Since my boy Jimmie Johnson has begun putting rings on his other hand, And Dylan's now retired guy Nico won it all on the F1 stage, let's get the 2017 racing season started with a tribute to their awesomeness...
2017 NASCAR CUP SERIES SCHEDULE
18-Feb <---> Daytona International Speedway (Unlimited)
19-Feb <---> Daytona International Speedway (Daytona 500 Qualifying)
23-Feb <---> Daytona International Speedway (Duel)
26-Feb <---> Daytona 500
5-Mar <---> Atlanta Motor Speedway
12-Mar <---> Las Vegas Motor Speedway
19-Mar <---> Phoenix International Raceway
26-Mar <---> Auto Club Speedway
2-Apr <---> Martinsville Speedway
9-Apr <---> Texas Motor Speedway
23-Apr <---> Bristol Motor Speedway
30-Apr <---> Richmond International Raceway
7-May <---> Talladega Superspeedway
13-May <---> Kansas Speedway
20-May <---> Charlotte Motor Speedway (NASCAR All-Star Race)
28-May <---> Charlotte Motor Speedway
4-Jun <---> Dover International Speedway
11-Jun <---> Pocono Raceway
18-Jun <---> Michigan International Speedway
25-Jun <---> Sonoma Raceway
1-Jul <---> Daytona International Speedway
8-Jul <---> Kentucky Speedway
16-Jul <---> New Hampshire Motor Speedway
23-Jul <---> Indianapolis Motor Speedway
30-Jul <---> Pocono Raceway
6-Aug <---> Watkins Glen International
13-Aug <---> Michigan International Speedway
19-Aug <---> Bristol Motor Speedway
3-Sep <---> Darlington Raceway
9-Sep <---> Richmond International Raceway
17-Sep <---> Chicagoland Speedway
24-Sep <---> New Hampshire Motor Speedway
1-Oct <---> Dover International Speedway
7-Oct <---> Charlotte Motor Speedway
15-Oct <---> Talladega Superspeedway
22-Oct <---> Kansas Speedway
29-Oct <---> Martinsville Speedway
5-Nov <---> Texas Motor Speedway
12-Nov <---> Phoenix International Raceway
19-Nov <---> Homestead-Miami Speedway
2017 F1 SERIES SCHEDULE
26-Mar <---> Melbourne, Australia
9-Apr <---> Shanghai, China
16-Apr <---> Bahrain, Bahrain
30-Apr <---> Sochi, Russia
14-May <---> Barcelona, Spain
28-May <---> Monte Carlo, Monaco
11-Jun <---> Montreal, Canada
25-Jun <---> Baku, Azerbaijan
9-Jul <---> Spielberg, Austria
16-Jul <---> Silverstone, United Kingdom
30-Jul <---> Budapest, Hungary
27-Aug <---> Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
3-Sep <---> Monza, Italy
17-Sep <---> Singapore, Singapore
1-Oct <---> Sepang, Malaysia
8-Oct <---> Suzuka, Japan
22-Oct <---> Austin, USA
29-Oct <---> Mexico City, Mexico
12-Nov <---> Sao Paolo, Brazil
26-Nov <---> Abu Dhabi, UAE [Reply]
In other news: North Korea has claimed to have successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile which could potentially have the range to reach the US.
Watch live TV N. Korea: They are now playing patriotic music.
It went live on KCTV - Korean Central Television 2:30 a.m. EST
Originally Posted by Inmem58:
Well it's official, Jones will be in the 20 car next year
Kenseth is out? Wow...
Great opportunity for Erik at Joe Gibbs Racing. I like him - He is a good new and upcoming driver. Erik won the Camping World Truck Series title for Kyle Busch and drove for JGR in 2016 Xfinity Series. I remember reading that he is in the top 15 NASCAR Cup standings -
Originally Posted by Donger:
Hamilton on pole at Silverstone. One more pole and he matches Schumacher. That's insane.
I expect Hamilton to win Sunday. If he does, it will be his 5th win at Silverstone - in front of 350,000 fanbois..:-)
Today's qualifying drama: Hamilton ‘relieved’ to keep pole after investigation.
