WHY WAS IT INTRODUCED?
The argument for its introduction is that drivers were abusing the old rule, and there was a lack of consistency at different circuits because of an ambiguous definition of what counted as the track.
"The rule is a massive step forward," said MSV chief Jonathan Palmer.
"The FIA rule officially made it OK for drivers to use as much grass or surface beyond the white lines as they could."
MSA chairman Alan Gow added: "It's the fairest [option]. You've got to draw the line somewhere on the limit of the track."
GREY AREAS
What will constitute "justifiable reason"? What about an incident in a heated, wheel-to-wheel battle in which a driver - having already received a warning - runs wide, but does not gain an advantage?
What if the infringement is almost invisible to the naked eye?
Such innocuous incidents will be thrust firmly into the limelight this season. And they could become the catalyst for a far greater, long-running controversy.
The change will put pressure on drivers to adjust approaches honed over many seasons, and on officials to carefully delineate between clear breaches of the rule and genuine mistakes.
It will be fascinating to see how this plays out when UK racing gets back underway in a few months' time.
Proteklog vikenda Martin Kodrić je u konkurenciji od 32 vozača osvojio odlično 12. mjesto u Formuli Renault 2.0 NEC u Monzi.
Martin je prvi puta nastupio u Monzi, a za upoznavanje staze je imao samo dva slobodna treninga. Nakon slobodnih treninga u petak su održane i kvalifikacije. Jedini hrvatski predstavnik je zauzeo 26. i 21. mjesto.
U subotnjoj utrci je vozio fantastično. Sa 26. mjesta se probio do 12. i ostvario zapažen rezultat. U nedjelju je startao s 21. mjesta i još jednom vozio fantastično, no dva kruga prije kraja utrke došlo je do kontakta s Amwegom uslijed kojega je Martin završio svoj nastup izvan staze. Broj odvoženih krugova je bio dostatan za ulazak u rezultate, ali nažalost umjesto za 12. mjesto, samo za 28. mjesto.
U prvoj utrci je slavio Švicarac Deletraz ispred Japanca Sasahare i Francuza Pizzitole. Drugu utrku je dobio Švicarac Jörg ispred sunarodnjaka Deletraza i Nizozemca Schothorsta.
Martin je svojim nastupom zadovoljan. U jakoj konkurenciji i na nepoznatoj stazi vozio je bez straha i probijao se prema naprijed iz kruga u krug. Svaka utrka donosi novo, vrijedno iskustvo. Slijedeći Martinov nastup je u Formuli Renault 2.0 ALPS od 8. do 11. svibnja u francuskom Pau.
Glad to be able to catch up again with this project on a different forum!
So in essence the car was running a regeneration system like La Ferrari is running?
Which begs the question with only charging under braking how long could one run the car at full throttle before the batteries were totally drained. I would imagine its an unlikely scenario unless one were to run the car on hugely long air strip.
Think about it this way. There is no free lunch. KERS recaptures Kinetic Energy that would otherwise be turned into heat energy to brake the car. When racing there is a lot of braking and we were able to recapture about 50 seconds of 50 HP lap after lap. On the road there is not enough braking to recapture so P1/918/ and La Ferrari all use petrol HP to charge their hybrid batteries. The no free lunch part is that when using petrol HP to produce electrical charge there is less overall HP to drive the car so all petrol recharging systems try to charge only when not under full throttle, While P1/918/La Ferrari could pre-charge and run a hot lap they can NOT run at FULL HP lap after lap. On the road we've engineered our system to use petrol HP to recharge when full HP isn't needed but on the track we can switch back from the cockpit to race KERS.
So far no other manufacturer has won one of these.
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Very interesting, in the sense that the current crop of hyper cars are actually quite "compromised" in the way they are using the battery packs (using HP to charge the packs) but maybe its a compromise that is appropriate for a road car and is probably one of the most singular reasons why none of them could be raced without significant redevelopment.
Aside from the fact of course that all road cars are fundamentally compromised to make them suitable for the average owners on the average road.
Prati neko Race of champions? šofe1
Kristensen dere sve živo kuul
Sjećam se tog Flying Lizarda iz Forze 4, kad si ti radio slike s njim, ili su bile forumske utrke pa sam zapamtio zeleni 997 mk1. Siguran sam da će 650S biti dobar.
"The Polish bike rider Michal Hernik was found dead on the selective section of the third stage of the rally between San Juan and Chilecito at kilometre 206.
