Corsa OPC Nürburgring Edition will feature a stiffer and lower suspension and a special interior finish in leather and carbon fiber.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Opel Corsa OPC Nürburgring Edition latest spy shots
Corsa OPC Nürburgring Edition will feature a stiffer and lower suspension and a special interior finish in leather and carbon fiber.
L-88 powered 69 Nova SS
Just getting the wheels rolling on this one, guess you'd call it a street stormer. While the 350 is a stout motor in it's own right, I'm going with the "no replacement for displacement" moto and dropping in the L-88 427 out of the Revell 68 Corvette Roadster. Torque Thrusts will be at all four corners wrapped in some meaty Goodyears, as long as I can get them tucked under the fenders...I've heard from fellow members here this can be a problem with this kit. The color will be Model Master's Huggar Orange Laquer with a black interior.
Follow along if you'd like, and as always, any comments/suggestions/questions are welcome. Hopefully I'll have some updates soon.
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/scacs/forums/thread/917853.aspx
Red Bull gives you old wings
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?It was extraordinary stuff. But perhaps not as extraordinary as the alleged shenanigans in the pitlane below him where Horner?s worst nightmares were apparently unfolding. Webber?s mechanics were said to have removed the 'old? front wing that Webber had been forced to race with and waved it at Vettel?s side of the garage. They, just as much as Webber, had been angered by the apparent favouritism shown by Red Bull?s management and were not afraid to show the world that simmering resentment.?On the whole most reports agreed that Webber had been hard done by, but few were quite as scathing about Vettel as Byron Young in the Mirror.
?And Red Bull slid ever closer to civil war with Vettel and his team on one side and Webber and the world on the other. Dubbed "Baby Schu" by his own German media, Vettel seems to have plenty in common with the legendary racer with a reputation for questionable ethics and dubious tactics.?Martin Samuel of the Daily Mail said Webber had every right to be upset by Vettel taking his wing after practice.
?The simple fact of the wing transference was almost as brutal. Think of the disturbances within the England camp during the World Cup, when a player like Wayne Rooney discovered he was not being used in his favourite position. Now imagine how Webber must have felt to discover that not only was he not the first priority for his team, they were, in effect, working against him by giving a rival for the drivers? championship, albeit a colleague, the better car at his expense.?And Paul Weaver of the Guardian said that the most shocking thing was that Red Bull hadn?t learnt from the bust-up at the Turkish Grand Prix.
?In winning the British Grand Prix the Australian Mark Webber gave the impression that he had to overcome not only the other 23 drivers on the grid but also team Red Bull, who have clearly learned nothing from the debacle in Turkey six weeks ago when their two drivers crashed into each other when running first and second.?
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/07/red_bull_gives_you_old_wings.php
So far so good in Korea
Formula 1 is entering the unknown at this weekend's inaugural Korean Grand Prix and in recent weeks fears have been multiplying over just what lay ahead.
The fact that the Korean International Circuit was given the green light to host the event just nine days ago, after the top layer of asphalt had been laid, only added to those concerns.
But now the F1 community is actually here most of the worries are proving unfounded.
As one member of Team BBC succinctly said: "It's not as bad as we feared - but not as good as we'd hoped for."
The circuit may not be complete - and there will be more on that later - but our first sojourn to South Korea has definitely been a case of so far, so good.
Workers are still busy at the Korean International Circuit (Photo credit: Getty Images)
After an 11-hour flight from London to South Korea's Seoul capital, the thick fog that enveloped the airport in its claustrophobic grasp made first impressions difficult to draw.
The white haze kept us company as we wound our way from the capital to the south-west coastal city of Mokpo.
For four-and-a-half hours, the bus motored past muddy flats, rice fields and industrial towns.
Mokpo, the nearest city to the circuit, greeted us with welcome signs among oddball shops such as 'Romantic PC' and a grocery store promising it was 'fresh, friendly and fun'.
Home for most of the F1 fraternity - including Team BBC - was found in one of the skyscraper city's 'Love Hotels' where rooms are usually rented by the hour.
It is not as seedy as it sounds. These short-stay, budget hotels are common in Japan and Korea. I am a little sad, however, that I didn't get the room with the stars and moon revolving on the ceiling as one lucky colleague did.
At the circuit, there was much less frivolity and fun to be found.
