Archive | 8 January 2012

Dakar 2012 - 7.Etappe: Copiapo - Copiapo

am 8. From on 8 January 2012 at 15:23 │ Comments {1}

The 7th Stage starts and ends today at the bivouac in Copiapo. The longest stage takes on a loop of 419 km of gravel initially and later on sand dunes. The stage is neutralized to about half, because the route runs through a nature reserve, in which one is engaged in excavations of dinosaur bones.

Bikes

The Dakar is really running for Francisco Lopez is anything but good in previous stages he had his problems, he crashed and damaged the day while his machine and his Iritrack navigation system. It comes as the 22nd the finish and lost a whole 30 minutes on the top. Whether the Chilean in the 8th Stage can participate is questionable. Today again at the top of the two KTM's depression and coma. further accelerate →

Comments {1} | Motorsport , Rally Dakar

Shell Formula One: Learned a lot

am 8. From on 8 January 2012 at 13:43 │ Comments {0}

Granted, I thought at first that I will not learn much gasoline can. But that was a fallacy.

One year I had to throw together with other bloggers and journalists from around the world the opportunity to unite Bliick behind the scenes. It was Shell, as it should be different for gasoline, and more specifically to the "VPower", which is also used in Formula One. It does so in principle, particularly since the FIA ​​has banned the fuel-adulteration little concerned about this area. Actually requires the FIA ​​that 99% of the components that are also found in the normal gasoline must be used in F1. With the remaining 1% can then play it. One can not help wondering: Is it worth it? To fumble around 1%? Is it possible to achieve so what? If you had asked me a year ago, I would have said clearly that is not worth that. Meanwhile, I'm thinking very differently about it. And if you look at the effort by not only the bride Shell F1 fuel, then you come to a different response.

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Comments {0} | F1 , Formula One , SVPChamps