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Beschy wrote:Monisha was pretty defiant in the TP's Press Conference. Definitely had an air of I've done nothing wrong.

I thought she came across as stupidly arrogant.

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im just watching tbe replay of the team principal press conference. is it just me. or is monisha deluded. The few answers she gave made no sense at all. She struck me as being totally out of her depth and came across, frankly, as an idiot. And to be honest how anyone - let alone a qualified lawyer ...

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Hysterically, before she became team principle, Monisha Kaltenborn was the team's legal advisor! You would think she knew basic contract law!

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They will qualify alongside the Manors, one will blow up on the installation lap and the other will blow up as the revs raise before the lights go red. And at the post-race press conference that incompetant buffoon Boulier will say "we expected a tough race but ai think we now understand the problem...

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They can't change the livery now.... it's the one thing on the car that broken yet!

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For me, there are a few - Damon winning the championship. Damon in an Arrows (an Arrows!!!!!) overtaking Schumi in Hungary and damn near winning the race too. Damon's win at Spa. Jenson in Canada '11 - probably my top race ever to watch. But best moment of all for me was in Brazil '09 when JB got pa...

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As a MacLaren fan I hope Honda have got it right.

As a pragmatist I fear they haven't. It is a long time since Honda last excelled as an engine builder in F1.

Sadly I fear the team will be woefully off the pace come Australia.

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Ron Dennis is making the classic mistake of refusing to recognise that his "product" is no longer as commercially attractive to sponsors as it once was. The lack of Championships, race wins and even podiums in recent years has dropped MacLaren from a top tier team to a mid-fielder but Dennis resolu...

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Ron Dennis is making the classic mistake of refusing to recognise that his "product" is no longer as commercially attractive to sponsors as it once was. The lack of Championships, race wins and even podiums in recent years has dropped MacLaren from a top tier team to a mid-fielder but Dennis resolut...

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Odd that Santander have no logos on the car or the team clothing at the moment (or if they do they are very small). On McLaren's website they are still shown as a partner and on Santander's Facebook page Jenson is still there alongside Jess Ennis and Rory McAlroy. Now - given that Santander is a Spa...

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I have a feeling it will go either way; either the power plant will turn out to be awesome or it will be an absolute dog. The pessimist in me says the latter but the JB fan in me wants the former.

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So all that teasing 80s retro stuff pre-launch was all just a red herring to fool us into believing the livery would actually look different this year. Granted, it isn't quite so bland as last year's livery (but then what could be that bland?) but this design really is a major disappointment. I just...

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Whichever direction they go in, it can't be any more bland than the '14 car was. Seriously, I cannot think of a more boring livery on any car in the last 20 years.

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How about a return of the Earth livery so people can start appreciating the chrome a bit more? :lol: The chrome is not that bad, especially in 2011/2012 with that shine effect + red from Vodafone. Chrome and black like in 2014 looks very bland, though. They did not say there was anything wrong with...

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Just out of interest, am I correct in saying that in '14, JB didn't have any retirements which were self inflicted by crashing into someone else or spinning off or whatever? This, despite some very very close racing between JB and others and some great overtaking moves too. And before this year, I c...

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I for one will most certainly NOT be supporting McLaren next season if JB isn't driving for them.

In fact, I will go further and say that I will want the team to fail spectacularly if Jenson isn't signed.

Yes, I'm partisan and proud of it.

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It's interesting that, whilst the Administrators of Caterham have managed to return their team to the grid for Abu Dhabi, the Administratirs of Marussia have failed to do anything despite that team being, on the face of it, a more attractive package for a sale given that they, unlike Caterham, have ...

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Well I thought the livery was dull right from the unveiling and the addition of the SAP logo just looks terrible too.

But that's Ron for you!

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Interestingly, if JB has already been told he's going there is no reason why he couldn't come right out and say it in the same way Vettel's departure from Red Bull was announced without actually stating where he was going.

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Edit - did you not see the post above? - Mod Aqua

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Absolutely not. Aside from still being a great (and IMHO under-rated) driver, JB is a superb ambassador for F1 - indeed I'd go so far as to say he is probably the best ambassador if all the current F1 drivers, certainly far more than Hamilton, Vettel or Kimi. If McLaren do t re-sign him then realist...

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Lewis is the biggest bad loser since Nigel Mansell. He's a great driver but a terrible sportsman. Like Mansell, he can't accept that sometimes in the sport luck will go against him. Hamilton needs to grow up and stop acting like a sulky kid.