Bulldozers, cranes and construction staff were working on the outer rim of the track; rolls of turf and boxes of flowers sat waiting to be dug in, the bridge linking the main grandstand and TV compound to the paddock is frantically being finished and the taste of concrete dust hung in the air.
The immaculate finish associated with F1's new circuits - just think of the polished gleam of Abu Dhabi - is still a long, long way off.
"It is a building site," circuit designer Hermann Tilke told BBC Sport. "Yes, that is the situation here.
"We were much behind schedule and the last months and weeks were very tough for everybody.
"In the beginning, it was very swampy land and it needed more than a year to drain. Then the monsoons in the last few years were really long and unexpected and it was not possible to work."
A group of five of us walked the three-and-a-half mile track as dusk fell on Wednesday evening.
Silhouetted under floodlights, teams of workers, including military personnel in fatigues, were working hard to finish grandstands around the circuit.
"They will continue improving it until Sunday," added Tilke, F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone's designated track architect, who is in the process of planning new circuits in India, the USA and Russia.
"Around 1,000 people are working all over the circuit. They have to because there are some important parts for the spectators that they must finish."
There has, however, been plenty of positive progress since construction began three years ago.
The creamy-grey main grandstand, which can seat up to 15,000 fans, stands proudly along the pit straight.
The square pit and paddock buildings are huge - so big that most teams are only paying to use one floor of the two storeys on offer - and the media centre is spacious and clean with very friendly staff.
And the all-important track? Well, the final layer of asphalt went down two weeks ago and Tilke agreed the newness of the circuit could have real consequences for Sunday's race.
"Yes, it will have," said the German designer. "It will be very slippery, there won't be much grip and it will change a lot during the weekend.
"The racing line will be fine but normally it needs traffic and more time to find the right grip."
The circuit may be unfinished and untested but this maiden voyage to South Korea is an adventure which the F1 community and fans are all sharing in - and there is still plenty to look forward to.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sarahholt/2010/10/so_far_so_good_in_korea.html
CUP: Trouble? At Talladega? Uh, Yes
Uncertainty and dilemmas are part of the deal for drivers at NASCAR?s biggest track...
Source: http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-trouble-at-talladega-uh-yes/
Formula One and Bulgaria
There have been stories for some time of plans for F1 races in former Eastern Bloc countries, such as Romania, Bulgaria and Poland. None of these plans have ever sounded very serious, mainly because of the costs involved. However, the promoters of these projects continue to try to land government support to make the races [...]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/formula-one-and-bulgaria/
Canadian GP: Button fastest in FP1, edges out Schumi
June 11 '10
Jenson Button set the fastest time in the first practice session for the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix, the first F1 session in Montreal since 2008.
The on-form Michael Schumacher was second by 0.158s off Button's pace in his Mercedes. Button's McLaren team mate, Lewis Hamilton finished third.
Nico Rosberg finished fourth, resulting in Mercedes-powered cars in the top four positions.
The McLaren MP4-25 with its rear wing stalling device, the 'F-duct' wasn't the fastest car through the speed trap, but it was the Renault that boasted the fastest speed through the trap at the end of the long back straight. Vitaly Petrov clocked 319 kmph and Robert Kubica recorded 318 kmph, which was 3-4 kmph up on Button?s McLaren.
The Red Bulls, who are not using their F-duct this weekend, finished ninth with Sebastian Vettel, 312.5 kmph and 20th with Mark Webber, 306.2 kmph.
A sole Ferrari of Fernando Alonso made it to the top ten. He finished seventh, while his team mate Felipe Massa finished 12th. Ferrari featured an 'all red' engine cover with no white 'Marlboro box'.The low-grip surface at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve meant that most drivers sat out the first half of the 90 minutes. It became even more slippery by light drizzle at various stages.
There were some off-track excursions, but none too far as to the concrete and the steel barriers. The only driver to not have set a timed lap was Lucas di Grassi who had a mechanical problem as his Virgin stopped at the Casino hairpin.
Fastest of the new teams was Lotus's Heikki Kovalainen with a 1m21.869s in 19th position, while Hispania?s Karun Chandhok had an impressive run to finish 20th with a lap time of 1m21.977s, almost close to Kovalainen.
