Briatore on Brawn drivers & credibility *merged*

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Originally Posted by Tazio

That agreement was made before Brawn disclosed the 100 million they got from Honda. That changes the landscape and I don't blame him!

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100% agree, but it does feck the notion that Brawn are plucky underdogs....and the British do love a plucky underdog.

Of course, anybody with half a brain could see that a fully funded Honda-paid-for team should be treated as anything but a charity case.

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Originally Posted by keysersoze

I think the reason Flav is so upset is that he knows he has the best driver on the grid (to me, FA is the only "great" driver in F1 right now) and he has very little chance to even be in the first 3-4 rows, and has no shot at winning.

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Never sell Fred or Renault short! I think Flav is pissed about what he is having to go through
to keep the best driver in the series with Renault. It's costing him a ton of loot.
But it apears he is determined to keep Fred on board at any cost.

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Originally Posted by tamburello

Funny isn't it how when Arrows calls somebody an "arse" it's perfectly acceptable old bean, but when Jackie Stewart gets called a "half wit" then it's a disgrace.

What is disgusting is that somebody who kicked up such a stink about the "half wit" comment then uses worse language when it suits him.

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You still surprized? Double standards are the standard around here, always been always will be.
These people can't change, they are like McLaren! ;)

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Originally Posted by ioan

You still surprized?

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No, mate, not surprised. Just appalled at the lack of moral fibre of some. Dogs have more standards.

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

Some rare sensible words from Bernie:


http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headline...18074355.shtml

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Yes! I am surprised that I agree with Bernie :)

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Originally Posted by tamburello

No, mate, not surprised. Just appalled at the lack of moral fibre of some. Dogs have more standards.

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I gave up expecting too much, a long time ago.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Which is the most intelligent thing to do unless one wants to lose all the results of a hard work in the last laps of the race.

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Didn't you criticize Ferrari's choice of running with supersofts during the first stint in Oz, because after an early stop it would mean dropping to the back of the field and get stuck behind heavy and slow cars. Alonso doesn't have KERS any more either, so...

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Originally Posted by jens

Didn't you criticize Ferrari's choice of running with supersofts during the first stint in Oz, because after an early stop it would mean dropping to the back of the field and get stuck behind heavy and slow cars. Alonso doesn't have KERS any more either, so...

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Yes I did.
Ferrari's problem in OZ was that they didn't start at the front and were fueled for way more laps than what the tires could cope with and thus they weren't able to take advantage of the performance of the tires.

RBR and Alonso are, however, fueled accordingly to the tire life expectations and could find themselves 5-7th after their first stops but still 3-5th after everyone did their first stops.

Just wait and see how Hamilton will jump to 4th at the start and hold up the rest of the cars while the top 3 will run away.

PS: Where did you read that Alonso doesn't have KERS installed?

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Originally Posted by ioan

PS: Where did you read that Alonso doesn't have KERS installed?

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Post-qualifying press conference. ;)

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74596

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Originally Posted by ioan

That he's got the best driver, what else? Also that Jenson is as fast as a post in the best car. :laugh:

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OK!! straight bet: Alonso vs bunsen for a sig bet; are you game?