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I gave
DAMS GD-01 a review as promised. I find these stories pretty sad, but it looks like the project was doomed at almost every stage! Pity you missed out on DYK with it. I should be able to get to
Forti in a couple of weeks, after my last exams. Apterygial07:28, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
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The DAMS GD-01 was an unraced
Formula One car used by the
Frenchmotorsport team,
Driot-Arnoux Motor Sport (DAMS). The GD-01 was designed and built by a collaboration of DAMS and
Reynard engineers from 1994 to 1995, and was intended to establish the team—which had achieved considerable success in lower categories—in Formula One, but a continuing lack of finance meant that the team never entered the championship, despite completing construction of the chassis and conducting some testing.
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Fittipaldi Automotive, sometimes called Copersucar after its first major sponsor, was the only
Formula One motor racing team and constructor ever to be based in
Brazil. It was formed during 1974 by racing driver
Wilson Fittipaldi and his younger brother, double world champion
Emerson, with money from the Brazilian sugar and alcohol cooperative
Copersucar. In 1976 Emerson surprised the motor racing world by leaving the title-winning
McLaren team to drive for the unsuccessful family outfit. Future world champion
Keke Rosberg took his first podium finish in Formula One with the team.
The team was based in
São Paulo, almost 6,000 miles (10,000 km) away from the centre of the world motor racing industry in the UK, before moving to
Reading,
UK during 1974. It participated in 119 grands prix between 1975 and 1982, entering a total of 156 cars. It achieved 3 podiums and scored 44 championship points.
No problem. I left it to the last minute mind you, which was rather stupid of myself. Hence why I seemed to rush through the NW to get to /200911. Yeah, I'll give it a go. Cs-wolves(talk)20:06, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
A further query...December newsletter - should we do the same as last year and send it out December 31, or leave it as is for 4 January? Cs-wolves(talk)01:08, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I have begun the GA review of this article and left some comments. I really like the article. I have been quite pedantic in my review, and there might seem to be a lot of points, but most of them are very minor.--
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The
WikiProject Formula One Newsletter wishes you a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2010. Year II · Issue 12 · December 8, 2009 – December 31, 2009
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The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XXIII ING Magyar Nagydíj) was a
Formula One motor race held on August 3, 2008 at the
Hungaroring,
Budapest,
Hungary. It was the eleventh race of the
2008 Formula One season. The race, contested over 70 laps, was won by
Heikki Kovalainen for the
McLaren team after starting from second position.
Timo Glock finished second in a
Toyota car, with
Kimi Räikkönen third in a
Ferrari. It marked Kovalainen's first Formula One victory, which made him the sport's 100th driver to win a World Championship race, and it was also Glock's first podium finish.
Much of the race, however, was dominated by a duel between
Lewis Hamilton and
Felipe Massa, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari respectively. Hamilton started from
pole position on the starting grid but was beaten into the first corner by Massa, who passed him around the outside. The two championship protagonists commenced a battle for the lead that was resolved when Hamilton suffered a
puncture just over half-way through the race, giving Massa a comfortable lead. The Ferrari's engine, however, failed with three laps of the race remaining, allowing Kovalainen to take the win.
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Ah, don't fret! We all make mistakes like that. I've still to pick up Autosport this week, so that's the first I've heard of the news! Cs-wolves(talk)14:24, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
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Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of
open-wheeledauto racing defined by the
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. The F1 world championship season consists of a series of races, known as
Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built
circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. Drivers are awarded points based on their position in each race, and the driver who accumulates the most points over each calendar year is crowned that year's
World Champion. As of the
2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, there have been 820 FIA
World Championship races since its first event, the
1950 British Grand Prix.
Seven-time champion
Michael Schumacher holds the record for the most championships, while his 91 wins, 154 podium finishes and 68 pole positions are also records.
Rubens Barrichello has entered more Grands Prix than anyone else—288 times in total—as well as having made an unsurpassed 284 race starts. The
United Kingdom is the most represented nation, having produced a total of 157 different drivers. Eight nations have been represented by just one.
Poland became the latest country to be represented by a driver when
Robert Kubica made his
Formula One debut at the
2006 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Kudos for finding such a nifty tool to go between the archives. On a complete tangent from that, you know how we have the GP2 Series drivers category, which incorporate both the main series and the Asia series...I was thinking about splitting them into two different categories but I wanted to ask you, mainly because it was you that stuck the note on it. So yeah! Cs-wolves(talk)22:06, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
I apologise for the lazy heading, I just couldn't think of anything else to describe it! Haha, glad to see we all have our lazy moments at one point! Ah good. Don't know if I'll do it right now, due to the Super Bowl but I'll probably get to it at somepoint. Timely reminder then, especially with the resurgence of DPR this past weekend. Cs-wolves(talk)22:41, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
I'm not active really. I said I would still upload images and I seem to have become the only editor to do anything on the testing section and the images they uploaded were rubbish, I mean come on actually get the front. Sorry for not adding the images to the newsletter, sorry. Haven't signed in ages
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User:Cybervoron is removing the chassis and tyre fields for most F3000 drivers' result boxes. I know that your reference page has them with those fields, so is it a big deal that he is removing them? I'm not too sure myself. Regards. Cs-wolves(talk)19:26, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
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Grand Prix 2, sometimes known as "GP2" and sold in the
American market as Grand Prix II, is a
racing simulator released by
MicroProse in
1996. It was made under an official FIA license that featured the
Formula One1994 season, with all of the circuits, teams, drivers and cars. The cars were painted with liveries reflecting the races that did not allow tobacco and beer sponsors (i.e.
