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Italians rescued some pride from the unlikely source of ie Alpha-Tauri, happy for Gasly too. Mercedes next slowest cars on the straights after Ferrari and Williams it appears. These were the Qually speed trap figures, even with Drag Reduction it looked painful for the Mercedes to pass even with the half a second a lap quicker lap-time with their more downforce. More like this please, sprint race, reverse grid etc like other series like to see. Is Kimmy using the old illegal Ferrari engine and nobody told them ?

Raise tyre pressure and less fuel, just a 2 psi rise and 10 kgs less would seem a much more level race as we safe in Silverstone, Spa and hopefully Monza today. I believe F1 should set an example and like roads burn less fuel, get better at energy recovery, go 4 wheel drive, given women more chance to drive which would mean more power assistance, Bottas sounds like he is suffering from leg pump or some issue with that 100 kg plus force to brake in the last 2 races. Great to see most of the British based teams doing so well, which include McLaren, Mercedes, Renault, Red Bull, Racing Point compared to the 3 non-UK based teams.

Handbags after Super Pole .......... https://www.worldsbk.com/en/videos/2020/2020 WorldSBK Teruel Van der Mark discussion clip

Monza, along with Baku, have the highest longitudinal G forces ie the have the heaviest braking and G force from braking and the parabolica has 5G lateral G force for longer than any other corner in the world I would have thought with the exception of 130R. Low drag, low down force is offset by the higher speeds providing up to 5Gs even on these lower down force Monza wings. Let us hope for some dicing rather than the far too oft processions but then one can flip over to World Super bikes at Aragon if one gets bored with F1.

Tyre pressure, over-heating and blistering will occur after some lap on the Merc so we will see how long the Merc last on those soft tyres as we have seen how hard the Mercedes is on tyres. Really thought they were going to try and take pole on the mediums but clearly not confident enough to do so. I do not thing they have the pace over the Renault-McLarens to get a 20 second lead at Monza before the soft disintegrate on the Mercs. Entertaining it was although scary also. Slipstreaming and attempted passing in 2m wide open wheels cars looks well scary compared to motorcycles. Renault powered McLaren was 0.8s off Lewis very good recovery after having, by his standards, a poor set of practice sessions. After Renault best point score ever in its long F1 career last week lets see how those Renault engined cars do tomorrow though I was disappointed Ocon only got P12 at least they can choose to start on the medium tyres so might jump up a few places after the first pit stops and then can go on the softs after that, another 24 points, including fastest lap, which Renault powered cars are making a habit of in the race, would be very nice. Hope McLaren do well of course, Sainz said nice things about the Renault power unit in a post qually interview. 1 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes1:18.887 6 2 Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes+0.069 6 3 Carlos SAINZ McLaren+0.808 5 4 Sergio PEREZ Racing Point+0.833 5 5 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing+0.908 5 6 Lando NORRIS McLaren+0.933 6 7 Daniel RICCIARDO Renault+0.977 6 8 Lance STROLL Racing Point+1.162 6

True pace starting to emerge in P3. Hamilton does not seem happy with the Merc, tyre pressures too high for his driving. Qually going to be actually entertaining for a change it is shaping up.

Briatore was a Benetton franchise holder in Italy, an "interesting" businessman who Benneton liked so I presume they saw he would be a magnet for the business even though he was not a racer, or failed racer as in Toto's case, not sure who make the best team principal, a mixture of many skills I guess. Symonds was a aero specialist, man management clearly questionable !

At least one ie Melbourne with Ricardo where it was pretty marginal and from what I hear this is what Ferrari have been guilty of last year but somehow miraculously get it buried even though they have had to redesign to stop their, aledged, plenum chamber cheating to circumvent the flow meter.

That was down to one, or possibly two individuals ie Flavio Briatore who should never have been employed with his background as a bent Italian insurance salesman and Pat Symonds who was also partial implicated but returned to F1 to work for Williams for several years in the last decade ! .

Renault racing is a thousand plus staff based near Whitney Oxford, like Mercedes AMG racing much more British than French/German. I think Cyril may have just turned it around in the nick of time, help by Ferrari's massive failure this season and Racing Points-Mercedes cheating exposure of course as it is all relative to other teams. Still not sure about Fernando, a lot of the other drivers still rate him, he's be 40 next year and this is getting a bit old even with all the latest fitness techniques etc. Valentino Rossi is still pretty good and he is a year older than that. .

