Red Bull Dominates Suzuka

1 Sebastian Vettel -- Red Bull -- 1:30:27.323
2 Mark Webber -- Red Bull -- + 0.905
3 Fernando Alonso -- Ferrari -- + 2.721
4 Jenson Button -- McLaren -- + 13.522
5 Lewis Hamilton -- McLaren -- + 39.595
6 Michael Schumacher -- Mercedes GP -- + 59.933
7 Kamui Kobayashi -- Sauber -- + 1:04.038
8 Nick Heidfeld -- Sauber -- + 1:09.648
9 Rubens Barrichello -- Williams -- + 1:10.846
10 Sebastien Buemi -- Toro Rosso -- + 1:12.806

Driver's Standings
1 Mark Webber (Red Bull) -- 220
2 Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) -- 206
3 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) -- 206
4 Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) -- 192
5 Jenson Button (McLaren) -- 189

Team Standings
1 Red Bull -- 426
2 McLaren -- 381
3 Ferrari -- 334
4 Mercedes -- 176
5 Renault -- 133

Three more races to go!

Lexus Driving Simulator

http://www.lexus.com/tomorrow/index.html?video=recreating_the_drive

Tu_triky wrote:

Lexus Driving Simulator http://www.lexus.com/tomorrow/index.html?video=recreating_the_drive

Saw the commercial on TV.

bmwracer wrote:

Saw the commercial on TV.

They must spend a few hundred yen on that machine. You should get one of those to play your driving video game.

Tu_triky wrote:

They must spend a few hundred yen on that machine. You should get one of those to play your driving video game.

I was just thinking that... I'll check eBay.

But I can't imagine it can totally recreate the dynamics of a car on a real road.

And it would be the end of Top Gear as we know it.

bmwracer wrote:

I was just thinking that... I'll check eBay. But I can't imagine it can totally recreate the dynamics of a car on a real road. And it would be the end of Top Gear as we know it.

We could watch Captain slow take leisurely drives through the English countryside while The Stig occupies himself by punching dolphins while hanging upside down from an oil platform.

Tu_triky wrote:

We could watch Captain slow take leisurely drives through the English countryside

He does that already.

Quote:

while The Stig occupies himself by punching dolphins while hanging upside down from an oil platform.

So he's working for BP now?

bmwracer wrote:

So he's working for BP now?

I was watching an '07 clip of Jeremy Clarkson testing the then lasted 911 and he was commenting about how clean the engine was...he said in cities with poor air quality like L.A. the amount of carbon dioxide from the air going into the engine is less than the amount carbon dioxide emitted by the car's exhaust.

Dayem.

Tu_triky wrote:

the amount of carbon dioxide from the air going into the engine is less than the amount carbon dioxide emitted by the car's exhaust.

Really???

Hard to believe.

bmwracer wrote:

Really??? Hard to believe.

That's what I'm saying...but he said it was true so...I dunno. I agree with you....shocking.

Tu_triky wrote:

That's what I'm saying...but he said it was true so...I dunno. I agree with you....shocking.

I think it's hyperbole from Clarkson...

bmwracer wrote:

I think it's hyperbole from Clarkson...

Thing is after saying it...he said quite somberly "that is actually true..."

Tu_triky wrote:

Thing is after saying it...he said quite somberly "that is actually true..."

Was he sober?

bmwracer wrote:

Was he sober?

Touche.

Is there a YouTube video for said 2007 clip?

bmwracer wrote:

Is there a YouTube video for said 2007 clip?

The video has been pulled for copyright reasons but check the blog.

http://green.autoblog.com/2007/11/11/video-jeremy-clarkson-says-porsche-911-turbo-cleans-las-air/

Here's the video 'racer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stGRz7X9dZA

^ Thanks.

EDIT: If what Clarkson's saying is true, if everyone owned a 911 in L.A., the pollution would be eliminated in say, five years?

bmwracer wrote:

^ Thanks. EDIT: If what Clarkson's saying is true, if everyone owned a 911 in L.A., the pollution would be eliminated in say, five years?

HAHA. Point taken. I, too, am still skeptical of that claim.