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Man With Hat 
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Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166183 |
 Posted: March 12 2009 at 22:49 |
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New curcuit gets last race?!
 And goddamn Canadian GP...I know its been in the news before but it still gets me...
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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sleeper
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Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449 |
Posted: March 13 2009 at 07:18 |
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^Thats what happens when a public company with shareholders gets controle of the sport, they squeeze it for all the money they can and screw the rest of us.
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progmetalhead
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Joined: May 15 2007 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 2081 |
Posted: March 13 2009 at 11:43 |
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It was interesting to read today that Brawn fka Honda Racing have blown everyone away in their first test session. Could be an interesting year!
"That new Brawn has surprised everybody," exclaimed Massa, runner-up in last year's title race to Lewis Hamilton.
"Before Barcelona we were maybe one of the quickest cars, or maybe very competitive in the front, and now we are still competitive, but behind the Brawn." Asked if he could match the Brawn on a qualifying lap, an honest Massa replied: "No. And I think nobody can do. |
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sleeper
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Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449 |
Posted: March 13 2009 at 19:44 |
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It would be nice to think that Button and HAmilton will fight for the title but I dont think the McLaren is their yet, real problems with the rear aero on that car so far.
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JJLehto
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Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: March 24 2009 at 23:24 |
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...I return from the depths of real life!
Any F1 news I missed? I'm sure there's alot... |
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sleeper
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Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449 |
Posted: March 25 2009 at 07:15 |
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^There will be a £30m budget cap put in place for next season, but its optional. If you agree to it, you get more technical freedom with the rules, if you dont the rules stay the same. I hope I'm not the only one here that sees that as an incredibly bad idea.
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JJLehto
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Posted: March 25 2009 at 17:10 |
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Hmm....
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sleeper
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Posted: March 25 2009 at 19:24 |
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You didnt ask for GOOD news!
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sleeper
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Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449 |
Posted: March 26 2009 at 15:16 |
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And the latest enstalment of the F1 soap opera.....
Renault, Ferrari and Red Bull all lodged protests this morning against the designs of the Brawn, Williams and Toyota cars rear diffusers (backed by BMW, who had their own protest thrown out on a techincality) but stewards have since thrown the protestsout. This means that the three teams are likely to appeal against the decision and that the results sundays Australian GP and next weeks Malaysian GP are both likely to remain in doubt long after the chequered flag has fallen. We're set to have one of the closest championships ever this year and F1 cant seem to stop shooting itself in the foot with needless controversy. |
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sleeper
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Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449 |
Posted: March 27 2009 at 06:22 |
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Practice times from Melbourne:
1. ROSBERG Williams 1m26.053s 2. BARRICHELLO Brawn 1m26.157s 3. TRULLI 4. WEBBER Red Bull 1m26.370s 5. BUTTON Brawn 1m26.374s 6. GLOCK 7. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m26.560s 8. VETTEL Red Bull 1m26.740s 9. SUTIL Force 10. 11. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m27.204s 12. ALONSO Renault 1m27.232s 13. FISICHELLA Force 14. HEIDFELD BMW 1m27.317s 15. KUBICA BMW 1m27.398s 16. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m27.479s 17. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m27.802s 18. 19. PIQUET Renault 1m27.828s 20. BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m28.076s Now be honest, how many of you thought that was going to be the order of play atthe end of friday? I didnt. |
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memowakeman
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 19 2005 Location: Mexico City Status: Offline Points: 13033 |
Posted: March 29 2009 at 11:47 |
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first race and first season's surprise....Button and Barrichelo 1-2 for Honda
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JJLehto
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Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: March 29 2009 at 12:41 |
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Apparently, I do not get SPEED....
 Im going to have to find some way to watch these races... Anyway, someone please explain to me what happened, because this is crazy:  Well, congrats to Button. |
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sleeper
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Posted: March 29 2009 at 13:32 |
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I feel sorry for Vettel, he was the only guy that could live with Button today and now he has a 10 grid spot penalty for the next race for causing an avoidable accident. Trulli got a 25 second penalty for overtaking Hamilton under the saftey car at the end and so he lost 3rd. I think the new rule changes have worked, its easier to overtake, but its not too easy (just ask Rosberg).
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Man With Hat
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Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166183 |
Posted: March 29 2009 at 23:15 |
Wow....I don't what Vettel did warrented that. Sure, it was stupid, avoidable, and took out two good cars, but it wasn't intentional, at least from what I could see. Its like not Vettel was able to benefit from it either...
And I wondered what happened to Trulli. Hamilton surely took out a large deposite from the luck bank this week.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Neil
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Joined: October 04 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1497 |
Posted: March 30 2009 at 01:31 |
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Very interesting start. Last time someone started a season with a brand new team and got from pole to a win in the frist race was 1954 and the man was Fangio. Mr Brawn must be very pleased with his team and it looks like Jensen may well have his best chance of a championship this year.
As for Hamilton; he didn't get any luck at all. He was third when the safety car flags came out and was illegally overtaken by Trulli under waved yellow flags, therefore Trulli was demoted.
I agree about Vettel, there do seem to be some odd descisions made by the officials. I hope that we aren't going to have another season of controversial decisions like last year.
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Dean
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Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: March 30 2009 at 02:59 |
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Was Vettel penalised for causing the accident, or for driving a Reliant Robin around the track when he should have pulled off?
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What?
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Neil
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Joined: October 04 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1497 |
Posted: March 31 2009 at 02:38 |
It appears that his team were penalised for telling him to continue when he should have stopped.
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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sleeper
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Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449 |
Posted: March 31 2009 at 13:10 |
Both. He was judged (unfairly, IMO) to have caused an avoidable accident with Kubica so he got a 10 place grid penalty for Malaysia. The $50 000 fine was for the team telling him to continue driving around in his Reliant Robin. Malaysia could be interesting. As well as the late start time (5pm local time) meaning the drivers will have to race into the setting sun again, its also the time of day most likely to get cloudbursts, as has happened post race almost every year that the Malaysian GP has been held. |
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JJLehto
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Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: April 02 2009 at 13:30 |
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I heard from a friend that the points system has been thrown out the window and the Champion would be decided by who had the most wins???
This true? And can I have as much detail as possible. Damn...Ive missed so much... |
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sleeper
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Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449 |
Posted: April 02 2009 at 16:36 |
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^It was. The champion this year was going to be decided by the person that won the most races with points accounting for all the other positions. Effectively the champion could be the persion that finishes fifth in the chanmpionship, pathetic or what? FOTA pointed out that the change was made less than 20 days before the start of the new season and that all teams had to agree to it before it could be implemented, and they didnt agree to it, so were back to the old system.
And HAmilton has been disqualified from Australia's results for apparantly misleading the stewards about his and Trulli's overtacking under the safety car, Trulli has been re-enstated in 3rd. |
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