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[quote=OSFlanker]Notice this paragraph : “So far, outside of Japan, the region has struggled to produce top drivers, although India’s Narain Karthikeyan has proved the exception.”
So it seems that Alex is not considered a “top driver” even though he is amongst the few Asians to have competed in F1 in the past few years (I count 3 – Sato, Narain & Alex, anymore?).[/quote]
Interesting statement by the star. In any case, the star has never favoured Alex Yoong. Just look at the coverage of Alex’s exploits during pre-F1, F1 and now A1GP. Hardly anything – save for the recent 2nd place coverage.
[quote=mikko]I’ve put the “brochure” from Richard up on my site as well. Looks like the series might work – depends on how many guys sign up! Will have to wait and see. Btw… according to the regulations there is no need for an AAM licence.. which makes it RM200++ cheaper.
morris-racing.com/kartingmalaysia[/quote]
thanks mikko. great stuff.
[quote=Jules]I think Naza’s reply revealed more clues to what I am about to say….If I recall correct – Alex’s front tyre was not pass Jos car centre to make it a legal challenge.[/quote]
Jules,
thanks for the debate. like a lot of things in life and sports, some calls are too close to make whilst others are clear cut offenses. football referees will frequently have to make such calls under pressure and many a times they do make mistakes (bad calls, and missing clear cut calls).
The problem with racing is that such “rules” that determines the legality of certain moves are not contained in any rule book. So the legality of any botched move is always up for debate… and frequently comes down to the gentleman’s agreement on race etiquette.
The problem with a hard interpretation of the passing move in discussion is this: if the guy behind MUST –
- be at least half way alongside
- must not hit the side of the car he is passing
– to pull a legal clean pass, then we would probably rob the sport of the kind of excitement that it thrives on. Because it would be so easy for the guy in front to simply take his racing line ending in an incident, for which they guy trying to pull the pass will have to pay the penalty. That would be a big discouragement of on track overtaking.
I am saying this because I have myself made such 50:50 passes, although happily I have not caused others to spin.
During round 2, I made 3 attempts on the same corner in 3 consecutive laps on Naza. Each time I failed spectacularly due to worsening brakes, but given I have full trust in Naza (and I suppose he in me), I knew Naza would not close the door in desparation… and I guess Naza knew that I would not pull a move that would push him off. I took a line into the corner which would also give Naza sufficient room to avoid me should I fail to stop in time (and I did not stop in time).
Anyway, my point is sometimes some incidents are 50:50, and I guess I’d give the benefit of the doubt to Alex on this one. I don’t think he has demonstrated that he is the rough sort of driver.
personally I saw nothing wrong with the move. racing incident.
it is only wrong if it was deliberate. he started to pull alongside, jos closed the door, they touched, and jos spun out. that’s it.
“In the last race I really had a superb start,” said Jos. “It’s a shame with those safety cars, otherwise I could have driven on the first set of tyres longer. That would have also been advantageous for our second set and handling of the car in the end. And the incident with Yoong, I tried to defend, but he hit me on the right rear tyre and then I spun. Luckily I was able to go on track again. I can be pleased with sixth place in the end, considering what happened.”
Despite not witnessing a podium result, Lammers was happy with progress. “We all want those positions back that we lost with that spin, but we have to be satisfied with this,” said the Dutch racing veteran. “But considering the problems we had in qualifying we got maximum result here, apart from that spin. The incident between Alex Yoong and Jos just was a racing incident, I would have also gone for it .”
thanks all for the feedback.
I have decided that the fees for the my-KART MEGA Enduro shall be reduced to RM640 per team. We shall not have any major do at the year’s end but will reserve some collection for trophies at the end of the year.
For IC3, I would like to have a bigger bash with media / vips and so will collect additional there.
[quote=siewweng]inconsistency of “x new comments” link
for example, a new topic has 4-5 replies to it, so when there are new comments, it will still be in page 1. when u click “2 new comments”, that link will bring u straight to the latest comments.
but, for topic like ‘enduro’ or ’round3′ with clearly has more than 20 replies, the replies will continue to page 2,3 etc. when u click “2 new comments”, that link WILL NOT bring u straight to the latest comments. it merely goes to the top of page 1 of that topic. i was hoping it will go to the latest comments too, regardless of where the latest comment is located.
fazz, is it somethng wrong with my browser (mozilla firefox) or its the settings of this website. thanks! [/quote]
This is nothing wrong with Firefox. It is the settings of the website. The “2 new comments” link will bring you to the bottom of the first page of the comments list. However, not to the next pages. I don’t know how to correct this unfortunately – but the work around is to have all comments in one page (but that will be a long page!).
thanks for your feedbacks so far. keep it coming.
as for the extra fee, as mentioned – my intention is to have a special do for the Mega Enduro at the end of the year to round things off – and not just for the makan.
as yet, I am undecided, but may implement the pricing for the IC3 instead, given we will have to account for hospitality and other comforts for special guests.
[quote=ed]Done… but I guess the guys in MIS won’t be too happy if they discover I’ve installed another browser into the company laptop… gotta use it sonyap2… hehehe…[/quote]
do see why they should be unhappy. there are no license issues.
[quote=alvinkhorfire]Thanks ,Nohad for the info. Is it local magazine sport magazine? Who is the publisher? What is the price?[/quote]
alvin – it is a local monthly car magazine (ie CarMa). don’t know the publisher, but price is RM5. You should find it at most magazine stands.
[quote=naza]Yes that’s what I did but using firefox is much more convenient…try it.[/quote]
yes. firefox is a miles better browser. not just for this site. TRY IT.
[quote=alvinkhorfire]Hopefully, once Team Malaysia gain enough expertise and financial resources, we can see Alex standing on podium.[/quote]
what prophetic words!
I need to chew and digest on this for a while. There’s some promise here, but would like to have the chance to discuss more with Richard.
hmmm… let me see if we can invite him to attend one of our races. and either race with the 100cc guys and / or race a demo 125cc with some of the sifoos.
[quote=Nohad]I would like Alex Yoong to be given another chance to compete in a more competitive car.[/quote]
Yes. so would I.
