Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion
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very good video mr shaky
  i just read your first part about your travel diary AMAZING i'm waiting for the second part many thanks...very interesting...
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...and this is for f40lm and for ferrari's fans
In response to numerous requests for F40 prepared for racing, were also constructed 19 samples of F40 LM ( Le Mans ) from 1988 to 1994 , models, suitably modified for racing on the track specifically requested by the President of France Daniel Marin Ferrari Enzo Ferrari person and made workshop Michelotto (Ferrari preparer) to compete in the Championship IMSA GTO, in which the car made its debut in 1989 at Laguna Seca driving with Jean Alesi , second game ended the race in third place. The following season, the Ferrari one or two sided France F40 LM in some tests of the season winning a total of 4 stages, however, missing the win, after France gave up the Ferrari racing program, despite Michelotto had built 19 frames only 3 of them were really used by the French team. However, the F40 LM's sporting career was not ended, it was used in the Championship BPR Global GT Series from 1994 to 1996. Compared to the basic model, the F40 LM showed increased turbochargers and intercooler, a new electronic engine management (signed F120B), the compression ratio increased to 8,0:1 and the boost pressure increased to 2.6 bar: All these changes brought about the maximum power available in 720 HP race while being tested could exceed 900 hp, this for the cars that competed nell'IMSA GTO 1989 to 1990, while the BPR Global GT Championship deployed in Series were limited in power to 660 hp maximum Regulation Normally it weighed about 1050 kg, although some specimens fell below the threshold of one tonne The speed performance was impressive: the peak was close to 370 km / h and acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h needed about 3 seconds It is also known as F40 Competizione . In fact, the models built at a later date was changed because the official name used in competitions other than the 24 Hours of Le Mans [Versteckter Link - Registrierung notwendig] |
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Rest of dairy will follow tomorrow ,but to keep you in the F1 Francorchamps mood here are some short vids of it .
Enjoy  !!!This last vid is from the place where i was sitting ,this was at La Source Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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Diary of a Formal 1 Race : 24-28 / 08 / 2011 Spa- Francorchamps : author : Shaky
Day 2 Thursday 25 / 08 After a good night sleep ( no sound of cars passing by ,no sounds of people talking or doing stuff ,it's like beîng on a deserted island ) but sadly a night without having whatched Gia  ,it's the start of day 2 of trhe F1 weekend . Today thursday it's the day that all the people who have tickets for the complete weekend to take a walk in the pitlane ,yes you hear it right only the with ticekts for the complete weekend ,so no day tickets ! At the moment it's cloudy but the tempature is good ( 19°C - 20 °C ) ,so like i sayd it is very quiet/peacefull here so i take this opertunity to write this down with a cup of coffee and some fresh warm croisants next to me . At 14.00u I'm making myself ready for going to the circuit for the pitwalk ,the nervs are getting higher when i'm arriving at the gate at 15.00u ,the gate will be open at 16.00u so 1 hour to wait ..but i don't mind . The people with weekend tickets are coming slighty bit by bit until i can't see anymore above the head ,there are a lot of people !Finally 16.00u the gates are opening ,it's getting slowly forward and the reason for this is that the security people have to check the tickets for seeing if these are the original tickets ( there are always people who try everything to witness a F1 ) and also it's to check if these tickets are for the complete weekend ,if not than you will be send back from where you came ,it's only a pitwalk with complete weekend tickets  , you will not be allowed to enter with just one ticket !!! I and everyone els entert the circuit at " La Source " from here you can see allready the pitboxes . The 1st Team that we all look at and standing infront of is the one of my fellow countryman Jerome D'Ambrosio namely Marussia Virgin Racing ,allready at this 1st box it was allready pushing to see something ,but the patient guy i am i waited until a lot of them went further ,and thank god that i waited because Jerome came outside for giving autographs ,i did not asked one but i had something better ,i talked with him for 10 minutes and i also had the change to be with him together on photo , so Shaky and Jerome together on one photo ,after this i wished my countryman and his Team good luck for the weekend . Than the next box was the the one of HRT ,the person that i saw from upclose