WhackyWill

Welcome to the Land of Zed.. Just in time for Christmas. :thumbs:

I'm amazed you cannot give away 2 tickets to The Silverstone Classic..??? :scare: I would take them but I have my BRDC pass. Its a brilliant event. :thumbs:

Qualifying - Rosberg on pole as Hamilton’s hopes go up in flames 26 Jul 2014 Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg snatched pole position back from Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel on the final lap of a dramatic, rain-hit qualifying session in Hungary on Saturday afternoon. But there was yet more heartache for Rosberg’s team mate Lewis Hamilton, who, after dominating all three practice sessions, saw his Mercedes go up in flames at the start of Q1 because of a fuel leak. After his brake disc failure in qualifying in Germany, Hamilton’s latest round of unbelievable bad luck unravelled within moments of Q1 beginning, as his Mercedes rolled to a halt aflame in pit lane. His body language said it all when he trudged back to the pits as marshals dowsed his car with extinguishant. There was bad news for another big name, too, as Marussia’s Jules Bianchi bumped Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen out of Q2 right at the end as the team erroneously banked on the Finn's medium-tyre run being enough to see him through. Raikkonen thus ended up 17th on 1m 26.792s, and was joined in the list of those whose day was over by Kamui Kobayashi on 1m 27.139s for Caterham, Max Chilton, who was bothered by a fuel pressure problem, in 18th on 1m 27.819s for Marussia, and Marcus Ericsson on 1m 28.643s in the second CT05. Behind Hamilton, Pastor Maldonado was also denied his chance when his Lotus ground to a halt early on. For the record, Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric Vergne headed the session on 1m 24.941s on soft tyres, with Rosberg second on 1m 25.227s on mediums. Rosberg revealed Mercedes’ speed in Q2 with the best lap of 1m 23.310s, but Vettel and team mate Daniel Ricciardo were within striking distance with 1m 23.606s and 1m 23.676s respectively. Further back, Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg leapt into Q3 with a late lap of 1m 24.647s, leaving Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat 11th on 1m 24.706s; the young Russian then spun at Turn 12. 1m 25.136s was insufficient to haul Adrian Sutil higher than 12th for Sauber, with Sergio Perez next on 1m 25.211s in a Force India troubled by hydraulic problems. Sutil’s team mate Esteban Gutierrez was 14th on 1m 25.260s with a very unhappy Romain Grosjean 15th in his Lotus on 1m 25.337s, from Bianchi on 1m 27.419s for Marussia. Rain fell ahead of Q3, and it caught Rosberg and McLaren’s Kevin Magnussen out as they negotiated Turn 1 on their soft tyres at the start of their first flyers. Rosberg ran wide but his luck held and he made it through, but behind Magnussen locked up and hit the tyre wall, bringing out the red flags. McLaren team mate Jenson Button also slid off, but like Rosberg made it back on track safely. The session resumed after an eight-minute delay in which the tyre wall was repositioned. When things got underway again - and the rain had subsided - Rosberg set the pace with 1m 26.488s, before his time was eclipsed first by Ricciardo on 1m 25.346s and then by Williams’ Valtteri Bottas on 1m 24.259s, before Vettel had a go with 1m 23.415s. Rosberg then seized the high ground again with 1m 23.236s as the track continued to improve. There were still a few rain spots as the session drew to its close, and the positions from P2 downwards changed hands time and again, but on his final run Vettel banged in 1m 23.201s to temporarily snatch back P1 before Rosberg reasserted himself with 1m 22.715s to put things out of anyone else’s reach. In the end, Bottas took third with 1m 23.354s as Ricciardo jumped up to fourth on 1m 23.391s ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso on 1m 23.909s, Williams’ Felipe Massa on 1m 24.223s, Button on 1m 24.294s, Vergne on 1m 24.720s and Hulkenberg on 1m 24.775s. Thus the grid will line up: Rosberg, Vettel; Bottas, Ricciardo; Alonso, Massa; Button, Vergne; Hulkenberg, Magnussen; Kvyat, Sutil; Perez, Gutierrez; Grosjean, Bianchi; Raikkonen, Kobayashi; Chilton, Ericsson; Hamilton, Maldonado.

Reckon it would be a bit like Alonso and Hamilton at Mclaren

About 4 people have been wished a Happy Birthday on this thread since the 13th July. Time to scrap it and go back to the old format or something similar where its personal and not just a long meaningless thread ..!!!! :scare:

Most useless bit of cr*p gismo I ever had on my old Merc. Ended up asking my mate at Essentially Benz to disable it..