Canadian Grand Prix free practice 1 times
1. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m 18.127s
2. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 18.285s
3. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m 18.352s
4. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 18.356s
5. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m 18.549s
6. Robert Kubica Renault-Renault 1m 18.662s
7. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 18.726s
8. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1m 19.097s
9. Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1m 19.282s
10. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m 19.313s
11. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m 19.373s
12. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 19.511s
13. Vitaly Petrov Renault-Renault 1m 19.549s
14. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m 19.609s
15. Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 20.186s
16. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 20.320s
17. Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 20.584s
18. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 20.823s
19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1m 21.869s
20. Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1m 21.977s
21. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1m 22.543s
22. Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 1m 22.701s
23. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m 22.713s
24. Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth No time
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
A silver lining for Liuzzi perhaps?
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Jarno in America?
After the Korean Grand Prix Jarno Trulli flew off to the United States of America, meeting up with his old pal Juan Pablo Montoya In Miami. The future of the Italian driver in F1 remains unclear with rumours increasing that Lotus Racing could go for a younger driver in 2011. In December last year Trulli [...]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/jarno-in-america/
F1 2011: Tyres, adjustable rear wings, 640 kg and...
June 24 '10
The FIA's World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) announced a raft of decisions after a meeting in Geneva on Wednesday (June 23). Decisions include the rule clarification which involved Michael Schumacher at the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix, where he passed Fernando Alonso on the final lap when the safety car returned to the pits and was handed a twenty-second penalty. Also, repeat of Hamilton's Montreal qualifying stunt wont be allowed.
Others decisions are taken to "improve the show" which involves the use of proximity rear wing.
Tyres
We finally have an F1 tyre supplier for 2011. The FIA preferred the idea of Michelin, as did McLaren and Ferrari in particular. But it is Pirelli who have beaten off competition from Michelin. Pirelli becomes the official F1 tyre supplier from 2011. The Italian tyre manufacturer gets a three-year contract from 2011 to 2013. They last supplied F1 teams in 1991.
According to WMSC:
Pirelli has been selected as the single tyre supplier for the FIA Formula One World Championship for a period of three years, commencing in 2011. The sole supplier will undertake to strictly respect the sporting and technical regulations implemented by the FIA.
Safety Car
In the wake of the controversy involving Michael Schumacher in Monaco, the FIA has ruled that there will be no overtaking even when the safety car pulls in on the last lap of a race.
With immediate effect, no car may overtake until it has passed the first safety car line for the first time when the safety car is returning to the pits. However, if the safety car is still deployed at the beginning of the last lap, or is deployed during the last lap, it will enter the pit lane at the end of the lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking.
General safety
Lewis Hamilton?s fine and reprimand after qualifying in Canada has resulted in a new rule requiring drivers to stay below a ?maximum time? set by the FIA on in-laps.
With immediate effect, any car being driven unnecessarily slowly, erratically, or which is deemed potentially dangerous to other drivers, will be reported to the stewards. This will apply whether any such car is being driven on the track, the pit entry or the pit lane.
In order to ensure cars are not driven unnecessarily slowly on in-laps during qualifying or reconnaissance laps when the pit exit is opened for the race, drivers must stay below the maximum time set by the FIA between the safety car line after the pit exit and safety car line before the pit entry. The maximum time will be determined by the race director at each event prior to the first day of practice, but may be amended during the event if necessary.
The grid
Next year, the 107 per cent qualifying rule will reappear. Any car not setting a time within 107% of the fastest time in the final part of qualifying, will not be allowed to start the race. This was dropped when single lap qualifying was introduced in 2002. There are exceptions however, whereby if a team sets competitive lap times during practice session, they maybe allowed to race.
From 2011, any driver whose best qualifying lap exceeds 107% of the fastest Q1 qualifying time will not be allowed to take part in the race. Under exceptional circumstances, however, which may include setting a suitable lap time in a free practice session, the stewards may permit the car to start the race. Should there be more than one driver accepted in this manner, the grid order will be determined by the stewards.
An analysis by F1Fanatic: "Had the rule as proposed been in place this year it would have prevented both HRT drivers from starting in Bahrain and Malaysia. Lucas di Grassi would have been out of the Malaysian race as well, leaving just 21 cars on the grid.
"Bruno Senna would have missed out on racing at Barcelona ? by just one-hundredth of a second ? and Karun Chandhok wouldn?t have been on the grid at Canada last week."
Adjustable rear wings
The FIA has banned F-ducts for 2011 and approved the debut of the proximity rear wing. The adjustable rear wing can only be operated by the drivers to overtake the car in front.
