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After watching the season opener of the original Top Gear series, I was watching a bit of American Top Gear on the History Channel...these 3 stooges are the most wooden, unentertaining buffoons to disgrace the silver screen.

I can't believe it's not butter! I mean I can't believe the station renewed the show for a second season.

Tu_triky wrote:Ferrari 458 Spider

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Been a little bummed because there wasn't a base model convertible available from the prancing horse after the F430 was put out to pasture? Then you're probably as pumped as we are to be looking at the new Ferrari 458 Spider ($TBA). Not content to simply bring the drop-top back to Ferrari's mid-engine lineup, the 458 Spider is the world's first mid-rear engined ride with a retractable hard top, which flips over to stow neatly beneath the rear deck lid \ in a mere 14 seconds. Other features include 4.5L V8 producing 562 hp, Ferrari's dual-clutch F1 paddle-shift transmission, high-performance ABS for slowing the damn thing down from its top speed of roughly 200mph, and gorgeous 20-inch rims worthy of the Pininfarina body up top.

Typical beautiful Pininfarina styling... Though I'm not that impressed with the headlights.

2011 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX - Qualifying

Pos - No - Driver - Team - Q1 - Q2 - Q3 - Laps
1 - 1 - Sebastian Vettel - RBR-Renault - 2:03.029 - 2:03.317 - 1:48.298 - 22
2 - 3 - Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes - 2:03.008 - 2:02.823 - 1:48.730 - 21
3 - 2 - Mark Webber - RBR-Renault - 2:02.827 - 2:03.302 - 1:49.376 - 23
4 - 6 - Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 2:05.834 - 2:04.507 - 1:50.256 - 21
5 - 8 - Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 2:05.091 - 2:03.723 - 1:50.552 - 23
6 - 19 - Jaime Alguersuari - STR-Ferrari - 2:05.419 - 2:04.561 - 1:50.773 - 24
7 - 9 - Bruno Senna - Renault - 2:05.047 - 2:04.452 - 1:51.121 - 24
8 - 5 - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 2:04.450 - 2:02.768 - 1:51.251 - 22
9 - 17 - Sergio Perez - Sauber-Ferrari - 2:06.284 - 2:04.625 - 1:51.374 - 24
10 - 10 - Vitaly Petrov - Renault - 2:05.292 - 2:03.466 - 1:52.303 - 23
11 - 18 - Sebastien Buemi - STR-Ferrari - 2:04.744 - 2:04.692 - - 18
12 - 16 - Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber-Ferrari - 2:07.194 - 2:04.757 - - 18
13 - 4 - Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes - 2:01.813 - 2:05.150 - - 15
14 - 11 - Rubens Barrichello - Williams-Cosworth - 2:05.720 - 2:07.349 - - 17
15 - 14 - Adrian Sutil - Force India-Mercedes - 2:06.000 - 2:07.777 - - 12
16 - 12 - Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Cosworth - 2:05.621 - 2:08.106 - - 17
17 - 20 - Heikki Kovalainen - Lotus-Renault - 2:06.780 - 2:08.354 - - 15
18 - 15 - Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes - 2:07.758 - - - 8
19 - 21 - Jarno Trulli - Lotus-Renault - 2:08.773 - - - 8
20 - 24 - Timo Glock - Virgin-Cosworth - 2:09.566 - - - 9
DNQ - 25 - Jerome d'Ambrosio - Virgin-Cosworth - 2:11.601 - - - 9
DNQ - 23 - Vitantonio Liuzzi - HRT-Cosworth - 2:11.616 - - - 9
DNQ - 22 - Daniel Ricciardo - HRT-Cosworth - 2:13.077 - - - 9
DNQ - 7 - Michael Schumacher - Mercedes - No time - - - 1

