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by the incubus
Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:32 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Maldonado funding, Chavez death implications?
Replies: 63
Views: 13156

Re: Maldonado funding, Chavez death implications?

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by the incubus
Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:28 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Maldonado funding, Chavez death implications?
Replies: 63
Views: 13156

Re: Maldonado funding, Chavez death implications?

Inappropriate post removed.
by the incubus
Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:17 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Your Personal Motorsports "Hall of Fame"
Replies: 64
Views: 13807

Re: Your Personal Motorsports "Hall of Fame"

Mike Hailwood Kenny Roberts Steve Kinser AJ Foyt Superb list Blinky but there are sooo many others that are deserving of such a list… Mario Michael Prost Senna Mansell Fangio Clark Surtees Doohan Duhamel Chandler Rainey Schwantz Spencer Lawson Mears Unser Michael Andretti (My favorite driver growin...
by the incubus
Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:15 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Great overtakes
Replies: 45
Views: 10736

Re: Great overtakes

Vettel on Alonso at Monza in 2011. Then Alonso's try on Vettel at the same place in 2012, both round the (narrow and grassy!) outside. In 1977 Andretti went round the outside of Hunt's McLaren, but Hunt just closed the door on him at the exit. When Mario reckoned that he'd often driven three abreas...
by the incubus
Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:11 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Maldonado funding, Chavez death implications?
Replies: 63
Views: 13156

Re: Maldonado funding, Chavez death implications?

Sorry but statistics like that are not always accurate and in this particular case is in complete contradiction to the realities in Venezuela, so throw those right out the window or use as sanitary paper and flush. I have provided you with factual experiences and realities and yet that is not physic...
by the incubus
Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:49 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Maldonado funding, Chavez death implications?
Replies: 63
Views: 13156

Re: Maldonado funding, Chavez death implications?

PDVSA aren't going to make the decision, the new president will. Assuming the socialists retain power in the upcoming election it will be up to the current vice president, who will apparently run. Just guessing but Chavez is so beloved amongst their supporters it seems logical the vice pres would w...
by the incubus
Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:01 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Maldonado funding, Chavez death implications?
Replies: 63
Views: 13156

Re: Maldonado funding, Chavez death implications?

PDVSA aren't going to make the decision, the new president will. Assuming the socialists retain power in the upcoming election it will be up to the current vice president, who will apparently run. Just guessing but Chavez is so beloved amongst their supporters it seems logical the vice pres would w...
by the incubus
Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:51 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Quick Fire 2013 Race winner prediction thread...
Replies: 66
Views: 11714

Re: Quick Fire 2013 Race winner prediction thread...

Wow… some people have too much time on their hands. LOL
by the incubus
Wed Mar 06, 2013 3:01 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Great overtakes
Replies: 45
Views: 10736

Re: Great overtakes

Dear goodness, How could I forget Massa passing Senna in singapore last year?!?!?

Exhilarating stuff!
by the incubus
Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:36 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Great overtakes
Replies: 45
Views: 10736

Re: Great overtakes

Mansel on Berger, last lap Mexico 1990. WOW!

Mansel on Senna Barcelona 1991.

Piquet on Senna, Hungary 1986.

Senna on Too many to list German 1993.

This is a great topic. Hope to see more references to old memories.
by the incubus
Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:02 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Create the Helmet Thread
Replies: 43
Views: 10863

Re: Create the Helmet Competition

Looks a little like 2 things to me… West Virginia and Charlie Brown. Pretty nice though.
by the incubus
Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:54 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Why is alcohol sponsorship allowed, but tobacco isnt?
Replies: 81
Views: 14723

Re: Why is alcohol sponsorship allowed, but tobacco isnt?

LOL!!!

You can't make up these things!
by the incubus
Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:58 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Why is alcohol sponsorship allowed, but tobacco isnt?
Replies: 81
Views: 14723

Re: Why is alcohol sponsorship allowed, but tobacco isnt?

Smoking is simply one of the most disgusting habits ever. Drinking in moderation never hurt anyone and it is the raging alcoholics like my parents who give alcohol a bad name. Having worked alongside Crispen, Porter and Bogusky (the firm behind the Truth campaign) for a few years I can tell you that...
by the incubus
Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:53 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Kovalainen replacing Razia?
Replies: 71
Views: 12019

Re: Kovalainen replacing Razia?

