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9th November 2014, 19:11
Thread: 2014 Brazilian Grand Prix Thread
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Pretty sure it's the seventh time, given Rosberg...
Pretty sure it's the seventh time, given Rosberg has beaten Hamilton seven times this season and has yet to cheat.
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9th November 2014, 17:37
Thread: 2014 Brazilian Grand Prix Thread
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Anyone else who was expecting Hamilton to do that?
Anyone else who was expecting Hamilton to do that?
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5th October 2014, 07:58
Thread: 2014 Japanese GP Thread
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Rewind to 1976:...
Rewind to 1976:
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11th May 2014, 16:18
Thread: Driver of the Race - Spain
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Can't disagree with the gist of what people said....
Can't disagree with the gist of what people said. I'd like to also nominate Hamilton for "moaner of the race" though - if you'd listened to his radio you'd have sworn he was being given carrots!
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20th April 2014, 19:12
Thread: Whistleblower Nico Rosberg
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Refresh my memory - why does Vettel have karma...
Refresh my memory - why does Vettel have karma due to him? Other than for offending certain people for winning for a long time...
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10th April 2014, 21:48
Thread: X2 Points rethink...
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X2 Points rethink...
That they're considering it is the best news I've heard all week. The current situation means all races are equal but some are more equal than others.
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6th April 2014, 18:38
Thread: 2014 Bahrain GP Thread
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Fabulous race! Or two races, at least. If only...
Fabulous race! Or two races, at least. If only Nico had got past that dirty pom it would've been perfect...
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16th March 2014, 13:17
Thread: Kamui/Doneky of the Race - Oz
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Re: Kamui/Doneky of the Race - Oz
With Kobayashi exonerated, maybe Red Bull and their fuel regulators get a look in? TBH though I don't quite get the need to have fuel flow regulations in the first place... Surely you get X amount of...
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16th March 2014, 10:37
Thread: Kamui/Doneky of the Race - Oz
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Re: Kamui/Doneky of the Race - Oz
Well come up with a well-reasoned logic-based argument for formula 1 cars sound as something relevant. I think you'll find that you can't and that it's purely based on emotion and nostalgia...
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16th March 2014, 09:40
Thread: Kamui/Doneky of the Race - Oz
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Re: Kamui/Doneky of the Race - Oz
The point of formula 1 cars is to go around a track not make a noise. Deliberately making a car waste energy making a noise is stupid and fans who think that's at all important are equally stupid.
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16th March 2014, 09:17
Thread: Kamui/Doneky of the Race - Oz
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Re: Kamui/Doneky of the Race - Oz
Um you do know what you were hearing is wasted energy that should be going to propelling the cars forward. Silent engines are engineering progress. I'm sure last years engines didn't sound the same...
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2nd December 2013, 18:54
Thread: Maldonado confirmed at Lotus
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Re: Maldonado confirmed at Lotus
Well put, Zako. I'd still say a fast, inconsistent driver is worth a lot, because when they find that consistency they become dynamite. When I first saw Maldonado in GP2 he looked like a potential...
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26th November 2013, 21:55
Thread: Guardian article
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Guardian article
I'm guessing most of us saw this? http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2 ... f-comments. It's insane!!! Apparently Mark Webber had a better 2013 than Alonso!?
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24th November 2013, 19:20
Thread: Donkies of the 2013 Season
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Re: Donkies of the 2013 Season
McLaren for the above-mentioned horrendous backward step and for the above-mentioned ditching of a young, promising driver for a younger driver who may or may not be promising at F1 level (because...
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24th November 2013, 19:17
Thread: Driver(s) of the 2013 Season
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Re: Driver(s) of the 2013 Season
Has to be Vettel, unless you're so deep in denial that you can't see the light.
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24th November 2013, 17:45
Thread: Donkey of Brazil
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Re: Donkey of Brazil
In South Africa, someone stupid is called a chop. The chops of the race are Hamilton & Maldonado...
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24th November 2013, 08:57
Thread: 2013 Finale. Brazilian GP Thread
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Re: 2013 Finale. Brazilian GP Thread
So how much would you guys attribute Vettel's amazing qualifying to Vettel and how much to Red Bull? An honest question, because I was always told that rain is a great equaliser of cars...
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16th November 2013, 22:48
Thread: 2013 US Grand Prix
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Re: 2013 US Grand Prix
I was at a music quiz and so missed the qualifying, but Perez 7, Button 13. I wonder which team sacked a promising young driver and retained a has-been... (Watch Button have a storming race just to...
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3rd November 2013, 21:56
Thread: Rugga end of year tours
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Re: Rugga end of year tours
We South Africans can get a bit excited about rugby...
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27th October 2013, 19:33
Thread: 2014 Silly Season
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Re: 2014 Silly Season
Grosjean started out extremely quick, but extremely erratic too. He seems to have improved his game in the intervening time period...
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27th October 2013, 19:30
Thread: Sebastian Vettel 2013 World Champion
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Re: Sebastian Vettel 2013 World Champion
Bravo! A ruthlessly clinical season!
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26th October 2013, 12:54
Thread: 2014 Silly Season
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Re: 2014 Silly Season
Maldonado in talks with Lotus: it'd be great to have him in a top car!
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22nd October 2013, 21:51
Thread: Daniil Kvyat, 19, to drive for Toro Rosso
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Re: Daniil Kvyat, 19, to drive for Toro Rosso
And, much as his career has been solid rather than scintillating, 19 year-old Jenson Button went from 3rd in British Formula 3 (sort of similar in stature to GP3 as it was below Formula 3000, in a...
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13th October 2013, 13:07
Thread: Donkey-san of the race
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Re: Donkey-san of the race
Ah, yay. It looks like I nominated my own driver for donkey of the race then. :hmph:
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13th October 2013, 12:25
Thread: Donkey-san of the race
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Re: Donkey-san of the race
I was referring to the unsafe release... Are we talking about different incidents?
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I wouldn't put any money on that. His name is not Bernie. :p
F1 Guru Adrian Newey leave Redbull