Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

That's it - I'm buying some tomorrow.

Dude... that sucks!!!

But dude... the advent of those foil sails. Freaky speed.

100 bazillion percent. It's pretty easy to remember - Port / Starboard = PS. left hand side of the boat is Port right is Starboard. Oracle had the right to call Starboard as they were on starboard tack (manning the starboard side of the boat) or an easier way - the wind is coming from starboard. It gets far more complicated than that on racing though.

Have to say I agree with that. Except for the burn part.

Nah, bro - it's his DRS system activating. Has a flap that he opens out yonder way...

That's k4 funny, but also a sad portrayal of the pre-conceived ideas that we (some of us) have...

I don't want to say it's true, but I hear an awful lot of twilight zone music in my ears at the moment. That said - Renault's performance in the first half of the year kinda made this scenario pre-determined, especially when the "problems" with Vettel's car came through. Plus - the deliberate non performance would seriously hurt his career prospects.

It's just opened, apparently

McLaren apologises to drivers Posted in Motorsport, News by Sniff Petrol on Monday, October 13th, 2014 http://livesniffpetrol.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/MacLarenbuggy.jpgA McLaren, yesterday [picture editor to my office please] Following this weekend’s Russian Grand Prix, McLaren has apologised to drivers Jenson Button and Ken Magnussen for the amount of pace their car displayed. ‘We have launched an immediate investigation into what on earth went on in Sochi,’ said a team insider. ‘The car was going ridiculously fast in a straight line and flying around corners like a maniac. We don’t know how it happened but it’s simply not acceptable.’ The team is said to be particularly concerned that this sudden increase in pace saw Button briefly occupying third place during the race. ‘My God, what if he’d have ended up on the poddyerm. Is that how it’s pronounced? No on here seems to know,’ our mole continued. ‘I mean, he could have been hit in the face by a flying cork or slipped on some spilt Champagne. That’s not a situation we want to put our drivers in, and thankfully we usually don’t.’ Our man says the team shifted to a new strategy to ensure Button moved down the field and the crew was fully prepared to perform a special ‘clown spec’ pit stop of the sort it used to give Lewis Hamilton in 2012, though in the end this wasn’t necessary. ‘Thankfully Jenson managed to get to the safety of fourth,’ our insider explained. ‘I mean, it’s not the eighth he’d usually aim for but we’re happy with the result, given the failings of a car that was obviously too fast.’ Our source revealed that Ron Dennis has called an urgent ‘situational assessment and parameter realignment assembly’ in the McLaren Technology Centre’s ‘human collective interface facilitation chamber’. ‘It’s happening on Tuesday morning,’ admitted our man. ‘So we’ve got 24 hours to work out what at least some of those words mean.’

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Button looking for other workby Sniff Petrol on Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 http://livesniffpetrol.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Buttonrecruitmentconsultant.jpgJenson Button, yesterday Hopes that Jenson Button would remain in F1 next year are fading fast after the British driver was spotted coming out of a recruitment agency in Frome wearing a borrowed suit. ‘Obviously we can’t discuss specific clients in detail,’ said agency owner Peter Scumm afterwards. ‘However, companies in this area should know we have just signed up a very employable local man who would be ideal for a firm needing a proven finisher. Often in eighth place, but a finisher nonetheless.’ ‘This young man was just a shave away from looking very presentable and he had an excellent CV,’ Mr Scumm continued. ‘It clearly presented his achievements such as ‘completed ironman contest’,‘attractive girlfriend’ and ‘2009 Formula 1 World Champion’, and it concisely listed his personal attributes such as ‘smoothness’, ‘pace’, ‘slightly phlegmy voice’ and ‘gets a bit panicky when things don’t go right’. We should have no trouble at all finding him casual admin work at a shipping company or charterer surveyor’s office.’ Mr Scumm admitted that this is not the first time someone with a motorsport background had signed up with his agency. ‘There’s a chap who comes in here at the end of every F1 season and says he’ll probably need work soon,’ Scumm confided. ‘Then to everyone’s amazement he rings back and says actually he’s managed to stick with his current job even though he’s pretty hopeless at it. I forget his name. Felipe something or other…’

Made a pretty lekker ostrich disting last night. 4 ostrich fillets (small ones) cut into large cubes 125g bacon (diced) butter diced onion 3 tsp brown sugar peas (1 cup) 4 medium tomatoes (diced) Glass of red 1l water Place large pan on medium heat and put a bit of butter in it. Sweat the onions till they're translucent. Add the bacon and continue frying till the bacon is cooked and has some good colour on it. Add the tomatoes and fry off for 5 minutes add the sugar and stir until incorporated and the sugar had caramelised a bit. add the wine and simmer until reduced. Add peas and 250mlwater and simmer till reduced repeat until you have 250 ml left. Switch to high heat. While reducing, pre heat a thick bottomed pan and prep ostrich with salt and pepper. When final 250 ml has been added to bacon mix, start frying off the ostrich in a little olive oil, to medium rare (should be about 2 mins per side at most) Remove both pans from heat and add the ostrich to the top of the pea / bacon mix taking care to add the juices from frying the ostrich, and rest for 5 minutes. Serve with your choice of veggies. I did potato rosti and gemsquash.

Same. My kevlar string snapped. Easy as pie to replace...

it were indeed.

Flippin heck, that's a good price!

And congruency between left and right isn't considered as part of that minimalism? I know that if it were me, I'd look for symmetry above minimalism. Minimalism just for minimalism's sake is a bit like having a 3rd nipple. Novel at first, but then you wonder why the fark it's there.

Now that you've got my old 34, you can re purpose a shifter to do exactly that... just as I've done. Very simple process.

Up till where, the first corner?

It's a folding platform - flips up to the sides...

hahahaha!

Yep. I'd love to see what Vettel, Bottas, Kvyat or Alonso could do in that merc

2110 was my first, 5110 my second, some random Ericsson my 3rd and a 3310 my 4th. My dad was the guinea pig at durban ABE

Jeepers, that was a good lap from Hamilton considering the tyre degradation at the end. Brilliant from Kvyat to get that position.

Ooooooh

Yeah, there's an initial curve on the ball but then it straightens out. Somewhere near the driver's nose, and then it starts moving down...