John CampbellJones Adri·n Campos John Cannon Eitel Cantoni Bill Cantrell
Monday, September 26, 2011
Team order rule needs a re-think
 Jean Todt arives for Wednesday's hearing |
?Whether you are for or against team orders, if the FIA could not back up its own rules and nail a competitor in a blatant case such as this the rule really does need reviewing. Perhaps Ferrari?s thinly-veiled threat to take the matter to the civil courts if they were punished too harshly scared the governing body, who as much as admitted the flimsiness of its rule."Paul Weaver, reporting for the Guardian in Monza, was in favour of the ruling which keeps alive Ferrari?s slim chances in an enthralling championship.
?The World Motor Sport Council was right not to ruin a compelling Formula One season by taking away the 25 points Alonso collected in Germany. That would have put him out of the five-man title race. But the council was widely expected to increase the fine and possibly deduct points from the team, as opposed to the individual. In the end, it could be argued that common sense prevailed. But the decision will dismay those who were upset by the way Ferrari handled the situation as much as anything else.?The Daily Mail's Jonathan McEvoy expressed outrage at the FIA tearing up its own rule book by allowing Ferrari to escape unpunished.
"Although the race stewards fined them �65,000 for giving team orders in July, the FIA World Motor Sport Council, to whom the matter was referred, decided not to impose any further punishment. It leaves the sport's rulers open to derision. It was, after all, their rule they undermined. In a statement, the WMSC said the regulation banning team orders 'should be reviewed'."
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/09/team_order_rule_needs_a_rethin_1.php
Michael Bleekemolen Alex Blignaut Trevor Blokdyk Mark Blundell Raul Boesel
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Sergio Perez - classic F1
Sauber's Sergio Perez is the latest grand prix driver to choose his five all-time favourite races for BBC Sport's classic Formula 1 series.
The 21-year-old Mexican has impressed greatly in his maiden season this year, starting from a super drive into the points at his debut race in Australia, even if Sauber were later disqualified on a technicality. He is also leading his more experienced team-mate Kamui Kobayashi 6-4 on qualifying performances and has generally driven with maturity and assurance in the races.
Perez, like Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg before him, has not chosen any races in which he has competed. Instead, he has opted to select some of the most exciting races of F1's recent history. The Mexican's choices are as follows, in his order of preference:
1) Brazil 2008
The race when the championship battle between McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Felipe Massa went to the last corner of the last race, with Hamilton taking the fifth place he needed to win the title. Perez says: "I remember very well how exciting it was to see the outcome of the race, when Hamilton won literally in the last seconds the championship."
When Ferrari lost the world championship for Fernando Alonso following a terrible tactical error, with Sebastian Vettel winning the race and title for Red Bull. Perez says he chose this race because it was another "thrilling" finale to the championship.
3) Brazil 2007
Another title-deciding race, this one turning on a disastrous afternoon for Hamilton, who watched the title slip through his fingers after a mistake on the first lap. The Englishman ran wide and then a gearbox glitch dropped him to the back of the field. He recovered to finish seventh but lost the title by a single point to Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, who made up a 17-point deficit - then nearly two wins - in the final two races.
4) Brazil 2001
A typical race at Sao Paulo's Interlagos circuit, featuring rain showers, non-stop action and lots of overtaking. It was won by McLaren's David Coulthard, who completed an excellent overtaking manoeuvre on Ferrari's Michael Schumacher.
But the race is remembered for another passing move on the German, by Juan Pablo Montoya, who was driving in only his third grand prix. It was the manoeuvre that announced Montoya's arrival as a major - if mercurial - talent, lunging from distance in his Williams to pass Schumacher, who was not used to being dealt with in that way. "I liked it a lot when Montoya overtook Schumacher," says Perez. "It was a great move!"
5) Belgium 1998
Perez was only eight when this infamous race took place but even he describes it as "unforgettable". Held in pouring rain, there was a 13-car pile-up at the start, Michael Schumacher crashing out of the lead when running into the back of Coulthard's car in appalling visibility. The German then marched down the pit lane to confront his rival because he thought the Scot had taken him out deliberately.
In the end, Jordan secured its first win, achieved in controversial style when Eddie Jordan ordered Ralf Schumacher not to challenge team-mate Damon Hill for the win. But it was a race that had everything. And for that reason - and because it is the Belgian Grand Prix this weekend - we have embedded highlights of the race below. There are also are short and extended highlights of last season's thrilling race at Spa, won brilliantly by Hamilton.