BBC: Toto Wolff: 'Moaning' Romain Grosjean lucky to be in Formula 1
Originally Posted by :
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has hit out at Romain Grosjean's "moaning" about being blocked by Lewis Hamilton, saying his troubled Formula 1 past makes him ill-placed to comment on others.
Grosjean remains furious that Hamilton escaped sanction for impeding him during Q3 at the British Grand Prix, and went as far as suggesting that the FIA only let the polesitter off because he was fighting for the world championship.
Unimpressed by those comments, Wolff said Grosjean should be thankful to have an F1 career at all given his history - which includes a race ban for causing a startline crash at the 2012 Belgian GP.
Hamilton escaped a penalty (see video) Grosjean (Haas-Ferrari) might not have benefited, however Ferrari's drivers Kimi and Vettel would have moved to first and second at Silverstone.
Silverstone is known for its speed, flat track and great corners. Fun track.
Did Hamilton impede Grosjean?
"Maybe next time I have to get my front wing in his rear diffuser to show that I have been impeded." -- Romain Grosjean
Grosjean suggests title battle a factor in Hamilton ruling
Originally Posted by : Romain Grosjean says that Lewis Hamilton’s championship status may have influenced the stewards’ decision to take no further action after the qualifying incident between them.
It was confirmed that Hamilton would retain pole position after qualifying following an investigation into whether he impeded the Haas driver in Vale corner during one of Grosjean’s flying laps.
The stewards studied video and telemetry data and despite concluding that Grosjean “may potentially have been affected by the presence of Hamilton at Turn 16”, determined that “he was not impeded”.
“I am surprised by the wording ‘the driver behind has not been impeded’,” Grosjean told media after qualifying. “If losing 0.3 to 0.4s in one corner is not being impeded I’m very surprised.
“I think it opens some room for messes in qualifying and the rules are pretty clear. I know that there’s a world title battle going on at the front but we are in a position where we actually fight as hard as the boys at the front and I was impeded today.
“Maybe if it was another driver the sanction would have been something and it does feel sometimes like there are two types of decisions.”
Grosjean finished the session having qualified tenth, the slowest of the Q3 runners. The Haas driver says that the incident cost him at least three tenths of a second.
“We’ve put a lot of work in and yes I lost 0.35s in two corners,” says Grosjean. “Maybe next time I have to get my front wing in his rear diffuser to show that I have been impeded.”
Source: Sorry, I closed out the link - It was either BBC or Independent U.K.
Where is that "NFL Cheating..." thread so I could use F1 as an example? I am sure the thread will be bumped again during the season. :-)
j/k
2017 British Grand Prix Results (Q1, Q2, Q3)
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:39.069 1:27.893 1:26.600
2 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:40.455 1:28.992 1:27.147
3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:39.962 1:28.978 1:27.356
4 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:39.698 1:28.732 1:27.376
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:38.912 1:29.431 1:28.130
6 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1:39.201 1:29.340 1:28.856
7 Sergio Perez Force India 1:42.009 1:29.824 1:28.902
8 Esteban Ocon Force India 1:39.738 1:29.701 1:29.074
9 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 1:40.011 1:30.105 1:29.418
10 Romain Grosjean Haas F1 1:42.042 1:29.966 1:29.549
11 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1:41.404 1:30.193
12 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:41.726 1:30.355
13 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1:37.598 1:30.600
14 Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso 1:41.114 1:31.368
15 Felipe Massa Williams 1:41.874 1:31.482
16 Lance Stroll Williams 1:42.573
17 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 1:42.577
18 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber 1:42.593
19 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1:42.633
20 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:42.966 penalized for change of gear box
It is funny to know that Marko Helmet head of Red Bull's driver development team is responsible for puttlng Vettel, Verstappen and Ricciardo in F1 cars.
Not much love though between Vettel and Verstappen. A lot of friction between those two drivers. Verstappen, 20-21 years-old is a hell of a racer - he goes head to head with Vettel and at times beats him - he just needs RB to get their cars together. Might be too late in the season, though
I read that Red Bull is planning to bring a significant update to Red Bull cars for Hungary...Max had three consecutive retirements in a row after suffering turbo failure - that's BS... [Reply]