1994 French Grand Prix).
It had 3D texture mapping and
SVGA graphics, as well as an early but realistic physics
engine. A large community of GP2 enthusiasts formed quickly and still exists today. Grand Prix 2 is recognized as one of the definitive racing simulations of its era.
Yep, I am that. My initial concern was the wording of the F1 website's practice report which was "As expected, Karun Chandhok’s car wasn’t ready for the final session but may be out for qualifying.", so I had to look into it and check the regulations. Sure enough, it came up trumps! Might have to reference the regs on the Grand Prix page, in case people get confused as to why Chandhok is still in the weekend! Cs-wolves(talk)10:49, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Sauber merge
Do you think there's enough support for the Sauber merger now? It's very much a case of the 'established' F1 editors supporting it, and the rest opposing it, simply because "they are different teams and should have different articles", without realising that this case is a bit different. There are calls to merge Footwork/Arrows and Leyton House/March, but I know very little/nothing about these cases so I can't possibly comment. As for Sauber, I'm happy to do the merge, but I don't have the time to change all the links. I'm not saying you will either, it's just that the work will need to be shared around. Thanks -
mspete9323:28, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
You're probably right about them changing the name. They'll probably have to sell the team Brawn-style once they use up the BMW money. Yeah I'm not worried about changing links, I just know that certain users are. -
mspete9309:12, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
OK, thanks. I'm stupidly busy with coursework at the moment (which explains my delay in responding), but I can make a start from next Thursday. -
mspete9318:49, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
That's fine by me. I'll have a look at it during the GP tomorrow morning, unless it provides gripping entertainment. :P -
mspete9319:57, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
I managed to do some last evening at
User:MotorsportPete93/Sandbox2. I see you are working on BMW in Formula One. I have one concern regarding the closing of the discussion, particularly as we've had an oppose this morning. I don't know that I can just say that we've decided to merge, particularly as I started the discussion. -
mspete9309:53, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
Hello again. How close are you to completing BMW in Formula One? I don't want to merge the two yet without BMW in Formula One being available for those who want it. -
mspete9317:13, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
That's OK. Not much you can do about that really. I know how it feels trying to squeeze Wikipedia around other commitments. Constant coursework has turned into constant revision for me. If you have got any editing time in the meantime it would be nice if it could be finished in a basic form so that the merge can go ahead. I can then work on expanding the Williams and Sauber sections until you can fully finish it. I'm not sure I have the knowledge to do the Williams section myself from scratch though. An alternative could be to create the article in a very brief form, outlining their history in F1, before moving your version in at a later date. Alternatively, I can just be patient! Your call really. It all looks really good at the moment though. -
mspete9319:18, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Update: A user has now moved BMW Sauber to
BMW in Formula One. I had a feeling this would happen, and to be totally honest, you can't really blame them. I'll complete the Sauber merge now, and then work on that version of BMW in F1 to get the basics across, and you can merge your version in at a later stage. Thanks -
mspete9310:05, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
I've merged the articles and created an overview at
BMW in Formula One, using your drafted intro as a guide. If you could add the results table and then expand on it over time. I don't want to undo your hard work by expanding on it myself too much. What I can do is do the bits you haven't done yet - Williams and Sauber - and then you can add the older bits when you're ready. No rush for that though. -
mspete9312:27, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Re:2008 Hungarian Grand Prix
Yes, I do. If I was you I'd just do a quick prose run-through; the benefit of not having studied it for several months should mean you spot any mistakes/flow issues. It should also acquaint you well enough with the article that you can answer questions at FAC. I think it's pretty solid, and I'll help where I can, but uni's pretty hectic at the moment and it depends on when I can get away. Good luck, Apterygial22:52, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
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The 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XXIII ING Magyar Nagydíj) was a
Formula One motor race held on August 3, 2008, at
Hungaroring in
Mogyoród, near
Budapest,
Hungary. It was the 11th race of the
2008 Formula One season. Contested over 70 laps, the race was won by
Heikki Kovalainen for the
McLaren team, from a second position start.
Timo Glock finished second in a
Toyota car, with
Kimi Räikkönen third in a
Ferrari. It marked Kovalainen's first Formula One victory, which made him the sport's 100th driver to win a World Championship race, and Glock's first podium finish.
Much of the race, however, was dominated by a duel between
Lewis Hamilton and
Felipe Massa, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari respectively. Hamilton started from
pole position on the starting grid but was beaten at the first corner by Massa, who passed him around the outside. The two championship protagonists commenced a battle for the lead that was resolved when Hamilton suffered a
puncture just over half-way through the race, giving Massa a comfortable lead. The Ferrari's engine, however, failed with three laps of the race remaining, allowing Kovalainen to take the win.
Hi, Mr, Midgrid I've noted that you have a nice black and yellow signature. Might I ask you how you do it. (
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Canadian GP discussion
Hi, I'd like to tell you there is a discussion on the Candian Grand Prix. Please visit the talk page to participate in it. Thanks for the code. The signature works like a charm.(Wiki id2(talk)18:18, 25 April 2010 (UTC))
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