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[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

1 hour ago, Long Wheel Base said:

He sold his private jet because it is bad for the environment. But then he leases it from the new owner anyway. He's a real smart one that.

Some sort of tax break in leasing, over ownership I would imagine.
 

[Pure Savage]

46 minutes ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

Some sort of tax break in leasing, over ownership I would imagine.
 

Never...

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/06/lewis-hamilton-avoided-taxes-jet-isle-of-man-scheme-paradise-papers

 

 

[MORNE]

4 hours ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

Some sort of tax break in leasing, over ownership I would imagine.
 

he originally bought it and registered it in Isle of Man to dodge the tax...thats what got him on that list a few years ago haha

https://www.essentiallysports.com/what-are-the-details-of-the-lewis-hamilton-tax-fraud-case/

Edited June 24, 2021 by MORNE

[MORNE]

5 hours ago, Long Wheel Base said:

He sold his private jet because it is bad for the environment. But then he leases it from the new owner anyway. He's a real smart one that.

thinking about it now...probably sold it to himself (a shelf company) and rents it from himself haha

[WrightJnr]

10 hours ago, MORNE said:

what year did you race? my cousin raced against the Cronje's brothers etc around 2000. I jouned them in the pits for my year off after school, touring the country. Was super fun. 125 Promo and later GP class. He was SA champion in 2002(if memory serves). Raced Tony Kart. He is(was) 2m tall and 90kg, and although that meant he was racing without any balast on the car, he was still massivly overweight compared to the smaller guys in the class....and we would get protested every race he won because people didnt get how he was beating them haha. Pine town and Umhlanga street races he would lap the entire field haha. Justin, His dad -  Sakkie van Biljon, was a legend of SA oval track racing in the 80s too. 

Awesome man. Van Biljon I remember for sure. 
Karting I raced from 1990 to 2002. Stocks (then renamed High School), Formula 100 & Supers (on/off). 
Mark and Gavin pitted behind us in their first years racing. I know them well still to this day. 
Raced so many chassis over the years. Swiss Hutless, PCR and mostly Tony Kart. 
I’m also tall (188cm) so spent my karting life on diet. (I made up for it in the following decades though!)

It was an awesome time back then. Packed fields and classes and so many karting SA Champs went onto to great Motorsport careers. Travelled the country with my dad, spent every weekend burning Petrol in some form of engine. 

[MORNE]

14 minutes ago, WrightJnr said:

Awesome man. Van Biljon I remember for sure. 
Karting I raced from 1990 to 2002. Stocks (then renamed High School), Formula 100 & Supers (on/off). 
Mark and Gavin pitted behind us in their first years racing. I know them well still to this day. 
Raced so many chassis over the years. Swiss Hutless, PCR and mostly Tony Kart. 
I’m also tall (188cm) so spent my karting life on diet. (I made up for it in the following decades though!)

It was an awesome time back then. Packed fields and classes and so many karting SA Champs went onto to great Motorsport careers. Travelled the country with my dad, spent every weekend burning Petrol in some form of engine. 

Good times for sure! Crazy these days though. Heard top guys spend almost a bar a year at the pointy end. Madness. Although it wasnt cheap back then either. I remember a set of maxxis race tires costing about R500 haha. Thats cheap all things 2021 considered. Complete tony kart about R150k or something back then if i recall, and a 125Gp motor about 30k. Justin’s dad raced ‘midgets’ and v8 sprintcars back when kingspark stadium was still a dirt oval track

Edited June 24, 2021 by MORNE

[MrJacques]

RUMOUR: Netflix is going to create a show about Nikita Mazepin. It will be a spin-off.

[aiyaaz]

22 hours ago, MORNE said:

Good times for sure! Crazy these days though. Heard top guys spend almost a bar a year at the pointy end. Madness. Although it wasnt cheap back then either. I remember a set of maxxis race tires costing about R500 haha. Thats cheap all things 2021 considered. Complete tony kart about R150k or something back then if i recall, and a 125Gp motor about 30k. Justin’s dad raced ‘midgets’ and v8 sprintcars back when kingspark stadium was still a dirt oval track

Spoke to the owner of G&A Motorsport recently and he knows for definite, as he was told by this kid's dad, that this dad put R1.5m into a year of karting for his kid. The kid is one of the top racers for sure, and had 4 latest spec kart chassis' running at the time and they change out their tyres probably at least a few times per week if not a lot more than that. Pretty sure they rebuild their engines a lot as well given their budget. Current kart tyres cost around R3600 per set with full engine rebuilds (top and bottom) somewhere around R16k - R18k I believe. I've always wondered why there are always a bunch of engines on the bench at the kart store workshop at Killarney...

There are some seriously wealthy folks out there!

[Long Wheel Base]

Ai Ai Ai Valtteri. The McLaren mechanics were like WTAF dude. 

[Long Wheel Base]

3 hours ago, MrJacques said:

RUMOUR: Netflix is going to create a show about Nikita Mazepin. It will be a spin-off.

Will Bottas make a guest appearance from the pit lane? 

Yuki Spinoda to also feature. 

[aiyaaz]

1 hour ago, Long Wheel Base said:

Ai Ai Ai Valtteri. The McLaren mechanics were like WTAF dude. 

Earned himself a 3 place grid penalty and 2 license points for his little "experiment"...

[Long Wheel Base]

7 hours ago, aiyaaz said:

Earned himself a 3 place grid penalty and 2 license points for his little "experiment"...

Yip, pity it's wasn't Lewis they decided to try out this new strategy on. Guess that's what you get for being the number 2, your job to test out all the new tricks. 

 

[Showtime]

The way Toto is reacting to the competition is very disappointing and this pit stop rule change is going to far. It's fine to believe in your team but no team is entitled to win.  

I've been supporting Merc this year because I believe Lewis is way more talented than people give him credit for and I hope he uses the competitive Red Bull to prove himself but every week I'm getting more and more comfortable with the idea of Max taking it. He is clearly the fastest driver now and most deserving of a title.

[MrJacques]

Some explanation of the pit stop rule changes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K9VV9ez2QY

 

[aiyaaz]

Eish, another lap and it'd have been a RBR 1 & 3! Seems like RBR have edged ahead in the development race and kudos to them for that. Now Merc are the team trying to put pitstop and other hurdles in front of RBR, essentially shoe on the other foot. Some way to go still in this championship but Max is putting in flawless performances whether or not he has the faster car. I hope Merc haven't genuinely aborted this race for '21 in favour of' 22 development as has been rumoured...

[Patchelicious]

3 hours ago, aiyaaz said:

I hope Merc haven't genuinely aborted this race for '21 in favour of' 22 development as has been rumoured...

Doubt it, but one wouldn’t put it past Lewis to perpetuate this type of story.