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Thursday, October 17, 2024

#motorsport #FF1600 #livestream (sat) - BRSCC GERRIT VAN KOUWEN ANNIVERSARY FORMULA FORD FESTIVAL | Saturday 19 October 2024

Saturday 19 October 2024

VENT INFO - https://brscc.co.uk/events/2024-brscc... TIMETABLE - https://brscc.co.uk/wp-content/upload... LIVE TIMING & RESULTS - https:// www.tsl-timing.com/event/244231 SATURDAY SCHEDULE (ALL RACE TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO THE MEETING POTENTIALLY RUNNING AHEAD OR BEHIND SCHEDULE):

12:01PM - Downforce Radio Mazda MX-5 Clubman Championship RACE 1 (15 mins)

-- LUNCH BREAK --

1:16PM - BRSCC Gerrit van Kouwen Anniversary Formula Ford Festival HEAT 1 dedicated to Kees van de Grint (12 laps)

1:46PM - Clapham North MOT Mazda MX-5 SuperCup RACE 1 (20 mins)

2:21PM - BRSCC Gerrit van Kouwen Anniversary Formula Ford Festival HEAT 2 dedicated to Danny Blundell (12 laps)

2:51PM - GAZ Shocks Mazda MX-5 Championship RACE 1 (20 mins)

3:26PM - BRSCC Gerrit van Kouwen Anniversary Formula Ford Festival HEAT 3 dedicated to David Robertson (12 laps)

3:56PM - Nankang Tire CityCar Cup RACE 1 (15 mins)

4:26PM - Downforce Radio Mazda MX-5 Clubman Championship RACE 2 (15 mins)

4:56PM - BRSCC Gerrit van Kouwen Anniversary Formula Ford Festival PROGRESSION RACE

Saturday - Sunday

A thank you must go to the van Kouwen family and all those associated for their support of this year's Formula Ford Festival, as we honor Gerrit's life, his career and his incredible achievement of winning the Festival back in 1984. A thank you also goes to our Festival sponsors Hedtec, Raceparts and Scalextric for their support too.

webmaster John Nichols @itcracing @Linkedin

FF1600 1968 to 1977 (UK)

FF1600 1986 to 1995 (Spain and Portugal)

Reynard FF88 Auriga Circuit de Calafat 1993 missed the first race in the Championship at Barcelona as entered in the Portuguese Championship but Ford España persuaded me to return and finished 6th in the Championship (20 entries) despite having to start one race last from the pit lane with no clutch

#F1 - 2024 #USGP [Sprint weekend] Preview: The Inside Line

17 October 2024

Formula One’s return to the United States, following a month’s break from racing, marks the beginning of a fast-and-furious end to the 2024 season. … with the first triple header going through the Americas, north to south, starting with Austin. It’s then a cross-continent jump for the second triple header, making it six races in seven weeks.

Watch the video, and tell us what you think in the comments…

webmaster John Nichols @itcracing @Linkedin

2024 United States Grand Prix - Preview: Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

#F1 - Liam Lawson, Mick Schumacher, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, and more: The Inside Line

16 October 2024

Lawson tests RB20 at Mugello
Schumacher still in F1 frame
Verstappen eyes final deal
Clear says Leclerc has it
Mercedes lauds factory staff
Williams pushing for 2026
Rosberg warns Aston Martin
Ben Sulayem OK’s more races
Steiner laments late exit

Watch the video, and tell us what you think in the comments…

webmaster John Nichols @itcracing @Linkedin

2024 United States Grand Prix - Preview: Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

#F1 - 2024 United States Grand Prix - Preview: Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

Press Information
15 October 2024

F1: Race Preview

2024 United States Grand Prix - Preview The first leg of the triple header takes place at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

Toto Talks Austin
Fact File: United States Grand Prix
Stat Sheet: United States Grand Prix