was Teammanager Collin Kolles,he was talking with his crew and after a short time he went back inside ,but when he did this he had a bad fall on the ground and the people laughed outloud ( there where even people shouting " thank you Collin for this fall you give us something to laughand talk about ) , i could laugh with it because i saw that it hurted mutch ,he stand up and walked away ....these people who laughed with it should be ashamed but i guess it's the first and normal reaction to do ! Than it was up to the next box ,the next box,the next box until i came to a stop at the pitbox of Team Lotus here i stayd some time because the Team where doing pitstop practice , it was a pleasure to see it from upclose ( last year it was RedBull that i saw doing this ) and also i was standing close next to Teamprincipal Mike Gascoyne ,he was speaking with one of the engineers ,after they stopped talking i wished him and his Team good luck for the weekend , he answert me that that was friendly and polite from me even when i was a Ferrari fan  , after the Team stopped with the pitstops i went further to the next boxes until i came to a hold at the box of MercedesGP , here where a lot of people standing still to see a glimb of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg , but it seemed that they did not come out ,so after some time the people went further , only i and some otrhers stayd at the box ..and yes after a long time Nico Rosberg came out of the box ,he signed caps ,photos ,the people where making photos of Rosberg and after a couple minutes he went back inside .But where was Schumi ?..... i kept on waiting but no sign of him in the box , i went further and so did some other people ,but when we did this we hear people shouting " Schumiiiiiii " i rust back ofcourse to the box but this time i was not on the front row ..i was only at the 4 row or something , people where making photos ,giving photos ,caps to Schumi to sign it ,i could only make a photo from above people heads  , but after all it was a rather good photo not the best and not from upfront but i have one of my favorit driver ! After some minutes the 7th Time World Champion Formula 1 went back inside his box and dissapeart behind the mechanics . Than i went further to the Ferrrari box ,this was a complete dissater for me because sooo many people where standing still ,it was completely impossible to see anything ,to mutch people at ones because Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa where outside giving autographs and posing for photos ,so i went to the pitwall of Ferrari and looked at one of the pitwall member to see what he was doing ,as i was the only one who was interested in this ,he came to me and i started to talk about this Gp and the Team and about the F1 in general ,ofcourse time fly when you having a good time , so after a long time he had to say goodby because he also had to do some things at the pitbox , so i also sayd goodby to him and wished my favorit Team good luck , he wished me a good time and hoped that the Team could give me and the other Ferrari fans a good result ,hopefully with a victory ( this person was a Italian and i always like it when they speak english , these accent of them is ) . Than the moderator of the circuit shouted through the microphone that Mark Webber will soon come out of the box and that shortly after him Sebastian Vettel will follow also , the crowd stormed towards the box of Red Bull if it was a storm who came after them , ofcourse Alonso and Massa where allready away . I stayd at the box Ferrari so that i could take some photos ,there where a lot of crew members working on both cars ,so i stayd and watched them while other people where at the Red Bull box , i also took some photos of the Ferrari pitwall looking at all the pc screens with the dates of the track tempature,air tempature,huminidy, this info was for the next 3 hours ! The people who did not came out where the ones of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes ,namely Lewis Hamilton and Jeson Button ! So that was a big dumper for the fans of these drivers .At 18.30u the moerator announced that the pitwalk came to a end ,so everybody was request to leave the pitboxes . After a walk back from out the pitbox it was now time for Merchandise shopping ..in the street who's just infront of the circuit there where some standings with a lot of different Team items of Red Bull , Ferrari , McLaren,MercedesGP, Michael Schumacher, etc ,also from F1 teams that did not excist anymore like Super Aguri, Jordan ,Jaguar ,etc. At the moment i had muself under controll ,knowing me if i see things or new things i have to have it at that time i don't care that mutch what it costs , i just want it ! But i wait until friday when i'm at the circuit ,here you have Merchandise from every Team ! After 1 hour and 45 minutes walking through these Merchandise standings it was time to get back to the house ( it was also getting dark ) . Shower ,eating,writing the dairy and than relaxing in front of the tv with today the dvd " Grand Prix " a real classic !!!!! After the movie was done i got to bed ....again a day without having seen Gia , but with a happy feeling with what i have seen today ! Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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Diary of a Formal 1 Race : 24-28 / 08 / 2011 Spa- Francorchamps : author : Shaky
