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How unlucky is that?! Unlucky? More like inevitable. So tyres explode now before running out of grip? I would never have bet on that. The grip was GONE, mate. Some of the in-car from Grosjean at Vettel's car squirming all over the road. BTW: Hey DC, how nice of you to remind Grosjean of his race ba...

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Yep, & before that we had this

& then we got really high tech.

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Two elderly women were out driving in a large car - both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along, they came to major crossroad. The stop light was red, but they just went on through. The woman in the passenger seat thought to herself "I must be losing it. I could have sworn ...

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[quote="Placid"]

from motorsport.com

Oops, sorry, I dropped one but at least it sounded better than those F1 cars.

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In the Autosport survey they asked if the current engines were loud enough & the response can be seen below.
Only people who had attended a race & heard the current cars were allowed to vote.

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These would be the sounds that used to give me goose bumps. Th local motor club would have 35mm film of the races & it would be the topic of conversation for days. This is a W 196 followed for the most part by a beatiful 1939 BMW 328. [youtube] https://youtu.be/iKtu0SDZyfg [/youtube]

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Look guys, (confession time) I am in my 60's and raced as a young man. I consider I could drive the wheels off just about anything. But when I sit in the car with my granddaughter I become a jibbering wreck. She spends ZERO time driving, she is in a world of IT. Sat-nav, Bluetooth phone, air-con, S...

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Farted on the bus earlier & 4 people turned around....
For a moment I thought was on the voice.

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Moby wrote. Look guys, (confession time) I am in my 60's and raced as a young man. I consider I could drive the wheels off just about anything. But when I sit in the car with my granddaughter I become a jibbering wreck. She spends ZERO time driving, she is in a world of IT. Sat-nav, Bluetooth phone,...

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If you are picking a team, you also need to pick an era. What good would Adrian Newey be if the car was like a Cooper-Climax? Chapman would take a decade to understand the front wing. While I'm sure you have a point that each would be most effective in their own era, there's no way of knowing what ...

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I forgot to mention this one in my top 5, but it was such an outrageous and unique overtake, I'm shocked no one had mentioned it till now. Fernando Alonso on Felipe Massa, going into the pit entrance, China 2010. It was just outrageous, and the right and crucial thing to do for a championship conte...

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OB1, I already have the Streamliner... albeit in 1/43 scale. They have a 1:1 Streamline in the Indianapolis Speedway Museum, whenever I go there, I just want to run my hands long the body, it is so beautiful. It is difficult, if not impossible to find an awkward angle to view the car. Blake, I thin...

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Drivers: Jimmy Clark... in my opinion the best ever. Dan Gurney... if Jimmy feared him that is good enough for me... besides, he is a genuine nice guy who gave me more than the time of day. Team Principle: Jean Todt... I don't necessarily like the guy, but he was efficient. Car: Maserati 250F... I ...

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Drivers

Juan Manuel Fangio
Michael Schumacher

Team principal
Alfred Neubauer

Car
Williams FW 25, or Mercedes W 196.

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My girlfriend said she'd seen a story on BBC about an F1 champion whose body was going to be exhumed as part of some paternity test. Now that she and I have gone looking for the story again neither of us can find it. Does anyone know anything about this? For me he wasn't just an F1 driver but possi...

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I remember being very impressed with Seb going round the outside of Nico Rosbarg at Blanchimont but can't find any videos.
I don't think I ever saw that done before.

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My girlfriend said she'd seen a story on BBC about an F1 champion whose body was going to be exhumed as part of some paternity test. Now that she and I have gone looking for the story again neither of us can find it. Does anyone know anything about this? For me he wasn't just an F1 driver but possi...

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A major redesign and reprint of Euros has been announced in Brussels. All future Euro notes will be printed on Greece proof paper.

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Monza 1971 comes to mind.

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Bob walked into a sports bar around 9:58 PM. He sat down next to a blonde at the bar And stared up at the TV. The 10 PM news was coming on. The news crew was covering the story Of a man on the ledge of a large building Preparing to jump. The blonde looked at Bob and said, "Do you think he'll jump?" ...

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Although Niki claimed the kudos for signing Lewis I believe it was Ross Brawn & his presence there that ultimately convinced Lewis to join. Ross probably explained their plans for 2014 with the rule change & although not being able to guarantee anything he probably painted a good enough picture to c...

