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Considering these cars are mostly an evolution of designs and parts that were working 3 months ago you wonder why there are so many failures, even on day 1 of testing. That said, Mercedes were always full of fail... Or you could say that its no surprise that the two most unreliable cars of 2012, Mc...

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Such a points system goes against what i like to see, that being drivers being rewarded for race wins and podium positions, i even think the present points system errs to much towards collecting points on a consistent basis No points system is perfect. But even if you swap it about to the Ultimate ...

pokerman

Such a points system goes against what i like to see, that being drivers being rewarded for race wins and podium positions, i even think the present points system errs to much towards collecting points on a consistent basis No points system is perfect. But even if you swap it about to the Ultimate ...

pokerman

Such a points system goes against what i like to see, that being drivers being rewarded for race wins and podium positions, i even think the present points system errs to much towards collecting points on a consistent basis No points system is perfect. But even if you swap it about to the Ultimate ...

pokerman

I thought i would just 'browse' through this thread

pokerman

Actually the last time I remember a substitute driver scoring points was a certain Vettel in USA 2007 and he didn't have any prior race experience at all. Also in qualy he was constantly only a few tenths off his teammate Heidfeld. Has there been any occasion since that? If by a few tenths you mean...

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Well, at least he's driving, he's gonna be seen on Sunday, that's one step forward. He couldn't have gotten a better seat anyway, given the current pilots distribution. And let's not forget that a certain German entered the sport mid-nineties without bashing every lower formula he's been into, but ...

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Just reporting twitter rumors: someone is saying that BS already signed with FI on january 17th, and worked hard on the simulator in the past week. Bianchi third driver. https://twitter.com/inacioF1 That being true its not exactly an inspiring line up, good chance for di Resta to beat a teammate th...

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I feel sorry for Nico. It has always been 'what do you think of Schui.....' Now its going to be 'What do you think Lewis....' The problem against Schumacher was he wasn't given any credit for beating him or even matching him with Schumacher being an old man, he will against Hamilton if he achieves ...

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Did you have to turn another thread into Button vs Hamilton Johnston? We've heard enough. As for Hamilton vs Rosberg, I think 2013 could finish Nico's career if he doesn't watch out. Apologies, as I did get carried away a bit too... On the other hand, what becomes of Lewis if Nico does a Button or ...

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You're arguing about Hamilton being superior to Button last season so these tyre issues that Button had and were the fault of McLaren's must have affected him for most of the season No I am arguing that the Last year perfectly exemplified the comparison. Isn't true as along with Lewis Button also s...

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Ok i agree he was over the top somewhat, for me there's no excuses really for Hamilton's 2011 season, thats's why equally i won't excuse Button's 2012 season, i feel the difference here is that people aren't looking to blame McLaren for Hamilton's 2011 season when he was beat by Button but moreso a...

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You're arguing about Hamilton being superior to Button last season so these tyre issues that Button had and were the fault of McLaren's must have affected him for most of the season No I am arguing that the Last year perfectly exemplified the comparison. Isn't true as along with Lewis Button also s...

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When I was talking about Button beating Hamilton I was just talking about 2011. I'm well aware that over their 3 years as teammates Button fell a fair bit short of Hamilton regardless of what the stats suggest. Last year perfectly exemplified the comparison. Anyway, I was just saying that Nico is g...

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When I was talking about Button beating Hamilton I was just talking about 2011. I'm well aware that over their 3 years as teammates Button fell a fair bit short of Hamilton regardless of what the stats suggest. Last year perfectly exemplified the comparison. Anyway, I was just saying that Nico is g...

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When I was talking about Button beating Hamilton I was just talking about 2011. I'm well aware that over their 3 years as teammates Button fell a fair bit short of Hamilton regardless of what the stats suggest. Last year perfectly exemplified the comparison. Anyway, I was just saying that Nico is g...

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Caterham hiring GVDG has made me lose all respect for them. Petrov was the obvious choice having driven for them for a year and showed up Heikki, as well as earning them their 10th place in the last race of 2012. While he doesn't seem to come with as much sponsorship as he used to, I think he still...

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Not sure but hulk is dekra is it who is now with sauber di resta has whyte & mackay. Probably don't bring too much maybe just cover driver wages who knows but they both brought at least one each, in fact isn't hulkenberg the one that gets sponsors tattooed on him as well? Whyte & Mackay sponsor For...

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potter84 wrote:Both di resta and hulkenberg have sponsors...

So how much sponsorship do they bring?

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Well it doesn't look like money is a factor because F1 India were looking to run 2 sponsorless drivers this year, di Resta and the Hulk, Bianchi then coming on board in 2014 along with the Ferrari engines it would seem. Short term they could run either Sutil or Senna who have sponsorship or bring Bi...