Day 1 Wednesday 24/08 Waking up at my home at 07.30 , shower ,breakfast ,starting up pc ,reading my emails , taking a look at the forum and posting a short post at Gia's Topic . Also taking a look at different F1 sites for the latest news and also taking a look at the latest wheater forecast ... a lot of rain is expected during the weekend ! At 09.00u i start to load my suit-case ( valises ) with clothing and the other usual stuff that you normaly take on a vacation ( also ofcourse a lot of different Ferrari shirts that i took with me ) ,also some stuff for making food ,some drinks and some stuff to make dessert ,because around Spa- Francorchamps and especialy around the circuit everything is a bit more expensive on these days with the F1 weekend coming up ! Than at 10.00u i drive with my car to a car-wash ( no not the one of Etv ) for a quick clean of my car ,it took about 30 minutes an than i finaly was on my way direction Spa-Francorchamps . Halfway i came to a hold because there's some road working ahead , it seems like hours before i can push back on my gaspedal and drive again ,but actualy it's only 35 minutes before i can push the metal to the pedal . I'm gettting closer and closer to the circuit and my hearts beats a faster now . Than at 12.30u i'm entering Francorchamps village ,if i take a look at my right side left side i can see allready that this village is breathing Formula 1 all the way , i see people coming from different country's when i see the licence plate of there parket cars ,like there are people from Netherland ,Germany ,France ,Poland, Austria, Great Brittain,Belgium, Italy ,Sweden,Denmark,Spain. I put my car at a gas station ( Shell ) just next to the circuit and i'm going to take a look at the gates . I can see that there are people still working hard to get everything in order for the Gp weekend . After a short walk from around different gates i go back to my car ..what funny was when i seeing my car standing at the Shell station was that there where some Formula1 fans taking photos of my car because it has a nice shiny look ( red car ) with a sticker on my window with on the left corner the Italian flag and the Scuderia Ferrari logo and in the middle " M.Schumacher Nr1 " and also on the right the German flag and the Scuderia Ferrari ,and my tyres are Bridgestone ( letters are in white like we saw it at the F1 races ) ,and at the backwindow was is a Big sticker with the Ferrari F1 car with behind the car the checkerd flag and at right corner below in a special way 7 stars with 7 times World Champion Michael Schumacher on it ,so some people have a unique photo of my car . I was getting back in my car and now i was on my way to the concierge to pick up my key for the house that i rented ..this way i don't have to drive up and down to my house ! The concierge gave me the key and a very short list with some short rules , she wished me a nice stay at the house and she also wished me good luck for the F1 and that Ferrari may win the F1 this weekend ( now is'nd that friendly from the concierge ) . So i drove to house witch is just 15 minutes away from the circuit . The location is just fantastic ,its high up the Mountain ,it's a park with other little houses around but it's soooo silend .....aaaah this is pure relaxing ( this would be a great place for a writer to write a book or novel ! ) I'm putting my car on the parking place and go to the house ( parking is just beneath the house ,so i have to do a couple of stairs before i'm at the house ) . I'm opening the door ,go inside and take a short look around ,after this i start to unload my car and bring the stuff in the house where i put it imediatly at the place(s) where it belongs .after all this is done i take a pen and paper open up the glas door to sit outside on balcony with a cold fresh beer ( i don't have to drive anymore today so i can drink one )and a bag salt chips and start to write this F1 dairy for the people who are interested for this F1 adventure of mine .Later on the day i prepare a meal and after eating and doing the dishes i'm going to watch some tv ...sadly i can't resieve Etv ( so no Gia for me these days ) , so it's just watching regular tv programs and later on i'm going to watch the dvd " Gone In 60 Seconds " , just to stay in the speed mood ..and after that i'm going to bed !Day 1 is over and out ! Kind Regards Shaky - Schumi |
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sorry for ot
butshaky-schumi wrote:A day later than usual schumi made more points than shaky.  I hope you enjoyed it.
