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Just more F1 bad news today. AndreaDeCesaris died tonight after a motorbike crash in Rome. What a shitty shitty Sunday for F1.

Hamilton wins rain-affected race in Japan Lewis Hamilton triumphed for Mercedes at a wet Suzuka on Sunday afternoon, but the race was overshadowed by an accident involving Marussia's Jules Bianchi. The Frenchman, who went off at Turn 7 and made contact with a recovery vehicle dealing with a separate incident, has been taken to hospital. The accident brought an early end to the race, which was red flagged and finished under the safety car, and the result backdated to lap 44. Hamilton thus led home team mate Nico Rosberg, Red Bull duo Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren's Jenson Button and the Williams cars of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa. Force India pair Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez finished eighth and tenth, sandwiching Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne. It had been Rosberg who led in the early stages, although the first attempt to start the race behind the safety car had to be aborted because of the conditions after only two laps. It was restarted after a 25-minute delay, and the safety car stayed out until lap nine. Once under normal conditions, the race quickly developed into the anticipated duel between Rosberg and Hamilton. For the next 19 laps the Briton pursued his team mate, increasing the pressure despite a scare at Turn 1 when he ran wide and over the artificial grass when, he admitted, he had left his DRS open. Going into the same corner two laps later Hamilton's persistence finally told: he got a run on Rosberg down the straight, forcing the German to defend the inside line, which allowed Hamilton to sweep around the outside in spectacular fashion. Once into the lead, he began pulling away immediately. As Rosberg consolidated second place, attention turned to the battle between Button and the Red Bulls. The McLaren driver was the first driver to pit for intermediate tyres, coming in on lap nine, and the decision paid off as he jumped up to third by the time everyone but the Mercedes had followed suit and switched to the green-marked inters. Vettel and Ricciardo gradually closed in, however, with the Red Bulls the fastest cars on track at the halfway stage. Button eventually claimed an honourable fifth, his advantage having been lost when his car's steering wheel had to be changed during his final pit stop - with a problem which also affected his team mate Kevin Magnussen, who finished well down in 14th. Vettel, meanwhile, dropped to fourth as a result of a late stop for fresh tyres, but with the race result being backdated was elevated back into third, ahead of team mate Ricciardo. Williams' challenge was blunted early as the FW36s proved a handful in the wet - a trait underlined by the fact Ricciardo was able to pass both Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa around the outside in the Esses. The duo hung on for fifth and seventh respectively, moving Williams further ahead of Ferrari in the constructors' stakes. The Scuderia failed to score a point at Suzuka - the first time they have missed the top 10 in 82 Grands Prix - as Kimi Raikkonen finished 12th and Fernando Alonso retired early on with an electronic glitch. Nico Hulkenberg finished eighth for Force India on countback, despite having rolled to a stop at the exit of the pit lane as the race was red flagged. A fighting Vergne again overshadowed rookie team mate Daniil Kvyat to finish ninth for Toro Rosso, with Sergio Perez rounding out the top 10 in the second Force India, who now have 122 points in the constructors' championship, one point ahead of McLaren on 121. Kvyat was 11th ahead of Raikkonen, while Sauber's Esteban Gutierrez was 13th ahead of Magnussen. Lotus's Pastor Maldonado survived many off-track moments to lead Lotus team mate Romain Grosjean home until a post-race pit lane speeding penalty dropped him behind the Frenchman. Caterham's Marcus Ericsson, meanwhile, recovered from a spin on the first lap - while the field was running behind the safety car - to head Marussia's Max Chilton and Caterham team mate Kamui Kobayashi in the fight for 17th. Hamilton therefore extends his lead to 10 points over Rosberg, 266 to 256, with Ricciardo third on 193 from Vettel on 139, Alonso on 133 and Bottas on 130. Mercedes are on the brink of clinching the 2014 constructors' championship, moving onto 522 points - Red Bull are second on 332, with Williams third on 201 and Ferrari fourth on 178.

Sounds like something knocking on the exhaust, like something hitting a centre pipe or the back box.

