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Jon39 said:
Remain confident Kevin.
When the 2021 season AM F1 racing car was unveiled, Mr Stroll said, "Aston Martin has its sights set on winning the Formula One world championship within the next five years".
We are now in year 2. The leading constructor team has 545 points and Aston Martin 25 (9th place out of 10, nils points today), but perhaps they are just holding back a little, to confuse the opposition, before being all conquering in year 5.
Joking aside, the cars at the front are fast and the cars at the back are almost as fast. Only a second or so difference in lap times. Not like the old days, when lapping occurred far more.
an Aston Martin did cross the finish line first !!!
Jon39 said:
When the 2021 season AM F1 racing car was unveiled, Mr Stroll said, "Aston Martin has its sights set on winning the Formula One world championship within the next five years".
And so could I, with equal results and for free. Here go: "Team Simpo has its sights set on winning the Formula One world championship within the next five years". There, that was easy 
Tomorrow, the decathlon.Jon39 said:
We are now in year 2. The leading constructor team has 545 points and Aston Martin 25 (9th place out of 10, nils points today), but perhaps they are just holding back a little, to confuse the opposition, before being all conquering in year 5.
Joking aside, the cars at the front are fast and the cars at the back are almost as fast. Only a second or so difference in lap times. Not like the old days, when lapping occurred far more.
And (in the style of Ken Miles in Le Mans 66), 'And how much are Aston Martin paying to come last?'Joking aside, the cars at the front are fast and the cars at the back are almost as fast. Only a second or so difference in lap times. Not like the old days, when lapping occurred far more.
We can but take succour from the fact that the 'Aston Martin' F1 team is nothing to do with Aston Martin.
An Aston Martin Vulcan is racing at Donnington Park this weekend.
Wonder if this might be the first time a Vulcan has been raced?
In qualifying this morning, pole position was achieved by a Mercedes GT3, time 1:38.835.
The Vulcan will be on the grid adjacent to two Vantage GT4s, all with times of 1:49.
The entrant is Venture Innovations, who are also the entrant of a Mercedes GT4 in the race.
Does the Venture Innovations name mean anything to you ?
A Saturday and Sunday event.
BARC have a livestream on YouTube.
The event timetable is on the TSL Timing website and the BARC website.
RichB said:
Jon39 said:
<clip> In qualifying this morning, pole position was achieved by a Mercedes GT3, time 1:38.835.
The Vulcan will be on the grid adjacent to two Vantage GT4s, all with times of 1:49.
over 10 secs/lap is a huge difference. Is that correct? The Vulcan will be on the grid adjacent to two Vantage GT4s, all with times of 1:49.
M1AGM said:
RichB said:
Jon39 said:
<clip> In qualifying this morning, pole position was achieved by a Mercedes GT3, time 1:38.835.
The Vulcan will be on the grid adjacent to two Vantage GT4s, all with times of 1:49.
over 10 secs/lap is a huge difference. Is that correct? The Vulcan will be on the grid adjacent to two Vantage GT4s, all with times of 1:49.
For qualifying this morning, the official track description was Drying.
Fastest lap in the race so far = 1:27.7
The Vulcan = 1:31.7
It is the full circuit today.
williamp said:
Do we know what race the Vulcan is in??
British Endurance Championship. Race 2 yesterday.
Although a 2 day race meeting, think those cars were only attending on Saturday.
The BARC, who do the YouTube coverage probably have two videos, one for each day.
You can wind them back, but I have noticed before, that a completed video sometimes disappears for a number of days.
Just rewatched 2018 AM Festival race (link above) seems a long while ago.
Commentary from 11 mins although sounds great all way through, Humph's Red 10 leading them to start.
Unrestricted Vantage GT3 3min 52 best lap, Vulcan with P Dunbreck would have been 3.55 or so (commentary mentions Vulcan was positioned in speed terms between GTE cars high 3.40s to low 3.50s and a homogulated GT3 car). Great shame won't see Valkyrie there if it could have hit 3.20 or so.
Commentary from 11 mins although sounds great all way through, Humph's Red 10 leading them to start.
Unrestricted Vantage GT3 3min 52 best lap, Vulcan with P Dunbreck would have been 3.55 or so (commentary mentions Vulcan was positioned in speed terms between GTE cars high 3.40s to low 3.50s and a homogulated GT3 car). Great shame won't see Valkyrie there if it could have hit 3.20 or so.
Much better lap times for the AM F1 team in USA, but in the end, no points.
Did Lance Stroll intentionally steer left, directly into the path of the overtaking Fernando Alonso?
Nearly killing your next years team mate, might not be a good start for their 2023 season together.
Was a penalty issued to LS ?
Jon39 said:
Much better lap times for the AM F1 team in USA, but in the end, no points.
Did Lance Stroll intentionally steer left, directly into the path of the overtaking Fernando Alonso?
Nearly killing your next years team mate, might not be a good start for their 2023 season together.
Was a penalty issued to LS ?
AM F1 certainly got points in Texas with Vettel finishing 7th, they are now just 1 point behind Alfa Romeo in the constructors.
Mr.Tremlini said:
He was given a three-place grid drop for Mexico, which seems light. The left turn was an intentional reaction, not a good move...
AM F1 certainly got points in Texas with Vettel finishing 7th, they are now just 1 point behind Alfa Romeo in the constructors.
AM F1 certainly got points in Texas with Vettel finishing 7th, they are now just 1 point behind Alfa Romeo in the constructors.
Thanks Dean. I was wrong about the points.
Many Aston Martin enthusiasts share an interest in engineering and technoogy.
How about this for engineering achievement. Photos just a few minutes ago.
232,000 miles from Earth and 1,500 miles from the Moon.
Space flight fascinates me, especially when I consider that my grandfather was born before powered flight.
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