Heyhoe

I'm certainly not a fan, but It certainly feels like this would be a crappy thing to beat him.

Schumacher 'fighting for his life' after ski accident

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25548140

Hopefully this topic will get lost in the years and go down as "Remember that time Schumacher Banged his head"

I have not updated this in a few weeks as it was not very clear what was going on.

It appears as though there will be NO CHAMPIONSHIP for X30 in 2014 and will just be running at club level at the following confirmed circuits:

Fulbeck

Kimbolton

Larkhall

PFI

Rye House

Whilton Mill

Wombwell

It's a shame there is no championship as it was looking like a promising series. Let's just hope that this shaky start does not effect peoples confidence in making the switch..

Its nice to have something a bit different. And it looks awesome in the photo. Whether it will look that good in the flesh we will have to wait and see...

There was rumours of Volvo going back to BTCC. But for now they are just doing V8 supercars..

Previous statement removed from www.lgmseries.co.uk

The championship appears to now be back on with the previous statement nowhere to be seen on the LGM series website.

It appears as if talks are still currently being held with the MSA over this issue.

Breaking news:

From www.lgmseries.co.uk

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“TVKC and LGM promoters would like to clarify that the X30 is not able to run as a championship as set out in the new MSA class homologation, and apologise for any misleading information. The X30 classes will be seen at club races over the UK, please visit iame.co.uk for the latest information on this”

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It looks like the MSA feels there are enough championships already. More to follow once details are released.

And here is the official IAME Fiche.

X30Fiche.pdf

Package prices taken from Iame.co.uk

I have added the prices including VAT to the image as I get sick of seeing the words +VAT everywhere.

And some detail of what each package includes.

Good video produced by the guys over at Karting1.co.uk Full credit goes to them and you can see the full link including images here

http://www.karting1.co.uk/news/

Old, but still brilliant.

Plenty of videos of the X30 in action in europe.

Here's an example

This would be the thing you are talking about...

Looks to be a cracking engine and could shape up to be a very popular series.

First up is Massa's move to Williams replacing Maldonado and racing alongside Bottas.

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/9021421/Massa-signs-with-Williams-for-2014

Old news now, but just to keep on top of things, Raikonnen will be at Ferrari next year alongside Alonso.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/10301987/Kimi-Raikkonen-signs-two-year-deal-to-partner-Fernando-Alonso-at-Ferrari-following-Felipe-Massa-departure.html

Abusing the admin privileges already huh!

For the benefit of everyone else, he thought it was a Benneton

It's the 91 Jordan, It even says so!

Not exactly sure what's going on here...

http://cdebdesign.blogspot.co.uk/
 

http://forums.autosport.com/topic/190508-retro-liveries-on-modern-cars/

Some of my personal favourites....

There's plenty more out there. Fantastic.

Bit of fun....

These guys really are inspirational.

I have raced against them in the RAFMSA Endurance Championship and they whooped us!

http://www.kartforce.org/

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They have a pretty busy schedule competing in events all over the UK.

Post your favourites!

Some classic karting first off

If you ever have some spare time, it's always nice to watch some good motorsport videos. I will post my favourite as I come across them.

Going to kick things off with a couple. Surprisingly on two wheels!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjePvNcu8n4

Recently there has been a huge increase in penalties awarded in Formula One.

The most recent which was given to Hulkenberg, in my opinion was ridiculous. They said he gained a place by leaving the track. In reality, he was defending a position and the driver attempting to pass made contact and Hulkenberg left the road.

Did Hulkenberg do anything wrong? NO!

Did Perez do anything wrong? Maybe he went in a little deep on the brakes, but he still didn’t deserve a penalty.

The fact the Hulkenberg got the penalty had me making similar noises to Hulkenberg when he heard the news.

Years ago, we had no way near the amount of penalties in F1. With the new tracks being two white lines in the middle of a vast area of tarmac, they had to do something to stop drivers driving off the road to gain an advantage.

In my opinion all they needed to do was make sure leaving the circuit boundary was a penalty. Even if they stick a strip of grass a few meters and then have tarmac afterward to stop the car if they are heading towards the wall. This was the original reason they tarmaced the gravel traps, to stop the cars digging in and flipping when they left the track at high speed. Not so they could carry on with barely any time lost.

Remember that awesome move by Grojean on Massa at Hungary? For which he got a penalty because he just left the circuit. If there had been grass there, there would have been a natural penalty and if he managed to complete the move, good on him!

Obviously this would stop the "Leaving the circuit and gaining an advantage" penalty, but not some of the more frequent ones like "Forcing another car off the track" Which is when they don’t leave a cars width on the outside for another car.
 

Penalties have become part of the sport, which in my opinion is wrong. The drivers know this now and they are nearly driving to force the other driver to give away a penalty. It's getting more and more like football.

I just think it's getting stupid, if somebody blatantly takes out another competitor they have always been given a penalty. And some of these recent incidents have been so close that the could have been avoided if the drivers just backed out when they knew the corner was lost (button, Grojean at Budapest and the Perez, Grojean incident at the end of the straight at Spa.)

Those drivers, Button and Grojean had clearly lost the corner so if they had just backed out a little it would have been avoided. I’m not saying the other driver should come across as they are already braking hard and if they brake any harder may lock up. But they all just need to give each other a few more inches.

My concern, and the reason for the topic is that F1 is the pinnacle of motorsport which thousands of drivers look up to, and there is no way that these rules and penalties can effectively filter down through the classes and ultimately into karting. The cadets and so forth will see what’s happening in F1 and start adopting certain positions on track etc and expect a penalty to be awarded to the opponent, and its not going to happen.

I may be wrong and maybe people will just understand that karting is different and you will not get the same "fair" treatment. But at the end of the day, F1 set the standard for driving, so why should it change depending on how much money it costs to race?

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I find it hard to look at that too much..