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A little two wheel action... they seem to do that a lot.

Yeah, but like everything else Porsche with the 944 dominated and they handicapped and handicapped and handicapped them until they were no longer competitive, and the series disolved. People get all weird when an American series is dominated by someone who's not domestic. It was a good entry level road racing series that didn't cost a fortune.

Wood trims.

BTW Ferrari said the think they have solved their rain issue, and did some rain testing. For whatever reason there was never enough heat getting into either Brimbo's or Carbon Industry's brake packages. They think they have it solved now.

I know... that's what makes this all the more funny.

Good chance of rain during the day and dry at night. Qualifying and the Race start at 10 pm local time. It should be spectacular. McLaren announces secret weapon Secret Weapon

I agree, he has matured as a championship driver this year, and is getting lessons from one of the best. M. Shumacher who has been his personal mentor for much of the season. He has been particularly done well in the rain, which has been his weakest skill, in a car that hasn't been so good in the rain. And it seems to have rained at more races this year than not.... speaking of which they are expecting T-storms in Singapore this weekend. BTW this is good stuff and had to share. Kimi on Singapore. "I don't know what time the race is. It it in the evening? Good. I enjoy evenings and night time more anyhow. I like to sleep until noon every day so for me this seems like a perfect venue. I am more awake in the evening than in the mornings..."

I hope so too. It should prove to be an interesting weekend for sure. Hammie has a lot on his plate. Late to Singapore, a new track, at night, lost appeal, one point in front of Massa for the WDC, Alonso for Massa, Glock gunning for him, little or no support from the rest of the pack, and the Stewards watch like a. Will he crack? Will he do something really stupid out of desperation?

They got money. I wonder how much came out of Hammies pockets?

Oh yeah, I remember ... the good ole days. We did a lot of 944s for what became Kellymoss Motorsports.

Are you ready boys... The bill Mclaren is picking up for their lost appeal est min $500,000.00 but probably closer to 1 million.

If it's anything like GTR2 I am sure it will be good. Codemaster, who did Grid, got the F1 contract.

There season is done I think or maybe one - two races left, but they were always on at normal hours save for the 24 of Sebring and 6 at the Glenn, and 10 hrs Petit LeMans Oct 4th I hear ya, I tried roundy rounds. I am bored in five laps.

What was that Speciale? Just a Spyder with a hard top?

I was thinking the same, my has acted up like that a few times with me behind the wheel: you F-n A-hole and the whole bit... I am gettting out of the car pull over... I just reminder her, how many accidents did you have in the last few years - and were your own fualt. 4! Me 0.

Well you don't trade fenders in an open wheel car... First of all they don't have any, secondly it is a good way to get yourself killed because when you touch in an open wheel car they tend to go flying.

I am not sure what you are talking about. Hamilton has only been racing F1 this and last year. If you are talking about the MS incident he was penalized for that.

No one even mentioned the Koni Cup... Doesn't get much press, but it's Jr Grand Am showroom stock racing, and a whole bunch of different classes in SCCA. I would sure like to see V8 Supercars for sure, but that is a different animal all together.

Yes. It's about the only thing that will get my up Sunday morning at 5:30 am.

Always some controversy on or off track.

No, it is written in the sporting regs. There isn't really any gray area. Article 152 of the International Sporting Code states that drive-through penalties are “not susceptible to appealâ€. Here is the full Paragraph. Penalties of driving through or stopping in pit lanes together with certian penalties specified in FIA Championship regulations were this is expressly stated, are not susceptible to appeal. Sporting Reg, which were things brought to bare in court. There are other things that could have been included but were not. 16.1 Unless it was completely clear that a driver was in breach of any of the above, any incidents involving more than one car will normally be investigated after the race. And for those who thought the penalty was unfair. 16.3 ... However, should either of the penalites under a) and b ) above be imposed during the last five laps, or after the end of a race, Article 16.4b) below will not apply and 25 seconds will be added to the elapsed race time of the driver concered. It would have been about 35 second for Hamilton to complete a) A drive-through penalty. 30.3 a) During practice and the race, drives may use only the track and must at all times observe the provisions of the Code relating to driving behaviour on circuits. App L Chapter 4 Art 2(g) Overtaking The race track alone shall be used by the drivers during the race. Technically, if you read the entire sporting reg they could have thrown the book at Hamilton over this season alone, and has made errors and bad driving decisions where he could have been further penalized for failure to maintian his car (and or had his super comp license suspended or revoked), caused a collision, and forced a driver off track. Again he should consider himself lucky, as there is no real provisions for cutting a corner even if the advantage is given up. That is more gray than anything else. He cut the corner, and not just a little, that in itself is cause for a penalty. Now do the Stewarts nail everybody for everything, no. I think they have been more than fair with Mr Hamilton, and in the interest of keeping the race going and fairness the have to over look, for example Monza where everyone cut the cicane a little. But I didn't see anyone who gained a big advantage from doing so. At Monza it is almost unavoidable even in the dry. Hamilton kind of condemed himself by saying he had choiced to go right or left or crash. Why not right? Obvious. Moreover, several drivers said, there is no way even if you take the bus-stop perfectly, under normal conditions, can you overtake in the hair-pin, it is just not possible - at best very unlikely. Renault's Pat Symonds said, "Hamilton is starting to show signs that he is cracking under the pressure, and we are seeing more chink in his armor." Yeah, me too, he (Massa) was my start of the season pick. It sounds like he has allies, too, now. Alonso said he hope Massa wins the WDC. Glock is gunning for Hamilton. Kimi has pretty much, or at least Ferrari, has made clear that Massa is there No.1 for the WDC bid. I wouldn't want to be Hamilton in the mid or back field trying to get around some of these guys who really have not much to loose at this point. Those are the two Titans Porsche and Ferrari, and it's always best then they are battling each other, and personally I don't consider Mclaren, particularly in this day and age, to be in the same class as Porsche and Ferrari. In fact, it would be hard to put anyone else in their class. I think they (the FIA International Court) was being nice to Hamilton and Mclaren buy simply tossing it out. They could have come off a lot worse.

Furthermore, how many WDC does he have? 0 NONE ZERO ZIP NADA so he has no room to talk. I am done now.

He is just an arrogant little SOB. I was willing to give him a chance last year, but he has proven time and again he is a spoiled child who has alienated me. I wonder how many others he has alienated? Seems to ge a growing number though. I don't think he is that good either. I think he has a good car that flatters him and he has no fear - which is dangerous in itself, but is willing to take those risks. But we have seen major mistakes, not one or two, but several, we have also seen him use up a car in 30-40 laps. The best in the world doesn't use up a car or tires in 30 laps of a 70 lap race, the best in the world doesn't rear-end three drivers in one season, the best in the world doens't drive several other drivers off the track, the best in the world doesn't need to cut corners to pass the raigning WDC, and the best in the world doesn't need to tell the world he's the best in the world.

I found it on several sites, including the BBC, Telegraph UK, Planet F1, F1Network, I think it may have been on the officail F1 site.

Just the court costs. I guess he should consider himself lucky.