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#1 General-Doug
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Williams FW30 is quite strange, an MP4-22 Rip off. I'm not a BIG fan but eh. Um new features being the new cockpit winglets near the suspension well, just above anywho, the camera now sits at the end of these new winglets. Otherwise it's just last years car, shrunk sidepods and linked up podvanes to chimneys, nothing special or revolutionary.

Unlike the R29, er wut? The new front wing is crazily thick and very low, the new lower dropped spoon reminds me of the Ferrari F2005's "chin wing" with the dropped down profile, a new bridge wing, the Mirrors have now shifted back to the more traditional location off the sides of the cockpits and have been massively sculpted. New podvanes have thus been made. That and the front wing is now mounted via a kind of set of wings, sorta bent pillars. The rear wing seems to be a step back but we shall see how it is.

Speculation is now on the new nose of the R28, the mounts and thickness allude to a diffuser shaped underneath the nosecone, but nothing more can be seen from photos thus far.

KimisApprentice

Hey, bigger nose = more leg room. :lol:

While we're on the subject of front noses do you reckon that the tip of the MP4-23's nose is slightly higher than the MP4-22's?

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Honda RA108

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That new honda has the highest nose cone I've seen in years!

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L:lol:L! This topic's old. Rather old in fact.
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#4 General-Doug
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[QUOTE="sambob530"]But Indy sucks so it doesn't mattercjek

Not as much as Magny-Cours. The French Grand Prix is the only race in the year that I can barely be bothered to watch, and unless France can cough up something better, F1 shouldn't return to the country until they build a real circuit.

French GP should move to Le Mans. I've done quite a few laps of the circuit on rFactor and I can guarantee it's more epic than Magny-Cours.

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#5 General-Doug
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Can u decrypt the video in ur PC and post it on YouTube??? :PKhoo1992

You know what will happen. YouTube would remove it ina matter of seconds. You know how bítchy big organisations are about copyright ;)

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one more thing i'd like to add. Randomly flaming driver, team or (by any chance) F1PU member just proves you're an immature little bugger as I have found out myself.
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Lewis is my new fave. But DC will still remain one of my all time heroes.

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Double world champion Fernando Alonso has agreed to split with the McLaren-Mercedes team by mutual consent.

In a widely expected move, the 26-year-old Spaniard has agreed terms toterminate his agreement with the Woking squad after just one season of his contract.

Alonso made no secret of the fact at the start of the season that McLaren was the team he had always wanted to race for - but after a turbulent year admits things didn't pan out as he had hoped.

"Since I was a boy I had always wanted to drive for McLaren, but sometimes in life things do not work out," said Alonso in a team statement.

"I continue to believe that McLaren is a great team.

"Yes, we have had our ups and downs during the season, which has made it extra-challenging for all of us, and it is not a secret that I never really felt at home.

"I know there have been suggestions of favouritism within the team and people say a lot of things in the heat of battle, but in the end I was always provided with an equal opportunity to win.

"Today's decision allows all of us to focus on 2008, and I wish the team, Vodafone, Banco Santander, Mutua Madrileña and all the other team partners who I have worked closely with during the year, the best for the future."

Despite these words, Alonso's bitter relationship since joining from Renault has been well publicised.

His relationship with teamboss Ron Dennis is believed to have broken down after theSpaniard publicly criticised McLaren for not providing him with the support he felt he deserved as a double world champion.

This was not helped by the unexpected pace of his rookie team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who settled into the team faster and more successfully than Alonso did.

The situation became irretrievablewhenthe Spaniardthreatened to reveal evidence of the team's involvement in the 'Spygate' scandal during a heated row in Hungary.

This not only angered the team's management, but the entire team, to the point where Alonso cast a lonely figure during the last few races of the season.

Dennis later revealed in a World Motor Sport Council hearing that he was no longer on speaking terms with his driver.

There was a further twist at the title-deciding round in Brazil when, following comments made by Alonso regarding favouritism and a request from the Spanish motorsport authority,the FIA took the unprecedented step of placing a scrutineer in the teamto ensure fair play.

In its statement announcing Alonso's departure, McLaren admitted the relationship had notevolved in the way it had hoped and that both parties had agreed it wasbetter to part ways.

"Everybody at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes want to wish Fernando all the best for the future," readthe statement.

"He is a great driver but for some reason the combination of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and Fernando has not really worked out, and in the end we reached a stage where none of us could find a way to move forward.

"We all believe that our joint decision to part company is for the best, and we will now continue to focus on our 2008 World Championship challenge."

Alonso's destination remains undisclosed, though he has been linkedwith a move to Red Bull Racing, a return to Renaultand has received big money offers from Toyota and Honda.

Renault's Heikki Kovalainen and Williams' Nico Rosberg are both believed to be in the frame to replace Alonso alongside Hamilton

Source: Non other than itv-f1.com

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#9 General-Doug
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Everytime a Ferrari won, it'd be prancing.

...that was actually rather poor but meh lol

Redders1989

Nah. Good pun.

But anyways. If theteams can't improve the development of their engines why not focus on the fuel instead? Infact they should switch to a full biofuel mix. I'd reckon the current V8's on biofuel would produce 850, 900 or 950 BHP (it's only a guess). Plus it would help the environment.......sorta......

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#10 General-Doug
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I'm thinking of something to say but....nah, can't be bothered. Knowing you guys you'll flame me for every word I say.