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Hmmmm, an interesting train of thought…and it makes sense.

Totally agree. Sato is proving he has the chops for open wheel racing. I would love to see him come back and get another stint driving a Honda powered McLaren.

I’m tied for 948th place, but only because I missed the first two races. If I’d done those two races, I’d be at least 848!!! LOL Geez, I’m having a bad year. :-(

I continue to be impressed with Bianchi. Hopefully he’ll get a chance to drive a better car next year so we can see.

Somebody needs to fess up and explain why they voted for him? I’m betting on Chilton’s mom, his dad, and Chilton himself! LOL

I gave it a 5. I would have given it a good rating for Fernando even though I’m not a big Alonso or Ferrari fan. But he deserved the win. But the domination of the race by tire issues??? No, I would give the […]

No, you guys aren’t seeing other coverage. The US coverage team did nothing but gripe about the tires as well. The tires ARE the race right now, and I didn’t tune in to watch the “Pirelli Cup”. I thought I was […]

@Sri Harsha,
I’d give you a BIG +1 if we could vote.

I have to say, I’m with Jarv on this one. The reason manufacturers get into racing is to gain exposure. To me, this is Pirelli showing an arrogance and telling everyone “what is good for them” which is an […]

I wonder if Bernie will hunt me down and ban me from the track at COTA this year for looking forward to the V6 turbo engines? He wants to go back to V12′s LOL

Yeah, sorry to try and be so geeky. But I find this area fascinating. I bet they could let them use all the KERS they wanted and get rid of the regs requriing a flat floor. If they let them shape the floor for […]

LOL Yeah, a number that big should have made me go “huh???” That would be closer to a liter of mercury or something :-)

Thanks for throwing in some real numbers and calculations Max. I’m trying to find a back issue I have of Race Tech Magazine from last year. But if I’m remembering right, they said an 2012 F1 car had a frontal […]

Sorry, I misplaced a decimal point when I wrote it: 1 liter of petrol weighs about .711kg

I hate to say it, but I’m giving you a big +1 on that one.

I have no problem with someone doing well, but Bernie seems to have taken so much money out of the sport that he may have damaged it in the long run. […]

By the way, I was serious about that mpg being American as we have a smaller “gallon” than your imperial gallon. Your Imperial gallon =1.2 American gallons so for you it would be 4.2 mpg of petrol :-)

I wish […]

I forgot your other question: 1 liter weighs about 7.11kg or 1kg would be 1.41 liters.

They use about a 2.7kG per lap or about 6lbs on the average F1 circuit. Or you could look at it as as about 1.5km/liter if you’re normal or you could say 3.5mpg if your one of us Americans :-)

I’m really surprised, but you seem to be right. The reason I’m surprised is that this is a UK based site and you guys have a better F1 following than we do. My company is headquartered in London and we’ve found […]

It would be cool if he could officially break the 6 minute barrier.