2010 Winter Testing

[JoostLamers]

Button had some kind of mechanical failure. Car being recovered. Looks like the track won't reopen.

[JoostLamers]

Green flag

[sdutt]

It's a bit extreme just to hinder the 200,000 or so people that will go to Barca & Vale this year because of the actions of a tiny minority.

It is extreme mate, but at the end of the day, it's racism, and we live in 2010. They've been warned about this before on more than one occasion. This minority must know they're putting their country's Grands Prix at risk but they feel so strongly about broadcasting their fascist opinions that they obviously don't care.

I wholeheartedly agree that the racism against Lewis Hamilton in Spain needs to stop but policing it is very difficult

You can't be racist towards just a single black person without being racist towards every black person on Earth. Policing it's easy. Look at that picture, they're on camera. What's more, they obviously want to be on camera. Blatantly, more could be done about it. I doubt we'll hear much about this from the F~0~M or FIA but it's beyond ridiculous.

i agree with what Phil says, it is unfair on the rest of the people (they cannot do anything to stop their fellow fans from doing wrong, as usually those people will be aggressive). perhaps an ID should be issued to each person attending, and if any such infraction happens, those individuals need to be blacklisted and not be allowed for any FIA sanctioned events. it will take lot of effort, but i dont see any other solution

[JoostLamers]

Kobayashi in a glory run to P1. End of test day 2

[sdutt]

Kobayashi in a glory run to P1. End of test day 2

they seemed quite slow for most of the day though

[alex1369]

what is this on schumacher s car
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2620/ssusbijh10.jpg

[sdutt]

what is this on schumacher s car
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2620/ssusbijh10.jpg

couple of possibilities
1) instead of using a hand signal, he uses that to signal he is going to turn
2) some poor bird has its wing there
3) it is used to stop anyone from passing him


but seriously, there could be some sensor attached to it, to see howmuch air is being pushed sideways, cant think of anythjing else

[iceman1]

what is this on schumacher s car
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2620/ssusbijh10.jpg

damage from the collision with Toshiba

[eleanor]

I don't know if you've seen The Constructors' Trophy

[JoostLamers]

Detail on Glocks crash: Roland Ratzenbergen died due to a broken front wing and in 1994 in a Simtek, and that car was designed by Nick Wirth. Now who do you think designed the Virgin car...

[iceman1]

Test Day 2 Results

[Fergie1]

Detail on Glocks crash: Roland Ratzenbergen died due to a broken front wing and in 1994 in a Simtek, and that car was designed by Nick Wirth. Now who do you think designed the Virgin car...

Complete stab in the dark here, but is it Nick Wirth?

Also,

Watch from 6mins, Glock loses his wing.

[The Immortal Dragon]

It's a bit extreme just to hinder the 200,000 or so people that will go to Barca & Vale this year because of the actions of a tiny minority.

It is extreme mate, but at the end of the day, it's racism, and we live in 2010. They've been warned about this before on more than one occasion. This minority must know they're putting their country's Grands Prix at risk but they feel so strongly about broadcasting their fascist opinions that they obviously don't care.

I wholeheartedly agree that the racism against Lewis Hamilton in Spain needs to stop but policing it is very difficult

You can't be racist towards just a single black person without being racist towards every black person on Earth. Policing it's easy. Look at that picture, they're on camera. What's more, they obviously want to be on camera. Blatantly, more could be done about it. I doubt we'll hear much about this from the F~0~M or FIA but it's beyond ridiculous.

How is that racism??
They wrote that Hamilton should be the number 2 in the team, because that's what they think he should have been when Alonso was in McLaren in 2007.
Racism is something completely different.
If they would have wrote "you are #2, you black monkey", then it would have been racism.

Don't make things bigger than they are and don't insult someone of being a racist so easily.
They don't like Hamilton, they wrote it.
It's not good, I agree, but it's not racism AT ALL.

(At least not that particular writing)

[duncbaby]

Thanks for the uploaded footage, quick question for you.... is it possible to watch the testing live? is it broadcast, or is this released footage by F~0~M?

Detail on Glocks crash: Roland Ratzenbergen died due to a broken front wing and in 1994 in a Simtek, and that car was designed by Nick Wirth. Now who do you think designed the Virgin car...

Complete stab in the dark here, but is it Nick Wirth?

Also,

Watch from 6mins, Glock loses his wing.

[duncbaby]

Have a look at the picture within the circle... depicting a monkey. There is no need for them to write it out because we can infer the racist statement from the picture. If they had left the picture out there would be nothing to the claims of racism, but the use of the cultural reference linking monkeys with people of an African descent is explicit.

It's a bit extreme just to hinder the 200,000 or so people that will go to Barca & Vale this year because of the actions of a tiny minority.

It is extreme mate, but at the end of the day, it's racism, and we live in 2010. They've been warned about this before on more than one occasion. This minority must know they're putting their country's Grands Prix at risk but they feel so strongly about broadcasting their fascist opinions that they obviously don't care.

I wholeheartedly agree that the racism against Lewis Hamilton in Spain needs to stop but policing it is very difficult

You can't be racist towards just a single black person without being racist towards every black person on Earth. Policing it's easy. Look at that picture, they're on camera. What's more, they obviously want to be on camera. Blatantly, more could be done about it. I doubt we'll hear much about this from the F~0~M or FIA but it's beyond ridiculous.

How is that racism??
They wrote that Hamilton should be the number 2 in the team, because that's what they think he should have been when Alonso was in McLaren in 2007.
Racism is something completely different.
If they would have wrote "you are #2, you black monkey", then it would have been racism.

Don't make things bigger than they are and don't insult someone of being a racist so easily.
They don't like Hamilton, they wrote it.
It's not good, I agree, but it's not racism AT ALL.

(At least not that particular writing)