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26th April 2010, 04:01 #11
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Originally Posted by glauistean
Other familiar terms for these events is a "close call", or in the case of moving objects, "near collision" (kinda like Marco and Moraes). The often misunderstood phrase is so-called to stress that not only had things gone remotely off course towards danger, but they had actually only "barely missed" catastrophe (kinda like letting Milka run more than 10 laps at Long Beach).
For instance, commercial airliners are considered dangerously close if they are one mile apart (kind of like Danica and Marco). If they pass at a quarter mile apart or less, this is a "near miss" because they were extraordinarily near each other when they missed collision (doesn't say anything about the hissy fits afterward).
It interesting to remember that Bertrand got the 2nd Conquest car - that's kind of like getting the 2nd Roth Racing car. Makes you wonder what Conquest's duct tape budget is for the season.
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26th April 2010, 13:36 #12
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Originally Posted by glauisteanI read it on the internet, so it must be true
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26th April 2010, 15:21 #13
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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
"It was a difficult race starting from the back," said Baguette. "I was following Mario (Romancini) closely at the beginning of the race but I struggled a bit on the red tires and we pitted early for the Firestone black tires. The blacks helped me increase the pace but I was blocked behind (Alex) Lloyd which slowed my progress toward the front and that's when we encountered the problem with the front suspension ending our race."
Birmingham:
"This was not the qualification I expected. We are still struggling with the car and we are running out of time to develop it more. We made a lot of changes last night and the car was a bit better today, but we still need to find another second. We will continue to work hard tonight to be prepared for tomorrows race."
So, he gets here two races into the season and struggles with a car that he's unfamiliar with and that's clearly not performing well. He is highly regarded in Europe and clearly is a talented driver otherwise. I say let's give the dude a chance (unless he starts speaking French, then all bets are off..)
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26th April 2010, 15:52 #14
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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
I hope he can qualify for the Indy 500, but it will for sure not be easy.
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25th May 2010, 13:39 #15
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Originally Posted by Wim_Impreza
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25th May 2010, 15:43 #16
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and, he does have a good engineer.
Originally Posted by bzcam
He is very talented, and I was not surprised they were able to get both cars in the race.Green, Green, Green!
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25th May 2010, 19:52 #17
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Bertrand proved he can pedal it fast. Good for him. I hope he proves me wrong.....
"Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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26th May 2010, 03:15 #18
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Originally Posted by bzcam"Believers that socialism is a one aspect theory are deluded and do not comprehend it"
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26th May 2010, 03:16 #19
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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa"Believers that socialism is a one aspect theory are deluded and do not comprehend it"
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26th May 2010, 07:11 #20
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Originally Posted by glauistean
I know this much, Geico is now on all the KV cars that made the race...but somehow I think Geico would be much happier if Sato or one of the other crash brothers got out of the car and let PT have a go at it..."Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
Not important, but nice to see that he has still the ability to drive fast
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