2011 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX - Results
Pos - No - Driver - Team - Laps - Time/Retired - Grid - Pts
1 - 1 - Sebastian Vettel - RBR-Renault - 44 - 1:26:44.893 - 1 - 25
2 - 2 - Mark Webber - RBR-Renault - 44 - +3.7 secs - 3 - 18
3 - 4 - Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes - 44 - +9.6 secs - 13 - 15
4 - 5 - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 44 - +13.0 secs - 8 - 12
5 - 7 - Michael Schumacher - Mercedes - 44 - +47.4 secs - 24 - 10
6 - 8 - Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 44 - +48.6 secs - 5 - 8
7 - 14 - Adrian Sutil - Force India-Mercedes - 44 - +59.7 secs - 15 - 6
8 - 6 - Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 44 - +66.0 secs - 4 - 4
9 - 10 - Vitaly Petrov - Renault - 44 - +71.9 secs - 10 - 2
10 - 12 - Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Cosworth - 44 - +77.6 secs - 21 - 1
11 - 15 - Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes - 44 - +83.9 secs - 17 -
12 - 16 - Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber-Ferrari - 44 - +91.9 secs - 12 -
13 - 9 - Bruno Senna - Renault - 44 - +92.9 secs - 7 -
14 - 21 - Jarno Trulli - Lotus-Renault - 43 - +1 Lap - 18 -
15 - 20 - Heikki Kovalainen - Lotus-Renault - 43 - +1 Lap - 16 -
16 - 11 - Rubens Barrichello - Williams-Cosworth - 43 - +1 Lap - 14 -
17 - 25 - Jerome d'Ambrosio - Virgin-Cosworth - 43 - +1 Lap - 20 -
18 - 24 - Timo Glock - Virgin-Cosworth - 43 - +1 Lap - 19 -
19 - 23 - Vitantonio Liuzzi - HRT-Cosworth - 43 - +1 Lap - 22 -
Ret - 17 - Sergio Perez - Sauber-Ferrari - 27 - +17 Laps - 9 -
Ret - 22 - Daniel Ricciardo - HRT-Cosworth - 13 - +31 Laps - 23 -
Ret - 3 - Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes - 12 - Accident - 2 -
Ret - 18 - Sebastien Buemi - STR-Ferrari - 6 - Accident damage - 11 -
Ret - 19 - Jaime Alguersuari - STR-Ferrari - 0 - Accident damage - 6

Driver Point Standings
Pos - Driver - Nationality - Team - Points
1 - Sebastian Vettel - German - RBR-Renault - 259
2 - Mark Webber - Australian - RBR-Renault - 167
3 - Fernando Alonso - Spanish - Ferrari - 157
4 - Jenson Button - British - McLaren-Mercedes - 149
5 - Lewis Hamilton - British - McLaren-Mercedes - 146
6 - Felipe Massa - Brazilian - Ferrari - 74
7 - Nico Rosberg - German - Mercedes - 56
8 - Michael Schumacher - German - Mercedes - 42
9 - Vitaly Petrov - Russian - Renault - 34
10 - Nick Heidfeld - German - Renault - 34
11 - Kamui Kobayashi - Japanese - Sauber-Ferrari - 27
12 - Adrian Sutil - German - Force India-Mercedes - 24
13 - Sebastien Buemi - Swiss - STR-Ferrari - 12
14 - Jaime Alguersuari - Spanish - STR-Ferrari - 10
15 - Sergio Perez - Mexican - Sauber-Ferrari - 8
16 - Paul di Resta - British - Force India-Mercedes - 8
17 - Rubens Barrichello - Brazilian - Williams-Cosworth - 4
18 - Pastor Maldonado - Venezuelan - Williams-Cosworth - 1
19 - Pedro de la Rosa - Spanish - Sauber-Ferrari - 0
20 - Jarno Trulli - Italian - Lotus-Renault - 0
21 - Vitantonio Liuzzi - Italian - HRT-Cosworth - 0
22 - Bruno Senna - Brazilian - Renault - 0
23 - Jerome d'Ambrosio - Belgian - Virgin-Cosworth - 0
24 - Heikki Kovalainen - Finnish - Lotus-Renault - 0
25 - Timo Glock - German - Virgin-Cosworth - 0
26 - Narain Karthikeyan - Indian - HRT-Cosworth - 0
27 - Daniel Ricciardo - Australian - HRT-Cosworth - 0
28 - Karun Chandhok - Indian - Lotus-Renault - 0