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juan manuel fangio
maybe the best? i don't know...meanwhile his biographyJuan Manuel Fangio ( Balcarce , 24 June 1911 - Buenos Aires , 17 July 1995 ) was a racing driver Argentina . The son of Italian immigrants in Argentina, was the father of Loreto Castiglione Messer Marino in the province of Chieti and her mother Erminia Dérano of Tornareccio . It is famous not only for his five world titles, including four consecutive victories, but above all his daring, perhaps his record of first places in relation to equity will never be equaled. At the end will have got 24 wins and a total of 35 podiums, 29 pole positions, and a total of 48 departures from the first row, 23 fastest laps and five world titles of 1951-54-55-56-57. He died on 17 July of 1995 , leaving an indelible memory on all fans of motor racing , was buried in the family mausoleum in the cemetery of Balcarce . His record of 5 world titles will be matched and exceeded only in 2002 and 2003, from Michael Schumacher . [Versteckter Link - Registrierung notwendig] |
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brudgon wrote:excuse for offtopic but Also of topic ( for ones here on the F1 )@brudgon and too all the people who like F1 ( and motorsport) , i will write later on today the result of the game ,and i will write also my diary of 5 days of Formula1 here But 1st i would like to Thank GenaroXP for his fantastic contribution that he did in these 5 days that i was at the F1 ...Welldone ,also a Big Thank You to brudgon for his contribution here on this topic about the historys and memories of the F1 ,circuits ,Teams and etc ...welldone also . And also my Thanks to Everyone who pushed on the thanks button of these 2 gentleman . Also Thanks to the guys/girls who wrote about me when i was Spa-Francorchamps ..and yes believe me there where some ....  ....moments ...but like i sayd this will be written later on !If you all don't mind i'm tired now ( i arived back home at 22.15u ) ,and i would like ( continue ) to watch this show before i fall asleep because there is a beautifull young woman in this show that i have missed also ...ofcourse it's this beautifull young woman who has " ia " in her name ( hopefully i can stay awake untill the end of the show , but it will be difficult because it was a early morning this morning and a special day and a long day ) So sorry everbody ...forgive me Till later Kind Regards Shaky- Schumi ( 20years in Formula 1 : 1991 - 2011 ) |
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excuse for offtopic but
welcome back shaky tell us about the race....have you funny....from where you watch the race?....have you some photos about?thanks and have a great night
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....as always genaro
great job by you and for the next week i will very proud to invite mr shaky at monza circuitmeanwhile a bit of story about The ' Autodromo Nazionale di Monza is a circuit motor located inside the International Park of Monza . It is among the race tracks the world's oldest permanent, along with Indianapolis , Brooklands and Montlhéry and is famous beyond the borders to host the Italian Grand Prix of Formula 1 organized by the ' Automobile Club of Milan almost continuously since 1922 . In addition to the Formula 1 car on the circuit, and other categories of Lombardy is also held an annual grand prize of the World Superbike Championship . Since 1991 , with changes to the Silverstone circuit , the track Monza is the fastest among the world championship: the current official record of the circuit has been established in tests of the Grand Prix of Italy 2004 by Rubens Barrichello at an average of 260.395 km / h. The construction of the circuit was decided in January 1922 from the ' Automobile Club of Milan to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary. The company was formed SIAS (Increase Automotive Company and Sport), privately owned and chaired by Senator Silvio Crespi . Work began on May 15 and was completed in just 110 days. The first full tour of the track was crossed on July 28 by Peter Bordino and Felice Nazzaro in a Fiat 570 It was the third permanent circuit built in the world, next only to the track American of Indianapolis ( 1909 ) and the English of Brooklands ( 1907 ), which no longer exists since fallen into disuse in 1939 on the eve of World War II and finally closed in 1945 . The preliminary draft provided a path in the shape of "eight" the length of 14 km but, due to the impact on Royal Park, it was decided instead to approve a project that uses most of the existing roads of the park is the felling of trees . This project, drawn up by ' engineer Arturo Mercanti, then director of the