Motorsport OMG / WTF moments - Racing Funnies, Fails, Crashes, And Randomness
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die996
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Man, time freaking flies... I swear it feels like it was released at like late 2018 or early 2019.
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Valentino Rossi, arguably the greatest motorcycle racer of our time, and Lewis Hamilton, arguably the greatest automobile racer of our time, swap rides. Yes, it's a publicity stunt as both are sponsored by Monster Energy, but it's also entirely possible that Rossi could end up in an F1 car once his motorcycle racing days are done.
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No. It's as far from that as possible. He has no chance of racing contemporary F1 cars ever.
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pfftt. yeah, I mean... remember when Jeff Gordon and Juan Montoya swapped their Chevrolet Monte Carlo cup car, and and BMW Williams FW 24 F1 car!?? It's not like Juan ended up driving a NAS.. Car.. for.... years,.. .. oh... wait....
... but yeah, Rossi isn't get an F1 drive anytime soon... or ever.
... but yeah, Rossi isn't get an F1 drive anytime soon... or ever.
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Okay, maybe not F1, but he is fast in a car. He tested for Ferrari and was offered a ride, which he turned down. He's beaten professional drivers in the Monza Rally. He's raced in the WRC. Once he's done on motorcycles, he will definitely move to four wheels. Maybe not F1, but some top tier team in a top tier series is going to sign him and be happy they did.
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A tour of the Red Bull factory, hosted by Adrian Newey and auctioned off for charity, has been won by...
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If Rossi had made the switch years ago with Ferrari (he was only few tenths of Schumachers best time) he could've done it and I'd have no doubt he'd have won the championship. But he's too old now to switch to F1. If he did make the move, it'll be to Williams or another backmarker as part of an insane sponsorship agreement.
Also does he have enough points for a superlicence?
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Just been at the Team Kiwi Racing HQ on a business visit, they got a lot of their race cars on display including their wreck from the 2006 Bathurst 1000. Check out that chassis damage!!!
Crash footage
Crash footage
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at a 24 sec stop for tyres being described as quick.
I remember that in the late-era supertouring BTCC a decent two-tyre change went from 12 seconds to 4 seconds in the space of 2 years.
In the first year, 1998, the cars were being jacked up twenty miles off the ground with drivers constantly being reminded about clutch drag. By 2000, Honda were already taking off the old tyre before the car had finished being jacked up.
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And just before going onto the podium, Richards was told that Denny Hulme had died during the race and Hulme was in the race. They were close friends.
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My dad was there. He was legit standing in the room next to the podium, and Dick Johnson took his hat. I cannot make this up. He was working for Dunlop, and he remembers having to prepare rain tyres for pretty much the entire field overnight. Back in those days you couldn't just get a set of wet tyres, it had to be grooved by hand. What made things worse was that they'd already prepared dry tyres under the premise that there'd be no rain... The forecast changed really quickly. And this was the result. My dad witnessed folklore play out right in front him.