Team Standings
Pos - Team - Points
1 - RBR-Renault - 426
2 - McLaren-Mercedes - 295
3 - Ferrari - 231
4 - Mercedes - 98
5 - Renault - 68
6 - Sauber-Ferrari - 35
7 - Force India-Mercedes - 32
8 - STR-Ferrari - 22
9 - Williams-Cosworth - 5
10 - Lotus-Renault - 0
11 - HRT-Cosworth - 0
12 - Virgin-Cosworth - 0

lewis crashed? for a change? :hehe:

Dealer-installed A/C? :rofl:

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Before the Prius. :rofl:

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^From the liquidation sale at Solyndra?

Jav_sol wrote:^From the liquidation sale at Solyndra?

:rofl: That company filled for bankruptcy right after receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in loan guarantees from the federal gov't. WTF?

Tu_triky wrote:

:rofl: That company filed for bankruptcy right after receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in loan guarantees from the federal gov't. WTF?

Tu_triky wrote::rofl: That company filled for bankruptcy right after receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in loan guarantees from the federal gov't. WTF?

I read they built a manufacturing facility with the money, then the company tanked. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
I read they built a manufacturing facility with the money, then the company tanked. :sweat:

Yeah, me too. The timing seems a bit odd.

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2011 - Qualifying
Pos - No - Driver - Team - Q1 - Q2 - Q3 - Laps
1 - 1 - Sebastian Vettel - RBR-Renault - 1:24.002 - 1:22.914 - 1:22.275 - 15
2 - 3 - Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes - 1:23.976 - 1:23.172 - 1:22.725 - 16
3 - 4 - Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes - 1:24.013 - 1:23.031 - 1:22.777 - 17
4 - 5 - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:24.134 - 1:23.342 - 1:22.841 - 18
5 - 2 - Mark Webber - RBR-Renault - 1:24.148 - 1:23.387 - 1:22.972 - 14
6 - 6 - Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 1:24.523 - 1:23.681 - 1:23.188 - 17
7 - 10 - Vitaly Petrov - Renault - 1:24.486 - 1:23.741 - 1:23.530 - 19
8 - 7 - Michael Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:25.108 - 1:23.671 - 1:23.777 - 13
9 - 8 - Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:24.550 - 1:23.335 - 1:24.477 - 17
10 - 9 - Bruno Senna - Renault - 1:24.914 - 1:24.157 - - 20
11 - 15 - Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes - 1:24.574 - 1:24.163 - - 15
12 - 14 - Adrian Sutil - Force India-Mercedes - 1:24.595 - 1:24.209 - - 18
13 - 11 - Rubens Barrichello - Williams-Cosworth - 1:24.975 - 1:24.648 - - 19
14 - 12 - Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Cosworth - 1:24.798 - 1:24.726 - - 16
15 - 17 - Sergio Perez - Sauber-Ferrari - 1:25.113 - 1:24.845 - - 17
16 - 18 - Sebastien Buemi - STR-Ferrari - 1:25.164 - 1:24.932 - - 18
17 - 16 - Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber-Ferrari - 1:24.879 - 1:25.065 - - 16
18 - 19 - Jaime Alguersuari - STR-Ferrari - 1:25.334 - - - 11
19 - 21 - Jarno Trulli - Lotus-Renault - 1:26.647 - - - 12
20 - 20 - Heikki Kovalainen - Lotus-Renault - 1:27.184 - - - 13
21 - 24 - Timo Glock - Virgin-Cosworth - 1:27.591 - - - 9
22 - 25 - Jerome d'Ambrosio - Virgin-Cosworth - 1:27.609 - - - 11
23 - 22 - Daniel Ricciardo - HRT-Cosworth - 1:28.054 - - - 12
24 - 23 - Vitantonio Liuzzi - HRT-Cosworth - 1:28.231 - - - 11

