Baku, Moans and Groans.

(photo : Ferrari)

Who would have thought that a track which produced the highest ever speed for a Formula 1 car,  378 kmh (234.8 mph) followed by a braking zone into a tight 90 degree turn flanked by concrete barriers would produce a dull race with no accidents or safety cars?



That was the biggest surprise of the inaugural European GP in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Street tracks usually result in either dull processions or giant clusterf...s.  Baku promised a yet untried variant for F1,  a Macau for big boys,  with cars trimmed as much as teams dared having to scrub  170 mph or so into turn 1

As Vettel put it after the race, it's a track that requires proper "equipment" yet the race was as short on spectacle as it was on spectators.

(Photo: Mercedes AMG Petronas)

In reality,  the most necessary equipment was a Mercedes power unit.   It is obvious on this track how much Mercedes has been cautious in the past in deploying its full power potential.  It certainly seems like the Germans have a vast reserve to call upon whenever another team gets too close.  On a track with a two plus kilometer straight, Ferrari and Renault powered cars had little hope, the Silver Arrows could only beat themselves.

Which they partly managed to do in Baku.  

We get attacked by the Hamfosi any time we dare say anything about the spiritual heir of Ali and Senna ,  suffice it to say, he had a doozy of a week end, starting with him calling other drivers "moaners" on Friday and ending with him complaining about the new radio restrictions.   We'll leave it at that.

I would recommend you read the editorial on Formula1blog.com.  Eloquently put.

On the subject of press coverage:  After Canada, Ferrari got creamed for "blowing a sure victory"  this was both in the international media and in particular with the often bloodthirsty Italian press.     In reality, it's not at all certain Vettel would have been able to keep Hamilton behind in Montreal.  
But everyone is Ross Brawn on Monday.

In Baku, Red Bull made the same "error" but ended up with a much worse result.   Will they get the same thrashing?    Maybe in the Australian press.

(photo: Getty/Red Bull)

Ferrari actually had a fairly good week end, Vettel second,  Raikkonen fourth despite a two stop strategy and a questionable penalty.

It's an interesting stat that as of the start of the  European phase of the championship, Vettel has scored 63 points, Hamilton 60 and Rosberg 41.

Chances are the fat lady will sing Wagner or God Save the Queen but, she has not sung yet.

(photo : Ferrari)

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Enzo Ferrari always said to finish first first you have to finish. It's not really that simple but, it is. That and you need to be lucky as well as brilliant.

Fernando Alonso was all that. He is a pit bull, he never gives up and that is why he is head and shoulders the best driver in the current F1 field.

Even if you are the biggest Alonso hater in the world you have to bow to his performance today. Even without Vettel's retirement his march from eleventh on the grid to second was astounding. You can't deny that outside pass on the impressive Romain Grosjean on the restart, you can't deny how he managed these mysterious Pirelli tires, attacking when necessary, holding back when needed after the first lap charge.

Nobody guessed Valencia would be exciting but it was, unlike Monaco and Montreal which were very exciting last season.  Certainly nobody put money on a Ferrari win even if there were clues to their race pace.

Clearly, this was going to be Vettel's race, he was just insanely fast in the first phase of the race. But hey, things happen even to bulletproof Red Bulls. Was it really an alternator?  Was it the exact same failure on Vettel's and Grosjean's RS27 lumps? As a rule, whatever you are officially told is never the real reason.

Grosjean is now a force to be reckoned with, no doubt about it. His pass on Hamilton was "magnifique". Lotus is in a groove.

Speaking of grooves, or maybe, anti-grooves, there is something really wrong with the world of F1 when Mclaren can't build manual jacks that work!  Two failed on Hamilton's second stop? Really Mclaren, it's a jack!
Imagine if it had been Ferrari who had such a comical string of pit stop failures, you would be reading about it everywhere, not just as a side note.  Where are the calls for Whitmarsh and Michael's heads? Mclaren is failing and Williams is going fast...I'm just saying.

Maldonado and Hamilton...Maldonado was obviously at fault but Hamilton was just dumb: why fight there and in such a high risk way? He had to know he was a sitting duck.
So much for Hammy 3.0,  the one with the eyes on the Championship.   However, Lewis should never have found himself in that position, forced to push because of the botched pit stop. But he also made an unforced error locking up into the final corner probably delivering a death blow to his Pirellis.

Red Bull has an interesting pickle to sort: in the Championship their best placed driver is Mark Webber not Vettel.  Awkward.    I had to laugh at Helmut Marko blaming the safety car on "America" and implying there was a conspiracy to stop Vettel. . Hilarious.