Look Ace Mark. Great guide on fitting them.

Early bird catches the worm..!!

Great looking Zed, nice build thread.

definitely not deal breaker, just makes it easier I ordered mine and got them next day delivery. 4 x Bolts, 2 x Gaskets and I needed 4 x clamps.

Bolts, gasket, and clamp's are "baby money" from CS. or Tarmac. Go for it.

Top system, got it on my Zed. A lot of "flash" for no "cash".

While you got it off, disconnect the Headlight washer bottle and stop it ruining you hard work when you clean the car.

I always use the digital spedo on the R/H pod. Could be the speed sensor.

FIA Statement about the accident.

There was a guy riding through the desert on his camel. He had been traveling so long that he felt the need to have sex. Obviously there were no women in the desert so the man turned to his camel. He tried to position himself to have sex with his camel but the camel ran away. The man ran to catch up to the camel and got back on and started to ride again. Soon he was feeling the urge to have sex again so once again he turned to his camel. The camel refused by running away. S o he caught up to it again and go on it again. Finally after riding the camel through the whole desert the man came to a road. There was a broken down car with three big chested beautiful blondes sitting in it. He went up to them and asked the women if they needed any help. The hottest girl said ,"If you fix our car we will do anything you want." The man luckily knew a thing or two about cars and fixed it in a flash. When he finished are three girls asked, "How could we ever repay you Mr." After thinking for a short while he replied,"Could you hold my camel?"

Various Audi's around for that price.

A rather confident man walks into a bar and takes a seat next to a very attractive woman. He gives her a quick glance, then casually looks at his watch for a moment. The woman notices this and asks, "Is your date running late?" "No", he replies, "I just bought this state-of-the-art watch and I was just testing it." The intrigued woman says, "A state-of-the-art watch? What's so special about it?" "It uses alpha waves to telepathically talk to me," he explains. "What's it telling you now?" "Well, it says you're not wearing any panties..." The woman giggles and replies, "Well it must be broken then because I am wearing panties!" The man explains, "Damn thing must be an hour fast."

Happy Birthday all, Have a good one.

Well the helicopter has gone somewhere.

An eventful Race. Hope Bianchi is OK. Medical helicopter taking off, Bianchi hit the truck, maybe some marshals as well.

The Argies are easily offended.

Team Radio: Seb: "Mr Horner, can I change my mind" Horner: "No. There's a Ferrari parked at turn 5 if you fancy a go" :lol:

Red flag rules: results will be taken at the end of the penultimate lap before the lap during which the signal to suspend race was given.

Totally agree. Time to make another cup of tea. F1 Live Timing here. http://www.formula1.com/live_timing/live_timing_popup.html

I bow to your superior knowledge. ! President Putin did, during his introductory remarks to a meeting of the Board of the Federal Migration Service in January 2012, speak words somewhat similar to the sentiments expressed in the item reproduced above, but with much more moderated language and a much less inflammatory tone: Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/putinduma.asp#j7i0SE3m2WeT4GZ3.99

Russia seems to have the right idea on the situation. (and I dont often agree with Putin). PUTIN ON MUSLIM's in RUSSIA. In Russia, live like Russians. Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia, to work and eat in Russia, it should speak Russian, and should respect the Russian laws. If they prefer Sharia Law, and live the life of Muslim’s then we advise them to go to those places where that’s the state law. Russia does not need Muslim minorities. Minorities need Russia, and we will not grant them special privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their desires, no matter how loud they yell ‘discrimination’. We will not tolerate disrespect of our Russian culture. We better learn from the suicides of America, England, Holland and France, if we are to survive as a nation. The Muslims are taking over those countries and they will not take over Russia. The Russian customs and traditions are not compatible with the lack of culture or the primitive ways of Sharia Law and Muslims.

Tweet from Mansell. Nigel Mansell CBE â€@Mansell_Nigel 10 minutes ago Looking at the radar ,hope Suzuka is lucky and main part of storm misses us. Here's hoping as well.