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Morning Reads: 13 June 2007
Today’s Birthdays / Calendar
News:
indian2wheels.blogspot.com
The Bike Chronicles of India:
Amazing story of how Manjal built Hero Honda
thekneeslider.com
Kainzinger Vmax – V-Fource 1680
bestmotoronline.com
Shopping for your motorcycle parts online with less effort
electircmotorcycles.net
Zachary Norman at SCTA Speed Trials
londonbikers.com
A day in London on the 2007 KTM Superduke
motorcyclenews.com
Fuel-injected Enfield on the way
By Chris Newbigging
Retro Review
topspeed.com
1976-1990 Yamaha XT500
Rumors: Har-cati???!!! Page 2
Adventure Posts:
motorcyclenews.com
Bid and ride with McGregor and Borman
The two stars of screen, large and small and adventure tourers are auctioning a chance to join them on their current Long Way Down trip to Cape Town. Proceeds of the auction will go to the charity Rider’s for Health.
Blog Update:
Salcar
2 strokebuzz
2009 Dakar Attempt
A Boy and His Bike
Allen Madding’s Musings
Bryan Pearson;s Randomness
excessivelocity
Faster and Faster
Guilty Truth
Hunting the Snark
K’telontour of the World
Learning to Ride
Loudnbike
On the Road Again
Ride It Like You Stole It!
Rocketbunny
Scooter in the Sticks
SheRidesABeemer
Hi Gail
Looking at your planned route…why are you such an underachiever?
Shiny Side Up – Relaoded
Silent K’s Thoughts and Happenings
The 25 Year Plan
The Great Motorcycle Pizza Tour
The Oasis of my Soul
Three Wheel Revolution
Two Wheel Soapbox
unrelated sidenote
WheelHound
WorldRider: Journey of Adventure & Discovery
Motorcycle Repair and Care:
webbikeworld.com
Motorcycle Tips (reader tips)
Weather
West Bend WI
Current
10 Day Forcast
United States
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Canada
Meteorological Service of Canada
Today’s RoadFood.com
Woot
Todays Woot
The Blog
Over Heard in New York | Voice of the City
Morning Reads: RALLY PAGES
A resource of information and links to information for use at the 2007 Rally
AND
Now the Rally Yellow pages are a printable attachement for you to take along.
All things BMW
visordown.com
Road Test: 2007 BMW F800S
eurosport.yahoo.com
American GP – BMW give Kubica green light for US GP
World of BMW news
Kirissi wins Prologue on HPs Enduro
BMW Group Press Club:
Tracking the news from BMW at their English language sites and Germany
PressClub USA Motorsports PressClub
USA Grand Prix.
15th - 17th June 2007
7th of 17 World Championship rounds
Preview.
Munich/Hinwil, 10th June 2007. After achieving the best overall result in the short history of the BMW Sauber F1 Team at the Canadian Grand Prix with second for Nick Heidfeld, in just a week's time the next race, the US Grand Prix, will take place.
PLEASE NOTE
All statements in this preview have been made prior to race day in Montreal. Therefore, Robert Kubica's accident has not been taken into account. It will only be on Thursday in Indianapolis that a decision can be taken whether the Pole will be able to drive alongside Nick Heidfeld.
Nick Heidfeld:
"I like it when race tracks have a distinctive character, and that's definitely the case with Indianapolis. The Speedway is an icon of American motor racing, and the high-banked turn is something special for Formula One, although it isn't exactly challenging for the drivers to drive flat out in a straight line. It's far more difficult to get the car's set-up just right. You have to find the right compromise so as to be as fast as possible along the almost two-kilometre full-throttle stretch, yet still have enough downforce for the many corners in the twisty infield.
"My memories of Indy are very varied. In 2001 I managed a sixth-placed finish there with Sauber, although I had lost my first, second and, most crucially, seventh gear. That was one of my best races. A less pleasant memory is the accident in 2006. We had done well in qualifying, but shortly after the start I was involved in a collision and turned over for the first and, hopefully, last time in my career."
