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Not sure if real but it certainly could be:quote:Hamilton 5/1 to keep barnet braided for Belgian Grand Prix
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Apparently the gassing thing is an urban myth in that area, and Jenson is getting his blood tested to see if that happened.
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Alain Post posted:Another dogshit motogp race, that's three in a row. I urge everyone to not fall for the hype and to avoid this fraudulent racing series. Stick to the F1 You should really watch all 3 races, not just the main one. There's going to be at least one amazing race full of action, this time it was Moto3. It's usually Moto3 anyway. If you're watching on a DVR and skip all the pre/post race stuff, all 3 races take less time to watch than 1 F1 race.
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Aug 17, 2015 09:01
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MotoGP this year has been good because Marquez started with a lovely bike (compared to the Yamahas), he fell off a couple of times, him and Rossi aren't good mates any more so they're each trying to rattle each other's cage, Rossi built up a good lead to try and get his 10th title but Lorenzo has come up to give him a real good challenge. Last year Lorenzo outscored Rossi by quite a margin so the battle is on for the rest of the season, with Marquez taking points from each of them. And yeah Brno was boring in the sense of the race itself but in terms of the championship it means things are probably going to get a bit more exciting.
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Aug 17, 2015 20:48
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Dudley posted:The exact moment you knew Pedrosa accepted his fate was that after being utterly spanked by Marquez for 2 years he re-signed for Honda. That was basically admitting he's now the Barrichello of MotoGP. Hadn't thought of it this way, but you're right. He's too small and fragile to recover from his injuries (see: every year he's race in MotoGP) and I wonder what is Honda's plan to replace him when he does eventually drop down to a lower team like Dovi, Hayden, etc.
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Aug 18, 2015 10:14
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Yeah, pretty much. Colin Edwards couldn't cut it in the highest level of MotoGP but he's got it pretty good, still: still testing the top bikes, travelling to the races when he's paid and he's got a super popular riding/shooting/bbq ranch that people pay thousands to bunk up at. It's not that bad not being number 1.
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Aug 18, 2015 11:01
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Sep 3, 2015 12:58
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Riso posted:
The best defence is a good offence.
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Sep 3, 2015 15:38
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ukle posted:Rough guess but the Merc's are probably going to be qualifying in the low 1min 22s while everyone else is going to be 1.5 seconds behind. This weekends race is already over before its begun unless something happens to take out both the Merc's. Sounds like I'll be able to catch up on sleep, at least.
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Sep 4, 2015 16:19
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Guess I'm watching the race tomorrow...ah who am I kidding, I was going to watch it anyway, just hope no on spoils the results as I'm out working all day.
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Sep 5, 2015 15:31
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I wondered why Lotus had blue tire warmers - turns out Sauber, Ferrari and Toro Rosso lent them tire warmers after the overnight rain wrecked several of their sets of warmers, without the help they wouldn't have been able to complete qualifying.
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Sep 5, 2015 19:19
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Managed to not get the race spoiled for me all day so watched it when I got home last night - I thought it was alright, not a bad race by any means. Lewis' car didn't get showed at all until near the very end and there was plenty of action going on behind him, so eh. I would say it was 'watchable' for sure, not massively memorable except for the tire pressure debacle and Nico's engine going. Was a nice spread of cars and people on the podium - I wonder if Seb reflected about getting booed by the Italian fans a couple of years ago?
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Sep 7, 2015 09:20
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willcrouch posted:gently caress Hamilton Too easy.
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Sep 7, 2015 16:46
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Arrivabene has said they'd be happy to provide engines, so what's the problem?
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Sep 7, 2015 19:29
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#stopusinggateforeverything
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RALF posted:Remember when the racism and homophobia in the Worst Thread was ironic? It's kind of hard to tell what's what, that coming from a guy with Schumi-Hitler and a Nazi swastika in his avatar.
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Sep 9, 2015 10:54
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According to this thread, the names of the best Formula One drivers are:
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Sep 9, 2015 15:06
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:This wasn't a fill-in-the-blank, guys. Nope, no it wasn't.
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Sep 9, 2015 19:43
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Brainwrong posted:Has anyone ever seen one of these tokens? I imagine them to physically resemble Micronesian stone coins
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Sep 10, 2015 09:27
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Those were some drat fine Moto3/Moto2/MotoGP races. The Moto2 guys elbowing and pushing each other as they went 150mph through the fastest corners on the track...amazing.
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Sep 14, 2015 12:26
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Ah, something to spice up the race.
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Sep 20, 2015 14:20
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Holy Cheese posted:Kimi calm down man! drat he's so cool! Cue Brainwrong in 3...2...1....
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Sep 20, 2015 15:27
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Brainwrong posted:Pah! So...you're a planespotter now?
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Sep 20, 2015 20:12
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ukle posted:Change that Buxton has just tweeted a load of crap. What's the big news then? e: couldn't wait, looked it up on Twitter, if anyone is curious Red Bull threatens to quit unless they get Ferrari's top-spec engines. krushgroove fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Sep 22, 2015 |
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Sep 22, 2015 15:03
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Halo14 posted:Worth watching? As someone who bought the Blu-ray, no
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Sep 25, 2015 00:57
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learnincurve posted:Aww yus, my £150 lotus coat what I got for £30 because they were being shifted cheap and fast just turned up. You know when you import from China and their sizes are always three sizes too small? I'm not sure what it says about f1 fans that this small is clearly a large. And with the black fabric, you'll be able to clearly show that the shampoo is working!
