I need help identifying this Ferrari. Does anyone know which model this is?
Ferrari
No chance of rain. Until it actually started raining.
The sky grew dark and ominous as Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel were running 1 and 2 in the Turkish F1 race when Vettel made an aggressive attempt at passing his team mate. Webber protected his position and the two drivers came together. Vettel ended up worse off, with a spin and blown tire putting him out of the race. Webber pitted to replace the nose and came back on track staying in third. The Red Bull supporting cast were violently upset and media were not allowed close to Vettel as he retired into the trailer. Lewis Hamilton and Jensen Button were in 3rd and 4th, and took 1st and 2nd when the Red Bull team mates collided. Mclaren, who Button and Hamilton race for, would take the lead in the constructor’s points away from Red Bull.
Same chicane, a handful of laps later, Button and Hamilton make contact as they race side by side in a frenzied battle for first. The McLaren crew went white as they watched the battle and expected to see a repeat of the Red Bull incident. Hamilton stayed in front, and the two separated after the grand stand straight with no further incident.
Lewis Hamilton took 1st, Jensen Button took second and Mark Webber took 3rd. During the podium interviews, Webber tried to remain calm and diplomatic but it was evident he was very disappointed and frustrated. He was stopping his responses before he put a word wrong, and kind of letting the blanks fill themselves in. Hamilton and Button were also practicing some diplomacy and taking care not to make remarks that would be regretted later.
Congratulations to McLaren Mercedes and Red Bull Driver Mark Webber. Webber still leads the points with 93; Button has 88 and Hamilton has 84. Mclaren Mercedes leads the constructor points with 172, followed closely by Red Bull Renault with 171 points.
Motorcyclists often practice hard-braking because they realize it can potentially save their lives when they are riding. This is true, but another aspect that is often overlooked is prevention. If you can keep yourself out of the situation before it develops, then you don’t have to worry about surviving it, right?
Keep your front brake covered with a couple fingers when you ride, but also: always think escape. If you know ahead of time where you will go, then it is easy to go there. Don’t ride next to cars or trucks, but if you have to, always tell yourself that the driver next to you is about to try and kill you, and that you need to escape. Then, when he actually does try to kill you, you have mentally rehearsed and you can look at your escape route rather than target fixate on the collision vector.
The key is preparation. You can not afford to space out on a motorcycle. Using, the 80/20 rule, I would venture to say that 80 percent of car drivers space out for at least 20 percent of their trip. Throw in a cell phone, and then you can count on them paying 80 percent attention to that phone and 20 percent attention to driving their car. You don’t want to be around them on your motorcycle when they are in that 20 percent mode. And 80 percent of them are on their phones for at least 20 percent of their drive! So prepare for it, and stay clear.
On a motorcycle, you have to stay at 100 percent. Scan, scan, scan. Always know where the escape is. Don’t let drivers creep up behind you, and don’t practice hard braking so much that you forget to practice escaping (using the look-and-press-into-turn technique). Hard braking is worthless if a car or truck is tailgating you.
Know where the escape, or “out”, is. If you have ever seen video footage of a vehicle with it’s brakes locked up before a crash, go back and review it again. You may be surprised to see that the driver may have had another “out” had they not panicked while stomping on the brakes and staring at the back of the vehicle they were about to cream. Same goes for motorcycles: they are very maneuverable, and you would be surprised at the escapes that you can pull off, if you prepare and know where the “out” is.
Yes, you need to practice emergency braking. Learn to get both brakes balanced while simultaneously downshifting. That is a really important skill. But that skill isn’t a substitute for heads-up riding; stay alert and mentally rehearse and weigh your options, that way when you are forced to react, you can decide on escaping or braking… or both. You will make the right choice.
Jorge Lorenzo made a brilliant last lap pass on Dani Pedrosa to win in Spain in front of his countrymen. Pedrosa tried riding defensive lines to keep Lorenzo from coming through, but after a few side-by-side touches Pedrosa ran wide and Lorenzo came across the finish line unchallenged. Valentino Rossi took third, and Nicky Hayden took an impressive fourth. Unfortunately for Ben Spies, he DNF’ed the race after having issues with his Yamaha.
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