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2011 - Results
Pos - No - Driver - Team - Laps - Time/Retired - Grid - Pts
1 - 1 - Sebastian Vettel - RBR-Renault - 53 - 1:20:46.172 - 1 - 25
2 - 4 - Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes - 53 - +9.5 secs - 3 - 18
3 - 5 - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 53 - +16.9 secs - 4 - 15
4 - 3 - Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes - 53 - +17.4 secs - 2 - 12
5 - 7 - Michael Schumacher - Mercedes - 53 - +32.6 secs - 8 - 10
6 - 6 - Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 53 - +42.9 secs - 6 - 8
7 - 19 - Jaime Alguersuari - STR-Ferrari - 52 - +1 Lap - 18 - 6
8 - 15 - Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes - 52 - +1 Lap - 11 - 4
9 - 9 - Bruno Senna - Renault - 52 - +1 Lap - 10 - 2
10 - 18 - Sebastien Buemi - STR-Ferrari - 52 - +1 Lap - 16 - 1
11 - 12 - Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Cosworth - 52 - +1 Lap - 14 -
12 - 11 - Rubens Barrichello - Williams-Cosworth - 52 - +1 Lap - 13 -
13 - 20 - Heikki Kovalainen - Lotus-Renault - 51 - +2 Laps - 20 -
14 - 21 - Jarno Trulli - Lotus-Renault - 51 - +2 Laps - 19 -
15 - 24 - Timo Glock - Virgin-Cosworth - 51 - +2 Laps - 21 -
NC - 22 - Daniel Ricciardo - HRT-Cosworth - 39 - +14 Laps - 23 -
Ret - 17 - Sergio Perez - Sauber-Ferrari - 32 - Gearbox - 15 -
Ret - 16 - Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber-Ferrari - 21 - Gearbox - 17 -
Ret - 14 - Adrian Sutil - Force India-Mercedes - 9 - Steering - 12 -
Ret - 2 - Mark Webber - RBR-Renault - 4 - Accident - 5 -
Ret - 25 - Jerome d'Ambrosio - Virgin-Cosworth - 1 - +52 Laps - 22 -
Ret - 10 - Vitaly Petrov - Renault - 0 - Accident - 7 -
Ret - 8 - Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 0 - Accident - 9 -
Ret - 23 - Vitantonio Liuzzi - HRT-Cosworth - 0 - Accident - 24


Drivers Standings
Pos - Driver - Nationality - Team - Points
1 - Sebastian Vettel - German - RBR-Renault - 284
2 - Fernando Alonso - Spanish - Ferrari - 172
3 - Jenson Button - British - McLaren-Mercedes - 167
4 - Mark Webber - Australian - RBR-Renault - 167
5 - Lewis Hamilton - British - McLaren-Mercedes - 158
6 - Felipe Massa - Brazilian - Ferrari - 82
7 - Nico Rosberg - German - Mercedes - 56
8 - Michael Schumacher - German - Mercedes - 52
9 - Vitaly Petrov - Russian - Renault - 34
10 - Nick Heidfeld - German - Renault - 34
11 - Kamui Kobayashi - Japanese - Sauber-Ferrari - 27
12 - Adrian Sutil - German - Force India-Mercedes - 24
13 - Jaime Alguersuari - Spanish - STR-Ferrari - 16
14 - Sebastien Buemi - Swiss - STR-Ferrari - 13
15 - Paul di Resta - British - Force India-Mercedes - 12
16 - Sergio Perez - Mexican - Sauber-Ferrari - 8
17 - Rubens Barrichello - Brazilian - Williams-Cosworth - 4
18 - Bruno Senna - Brazilian - Renault - 2
19 - Pastor Maldonado - Venezuelan - Williams-Cosworth - 1
20 - Pedro de la Rosa - Spanish - Sauber-Ferrari - 0
21 - Jarno Trulli - Italian - Lotus-Renault - 0
22 - Heikki Kovalainen - Finnish - Lotus-Renault - 0
23 - Vitantonio Liuzzi - Italian - HRT-Cosworth - 0
24 - Jerome d'Ambrosio - Belgian - Virgin-Cosworth - 0
25 - Timo Glock - German - Virgin-Cosworth - 0
26 - Narain Karthikeyan - Indian - HRT-Cosworth - 0
27 - Daniel Ricciardo - Australian - HRT-Cosworth - 0
28 - Karun Chandhok - Indian - Lotus-Renault - 0