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Sep 26, 2015 22:09
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Halo14 posted:5th crash in the season. Yep. Come on, give the rest of us a chance to catch up before spoiling the other major race of the day.
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Sep 27, 2015 15:19
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Rhopunzel posted:latest conspiracy theory is that mercedes were barely shown on the TV feed as a form of punishment from bernie for reneging on the engine deal with red bull It doesn't help that Brundle trots out this idea during the commentary, but really there wasn't anything going on at the front. Do we need to see Lewis driving on his own when there's legitimately plenty of action going on behind him?
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Sep 28, 2015 09:50
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I can't be the only one thinking Red Bull have talked themselves into a corner by severing ties with Renault and saying they'll leave F1 if they can't get a Ferrari deal, can I? With Renault buying in again they're going to be an engine supplier still and will have extra push to shift the engine rules, so Red Bull can just have a couple of bad years while their engines get better or whatever. Every team has rebuilding years, look at Ferrari in the Alonso years, McLaren now and in a couple of years it'll be Mercedes in the mid-field. I don't get why companies and teams seem to feel they have the ability or right to be at the forefront every single year. Mercedes almost have it right with their tone - they seem to understand that they have to make hay while the sun shines and get their championships now, but sometimes from how they're saying it, it seems like the M-B board is getting too used to winning all the time and expect it continue for years and years, and any result that isn't a 1-2 is a disaster.
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Sep 28, 2015 10:47
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Red Bull are trying to pull Ferrari's 'we are crucial to F1' line on Ferrari. Interesting!
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Sep 28, 2015 15:22
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Norns posted:Have you guys ever had a redbull? I bought own the other day for the first time in years to get some stupid destiny stuff. tbf, the new flavored ones are alright - they had to do SOMETHING to counter Monster and all the other brands doing a variety of flavors. Still overly sweetened sugar bombs but the energy drink market has moved on quit a bit since Red Bull was the only drink you could get.
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Brainwrong posted:Ironically the first ever red bull I had was in the F1 paddock after the race at Silverstone in 96? 97? Sometime around then. I think it had only just come out in the UK. There were some tarts handing it out for free mixed wit vodka. It tasted awful then and made me dislike Sauber a little bit because the slightly drunk/energised edge it gave me meant I thought Damon Hill was pretty good on stage with Eddie Jordan. This made me laugh Riso posted:As an Austrian, I have to say that all the very mean RB discussion But this made me laugh more - it's actually a drink from Southeast Asia. Somewhere, there is an Indonesian or Malaysian billionaire that's living it up just like Mateschitz.
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Sep 28, 2015 17:02
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CratSock posted:Hamilton knows he can do it to almost anyone on the track, and it's almost as bad as the dive bomb corner attempts made by some of the young guys that depend on the victims not wanting to be crashed so they allow the move. AKA the Senna move, AKA the move done by Hammy's hero I do agree that Nico just isn't as forceful as Lewis on the track...or anywhere, really, and Lewis knows it and totally uses it to his advantage. If the one other guy on the grid that has a car as good and fast as yours is doesn't have the cajones to stick a move, you know that you can just do what you like on the track. That's Lewis' advantage right now. It is a shame that Alonso isn't in the Ferrari right now, I'm sure he'd be able to give it to Lewis (on the track, not in a glory hole palace or whatever gay thing you lads are thinking right now).
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Halo14 posted:So um, what do you guys like about F1? (srs) At this point, the handbags at dawn style drama, joking about the politics and sometimes during a race you'll get a single nice racing move that has bigger implications to the wider picture (like Lewis' pass into turn 1/2). For on-track action I prefer watching Moto3 motorcycle races. MotoGP has a bit more on-track action than F1 right now but there's actually a battle for the championship this year, which makes it more interesting to watch.
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Sep 29, 2015 11:23
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Halo14 posted:Cool, thanks guys. Definitely the tech is amazing, but some of the really interesting stuff has been outlawed pretty quickly (fan cars, mass dampers, coanda exhausts, exhaust-diffuser stuff) but it's worth keeping up with things just to appreciate the next technical advance. Keeping the tech relevant for the general public vs providing ways for engineers to really advance auto tech is a tough line to walk for the FIA, but to me getting close to an F1, LMP or other really high-end racing car is super super interesting, just trying to absorb all the tiny aero vanes and scoops and slots and things. And yeah in general motorcycle racers in all classes are the hardest fuckers out there.
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track day bro! posted:the aussie posters here What Aussie posters? Kad the hasn't posted here in, like, ages.
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RALF posted:There are rumors floating around that Button could join Renault for next year: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/jenson-button-could-stay-f1-6534362 Interesting, but this article on Sky F1 http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24180/10009517/how-jenson-button-is-winning-mclaren-poker-game-with-ron-dennis says that Button is with McLaren for next year after out-Ronning Ron for the second year of his contract (which included a big pay bump). e: re-reading that article, it says today is the last day for McLaren to make the decision. I think Ron will have to blink first and keep Jenson (and pay him out for next year).
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1500quidporsche posted:What the gently caress is an Avery and what differentiates an indoor from an outdoor one? He/she likes his/her birds.
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He probably makes as much or more DJing, and that's probably less stressful than going year by year scrambling for sponsors and a team to drive for. gently caress it, man, just chill out in Ibiza with the young uns until you retire, why not.
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