The "My word, that's an interesting fact!" thread

My GeneRally 2 profile · Post by **TuomoH** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:23 pm

Not that interesting facts in that volume anymore, something else thank you.

Haruna · Post by **Haruna** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:49 am

Did you know that...

...the Circuit de la Sarthe, also known as Le Mans, holds a 24 hour race for bikes?

...Audi, as of 2011, have 10 total victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours race? (for cars of course).

...Mazda still remain the only Le Mans 24 Hours overall winner from Japan?

...while previous Gran Turismo games include brake upgrades, GT5 no longer has them?

...there are six anime-themed racing teams in Super GT's GT300 class? They are:
- BMW Z4 GT3 - GSR&Studie with Team Ukyo (Vocaloid) <---- bit of a mainstay of the series
- Mooncraft Shiden - Cars Tokai Dream28 (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Vemac RD320R - Team Mach (Speed Racer) <---- this one too
- Porsche 997 GT3-RSR - Direction Racing (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Ferrari F430 GT - LMP Motorsport (Shinryaku! Ika-Musume)
- Porsche 997 GT3-RSR - Hanhook KTR (The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi)

...despite being a sequel to the original GTR, Simbin's GTR2 still only contained the 2003 and 2004 FIA GT seasons?

Post by **Trigger Happy** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:17 am

Haruna wrote:Did you know that...

...the Circuit de la Sarthe, also known as Le Mans, holds a 24 hour race for bikes?
...

AFAIK they race the 24 just on Bugatti layout.

Haruna · Post by **Haruna** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:27 am

yeah, would be a bit too insane to see bikes flying down the mulsanne straight...

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:27 pm

Did you know there is only one Austin 1750 Automatic left in the UK?

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 12:12 pm

Did you know that the Gulf Stream keeps the UK warm? If that stream didn't exist, the UK would be a big block of ice just like the Arctic.

The Noose · Post by **The Noose** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 12:19 pm

Yeah and that same stream keeps Finland and other Scandinavian countries warm.

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:09 pm

A few facts regarding this forum (as of July 2011):
The top 3 posters are all special members.
The top 5 posters are seperated by 2267 posts.
As of now (3:09PM GMT) The No.4 poster is shared by 2 people: Me (Alex) and Thunderstrucker.
Only 5 people in this forum (including me) have got 3% of all posts or higher.

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:00 pm

I know it may be a bit far fetched but Ferrari have a higher chance of epicly failing on odd years than even years. Look at the 1993 season, with a rubbish car, 1997 with Schumacher getting disqualified, 1999 had Schumacher break his nose (or something) in an accident, 2005 only had one win for Ferrari, and that was due to all the Michelin cars retiring, 2009 was loaded with failures and crashes and the 2011 Ferrari doesn't have that good of a pace. Now compare that to the even years, where in 1994 Larini came 2nd in 1 of only 2 races he entered that season, 1996 had Schumacher win several races, same with 1998. 2000 and 2002 had dominant races for Ferrari, and 2004 had the most dominant F1 car of the 21st century. 2006 was neck and neck with luck deciding the title, same with 2008. 2010 proved Alonso had the chance to win the 2010 season with a weaker car than Red Bull and only had a problem with Petrov.

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:35 am

Did you know this forum has had hardly any posts in the past 15 hours, yet normally there is at least 35 posts in that time?

Scholl · Post by **Scholl** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:26 am

Did you know that if an atom would be the size of wembley stadium than the nucleus of this atom would be the size of a ricecorn in the centre of the pitch?

This means that everything around us, what you´re looking at, what you touch, what you smell is at 99,99% made up of absolutely NOTHING??? OMFG

The MNZ · Post by **The MNZ** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:48 am

Did you know that Tony Hawk's gave inspiration to the worst Simpsons Game on the history some years before the start of franchise fall?

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:21 pm

I calculated that it would take us 14.333r years to get 1 million posts on this forum if we keep going with our current post counts. That means we will reach 1 million posts somewhere around March 30 2024.

Post by **XYY** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 4:06 pm

I first thought you meant 14k years

but when I read 2024, I knew it couldn't be true

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 4:13 pm

Fixed it to be a bit more clearer.

DuklaLiberec · Post by **DuklaLiberec** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:36 pm

Did you know that:

-Michael Schmacher's eye colour is green with brown?
-Sebastian Vettel wore brackets? (GRIF member Serginho wear/wore them, too)
-Jean-Denis Deletraz would be the worst Formula One driver ever? (there was a video about the worst F1 drivers ever on YouTube and he was the #1.)

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:53 pm

I also found out that I will make my 2 thousandth post around early October or Late September this year.

@Bob Barker Yeah, Jean-Denis Deletraz was really rubbish. Did you know he retired from a race because he was too tired? And that in Adelaide 1995, Deletraz was already lapped by the top 3 (Schumacher, Hill and Hakkinen) on lap 10? By the time he crashed and therefore retired, Deletraz had been lapped more than 5 times by the leaders. Even his teammate Lavaggi had lapped him.

DuklaLiberec · Post by **DuklaLiberec** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:05 pm

And he was 10 (!) seconds slower than the top pilots. In my opinion, Deletraz wasn't the only F1 driver who was really rubbish. Yuji Ide was replaced in the beginning of the 2006 F1 season by Franck Montagny, and the FIA has even withdrawn his super license.

GeneSuomi · Post by **GeneSuomi** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:08 pm

Alex wrote: And that in Adelaide 1995, Deletraz was already lapped by the top 3 (Schumacher, Hill and Hakkinen) on lap 10?

That's hard to believe because Häkkinen injured seriously in practise

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:04 pm

GeneSuomi wrote:
Alex wrote: And that in Adelaide 1995, Deletraz was already lapped by the top 3 (Schumacher, Hill and Hakkinen) on lap 10?
That's hard to believe because Häkkinen injured seriously in practise

Oh yeah I forgot about that.

I must have mixed up a race or something.

Doorslammer · Post by **Doorslammer** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:28 am

GeneSuomi wrote:
Alex wrote: And that in Adelaide 1995, Deletraz was already lapped by the top 3 (Schumacher, Hill and Hakkinen) on lap 10?
That's hard to believe because Häkkinen injured seriously in practise

I'll have that as a quote thanks.

"Deletraz was so slow, he got lapped by a hospital bed and drip."

GeneSuomi · Post by **GeneSuomi** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:09 pm

Some say, that he can lap a Formula 1 -driver while being unconscious in hospital. All we know is, He's called Mika Häkkinen

DuklaLiberec · Post by **DuklaLiberec** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:46 pm

IMHO, the Ligier JS5 is the ugliest F1 car EVER!

Post by **Trigger Happy** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:37 am

That's your opinion, not fact.

Yusei Fudo · Post by **Yusei Fudo** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:13 am

but it's a fact that it's his opinion

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