Team Standings
Pos - Team - Points
1 - RBR-Renault - 451
2 - McLaren-Mercedes - 325
3 - Ferrari - 254
4 - Mercedes - 108
5 - Renault - 70
6 - Force India-Mercedes - 36
7 - Sauber-Ferrari - 35
8 - STR-Ferrari - 29
9 - Williams-Cosworth - 5
10 - Lotus-Renault - 0
11 - HRT-Cosworth - 0
12 - Virgin-Cosworth - 0

jenson always get fired up near end of race.
he and team always have different strategy.

schumacher got high setting downforce so low around corner but have same top speed when lewis's using DRS.

^ Next race (14 of 19): Singapore on September 25.

Tu_triky wrote::rofl: That company filled for bankruptcy right after receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in loan guarantees from the federal gov't. WTF?

Someone must have made one heck of a sales pitch. :beaten:

Now you know why Citroen doesn't sell cars in the US anymore.

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bmwracer wrote:Now you know why Citroen doesn't sell cars in the US anymore.

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My eyes hurt.

2011 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX - Qualifying

Pos - No - Driver - Team - Q1 - Q2 - Q3 - Laps
1 - 1 - Sebastian Vettel - RBR-Renault - 1:46.397 - 1:44.931 - 1:44.381 - 12
2 - 2 - Mark Webber - RBR-Renault - 1:47.332 - 1:45.651 - 1:44.732 - 14
3 - 4 - Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes - 1:46.956 - 1:45.472 - 1:44.804 - 14
4 - 3 - Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes - 1:47.014 - 1:46.829 - 1:44.809 - 12
5 - 5 - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:47.054 - 1:45.779 - 1:44.874 - 13
6 - 6 - Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 1:47.945 - 1:45.955 - 1:45.800 - 14
7 - 8 - Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:47.688 - 1:46.405 - 1:46.013 - 11
8 - 7 - Michael Schumacher - Mercedes - 1:48.819 - 1:46.043 - - 11
9 - 14 - Adrian Sutil - Force India-Mercedes - 1:47.952 - 1:47.093 - - 14
10 - 15 - Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes - 1:48.022 - 1:47.486 - - 14
11 - 17 - Sergio Perez - Sauber-Ferrari - 1:47.717 - 1:47.616 - - 13
12 - 11 - Rubens Barrichello - Williams-Cosworth - 1:48.061 - 1:48.082 - - 14
13 - 12 - Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Cosworth - 1:49.710 - 1:48.270 - - 16
14 - 18 - Sebastien Buemi - STR-Ferrari - 1:48.753 - 1:48.634 - - 11
15 - 9 - Bruno Senna - Renault - 1:48.861 - 1:48.662 - - 13
16 - 19 - Jaime Alguersuari - STR-Ferrari - 1:49.588 - 1:49.862 - - 10
17 - 16 - Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber-Ferrari - 1:48.054 - - - 8
18 - 10 - Vitaly Petrov - Renault - 1:49.835 - - - 8
19 - 20 - Heikki Kovalainen - Lotus-Renault - 1:50.948 - - - 6
20 - 21 - Jarno Trulli - Lotus-Renault - 1:51.012 - - - 6
21 - 24 - Timo Glock - Virgin-Cosworth - 1:52.154 - - - 7
22 - 25 - Jerome d'Ambrosio - Virgin-Cosworth - 1:52.363 - - - 6
23 - 22 - Daniel Ricciardo - HRT-Cosworth - 1:52.404 - - - 6
24 - 23 - Vitantonio Liuzzi - HRT-Cosworth - 1:52.810 - - - 6