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ikay88:
I need to get another source of this info,

But anyway I don't see the reason why you don't believe God said he should go for the position. Some people say God/luck brought GEJ to his position now and thats why they'd still vote for him.

Yes, I might need to apologise, it sometimes happens when ears are close to the ground; but lets wait for the fuller story.

[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=595685.msg7639869#msg7639869 date=1296483716]Proper etiquette would have told Aganga not to trash his predecessor. He doesn't have to agree with his predecessor, but that does not mean he has the moral authority to trash another man's record.[/quote]You mean Sanusi's predecessor, but you are right. Aganga brought this on himself, probably thought Soludo would take it on the chin and shut up. However, Soludo went way overboard with his reaction.
Lets watch how this will be resolved, cos Aganga is certainly not going to be caught further exchanging words with Soludo.

Right now, Soludo is a wounded lion, a politician without any constituency and one who has just lost heavily in the PDP primaries, so it might be best to leave him well alone. . . But you never know, some might just twist the shank further.

alj harem:
i do not care if gbawe is an acn boy

there is no acn in this topic

moreover, did i tell you i have am from a village

beef, you are as stupi.d as the cow your meat was made from

Ah ah!
Ok, what is the name of the rock your hamlet is underneath?

aguiyi:
na,you are most times logical yet abusive in your judgements and response to issues

I have no regrets for my words to Abagworo. Our arguments go back a long way and are tense, because he supports terrorism under the guise that he loves true federalism, yet he doesn't even have the slightest clue of what the definition of true federalism entails.
If you go through his posts, you will notice a very ugly trend.

I have no regrets whatsoever. The future of our country and generations yet unborn must not be toyed with by those whose words are cheap. For those of us with a passion for the country, verbal conmen and word twisters like Abagworo are the enemy of progress.

There is some really sad politics going on in the core North. It is heartening that men like Lamido have risen solidly against it.
The ugly politics being played out from bombings to ugly text messages, from religious bigotry to ethnic bigotry has been the bane of Nigeria.

[size=14pt]April polls: I’m sad, Buhari is being demystified – Gov Lamido[/size]
From NOAH EBIJE, Kaduna
Monday, January 31, 2011

Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido has taken a critical look at the chances of the former head of state, General Muhammad Buhari in the April presidential polls, saying the retired army general’s supporters are ruining his (Buhari) chances.

Specifically, Lamido pointed out that the text messages that made the rounds soon after the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential primary elections, which urged people of the North to vote for Buhari and not Jonathan [size=14pt]on religious ground[/size] was actually demystifying the former head of state.

He spoke yesterday at an interactive session with journalists in Kaduna, even as he said his sympathy for Buhari was merely out of human feeling not that he liked the presidential hopeful as a leader.

He also frowned at various killings going on in the country, particularly the Jos killings, warning that unless a stop was put to it, the country might not hold election as, according to him, Jos held the key to future elections and security of Nigeria. [size=14pt]“There was a time they said, vote Islam, vote Buhari and they think they are helping Buhari. They are simply destroying him. Buhari was Nigeria’s former head of state and carries Nigeria’s symbolism in him as former head of state.[/size]

“So, those text messages are very unfortunate and I think they are undermining Buhari and I feel very sad for him. I am not saying that I like Buhari but I feel very sad for him because he is being demystified as a former head of state. But I am not worried. I was called a bishop.

“He is a symbol of our national unity and therefore, whether you like him or not, whether you are a Christian or Muslim or wherever you come from, Buhari was your head of state. That is very important.
“He will feel so demeaning and sad that they are denying him that authority, that national limelight which he is, because he is a former head of state. So, those who thought they are campaigning for him are actually undermining him and reducing him to a local person and I don’t think he is happy.

“Secondly, those text messages do not carry a proper reflection of the mind of northerners, the North which the Premier laboured to build across all divides. So, I don’t think there is any cause for alarm.” “At any rate, we must decide what we want in Nigeria. We want a united, stable, secured and prosperous country or we want a country where we kill each other every other day? In the last 30 years, we have been killing ourselves. Hausas have died, Christians have died, Kanuris have died, Muslims have died. So, we have been killing each others.

