Webber ?cool? with Q1 tyre choice

Mark Webber says he was "cool" with Red Bull's decision not to use the 'option' tyres during his final run in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/webber-cool-with-q1-tyre-choice/

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Pirelli reveals choices for next GPs

Pirelli has revealed its tyre compound choices for the three upcoming grands prix in Turkey, Spain and Monaco. The Italian manufacturer will nominate the hard and soft tyres as 'prime' and 'option' respectively for Turkey and Spain, while the soft and the supersoft compounds will be used in Monaco

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/pirelli-reveals-choices-for-next-gps/

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Genius Artiste Builds Vespa Daniela Scooter Out of Wood

Sweet Mother of Haruko Haruhara! Or rather, sweet, sweet Carlos Alberto?a woodsmith hailing from Figueiras, Portugal. Through untold hours of cutting, sawing, bending, molding, laminating, sanding and oiling, Alberto?s crafted what he calls the Vespa Daniela almost entirely out of wood, right down to the handgrips. What?s more, the cellulosic steed is actually functional and [...]

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Wickens keen to make early break

Robert Wickens declared himself ready to take maximum advantage of title rival Daniel Ricciardo's absence from the opening Formula Renault 3.5 round of the season, after claiming pole position for this afternoon's first race at Motorland Aragon. ISR's Ricciardo was unable to attend the Spanish event after backer Red Bull nominated him to take part in Friday's Formula 1 free practice session with Toro Rosso at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/wickens-keen-to-make-early-break/

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Whitmarsh: McLaren must work harder

McLaren believes it needs to work much harder to improve all areas of its car design if it is going to get it into a position to start overhauling Formula 1 pace-setters Red Bull Racing. With Sebastian Vettel having won both races held so far this year, and starting on pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix, McLaren faces a tough task in developing its car to close down the performance gap to its main rivals. However, McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh thinks there is not one specific area where Red Bull Racing is getting its advantage from - which means his outfit will have to lift its performance everywhere

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/whitmarsh-mclaren-must-work-harder/

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Aston Martin Reveals V12 Vantage GT3 Race Car

How do you make an (extra)ordinarily luscious Aston Martin even sexier? By turning it into a race car, of course! Aston Martin has just done exactly that, revealing its latest GT3 project, a V-12 Vantage?based monster. It features a massively widened body, huge front splitter, and a massive rear wing. The new racer replaces Aston’s [...]

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Hanninen jumps into narrow lead

Reigning Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Juho Hanninen leads Skoda team-mate Jan Kopecky by just 0.1 seconds with two stages of a thrilling Rally Islas Canarias remaining. Thierry Neuville and Freddy Loix are also still in contention after the first loop of two Saturday stages. Neuville briefly took first position on SS9 San Mateo (by 0.9s), as Kronos' young Belgian continued to show the best form of his career so far

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/hanninen-jumps-into-narrow-lead/

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2011 Subaru Forester 2.5X Touring ? Short Take Road Test

A new engine?really, it is new?doesn?t change our opinion of Subaru?s tall wagon. That?s a good thing. What Is It? Starting with the 2011 model year, Subaru quietly introduced its third-generation flat-four, called FB25, in the Forester 2.5X. (The turbocharged four in the 2.5XT is still the old EJ25). The FB25 makes the same 170 [...]

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iRacer Profile: James Kirkham

James Kirkham is fortunate to have what many fellow iRacers would consider a dream job: working in the motorsports arena.  Not long after relocating to Charlotte from Oregon Kirkham landed a job with Motorsports Management International which represents many of NASCAR’s  top drivers including Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray and Tony Stewart — to name a few.  Trouble is, Kirkham wants to be on the other side of the equation as a successful race driver in his own right.  He’s willing to make the sacrifices to make it happen, witnesss the fact that the former real estate salesman/successful SCCA club racer and his wife moved to Charlotte to be in the midst of the American motorsports scene.  Currently, Kirkham is putting is sales and marketing savvy by, among other [...]

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/iracer-profile-james-kirkham/

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