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Backcountry Snowboarding Gear necessities
The out-of-bounds, Backcountry experience presents the most
amazing challenges and adventures you'll ever have in this
sport. But Before You Go remember safety is #1. You'll need the
whole kit of safety equipment and be aware on how they are to...
Buying Your Kayaking Equipment - A Beginners Guide
Having a new kayak is a fun, exciting adventure. But it is
important to know about the right accessories for you new hobby.
If you are going to buy a kayak, you have to think long and hard
about your kayak equipment. The equipment is...
Discover new levels of fitness using a treadmill
I like to rave about using the treadmill for keeping fit.
I understand the treadmill is one of the best machines for aerobic exercises. What makes it great is that you don't even need to learn any sports to keep yourself fit and healthy....
Know Your Bodybuilding Supplement - BCAA's
BCAA stands for branched chain amino acids and is increasingly being recognized as an important supplement in the field of sports nutrition. In short the term refers to three essential amino acids - leucine, isoleucine and valine. Amino acids are...
Soccer Nutrition and Mental Focus
Nutrition and Mental Focus;
Food-Brain-Brain-Food link
This is hormonal in nature with chemical interactions, in
specific terms a euphoric state of the mind-body link.
We've all heard of the "breakfast on champions".
This is
true...
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New Formula One Car Specifications And Rules
The FIA (the governing body of motorsport) has made quite a few changes to the technical regulations of F1 cars. Some of these will be in effect as early as the start of the 2006 season and the rest will only come into play in 2008. For more on Formula One click here.
Here are some of the more interesting specs that have changed:
The weight of the entire vehicle, including the driver, must now not be less than 550kg. This has been decreased from 605kg.
The engines have been down-sized to 2.4 litre V8 motors with 4 valves per cylinder. The minimum number of gears for these cars is 4 and the maximum is 7. The wheel width at the front of all cars must be between 390mm and 450mm with the width at the rear being between 490mm and 505mm. The overall weight of the engine must be at least 95kg.
The FIA have given a concession to manufacturers and teams not ready with their new engines saying they will allow them to use other engines (such as the V10 engines currently being used) with the performance
decreased; obviously this will be controlled by the FIA and no-one else.
All cars must now be fitted with a starter which the driver must be capable of using to start the engine from his seated position. This should cut out some of those embarrasing failed starts to GP's for some drivers.
From 2008 the FIA will choose 1 tyre manufacturer to supply all the teams. This is a dramatic change and should increase the excitement value by levelling the playing field a bit; it's a real pity they could only get this in from 2008.
Pit to car telemetry will be prohibited so the team will not be able to fix any gremlins from the pit-wall and all voice radio communication must be open and accessible to both the FIA and the broadcasters.
No competitor can carry out more than 30,000km of testing during a year.
Some interesting changes here, I sincerely hope it increases the competitiveness and excitement of this sport because it needs it.
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