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I have just realised that my username has been used to create a new account
User:Garsten in the past few minutes. I personally have not done this. I have changed my password incase someone has gained access to my account. Is there anything else I can do? Many thanks,
Schumi555 (
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11:20, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Have you used your account on a public/shared terminal and forgot to sign out? In that case someone might have not seen it when creating their new account. Changing the password is a good idea here, it will mean that further misuse at that terminal is impossible. Unfortunately there is no way an admin can remove that creation from your log, at least I know of none. If your account has not been compromised further, I suggest you learn to be more careful with your account in future. You might consider using a
user committed identity as well. Regards SoWhy13:51, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for that, I will look into the template. I've never used my username on a public computer because I know of the damage that can be caused if I forget to log out. I only ever use it on my personal laptop at home or at University. Thanks again,
Schumi555 (
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14:11, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
I have undone your good-faith edit as I plan to add more content to the article both above and below, so I would have had to remove the wikilinks you put in there anyhow. Please note
this post at WT:F1. Thanks,
D.M.N. (
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16:57, 28 January 2009 (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. The most famous Grand Prix is the
Monaco Grand Prix in
Monte Carlo. The results of each race are combined to determine two annual Championships, one for
drivers and one for
constructors.
Michael Schumacher holds the record for the most Grand Prix victories, having won 91 times.
Alain Prost, is second with 51 wins, and
Ayrton Senna is third, with 41 wins. Michael Schumacher holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first win and his last. He won his first Grand Prix in
1992 at the
Belgian Grand Prix, and his last in
2006 at the
Chinese Grand Prix, a gap that spans 14 years, 1 month and 1 day. The youngest winner of a Grand Prix is
Sebastian Vettel, who was 21 years, 73 days old when he won the
2008 Italian Grand Prix.
Luigi Fagioli is the oldest winner of a Formula One Grand Prix; he was 53 years and 22 days old when he won the
1951 French Grand Prix.
Hi Schumi, did you perchance write any of the information on the wikipage on the Esan People of Nigeria? Your name came up under discussion. Thanks, I am researching the language.
Hi Rollenic. Looking through the page history I did indeed make an edit to the page two years ago, but only to revert some vandalism, so I'm afraid I can't really help. Regards,
Schumi555 (
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22:05, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Shmede/Brown Town nonsense
Hello Schumi. I have just deleted
User:Garsten and blocked
Garsten (
talk·contribs) as a sockpuppet account of the same trolls that started causing trouble because we wouldn't let them use the project as a free web provider. Now I've asked you before to do what you can to prevent this and I assume that you have. But in the page I just deleted, the last edit was yours. This either means that your brother is using your account or that you're knowingly supporting this nonsense. I assume hypothesis 1 is correct, in which case you might want to change your password or logout when your brother and his friends are around. Thanks,
Pascal.Tesson (
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22:19, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Very good. I have to say that I'm puzzled by their insistence to put this on Wikipedia and not on MySpace, Facebook and the like. Cheers,
Pascal.Tesson (
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18:26, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Re: Status template
Hey, Schumi. It looks like you're trying to edit the status page manually; the colored links at the bottom of the template should automatically edit the page for you when you click on them. If the reason you're doing it manually is because the script isn't working right (you just get the edit box, but nothing's changed and it doesn't automatically save), then try following these steps:
Bypass your cache, even if you've already done so. Do this a couple times, then try again.
If that didn't work, try completely clearing your browser's cache (instructions in the link in step 1), then purge your userpage once more, and try again.
If that didn't work, try logging out, closing your browser, starting it up again, logging back in, then going to your userpage and trying once more.
If you're still not getting it to work, log out, close the browser, restart your computer, log back in, and try the template one last time.
If even that doesn't work, then take a deep breath, try not to kill your computer, but let me know and I'll try to look into it more.
The reason I'm having you do what seems to be a ridiculous imitation of the
hokey pokey is that the problem is almost certainly on your end. It does appear as though you've followed all the steps correctly (status page exists, you installed the script, you added the template), and I just checked the links and they are working correctly. So, the only thing I can imagine to be the problem would be that your computer doesn't realize you've installed the script. The steps I've given you should be the digital equivalent of beating it over the head with a frying pan until it listens to you. Of course, nothing is ever foolproof, and it's possible (albeit unlikely) it still won't work after all that. Again, if that is the case, drop me another message and I'll try to work things out. Best of luck!