Robert Kubica:
"Indy is the second race of our trip overseas and I really don't have any special feeling in my mind for the track. There are long straights, which are punctuated by the last corner which is banked, and then you come into a part where it is very slow. You have to have the right configuration between high speed and slow corners. I think it is a good track for our cars."
Mario Theissen, BMW Motorsport Director:
"Indianapolis is a special occasion for Formula One. The Speedway is renowned the world over and symbolises American motor sport like no other race track.
"For the BMW Group the USA Grand Prix is of key importance insofar as the United States is our biggest market. We sell more cars there than in Germany and also have our biggest production sites outside Germany.
"Another superlative that Indy can claim is in the mechanical loads exerted on the engines. Drivers go flat out for 23 seconds, most of it in seventh gear. That takes the units to the limit of their performance. In the past, BMW has lost a lot of points in Indianapolis as a result of accidents. From that point of view, my hope is above all for a collision-free weekend."
Willy Rampf, Technical Director:
"The Indianapolis Speedway is fundamentally different from the circuit at Montreal, yet both tracks demand a medium downforce level. In Indy that is the result of a tricky compromise. On the oval section you have a 1,860-metre full-throttle section - the longest flat-out stretch to date on the whole F1 calendar. To achieve maximum top speed, you would want to take the Indy oval with a very low wing setting and minimal drag. But with a low-downforce package of the kind we use in Monza, there wouldn't be nearly enough downforce for the 11 turns in the Indianapolis infield section. If you haven't got sufficient braking stability and traction in these corners, you lose more time than can be gained on the straights. In the infield, where you shift down all the way to first, you want the maximum possible downforce, similar to Monaco or Budapest.
"These radically different demands made by the oval and the infield section turn set-up work at Indy into a fine balancing act. In 2006 we made quite a good job of it. For the race, it is also worth noting that there are passing opportunities at the end of the straights. And the transition to the infield the track is so wide that it can accommodate a number of possible lines."
History and background:
The BMW Sauber F1 Team will be packing up all its kit on Sunday evening in Montreal. Counting in the race cars, spare parts, pit equipment and tools, all the way to the kitchen crockery, it amounts to more than 30 tonnes in weight. On Sunday night 60 trucks will hit the road with the entire Formula One consignment on board. On Monday evening they will arrive at Indianapolis, 1,400 kilometres away. By then the team, travelling together on a charter flight from Canada to the USA on Monday, will already be in place and poised to start setting everything up and preparing the cars.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was built in 1909 as a 2.5-mile oval. Its enduring nickname "Brickyard" derives from the bricks that were used in its construction. 1911 saw the inauguration of the famous 500-mile race associated with the track.
For the Indy 500, cars race on the oval in a counter-clockwise direction. Formula One, on the other hand, runs clockwise and uses only part of the oval. This particular section forms a 1,860-metre full-throttle stint which contrasts with the twisty infield section of the circuit specially built for the debut appearance of Formula One in 2000.
In 2007, Formula One will mark its eighth USA Grand Prix there in succession. The first USA Grand Prix was held in Sebring in 1959 and was won by Bruce McLaren in a Cooper Climax. 1960 saw F1 move to Riverside, then to Watkins Glen the following year, where a total of 20 World Championship races were held up until 1980. Between 1976 and 1983, Formula One also made eight appearances at Long Beach for the Grand Prix USA-West. The 1980s also featured two F1 events in Las Vegas, one in Dallas and seven in Detroit. From 1989 to 1991 Phoenix played host to the USA GP. The 2005 Indianapolis race went down in history after just six cars took part due to tyre problems.
Indianapolis, the capital of the US state of Indiana, has a population of over 860,000. The 12th largest city in the USA, it was planned on the drawing board and founded in 1821.