Toto Talks Austin

This weekend marks the start of an intense run to the end of the year. We have six races over the next eight weeks, ending with the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Although we are not in contention for the championships, there is still plenty to fight for and the opportunity to create a few highlights along the way. We want to end this year as strongly as possible, build momentum for 2025, and bid farewell to Lewis in the best way possible. We have therefore been hard at work since Singapore analyzing our performance and how we can improve. We bring our final update package of the season to Texas and our aim is to close the gap to the front. It will also provide useful information that will help guide our development direction for 2025. The Sprint format returns this weekend, and we will have to be at our best to introduce the update package effectively. The Circuit of the Americas is a fantastic track but one that caught us out last year. Its high-speed layout, combined with its bumpy surface, make it a challenge for both the car and driver. It is one we are looking forward to. Fact File: United States Grand Prix

The 2024 US Grand Prix will be the 300th for Mercedes in F1 since the marque returned as a works team at the start of the 2010 season.
It will also therefore mark the 300th Grand Prix for PETRONAS as our Team Title and Technical Partner.
COTA is one of nine tracks on the 2024 F1 calendar that is fully anti-clockwise, alongside Jeddah, Miami, Imola, Baku, Singapore, Interlagos, Las Vegas and Yas Marina.
It is tied with Baku for the second-most corners on any F1 2024 track, with 20, behind Jeddah (27).
The incline from the starting grid to the apex at Turn One is 134 feet, one of the highest elevation changes on the whole F1 calendar.
Drivers generate over 5G under braking for Turn 12, one of the biggest of the season - a driver weighing 70kg will experience around 350kg of centrifugal force when they brake.
No one has more wins at COTA than Lewis Hamilton (5). Lewis also clinched his third (2015) and sixth (2019) F1 titles at the track.
The team has five wins at COTA - more than any other Constructor. Lewis has four of those, while Valtteri Bottas also has one US GP win, coming in 2019.
For the second year in a row, the circuit will host an F1 Sprint race on Saturday. Lewis finished the 2023 edition of the Sprint format at COTA in P2.
In 2024, COTA will host the fourth of six F1 Sprint races during the 2024 season.

BRSCC Brands Hatch Livestream FF1600 Festival Saturday and Sunday (19/20 October)

Stat Sheet: United States Grand Prix

2024 United States Grand Prix

Session	Local Time (CST)	Brackley (BST)	Stuttgart (CEST)
Practice (Fri)	12:30 - 13:30	18:30 - 19:30	19:30 - 20:30
Sprint Qualifying (Fri)	16:30 - 17:14	22:30 - 23:14	23:30 - 00:14
Sprint Race (Sat)	13:00 - 14:00	19:00 - 20:00	20:00 - 21:00
Qualifying (Sat)	17:00 - 18:00	23:00 - 00:00	00:00 - 01:00
Grand Prix (Sun)	14:00	20:00	21:00

Race Records - Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team at the United States Grand Prix

	Starts	Wins	Podium Places	Poles	Front Row	Fastest Laps	DNF
Mercedes	11	5	12	6	10	4	1
Hamilton	12	6	9	4	8	2	0
Russell	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
MB Power	19	8	20	8	17	5	21

Technical Stats - Season to Date (Pre-season Testing to Present)

	Laps Completed	Distance Covered (km)	Corners Taken	Gear Changes	PETRONAS Fuel Injections
Mercedes	5,471	28,002.543	92,358	272,534	219,120,000
Hamilton	2,738	14,057.577	46,219	136,132	109,800,000
Russell	2,728	13,936.001	46,084	136,222	109,120,000
MB Power	20,723	106,095.105	347,480	1,029,351	827,960,000

Mercedes-Benz in Formula One

	Starts	Wins	Podium Places	Poles	Front Row	Fastest Laps	1-2 Wins	Front Row Lockouts
Mercedes (All Time)	311	128	296	139	262	109	59	84
Mercedes (Since 2010)	299	119	279	131	242	100	54	80
Hamilton	350	105	201	104	176	67	N/A	N/A
Russell	122	2	14	3	11	8	N/A	N/A
MB Power	581	221	611	229	466	219	94	123

Monday, October 14, 2024

#finance #investment - What happened to the public corporation? | Business Beyond: DW News

14 October 2024

From Apple to Sony and Adidas, many of the world’s most famous companies are also public corporations, meaning anyone can invest in them.

Yet these days, fewer firms in wealthy economies are organizing as corporations—and many appear to have little interest in going public. But why? And what does the trend mean for investors and economies? #dwbusiness #ipo #business