I'm guessing Button and Massa must have spent the evening in a bar sharing FAIL tapas. Massa certainly had an eventful race but getting passed by Petrov in a Caterham must not have done his psyche any good.
 Button's bad performances could be down to his not coming to terms with the unpredictability of the Pirellis and a constantly changing car but it's a big failure on the team's part not to have found a solution for him yet.

Schumacher on the podium was almost a relief, certainly for him. With Kimi, Schumi and Alonso, a podium filled with Ferrari DNA.

We have to go with the BBC highlights as I'm currently internet impaired, thanks for your patience and feel free to comment, yes even the rabid Lewis fans!

5 questions for Valencia

Photo: Felipe Ribas

A very interesting Italian blog, Yet Another F1 Blog, has a feature:  "Five questions for...".  As I'm on vacation please forgive if I translate their list, usually they raise the right ones :

1) Will we have the eighth different winner? 
The question is getting a bit old, but this season, it's impossible not to ask it. Who's missing: Raikkonen, Grosjean, Schumacher, Massa, the two from Sauber... Possible in theory but we say : NO

2) Will there be at least one Safety Car? 
We say YES
.
3) Another question we asked too much this season, who will lead the Driver's championship after Valencia?
We say Alonso, in great form.

4) Better Schumacher or Rosberg in quali? 
Schumacher, because Pirelli said so...

5) Will "poor" Jenson make it in the top five? 
McLaren will try to copy Hamilton's setup on Jenson's car, Will it be enough? We say YES, maybe he'll find his groove again.

Want to give it a try and see how you did after the week end? leave your answers below
Cheers!

BTW  have you seen how Red Bull have made an extra  wing profile by enclosing the half-shafts?   Expect "clarifications"

Valencia Valium

...seriously...zzzz. OK, the fast Ferrari was as fast as the slower of the Red Bulls and McLaren though they made big claims about their race pace, were very disappointing. Wow, exciting.

I liked Perez's race. Hope Ferrari go for him in the future rather than the dreadful Jules Bianchi.

Going along with the "boring" theme, teams ratified a so called compromise over engines for post 2013, now they will be V6 rather than I4 but still 1.6 liters turbos....zzzzzz.

(photo: Pirelli)

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The European Grand Prix
Valencia, Spain;
57 laps; 310.080km;
Weather: Sunny.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           1h39:36.169
 2.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    10.891
 3.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    27.255
 4.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    46.190
 5.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    51.705
 6.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:00.000
 7.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +  1:38.000
 8.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
 9.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
10.  Heidfeld      Renault                    +     1 lap
11.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
12.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
13.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
14.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
15.  Petrov        Renault                    +     1 lap
16.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
17.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +     1 lap
18.  Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
19.  Kovalainen    Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
20.  Trulli        Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
21.  Glock         Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
22.  D'Ambrosio    Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
23.  Liuzzi        HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps
24.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Vettel, 1:41.852

       
All timing unofficial

.

F1 Qualifying Stinks

It's bad enough that it's yet another Red Bull Pole but that teams don't feel it's worth while trying to go for pole, that saving a set of tires from doing ONE hot lap is more important than improving the grid position is, in my view, symptomatic of something very wrong with the formula of Formula 1.

Pos  Driver                Team                  Time          Gap   
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m36.975
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m37.163  +  0.188
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m37.380  +  0.405
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m37.454  +  0.479
 5.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m37.535  +  0.560
 6.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m37.645  +  0.670
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m38.231  +  1.256
 8.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m38.240  +  1.265
 9.  Nick Heidfeld         Renault               No time
10.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  No time
Q2 cut-off time: 1m39.034s                                   Gap **
11.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m39.068s  +  1.763
12.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m39.422s  +  2.117
13.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1m39.489s  +  2.184
14.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m39.525s  +  2.220
15.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m39.645s  +  2.340
16.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m39.657s  +  2.352
17.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m39.711s  +  2.406
Q1 cut-off time: 1m40.131s                                    Gap *
18.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m40.232   +  1.819
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m41.664   +  3.251
20.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m42.234   +  3.821
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m42.553   +  4.140
22.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m43.584   +  5.171
23.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m43.735   +  5.322
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m44.363   +  5.950

107% time: 1m45.301s

* Gap to quickest in Q1

** Gap to quickest in Q2

.

