F1 » Renault chief Ghosn questions 'importance' of F1

Paul Buckland do you remember the long F1 endurance race at Brands ? I dont remember the name but i think it was something 300 or 500 miles or K

F1 » Renault chief Ghosn questions 'importance' of F1

Thanks for your insight Richard. Since I am not in the UK anymore I didn't know if they had non-championship F1 races anymore, it seems the ban on testing would preclude it. Managed to get to a few RAC rally's and some F1 in USA and Malaysia.

F1 » Renault chief Ghosn questions 'importance' of F1

The answer is.... Eat more cows !!!

F1 » Renault chief Ghosn questions 'importance' of F1

Johnsonseviltwin said "Not a week passes where i wonder what FOTA would have done with their own "global" series... " I agree but if its a split off like the IRL / CART Indy split off we all know how disastrous this was. I raised the question about Silverstone running a non points F1 race, similar to the Brands Hatch race years ago, I think it was called British Air 300 or something. Or is this now forbidden under the Concorde agreement ??

F1 » Renault chief Ghosn questions 'importance' of F1

Ok, global warming...yes, the sun is using fuel and the suns skin temp is rising and will continue to rise until the Earth is so hot there wont be liquid water, ie like mercury. Humans can not change this. In an interesting article about the origin of the north American big cats there was a little graphic of sea level over the last 100,000 years or so. To my amazement the level has gone up and down by about 50 meters, not feet, meters!!! So whats the issue, energy use!! Where is it going to come from in the next 500 yrs, what price will we pay for the pollution. F1 can have little or no impact on this except KERS, so what do they do, eliminate it !!! Talk about shot yourself in the foot !!

F1 » Brawn: Schumacher 'has no ambitions' for F1 return

When was Mercedes ABS out ? Yes they own the Brake assist patents ( thank you !!) I know that trucks in Europe had ABS in early 70's, electronic at that, I worked at Texas Instruments Bedford at that time and I believe Teves among others made the units, TI was looking to get into that market.

F1 » F1 chief Ecclestone: There is no British Grand Prix

Quote "First, I hope Damon Hill stands his ground. Second, I wonder what Bernie will do when he has pared the F1 calendar down to just Middle and Far East venues. I hope they have a strong fan base because those of us in the EU and North America are likely to loose interest. Ps. I anxiously awaiting for the headline, "There is no Bernie Ecclestone!" Posted by cef911f1 " Well none of the above will be that far away. What Fan base was growing here in the USA has just about gone as far as I can tell.

F1 » Ecclestone suggests fresh hope for Donington

Well what can anyone say... I think I am having a nightmare, and I will wake up and this madness will be gone, just like the British GP. Silverstone wont take the Bernie deal because it might bankrupt them.... hummm like some other British circuit recently. I remember going to Brands and watching a race with all the F1 cars that wasn't on the official F1 calendar, maybe Silverstone can do the same !!!

F1 » Ecclestone tells Silverstone: Sign now or lose British GP!

Maybe they should reverse it and publish what they will sign to, making it public would put a lot of pressure on Bernie, and get BRDC and Silverstone a lot of support from the teams and Fans.

F1 » USF1 will produce 'next American F1 World Champion'

They need to pick up Kobayashi while they can !!!!