“So, it is time we decide what we want. If we want a country that is based on religion, we should simply say that we want a northern Muslim country and then, we divide ourselves. We must decide or for the sake of younger people like you and not to forsake your own future for a bigger security and for you to grow and become governors, Ministers and businessmen and become prosperous and be people who are secured in a very safe country.

“Unless and until something is done and done soon enough, we may not be able to have elections in Nigeria. Jos holds the key to future elections in Nigeria and future Nigeria security. “The senseless killings on daily basis to the extent that the military which is supposed to be Nigeria’s last line of defence is now being attacked, then, it means we are in trouble.

“Unless something very drastic is done in Jos, we may not be able to have a very free election in Nigeria. We may not even be able to have election because this is something that you need to do under a very secure environment.
“If the environment is secured, if we don’t really stand up and say enough is enough and put our feet down, and stamp the authority of government to be able to handle the country properly, we may not move forward because it is a very dangerous situation that we are in.” Lamido said.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/jan/31/national-31-01-2011-016.htm

aguiyi:
@ beaf ,what is it with your utterance ,i hope you dont mind if i consider your first sentence as a careless capping

Why? Do you think true federalism is something that can just be magically invoked on the country in a democracy?

Abagworo:
That is my reason for not wanting Jonathan to remain even though events seem to favour him.You cannot ignore a fundamental decision in order to remain in power.GEJ had the brightest chances of returning Nigeria to true federalism but he towed the path of Ironsi and he will regret later.

With due respect, the bolded is an immensely stupeed comment. True federalism requires several fundamental constitutional, societal, fiscal and organisational changes.

You think the President can simply get a copy of the constitution, cross out some lines, alter others, add a few fresh ones, then sign it? Are you living on the Moon?

Sometimes I wonder why some folk pretend to know things they so obviously don't. Dude, you don't know the meaning of true federalism, so please keep shut.

@topic
Yes, Ironsi did us bad and those that followed saw his actions as the greatest gift through which they could enslave and brutalise the nation.

alj harem:
mumu of mumu.s how does this relaye to tinubu in any form or way

You are the only cow on NL that doesn't know Gbawe is an ACN boy and Tinubu is his oga. Every single word he says on NL is for the benefit of ACN and Tinubu.
Dude, go back to running after goats. Whats the name of that your village again?

More to come. It happened a few minutes ago.

cap28:
Beaf to compare  you to a monkey would mean that you have actually made great progress in terms of mental development, if i placed you in  a cage with a monkey  - i can guarantee you that most right thinking people would want the monkey taken out of the cage in order to prevent you from retarding its mental development. 

Even monkeys recognise when they are being ill treated by their  masters and react accordingly, does beaf understand or recognise that he is about to be taken for a ride by Goodluck and Patience Jonathan - no?  Does that make Beaf lower than a monkey in terms of reasoning ability?  Absolutely Yes.

Research has shown that monkeys respond well when taught basic skills, is Beaf's "brain" capable of absorbing and comprehending the most basic information - you guessed it again - No.

Beaf do  you see that in terms of mental development you are yet to even reach the stage of an infant monkey therefore to talk about my evolutionary regression is quite rich if you ask me.

To be honest Beaf I feel sorry for you, you remind me of an unwanted pet, you know the sort of pet that the family takes on a long drive and dumps it in the middle of no where but the pet still manages to trace its way back to the family,  well thats you Beaf - like a loyal unwanted pet you keep championing the cause of the Jonathan's despite the fact that you stand to gain nothing from them should Jonathan win, like a pathetic discarded pet you continue to harangue your owners pleading, begging and bowing before them, hoping that they will throw you a little crumb.  Im sorry to have to break it to you but its just not going to happen.

Hmmmmm! Na wa! All this pain over another mans wife? Loff na very strong tin!
I'm laughing so much, its difficult to even post this. Love for another mans honey has made a full grown man regress down the evolutionary tree!

Write a loff letter to Aso Rock na, and see how quickly mopol boots will whip out the 7 demons of madness that are causing your loff for Patience Jonathan who is already very happily married.

