Paid Members Jaffa Posted November 29, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 This is embarrassing, but where is the flag? I can't see it and i've been staring at the GIF for bloody ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Benson seems quite hated, and I've never really understood it, but if he's blown all this out of proportion then he deserves all the shit he gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windoesnot Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns24688.html http://sniffpetrol.com/2012/11/29/ferrari-...enge-christmas/ Edited November 29, 2012 by windoesnot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LariatTom Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Couple of bits and pieces to keep things ticking over during the winter. There's a new team called RAM Racing (no relation to the former F1 team of years ago) who will be participating in the GTE category of the ELMS next year with a Ferrari 458 GTE. They were officially unveiled to the media this morning and there was an Inside feature on Radio Le Mans which they broadcast this morning to introduce the team to the world. They've already got Johnny Mowlem signed up as one of their drivers and Guy Smith will be driving for them during the Dubai 24 Hours next month. The Race of Champions is this weekend from Bangkok and will be broadcast on Motors TV in the UK and around Europe with the Nations Cup taking place on Saturday with Germany (represented once again by Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher) look to retain their title for another year. The individual event looks a bit tasty this year. Vettel's been drawn in the same group as Jorge Lorenzo, so we've got F1 Champ vs Moto GP champ while Ryan Hunter-Reay (Indycar champ) is in the same group as Schumacher and Romain Grosjean. Always a good event, so if you've done all of your Christmas shopping and are looking for some friendly sporting action, this is as good a place as any on Saturday and Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Monkee Posted January 11, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 FanVision won't be available at races for 2013 as they couldn't reach an agreement with FOM. That totally sucks for those who attend races especially in GA where you can't see the big screens. I wonder if there's a similar company that'll step in instead. LINK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LariatTom Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 That's a good point. For what it was though, it was an incredibly expensive piece of kit for three days and at somewhere like Silverstone, if you went GA but then got a FanVision, it probably would have worked out cheaper to sit in a grandstand and have the big screen (but obviously miss out on the extras like live timing). If there is another company who can take over from FanVision, then hopefully that happens. Part of me expects FOM to get their own piece of kit set up for 2014, but that'd still leave a gap for this year. On the plus, the motorsport year is well and truly underway with the Dubai 24 today and tomorrow. Coverage (though not covering the full 24) is on Motors TV with Radio Le Mans commentary. The radio guys, as you'd expect, are doing the full 24 with a crew of 5 or 6 guys, so tomorrow morning might be some interesting commentary when they're all starting to feel tired! If you go on the website, there's the usual array of live timing, trackers as well as online coverage with static cams for through-the-night coverage. Also, I highly recommend Andy Blackmore's 2013 calendar guide. All of the major motorsport events are listed there, so there's no excuse for not knowing when something is on. A lot of clashes and I think when I counted the other day, I found something like 40 weekends where there was some form of motorsport I'd want to be watching this year. http://www.spotterguides.com/2013-wall-planner/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted January 11, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 Dakar rally is running at the moment too. Having started on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LariatTom Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Ridiculously scary incident. I watched that Nationwide race as well as the 500 last night. It was amazing that they didn't wreck earlier in the lap when Larson got a tap from behind but somehow managed to keep it straight. NASCAR could really do with having some sort of rule in place over blocking. Regan Smith (the guy who was leading going into the final lap) admitted that he had made the move across to block the overtake and try to keep ahead for the win. If you've got that, combined with NASCAR's rather easy approach on being able to wipe another opponent out on the final lap to take the win, you're going to get incidents like these...especially at places like Daytona where they're running with restrictor plates and in pack racing. While the injuries to the spectators are bad enough (and it does say on your ticket that motorsport is dangerous), it's amazing that there were no deaths in the crowd with wheels and sizable chunks of car flying around. In the end though, the catch fencing did the job, even though it broke and kept the engine and second wheel from going further into the crowd. Amazingly, the drivers pretty much walked away from the crash. To that point though, it was a cracking race and a lot better than the Sprint Cup race. Everything seems focused on Danica at the moment, which is understandable to a point. US motorsport, and probably motorsport in general, desperately needs another female to come along and take some of the media pressure away. Danica says she wasn't raised to be the best female driver, she was raised to be the best driver. She's to be treated equally. Having her as the focal point throughout the race...it ruined it slightly for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted February 28, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 28, 2013 Just watching NASCAR NOW on ESPN America. They barely covered the accident. There will be a full investigation into why the fencing failed. Only five people remain in hospital,all are stable. The footage seemed to show a wheel flying over the fencing into the crowd. Scary stuff. It looks like the car got underneath the fencing and pushed it up. Ripping it open.Very basic information was given about the accident. Phoenix this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted March 31, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 31, 2013 BTCC 2013 season kicks off this weekend. Race one is about to start on ITV4+1. BMW looking very strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
444 4444 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Decent first weekend. That was one hell of a drive by Sheddon in the last race to just miss out on the win from almost the back of the grid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LariatTom Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 A decent day of entertainment, though once again some dodgy driving from some of the drivers across the TOCA classes. Maybe some of it is just rust from having not raced since last autumn, but there were some very silly incidents across the day. Sheddon looked very good in that final race and having tested that softer race tyre before the season starts, maybe he gained a bit of an advantage by knowing how far he could push it. He should be strong again this year. Plato nearly made it through the entire first race without having a collision too! Nice to see Formula Ford on TV again, though I'm really not a fan of the new cars. The wings do absolutely nothing in terms of adding downforce and the organisers said that they're purely a cosmetic thing to give drivers a feeling for driving with slicks and wings from an earlier stage in the single seater ladder. The debate about the single seater ladder being a mess will rage on until the end of time. Or until we reach a point where the majority of the world-class drivers are pay drivers and there are just a handful of supremely talented people who make it to the top primarily because of their skills. Elsewhere, the FIA GT Series had their inaugural race after revamping the FIA GT1 World Championship. A pretty strong field of 22 cars or so, which is a vast improvement from some races last year where they struggled to reach double figures. Good racing there, and those races are on YouTube if anyone wants to watch them. That definitely seems to be the way forward for a lot of race series these days to try and get more exposure. Blancpain will hopefully be streaming their races again this year, Indycar tend to upload their races a week or so on delay (though they may be geoblocked in the UK...) and then you've got the FIA European F3 championship hosting their races online too, which had some good racing from Monza before the downpours came into play as well as the ALMS putting their races up in full so you can watch things like the 12 Hours of Sebring at your own leisure. Hopefully the WEC put races up on-demand this year as well. The live streaming is usually great, but it can be annoying not being able to watch it back at a later date Now...if only we could get British GT to put out some video coverage of their season apart from 20 minutes of highlights on a Saturday morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted April 21, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 21, 2013 (edited) BTCC Donnington today. All day on ITV 4 and +1. Highlights are on Tuesday at 2100. Just got back in and Indy car just started on ESPN. Some petty competitive racing going on. When did the cars get this site futuristic look? Its quite funky. Looks like everyone's using the same chassis. Edited April 21, 2013 by BigJag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted April 28, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) WTCC from Slovakia on Eurosport today. Live qualifying at the moment. First live race is at 1315. Edited April 28, 2013 by BigJag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted May 5, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted May 5, 2013 BTCC from Thruxton. Live on ITV 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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