McLaren?s engineering director Paddy Lowe said on Wednesday, "In the race, you can?t use it (the wing) for the first two laps at all, but after that if you?re within a second of the car in front then you will be able to deploy it,?
?So that will be very interesting. That?s a FOTA initiative to improve the show and I think it?s very exciting.?
From 2011, adjustable bodywork may be activated by the driver at any time prior to the start of the race and, for the sole purpose of improving overtaking opportunities during the race, after the driver has completed two laps. The driver may only activate the adjustable bodywork in the race when he has been notified via the control electronics that it is enabled. It will only be enabled if the driver is less than one second behind another at any of the pre-determined positions around each circuit. The system will be disabled the first time the driver uses the brakes after the system has been activated. The FIA may, after consulting all the competitors, adjust the time proximity in order to ensure the purpose of the adjustable bodywork is met.
Weight
For the return of KERS, the minimum car-plus-driver weight will increase from 620kg to 640kg.
From 2011, the minimum weight of the car must not be less than 640 kg at all times during the event.
Licences
A ?four-race probationary super license? has been approved for Renault?s official third driver Ho-Pin Tung.
Based on his career r�sum� and comparative F1 testing times, the World Council has approved the granting of a four-race probationary super license to Chinese driver Ho-Pin Tung.
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McLaren drivers' hopes hanging by a thread
"It's not been our greatest weekend," McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh admitted even before the Japanese Grand Prix started. Two hours later, it did not even look that good for Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Hamilton's pre-race assessment of it being one of his "worst weekends" was pretty much spot on.
After the race, Whitmarsh put a brave face on things, saying it was not the "bigger disaster" he had feared at some points over the weekend. But the reality is that Suzuka dealt a heavy blow to the championship hopes of both McLaren drivers.
Button finished fourth, a place ahead of Hamilton, but their three title rivals - Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber of Red Bull and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso - annexed the podium, and for the first time all season both Englishmen are more than a win off the championship lead.
That watershed moment - as it may well turn out to be - has come at the worst possible time, with just three races to go and with both the Red Bull and the Ferrari expected, on current form, to be quicker cars than the McLaren at those tracks.
Given the expected dominance of the Red Bulls at Suzuka, Japan was always going to be an exercise in damage-limitation for McLaren. Instead, the damage was to some extent self-inflicted.
Hamilton started things rolling with his crash in first practice on Friday morning, which was exactly what he did not need after accidents had put him out of the last two races.
That meant Hamilton managed only six flying laps on Friday and put him on the back foot for the rest of the weekend. And things got worse when it emerged that McLaren had to change his gearbox, earning him a five-place grid penalty.
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This, it emerged, was as a result of damage it incurred in Hamilton's race-ending collision with Webber in the previous race in Singapore. McLaren hoped that it would survive, but it became clear through Saturday that it would not, and they had to take the hit.
After the wash-out on Saturday, Hamilton qualified third on Sunday morning, a quite superb performance given his lack of track time. But that became eighth following his penalty, and from there he was never going to beat the Red Bulls or Alonso.
Bringing back memories of his stunning drive to third in a poor car in Suzuka last year, though, Hamilton gave it a go. He was fantastic both before and after another gearbox problem intervened and he lost third gear, and subsequently fourth place to his team-mate.
That second gearbox problem meant Hamilton, despite his Friday crash, ultimately got as many points as he was ever going to get at Suzuka. But, as he put it himself, the last three races have made winning the championship "very difficult".
For his part, Button's gamble on taking the harder tyre for qualifying failed to pay off.
Whitmarsh believed it cost Button a place on the grid and if that is true it could have been the difference between finishing third and fourth in the race.
Alonso made a poor start from his fourth place so, had Button been ahead of him on the grid, it is inconceivable to think the world champion would not have beaten the Ferrari into the first corner.
That would have given him critical track position. Alonso was faster than Button in the race but had the Englishman been ahead Button would probably have beaten the Ferrari anyway.
For Button, that would have meant being 28 points off the championship lead rather than 31 as he is now. In such a tight season, that could make a huge difference.
Trying to emphasise the positives, as all the best managers do, Whitmarsh pointed out both that there are still 75 points available and that McLaren have more developments to come in the final three races.
But the team's promises of performance have not always delivered what they expected on the track this season and the fact remains that McLaren have had the third fastest car at the vast majority of the races this season.