Gbawe:
Indeed. In this particular triumvirate of financial and economic experts Sanusi is by far the only praiseworthy individual. Soludo may be brilliant and he may have started well but he turned out , in the end , to be just another callously materialistic and self-serving hack who let down the most vulnerable folks in the banking system he supervised . This is the same thing callous politicians , to the detriment of our nation , have done always i.e fail to protect and act in the interest of the most vulnerable in society - ordinary Nigerians. The good people of Anambra should count themselves lucky Soludo did not become their Governor.

Aganga too , we can assume , is brilliant to have risen to the heights he did before joining Government . He is however personally dishonest and perhaps transparently so . This is probably what attracted the GEJ Government. A desperate Government that would need a friendly financial administrator to 'legitimise' the dissapearance of billions into thin air found its man in Aganga. So far he as performed admirably as a rabid dog blindly defending its master.

Sanusi is a better human being than Soludo and Aganga . He is not afraid to speak his mind and is not beholden to the elite system that has arisen to profit from the misery of ordinary Nigerians. Soludo belongs in jail and Aganga , by the end of his tenure , will probably deserve to be in jail also. Sanusi , on the other hand , seems a decent individual who understands his job responsibilities in its entirety. The appointment of Sanusi , along with the amnesty program, is Yar Adua's finest achievement IMO.

It is easy to spread rumours and slander people you do not know. What is your basis for saying Aganga is dishonest? It is a pretty serious claim to make. I would expect any person with the slightest modicum of decency to thoroughly back their words up, not just pluck gutter words to disparage another mans character from thin air.

By the way, what attracted your Tinubu to the drug trade and why do you not pick on his criminality? Is it that you customarily apply double standards? How can any Tinubu supporter condemn the current govt? Based on what?

^
Aside from the above daft comment, this is your only other comment on this thread, and its foolish too.

homerac7:
M-A-S-S-A-C-R-E

Chei, c as soludo carry aganga mop floor here o! 

Soludo is still smarting from the very heavy loss team Atiku suffered at the PDP primaries, thats why he is making all these sudden challenges. Its funny really.

[quote author=eku_bear link=topic=595685.msg7637178#msg7637178 date=1296449789]Where is Beaf?

I eagerly await his comments.[/quote]I have always been a Soludo fan, but I must say he has become the latest traitor for Ciroma's ethnically bigoted cause. Like Atiku, Soludo does not seem to have the moral strength to let go after their thunderbolt loss at the PDP primaries.

Aganga is better off not joining sore losers in their single-minded mission to nowhere. The PDP primaries can never be won by Atiku's team, no matter what they do; its done and dusted.

jabbok:
What a poor corelation. Stick to the issue. Your Finance Minister has been challenged to a duel. Will he have the liver to accept?

On whose behalf?
The problem with most of our "educated" youth, is that they lack the slightest political sophistication. Soludo is Ciroma's new traitor. Period.

^
What the hell is wrong with you?
All the weapons on these pages are bleeding edge stuff, not piles of imported WWII shyte.

Atiku has lost, so Soludo should shut up and stop being the Southern traitor for Ciroma.

[size=14pt]Now commercial buses wear Goodluck posters[/size]
By Stella Odueme  Correspondent, Lagos
•Posters

President Goodluck Jonathan has not only won the support of thousands of his party’s delegates to the last Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Convention, but now the wave of the support for him is spreading beyond politicians to ordinary Nigerians  now expressing their love and pre-election loyalty ways strangely unprecedented.

At sports arena, pubs, inside public buses, even at bus stops and parks, the subject of discussion of all people is the April poll and the heavyweights in the most exciting race, the presidential election.

Newspapers are awashed with stories about 2011 election more than before, television and radio stations give the April special event a priority on their programming, the clergymen that before now tried to be apolitical now cry more to God for good government because the people’s groan will cease, but what concerns the ordinary Nigeria is who gains their mandate to wear the presidential crown?

This may be the question that snowballed into hot arguments among operators of public transport at the commercial motor park at the National Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) along the International Airport Road, Ikeja, on Sunday as three bus drivers engaged themselves over who first pasted the “breath fresh air poster” which emblazons the picture of President Goodluck Jonathan on their buses.

