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Ricciardo claims maiden win in Montreal thriller Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo claimed his first Grand Prix victory in a drama-filled race in Canada on Sunday, overtaking Nico Rosberg's ailing Mercedes just three laps from the finish to end the Silver Arrows’ six-race winning streak. For the first half the race took on a familiar pattern as Rosberg and team mate Lewis Hamilton raced away at the front of the field. Then, all of a sudden as the duo were locked in battle, both men reported a loss of power, allowing the cars behind - led by the Williams of Felipe Massa - to close in swiftly. When the sick silver cars pitted for fresh rubber a lap apart, Massa sensationally took the lead, but the real action was taking place behind him as Hamilton ran deep at the hairpin and lost the advantage he had gained on Rosberg in the pits. Shortly afterwards Massa pitted from the lead, but as Rosberg re-took P1, the cause of Hamilton's error became clear: he was suffering with braking problems and, after missing several apexes, soon pulled into the pits to retire for the second time this season. Rosberg continued to hold the lead, but the MGU-K problem that had caused his and Hamilton’s loss of power meant that he was eventually caught by a train of faster moving cars. The gaggle was led by the one-stopping Force India of Sergio Perez, followed by the two-stopping Red Bulls of Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel. Thriteen laps from the finish these three were soon joined by the hard-charging Massa to set up a grandstand finish. Under increasing pressure and effectively running on internal combustion power alone, Rosberg bravely held on to the lead, as Perez - on the oldest tyres of the group - did a tremendous job to keep Ricciardo behind. Finally the Australian forced his way past the Mexican into second place with a bold move going into Turn 1 on the 66th lap, and then set out after Rosberg. He caught the Mercedes with the aid of DRS down the back straight on the 68th lap, breezing by on the outside going into the final corner. But the action wasn’t over yet. As they crossed the line to start the final lap, Massa lined up Perez for a pass into Turn 1 only to tag the back of the Force India, sending both cars heavily into the barriers. As both drivers climbed out of their cars uninjured, the safety car was dispatched and the stewards immediately launched an investigation into the incident. Perez was deemed at fault, having changed his racing line, and will drop five grid places at the next race as a result. Vettel, who had squeezed past Perez and into third on the 68th lap, was mighty lucky to avoid Massa’s gyrating car as it swept across his bows at the first corner, but having survived, the German was free to take third behind Rosberg and a delighted Ricciardo. Behind the front three, McLaren’s Jenson Button was the beneficiary of the last lap chaos. The Briton had started the penultimate lap in eighth place but passed Nico Hulkenberg’s Force India and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso as the duo squabbled at the hairpin. Hulkenberg eventually came home fifth, Alonso sixth and Valtteri Bottas seventh in the second Williams. Jean-Eric Vergne claimed eighth for Toro Rosso, ahead of McLaren’s Kevin Magnussen and Kimi Raikkonen, who survived a spin on his way to the final point for Ferrari. Perez and Massa were classified 11th and 12th, as the Saubers of Adrian Sutil and Esteban Gutierrez were the final classified finishers in 13th and 14th. Besides Hamilton, neither of the Marussias finished after Max Chilton lost control at Turn 3 on the opening lap and punted team mate Jules Bianchi into the barriers. Both red and black cars suffered severe damage and the debris resulted in the safety car being deployed for the first six tours as the marshals cleared the track. Chilton was subsequently handed a three-place grid penalty for the next race for causing the incident. Neither Caterham finished, with Marcus Ericsson being told to switch off his Renault power unit and Kamui Kobayashi stopping with damage to his left rear suspension. The Japanese driver had earlier spun at Turn 2. The Lotuses of Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado were also non-finishers, as was Daniil Kvyat whose Toro Rosso hit technical problems. The result means Rosberg extends his championship lead by 18 points over the unfortunate Hamilton, with 140 to 118, as Ricciardo moves to third on 79 ahead of Alonso on 69, Vettel on 60 and Hulkenberg on 57. In the constructors’ stakes, Mercedes have 258 to Red Bull’s 139, with Ferrari on 87, Force India on 77, McLaren up to 66 and Williams on 58.

Doesn't sound good , very possible a large ampage fuse. I'm sure somebody will be along soon with more car elecrtical knowledge than me, hope its an easy fix. .

Mercedes restricted the amount of delayed transmissions to the broadcasters and also upped the time limit from 2 mins after the event to 3 minutes after the event, not sure if any other teams did the same as there was not many transmissions at all. (maybe Lewis did to much swearing)

Perez had a brake problem as did most, brakes have gone down from 6 pot on the back to 4 pot..He brake early as he thought he would hit the back of Vettel , and also jinked left not realising Massa was about to overtake him down the inside.. 50/50 I'm afraid...

Serves you right buying dodgy paint in the B&Q car park...!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Perfect for me. Don't have to be the pub chauffeur...!!

One of the design requirements of the Zed was you could get two set of golf clubs in the boot.