If Renault have a similarly good Monza as the did in Spa they could be up to third, but I like to see McLaren to do well almost as much as Renault. Now F1 knows Mercedes Achilles heel is tyre pressure all it has to do it set the tyre pressure at 25 psi and above and we get much more interesting racing ! POS TEAM PTS 1 MERCEDES 264 2 RED BULL RACING HONDA 158 3 MCLAREN RENAULT 68 4 RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES 66 5 FERRARI 61 6 RENAULT 59

Ahhh. This seems similar to most over EVs. The only other answer marques seem to adopt is the useable and chargeable zone is actually to 90 or 95% of true battery capacity. Think they should give us users more credit ie the last 5 or 10 % is like the expansion volume on a liquid hydrocarbon tank.

Not quick to 80 % ? Explain please.

If you are a John McPhee/Petronas fan then don't. Though there was great racing as always. Beginning to think he will never get a title despite being close. WSS300 also a hoot. Tom Booth Amos (TBA !) did pretty good. WSB super good also. Jut can never get in to Moto 2 or WSS for some reason, just does not excite and I am not really sure why.

Renault first fastest lap for a decade (though Lando got one a few weeks ago)... Roll on Monza, liking this power circuit in the post cheating softer tyres environment.

Insiders reckoned it is fuel flow that Ferrari were cheating over ie they had found a way so circumvent the fuel flow measuring which was due to measure fuel usage ie 100 kgs/hour, with a sampling interval of less than a millisecond. 50 hp difference apparently 2020 to 2019. Do not know if Ferrari were using a plenum chamber but this is what I suspect they had found a way to do this and now this has been discovered and is under close scutiny. I suppose the fact Ferrari is the only team that has been there since the start is getting them leeway. Red Bull must be particularly aggrieved since they were done for fuel flow irregularities 6 years ago. Add this to the oil burning not in the spirit of the competition. Mercedes separation of the turbo of the impellor and compressor in the same housing remains the stand out innovation IMO.

Super well done by Renault and Ricardo getting second fastest time of the day. Ferrari were dire. Hope there are taking the opportunity during covid to improve the facilities which I rate as the worst I have experienced at any major track though its 7 km length is some excuse I suppose.

Lap is 2.5 miles at the Brickyard so 4 laps would be 510 miles. Seemed to be a lot of laps under yellow this year, felt like about 100 miles worth so definitely feel cheated this year. Loved the Corvette pace car, much nicer to look at than the BMWs and Mercs we get in F1, MotoGP etc, and only £47k retail. Sign a US trade deal now and get GM to make some RHD ones.

Dixon reckoned that Sato would have run out of fuel if the race had not finished under yellow, interesting.

Chevys not as good as the Hondas. Screens look interesting, thought the would distort vision like a lens. They need to add laps if safety car is running on 199th lap IMO.

I have a mk 3 and daughter has 1.2 TSI in here Fabia. Just think seriously about an warranty just in case turbo goes pop. I am with Boundless which is the old CSMA org. £20 a month for peace of mind.

4 cylinders and 18k revs (250 cc) ...................

Diesel VRSs, sheep in wolf's clothing, as one has no choice to drive like a very average car (unless one chips it) but then it becomes an even worse polluter ! Pseudo exhaust and pseudo performance. “If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!” ― Mae West

Only accurate measure is when the fuel light comes on and it tells you there is X litres left, it is usually about 15% of the full tank capacity so about 7 litres in the later Octys. One can often drive 20, 30 Kms or more beyond zero computer range but that is a risk of course !

Your welcome. I am pretty sure my daughters get/got reduced premiums, one has a spy box in te car I provider her, ah Sheila's wheels..... https://www.choose.co.uk/guide/how-much-female-drivers-pay-car-insurance/ One common question is whether women can still get cheaper motor insurance. As lots of people know, the laws around gender and insurance were altered a few years ago - but the results of the rule changes aren't obvious. This guide covers the current laws about insurance and gender, whether women can still get cheaper car insurance, and what the future might hold. Why do women get cheaper insurance? Insurance providers have historically charged women less on their premiums. The reasoning was simple: women get in fewer accidents, so they cost the insurance brokers less money. Why do women have fewer accidents? There are a few theories as to why men are the greater risk for road accidents. First, men drive more on average: 4,209 miles a year, compared to 2,291 for women. Plus, some 80% of men have driving licences, while only 67% of women are licence holders. To get back on topic with the rate of technology progress cars will be virtually un-crash-able or we will just be a passenger in an autonomous vehicle, might even sit in the back, have a snooze. I also believe that the fact their are no F1, MotoGP women is more down to strength than talent and here is a picture of ex-World Champion Ana C who would show a clean paid of heals to me ...