One of them, Wale Aina, told everyone that cared to listen that he was the first to hang the poster on his bus. His fellow commercial driver, Ezekiel Ogigwe, claimed he was the first person to embrace the idea.

“Come and look at my own, you can see that it is very old. I was the first person to paste the poster on my bus in this park before others started copying me,” Aina insisted. 

“Don’t mind him, I was the first before anybody else here,” Ogigwe countered.

Innocent Ikpokpo attempted to settle the controversy by saying, “all drivers believe in President Jonathan and that his programmes are geared towards poverty alleviation for citizens of this country.” 

What was quite intriguing was the fact that the more the air blew and mutilated the poster on the bus’ panels, quickly were they replaced with fresh ones. They explained they were doing so because of their love for the President.

“It is true that after some time, the poster will spoil our buses. See the first one I pasted, it has disfigured my bus but that is no problem at all. I will take it to the panel beater and have it fixed again. I just like the man, so nothing is too much for me,” Aina said.

On his part, Ogigwe assured that he knew the repercussion of the action but also maintained that his love for President Goodluck was his consolation.

“Actually I know that it will spoil my bus. The thing has already disfigured a part of my bus but after its removal, I pasted this new one last Friday and I feel good about it,” he stated.

Indeed, Daily Independent observed that nearly all buses in the park are decorated with the posters; giving a picture that the electioneering bug has bitten drivers in the park and maybe they were ‘contracted’ to show such unimaginable love for somebody who plays no important role in their private lives. But they all denied being gratified to act any drama when Daily Independent asked if they had been rewarded for the expression of such inexplicable loyalty like political thugs.

However, passengers and other passersby were quick to note that it was impossible to elicit that kind of   support without any form of inducement. “I don’t believe that they were not given anything to paste those posters on their buses. This is Nigeria, I’m very sure that something must have exchanged hands,” said Bisi Ayoola, a passenger in one of the buses en-route Ikeja.

However a passerby, Nwosu Alozie, a worker in one of travel agencies in Ikeja, stated that the use of posters on vehicles is a cheap way for politicians to campaign because their campaign message is taken to all points the vehicle gets to. Apart from this, “It de-emphasises  political rallies as the only avenue where politicians can advertise or ‘broadcast’ their programmes to their supporters,” he stated.

Adegbenro Adesua, while commenting on the appearance of President Jonathan’s posters on vehicles said “It shows that we are developing politically in this country. We don’t need the physical appearance of candidates on soap boxes before we know them, but they can use other media such as jet smoke, television, radio, advertisement in newspapers and posters. Poster is the cheapest because it can cover wide area and the best because it doesn’t create jobs for thugs.”

However whether posters, on walls, panels of trains and buses are functional electioneering materials, the verdict of April polls will determine.       

Meanwhile, good governance and grassroots mobilisation are said to be the bedrock for the formation of a non-governmental organisation, Goodluck/Sambo Success Foundation (GSSF). It was gathered that the organisation, with formidable network within and outside the country has a permanent structure that is expected to leave beyond the April 2011 polls. It was also revealed that membership is opened to all patriotic Nigerians from all parts of the country irrespective of their political affiliations and is being chaired by Dr. Christopher Ajakaiye.

According to Comrade Diala Onyema who gave insight into the NGO, the aims are to: create an enabling political, social and economic environment that would enable President Goodluck Jonathan and Namadi Sambo succeed in governing the country, monitor and promptly notify government of saboteurs to the democratic process as well as activate and propagate an enduring formidable grassroots structure that would constantly mobilise support for the programmes of government among others.

“It will serve as an informal intelligent network that will provide additional information for qualitative management of the nation and for societal peace, stability and tranquility. It will also create awareness through well planned political activities and programmes that will emphasis the need for all sections of the country to support government so as to achieve the goal of poverty alleviation for all citizens,” he disclosed.

http://www.independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx?id=28016

cap28:
You sound like a lonely soul cooped up in some bedsit somewhere with NL as your own source of companionship, i am inclined to agree with other posters on here that you have no life, hence your desperate attempt to create one on NL.  

I never knew that it would ever be possible for a certified ret.ard to call into question the intelligence of another human being - wonders shall never end.