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One the best wet weather drives I ever saw was Belgium 1997. Of the top runners, both Williams drivers and Jean Alesi started on full wets while the rest of the front runners were on intermediates. The race began after three laps behind the safety car. At the end of the 4th lap, Jacques Villeneuve ...

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One the best wet weather drives I ever saw was Belgium 1997. Of the top runners, both Williams drivers and Jean Alesi started on full wets while the rest of the front runners were on intermediates. The race began after three laps behind the safety car. At the end of the 4th lap, Jacques Villeneuve r...

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Maybe delay the entry of a recovery vehicle onto the track until all cars at the virtual safety car delta or have been picked up by the safety car if it is deployed.
Medical vehicles would of course be exempt from this..

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The REAL driver of the race at Canada 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxhJm_yODiY If he had been in any of the top 3 cars (Red Bull, McLaren or Ferrari), he'd have won easily. I agree, Schumi showed his wet weather class again that race. Since I've been watching F1 the only truly hair-standin...

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RIP indeed. My deepest sympathies to his family as there is probably nothing worse than losing a child no matter at what age. It may sound callous but given the catastrophic nature of his injuries & reading the bulletins that his family put out out from time time & the awful suffering they were havi...

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When Valteri says things like this its sounds very much like he has leaving on his mind

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Valtteri Bottas says he will always be "grateful" to Williams for bringing him into formula one.

http://www.f1today.net/en/news/203471/b ... -f1-chance?

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The Kojima Engineering KE007 got the fastest lap in it's one & only F1 race.

Masahiro Hasemi got the fastest lap in his one & only F1 race.

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A contestant, Sally, on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' had reached the final plateau. If she answered the next question correctly, she would win $1,000,000. If she answered incorrectly, she would pocket only the $25,000 milestone money. And as she suspected it would be, the million-dollar question...

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At my age "getting lucky" means walking into the bedroom and remembering what I came in there for.

Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet.

I talk to myself because sometimes I need expert advice.

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Mercedes' strategists might have gifted Monaco to Nico, but the weather gods gifted this race to Lewis. Nico was miles faster as soon as he got in clean air. The switch between dries and inters came at the perfect time for Lewis, and at the worst possible time for Nico. The only reason to why Rosbe...

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It seems that Seb was well liked by the RB pit crew & all the technicians. “Seb is a great guy, and he would always take us out for drinks after each race. “I don’t think I’ll ever  forget the first time we won in the championships, in Shanghai 2009. “But the after party for the 2010 championships i...

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Looks to me like Kimi got wheel spin over an uneven / bumpy track surface, and simply couldn't save it due to the high speed. Probably due to being on prime tire with little heat (let's be honest, it looks like he barely tries to get heat in them coming up to the grid slots...) I think he would hav...

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Looks to me like Kimi got wheel spin over an uneven / bumpy track surface, and simply couldn't save it due to the high speed. Probably due to being on prime tire with little heat (let's be honest, it looks like he barely tries to get heat in them coming up to the grid slots...) I think he would hav...

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jrwb6e wrote:Hill took out Schumacher at Silverstone in '95.

& at Monza.

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Given the nature of the circuit & in view of last years performance I was surprised where Williams finished in FP2.
I was expecting them to be right there with Ferrari chasing the Mercs.

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Been a fan since the early 80's. Loved F1 then, Love F1 now. There have been many up's and downs but i guess i'm more a fan of the sport on the whole than a fan when my favourite team or driver is winning. I have been a fan of F1 for a long time & loved it through all its guises. I have always foll...

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Sadly, I think Astoria is echoing what many are feeling. Even as we read through this thread, we see that most responses are in agreement with many of his points. And not all of them are from "old farts" waxing nostalgic. F1 is in dire need of reassessment as to what it is, what it wants to be, and...

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Brilliant stuff Amon, Patrick himself would be proud of your work.
Reading down the list brings back great memories.

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This chaps dad built a kart for him when he was around 4 out of old pram wheels & a lawn mower engine & he went on to be quite successful. That's his dad with his hands on his kips standing behind him. I think it is apparent from the picture that they weren't the richest people in the world. http://...

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