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[reani_]

Riccardo is replacing Karthikeyan with next weeks Silverstone GP

Edit: Riccardo is the young Red Bull guy - test driver at Torro Rosso atm

Edit Edit: Sorry, I didn't find a link to an English site yet

[kiroquai]

Really? How odd - I thought Karthikeyan's personal sponsor Tata gave HRT a pretty decent chunk of their income!

[JPR]

Interesting, any mention if it's just for the race or rest of the season? Assume that confirms Buemi and Alguersuari are racing for the other seat at STR next season, Webber will want to get that extension signed in case he impresses.

In exciting non F1 news Porsche to return to Le Mans with new LMP1 car in 2014 and they want win number 17, can't wait.

[kiroquai]

In exciting non F1 news Porsche to return to Le Mans with new LMP1 car in 2014 and they want win number 17, can't wait.

[Sidewaysbob]

Interesting.

Porsche needed to do something as the GT3 is nowhere near fast enough now to win in the Pro or AM classes. I'm suprised they're going for LMP1 though, when their sister company Audi has that all sown up right now. Still it could be interesting, Ferrari are sniffing around LMP2 with a suspected LMP1 car by 2013. Lotus are talking about an LMP car too. Mclaren want to take their MC4MP what ever it's called back to Le Mans.

Good times for endurance racing then.

[JPR]

I wonder what this will mean for Audi as they're part of the same group I hope they do run both programs, now come on Ferrari announce an LMP1 program.

[RFT]

I'd be gobsmacked if Audi don't stand aside (as a works team) for the length of the program.

[Dudley]

I'd be gobsmacked if Audi don't stand aside (as a works team) for the length of the program.

Given that wins 14 and 15 were taken by Joest, now running the Audis, I would not be in the least shocked if they ran Porsches again.

[reani_]

Riccardo is replacing Karthikeyan with next weeks Silverstone GP

Edit: Riccardo is the young Red Bull guy - test driver at Torro Rosso atm

Edit Edit: Sorry, I didn't find a link to an English site yet

There you go: LINK

[Sidewaysbob]

Webber to get massas seat at ferrari and young Mr redbull riccardo drops into the redbull seat. Algy and buime get to stay for another year or get hived of to the likes of lotus and virgin?

[Shimmyhill]

Porsche with a diesel engine? WTF shirley not but if they want to win it then no choice

[Sidewaysbob]

i don't think the ACO will let the diesel cars run away with it for too much longer. There were plenty of unhappy petrol teams at Le Mans asking just how much of an advantage the diesels wanted.

[morcs]

Cayenne's a diesel int it. We also have a 4WD Ferrari

[myoozikk]

So the FOTA thing was really cool. MTC is a stunning place.

I only took one photo, photography is banned there understandably.

I managed to get autographs from both Martin Whitmarsh & Ross Brawn. Kobi did autographs as well but i didn't really have anything for him to sign. Lewis understandably did a runner haha.

The real icing on the cake was getting given a copy of this book on the way out. (It looks incredible)

https://www.mclarenshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10551_-1_70662_VMM166

you can listen to the forum here...

http://soundcloud.com/jamesallenonf1/fota-fans-forum-uk-part-1-team

http://soundcloud.com/jamesallenonf1/fota-fans-forum-uk-part-2

[myoozikk]

Here's some of the official photo's.

Big Ron kicked off proceedings.

MP4-12c VIP show room. CAN I HAZ?

Senna, Prost x2, & Lauda's cars.

Milling about.

Me 2nd row from the front on the left in the blue shirt.

Lewis & Kobi

Martin & Ross

Paddy Lowe, James Allison & Paul Monaghan.

[polygon_monkey]

Good stuff

[Dannon]

That book looks really nice, see if you can scan any particularly interesting bits.

[dayte]

Look at those poor min wage girls with the coffee

[myoozikk]

Haha WTF. How did you spot me, even I hadn't spotted me.

[exwhyzed]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that went and looked for him in the other pictures

[Wools]

is anyone going to the Goodwood Festival of speed at the weekend?

I'm currently laying in a tent at the festival, with tickets for the weekend.

Great atmosphere at the moment and some great action for Friday and the weekend. It was a really special moment as me and my brother were setting up our tents and The Red Arrows flew overhead.

A Vulcan is doing a fly by on Sunday too.

[SeanR]

A Vulcan is doing a fly by on Sunday too.

A vulcan? A VULCAN!?!

You mean XH558, the only flying Vulcan in the world.

[marsh]

Son of a bitch.

I feel the need to rob a set of tickets for next weekend.

[wev]

The Vulcan is stupidly loud! I saw its last ever UK flyby as a kid (before the XH558 was restored) and I don't think I've ever seen such an amazing plane, beats the Lancaster

[morcs]

A V-Bomber flew over me when I was out on the bike a while ago around Warwickshire. Proper imposing thing hanging in the air. Wasn't as loud as it looked like it should be.

[myoozikk]

i just remembered an awesome quote from yesterdays forum.

Paddy Lowe on Red Bull's guys standing around the back of the car on the grid.

"I enjoy sending over photo's to the red bull guys of their floor from other points in the race weekends with a few notes."

[JPR]

Back from Goodwood and oh my god the sound, the sound glorious. Was a really good day think the highlight car wise had to be this years Le Mans winning R18 but was so much to choose from, you could spend a few hours just walking around the car park and not be disappointed.

I need to go through my photographs joys of digital is you can shoot everything but think one of my favourite has to be Arnoux in his Renault and one for the McLaren fans.

Ignore my shaky camera work but got them as they where getting the 312T ready, lovely.

[dayte]

I had to do a double take, thought it was Des O Connor for a second.

[Sidewaysbob]

moments later a faster car crashed into the slow moving Arnoux !!!

[marsh]

He's doing his best to make sure that happens.....