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Ahhh. I want the channel but don't want to go for Sky. Why is there no other way :( Virgin? (Please note I am refering to the TV/Broadband supplier and not trying to insult you). I should have said, why is there no reasonable way :D Thought I'd go on the Virgin website and find out their latest pri...

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Such a points system goes against what i like to see, that being drivers being rewarded for race wins and podium positions, i even think the present points system errs to much towards collecting points on a consistent basis

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One must wonder how many of the criticisms of Wolff found here are based off of numbers on her Wikipedia page. As opposed to people saying she is better than Deletraz, Rossett or Ide based on absolutely nothing? We've seen what Deletraz, Rossett and Ide could do in Formula One. Why not wait and see...

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The extra ballast for the lighter drivers should be applied to the seat and not evenly distributed throughout the car. Just throwing it out there. Maybe but no other spot goes to any effort to be size neutral. In basketball for example there are no rules to help the little guys. horse racing That d...

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I can't help but agree with this.. You can say she was with a lower Merc team in DTM but the fact is that her teammates were scoring points/podiums while she could barely break the top 10 Except they didn't look at the 2012 results for starters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_DTM_season Her team...

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Just because she doesn't have a pair of actual *Definitely True* doesn't mean she's any worse than any other pay driver we have ever seen. No, of course not. Her totally unremarkable record speaks for that. And comparing her to the worst drivers in previous decades is stupid. The level of talent in...

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I thought that instead of complaining because someone with a vagina will be driving an F1 car on a bloody shakedown test, you'd think motorsport fans would be up in arms about the near-death of the British F3 championship. You know, the hallowed championship that all the F1 greats have competed in?...

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Almost like she knows someone at the top of the company. Wolff wasn't involved. He wasn't at the table when the board discussed it. Imo, though an attempt at fairness, you probably still want to appease Wolff regardless of his presence in the actual discussion or not. I do not believe she'd have go...

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ob1kenobi.23 wrote:
pokerman wrote:Well the penalty was a nonesense

At the the time I remember thinking that both penalties were unnecessary.

I agree

pokerman

Just by going by last seasons results he has to be favourite, depends on what progress other teams can make but Red Bull will always be competitive

pokerman

Well the penalty was a nonesense

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Kobayashi won GP2 Asia Webber was F3000 runner up. Raikkonen Blitzed FR2000 winning 7/10 races. Wolff hasn't won anything and hasn't been close to being competitive in any series since finishing 5th in FRUK nearly a decade ago. Kobayashi was rubbish in GP2 proper though. Showed no merits for an F1 ...

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She may be ok test driver. Luca Baoder wasn't amazing race driver in 2009 or eralier, but he must have been really good test driver as he had that role at Scuderia Ferrari for over 10 years. Luca Badoer was European F3000 champion, equivalent of GP2 nowadays Doesn't mean a thing when you get to F1....

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Going to be interesting to see what both say when/if they run into each other at some point (on track!) When has that happened in the last 3 years? Malaysia 2011 comes to mind. We can discount Spa last year as someone else was the catalyst. Yes i remembered after posting, that didn't seem to cause ...

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The talk was of Friday testing not simple shake down work She may be ok test driver. Luca Baoder wasn't amazing race driver in 2009 or eralier, but he must have been really good test driver as he had that role at Scuderia Ferrari for over 10 years. Luca Badoer was European F3000 champion, equivalen...

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The talk was of Friday testing not simple shake down work She may be ok test driver. Luca Baoder wasn't amazing race driver in 2009 or eralier, but he must have been really good test driver as he had that role at Scuderia Ferrari for over 10 years. Luca Badoer was European F3000 champion, equivalen...

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It would be quite embarassing though, if you're going to put a woman in a F1 car put one in that won't be laughed at How do you know it would be embarrassing? Got a crystal ball? She hasn't done a timed lap in one and you reckon it would be embarrassing :uhoh: Supposedly her times in the sim etc ar...

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It's a straight line test. No biggie. But if your tiddled about that you are going to be well tiddled off when she starts driving on Fridays. I doubt that would ever happen I wouldn't be surprised, there was talk last year of her taking Bottas seat if he moved up a step and then of course she's dro...

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It would be quite embarassing though, if you're going to put a woman in a F1 car put one in that won't be laughed at How do you know it would be embarrassing? Got a crystal ball? She hasn't done a timed lap in one and you reckon it would be embarrassing :uhoh: Supposedly her times in the sim etc ar...

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Off the top of my head: Giovanni Lavaggi Yuji Ide Ricardo Rossett In fairness, Toto Wolff's money will be helping significantly. Chanoch Nissany, Jean Denis Delatraz as well. Tempted to say Domenico Schiattarella, but only remember him from the F195 game. Throw in any number of the rubbish one off ...

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