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Cygni posted:Unless shes getting sponsored by Nestle or something, looks like Simona won't be in an IndyCar. I really hope she lands somewhere interesting, and not FR3.5 or god knows what.
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# ? Feb 13, 2014 23:37 |
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CactusWeasle posted:I really hope she lands somewhere interesting, and not FR3.5 or god knows what. Formula E
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 00:01 |
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I'd give Simona a ride.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 00:06 |
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gret posted:I'd give Simona a ride. I don't think she wants to drive in one of the smaller series.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 00:09 |
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 00:39 |
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George Zimmer posted:I don't think she wants to drive in one of the smaller series.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 00:43 |
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Seriously though, if she's not back in Indycar I really hope she does well wherever she ends up.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 01:03 |
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Graham has the new Guard car on his Twitter feed.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 02:37 |
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drat somebody call the Holmatro Safety Team. On second thought maybe not...
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 02:40 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rC_pAavdNA Quick video of JPM practicing a standing start.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 02:46 |
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AceFace905 posted:Graham has the new Guard car on his Twitter feed. Like it. Wish Graham would have seriously pushed to run this car though. https://twitter.com/GrahamRahal/status/345266929038155776/photo/1
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 02:47 |
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Cygni posted:Unless shes getting sponsored by Nestle or something, looks like Simona won't be in an IndyCar. But at least she has plans, I wonder if there's a sportscar program.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 10:11 |
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Stolen from the F1 thread, but possible good signs for Simona in the future. http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/02/14/sauber-helping-de-silvestro-towards-2015-race-seat/
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 12:20 |
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To be honest I don't think she's good enough. But then Susie was hitting times in testing that would have made her credible and Simona is probably better than her so maybe...
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 13:03 |
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Oh great, instead of being stuck in a bad IndyCar ride she can be stuck in a bad F1 ride instead.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 13:07 |
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she should just get a Truck seat
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 14:00 |
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ugh now i'm gonna have to watch F1 beyond Australia, Austin, Spa, and New Jersey. good luck simona
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 14:20 |
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devmd01 posted:ugh now i'm gonna have to watch F1 beyond Australia, Austin, Spa, and New Jersey. Agreed. At least she won't have to race on anymore ovals because she's not very good at them
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 14:41 |
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freeranger posted:Stolen from the F1 thread, but possible good signs for Simona in the future. I found it quite random that this was mentioned on BBC Radio 5 live news without any context as to who Simona was.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 16:06 |
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I'm still not watching F1, gently caress that. e: this is the end of her career. She wont get a race seat. Some random Russian or Mexican will appear with a large cheque and that's the end of that. CactusWeasle fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Feb 14, 2014 |
# ? Feb 14, 2014 16:32 |
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The sad thing is, even being a test driver for a year or two with Sauber will net her more money than an entire lifelong career in IndyCar would.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 17:06 |
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I'm going to miss Simona.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 17:41 |
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CactusWeasle posted:I'm still not watching F1, gently caress that. A--the opposite happens, and her salary is basically paid either by Carlos Slim (Gutierrez) or Russian petrodollars (Sirotkin) or B--a new sponsor wants to hop on the bandwagon of having the first female on a Formula One grid since Lella Lombardi and plasters whatever on the sidepods to make it happen (with or without Carlos Slim or Russian petrodollars)
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 18:23 |
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gret posted:I'm going to miss Simona. Pretty much this. I wish her future (at least, the immediate one) was in a better ICS ride but it's clear that isn't a reality right now, and continuing to grind away on the KV B-car is not going to help her. Best I can hope for is that she does actually get the race seat in 2015.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 18:25 |
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She's already got the F1 driver-speak down pat. During her interview with Racer magazine she dropped "for sure" into each answer she gave.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 18:31 |
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Guys, we're not allowed to talk about F1 in the Indycar thread anymore. Simona is verboten to us now. Forever.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 18:59 |
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May aswell gas it now edit: I'm only kind-of joking.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 19:01 |
Awwww. Not sure what a consistant Indycar midpacker is really gonna do in F1, especially in a Sauber, but I can't say I blame her for making that choice. Still sucks to lose her, though. The Article posted:with the goal to gain her super licence If she had ever placed in the top five in Indycar points she'd already have one. ...which just made me realize that Marco Andretti and Danica Patrick have (or at least are eligible for) an FIA super license, while Simona isn't. (yet) What a world. Edit: According to Wikipedia it's top four, not top five, so maybe this world isn't quite as crazy as I thought. Theris fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Feb 14, 2014 |
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 19:28 |
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Theris posted:Awwww. Tony DiZinno posted:In summation, then, 65 starts, three top-fives, and 14 top-10 finishes, a best start of third at St. Pete this year and a couple fastest race laps. Not great numbers on paper, but toss out the 15 starts from 2012 with the hapless Lotus sled in her car and you see she did overachieve at a rather good level given the equipment at her disposal.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 19:46 |
I'm surprised he didn't mention the Brazil race in the monsoon. Going just by memory she got caught up in a wreck at the start, then after her car was fixed during the red she set some absurd number of fastest race laps. (like 7 of the top ten were all her) With the rain to make up for her lovely equipment she was amazing. But that was before the wrecks at Texas, Indy, and Milwaukee sapped her confidence on ovals, and I think a little bit on roads, too. I never really caught any more "holy poo poo she could be something special" flashes of talent after those like she showed at Brazil. But that guy's right that she still overachived in terrible cars.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 19:56 |
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She's pretty good for a chick, but she's just like countless other midpackers throughout history. Qualifying for Indy with burned hands will be the memory I keep of her, and that's about it.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 22:53 |
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F1 test seats are a complete dead end, but happy she found some cash to at least do something next year.
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# ? Feb 15, 2014 01:36 |
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Cygni posted:F1 test seats are a complete dead end, but happy she found some cash to at least do something next year. Yeah. Many F3000 champions ended their careers in those seats.
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# ? Feb 15, 2014 05:07 |
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http://translate.google.com/transla...-111832341.html We have our first "International Series" race rumor, fellow Indygoons.
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# ? Feb 16, 2014 01:38 |
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What does that even mean? To the best of my understanding they'll run a race in Rio at the end of the year?
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# ? Feb 16, 2014 03:16 |
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LordPants posted:What does that even mean? To the best of my understanding they'll run a race in Rio at the end of the year?
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# ? Feb 16, 2014 03:54 |
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AceFace905 posted:I think it's saying they may end up doing a late-season race in Brasilia or Rio de Janiero. And something about a breach of contract suit against the broadcasters by Indycar? That was a very Babelfish translation. It was from Indy44, who ran it on a translater.
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# ? Feb 16, 2014 03:57 |
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There was a lawsuit filed against the promoters of the Brazil race for breech of contract. This might be a way out of the lawsuit.
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# ? Feb 16, 2014 10:12 |
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My bad if this has already been posted, but GRID 2 and DLC are on sale: http://store.steampowered.com/app/44350/ GRID 2 and the IndyCar Pack DLC (IMS and the DW12) come out to $12.56 USD.
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Minto Took posted:My bad if this has already been posted, but GRID 2 and DLC are on sale: http://store.steampowered.com/app/44350/ May get the DLC if it's worth it on PS3 since PS+ gave GRID 2 out for free.
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# ? Feb 17, 2014 04:13 |