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Tina Kimble — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:38:30 +0000

Riding shotgun in a 1500hp twin-turbo C6 Corvette – extreme acceleration [video]

Tina Kimble — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:27:16 +0000

In the video, the amount of power is clearly evident as the rear steps out at 80 mph momentarily. Surely, it's not an easy car to tame.

Chuck Arnold Rene Arnoux Peter Arundell Alberto Ascari Peter Ashdown Ian Ashley

Vodafone rewards its customers as Jenson performs in Manchester (+Photos)

Tina Kimble — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:34:25 +0000

Vodafone rewards its customers as Jenson Button drives through the streets of Manchester in
his Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1? car

Vodafone VIP brought a taste of Formula 1? to the heart of Manchester city centre this weekend, with F1? driver Jenson Button and the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team staging a celebration of the sport.

Crowds lined Deansgate on Monday (29th Aug) afternoon for the highlight of the Bank Holiday, as Jenson Button revved up his Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1? car and drove it through one of Manchester?s busiest streets. Button also treated two lucky Vodafone customers to a thrilling drive through Manchester city centre in a McLaren MP4-12C sports car, before ending the day with an on-stage, public Q&A appearance.

Jenson enjoyed the day enormously, commenting:

?I think Vodafone VIP has done a brilliant job to make this happen ? it can?t have been easy ? but to see the looks on people?s faces when I opened up the throttle, was a fantastic moment. It is all about giving something back to the fans and just unleashing the awesome power of a Formula 1 car. It was a lot of fun.?

Jenson?s appearance was just one part of a three day event. From Saturday 27 to Monday 29 of August, Vodafone customers and friends enjoyed the Vodafone VIP Fanzone in Albert Square. The Fanzone contained a bespoke Go Kart Track, and a number of interactive F1? experiences, including a pit stop challenge, a sit in Vodafone McLaren Mercedes car, an F1? simulator and an exhibition of race suits and helmets. Throughout the weekend there was also a pit garage on the forecourt of the Hilton Deansgate in which Vodafone customers had the opportunity to go behind the scenes in the team?s garage.

The celebration was part of Vodafone?s drive to reward as many of its customers as possible. Previous Vodafone VIP events have been based in London and the South East so by bringing F1 to the North West, Vodafone VIP are aiming to reach a wider audience and thank even more of their customers.

Councillor Pat Karney, of Manchester City Council, said:

?Vodafone VIP Live is a great example of the sort of unmissable events which Manchester stages and a great way show what our city has to offer. We are extremely grateful to Vodafone who provided the opportunity to have the I Love MCR logo printed on the side of the car. Word of the campaign has spread fast, so it’s entirely fitting that an F1 car bearing the campaign logo should be seen racing down Deansgate?

The F1? event in Manchester is just one element of Vodafone VIP, which gives customers access to the best of British festival, fashion and Formula 1? events. Vodafone VIP provides customers with the hottest tickets and money can?t buy experiences. All Vodafone customers can register for Vodafone VIP by going online.

Visit www.vodafone.co.uk/VIPManchester to find out more.

I Love MCR Campaign
In partnership with Marketing Manchester and Manchester Arndale, Manchester City Council have launched the ‘I Love MCR’ campaign to show the world that the people of Manchester are proud of their city. Become a fan on the ?I Love MCR? Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/WeLoveMCR.
Follow the conversation on Twitter using #IloveMCR

Yannick Dalmas Derek Daly Christian Danner Jorge Daponte Anthony Davidson Jimmy Davies

Hey IndyCar; All I Want for Christmas…

Tina Kimble — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:16:15 +0000

Tony Crook Art Cross Geoff Crossley Chuck Daigh Yannick Dalmas Derek Daly

Bugatti Veyron does 1/4 mile in 10.1 sec against Nissan GT-R

Tina Kimble — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:23:19 +0000

Here's a video of the two vehicles at the Palm Beach International Raceway in Florida. As the story goes, the owner of Bugatti was actually at the adjacent road course before being persuaded to take a run on the drag strip.

John Cordts David Coulthard Piers Courage Chris Craft Jim Crawford Ray Crawford

2$ Flea Market score.

Tina Kimble — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:29:17 +0000

Today I picked up this diecast Hubley Packard for 2 bucks.It is missing some parts (Headlights,windshield frame and glass etc)but the chassis and engine are complete except for a driveshaft.Plans are to paint it green with silver fenders.What do you think?