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The classic races will be available to watch on the red button on BBC interactive television in the UK as follows:
They will be available on satellite and cable from 1500 BST on Wednesday 24 August until 0855 on Friday 26 August.
On Freeview, they will be available from 1030-1330 on Friday 26 August, when they will also be repeated on satellite and cable.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2011/08/sergio_perez_-_classic_f1.html
George Constantine John Cordts David Coulthard Piers Courage Chris Craft
1964 Impala lowrider
This is my latest project, A 1964 Impala. It will have a working adjustable suspension with servos. Actual working A arms and rear end. Engine will show and full interior. I will show some progress photos as well as paint. This is something I have never built before so im very glad to share with everyone on this forum. When completed I will post video on my you-tube channel and a link here so it can be viewed.
This is the front end of the frame up and down.
A side view
Body and wheels attached. test fit
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/927805.aspx
Roberto Bussinello Jenson Button Tommy Byrne Giulio Cabianca Phil Cade
55 chevy with modern running gear- UPDATES!
heres my newest project, kit bashing this 1955 chevy cameo
With this revell 99 silverado
then i will build an open car trailer to haul this!
which i have already built, the master plan is to use the 99's drivetrain, suspension and tires on the 55's chassis with the 55 body, i have cut the front section of the 55's frame off where the motor is and the same with the 99, i glued the 99's front clip to the 55's to get the mounts for my motor, suspension and so fourth, i have cut the 99's trans tunnel out and am brain stroming ways to get the tranny under the 55 interior without having to use the tunel but i am prepared to do so, wish me luck, comments welocme good or bad
Thanks for looking dart
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/977140.aspx
Paolo Barilla Rubens Barrichello Michael Bartels Edgar Barth Giorgio Bassi
Pastor Maldonado - classic F1
Pastor Maldonado is the latest driver to choose his five favourite all-time grands prix for BBC Sport's classic Formula 1 series.
The Venzuelan has made quite an impression one way or another in his first season in F1.
On the plus side, he has out-qualified his team-mate, the veteran Rubens Barrichello, an impressive six times in 14 races so far this season.
Not so positively, he has yet to shed a reputation for occasional wildness that followed him from the junior categories, and was on full public display when he drove into Lewis Hamilton's McLaren in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix. The incident earned Maldonado a five-place grid penalty.
Maldonado not only came to F1 with the backing of President Hugo Chavez and his country's state oil company, he also came to the sport relatively late in life.
He is 26, relatively old compared to the age many drivers make their debut these days. That almost certainly explains his selections for this blog - which span the last 30 or so years and would be classed as all-time greats in anyone's book.
This race is famous for two reasons: the thrilling duel over second place in the final three laps between Ferrari's Gilles Villeneuve and Renault's Rene Arnoux; and for being the first win for a turbo-charged car.
That second landmark, achieved courtesy of Renault's Jean-Pierre Jabouille, has been rather overshadowed by the first.
"This race was before I was born but I have seen it many times," Maldonado says. "It was so great because they were racing wheel-to-wheel, overtaking each other and switching positions. It was amazing. You don't see action like that very often!"
Another event famous for many reasons: a controversial win by Alain Prost; Nigel Mansell crashing out of the lead; and two stunning drives in the wet by rising stars Ayrton Senna and Stefan Bellof.
Prost led from the start in heavy rain but was passed early on by Mansell, who crashed six laps later, blaming the embarrassing incident on his rear wheel losing grip on one of the white lines on the track.
Senna, whose natural talent more than made up for the deficiencies of his Toleman car, then began catching Prost, with Bellof, driving a Tyrrell and, like Senna, in his first season of F1, making inroads into both.
As the weather worsened, Prost, driving a McLaren, began gesticulating for the race to be stopped, which it was as he completed lap 32, just as Senna caught and passed him on the pit straight.
The decision to stop the race was controversial because the man who made it, clerk of the course and former F1 driver Jacky Ickx, was employed to drive Le Mans cars by Porsche, which made McLaren's TAG-badged engine. Ickx has always denied he was influence in any way.
"It was an amazing race to watch, as Senna came from the very back in just a few laps to catch race leader Prost," says Maldonado. "He was overtaking everyone which was even more impressive being in Monaco where it is difficult to overtake anyway. He was amazing in the rain."