European GP Executive Summary

if it's slow, let it load...
end of post

Complaints, Lies and Videotape

As you read various sources and make your mind out about what happened in Valencia, be careful about what "facts" you are presented with. For example, GrandPrix.com is reporting a lengthy explanation as to why it took Charlie Whiting and crew 35 minutes to come up with a suitable penalty for Hamilton's passing of the pace car. Obviously the article is a "his master's voice" piece coming straight from the source, peeved about the worldwide criticism.

You can choose to believe what parts you like, for example that the footage could not be found for half an hour but just know what that footage actually shows when you read those convoluted excuses about transponder location on the different cars.

Keep it in mid too when you read Hamilton's " ...I don't remember very much to be honest, I got to turn 1 and I was already passed the pace car..."



It's certainly true the Safety Car was deployed quickly, just as Webbed tosses his steering wheel and begins to climb out of his car, which was off the racing line, on his own. It's tough to criticize an abundance of caution but this could have been resolved with a local yellow. Even if a Safety Car was needed, why have it dive in the middle of the pack? Why not display yellows and SC boards until the leader could be gathered? Needless panic that ended up ruining a race for all the fans that were waiting for the fight to come between Vettel Hamilton and Alonso.



Predictably, all the UK centric publications are slamming Ferrari for criticizing race control and Alonso for "complaining"... Let's go to the videotape!



How about term limits of race directors? Discuss.
home

Postcard from Valencia

home

Valencia Wrap.

Rather than the usual summary, I though readers might find the BBC's post race show interesting for a change.

I will refrain from commenting on Luca Badoer's performance, it would be like shooting on the Red Cross, suffice it it to say that I never thought I would see a race driver willingly give up a position while still in pit lane...

The race, amid the picturesque Valencia shipping container facility, was much less exciting than reports would have you believe especially as we were robbed of a potential exciting finish when Mclaren threw away Hamilton's first place with a botched pit stop. Mclaren are, bizarrely, spinning it as if the mistake did not make any difference. I don't think anyone is buying their story and many must be scratching their heads as to why they would prefer claiming they were slow rather than mistaken... a clause in Hamilton's contract?

Call me cynical but I had to laugh when I heard Berrichello's race engineer, Jock Clear, say that "winning in a top car like Ferrari is one thing but in Brawn..." and calling him "..a class act". All I can think about is Rubens' hissy fit after the German GP...

As usual I welcome your comments.

Home

Gigantic man infiltrates F1 paddock...

... attempts to intimidate small man for wearing the same color shirt.






Home

Valencia Support Races: Porsche Supercup, GP2 and Formula BMW

Porsche Supercup results
GP2 and Formula BMW after the jump






GP2 Results


Results

FTD vs DFL

For those who insist that a driver makes little difference in a Formula 1 car. You can grant Luca Badoer all the excuses you want but I can't remember the last time a Ferrari driver qualified Dead effin Last with a healthy car. But nobody can really blame Badoer, the fault is with those who put him in such a position. If it's true that Ferrari has given up on the season, why not use the opportunity to test some new viable talent? Why, because Ferrari is, as often heard, "where drivers go to finish their careers" rather than start them? Old thinking.

These two laps are not Hamilton's or Badoer's qualifying laps but they give the idea well enough. Hamilton was great as was Kovalainen in P2 with a slightly heavier car. Badoer didn't even look like he fit in the car properly, look how much his head gets pushed down under braking. Maybe since he's fuelled for one stop, tomorrow some safety car will play his way, as they say, from last place he can only improve.

And here is the rest of it.

Open Door Policy.

Pos Driver        Team                      Time             Laps
 1. Alonso        Renault              (B)  1:39.404           33
 2. Button        Brawn GP-Mercedes    (B)  1:40.178  +0.774   33
 3. Barrichello   Brawn GP-Mercedes    (B)  1:40.209  +0.805   34
 4. Rosberg       Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:40.385  +0.981   39
 5. Nakajima      Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:40.503  +1.099   35
 6. Sutil         Force India-Mercedes (B)  1:40.596  +1.192   23
 7. Kubica        BMW Sauber           (B)  1:40.643  +1.239   34
 8. Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes (B)  1:40.681  +1.277   31
 9. Vettel        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:40.723  +1.319   33
10. Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:40.738  +1.334   31
11. Raikkonen     Ferrari              (B)  1:40.739  +1.335   39
12. Trulli        Toyota               (B)  1:40.770  +1.366   32
13. Grosjean      Renault              (B)  1:40.787  +1.383   35
14. Webber        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:40.956  +1.552   37
15. Glock         Toyota               (B)  1:40.985  +1.581   30
16. Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:41.156  +1.752   34
17. Heidfeld      BMW Sauber           (B)  1:41.350  +1.946   29
18. Badoer        Ferrari              (B)  1:42.017  +2.613   37
19. Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:42.089  +2.685   34
20. Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:43.214  +3.810    3

All timing unofficial

Home

Inside Valencia

Stop it... no, it's not a Cinemax special! In this week's Inside Grand Prix, catch up with the news , watch Formula 1 drivers do silly stuff, check out the circuit...all the good stuff in one convenient location!