Given your advanced state of mental retardation i will not bother to even attempt to explain or clarify my statement in my last post as it will be completely futile.

It is now common knowledge to everyone on NL that you are an unhinged nuisance whose only ambition in life is to sing the praises of a criminal couple who couldnt care less whether you lived or died, unfortunately for you all your shameless  praise singing, ar.se licking, pleading and begging will not change anything for you - you will remain an aimless, directionless failure condemned to an empty life spent raging helplessly at a computer screen.

All this for the love of another mans wife?

Dude, do you realise you're regressing down the evolutionary tree? Some believe that man came from monkey, thats a stretch; but seeing man become monkey? Boy, thats damn hilarious!

There is a traditional belief that madness can be cured by a truly sincere flogging. It sort of chases out the 7 mind bending demons, you see.
So dude, I'll advise you to write love letters to Aso Rock. There is a 100% guarantee that you will get a mind straightening once over from highly dedicated mopols. . . The cure will be immediate!

cap28:
and your point is what exactly?

I think it is apparent to everyone on here that english is the language of our conquerors - the british - we are well aware of that and that is not the issue.  The issue is that SINCE we have been forced to adopt it as our national lingua franca or official language surely it makes sense that a person who has taken it upon herself to go out there to represent us on the world stage along with her husband should know how to speak and read it properly - especially since the person in question refuses to stay in the background and out of the limelight?

People like you make me laugh - you've suddenly remembered that english is a "borrowed" language -actually its the language of the people who conquered us - theres a difference, but i digress, are you also aware that christianity and islam are also not the religions of our ancestors? perhaps we should also revert to our ancestral religions as well, do you want to be the first one to do that?  

Since you seem to be advocating that we remember our ancestral roots, how about us relinquishing every aspet of western influence in our lives, shall we start by getting rid of our western influenced mindset, lets stop buying western cars, copying western music, western films, western fashion (if you are one of those nigerian women who wear weaves, fake nails and use bleaching cream - make sure you consign all of these to the dustbin once you have been able to do all of that then come and talk to me about english being a "borrowed language".

you can't eat your cake and have it too.

Daft.

So remembering your ancestral roots means you should stop buying Werstern goods? What does buying Western goods even have to do with quality of spoken English? In your miserable time in the UK, have you ever witnessed anyone being turned away from a shop, because their English isn't good?
What has English even got to do with being Western, cos the last time I looked Germany, Spain, France and a few others were non-English speaking Western countries?

I would have doubted it was biologically possible for a grown man like you to be so dim, but the evidence is staring me in the face.
Listening to the ranting of an addled mind can be thoroughly entertaining though! Dude, you should be in a research clinic or in a zoo.

monkeyleg:
Na my Gran Mama, my mama, and my wife na im I dey cus so, If I no get wife my Sister can do. Nyash licker like me!

Fixed for accuracy.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/180447_ROTFLMAO_gif3d0c775232c7f27cf80592785b9635b6

Gbawe:
Some people , even if they live for 300 years, will never understand that;


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6FgoEQkZvM

NURTW workers done land!

Some of the crankiest old members are exercising their evil manners on the OP, cos they are sooooooooooooooooooooooooo old they have turned into evil spirits!
OP, welcome to NL jare! Forget about them old bats. Nutin do yu!

honeric01:
BEAF oo, stop running, you have series of questions you have been running away from, are you only good at accusing and worse at defending?

Go and answer the loads of questions you have refused to answer. Are you waiting for your God to furnish you with answers or what exactly are you waiting for?

Look at the this bloody hunter!

Dude, you were the one that decided to begin isuuing curses from shopono and what not, cos I bamboozled you to mental paralysis and beyond. Your brains were fryed into guguru and you were left crying, now you're here yapping. Don't let me come down and flog you!

In the meantime, kneel down and face the wall. Olodo!

www.nairaland.com/attachments/180447_ROTFLMAO_gif3d0c775232c7f27cf80592785b9635b6

cap28:
What!!!!

You mean the bolded sentence is common knowledge?

That explains why she's been stealing money like there's no tomorrow - she's probably feathering her nest in anticipation of being replaced by a younger woman.