Hersfold(
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Hamilton, the eventual
Drivers' Champion, led the Championship going into the race, and started from
pole position alongside Räikkönen. Second in the Drivers' Championship, Massa began from third, next to
Fernando Alonso of
Renault. The first three drivers retained their positions into the first corner, but Alonso was passed by Hamilton's McLaren teammate
Heikki Kovalainen. However, Alonso was able to regain the place midway through the first lap. Over the course of the race, Hamilton extended a considerable lead over the two Ferraris. Massa passed Räikkönen with seven laps remaining, to improve his chances of surpassing Hamilton's
points tally at
the final race in Brazil.
The result extended Ferrari's lead over McLaren in the
Constructors' Championship from seven to 11 points. Third-placed in the Drivers' Championship,
Robert Kubica's sixth place at the Grand Prix eliminated his hopes of winning the Championship, and reduced his lead over fourth-placed Räikkönen to six points.
No worries man. See when i did the one in the results bit, and it came up with 34 references, it was confusing because of the redundant ref. So I just looked through the revisions and saw where the ref was, to get it back. :) Cs-wolves(talk)15:29, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
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Below is the F1 Picture for last month (found
here) which is decided on every 25th-27th of each month. The picture has to be one uploaded that month and only from the current season.
It is exclusive to the
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Hamilton maintained his startline advantage and led until he made his first pit stop on lap 18. As other cars made their pit stops, Hamilton regained the lead on lap 22. On lap 36
Timo Glock crashed, and the race was neutralized by the deployment of the
safety car. Hamilton, on a two-stop strategy, did not stop to get more fuel during this period, while all the cars around him did. Thus when he did eventually stop on lap 50, he rejoined the race in fifth. In the closing stages of the race, Hamilton overtook first his team-mate
Heikki Kovalainen, then Massa, and finally Piquet, to take the lead again on lap 60, which he maintained to win the race.
The victory was Hamilton's second consecutive win, having won the preceding
British Grand Prix at
Silverstone. The win put him ahead of his two main rivals in the
Drivers' Championship,
Kimi Räikkönen (who finished sixth) and Massa of Ferrari, who were on equal points with him before the race. After the race he was four points ahead of Räikkönen, and seven ahead of Massa. In the
Constructors' Championship, McLaren drew closer to the two teams ahead of them,
BMW Sauber and Ferrari. Ferrari still led by 15 points from McLaren, and 12 from BMW, whose drivers –
Nick Heidfeld and
Robert Kubica – finished fourth and seventh respectively.
† After the race, Trulli was originally given a 25-second penalty for passing Lewis Hamilton (4th, +2.914) under yellow flags.
[2] However, due to misleading the stewards, Hamilton was disqualified and Trulli's penalty was overturned.
[3]
* Timo Glock (1:26.975, 6th) and Trulli (1:27.127, 8th) were both disqualified from qualifying and sent to the back of the grid, as their Toyotas' rear wing elements were in breach of the rules.
The race was red flagged on lap 33 and the results were taken from lap 31.
* Sebastian Vettel (3rd, 1:35.518) got a 10 place grid penalty for his collision with Kubica at the previous Grand Prix.
[4]
^ Rubens Barrichello (4th, 1:35.651) got a 5 place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
[5]
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Below is the F1 Picture for last month (found
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The race began with Kubica in
pole position alongside Massa;
Lewis Hamilton, the eventual
Drivers' Champion, started from third, alongside Räikkönen. Kubica was passed by Massa into the first corner, and then by Räikkönen on the third lap. The Ferraris dominated at the front of the race, leading to their one-two finish. Hamilton had a slow start after almost
stalling on the grid, and dropped back to ninth. The McLaren driver ran into the back of
Fernando Alonso's
Renault a lap later, breaking off the McLaren's
front wing and dropping Hamilton to the back of the field.
Kubica's strong finish promoted BMW Sauber to the lead in the
Constructors' Championship, after BMW driver
Nick Heidfeld finished fourth. Ferrari and McLaren trailed, one and two
points behind, respectively. Räikkönen took the lead in the Drivers' Championship, with 19 points, three points ahead of Heidfeld and five ahead of Hamilton, Kubica and Kovalainen, with 15 races remaining in the season.