INFORMATION

Race Date: 23 Aug 2009
Number of Laps: 57
Circuit Length: 5.419 km
Race Distance: 308.883 km
Lap Record: 1:38.708 - F Massa (2008)

TIME SCHEDULE (LOCAL)

Fri 21 August 2009
Friday Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Friday Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30

Sat 22 August 2009
Saturday Practice 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00

Sun 23 August 2009
Race 14:00

WORLD DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIPS STANDINGS 10/17

1 Jenson Button British Brawn-Mercedes 70
2 Mark Webber Australian RBR-Renault 51.5
3 Sebastian Vettel German RBR-Renault 47
4 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Brawn-Mercedes 44
5 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 25.5
6 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 22.5
7 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 22
8 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 19
9 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Ferrari 18
10 Timo Glock German Toyota 16
11 Fernando Alonso Spanish Renault 13
12 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish McLaren-Mercedes 9
13 Nick Heidfeld German BMW Sauber 6
14 Sebastien Buemi Swiss STR-Ferrari 3
15 Robert Kubica Polish BMW Sauber 2
16 Sebastien Bourdais French STR-Ferrari 2
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Italian Force India-Mercedes 0
18 Kazuki Nakajima Japanese Williams-Toyota 0
19 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 0
20 Nelsinho Piquet Brazilian Renault 0
21 Jaime Alguersuari Spanish STR-Ferrari 0

WORLD CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIPS STANDINGS 10/17

1 Brawn-Mercedes 114
2 RBR-Renault 98.5
3 Ferrari 40
4 Toyota 38.5
5 McLaren-Mercedes 28
6 Williams-Toyota 25.5
7 Renault 13
8 BMW Sauber 8
9 STR-Ferrari 5
10 Force India-Mercedes 0

How much is Schumacher's return worth to Formula 1?

You could say Michael Schumacher saved Formula 1 this week.

The rather downbeat news of BMW quitting the series has disappeared from headlines and from fan discussion sites.

Ticket sales are expected to rise 20% (according to SportPro Media), ratings for Valencia will be the highest ever.

I suspect the timing was not coincidental. Right after BMW's announcement, Ferrari had issued a press release essentially saying "We've been in F1 for 60 years, we've seen plenty of teams come and go. Good bye, thanks for playing". What better way to protect the F1 brand than to announce the return of the most successful and controversial champion ever? Mission accomplished.

Schumacher, who one would think is certain to have his Ferrari consultancy contract renewed (rumored to the tune of 5M Euros) will become the Lance Armstrong story for a series that has managed only bad news this whole season.

Good thing Schumacher said he relishes the challenge because he will have one day, Friday August 21, to get to terms with a new car, new aero, new tires and a new track. He will have to come up with a reasonable setup with a new crew and then face crushing public expectations he will not embarrass himself. A tall order even for a seven time champion.

And here is the rest of it.

He's baaaaack: Schumacher will do it.

Surely the powers that be at Formula 1 must be ecstatic . Schumacher will step in for Felipe Massa...

"Scuderia Ferrari intends to entrust Michael Schumacher with Felipe Massa's race car until the Brazilian driver is able to return to racing. Michael Schumacher has confirmed his availability and in the next few days will undergo a specific preparation program at the end of which it will be possible to confirm his participation to the Championship starting from the Grand Prix of Europe"

(Ferrari via Gazzetta Dello Sport)


"The most important thing first: thanks God, all news concerning Felipe are positive. I wish him all the best again.

I was meeting this afternoon with Stefano Domenicali and Luca di Montezemolo and together we decided that I will prepare myself to take the place of Felipe. Though it is true that the chapter Formula 1 has been closed for me since long and completely, it is also true that for loyalty reasons to the team I cannot ignore that unfortunate situation. But as the competitor I am I also very much look forward to facing this challenge."
(Michael-Schumacher.de)

Valencia, Executive Summary.

You can read about the race HERE


Valencia Executive Summary from Axis Video on Vimeo.




Main page

"Nice fireworks, they look like a Ferrari engine"

The quote is attributed to Norbert Haug watching the fireworks after the podium ceremony in Valencia. Love that dry German humor, of course the other Ferrari engine was much faster than the Mercedes lump behind Lewis Hamilton today, something that was curiously blamed on the flu....