From king of conspiracy theories to rumour monger! Na wa o!
I sitting here really laughing!

E be like say you loff di woman wella! But you have no way to express it, hence the winsh behaviour, lies and bad bele toward another mans wife.
Take heart enh! And keep chasing unmarried women only, it leads to less dissapointment.

violent:
great news that Atiku has been defeated and consigned to the rubbish dump, let's all now pray that for the good of man and country, that Jonathan is the next in line

and hey, before you even think about throwing further darts, you should know that i give back as good as i get , you should also know that i was a staunch supporter of Jonathan, but now, i just wish PDP and its entirety a speedy journey on the way to hades.

here are some threads where I once showed active support for Jonathan, and then, it wasn't even long before he demonstrated that he wouldn't stop at nothing to drain the last good stuffs from the treasury, such a shame really.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-433777.0.html

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-425681.0.html

Dude people change, some for the good, some for the worse. If you aren't an Atiku supporter, then please read thoroughly before commenting; perpetual haste means perpetual errors of judgement.
. . .And I am not throwing any barbs at you, cos you are one of the few seemingly decent anti-GEJ fella's; on your part, stop sinking down the path of unprovoked personal statements, its cheap sir.

violent:
^^

which part of it has no bearing to the article?

The article states clearly that GEJ's government is reckless, and i pointed out a very good example to propagate this claim, but i bet you are too blinded by the politics of "paraposim" to see the mind boggling reckless acts of the GEJ led government.
The fact that Atiku was mentioned in the report is barely substantiative and hardly bares on the main message that the report was trying to pass across, which points out that this government is bent on taking us back to the debt-burdened age.

I still can't, for the life of me, get why a government spends a billion buying dustbins from abroad, such waste!. . .peharps you can help me understand, Mr Beaf?

Dude, Atiku has been defeated and consigned to the rubbish dump. Why not simply accept it? Lolz

violent:
@Beaf

Some of us wouldn't offer Atiku the smallest support even if his life depended on it, that however does not prevent us from condemning the reckless spending habit of the government.

What sorts of sane individuals for example spends a billion importing dustbins from the UK when local dustbin manufacturers are closing down due to lack of patronage? do i need to be an Atiku supporter to see and condemn this uninformed reckless spending?

Dude, you really need to start looking beyond "He's-from-my-region-parapoism" approach to things, it makes you lose respect!

The article specifically names Atiku as the person who should be listened to. I guess there's something about being so caught up in an empty cause that one fails to even read a simple article properly. Thats why you find yourself making up stuff that has no bearing to the article.

Funny!

Atiku People = Foolish People

Saturday Tribune gathered that the suspect who hails from Nassarawa State but was residing in the Sauka Kahuta area of the Niger State capital, was spotted by a bank official in the bulk room packing naira notes into a ‘Ghana must go’ he had brought with him.

However, the bank member, who saw Ahmed taking the money into the bag, reportedly tapped him on the back and asked him what he was doing there.

An alarm was raised, which attracted the security men attached to the bank, leading to his (Ahmed’s) arrest.

When questioned, Ahmed, who had the charms under the dress he wore, allegedly said he had been in the business for some time and that the charm was given to him by his grandfather.

Juju sef get expiry date!

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=595373.msg7632725#msg7632725 date=1296382882]You are not in a position to advice anyone about how to stand for anything. We know you are a GEJ supporter who is incapable of being objective when talking about GEJ and unable to constructively criticise his government, even when dullards can tell that such criticisms are in order. If this is how you stand for something and not float with the wind, I'm sorry you can shove your suggestion, I'm not interested.

Regardless of how hard you try to dodge and change the subject, the points I made regarding Rhino.5dm's post remain very valid. Call me all the names you wish, my point remains valid. rakumin dajij.[/quote]I see you are waxing abusive. Didn't you sleep well, or is it just that you had nightmares about the trashing of zoning, ethnically and religiously bigoted politics that some of your people so relish?
What is so wrong with what Lamido has said that you have turned sectional? Didn't he speak the truth? I would have expected you to tackle his viewpoints rather than go down the unfortunate route you have chosen. Do you think the country should be divided since you people believe you cannot be ruled by a Southern Christian?

