They had to throw the NASCAR derived engine out pretty damn fast to make the car competitive, though. The engine was enormously heavy (around twice the weight of the standard for Le Mans cars at the time) and such a rattly piece of shit that it shook the car apart and was ridiculously loud and ear damaging. It…

Assuming, of course, that you were able to get your laces to fly-up in a moment of gravity-loss while you were also flat out while also just about to crank more than a turn of lock on.

I don't know as that is all that fast, considering they seem to have at least 8 guys on it. Any half decent race-prepped car (ie no rusted bolts) with that many race mechs familiar with the car should be able to do that.

Gutierrez, definitely. That boy has some serious talent.

What do you mean now? It's always been like that at the back end of the grid.

Budgets for the starter formulae (FBMW, USF2000) been around 200-250K for the last 6 or 7 years at least (wasn't over here before then) and have been relatively stable. As more money comes back into the economy I wonder if they'll rise again. Nothing like people having money to spend making the price go up.

The budgets are woefully low for the lower formulae. Expect any competitive/complete USF2000 and FMazda package to be about $75-100K more than suggested here. No way no how will you get a USF2000 ride for $100K.

Like I said, they've made it work - after 50 years of development - but there are better solutions that have been around for 40+ years. It isn't broken, just fundamentally limited. If its advantages still fall within the range of the majority of their users (road use at highway plus a bit speeds) then there isn't…

"The reason some people go to coil-overs is to make it easier to setup / change spring rates for various tracks"

Why would stupid people moan about it? What higher intelligence thinks that despite the rest of the motoring world (and all of motor racing for 60 years) moving away from leaf springs entirely and more specifically towards independent suspension as a whole, that a transverse leaf is anything other than shite?

It looked to me like they weren't changing lanes as much as panic/brake/swerve in avoidance. I don't think they intended to change lanes at all, but was just thinking "OMGPLEASEDON'T HIT MINIVAN". Which, um, failed, but much more spectacularly than just slamming into the back of them.

Yet another accident caused by the idiot at the front seeing the fire truck right when they got to it and slamming their brakes on down to about 10 mph. Rubbernecking or panic, either way. I like how that idiot gets off scott free and the van behind him and the person behind them take all the damage. Yes, they were…

Dear tuning idiots - extreme camber and no suspension travel may make your car look what you think is awesome, but it does mean it won't handle worth a damn (even at pityingly low speeds as seen here) and will be unable to cope with even the lightest bump in the road when under power.

So basically try to make it 1960's F1 (apart from 1, which may actually work).

You can't see the wheel at all - it isn't moving. But the tyre surface is. It is gripping and then losing grip and then gripping again as it goes over the kerb, which is why that movement stops when it gets onto the consistent friction surface of the track.

Well, frankly you should be sorry, if you're going to make sweeping comments on a driver's career. Google people before you pass judgement, maybe?

It was hardly the first time she was behind a professional machine. She's been racing for years - maybe do some research before passing judgment? You make her sound like a total rookie, and they just don't get to sit behind the wheel of contemporary F1 cars...