Only at Spain, Turkey and Canada has it been demonstrably faster than the Ferrari, and only in Turkey, Canada and Italy than the Red Bull. McLaren and Hamilton had got into the championship lead by maximising their potential better than either of their rivals. That ability seems to have escaped them for now.
What made it worse was that Suzuka, actually, was one of McLaren's better races in terms of performance - and it was always going to be Ferrari's weakest of the final four.
Had the weekend gone smoothly for McLaren they might well have beaten Alonso with both cars - they certainly had the qualifying pace for that. To miss that opportunity could prove very costly indeed.
"Anything can happen," Whitmarsh said. "The leading guys could fall off at the next race, Lewis could win, and all of a sudden you'd be right back in it."
That's what the Japanese GP did for McLaren - realistically, they know the championship is now out of their hands, and they are relying on something going wrong for the top three.
Webber, meanwhile, has extended his lead in the championship, from 11 points over Alonso going into the race to 14 after it. But the Australian will be feeling anything but comfortable.
Vettel is now tied on points with Alonso - although classified only third because he has won one less race - and the result means that, were Red Bull to finish one-two in all the remaining races, Webber can not finish second to his team-mate in all three and still win the championship.
On pure performance, that is what Red Bull should do. But, as Alonso pointed out, that must be considered unlikely on the evidence of the season so far.
"Of the 16 races of the championship," he said, twisting the knife a little, "15 of them were Red Bull circuits and they won only seven. So in the remaining three races, I think it will be difficult for Red Bull to be one and two every race because always something seems to happen.
"If something does happen, we need to take the opportunity. If not, it will be hard because we know in 2010 the Red Bull has been the dominant car."
Alonso may, though, be playing down his chances.
The changes to the rules on bodywork flexibility seem to have brought Red Bull back towards their rivals - their advantage in Japan was nowhere near as big as it was in Hungary, a similarly favourable track.
On top of that, none of the remaining circuits are likely to be as good for Red Bull as Japan.
South Korea, on 24 October, is an unknown quantity, but while there are a lot of corners at Yeongam that will favour the Red Bull so, too, are there long straights which will tip the balance back to the Ferrari and the McLaren. That may leave things dead level between all three. It will be fascinating to see.
The bumps and long straights at Interlagos in Brazil may also give Ferrari the chance to take on Red Bull on a level playing field. Only at Abu Dhabi may Red Bull reasonably expect a significant advantage.
There are doubtless many twists to come in the best F1 championship in years, decades even - but for Hamilton and Button, at least for now, it looks a long shot.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2010/10/mclaren_drivers_hopes_hanging.html
Hyundai Equus DUB Edition headed for SEMA
Hyundai has teamed up with DUB magazine to create a specially-modified Equus for SEMA. It features two-tone paint job, a mesh grille, and an aerodynamic body kit. 
Is it time for Schumacher to retire?
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?Michael Schumacher, mixing the ruthlessness of his youth with the desperation of his dotage, performed what we can only hope was the last - abominable - act of his Formula One career. The sentiment can be felt no more keenly than by Rubens Barrichello, his former Ferrari team-mate who was almost eradicated in the diminishing space between Schumacher's death-threat Mercedes and the concrete pit wall.The Daily Telegraph's Tom Cary is also keen to see Schumacher hang up his helmet, but not because of the Barrichello move alone.
"Has the picture changed in the wake of Sunday?s grand prix? Yes, but not because he is a dangerous and controversial racer ? we knew that already. He should walk away because he?s no longer fast enough and his overbearing arrogance can no longer be excused as that of a ruthless winning machine."Byron Young of The Mirror said it was Barrichello?s payback for all those years of servitude at Ferrari.
?There was some sweet revenge for Rubens Barrichello as he showed what might have been at Ferrari had they played fair when he was on their books alongside Michael Schumacher. In an inferior Williams he executed a gutsy dive past the Mercedes passing the pits to grab the final points place.?
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/08/is_it_time_for_schumacher_to_r.php
Domenico Schiattarella Heinz Schiller Bill Schindler JeanLouis Schlesser
Friday, October 29, 2010
Abarth Roadster
News of Abarth preparing their own roadster started back in 2008 and, although we have caught some rumors here and there, nothing much has panned out leaving us to believe that Abarth will be clutched under the wing of other European brands forever. That, apparently, was an incorrect assumption.