Do Marussia want Kovi, without money. Or the guy who beat Kovi in the same car, who has money, and is the same nationality as the team? As far as I remember Petrov lost most, if not all his backing. Anyone have any detailed and confirmed info on this? Between he and Kovi, they should be bringing in...
by the incubus
Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:46 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: You can only hire one
Replies: 74
Views: 15147

Re: You can only hire one

Nope and nope. Neither would want to be accused of riding the other's coat tails. You don't know that, although one does wonder how the partnership could work even if both could be persuaded to sign (I'm thinking Marlon Brando in The Godfather). But hey, McLaren made Prost & Senna work... just. And...
by the incubus
Wed Feb 27, 2013 12:09 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: You can only hire one
Replies: 74
Views: 15147

Re: You can only hire one

Nope and nope. Neither would want to be accused of riding the other's coat tails. I voted Hamilton. Vettel did win 3 consecutive titles but the first was greatly in part down to his team making the most unprecedented and ballsy thing I can remember any team EVER doing, which was switch full focus an...
by the incubus
Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:53 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Life as a Motorsport Mum - Chitra Chandhok
Replies: 4
Views: 2224

Re: Life as a Motorsport Mum - Chitra Chandhok

Race2win wrote:How is this motorsport news?
Life as a Motorsport Mum - Chitra Chandhok

:FACEPALM:
by the incubus
Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:47 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Rossi consistently slower than Lorenzo
Replies: 45
Views: 10030

Re: Rossi consistently slower than Lorenzo

As with F1, this is TESTING. In F1 Vettel and Hamilton rarely if ever post the fastest times even on their own teams as they concentrate on learning the car and its systems as well as getting a feel for the overall performance of the car. It's not until Q2 in the season opener that we get a better i...
by the incubus
Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:29 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Dr. Marko - Danica not good for F1
Replies: 124
Views: 26905

Re: Dr. Marko - Danica not good for F1

No, she didnt prove she belongs just that she can hang near the front at a restrictor plate race. Now, if she does decent at Phoenix where its fast, flat and a funky layout then maybe she can start to prove she belongs. Plenty of people have won on restrictor plate tracks only to not even finish in...
by the incubus
Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:03 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Dr. Marko - Danica not good for F1
Replies: 124
Views: 26905

Re: Dr. Marko - Danica not good for F1

There have been countless "competent" drivers in F1 and most never won. Why is it fair that they got a chance and she shouldn't? As for road courses, the IRL cars being crappy to begin with (no to mention hideous to look at - New cars not as bad I think) and designed specifically for left turn type ...
by the incubus
Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:42 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Which Driver Deserves A Second Chance?
Replies: 36
Views: 6501

Re: Which Driver Deserves A Second Chance?

A second chance is just one way of putting it; strictly speaking, Senna had a second chance. But I doubt he had a team working around him that sought to bring out the best in him. A second chance in that sense is something I believe would yield results. Soooooooo this! :thumbup: Senna is a driver w...
by the incubus
Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:23 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: US Coverage of Final Testing Sessions
Replies: 8
Views: 2616

Re: US Coverage of Final Testing Sessions

Hope this is true but I have no idea what the hell is up with NBC Sports and their F1 Broadcast outside Diffey anchoring with Hobbo and Matchette alongside with Buxton still handling Pit coverage! Only thing missing for me personally will be Bob.
by the incubus
Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:43 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Dr. Marko - Danica not good for F1
Replies: 124
Views: 26905

Re: Dr. Marko - Danica not good for F1

For once Marko has a point. But Danica has never struck me as the type who sees F1 as the be all and end all anyway. Blake - you seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of my post, again. What I said about money and sport has nothing to do with which category is the top or best or any of that, ...
by the incubus
Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:25 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Dr. Marko - Danica not good for F1
Replies: 124
Views: 26905

Re: Dr. Marko - Danica not good for F1

I agree 100% with Marko on this (theres a first time for everything), previous drivers who have been sucessful in America then came to F1 haven't been amazing (Michael Andretti/Bourdais for example) so I would hate to see how someone like her would do after being half as sucessful. Women have the a...
by the incubus
Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:49 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Dr. Marko - Danica not good for F1
Replies: 124
Views: 26905

Re: Dr. Marko - Danica not good for F1

She has won ONE race in her entire car racing career. That alone is a good enough sign for me that she doesn't have what it takes for F1. She DID follow the F1 ladder though. Karting, Formula Vauxhaul, Formula Ford. Everybody did Formula Ford then. But then instead of BF3 or the like, she came home...
by the incubus
Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:43 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Dr. Marko - Danica not good for F1
Replies: 124
Views: 26905

Re: Dr. Marko - Danica not good for F1

I agree 100% with Marko on this (theres a first time for everything), previous drivers who have been sucessful in America then came to F1 haven't been amazing (Michael Andretti/Bourdais for example) so I would hate to see how someone like her would do after being half as sucessful. Women have the a...
by the incubus
Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:04 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Ecclestone: Teams dont want V6 engines
Replies: 61
Views: 12190

Re: Ecclestone: Teams dont want V6 engines

Think they should allow engine development for the first season, and limited development for the next, before freezing it. What if someone shows up with a weaker engine, they're stuck with that for 10 years? no, they alone will be allowed to "bring it up to the power of the others", which is not fa...
by the incubus
Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:53 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Ecclestone: Teams dont want V6 engines
Replies: 61
Views: 12190