Again you have to feel for Massa. He drives a fantastic race, pole, fast lap and win, nobody else even close and he does it in what will be forgotten as the most boring race of the season.

There was much hype regarding this new circuit in Valencia. As the race progressed I kept thinking I was watching a CART race minus the crashes and the passes. And while there happened to be, completely by accident I'm sure, gorgeous model types framing the panoramic television shots, you could not escape the fact that they were hiding what in reality looked like a race in an industrial park. For some reason I envisioned the cars ripping around Calatrava's space age buildings but all we really got is a rather ugly looking bridge.

On the plus side, the track is so wide that perhaps, if the new aerodynamic regulations for 2009 do their job, there might be some passing. Flavio Briatore said this is the model for many future Formula1 venues and Bernie Ecclestone was said to be so enthusiastic that he proposed the name be changed to Grand Prix of the World. I'm with one of our readers who is disgusted by a track which is nothing much more than a concrete gully.

Back to the race. Aside from the obligatory David Couthard crash and a Nakajima stupidly putting Alonso out (Fernando did not complain in the least when interviewed but blamed himself for having qualified so poorly) there was zero racing action on the track. This again punishes some drivers and teams who had excellent results: Kubica who destroyed his teammate once again. Trulli who never got to set up his car and just drove what he got to a fifth place. The Faenza Flash, Toro Rosso which will always be Minardi for true F1 fans, with Vettel was awesome.

Then of course there is the Kimi conundrum. OK, he was compromised by starting on the "dirty" side of the track at the start but he lost a position to Kovalainen and did nothing much until about lap 30 when he showed some fight.

Here we can take two tacks, either we believe in a crisis of confidence (which makes for more exciting headlines) or we can choose the party line laid out by Herr Schumacher before the race. We don't know if Ferrari who might have suspected a possible issue similar to the one in Hungary, had his engine dialed back. Certainly his best lap times were never close to Massa's or even Hamilton's.

I would cut him some slack with regards to the pit lane incident, it was clearly his mistake but it was in the heat of a battle with Kovalainen. If anything it shows he was trying, not being lazy. He took responsibility for his pit lane blunder, unlike others. IN the end it was all academic, he was not going to finish.

More worrying, as he was shown walking through the garage after his epic engine failure, none of the Ferrari crew paid any attention to him and vice versa. Maybe it's a wrong impression but it looked like some unusual tension there.

Other race notes, Mclaren played it conservative with Hamilton's second stop. They could have short filled Hamilton and gotten out ahead of Massa. On a track that had seen zero passing this might have been a good gamble weighed against the wear on the super soft tires. Mclaren are thinking championship and this time chose to just play it safe. With Kovalainen instead they adapted their strategy to try and keep Raikkonen behind so they brought the #2 car in maybe three laps sooner than planned.
Turns out there was no need.

As Schumacher said with a grin after the race when asked about Kimi's engine: "That's racing!"



.

Schumacher on Raikkonen

Michael Schumacher was interviewed after qualifying. As usual he's cool and rational though some might interpret this as making excessive excuses for the Finn. There definitively seems to be the impression among Italian journalists that there is a crack developing between the team and their number one driver.




Interviewed by Italia1 Schumacher said:

First off we need to say that Felipe did a fantastic job but as far as Raikkonen you need to remember that Felipe was also a bit lucky in his choice of tires.

In the morning it looked like the hard compound was best and Kimi spent most of his time chasing a setup with those. In the afternoon conditions changed and the softer tires were stronger. Massa changed but Kimi did not trust the soft tire.

You have to be very careful passing judgements on drivers without having all the information, Kimi has run into more difficult situations. For example in Hungary, behind Alonso, he was stuck in a position where he could do nothing. Once he was free of him he was extremely fast.

He's a World Champion, it's not like you forget how to go fast from one year to the next.

Ferrari F2008 start procedure.

Massa and Hamilton will be drag racing to that first tight corner this afternoon in Valencia. In this clip from the practice session let's follow the procedure for getting an F1 car off the line.
The pit lane limiter would not be used pulling up to the starting grid and of course as you pull the clutch you'd also need to remember to select first gear...

That's the easy part, then you need to remember to choose the correct engine map, differential setting and brake bias all while dodging concrete walls and racin other cars at a 120 mph average speed. This, of course, is the new "simplified version" without traction control!


Know your buttons from Axis Video on Vimeo.



And here is the rest of it.