Thanks for the assessments and getting things working! 22:45, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
No problem, I thought I'd lend a bit of a hand :) Things seemed to have slowed down over at WP:Derbys recently.
Schumi55510:04, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
No I don't know ... but I'd experiment with noinclude tags or nowiki tags. They may help. Say are you up to choosing some featured articles or pages for June on the Derbyshire page? I hjave been doing it for last few months and be interested to see your choice??
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18:25, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
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Massa claimed pole, with teammate Räikkönen fourth, the two Ferrari cars sandwiching the McLarens of
Heikki Kovalainen and Hamilton. At the first corner Räikkönen clipped Kovalainen's rear tyre and gave him a puncture. The safety car was deployed on the first lap, after a collision, but only remained out for one lap. During the course of the race, Hamilton, intending to make one more pit stop than both Ferrari drivers, was faster than Massa due to carrying a lighter fuel load and overtook him on lap 24. After Hamilton had made his third pit stop, he rejoined in second behind Massa but in front of the Championship leader, Räikkönen. Massa won the race, with Hamilton 3.779 seconds behind, and Räikkönen a further half-second behind. The two
BMW Sauber cars of
Robert Kubica and
Nick Heidfeld took fourth and fifth.
In the week running up to the grand prix, the
Super Aguri team had withdrawn from Formula One, due to financial problems, leaving the sport with only ten teams. Massa's victory was his third consecutive pole position and victory in
Turkey, having also won the race from pole in
2006 and
2007. This was also
Rubens Barrichello's 257th Grand Prix start, breaking
Riccardo Patrese's previous record of 256. Due to the race result, Räikkönen's lead in the
Drivers' Championship was lowered to seven points. Massa rose to second from fourth, whilst Hamilton dropped to third, both drivers tying on 28 points but separated by Massa's two wins thus far to Hamilton's one. In the
Constructors' Championship, Ferrari increased their lead to 22 points ahead of BMW Sauber, with McLaren a further two points behind in third.
I am now retiring- so no more early morning shocks. Just wondering why you had un wikilinked Stanage Edge, The Roaches, and fluorite- they seemed sound to me (not urgent) --
ClemRutter (
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13:13, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Well done for getting
Peak District to GA. Sorry about deleting the wikiprojects. I made some hurried edits to pass it as I am at work and meant to be doing other stuff so didn't notice what I'd done there.
Polargeo (
talk)
10:21, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
What?
I have never vandalized "Ethiopia". In fact I am a registered member of this Wiki, currently logged out. Not sure why I am getting your message anyway, Regards.
124.197.15.106 (
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06:24, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
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Conditions were wet at the start of the race. Massa maintained his lead into the first corner, but his teammate
Kimi Räikkönen was passed for second by Hamilton, who had started in third position on the
grid. Hamilton suffered a punctured
tyre on lap six, forcing him to make a
pit stop from which he re-entered the race in fifth place. As the track dried and his rivals made their own pit stops Hamilton became the race leader, a position he held until the end of the race. Kubica's strategy allowed him to pass Massa during their second pit stops, after the latter's Ferrari was forced to change from wet to dry tyres. Räikkönen dropped back from fifth position to ninth after colliding with
Adrian Sutil's
Force India late in the race. Sutil had started from 18th on the grid and was in fourth position before the incident, which allowed
Red Bull driver
Mark Webber to finish fourth, ahead of
Toro Rosso driver
Sebastian Vettel in fifth.
The race was Hamilton's second win of the season, his first in Monaco, and the result meant that he led the Drivers' Championship, seven
points ahead of Räikkönen and eight ahead of Massa. Ferrari maintained their lead in the
Constructors' Championship, 16 points ahead of McLaren and 17 ahead of BMW Sauber, with 12 races of the season remaining.
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Räikkönen and Massa both made a clean start.
Renault's
Fernando Alonso, who started third, was overtaken by Trulli and
BMW Sauber driver
Robert Kubica. The front three of Räikkönen, Massa and Trulli maintained their positions through the first round of
pit stops. On lap 30, Räikkönen led Massa by six and a half seconds, and Trulli by 30 seconds. Just before half distance, Räikkönen's right exhaust pipe broke, which caused the engine to lose power. Massa, in second place, began lapping quicker than Räikkönen, and he caught and passed him on lap 39. Massa maintained his lead through the second round of pit stops, and won the race; Räikkönen finished almost 18 seconds behind. Trulli fended off
McLaren's
Heikki Kovalainen, who challenged him in the latter stages, to take third.