Update from today's Practice 1 and 2. Lewis Hamilton continued to head the field after Friday afternoon’s second practice session at the Hungaroring, with Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg riding shotgun. There was a fair bit of action over the 90 minutes, with Marussia’s Max Chilton and Jules Bianchi, Caterham’s Kamui Kobayashi and Marcus Ericsson, McLaren’s Kevin Magnussen, Lotus’s Pastor Maldonado, Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric Vergne and Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo all having off-road moments, though only Kobayashi and Williams’ Felipe Massa spun. Both Mercedes drivers also had minor offs, but they set the pace on both the medium and the soft Pirelli tyres. Hamilton continued where he left off in FP1, albeit in much hotter conditions as the track temperature rose from 47 to 55 degrees Celsius. On the medium rubber he recorded 1m 26.161s, 0.386s faster than Rosberg; on the softs he lapped in 1m 24.482s to Rosberg’s 1m 24.720s. Sebastian Vettel got closest to them with 1m 25.111s, and had a pretty good afternoon as the Red Bull RB10 looked notably smooth and consistent in its track behaviour. Fernando Alonso remained a threat with 1m 25.437s for Ferrari, with Magnussen on his tail with 1m 25.580s and Kimi Raikkonen within striking distance again on 1m 25.730s in the second Ferrari. Ricciardo didn’t look his usual sparkling self but was still below 1m 26s with 1m 25.983s which left him just ahead of Williams’ Valtteri Bottas on 1m 25.999s. Jenson Button complained of braking inconsistency on his McLaren on his way to 1m 26.234s and finished ninth as a troubled Massa completed the top 10 with 1m 26.402s. Daniil Kvyat moved ahead of Toro Rosso team mate Vergne, with 1m 26.689s to 1m 26.703s, with Nico Hulkenberg 13th for Force India on 1m 26.789s ahead of Adrian Sutil’s Sauber on 1m 26.919s. Sergio Perez in the second Force India won the close-fought battle for 15th place with 1m 27.013s, but Lotus’s Maldonado and Romain Grosjean were right with him on 1m 27.019s and 1m 27.021 respectively. Then came Esteban Gutierrez in the second Sauber on 1m 27.480s. Notwithstanding his adventures Kobayashi reasserted himself with 1m 28.370s for Caterham, which left him ahead of the Marussias of Bianchi and Chilton on 1m 28.469s and 1m 28.586s apiece, and Ericsson’s Caterham on 1m 29.036s.

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Saw a classic this afternoon. Traffic lights with a left hand filter and straight on, left hand filter goes green but there is a Lycra clad cyclist sitting in it who is going straight on and wont move so nobody can turn left on green, soon the hooting starts and then the cyclist starts the V signs and refuses to move, he so busy giving grief to the motorists he hasn't realised the straight on lights have gone to green so he still sits in the filter lane. As soon as the lights go back to red he peddles through them, still giving us poor motorists a load of abuse because somebody had the audacity to hoot at him...!! :lol:

I have smoked rear lights, one has a small stone chip in it which can be repaired if interested PM me and I'll send you some pics, I had them for sale on here a while back but I cannot find the thread now.

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Don't think they'll fall for that one Dave. Been to Japex this morning and Ross and I solved the mystery and yes" they have put the tyres the wrong way round, got the wheels the right way round, 8.5 on the back and the 8 on the front, but they got the tyres mixed up, so to solve it they need to swop the front drivers side tyre with the rear passenger side tyre. :scare:

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im impressed you didnt crash and burn they way some memebers go on about tyres Haven't checked it they have put the right tyres on the right wheels yet,,!!! Maybe the 245 are on the 8 J and the 225 are on the 8.5 J..Who knows..!!! FFS. Definitely check the 245's are on tthe 8.5J's and then carefully make your point about how f**ked up it is ~ not sure if you could "white lie" and get away with it saying they caused you to damage your alloy?! Total muppets though by the sounds of it Will. I remember having the conversation with the tyre fitter and explaining to put the larger ones on the rear..they are now on the side...WTF...

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im impressed you didnt crash and burn they way some memebers go on about tyres Haven't checked it they have put the right tyres on the right wheels yet,,!!! Maybe the 245 are on the 8 J and the 225 are on the 8.5 J..Who knows..!!! :scare:

It gets worse....!!! :scare: I have just checked and I have 225 on the passengers side and 245 on the drivers side... What a bunch of D. Heads Motorway tyres are. Will be back to them rapidly tomorrow. thanks for pointing it out as I didn't bother to check..!! :scare:

I'm sure you know this Will but just in case Rays alloys are different. E.g Front 18"x 8" and Rear 18"x 8.5" So the 245's should be fitted on the wider 8.5J alloys. Have the tyre place put the 245's on the front then after all? that's pretty stupid of them. Ignore that: Front Size: 18x8.0 Offset: +30mm Weight: 18.19lbs Tire: 225/45/18 Rear Size: 18x8.5 Offset: +33mm Weight: 18.62lbs Tire: 245/45/18 Ah ! I thought all rays were just 18" but the rear tyres were wider..??

Don't get me started on cyclists in London...

I was wondering that too? Hope you haven't put the 245's on the front Will. Did grundy help you fit them? Seriously though that sucks Will. I'd be pi**ed off to the max. You haven't had those alloys long either so hope it doesn't cost you too much to get sorted. You think they fitted the tyres the wrong way round on the new wheels.. I know the wheels are the same size, I told them to put the BIG ones on the back, I haven't checked..as I trusted them to do it properly :surrender: Will do in the morning..