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.............as for MW - i feel he wasn't hardliner enough... he certainly failed to find a new title sponsor and he was leaning strongly into the direction of the FIA, pursuing the path of budget caps and stuff like that... not ron's idea of F1 i guess... I don't know all the ins and outs of this,...

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I'm a McLaren supporter and, in the minority, always thought Martin W was doing a good job in difficult circumstances. And when the axe fell just before the start of the '14 season, I always thought he was a sacrificial lamb rather than being canned for specific performance issues in his role of Tea...

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You've got to love the armchair "experts" who berate the teams with their own tactical and engineering "expertise", folk who at best have possibly wandered down a pit lane on a tour. Williams didn't make "dire" tactical decisions, they clearly assessed the tyre wear and recognised that pitting at th...

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Sky is far and away better coverage in every single respect. I never liked Gary Anderson - apart from the fact I could barely understand what he was saying, I found it hard to accept his pompous view about engineering when he himself hardly set the world of F1 alight. I watched the coverage of Canad...

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I do. I bought some just before the first test in Jerez knowing the Mercedes was going to be a good engine and knowing they would soon be announcing a new tittle sponsor. Since then my shares have increased in 25% in value in about 7 weeks which to be honest is a really really good gain. I am wonde...

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You only get put on gardening leave when you sign for a competitor. Sorry, that is not correct. I had a major falling out with my last employer which came to us parting company in contentious circumstances, but because I had value (contacts, specialist knowledge etc) I was put on gardening leave fo...

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mds wrote:The great pair together... but will Smedley still act as race engineer for Massa? After reading the articles about it I'm under the impression he won't?

No, he is Head of Vehicle Performance, not Massa's race engineer.

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Perhaps he is considering a move to the all-star Mercedes GP Team. No doubt he can be a GREAT addition for the Brackley based squad. I hope he takes Sam Michael with him. These two can carry any F1 team to new highs with the unmatched skill set that they possess. I don't think you can read too much...

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Honda could just build a car to the current F1 spec and drive that around as much as they like. Now since they are outside of competition rules they do not require any checks to be made by the FIA on the car so if it had the same DNA as the McLaren by "coincidence" the FIA would have absolutely no ...

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I think the more salient point is that, given how much the new energy recovery systems are available per lap, any car that suffers a full failure is going to be so off the pace it will effectively be out of the race in any event, so the amount of fuel is pretty much irrelevant.

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I would be surprised if it would be Sony amid many rumors of their bankruptcy. Sony are really not in a position right now to be spending money on something like F1 sponsorship. http://www.technobuffalo.com/2014/01/02/sony-has-78-chance-to-go-bankrupt-in-two-years-says-macroaxis/ The only "rumours"...

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Azonica wrote:BUT will use 22

Has this been confirmed or is it just speculation? I haven't found any official source stating JB has gone for No 22.

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Jenson Button had debuted in Formula 1 with Williams F1 BMW FW22, He reached to glory at his first attempt with a title capable car with the number 22 on his BGP001. Now, he selected the number 22 as his racing number. I was curious over who would select 22. I am glad one of my supported drivers go...

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I have a holiday home in Sa Coma, Majorca and across the road is Bobbi's Bar which is f1 themed and shows all the races love. It is however a German bar so cheering in a Brit is a bit frowned upon (there was a. race in the 90s - can't recall where or when - when Schui's engine blew on the last few l...

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Well as the OP I think I can pretty much eat my words after Jb's stunning drive to 4th place. Obviously, quali was a bit embarrassing again and who knows where he would have ended up if he had started higher up the grid? But at the end of the day it was a cracking drive with some superb over-taking ...

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Di Resta won't make it across the pond for the same reason he doesn't have teams chasing him now. He is a just-above average driver who has zero charisma. Just watch him in interviews, the guy has no personality at all. No sponsor is going to want him in a TV ad.

I won't miss him at all.

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I've been a Button fan right from his debut and will be until he retires, but I have to say I am extremely worried about his form of late. Even the most avid JB fan would hardly suggest the quali is Jens' biggest strength but in the last few races he has been horribly off the pace. Yes, the car isn'...

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Perhaps PlanetF1 needs another forum. We have: F1 & Motorsport, In-Depth, Off-Topic and Games. Shall we add Fairweather Fans Forum..? The problem with that is that there are way too many superior posters here who feel their opinion on F1 is more valid than others just because they disagree with the...

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