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VanderGraafKommandöh 
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 Posted: February 09 2012 at 09:58 |
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Lotus seem to be putting in good times. Both Raikkonen and Grosjean. They seem the quickest of the new cars whilst Schumacher and Rosberg in the 2011 Mercedes are only setting times to test tires.
Webber was quickest yesterday, however, so it's looking like Red Bull are quick again.
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Posted: February 09 2012 at 18:14 |
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Lotus were definitely on a low fuel run today, but its still a good time. Ferrari not looking too good at the moment, apparently it's proving to be a difficult car to set up. Hamilton and Vettel almost neck and neck on the timing screens today.
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Posted: February 10 2012 at 04:27 |
Hopefully this season will be a little more exciting, as much as I like Vettel, I want to see some racing.
also, Ferrari needs to cut Alonso's salary and focus on getting a good car this year.
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Posted: February 10 2012 at 04:38 |
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^Actually a good chunk of Alonso's pay comes from Santandare.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: February 10 2012 at 10:46 |
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I have an account with Santander. Where's my pay?
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Posted: February 10 2012 at 11:50 |
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Your not Spanish, amigo.
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Posted: February 15 2012 at 00:22 |
 KoS wrote:
Hopefully this season will be a little more exciting, as much as I like Vettel, I want to see some racing.
also, Ferrari needs to cut Alonso's salary and focus on getting a good car this year. |
Oh goodness  I also like Vettel but it's only natural to want some more racing up front. Thankfully the field is loaded with talent and enough decent teams that these races are still damn good, even if you know Vettel will be running the table. We'll see if McLaren can bring any more fight, also curious how Webber will fair. If he can dice it up a bit more with Vettel there'd be...less of a runaway
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Posted: February 20 2012 at 09:30 |
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We've had our first driver change of the year. Caterham have dropped Trulli, despite him having already driven the new car, for Petrov over money reasons (Petrov brought sponsorship from Russia's biggest petrochemichal company with him).
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: February 20 2012 at 11:30 |
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That's a bit of a drop for Petrov. Having said that, he's hardly set the world alight, so it'll be interesting how he does.
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Posted: February 20 2012 at 11:43 |
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Sort of, yes. There was certainly a few races last year where he was fighting with the green cars anyway.
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Posted: February 21 2012 at 18:06 |
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Major problem for Lotus as they've had to cancel the entire weeks testing after only 7 laps. Seems they have some sort of mounting problem with the chassis and found that it also effects the chassis they used in the Jerez test a couple weeks ago. The suggestion is that it might be some sor of manufacturing fault with the engine mounts but they're being tight lipped abnut it at the moment. Whatever it is, it's got to be pretty serious to make them pack up and go home, certainy wont do Raikkonen and Grosjean any favours thats certain.
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JJLehto
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Posted: February 21 2012 at 18:54 |
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Is it a bit of a drop for Petrov but we'll see. He definitely didn't set the world alight but I liked him and thought he was pretty good. Looking forward to see what he's got this year.
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Posted: February 26 2012 at 12:11 |
My NASCAR days are pretty behind me, honestly the few I catch are still fine but just isn't the same to me. Still, have to at least catch the big one! I'll be pulling for Tony Stewart as I do every year, maybe he will finally get that elusive 500 victory. Naturally the story of the year is already Danica Patrick, more known for her sex appeal than driving skill, we shall see. Still has only one win in her entire career, (which I believe was a fuel mileage victory). I would really love to see her actually earn her name. Hey, you can do whatever you want with your body, but I wasn't a fan of how she's let herself be marketed. I just would like to see her earn some of that fame. Also March 18, finally F1 begins and I get more stoked thinking about it. Especially the return of the USGP, track looks cool and I'm still game for a road trip to Texas 
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Posted: February 26 2012 at 15:58 |
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She got poll for the Nationwide race I see, after dcrashing out of her first Sprint Cup race.
It has to be said though, I think the quality of female drivers in IndyCar has gone up this year with Patrik leaving, I believe Katherine Legg has got a drive in the series again and Simona de Silvestra was definitely a better driver and now in the main Lotus car.
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Posted: February 26 2012 at 16:06 |
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Can't say Patrick has been terrible by any means, but nowhere worth the massive quantity of fame she's gotten. Largely built off her looks, but hey she is entitled too and if she's comfortable not really being taken seriously...
Hope so man! I will have to catch more Indy this year to boot.
And lol the 500 has been on rain delay for 4 hours now. I even took a nap at one point and it's still going on.
I don't find NASCAR as exciting as it once was but I prefer it over watching water dry!
edit: Moved to noon tomorrow. Monday, when I will be much more likely to do things. haha well I tried to watch it!
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Posted: February 27 2012 at 05:16 |
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^The dangers of racing on ovals.
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Posted: February 27 2012 at 09:22 |
I find it ironic is all. Again, missing it isn't exactly gunna make me lose sleep. They actually did race in the rain once, on a road course. I missed that one and it kind of upset me, at least just to see how terribly it went down hah edit: heh it's gotten delayed again, to 7 pm. By the time it's over we'll have another 24 hours of Daytona! Maybe the rain won't stop and they'll do what I always thought should be the case, have the race as the season finale! Or the middle of the season, since I don't want in the chase...maybe before the July race? Imagine 2 Daytona races in a row! TV would go berserk.
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Posted: February 27 2012 at 10:07 |
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I thought it was only Nationwide cars that have held a wet race (at Montreal I believe) rather than Sprint Cup.
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Posted: February 27 2012 at 10:10 |
sleeper wrote:
I thought it was only Nationwide cars that have held a wet race (at Montreal I believe) rather than Sprint Cup.
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It was. I reckon I was pretty non specific there. edit: ha, delayed again, 7 pm. Now it'll be the 24 hours of Daytona #2. Maybe the rain won't stop and they'll do what I used to want, have it to finish the season. Though I'd hate that these days...maybe they could do it mid season, in July. Two Daytona races in a row...oh TV would go berserk. What an event that'd be.
Edited by JJLehto - February 27 2012 at 10:52
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Posted: February 27 2012 at 18:22 |
Well, 1.05 laps into the race and Danica Patrick's race is over Wasn't her fault at all but how anti climactic! IDK how familiar you really are with it but these Daytona races really are kind of suicidal. 200 laps in a pack of 25 cars, at a steady 200 mph and obviously any slight mistake or bobble can cause a huge pile up. Hell a twitch can trigger a huge wreck. As someone who doesn't so much care for crashing, honestly Daytona can be boring... It's either constant passing and nail biting excitement, or running in place for 199 laps. And lots of caution to fix the messes  edit: Well, I have never seen this. Good ol Juan Pablo Montoya spun under yellow and crashed into a jet drier (blows debris off the track) causing a huge fire to break out, as oil is perpetually leaking out... So now this massive, continuous fire is burning. This is like the Daytona weekend from hell Reminds me of that Monaco GP when, under yellow, Montoya accidentally crashed Schumi. He has a knack for unusual, slow accidents!
Edited by JJLehto - February 27 2012 at 21:00
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The Motorsport Thread - 2012
