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I think Raikkonen has some sort of spell cast on him that makes it appear that he was good in the past.
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jazzyhattrick posted:Anybody who is competing, has competed or ever will compete in formula 1 is a massive cheat and fraud. Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart and lets not forget Stirling Moss, who gave up a WDC by being honest. 
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autism chariot posted:and lets not forget Stirling Moss, who gave up a WDC by being a gentleman.
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Dec 2, 2014 13:17
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Aqualung posted:The were both pretty lovely: But Bianchi hasn't won anything...
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Cojawfee posted:I think Raikkonen has some sort of spell cast on him that makes it appear that he was good in the past. He was great, he just stopped giving a poo poo and raked the cash in.
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Dec 2, 2014 14:11
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Because why not. He's at Dave Chappelle 'I'm RICH, bitch!' level
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Kimi was great for Lotus too, he just stops caring when he's driving a Ferrari for some reason.
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El Hefe posted:Kimi was great for Lotus too, he just stops caring when he's driving a Ferrari for some reason. Kimi status 
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Human Grand Prix posted:All the greats had their own techniques. Prost had mind games (i.e. Balestre),Senna had the engine supplier build bespoke engines for him, Piquet called your wife fat. I love the story where the Honda guy was explaining why Senna's engine just seemed like it was more powerful than Prost's, except everyone noticed that he was calling Senna by his first name, and not Prost.
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Dec 2, 2014 15:44
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I don't understand the Japanese infatuation with Senna.
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Isn't it obvious? Senna is like a Samurai living to a code. Ferocious on the track, gracious outside!
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Myrddin_Emrys posted:He was great, he just stopped giving a poo poo and raked the cash in.
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Human Grand Prix posted:I don't understand the Japanese infatuation with Senna. Japanese people love Brazilians for some reason, their National football team and league has a load of nationalised Brazilians. Also they had one for their national team manager for ages. Also this I guess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Brazilian
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Alain Post posted:I love the story where the Honda guy was explaining why Senna's engine just seemed like it was more powerful than Prost's, except everyone noticed that he was calling Senna by his first name, and not Prost. Honda CEO: "The power is all in the midrange" Ron Dennis: "Seems legit"
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Riso posted:Isn't it obvious?
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Why aren't they more into Fernando then? Senna didn't have a samurai tattoo. Because in F1 Alonso has never driven a Japanese car or one that had a Japanese engine I imagine.
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Grosjean just tweeted this picture of his new wall display: DHR in #f1 pointed out it's in championship order too which is quite snazzy. No Caterham or Marussia ones - presumably the gloves are assets which could be sold
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Dec 2, 2014 18:16
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Gmaz posted:If you have to make up that excuse, just admit that he is bad. Kimi could totally be faster and better than YOUR driver, he just doesn't want to.
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JingleBells posted:DHR in #f1 pointed out it's in championship order too which is quite snazzy. No Caterham or Marussia ones - presumably the gloves are assets which could be sold Also if he didn't get one from Bianchi...
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Human Grand Prix posted:I don't understand the Japanese infatuation with Senna. I believe its brazilians in general. The only reason McLaren and Senna got the Honda engine was that Honda was quite pissed that Piquet wasn't given total #1 status at Williams. Once Piquet left Honda pulled the plug on Williams. But of course according to the Senna doc Our Patron Saint of Motorsports Ayrton Senna never held any advantage over Prost. The older I get the more I lean towards Prost being the better driver...
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JingleBells posted:Grosjean just tweeted this picture of his new wall display: lol at Hammy's having a huge rear end clock on them
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Nico has the same thing, it's just on the other glove.
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I found this interesting read about the trials and tribulations of good lotus / Caterham. http://www.forbes.com/sites/csylt/2014/12/01/caterham-f1-team-sold-for-just-1-60/ Some highlights include the worst threads favorite journalist, Joe'S award, the purchase of the team for a staggering $1.60 and various flavors of debts owed from $670 - $1.5 million.