The circumstances surrounding his death have yet to be determined, as the competitor did not show any external signs of an accident.
When the race management detected the loss of his Irritrack signal and was informed that he had not completed the special stage at 3.16pm (local time), it decided to start a search for the rider at 3.23.
An ambulance helicopter found the rider 300 metres off the route at 4.03. Unfortunately, the on-board doctor could only confirm the rider's death.
pas mater
Accidente El Martillo Racing Dakar 2015 ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-jbUAKjNR0#ws[/url])
O jebote sta je ovaj oblake snimao?!a je mu oblak
a je mu oblak
jesu živi? fpalm1
Preživili su. Mislim da je samo vozač ruku povrijedio(bez loma), ostalo sve ok.
Ak zanemarimo vizualije, zanimljivo ce biti za vidjeti kako ce to izgledati u utrci s obzirom na poziciju motora i prednji pogon..Samo ICE vozi prednje kotace, iza su elektromotori, pa nece biti takav problem
Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 Jose Maria Lopez Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 1m45.461s -
2 Yvan Muller Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 1m46.701s 1.240s
3 Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 1m47.061s 1.600s
4 Ma Qing Hua Citroen Total WTCC Citroen 1m47.203s 1.742s
5 Tiago Monteiro Honda Racing Team JAS Honda 1m47.633s 2.172s
6 Tom Chilton ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet 1m46.738s -
7 Gabriele Tarquini Honda Racing Team JAS Honda 1m46.967s -
8 Stefano D'Aste All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport Chevrolet 1m47.120s -
9 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet 1m48.322s -
10 James Thompson LADA Sport Rosneft Lada 1m50.165s -
11 Robert Huff LADA Sport Rosneft Lada 1m50.553s -
12 Mehdi Bennani Sebastien Loeb Racing Citroen - -
13 Dusan Borkovic Proteam Racing Honda 1m48.443s -
14 John Filippi Campos Racing Chevrolet 1m48.507s -
15 Gregoire Demoustier Craft-Bamboo Racing Chevrolet 1m49.042s -
16 Rickard Rydell Nika International Honda 1m49.267s -
17 Norbert Michelisz Zengo Motorsport Honda - -
18 Hugo Valente Campos Racing Chevrolet - -
Danger and safety in racing have become hot topics this past week at IMS...
On Monday of this week, James Hinchcliffe suffered a right front suspension failure during Indy 500 practice, the fifth major incident this month, but definitely the most unsettling - A suspension piece pierced the safety cell of the car and went through his legs.
Race car drivers are human, they can't beat death, but they certainly do conquer it every time they get behind the wheel.
Nick DeGroot on the mentality of a racer
Without the quick actions of the Holmatro Safety Crew, the blood loss could have potentially proven fatal within minutes. It's yet another reminder of how perilous racing still is, but these drivers know the stakes when they're chasing racing immortality at 230+mph around Indianapolis Motor Speedway, or anywhere else in the world for that matter. They aren't ignorant to the danger, they accept it. I admire that and think Tony Kanaan and Sebastien Bourdais put it best. There's plenty of people that can drive fast, but as Kanaan says in that piece, "Not everybody can do this."
It will never be completely safe, no matter how hard we try
Motorsports have never been and never will be completely safe. The concept of auto racing and absolute safety don't really go together. We can only take appropriate measures without diluting the on-track product and ruining the sport in the name of protecting its participants. And yes, there is always room for improvement.
The essence of racing IS danger and competition though, we can't forget that. It's a desire to push the limits and tease the line between complete control and unmitigated chaos. It's about victory and failure, triumph and tragedy. These are all part of the fundamental core that make auto racing what it is.
A league of their own
The fact that all drivers involved in these accidents this month are alive and only one injured should be applauded, but yet, I still see a contingent of people who are bewildered and outraged by the fact that a driver could somehow get hurt doing this. Of course they can. That's why they're in a league of their own and that's why I rank race car drivers above most other sportsmen in the world (as did Ernest Hemingway).
The best out there get in their cars with a desire to win and no fear of the harsh consequences that await them, should something go wrong. They dance with chaos, trying not to trip at speeds exceeding 200mph, inches apart from one another. They are human, they can't beat death, but they certainly do conquer it every time they get behind the wheel.
