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[Status] Server Interruptions

Zeppole - the server host for F1NGers is currently undergoing tehnical upgrades and maintenance. During this time, we expect slow-downs, outages and general chaos to ensue. ;-)

If you’re unable to connect to news.zeppole.com , please try the alternate server news2.zeppole.com in your client. The web interface is currently unavailable as well. Details and updates to follow as we know more.

As always, if you need assistance, please drop us a line .

Pitpass.com is one of the sites I rely on for good, reasonably unbiased F1 reporting. I recently came across this page on their site detailing the ribbing that would be put forth when the FIA declared that Microsoft MES has been selected as the official ECU supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2008, 2009 and 2010. This is sure to have caused quite a few of you to smile…

After all, so many of us either use, or have used Microsoft products, with varying degrees of success and/or frustration.

There are some very funny images (obviously modified) to elicit quite a few chuckles.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

A look at possible answers given by F1 personalities past and present… Read the rest of this entry »

Calendar Added

A calendar has been added detailing times for the practice and qualifying sessions and of course the race itself.

The times are listed as Central European Summer Time - UTC +2 [Paris,  Berlin, Monte Carlo], so do remember to convert the times to your local timezone.

F1NGers Web Services

In partnership with Google Apps, F1Ngers is now able to offer members access to personalised homepage, webmail, calendar and document services.

Here’s a brief overview of what a F1NGers user gets: Read the rest of this entry »