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I actually loved the NBC coverage...give em a little slack, this was the first time they've had F1, give them a season to get the bits worked out. It was great to see them in Monaco.

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Turned a new leaf, is competitive and looks quick. Alonso makes a bone headed decision, knocks himself out of the race and Massa is 4 points ahead. Best part, no team orders controversy...yet...

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In some ways I hope Mercedes does not buy it. I went to the Mercedes museum a couple of years ago, the building itself is amazing but the contents are thoroughly mind-blowing. I think, however that you get overloaded and by the time you get to this it's going to be "Oh yeah, Fangio's car, ho hum" W...

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It'll probably go the way of the suspension brake thingy that Lotus developed last year.

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My god, India gas over 1 billion people, there is someone better than NK with just as much money...its gotta be a mathematical constant.

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That purple...I like purple cars, an old 71 Plymouth Barracuda in Plum Crazy, or even a newer car with a well done purple paint job...but this? It may look better in the sun, and I hope it does, because I find it looking to be over the top. If ya gonna go purple, go purple, no red and blue and white...

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Favorite so far...loving the color scheme...way better than the Hampshire pig livery of last year.

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ashley313 wrote:Launch car steering wheel :eeps:

They get ice cream and play Angry Birds?? Awesome!

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I do like the color scheme...front wing colors are purdy.

What is Burn then? Some energy drink?

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They my not have attended but I'm sure the proper gift or memorial was made by the teams and drivers.

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Its gotta be Grosjean

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I would suppose they won't put much into this car in all reality. Why put so much effort into a car when the formula will change in 2014 anyways...or has that been scrapped?

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Oh thats right....its ONLY Ferrari that has #1 and #2 drivers...oh wait, they don't either...just one driver who's faster than the other...silly me.

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Its called managing expectations...run for political office and you build up your opponent and downplay yourself. That way if you don't do well its expected, and if you do its seen as a larger victory than it truly is.

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Their pride is racing. You eliminate racing and they're nothing more than a brand like Bugatti or Rolls Royce, shadows of their former selves. Its not just F1, its the road cars, the sports cars. The 250TR and the 330 P3 and the battles at LeMans, its the CanAm cars of the 70s. The history goes on a...

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Perez beats Hamilton in Australia by a nose.

No seriously, I want Perez and I think he will but I have a feeling Merc with Hamilton will be very fast.

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Active aero will be allowed.

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We will not be running out of oil for some time...at least not here in North America. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-12/u-s-to-overtake-saudi-arabia-s-oil-production-by-2020-iea-says.html While I can see the reasoning behind the series, as you said RaggedMan, I don't see any major manufacture...

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No. The moment Bernie and all of them realize that auto sports are not green down to the core the better the better off they'll be. Here's my list as to why it will fail horribly, 1. The experience of watching or attending a race is not just seeing the race unfold, its the sensory bits as well. 2. T...

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Why should they? What benefit do they receive other than some increased tax revenues? The marginal increase in income probably does not offset the increased cost of the extra police required for general security. If they want it then the organizers should pay. In all actuality it should be Bernie pa...

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Why should they? What benefit do they receive other than some increased tax revenues? The marginal increase in income probably does not offset the increased cost of the extra police required for general security. If they want it then the organizers should pay. In all actuality it should be Bernie pa...

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http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/sutil ... rce-india/

http://sports.ndtv.com/formula-1/news/i ... india-team

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Maybe to get rid of Total and RoGro.

Well hopefully a US company getting in will usher in a US based F1 team and drivers.

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Well I've enjoyed it...it was hard to watch at the end. One hell of a ride.

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Has anyone considered the possibility that if Vettel moves to Ferrari, Alonso won't be there? I forgot where I heard it, but someone was talking about Ferrari and money, and how Ferrari has their little vault, the one they use to pay drivers and other personnel, and then they have the big vault...th...

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I would hope someone would start another team...only having 22 cars would change things...

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So you start a company offering F1 gear in the States. You buy the gear at wholesale prices because lord knows a Ferrari shirt is made by Puma and made in Puma factories in China, along with everyone else. Then you sell it to American consumers, the teams make money selling the gear to Americans and...

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Lotus would be money ahead signing KK without major sponsorship in saving spare parts alone...I mean it says something when the FIA sits your driver because of the carnage he's caused.

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Maybe if they showed the same passion for setting up their cars they would have done better.

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Maybe if they showed the same passion for setting up their cars they would have done better.

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I think having a different tire option would have made the race even better. Hard's and Soft's would have improved it I think...granted the guys who run the track wanted another series to have the opening race to kind of clean it before the first race.

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Who cuts the checks to the drivers? Ferrari. Who has the most to gain or lose? Ferrari. Who will be around long after either Massa or Alonso have left the sport? Ferrari. Ferrari made a tactical decision. The best option for Ferrari was to have Alonso as high up the order as possible. It's not about...

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^^ this. I swear to the flying spaghetti monster half of you don't read the rules, and half of them don't understand the rules. Its called tactics, and using your two ( or 2 if you need a visual) drivers to make a more friendly situation for the team. There's hierarchy at Ferrari and they're using i...

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This is American, we want minimal safety protection...its called self control and reason...were all equipped with it, yet most people are never required to use it, so it goes stale and then they need to be protected from themselves. If someone's gonna jump they're gonna jump...nothing is gonna stop ...

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ashley313 wrote:HRT driver fined for speeding = most ironic penalty EVER. $2000, or the remainder of their 2012 budget.

I lold.

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Maybe let Grosjean qualify right behind Vettel...

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From what I've seen in few years watching F1, Alonso is to Ferrari as Lewis is to McLaren, as Vettel is to Red Bull. That is their home, they're worshipped and appreciated there. The movers would be the #2 drivers IMO, or one of the younger teams. The wonder us who would be available at the end of t...

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Did someone call a waaambulance for the OP?

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I was eating my pork chop...and I saw both...while watching FOX

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IMO, 2011 was a like a shooting contest, where everyone has the same rifle and RBR was able to slap on a better scope than everyone else because their equipment is better. Does it make him a sharpshooter? No, but if the gear is better its more likely youll win. Is Vettel good? Yes. Is he great? We'l...

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