The Ferrari thread !

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

People do care about quali, in 92 Brundle often matched Schumi and even beat him in some of the races but he wasn't a great qualifier so nobody remembers that. Anyway, who cares, I'm off to sunshine.

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Wrong again! F1 only cares about winning and securing as many points as possible, no matter where you start on the grid.

P.S. Dont get sunstroke ;)

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Originally Posted by henners88

It wasn't childish dig, thats not my style, I was simply trying to point out the irony of making generalisations. Like saying British people drink nothing but tea, drive Bentley's and talk about cricket... Give it another read in context :)

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Well, while your description of the Brits is probably true as you are more in the know than I am, I can only say that your fantasies about Romanians are wrong.

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Originally Posted by henners88

You may be right about a certain amount of Finnish fans preferring Mclaren with their links in the past and present, but you can't make assumptions that the entire population feels this way.

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I wasn't talking about all the Finns, only about the die hard F1 fans. Maybe I should have pointed it out that grandmas are not included! :p :

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Originally Posted by henners88

The first Finnish person who comes along and claims to be a Ferrari fan, and you throw a Mclaren yarn in his face?? Just wanted to point this out thats all.. Peace :s mokin:

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Don't worry, I'm sure I'm right about this Finn being a McLaren fan, I'm well aware about his history on this board. ;)

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Originally Posted by henners88

This rant coming from a man who claims he was part of a Le Mans winning Mazda outfit and other reputable teams, yet has one of the most biased views towards a team he never worked for??? Sounds fishy to me, perhaps you didn't get the break in motorsport you wanted here in Britain and its tainted your view of our general population? Either that or you spent years crying at the gates of Maranello dreaming of what could have been... I don't know.. If this offends you then I apologise in advance.

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In answer to your question - My first marriage was destroyed by my addiction to work and the demands and pressures of motorsport.

I wasn't going to make the same mistake with my second. So when the Ferrari jobs came up, I let them pass. I could not give it the time and the intensity that it required.

The love of my life and the love for my family, even for a Tifosi, is more important than a wind-tunnel.

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Originally Posted by tamburello

In answer to your question - My first marriage was destroyed by my addiction to work and the demands and pressures of motorsport.

I wasn't going to make the same mistake with my second. So when the Ferrari jobs came up, I let them pass. I could not give it the time and the intensity that it required.

The love of my life and the love for my family, even for a Tifosi, is more important than a wind-tunnel.

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PS: Don't take henners seriously, he's just airing his frustrations with regards to his 'life threatening' job as a product designer! :D

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Originally Posted by henners88

We do have a saying here in the UK though for all the graduates who come flooding out of University and can't get a break. "If all else fails.... Become a teacher"... Now that really is a dangerous option!! ;)

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Most of what you know you learned from a teacher! ;)

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Originally Posted by ioan

Apparently you've got your head deep up Kimi's behind, so I'll let you drool over his qualifying performance. BTW qualifying isn't taken into account anywhere.

As for my poster boy, he was on the podium this season on merit and I bet he would have wiped the floor with your sleeping beauty if not for an unfortunate accident.

We all know you Finns are McLaren fans so I don't see why you continue to troll in this thread? Can't you air your frustrations somewhere else?

I like Kimi but I can't wait the day when he leaves F1 just because I won't have to read the sh!t his fanatics are spreading on this board. :\




Are you looking for a ban?!

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If anybody deserves a ban, it's you. Anyway, I've realised (like many here I'm sure) that it's pointless to argue with you.

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Originally Posted by henners88

It wasn't childish dig, thats not my style, I was simply trying to point out the irony of making generalisations. Like saying British people drink nothing but tea, drive Bentley's and talk about cricket... Give it another read in context :)

You may be right about a certain amount of Finnish fans preferring Mclaren with their links in the past and present, but you can't make assumptions that the entire population feels this way. The first Finnish person who comes along and claims to be a Ferrari fan, and you throw a Mclaren yarn in his face?? Just wanted to point this out thats all.. Peace :s mokin:

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I don't think most fans over here prefer teams, they prefer drivers from their home country like the Spaniards, Brits etc. At the moment I kind of like Ferrari, I just wish Todt was still there and I've got mixed feelings about Mclaren since I feel Heikki is not always given a fair chance. So I'm not a Mclaren fan, but thank you for taking on Ioan while I was busy burning my skin. :)

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

If anybody deserves a ban, it's you.

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Because I put up with your BS and I'm gentleman enough not to tell you a couple of things you would fully deserve to hear?

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Originally Posted by henners88

To be honest I've learnt more in industry than I ever did at University or school related subjects. Two of my teachers said teaching was less stressfull which is why they were where they were. Its a stepping stone, you get a qualification on a piece of paper and then you join the real world where you realise its very different. So to add to your comment... no, most of my knowledge did not come from an acedemic teacher, more aquired through working alongside people with experience and expanding the limit knowledge I had. In the UK anyone with a degree can do a PGCE and become a teacher, 3 of my close friends have done this including my girlfriend who did the course and then got a job as a Graphic designer which she has done for the last 7 years.
Teachers are great but they certainly aren't the font of all knowledge.. :)

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I wonder what the world would have been without schools and teachers?
How would he have been able to evolve from the darkness of the Middle Age to the society we have now if only a select few would have had access to knowledge?!

Those from whom you learned from teachers too.

And if it wasn't for academics I wonder how far the engineering, the health care and many other domains would have evolved.

I'll stop here, because it isn't the right thread to discuss this topic, but I hope I gave you enough food for thought.

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Originally Posted by 555-04Q2

I disagree. Kimi was hired by Ferrari to replace an ageing Schumacher and they hoped he would carry on Schumachers legacy as a dominat driver in F1 for Team Ferrari. As it turns out, in 2007 Kimi did a good job and delivered the goods, only to let Massa surpass him in 2008 and 2009.

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Well, if you want someone to deliver in a certain way you also have to give him the tools to do so. And that goes both ways for Felipe and Kimi.

The points standing is good way for distributing prize money and so on, but I am sure teams dont take that narrow minded approach for evaluating race performances. Take the Hungarian GP of last year, Felipe had a fantastic race but he didn't score any points, was Heikki really better then him that day eventhough he scored the winning points? The points doesn't always tell you the whole story. :)