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Magnaflux posted:I found this interesting read about the trials and tribulations of good lotus / Caterham. what's so difficult about incorporating one company and having them directly own the F1 team and entry slot?
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1500quidporsche posted:I believe its brazilians in general. The only reason McLaren and Senna got the Honda engine was that Honda was quite pissed that Piquet wasn't given total #1 status at Williams. Once Piquet left Honda pulled the plug on Williams. In Honda's defense, I wouldn't want to give engines to Nigel Mansell either.
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Magnaflux posted:I found this interesting read about the trials and tribulations of good lotus / Caterham. Oh Joe, thanks for never being boring I guess
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Magnaflux posted:I found this interesting read about the trials and tribulations of good lotus / Caterham. Selling assets like that for $1 or a nominal amount isn't unusual. It happens in yacht racing a lot when syndicates onsell old boats to other teams. Kind of odd how Saward was openly commenting on the future of a team that he was involved in at such a level though - I'm not sure what the rules around director's statements in the UK but that can get you into trouble in some places.
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Human Grand Prix posted:I don't understand the Japanese infatuation with Senna. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ekbvjyr0g
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Magnaflux posted:I found this interesting read about the trials and tribulations of good lotus / Caterham. No mention that Cojocar was promoted from the janitorial staff to team director?
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I don't understand the anyone's infatuation with yacht racing. I guess any time there are 2 or more of one type of vehicle... What I want to see is a Red-Bull-style air race but with 747s. Like, specifically modified for racing too. By Arab shieks. They would probably have to widen the courses up a little bit.
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captainOrbital posted:I don't understand the anyone's infatuation with yacht racing. I guess any time there are 2 or more of one type of vehicle... A380s
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Butt Wizard posted:Selling assets like that for $1 or a nominal amount isn't unusual. It happens in yacht racing a lot when syndicates onsell old boats to other teams. joe saward has always come across as just...the biggest piece of poo poo person in F1 journalism
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Well I don't see why we can't have more than one constructor in this new form of motorsport. I do admit that the Ay-rabs would be more likely to go for the Airbus platform, although the A380 is nearly twice the price of the Boeing. I don't know how many tenths you're going to gain by spending the extra $200m but I'm sure a lot of it is going to depend on your captain and copilot as well.
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be nice wicka posted:joe saward has always come across as just...the biggest piece of poo poo person in F1 journalism Constantly berrating your peers and rambling on how you're the last honest voice in F1 while making completely false statements tends to do that.
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1500quidporsche posted:Constantly berrating your peers and rambling on how you're the last honest voice in F1 while making completely false statements tends to do that. Not to mention moderating the comments on his articles with an absolute iron fist.
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Tsaedje posted:A380s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya , pity there's only one
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MrL_JaKiri posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya , pity there's only one I saw it as a kid coming in to land when I was living next door to the Farnborough Air Show. loving terrifying.
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Tsaedje posted:I saw it as a kid coming in to land when I was living next door to the Farnborough Air Show. loving terrifying. Aww, I would love to see one of those in person, especially landing or taking off. Those things are loving crazy also since when did the drat Russkies steal our space shuttle design? That poo poo is like straight up some Chinese-auto-industry-style theft.
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captainOrbital posted:Aww, I would love to see one of those in person, especially landing or taking off. Those things are loving crazy also since when did the drat Russkies steal our space shuttle design? That poo poo is like straight up some Chinese-auto-industry-style theft. Not as funny as when they tried to steal the Concorde designs but British/French intelligence caught on and made sure they got faulty plans.
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dev null posted:Not to mention moderating the comments on his articles with an absolute iron fist. Speaking of F1 comment sections that are comedy gold. Who else enjoy reading thejudge13 just for the comments section? The site itself is garbage but the comment section is full of nutjobs conspiracies like Vettel has been the set up to fail by Red Bull unlike Webber who was just a bad driver who caused KERS to fail himself and that Rosberg has been forced to surrender the lead to Hamilton by Mercedes.
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