Happy Birthday Boys..Have a good one..

Whos it going to be for the win Hamilton or Rosberg. ?? Qualifying - Rosberg beats Hamilton to pole in Canada Nico Rosberg aced Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton to clinch pole position by just 0.079 seconds in Montreal on Saturday. It was even closer behind the Silver Arrows: Sebastian Vettel claimed third for Red Bull, but less than four hundredths of a second covered the German, the two Williams of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa, and Daniel Ricciardo in the second RB10. Q1 saw plenty of action, as Hamilton led with way with 1m 15.750s on the soft Pirellis. McLaren duo Kevin Magnussen and Jenson Button were second and fourth on supersofts, as third fastest Rosberg - and the Williams and Red Bulls - stayed on the yellow-marked rubber. Kamui Kobayashi, Romain Grosjean, Kimi Raikkonen, Sergio Perez and Vettel had off-track moments or spins, before Marcus Ericsson backed his Caterham into the wall at Turn 9 with 20 seconds to go, bringing out the red flag. The incident prevented the rest of the field from improving in the final moments, meaning that Marussia duo Max Chilton and Jules Bianchi had to settle for 18th and 19th respectively, 1m 18.348s to 1m 18.359s. Pastor Maldonado was 17th for Lotus on 1m 18.328s, his session ending early when he ground to a halt at the Turn 3 escape road. Kobayashi meanwhile headed Ericsson in the fight for 20th, 1m 19.278s to 1m 19.820s, but will start behind his Caterham team mate after a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change prior to Q1. Missing from this session was the unfortunate Esteban Gutierrez, who crashed during FP3 and damaged his chassis. The Mexican was forced to miss qualifying and will therefore start Sunday's race from the pit lane. Felipe Massa sprang a big surprise in Q2 when his 1m 15.773s lap trumped the initial efforts of Hamilton and Rosberg, but eventually the former posted 1m 15.054s and the latter 1m 15.289s. Behind them there was a dogfight which saw third to 15th covered by a second. Jean-Eric Vergne managed 1m 16.255s to seal tenth, and in the process bumped the lead Force India of Nico Hulkenberg - who set 1m 16.300s - into the drop zone. Magnussen was 12th on 1m 16.310s, with Force India's Perez next on 1m 16.472s ahead of Lotus' Grosjean on 1m 16.687s, Toro Rosso's Daniil Kvyat on 1m 16.713s after a trip over the chicane spoiled a subsequent effort, and Adrian Sutil bringing up the rear for Sauber with 1m 17.314s. Thus the scene was set for Q3, and that's where the advantage swung Rosberg's way. His opening run was the first lap of the weekend to dip below 1m 15s: 1m 14.946s to Hamilton's 1m 15.034s, the Englishman having to deal with some traffic in the third sector. On their final runs he could still not deny Rosberg however: the German improved to 1m 14.874s, with Hamilton less than one tenth of a second short on 1m 14.953s. Behind them, Vettel finally vaulted up to third on 1m 15.548s, ahead of the Williams duo, as Bottas pipped Massa with 1m 15.550s to 1m 15.578s. Right behind them, Ricciardo was sixth on 1m 15.589s as Fernando Alonso's best left Ferrari only seventh on 1m 15.814s. Vergne's strong weekend continued with eighth on 1m 16.162s, which Button narrowly failed to match for McLaren with 1m 16.182s, as Raikkonen took 10th on 1m 16.214s – still within seven tenths of Vettel's best. Thus the grid will provisionally line up: Rosberg, Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas; Massa, Ricciardo; Alonso, Vergne; Button, Raikkonen; Hulkenberg, Magnussen; Perez, Grosjean; Kvyat, Sutil; Maldonado, Chilton; Bianchi, Ericsson; Kobayashi, Gutierrez.

I have one, but like all good garages it's full of junk..!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

2.5 hours later. Still got the wheels to do Stopped to watch BTCC from Oulton Pk on ITV 4. Will carry on after that. Not looking too bad..! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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After all this rain and storms my Zed filthy. so up early. Kercher and cleaning materials ready, bacon sandwich or two and I'll get tucked in.

Great pics, nice Zed and sunset as said enter for the 2015 Calendar

So far five F1 Drivers have signed to do the Series. Franck Montagny Lucas di Grassi Jaime Alguersuari Karun Chandhok Bruno Senna.

He's probably an Estate Agent.. :lol:

As Kyle said ..Smack it hard..

Plenty of space at Brands and parking in the West End on Sun is free.

Welcome to The Land of Zed. . Nice looking Zed , needs a "stubby"

Brilliant to see it taking shape.

Needs a "stubby" as well..

If you have GT6 then Will make sure you have a go at the new Ayrton Senna challenges. Lot of fun driving his go-kart, F3 car & F1 lotus. Yes my son got it, I'll give that a bash. Thanks.

Yes its good fun.

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