BMW Sauber F1 | Formula 1
Bike Candy:
Via Oliepeil.nl and Motociclismo.it
Concept of the week: Triumph Speed Triple
THE END
Today’s Birthdays / Calendar
News:
indian2wheels.blogspot.com
The Bike Chronicles of India:
Amazing story of how Manjal built Hero Honda
thekneeslider.com
Kainzinger Vmax – V-Fource 1680
bestmotoronline.com
Shopping for your motorcycle parts online with less effort
electircmotorcycles.net
Zachary Norman at SCTA Speed Trials
londonbikers.com
A day in London on the 2007 KTM Superduke
motorcyclenews.com
Fuel-injected Enfield on the way
By Chris Newbigging
Retro Review
topspeed.com
1976-1990 Yamaha XT500
Rumors: Har-cati???!!! Page 2
Adventure Posts:
motorcyclenews.com
Bid and ride with McGregor and Borman
The two stars of screen, large and small and adventure tourers are auctioning a chance to join them on their current Long Way Down trip to Cape Town. Proceeds of the auction will go to the charity Rider’s for Health.
Blog Update:
Salcar
2 strokebuzz
2009 Dakar Attempt
A Boy and His Bike
Allen Madding’s Musings
Bryan Pearson;s Randomness
excessivelocity
Faster and Faster
Guilty Truth
Hunting the Snark
K’telontour of the World
Learning to Ride
Loudnbike
On the Road Again
Ride It Like You Stole It!
Rocketbunny
Scooter in the Sticks
SheRidesABeemer
Hi Gail
Looking at your planned route…why are you such an underachiever?Shiny Side Up – Relaoded
Silent K’s Thoughts and Happenings
The 25 Year Plan
The Great Motorcycle Pizza Tour
The Oasis of my Soul
Three Wheel Revolution
Two Wheel Soapbox
unrelated sidenote
WheelHound
WorldRider: Journey of Adventure & Discovery
Motorcycle Repair and Care:
webbikeworld.com
Motorcycle Tips (reader tips)
Weather
West Bend WI
Current
10 Day Forcast
United States
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Canada
Meteorological Service of Canada
Today’s RoadFood.com
Woot
Todays Woot
The Blog
Over Heard in New York | Voice of the City
Morning Reads: RALLY PAGES
A resource of information and links to information for use at the 2007 Rally
AND
Now the Rally Yellow pages are a printable attachement for you to take along.
All things BMW
visordown.com
Road Test: 2007 BMW F800S
eurosport.yahoo.com
American GP – BMW give Kubica green light for US GP
World of BMW news
Kirissi wins Prologue on HPs Enduro
BMW Group Press Club:
Tracking the news from BMW at their English language sites and Germany
PressClub USA Motorsports PressClub
USA Grand Prix.
15th - 17th June 2007
7th of 17 World Championship rounds
Preview.
Munich/Hinwil, 10th June 2007. After achieving the best overall result in the short history of the BMW Sauber F1 Team at the Canadian Grand Prix with second for Nick Heidfeld, in just a week's time the next race, the US Grand Prix, will take place.
PLEASE NOTE
All statements in this preview have been made prior to race day in Montreal. Therefore, Robert Kubica's accident has not been taken into account. It will only be on Thursday in Indianapolis that a decision can be taken whether the Pole will be able to drive alongside Nick Heidfeld.
Nick Heidfeld:
"I like it when race tracks have a distinctive character, and that's definitely the case with Indianapolis. The Speedway is an icon of American motor racing, and the high-banked turn is something special for Formula One, although it isn't exactly challenging for the drivers to drive flat out in a straight line. It's far more difficult to get the car's set-up just right. You have to find the right compromise so as to be as fast as possible along the almost two-kilometre full-throttle stretch, yet still have enough downforce for the many corners in the twisty infield.
"My memories of Indy are very varied. In 2001 I managed a sixth-placed finish there with Sauber, although I had lost my first, second and, most crucially, seventh gear. That was one of my best races. A less pleasant memory is the accident in 2006. We had done well in qualifying, but shortly after the start I was involved in a collision and turned over for the first and, hopefully, last time in my career."