Re: Ecclestone: Teams dont want V6 engines

I might make an app that people can use when watching an F1 race. You mute your TV and then select the engine noise you like the most. So if the sound of the V6s is a deal breaker you can just load up the V8 sound and play it through your surround sound system. I'll charge a dollar for it and by al...
by the incubus
Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:51 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Ecclestone: Teams dont want V6 engines
Replies: 61
Views: 12190

Re: Ecclestone: Teams dont want V6 engines

And I would rather have new V6 turbos at this point with Freeze on current V8 engine development. Makes no sense to me. The engine formula is set in stone either way and just like the V8's, everything related to the max HP and Revs will be frozen equally in the V6's as well as the boost settings. S...
by the incubus
Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:50 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Ecclestone: Teams dont want V6 engines
Replies: 61
Views: 12190

Re: Ecclestone: Teams dont want V6 engines

And I would rather have new V6 turbos at this point with Freeze on current V8 engine development. Makes no sense to me. The engine formula is set in stone either way and just like the V8's, everything related to the max HP and Revs will be frozen equally in the V6's as well as the boost settings. S...
by the incubus
Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:06 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Williams launch
Replies: 49
Views: 20603

Re: Williams launch

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/theINQBS/WilliamsPackaging_zpsc823dbbc.png Keep in mind that Williams' gearbox is the smallest and most compact of all and sits so low special outdrives had to be made for it as conventional ones would not work at such an extreme angle. I remember seeing Steve...
by the incubus
Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:24 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Williams launch
Replies: 49
Views: 20603

Re: Williams launch

Also, front wings are getting ridiculous. Weren't they meant to have fewer elements? This is exactly why the implementation of the 2009 changes were total BS. The idea was to lower the cost for all participants and the aero regs were changed and specifically wings were changed to limit the extremel...
by the incubus
Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:59 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Williams launch
Replies: 49
Views: 20603

Re: Williams launch

Been saying it since the first time I saw the C31… Sauber have upped their game and have weaseled their way in my heart as one of my favorites but a great deal has to do with how Peter swooped in and put up his own money to save the team, which in turn inspired the members to work that much harder. ...
by the incubus
Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:25 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Williams launch
Replies: 49
Views: 20603

Re: Williams launch

http://25.media.tumblr.com/9f648c7863e8ffce2942edd6ce2c3122/tumblr_mih4qrB9Kt1qbgrieo1_1280.jpg Without the shark fin Ridiculous how tightly this Williams has been packaged... It is incredibly tight, I reckon it would give red bull a run for who has the tightest rear end :) Go back and REALLY take ...
by the incubus
Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:12 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Best Formula 1 driver ever?
Replies: 294
Views: 46240

Re: Best Formula 1 driver ever?

My choice. He performed as good or better as other drivers that surely belong to the 'greatest of all times' list: Lauda, Prost, Mansell and K. Rosberg. And in the same car. He also did other things worthy of a F1 'greatest', such as winning the race despite being lapped (more than once), winning a...
by the incubus
Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:14 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Create the Helmet Thread
Replies: 43
Views: 10863

Re: Create the Helmet Competition

Thanks, glad you like. But I do have a bit of an unfair advantage in that I've been in advertising & design and the print industry for over 20 years and have been using Photoshop daily in all that time. Been wanting to paint my helmet to match my stuff but it's quite expensive and a bit difficult to...
by the incubus
Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:06 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Best Formula 1 driver ever?
Replies: 294
Views: 46240

Re: Best Formula 1 driver ever?

Rubens did endure a good few seasons in uncompetitive or difficult cars but he was also in some great Ferraris and were it not for his Teammate, he'd likely have at least 2, if not more titles. In my view, whilst Schumi was the superior and lead driver, in those Ferrari years, there have been very f...
by the incubus
Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:35 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Create the Helmet Thread
Replies: 43
Views: 10863

Re: Create the Helmet Competition

Just a quick 10 minute job here. Went a little vintage because that's the mood I was in and I used an actual F1 Arai Helmet. LOL

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by the incubus
Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:33 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Best Formula 1 driver ever?
Replies: 294
Views: 46240

Re: Best Formula 1 driver ever?

Most times I casually dismiss any attempt to rank drivers with distain, but Beleriand_K, this is an interesting piece of work. My single recommendation is to calculate for each season, and throw out the worst half, since some drivers suffered spending a few years in poorly ranked teams. I can think...
by the incubus
Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:01 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton already quicker than Rosberg?…
Replies: 161
Views: 35817

Re: Hamilton already quicker than Rosberg?…

Ok I made the comment as a joke so get off your high and mighty horse. Your comments are in the immortal words of that racist pig John Wayne Ri-God-Damn-Diculous! And I am in no way sexist just taking the opportunity to make a joke that I knew you'd take offense to because you are a woman and as wit...