Peter Collins Bernard Collomb Alberto Colombo Erik Comas Franco Comotti George Connor

73 Monte Carlo nascar conversion WIP Interior update

Tina Kimble — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:54:21 +0000

Heres where i am so far on this 73 monte carlo nascar conversion

Elio de Angelis Marco Apicella MÃ¡rio de AraÃºjo Cabral Frank Armi Chuck Arnold Rene Arnoux

Pirelli to change colours to differentiate tyres in 2011

Tina Kimble — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:38:22 +0000

Pirelli will not only bring more aggressive tyres into Formula One this year, but also ensure a more colorful method to differentiate the multitude of compounds for the 2011 season. According to Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat, backed by several other Italian media, Pirelli has come up with a different color scheme for their F1 tyres.

Back when the International Automobile Federation (FIA) asked former F1 sole supplier Bridgestone to differentiate the appearance of the soft and hard compounds, the Japanese company chose to paint a line in a middle groove of the soft options. The next season, when slicks came into play once again, Bridgestone marked the soft compound with a green circle on the sidewall.

For 2011, all F1 tyres will have the words ?Pirelli P Zero? written on the sidewall, but the color of the writing will change based on the compound, as follows:

The super-soft wording will reportedly be in red
The soft will be in white
The medium in blue
The hard in yellow

In addition to that, the full wet and intermediate tyres will also feature different colors, with the former having the ?Pirelli P Zero? mark painted in yellow and the latter in red.

According to a report from the GMM news agency, the FIA will distribute Pirelli’s tyres to the teams after randomly shuffling the code numbers at grands prix, just so that favoritism claims will not be issued.

Pirelli has recently ended its last testing session prior to the first official group test of the winter in Valencia, as Pedro de la Rosa drove the TF109 test car in Abu Dhabi in wet conditions, at night. After evaluating the behavior of Pirelli’s wet and intermediate compounds, the marque’s research and development boss Maurizio Boiocci admitted he is yet to find out how the additional speed ensured by the introduction of KERS and adjustable rear wings will affect the tyres.

?If the speed came on gradually, for sure there would be no problems. But it remains to be seen what happens when all the power comes on suddenly,? said Boiocci.

Article (C) Ovidiu Panzariu, Image(C) Pirelli

Giulio Cabianca Phil Cade Alex Caffi John CampbellJones AdriÃ¡n Campos John Cannon

Ferrari Launch Their 2011 Car The F150

Tina Kimble — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:57:24 +0000

Ferrari have become the first team to launch their 2011 Formula One car – named the F150. Thw F150 name comes from the fact it is 150 years since Italian unification, the flag bearer for the nation decided it was important to increase exposure of the major event in the country’s long history. The cars [...]

John Cannon Eitel Cantoni Bill Cantrell Ivan Capelli Piero Carini Duane Carter

Red Bull RB7 launch pictures (1st of February)

Tina Kimble — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:42:26 +0000

Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel presented their 2011 car, the RB7 to the media at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain on 1 February 2011.

Chief technical officer Adrian Newey explained some of the changes from the championship winning RB6 and the new RB7:

?Preparing for the new season has been an interesting challenge for all of us,? he says. ?There have been a number of changes to the regulations and while they are not as comprehensive as the changes for 2009, the major differences ? such a the re-introduction of the KERS system and the arrival of a moveable rear wing to aid overtaking ? have meant that RB7 is quite different to last year?s car.

?However, what we have done is taken the philosophy of continuing evolution. We have evolved RB6, which itself was an evolution of 2009?s RB5, and this is, if you like, the third generation of a successful lineage.?

Technical specifications

Chassis	carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite monocoque, designed and built in-house, carrying engine as fully stressed member
Suspension (front)	Aluminium alloy uprights, carbon-composite double wishbones with springs and anti-roll bar, push rod-actuated multimatic dampers
Suspension (rear)	as front, except pull rod-actuated rear dampers
Engine	Renault RS27-2011 2,400 cc (146.5 cu in) 90° V8, limited to 18,000 RPM naturally aspirated mid-mounted
Transmission	Seven-speed semi-automatic gearbox with reverse gear Hydraulic system for power shift and clutch operation
Weight	640 kg (1,411 lb) (including driver)
Fuel	Total
Tyres	Pirelli P Zero
	OZ Wheels (front and rear): 13″

Link
Red Bull RB7 ? Open Fronted Exhaust Blown Diffuser (Scarbsf1′s Blog)
“Despite rule changes Newey has found the loophole that allows exhausts to blow inside the diffuser for more downforce. Although the rules were revised for 2011 to try to prevent double diffuser and openings to allow the exhaust to blow inside the diffuser. The rules did permit openings in the outer 5cm of the diffuser, an area where teams have recently split the floor and created raised lip, coincidentally a practice first exploited by Newey on the RB5.”

Red Bull RB7 launch pictures

Lorenzo Bandini Henry Banks Fabrizio Barbazza John Barber Skip Barber Paolo Barilla