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It underlines what a farce it is though that the leader can be 160-200bhp down for 75% of the race and not only win but not even face a single overtaking attempt. Pretty sure Ricciaado could win in my Golf if he was on pole!

It’ll certainly be interesting, I’m sure he’ll make up some positions, but £5 says he crashes into someone.

I’ve never really considered who’s hosting exhibitions I visit. Does that make me a bad person?! I choose each one on merit!

8, not 6. Good counting on my part. Ricciardo showing great pace today. Shame Max threw it all away for absolutely no reason, again.

Selkent you really do come across as Having a bit of a chip on your shoulder about the whole thing. I get you’ve been ‘caught out’ previously, but it’s all a bit OTT for me. Still, as I live all of 20 minutes from Arundel maybe I will go along for a look!

To my previous point what makes a club exist? Genuine question. Clearly it’s being used as a deception tactic here, but is it just immoral, or actually wrong?

And one I suspect he's hoping lots of people make. I did a double take, originally reading it as you did, and thinking "surely not!?".

Largest in the county, not country. All of his exhibitions use that exact wording. Saves on time I guess, and I'm sure Arundel will be pleased at being elevated to "Royal" status!

I bought a DCC Specialities PSX-1 for this exact purpose. I actually still find my points shut down when I get a short, which is frustrating, particularly as they cycle when they restart, so I get caught in an endless loop of derailments and shorts! Ended up switching to an entirely different system (Sprog) to control my points independently.

But there were loads of on track overtakes in China, it's not just about the leaders. It's not uncommon for an entire Monaco GP to take place without an on-track overtake. It is, in the truest sense of the word, a procession.

Except someone posted the press release above which didn't state 5... Out of interest is there a legal definition of a club? Can he be a one man club? Who is the arbiter of all clubs to ensure they're official? Putting personal prejudices aside, I agree that if he's a commercial entity who's trying to get discounts by pretending to be a not-for-profit organisation then that's a bit rubbish, but is there anything actually stopping him booking exhibitions under a "club" name?

You're making two separate arguments: - Monaco is too lucrative to drop, which I agree with - the cars are, in part, designed for Monaco, which I disagree with I think Hobby is right and whilst the circuit maintains the glitz and glamour and whatever, the cars have outgrown it. It's 20% shorter than the FIA's "mandatory minimum race distance" because it's so slow. It's not that it's the slowest by a whisker, it's in a whole different league of slowness! It doesn't make for interesting racing. The cars don't really need to be designed to handle Monaco because it's all about mechanical grip. They could do away with most of the aero accouterments and go no slower. The fastest lap in 2017 was less than 6 seconds quicker than in 1985!

He seems to use the exact same press release for every exhibition. I've never been to one, but seem to see that wording very frequently. Normally seems to also champion Cato Pass sci-fi steam punk railway or whatever. Very strange.

Conversely there was a video of Graham Hill driving the first part of the lap in (I think) 1970 doing the rounds on social media and it was far more open than it is now. I can't think of any sections not barriered, and can only assume Prost (and I remember the comments) was meaning around the chicanes, where there are now big run off areas. With the best will in the world, I imagine Prost wasn't quite doing the same speed as even the Saubers on his recent jaunt!

Agreed, but that doesn't stop it (often) being far and away the most dull race on the calendar. There are so few overtaking moves it's just not interesting usually, unless there's a safety car period and pit strategy comes into play. Hopefully having Playdoh tyres this year will help as it adds a new dimension we've not seen previously. They should invite Maldonado back for this race each year, not let him near a car otherwise, just to really up the chances of a safety car! Imagine Button from last year, but with someone who was never good at not crashing!

Network Rail vans with BR blue stock? It's an interesting juxtaposition ;-) I like that Ingatestone layout - looking good.

I would definitely be contacting Dave directly at this point rather than waiting for invites to be sent, Jamie's tack seems wise.

Yes, that first chicane with the blind braking point is crazy, didn't Coulthard have a huge shunt there years ago?

Is that like Loews hairpin? It's sector 3 where it usually goes spectacularly wrong, the super fast left right into the swimming pool right/left. Screw the first bit up and the chances of kissing the wall are huge (particularly based on my PS4 attempts!), the amount of speed they'll be carrying through that section will hopefully make for some 'interesting' moments! Or it'll be a massive snooze fest like it often is, with no overtaking whatsoever. Would be good to see some attempts at Sainte Devote too, Ricciardo on the brakes maybe...

No ads with subscription I’m told. I never used it anyway, and inclined to agree that holding their customer’s photos to ransom is no way to conduct business, but some may take it as a better alternative to re-hosting everything.

Just seen on another forum I’m a member of. Apparently Photobucket’s subscription price is temporarily $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year. Only gripe is that it will rise to $2.49 per month and $26.99 per year on May 22 (ie tomorrow). http://photobucket.com/beginner-plan/?utm_source=ga&utm_medium=email&utm_content=subscriber_id:13394516&utm_campaign=2018-05-21%2013933%20Changes%20100K and https://support.photobucket.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004314254?utm_source=ga&utm_medium=email&utm_content=subscriber_id:13394516&utm_campaign=2018-05-21%2013933%20Changes%20100K Apparently they’ve a new CEO who didn’t like what had gone on since they ruined it last year. Someone has confirmed that rejoining will activate any broken links in forum posts etc. No use if you’ve hosted content elsewhere, but maybe of use to some.

Isn’t it a week Saturday...?

I’m using the ubiquitous SG-90 with Megapoints boards, bought from China for <£1 each, work without issue.

Spent so much time on the landscape too and then not even weathered the locos.

Look great! Another one hoping they see the shrink ray!