Robert Kubica:
"Indy is the second race of our trip overseas and I really don't have any special feeling in my mind for the track. There are long straights, which are punctuated by the last corner which is banked, and then you come into a part where it is very slow. You have to have the right configuration between high speed and slow corners. I think it is a good track for our cars."
Mario Theissen, BMW Motorsport Director:
"Indianapolis is a special occasion for Formula One. The Speedway is renowned the world over and symbolises American motor sport like no other race track.
"For the BMW Group the USA Grand Prix is of key importance insofar as the United States is our biggest market. We sell more cars there than in Germany and also have our biggest production sites outside Germany.
"Another superlative that Indy can claim is in the mechanical loads exerted on the engines. Drivers go flat out for 23 seconds, most of it in seventh gear. That takes the units to the limit of their performance. In the past, BMW has lost a lot of points in Indianapolis as a result of accidents. From that point of view, my hope is above all for a collision-free weekend."
Willy Rampf, Technical Director:
"The Indianapolis Speedway is fundamentally different from the circuit at Montreal, yet both tracks demand a medium downforce level. In Indy that is the result of a tricky compromise. On the oval section you have a 1,860-metre full-throttle section - the longest flat-out stretch to date on the whole F1 calendar. To achieve maximum top speed, you would want to take the Indy oval with a very low wing setting and minimal drag. But with a low-downforce package of the kind we use in Monza, there wouldn't be nearly enough downforce for the 11 turns in the Indianapolis infield section. If you haven't got sufficient braking stability and traction in these corners, you lose more time than can be gained on the straights. In the infield, where you shift down all the way to first, you want the maximum possible downforce, similar to Monaco or Budapest.
"These radically different demands made by the oval and the infield section turn set-up work at Indy into a fine balancing act. In 2006 we made quite a good job of it. For the race, it is also worth noting that there are passing opportunities at the end of the straights. And the transition to the infield the track is so wide that it can accommodate a number of possible lines."
History and background:
The BMW Sauber F1 Team will be packing up all its kit on Sunday evening in Montreal. Counting in the race cars, spare parts, pit equipment and tools, all the way to the kitchen crockery, it amounts to more than 30 tonnes in weight. On Sunday night 60 trucks will hit the road with the entire Formula One consignment on board. On Monday evening they will arrive at Indianapolis, 1,400 kilometres away. By then the team, travelling together on a charter flight from Canada to the USA on Monday, will already be in place and poised to start setting everything up and preparing the cars.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was built in 1909 as a 2.5-mile oval. Its enduring nickname "Brickyard" derives from the bricks that were used in its construction. 1911 saw the inauguration of the famous 500-mile race associated with the track.
For the Indy 500, cars race on the oval in a counter-clockwise direction. Formula One, on the other hand, runs clockwise and uses only part of the oval. This particular section forms a 1,860-metre full-throttle stint which contrasts with the twisty infield section of the circuit specially built for the debut appearance of Formula One in 2000.
In 2007, Formula One will mark its eighth USA Grand Prix there in succession. The first USA Grand Prix was held in Sebring in 1959 and was won by Bruce McLaren in a Cooper Climax. 1960 saw F1 move to Riverside, then to Watkins Glen the following year, where a total of 20 World Championship races were held up until 1980. Between 1976 and 1983, Formula One also made eight appearances at Long Beach for the Grand Prix USA-West. The 1980s also featured two F1 events in Las Vegas, one in Dallas and seven in Detroit. From 1989 to 1991 Phoenix played host to the USA GP. The 2005 Indianapolis race went down in history after just six cars took part due to tyre problems.
Indianapolis, the capital of the US state of Indiana, has a population of over 860,000. The 12th largest city in the USA, it was planned on the drawing board and founded in 1821.
BMW Sauber F1 | Formula 1
Bike Candy:
Via Oliepeil.nl and Motociclismo.it
Concept of the week: Triumph Speed Triple
THE END
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