http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7694009.stm
sounds like a load of crap to me! i heard it on the radio. some people where saying its good as it brings out the skill in the driver... but thats not what F1 is about. its the skill of the whole team and manufacture and to always keep advancing over the other teams.

and whats the crap about saving fuel? as far as i know F1 run on methonal which is a green fuel.

they are being :tosser:.


wheres your sister tel her to come online

F1 run on something similar to pump petrol. Methanol is typically used in drag cars and quite a few of the American oval racers.

You can tell a methanol powered car as they have a large day-glow orange circle on them to indicate to the marshalls that they're running on methanol (or any other non-standard fuel e.g. LPG, biodiesel). The marshalls need to know that because methanol burns with an invisible flame.

It wont happen, ferrari dont want it and the FIA do what ferrari want some people would like you to think

Hellcat said:

F1 run on something similar to pump petrol. Methanol is typically used in drag cars and quite a few of the American oval racers.

You can tell a methanol powered car as they have a large day-glow orange circle on them to indicate to the marshalls that they're running on methanol (or any other non-standard fuel e.g. LPG, biodiesel). The marshalls need to know that because methanol burns with an invisible flame.

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yeh your right ... strange.
methanol is a strange fuel. our sprint bike runs on it.

Why is it strange that I'm right?

Hellcat: "The name's Strange. Steve Strange".

Hellcat said:

Why is it strange that I'm right?

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nope cos i could of swore it was methonal or some kinda mix like that.

this won't happen.. i'd bet on it

Standard engines? Give them all Ferrari engines, see what happens...

tis all a load of crap.

bring back the days of unrestricted engines - with today's technology, F1 would be a lot more interesting

as it stands, i find the less "official" motorsport a lot more interesting - such as time attack and D1, maybe thats just me....

Was interesting seeing the engines on show at Maranello. 1.4 turbo.. over 850bhp.

Stick that in your Abarth and smoke it!

I think the most exciting car series at the moment are Aussie V8 supercars, and German DTM.

punto_matt said:

It wont happen, ferrari dont want it and the FIA do what ferrari want

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:yeahthat:

FIA = Ferrari Internationale de l'Automobile

craigb244 said:

nope cos i could of swore it was methonal or some kinda mix like that.

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You might be thinking of Indy cars - they've run on methanol for years.

i wanna see the old tyrell 6 wheeler back in action..

i've never heard of that 6 wheeler before. what a great idea

yeah, they completely blitzed the opposition in a race, can't remember which but they decided to change the ruling shortly after. Amazing the loophole people find, who'd have thought there never used to be a rule saying you must have 4 wheels in F1

jug said:

i've never heard of that 6 wheeler before. what a great idea

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What? Shame on you Jug... I can even tell you they were blue, I thought everyone who knows cars knew about the 6 wheel Tyrell.

Jug oh Jug oh Jug, you have just in one post shown everyone what a young tyke you are lol, the tyrell was a fantastic car, it was at the time when there was some real mavericks in car design coming along. the brabham fan car was another great design, it used a fan on the back of the car to increase ground effect and pushed out so much crap out of the back that drivers complained they were being pelted with dirt when following it. It had so much grip it was driven round at 3/4 throttle to make it look less competitive than it was to try to stop it being banned, fat chance. Perhaps we should have a design competition for F1 teams, no rules, just a clean piece of paper, a fixed engine size and let the boffins get on with it, now that race would be worth watching.

blu73 said:

i wanna see the old tyrell 6 wheeler back in action..
YouTube - Onboard Tyrrell P34 (6 wheels f1 car)

YouTube - F1 Legends - Tyrrell P34: Six Wheeler F1

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I remember them very well, and the Brabham fan car. However, contrary to popular opinion I don't remember Fangio, Hawthorn or the pre-war Mercedes
Silver Arrows. Or chariot racing and bear baiting, before anyone mentions it.