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This was Hamilton's first mistake all season so it's sad that it had to happen now. At least Kimi is still in the hunt but this also means that Alonso is still lurking, the dog.

The entire range of full-size GM trucks and SUVs (RHD-converted) can be now ordered through these guys, so I assume the display was to exhibit the quality of their work. Which, by the way, is phenomenal.

It is actually a Cadillac Escalade XLT, which makes it much longer than the white one you've posted. It is an RHD conversion and is not destined to stay here in Sri Lanka. However, it will be displayed at Odel for a day soon before it leaves.

The amateur footage that launched this latest controversy is on YouTube, if anybody wants to check it out. What Vettel says has some merit but it was no reason for him to be following Webber so closely; he could have exercised better judgement himself. Hamilton was definitely acting the fool behind the SC, but that was still no reason for Webber to slow down so much and certainly no reason for Vettel to be following Webber so closely. Seeing as how temporary, inadvertant passing behind the Safety Car/under yellow is allowed if you give the position back immediately, Webber shouldn't have backed off that much - he could have simply kept going and then allowed Hamilton to re-pass him. If the FIA give Hamilton a 10-grid penalty, it will smack of a contrived attempt to extend the drama of this year's World Championship.

Didn't Heath Streak, the former Zimbabwe international, injure his shoulder in a three-wheeler accident during a tour here a few years ago? I think it rolled on him while going through a round-about. I have to admit, sometimes I wish I could just drive straight into three-wheelers driving on the wrong side in traffic.

You're right Kalu_Z. The rear is exactly like the Mazda 3.

Hamilton's win yesterday reminded me so much of Michael's many victories in the rain. MS was a true wet weather stud and Hamilton's performance yesterday had the same air of inevitability that Michael's wins had - while their rivals were flounder and slide from one moment to the other, Michael, and now Lewis, look serene and hardly ever put a wheel wrong. In the second half of the season he has shown a ruthless streak that was trademarked by Iron Mike, so the comparisons are definitely there. I'm happy for Hamilton, but I'm sad for Kimi Raikonnen. Hands down, he has been the best top-line F1 driver over the last 5 years and he lost a couple of titles to Michael because of terrible McLaren reliability. Now it seems that he has lost another one because of a Ferrari cock-up. As for Alonso, he will go the way of Nelson Piquet Sr., a man who, despite winning 3 world championships in the height of the Senna/Prost/Mansell era, remains an unpopular and unloved, almost-forgotten champion. Did either of these guys know how their seasons were going to turn out when they filmed this ad for their engine supplier? Watch it, its hilarious.

Isn't this the cause of the major sethusamudram controversy in India these days? The Indian govt. wants to cut through these sand bars to create a shipping channel but many in India are opposed to be because of the religious significance. However, studies have shown them to be entirely natural formations and not man-made at all. There is probably a lot more information on the net about this.

Interestingly, RDS' Elan, parked next to the Espirit, is painted in the red/white John Player Gold Leaf livery, which was the colour scheme that the older Lotus GP cars used. I'm not sure if that's an original paint-job, but even recently, Lotus released a commemerative edition Elise in the Gold Leaf colours: red/white with the thin gold strip inbetween.

The Espirit looked phenomenal didn't it? Even after all these years it still has a phenomenal presence, that so few other cars have.

MRM of course I remember you. I heard you finished second and are now going to represent Sri Lanka in Taipei at the FIA event alongside Dinesh Senanayake. Good stuff machan.

Happy birthday machan.

Was the compression on his engine much higher than normal?

I prefer to think of this as a repeat of Williams' saga in 1986, where their drivers Piquet and Mansell fought each other so hard that the title was won by Alain Prost in an inferior car. I'm still backing Kimi for this year and hoping that McLaren gets its long overdue double-DNF. If not Kimi then LH.

Guys, care to explain what this is about?

Pil you meant Jim Clark right? He was Scotland's other golden boy. You were of school-going age around then, correct?

Sadly, Britain has lost both her WRC Champions before the age of 40. First Richard Burns, now CMR.

Hey Arc Angel, 'When you've got a Honda Civic, nothing else matter...'?? Are you serious?

The best match of the World Cup so far has to have been Japan vs Fiji. Fiji won, but only just, by 4 points. Full marks to Japan for that last effort that went on about 4 minutes past regulation.

True DZ, the officiating team in the RSA-Samoa game definitely sucked donkey dick. South Africa would've won anyways, but Samoa played a lot better than the scoreline suggested.

I was about to post about how sad, immature and dangerous this 'drag' was, but then I saw that the guy who posted the video on youtube justified the 'race' to another critic with the following: "Oh! yeah you lived enough in sri lanka too bad bugger don t get do drag racing stuff in da states And too bad some of us don t give a dame if we go under dame layland cuz we are skilled professionals who race on da track racing in da streets are like going to kindergarten!! It all come s to one who's driving da car you f**king idiot" Aaaaahahahahahahaha.

An AL forum member may soon take possession of this car, from what I've heard. GFX have you dragged anybody in your car yet? How fast is it compared to the black Evo III that Nigel & Ashan built?

I saw that yellow hatch the other day with a sticker that read 'www.badboyswithfastcarz.com' or something like that.

You're splitting hairs Pericles. He meant relevant to accomodation. Which means shops, workspaces, restaurants, recreational facilities etc all being located in the same neighbourhood,

To be fair to Pasindu, he was running a brand-new car that was having some serious issues. In the first race he ran without MIVEC and in race 2 he had to restart the car about 6 times per lap as the engine was dying on him every few seconds or so. Mind you, Pasindu's car was bog-standard too.