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JJLehto 
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Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
 Posted: May 12 2007 at 22:54 |
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I know, I was going to watch but after a while of rain delay I just went out to eat.
And came home to see it cancelled.
Wasn't last weeks race rain delayed?? Edited by JJLehto - May 12 2007 at 22:56 |
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Atkingani
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Posted: May 12 2007 at 23:01 |
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Wow, great week-end for the gold & green colours up to now:
1. Massa pole in the F1;
2. Castro Neves pole in the Indy 500;
3. B. Senna winning the Sat race at the GP2 with fine races by Di Grassi & Jimenez.
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JJLehto
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Posted: May 12 2007 at 23:09 |
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Brazil has, and still does, produce many good drivers. Just like Finland!
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Atkingani
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Posted: May 12 2007 at 23:24 |
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Yep, some other countries without tradition in developing race car technology has produced great drivers: Austria, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Belgium.
Italy, a great developer of race cars and auto technology in general, is owing a really great champion in modern times. The same could be applied to Japan, although in terms of tradition they lose to the Italians.
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JJLehto
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Posted: May 12 2007 at 23:48 |
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 Nite. I'm actually tired, and I DO have to get up at 7:30 for the race. 
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memowakeman
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 00:13 |
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Yeah i am also impatient for that race, sure it will be very interesting, nice week end for you Guigo, actually i have never been a fan of neither Castro Neves and Tony Kanaan, but they are great drivers anyway.
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Chris H
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 00:17 |
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Yeah it seems like Mother Nature doesn't want these Saturday night races going on
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Beauty will save the world.
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sleeper
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 06:52 |
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Actually, Australia is a bit like America in that its motorsport is pretty much self-contained, the V8 Supercars are almost treated as a religion, you either pray to Ford or Holden.  Plus theirs "Black" Jack Brabham and Alan Jones.I missed the GP2 race yesterday (and this morning), but its good to see Senna doing well. |
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JJLehto
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 09:41 |
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Congrats to Massa on another pole/fastest lap/win.
Also Kubica for his 4th place finish, and Takuma Sato
 manages to get a point!  Oh, and Hamilton who now leads the championshp.
After 4 races....the driver situation is NOT what I thought it would be, for sure. Edited by JJLehto - May 13 2007 at 09:51 |
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sleeper
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 10:22 |
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Final results:
1. MASSA Ferrari 66 laps Fastest lap: MASSA 1m22.680s (lap 14) Great races from Coulthard and Sato, certainly my drivers of the day. Interesting stat, in the lower formulas Lewis Hamilton has never lost at Monaco, wining the F3 Monaco support race in 05 and dominating the GP2 race their last year (won by about 40 seconds despite a saftey car), I reckon he'll win there in two weeks. |
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JJLehto
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 10:29 |
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Getting his first win at Monaco would be a hell of a way to do it.
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sleeper
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 10:37 |
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It would, but I think its his best chance so far and the McLaren looks like it would suit Monaco better than the Ferrari.
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JJLehto
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 10:44 |
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True.
And anyone else a little surprised about Kimi and Fernando, SO FAR, being outpaced by their younger teammates?
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Atkingani
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 10:58 |
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I'll be happily surprised if the championship decision goes between Massa & Hamilton... well, let's wait. |
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memowakeman
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 11:07 |
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Good for Massa, poor Kimi....and now this season is getting more and more exciting!
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JJLehto
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 11:18 |
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Would be pretty wild, and I really don't think it's out of the question.
This season has been alot more exciting than I would've thought.
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sleeper
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 11:20 |
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I am. I was expecting Alonso to start the year with a definite gap in pace between himselfe and Hamilton, as you would expect from the reigning champ and a rookie who possesies all the halmarks of becoming the new mesiah .As for Raikkonen, its not quite as big a surprise. He's well known for not being as concerned with the technical side of the sport (though he has, apparantly, surprised the Ferrari mechanics on just how fast he does pick up on details and takes in information), and Massa is more entrenched in the team. I think the biggest difference for theis two is that the Bridgestones are very different form the Michelins. Both Kimi and Alonso have spent their entire careers in F1 working on Michelins (well, they both spent there debut year on BS) and honing their skills to work with the intracacies and querks of the French rubber, and are now having to un-learn those techniques as well as pick up new ones. |
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sleeper
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 11:21 |
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I agree, I cant think of the last time when the top teams had both of their drivers fighting for wins every time and fighting for the title. Will get very exciting me thinks. |
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JJLehto
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 12:47 |
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I'm pretty impressed with Kubica so far. He seems to be a pretty decent driver.
In fact, BMW Sauber in general seems to be fairly good.
Again, I'm surprised.
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sleeper
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Posted: May 18 2007 at 16:47 |
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http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39287
I thought you guys might like to see this, the proposed rules start off interesting and get progresively worse, I dont think I like them. |
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