A favourite among many of the grand prix drivers this season, this was the first of two consecutive Japanese races in which a crash between McLaren drivers Prost and Senna decided the world championship. It was, as Maldonado points out, "the end of a difficult two-year rivalry for the team-mates".
Prost led much of the race but was eventually caught by Senna. As the Brazilian tried to pass at the chicane in the closing stages, Prost turned in on him and they collided. Prost climbed out of his car but Senna rejoined the race, pitting for a new nose cone before catching and passing Benetton's Alessandro Nannini.
However, that was not the end of the drama. Senna's win would have kept the title battle going until the final race of the season but he was controversially disqualified for missing the chicane and Prost declared champion.
This race at Donington Park has gone down in history as one of Senna's greatest drives and is another favourite among the current crop of F1 drivers.
"There are so many great races from Senna it is hard to single any one out," Maldonado says. "He was always amazing in difficult situations, with incredible instincts, and this was a perfect example.
"From fourth on the grid, he read the changing conditions perfectly, unlike anyone else on the grid, as the race went from dry to wet and back again. He ended up winning by over a minute by the chequered flag! It is like magic watching him."
Relatively recent it might be but already another all-time classic. McLaren's Hamilton and Ferrari's Felipe Massa went into the race, the last in the season, contesting the world championship.
Massa survived a late shower of rain to win the race but, as the Ferrari pit celebrated, Hamilton slipped past the struggling Toyota of Timo Glock at the final corner to take fifth and the title.
"It was so great so see a race go right down to the wire like that and then change at the very last second," Maldonado recalls.
"With so much at stake, it was great as a viewer but not so great for Massa. It was so close I never forget seeing both teams celebrating at the same time not realising what had happened."
As always, we pick one race to highlight in the blog and, ahead of the street race at Singapore this weekend, we have chosen the 1984 Monaco event.
The full grand prix programme of the time is embedded below. Underneath it, to whet your appetites for the action to come this weekend, are short and extended highlights of Fernando Alonso's superb victory for Ferrari in last year's Singapore Grand Prix.
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Short highlights from France 1979, Japan 1989, Europe 1993 and Brazil 2008, plus extended highlights from Monaco 1984 and Singapore 2010 will be broadcast on the BBC red button on digital television in the UK.
On satellite and cable, the classic races will be available from 1500 BST on Wednesday 21 September until 1055 BST on Friday 23 September, then from 1235 BST until 1425 BST on Friday 23 September.
On Freeview, they will be shown from 1235 BST until 1425 BST on Friday 23 September.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2011/09/pastor_maldonado_-_classic_f1.html
Franco Comotti George Connor George Constantine John Cordts David Coulthard
Lewis Hamilton: ?We were too late to get going??
Lewis Hamilton has been left with a difficult task tomorrow after a puncture and a mistake in the McLaren garage spoiled his qualifying session. Hamilton had a right rear puncture when he went out on supersofts late in Q2 in … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/09/24/lewis-hamilton-we-were-too-late-to-get-going/
David Brabham Gary Brabham Jack BrabhamÜ Bill Brack Ernesto Brambilla
Honda Stateline Slammer Bagger Concept
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Hey, Honda. Batman wants his Batbike back. We dare anyone to say that last sentence five times as quickly as possible. Tongue twisters notwithstanding, Honda Motorcycles has one again gone above and beyond with their new concept bike, the Stateline Slammer Bagger Concept.
The bike is based on the 2010 Stateline and was designed by Honda Americas’ Erik Dunshee. The bike is fueled by elegance and power with a fully-adjustable air-ride suspension and a stealthy design that carries an aura of invincibility.
In terms of design, the concept comes with a two-tone satin metallic black and pearl black paint with a fully custom bodywork, including a leather drop seat. There’s also a NAV/Multimedia with a GPS speed display, a 10" subwoofer, and 500 watts of power. The Bagger Concept also comes with a full front end conversion, including a lean 23" custom front wheel, without the designer making any changes to the frame or engine.
Likewise, the Slammer Bagger comes with a frame, swing arm, VT1300cc engine, and tank with a composite coated narrow track front rotor with a six-piston caliper and a custom-spec crossover twin pipe exhaust.
Looks and performance are two of the most important aspects of a bike, even if it’s of the concept variety. The Honda Stateline Slammer Bagger Concept doesn’t pull any punches; it looks loaded and performs like the machine it was penned up to be.
Honda Stateline Slammer Bagger Concept originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 23 September 2011 21:00 EST.