Hoping to leave behind the disappoint that was the Smart Roadster, Abarth’s new Roadster model will feature an all new design, a transverse, mid-engined layout similar to that of the Lotus Elise. There are previous suggest reports suggesting the future Abarth model will share the chassis with the KTM X-Bow, but that is still under discussion. The car’s exterior design will be inspired by Abarth models of the 1960s.
Under the hood there will be the recently launched turbocharged 1.4-liter MultiAir, available with outputs as high as 170bhp. The engine will be mated to a new six-speed, dual-clutch gearbox, but a seven-speed version is also a possibility for the future.
Expect the new Abarth Roadster to debut in 2012, priced at around �25,000 (aprox. $40,000 at the current exchange rates). Abarth expects to produce a total of 5,000 units to sell worldwide.
Abarth Roadster originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 29 October 2010 20:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/abarth/2012-abarth-roadster-ar99137.html
Is Vettel F1's new villain?
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?In terms of sheer ability Vettel ranks with Hamilton and Fernando Alonso as the best of the current generation but he is currently being outperformed by the more mature man in the other Red Bull. Until the 23-year-old learns to focus his gifts at all times the brilliant will continue to be mixed with the best forgotten and he will have to wait to become Formula One's second German world champion.?Tom Cary of The Daily Telegraph warned against punishing drivers too harshly for attempting to overtake. But he agreed that Vettel appeared to be crumbling under the pressure of not living up to expectations.
?My view is still that he is a hugely talented driver with a lot of potential. He was unlucky earlier in the season when technical glitches cost him. He obviously has one-lap pace. He can control a race from start to finish when everything clicks. But at the moment it appears he is losing the psychological battle to his team mate (who is visibly growing in confidence and authority) and the pressure is getting to him.?
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/08/is_vettel_f1s_new_villain.php
Whitmarsh backs Hamilton?s title bid
McLaren chief Martin Whitmarsh is keeping his faith in Lewis Hamilton as the Briton looks to regain the Formula One world championship.
Hamilton landed the crown in 2008 for the first time and, following his second-placed finish at the Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam on Sunday, he now sits 21 points adrift of leader Fernando Alonso with just two races of the season remaining.
With events in Brazil and Abu Dhabi ...
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VW Jetta European spec introduced
European Jetta will feature more engine offerings and more upscale trim options than on the North American model. Engines range from the 1.2 TSI with 105 PS (77 kW) up to 2.0 TSI with 200 PS (147 kW) with a 1.6 TDI and 2.0 TDI diesel in the mix. 
Source: http://feeds.worldcarfans.com/~r/worldcarfans/Jxfz/~3/Hyck4oB49hI/vw-jetta-european-spec-introduced
Jackie Stewart interview: ?I was fortunate to race in my era? (Part 1)
Sir Jackie Stewart’s racing career is the subject of a new book, “Collage”, which brings together newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs and all kinds of other documents from his life. The three-times world champion talked to F1 Fanatic about winning the 1968 German Grand Prix in foul conditions at the N�rburgring, racing in multiple disciplines [...]
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
JO-HAN 1964 Rambler American from JAPAN
I like to build the vintage model kit as Box stock.
So I built this kit as "Box Stock" perfectly.
I add some details in Engine compartment.
I painted the body AURORA TURQUOISE and LANCELOT TURQUOISE as Acutually car on box's photo.
It was very hard to reserch about 1964 Rambler, so there are very few referlences on Internet and literature.
The most hardest thing to build this kit cleanly, The roof and pillar were warped. So restore the roof and pillar, I took new roof and pillar from JOHAN SC/Rambler.
1964 Rambler American
1969 SC/Rambler
Get together 1964 American Body and 1969 SC/rambler roof. fixed by super glue.
Being shaped by sandpaper
Views from different angle, Below is Before, bottom is After.
So I built this kit as "Box Stock" perfectly.
I add some details in Engine compartment.
I painted the body AURORA TURQUOISE and LANCELOT TURQUOISE as Acutually car on box's photo.
It was very hard to reserch about 1964 Rambler, so there are very few referlences on Internet and literature.
The most hardest thing to build this kit cleanly, The roof and pillar were warped. So restore the roof and pillar, I took new roof and pillar from JOHAN SC/Rambler.1964 Rambler American
1969 SC/Rambler
Get together 1964 American Body and 1969 SC/rambler roof. fixed by super glue.
Being shaped by sandpaper
Views from different angle, Below is Before, bottom is After.
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/scacs/forums/thread/918340.aspx
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