Automobile Club of Milan, by the engineer by engineer Alfredo Rosselli and Piero Puricelli, provided a circuit consisting of two rings that could be used together, alternating a turn of one on a tour of the other (the finish straight was in common and, in this case, was divided into two lanes), or separately: a runway of 5,500 meters with seven road curves, and a ring of high-speed oval with two curves banked, 4,500 meters long. In the early years, the Italian Grand Prix took place on the complete circuit of 10 km, but after the serious accident in 1928 , in which the pilot Emilio Mattresses car lost control and crashed on the finish straight in the audience crowding at the trackside spectators killing 20 and wounding over 40, were made several changes to the track to reduce its speed. One of these is the Florio circuit , designed by Count Vincenzo Florio in 1935 [ citation needed ] , which combines in an original features of the Ring Road and the high-speed, interrupted by several chicanes . The path from 1939 to 1954, with "curves of porphyry" instead of "South Bend" + Retfilo Central. In 1939 it was rebuilt much of the track. The ring of high speed was demolished, and the track road was later changed by moving the "curve Vialone" now do not enter more than the cars on the avenue's central park, but on a new longest straight and parallel to that in above. Place as close to the pit this new straight line (called Rettifilo Central ) led to two new hairpin turns that led into the finish straight (replacing the original curve south), located at the old overpass south and paved paved , were baptized "curves of porphyry." The length of the circuit became of 6,300 meters. [Versteckter Link - Registrierung notwendig] |
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GenaroXP wrote:So I hope I have make my job good this weekend and at the next race weekend Shaky will again post the resultsGood job GenaroXP ! Next race at Monza (Italy) September 11. If an italian member invites Shaky ...
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Here is the official result of todays great race :
1.Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:26.44.893 2.Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : + 3.741 3.Jenson Button : McLaren : + 9.669 4.Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : + 13.022 5.Michael Schumacher : Mercedes-GP : + 47.464 6.Nico Rosberg : Mercedes-GP : + 48.674 7.Adrian Sutil : Force India : + 59.713 8.Felipe Massa : Ferrari : + 1:06.076 9.Vitaly Petrov: Lotus Renault : + 1:11.917 10.Pastor Maldonado : Williams : + 1:17.615 11.Paul di Resta : Force India : + 1:23.994 12.Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : + 1:31.976 13.Bruno Senna : Lotus Renault : + 1:32.985 14.Jarno Trulli : Team Lotus : + 1 Round 15.Heikki Kovalainen : Team Lotus + 1 Round 16.Rubens Barrichello : Williams : + 1 Round 17.Jerome D'Ambrosio : Virgin Racing : + 1 Round 18.Timo Glock : Virgin Racing : + 1 Round 19.Vitantonio Liuzzi : HRT : + 1 Round Did not finish 20.Sergio Perez : Sauber : unknown 21.Daniel Ricciardo : HRT : unknown 22.Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : crash 23.Sébastien Buemi : Toro Rosso : broken rear wing 24.Jaime Alguersuari : Toro Rosso : crash Safety Car : 1 Fastest Lap : Mark Webber 1:49.883 Pitstop D'Ambrosio : 2 So I hope I have make my job good this weekend and at the next race weekend Shaky will again post the results Source : formel1.net/f1today Best Regards GenaroXP |
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BELGIAN GRAND PRIX
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 1:26:44.863 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 0:03.741 3 Jenson Button McLaren 0:09.669 4 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 0:13.022 5 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 0:47.464 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 0:48.674 7 Adrian Sutil Force India F1 0:59.713 8 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:06.076 9 Vitaly Petrov Lotus Renault 1:11.917 10 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:17.615 |
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Yeahhhhh !
Seb back on TOP in Spa - unbelievable sovereign !!!! At all it is my favorite racetrack ! Michael (from behind in the starting grid) finish on 5 - well done, champ !
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Pastor Maldonado has been given a five-place grid penalty after his incident with Lewis Hamilton at the end of Q2.
Maldonado was adjudged to have been at fault in the incident and will be moved back from 16th to 21st on the grid. Hamilton was given a reprimand but receives no penalty. |
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