Alberto Ascari Peter Ashdown Ian Ashley Gerry Ashmore Bill Aston
2013 Mercedes-Benz A-Class AMG spied on Nürburgring for first time
Performance model of the next-generation A-Class spied doing some 'hot laps' around the Nürburgring-Nordschleife.
Marcel Balsa Lorenzo Bandini Henry Banks Fabrizio Barbazza John Barber
Lindberg 1966 Chevelle
Hi all,
Here are a few pics of the Chevelle I completed a few months ago. It's the first Lindberg kit I've built and I built it pretty much out of the box with the exception of wheels and tires. The tires are parts box items and the Cragar mags are from the AMT '66 Nova kit. The engine and chassis are detailed with wires, hoses and lines and the interior is "carpeted" with flocking. The paint is Testors Lacquer System Black Cherry Pearl over their primer and cleared with the Clear from that system as well. The scripts and emblems are photo-etched pieces from Model Car Garage. I did have some trouble putting the chassis and body together and had to disassemble a few of the pieces in the engine compartment even though I assembled it according to the instructions. I also had to remove at least 1/8th inch from the rear of the front fender wells to get the chassis to go up into the body. The front still sits a bit high even though I used smaller diameter tires and reworked the front spindles to get the slight "rake" I like.
I'm nevertheless pleased with the way it turned out and I hope you all enjoy viewing the pics. Comments, as usual, both positive or negative all always welcomed.
Barry Fadden
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/950696.aspx
Zsolt Baumgartner Elie Bayol Don Beauman Karl Gunther Bechem Jean Behra
Saturday, September 24, 2011
BMW X4 confirmed for production
BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer confirmed plans to build an X4 crossover. It could be launched in 2014 
Source: http://feeds.worldcarfans.com/~r/worldcarfans/Jxfz/~3/JtZTxV2lKbU/bmw-x4-confirmed-for-production
Harry Blanchard Michael Bleekemolen Alex Blignaut Trevor Blokdyk Mark Blundell
Yamaha YZ85
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Competitions are always meant to be won; that’s been the onus for everybody who has ever laced up a pair of racing shoes to compete in off-road motorcycle racing.
So when you’ve decided that you’re 100% serious about winning off-road bike races, there’s only one company that you look for to satisfy your lust for competition: Yamaha.
Built on a history that includes championships in motocross and enduro races, Yamaha offers the most competitive engine and chassis packages, plus class-leading technologies and legendary build quality.
Part of Yamaha’s championship DNA is building bikes for all types of people, even for the young 9 to 14-year old kids that want to start breaking into the scene. For this particular instance, that bike is the YZ85, born from the company’s award-winning YZ competition bikes.
The YZ85 is the ideal bike for the up-and-comers of the scene. It’s got tremendous performance capabilities mixed in with superior handling to allow even the greenest of drivers to warm up to the bike in no time.
Find out more about the Yamaha YZ85 after the jump.
Yamaha YZ85 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 23 September 2011 19:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/motorcycles/motorcycle-reviews/yamaha/2011-yamaha-yz85-ar114849.html
Juan Manuel Bordeu Slim Borgudd Luki Botha JeanChristophe Boullion Sebastien Bourdais
Red Bull under the spotlight
 Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel celebrate with Red Bull boss Christian Horner on the podium |
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/11/red_bull_under_the_spotlight.php
Walt Ader Kurt Adolff Fred Agabashian Kurt Ahrens Jr Christijan Albers
Nine wannabe winners
That was another fabulous race in Hungary, with the top three teams fighting for the win but in every Formula 1 race there are 12 teams and 24 drivers.
I've been taking a look at how some of the smaller teams like Force India and Sauber are faring at the mid-way point of the 2011 season, as well as picking the nine drivers who have impressed me most so far.
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If you are outside the UK, you can watch the video here.
Murray gives his thoughts on the new UK television rights deal here.
If you would like to comment on the new UK television rights deal, please go to the BBC's head of F1 Ben Gallop's blog on that subject
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/murraywalker/2011/08/nine_wannabie_winners.html
Harry Blanchard Michael Bleekemolen Alex Blignaut Trevor Blokdyk Mark Blundell
2013 Renault Clio mule spied with new details
Chassis test mule is sporting a new front fascia with new grille and bumper with air intakes. 
John CampbellJones Adri·n Campos John Cannon Eitel Cantoni Bill Cantrell
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