Massa's win promoted him into the lead of the
Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career, overtaking Kubica. Kubica was second, two points behind Massa, while Räikkönen was third. In the
Constructors' Championship, Ferrari increased their lead to 17 points ahead of BMW Sauber, McLaren a further 16 points behind in third.
Despite qualifying tenth, Massa missed the race due to suffering an accident in the second part of qualifying. He suffered a cut on his forehead, a bone damage of his skull and a brain concussion.
[8]
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The Brabham BT46 was a
Formula Oneracing car, designed by
Gordon Murray for the
Brabham team, owned by
Bernie Ecclestone, for the
1978 Formula One season. The car featured several radical design elements, the most obvious of which was the use of flat panel heat exchangers on the bodywork of the car to replace conventional water and oil
radiators. The concept did not work in practice and was removed before the car’s race debut, never to be seen again. The cars, powered by a
flat-12Alfa Romeo engine, raced competitively with modified nose-mounted radiators for most of the year, driven by
Niki Lauda and
John Watson, winning one race in this form and scoring sufficient points for the team to finish third in the constructors championship.
The "B" variant of the car, also known as the "fan car", was introduced at the
1978 Swedish Grand Prix as a counter to the dominant ground effect
Lotus 79. The BT46B generated an immense level of
downforce by means of a fan, claimed to be for increased cooling, but which also extracted air from beneath the car. The car only raced once in this configuration in the Formula One World Championship—when Niki Lauda won the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix at
Anderstorp. The car was withdrawn before it could race again and the concept was declared illegal by the
FIA. The BT46B therefore preserves a 100% winning record.
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The race was dominated, however, by the fight between championship protagonists
Michael Schumacher (Benetton) and
Damon Hill (Williams). Hill, who started from
pole position, retained his lead during the opening stages of the race whilst Schumacher, who started alongside him on the grid, fell behind Alesi in the run to the first corner. Despite being held up behind the slower Ferrari until it pitted, Schumacher used a more favourable one-stop strategy to move ahead of Hill, who made two pit stops for fuel and tyres, on lap 41. Four laps later, Hill attempted to pass Schumacher, but the two collided and were forced to retire from the race. This promoted the battling Herbert and Coulthard into the fight for the lead. Coulthard passed Herbert, but dropped back to third after incurring a
stop-go penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
* Barrichello had originally qualified fifth, but received a 5-place grid penalty for a gearbox change between FP3 and qualifying. He moved back up to ninth, after Heidfeld's penalty.
[9]
Nick Heidfeld originally qualified eighth (1:49.307), but was sent to the back of the grid, for his car being underweight after qualifying. His team also changed the gearbox and engine.
[10]
‡ Nakajima set his time during the second part of qualifying, as he failed to make the top ten.
* Sutil and Barrichello received five-place grid penalties for speeding in a neutralised yellow flag zone, following an incident involving
Sébastien Buemi in the second part of qualifying.
[11]
Jenson Button (7th, 1:32.962) and
Fernando Alonso (12th, 1:31.638) also received a five-place grid penalty for the same offence.
Buemi (10th, no time) himself received a five-place penalty for driving his damaged
Toro Rosso back to the pits, and impeding other cars.
Heikki Kovalainen (9th, no time) received a five-place grid penalty for changing his gearbox after a crash during Q3.
† All times were recorded in the second part of qualifying, as they did not make the top ten originally.
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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.
"First indication of it is the obligation of Nico Rosberg. For the first time since the confession from Mercedes to the formula 1 in the year 1994 a German running driver drives a silver arrow. Team colleague becomes Jenson Button, who for a long time around its content haggled. Still on weekend breakdown fires were sent that the world champion could possibly andocken with McLaren. Button does not have large interest to meet there the compatriot Hamilton established in the best way in the team. McLaren tried further an agreement with Kimi Räikkönen to obtain and used the Button rumors probably to press the Finn in its estimated prices."
Babelfish isn't the best for translation, but I wanted to get it out there and stop the flurry of edits in the very immediate future. If it's wrong, we can correct it; BBC F1 is useless for news.
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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.
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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.