It takes a certain kind of person to be a race car driver. When they throw themselves off into the corner, they are putting their lives in the hands of the machine they are driving, trusting it and having faith that it will carry them out the other end. At those kinds of speeds, every fiber of your being will be telling you that you're going too fast and need to slow down, an instinct all racers overcome. Even after the violent accidents we've seen recently, all got back into the car and ran as fast as they did before, undeterred. I'm sure Hinchcliffe would do the same, if he were physically able.
Why is it worth it?
Why is it worth the risk, some who don't understand the esoteric mentality of a racer will question. If you have to ask, you'll never truly understand because you don't think like them. If there is a proper answer though, I think Bruce McLaren can give a better response than I ever could. He was a driver who ended up being one of those who paid the ultimate price and perished in pursuit of the checkered flag. He gave this eulogy at the funeral of his friend Timmy Mayer, who was killed in 1964 after a practice crash in the old Tasman Series, six years prior to Bruce's own racing-related death.
To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one's ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone.
Bruce McLaren
That is what it means to be a race car driver and that is why I love racing. That is part of the reason why events like Indy and Le Mans are held in a higher regard than others. Not because there is the constant threat of injury, but because the drivers know the risks of what they do and yet, they race on.
31/12 and 01/01: Administrative and technical checks
02/01: Start podium in Buenos Aires
03/01: Buenos Aires - Villa Carlos Paz
04/01: Villa Carlos Paz - Termas de Río Hondo
05/01: Termas de Río Hondo - Jujuy
06/01: Jujuy - Jujuy
07/01: Jujuy - Uyuni
08/01: Uyuni - Uyuni
09/01: Uyuni - Salta
10/01: Rest day in Salta
11/01: Salta - Belén
12/01: Belén - Belén
13/01: Belén - La Rioja
14/01: La Rioja - San Juan
15/01: San Juan - Villa Carlos Paz
16/01: Villa Carlos Paz - Rosario
Drivers already announced for the 2015 Race Of Champions:
Sebastian VETTEL, four-time Formula 1 World Champion
Nico HÜLKENBERG, F1 star and 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours winner
Tom KRISTENSEN, nine-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner
Petter SOLBERG, World Rallycross Champion 2014, World Rally Champion 2003
Daniel RICCIARDO, three-time Formula 1 grand prix winner
Mick DOOHAN, five-time 500cc MotoGP World Champion
Felipe MASSA, 11-time Formula 1 grand prix winner
Nelson PIQUET Jr, reigning FIA Formula E Champion
David COULTHARD, reigning ROC Champion of Champions
Susie WOLFF, Williams Martini Racing Official Test Driver
Jason PLATO, double British Touring Car Champion
Jorge LORENZO, double MotoGP World Champion
Romain GROSJEAN, ten F1 podiums, 2012 ROC Champion of Champions
Ryan HUNTER-REAY, 2014 Indy 500 winner, 2012 IndyCar Champion
Alex BUNCOMBE, 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series Champion
Jenson BUTTON, 2009 Formula 1 World Champion
Pascal WEHRLEIN, 2015 DTM Champion
Jolyon PALMER, 2014 GP2 Champion
Drivers confirmed for the ROC Celebrity Skills Challenge presented by TAG Heuer:
Chris HOY, six-time Olympic gold medallist in cycling
Ben AINSLIE, four-time Olympic gold medallist in sailing
Mike TINDALL, 2003 Rugby World Cup winner for England
Ella EYRE, MOBO award-winning singer/songwriter
Joey ESSEX, British television personality
Jon-Allan BUTTERWORTH, multiple medal-winning Paralympic cyclist
ima neki stream di se moze ovo pogledati?
Nije mi baš drago za Peterhansela jer znam da mu nije ovo prva pobjeda koji nije "čista" hmm
Dražen Ćurić, Hrvat koji je nekoliko puta nastupio na Dakar Rallyu na jednom susjednom forumu je cijelo vrijeme komentirao rally po etapama.
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To sad u Subotu?
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Kad pogledate trku pa možemo komunicirat, dotad - ne otvaraj!!! ;D
Ne, vozi sve utrke ove godine (ne sezone), izuzev Fujija jer se poklapa s USGP. S time da Toyota (vlasnici Fujija) hoće da vozi i to pa se pokušavaju dogovoriti s WEC-om da pomakne utrku za tjedan dana.
Btv:
Bathurst ovaj wikend kuul
International Streaming - Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour ([url]http://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/streams-tv/international-streaming/[/url])
to bi bio start u 20h navečer onda?Tu negde, između 20 i 21