It promises to be another season that will leave us guessing. There are so many changes coming in that could make or mar our viewing enjoyment. Some think there have actually been way too many new rules and regs added.

[size=14pt]2011 season changes[/size]     

With moveable rear wings, a new tyre supplier, the return of KERS, a 107 percent qualifying rule and more, there are plenty of regulation changes that will have a major impact on the Formula One field in 2011…

Adjustable rear wings
Under new moveable bodywork regulations, drivers of suitably equipped cars can adjust the rear wing from the cockpit, altering its angle of incidence through a set range. (The moveable front wing, used in 2010, has been dropped.) The system’s availability is electronically governed - it can be used at any time in practice and qualifying, but during the race can only be activated when a driver is less than one second behind another car at pre-determined points on the track. The system is then deactivated once the driver brakes. In combination with KERS, it is designed to boost overtaking. Also like KERS, it isn’t compulsory.

No F-ducts or double diffusers
Any system, device or procedure which uses driver movement as a means of altering the aerodynamic characteristics of the car is prohibited from 2011 - that means no F-ducts. Tightening of the regulations on stepped floors means double diffusers in their original sense are also banned.

KERS
A badge of honour for some, a bugbear for others on its debut in 2009, KERS - or Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems - have been reintroduced in 2011 after the teams mutually agreed to suspend their use in 2010. KERS take the waste energy generated under braking and turns it into additional power. This is then made available to the driver in fixed quantities per lap via a steering wheel-mounted ‘boost button’. The systems are essentially the same as those seen in ’09, with no increase in the maximum permitted power (though that could change in subsequent seasons). The challenge for the engineers this time round is packaging. Last time KERS was run, refuelling was legal. Now, with it banned, fuel tanks are larger and finding room to accommodate battery packs etc is not as easy. Hence don’t be surprised if bodywork has grown in places, relative to 2010. On the plus side, minimum car weight has been upped by 20kg to 640kg, meaning larger drivers don’t pay the weight-distribution penalty they once did in a KERS-equipped car.

Wheel tethers
In response to several stray wheels over the course of the 2010 season, teams must now place a second tether on every wheel to improve safety. The two tethers must be contained in separate suspension members.

Tyres
Following Bridgestone’s decision to withdraw at the end of 2010 after 13 years in Formula One, Pirelli take over as the sport’s sole tyre supplier. The Italian company, last part of F1 in 1991, will provide all teams with rubber for the next three years.

Tyre allocation has been reduced for 2011, with 11 rather than 14 sets of dry-weather tyres available to each driver per race weekend. Drivers will receive three sets (two prime, one option) to use in P1 and P2 and must return one set after each session. A further eight sets will then be at their disposal for the rest of the weekend, although one set of each specification must be handed back before qualifying.

If a driver fails to use both specifications of dry-weather tyres during a (dry) race, they will be excluded from the results. If a (dry) race is suspended and can’t be restarted, and a driver has failed to use both specifications, 30 seconds will be added to the driver’s race time.

Gearboxes
As part of the sport’s cost-saving and environmental initiatives, gearboxes now need to last for five race weekends, instead of the previous four.

107% qualifying rule
During the first phase of qualifying, any driver who fails to set a lap within 107 percent of the fastest Q1 time will not be allowed to start the race. However, in exceptional circumstances, which could include a driver setting a suitable time during practice, the stewards may permit the car to start.

Team curfew
A clampdown on long working hours has been introduced, with a curfew on team personnel connected with the operation of the cars. They will not be allowed into the circuit between midnight and 6am when practice is scheduled to start at 10am the following day, or between 1am and 7am when practice starts at 11am. Each team is permitted four individual exceptions to this rule during the season.

Penalties
Stewards now have the power to impose a wider range of penalties for driving and other rule transgressions. Added to their armoury are time penalties, the right to exclude drivers from race results, or suspend them from subsequent events.

Team orders
The clause in the sporting regulations banning team orders has been removed

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Ferrari have fired the first salvo in what promises to be an exciting season with all sorts of rule and specv changes. Behold the F150: