya one better...

When the hell did they get off the 107% rule? It went into place right after I got into F1 in the late 80's. It's how I learned what a 107% rule is. It's a proper and good idea. There a number of drivers out there who have no business on the track. They're just only on teams for political reasons because Bernie made a deal with some such country's minister of sport....and now we have a race there....at a dull new facility. There are drivers out there qualifying at 7 - 10 seconds off pole! WTF? I can run that kind of pace....

Thanks.

BTW - That was an awesome crash. And that Lotus wasn't an example of the need for 107% rule, but there are a bunch who are.

I had to look, I'm only about 6 years deep into F1.

Wikipedia yo!

Main article: 107% rule

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/107%25_rule

In Formula One, the 107% rule was a Sporting Regulation that affected qualifying sessions from the beginning of the 1996 season until the end of the 2002 season. It stipulated that a driver who did not lap within 107% of the pole position time during the hour-long session the day before the race would not be eligible to compete in the race, subject to the discretion of the stewards.
The 107% rule will be reintroduced for the 2011 season.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One_racing

107% rule

As the number of cars entered in the world championship fell below 26, a situation arose in which any car entered would automatically qualify for the race, no matter how slowly it had been driven. The 107% rule was introduced in 1996 to prevent completely uncompetitive cars being entered in the championship. If a car's qualifying time was not within 107% of the pole sitter's time, that car would not qualify for the race, unless at the discretion of the race stewards for a situation such as a rain affected qualifying session. There are now 12 teams in F1 so the 107% rule has been removed since the FIA's rules indicate that 24 cars can take the start of an F1 race, and a minimum of 20 cars must enter a race. For 2003 the qualifying procedure changed to a single-lap system, rendering the rule inoperable.

No WikiThingia is a reliable source. But I will grant you that my recollection of it going into place in 88 or 89 or so, was purely from memory and that's not a quotable source in all cases either....and I do love my speculation...."thumbsup"

Here's some interesting reading...

http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public...23-06-2010.pdf

Handy tool Dean. :ror:

There was a lot more money in F1 back in '96. Half the teams out there now are trying out new chassis/aero packages, and they're babying the engines because they can't afford to break anything.

The 107% rule is fine if you don't mind a 4-car field.

:mrgreen:

Vettel's fawk-your-buddy start didn't go so well :mrgreen:

rubens barichello just beat the stig.

NOOB:flipoff::lmao:

Hey Benzbuildr :flipoff:

Hey Vettel :flipoff:

Did you guys see this week's Top Gear with Ruebens driving the reasonably priced car?

ahem.

Oh yeah.

Ruiner.

Where you been?

sold all my crawler shit
got a new job blowing shit up (blasting)
im also really into cooking these days..

how goes it with you my friend?

I've heard of the Top Gear show where is it found?

It goes good.

My favorite thing to cook is bacon, or slabs of beef. Either one. :mrgreen:

Oh, and we'll need pics of some blastage.

http://www.finalgear.com/shows/topgear/

best show ever.

you have to torrent them

seasons 7 10 11 12 13 is what id recommend to start.
have fun:)"thumbsup"

Thanks Slave good to see you posting again.