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Kimi scores a hat rick

https://youtu.be/usQ2V09Kz7M

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Kimi seemed to have gotten over his disapointment pretty quickly as he was in good spirits playing football with Seb the next day. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/31/00/40F309EA00000578-0-image-a-71_1496187154826.jpg http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-4557100/F1-stars-play-ch...

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I am loving watching this years car on the circuit, through the swimming pool, up through Casino, in fact all around the circuit. Mesmeric.
All the drivers are heroes.
For me, the only thing missing is the sound.

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So, so sad, a lovely bloke & a great rider. My sincerest condolences to his family, friends & fiancé. My brother in law is devastated as he is from Kentucky & a huge fan. I loved the answer he gave when asked why he chose the number 69, So the people would know whose bike it was when it was upside d...

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Thankfully no life threatening injuries but he has multiple fractures to his hips & pelvis for which he will have surgery tonight.

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/ ... qualifying

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. Devastated for the Kentucky Kid. I sincerely hope he comes out of it in one piece but I’m afraid it sounds ominous.

Like Schuey, he goes years travelling at insane speeds on the race track only to fall foul of something innocuous.

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IIRC, Giancarlo Baghetti won his first ever GP & never stood on the podium again.

Maybe some Indy drivers when Indy was included in the F1 championship in the 50s

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I thought in Q2 that they just did what they had to do to advance to Q3 while doing as little damage as possible to their race tyres.

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Ok, I’m old-ish & sentimental but since my daughter brought a young Dutch girl on Holland’s got Talent to my attention 3 years ago I have been listening to everything new that she does. She was 9 years old when she won it & this was her audition. https://youtu.be/qDqTBlKU4CE This was her last Decemb...

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Zoue wrote:Mercedes' upgrades certainly haven't made them any worse. Hamilton and Bottas look fairly evenly matched but they appear comfortably ahead of Ferrari. Anyone have any details on long run pace?

http://www.rachf1.com/news/mercedes-mil ... -long-runs

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I believe that John Surtees leaving Lotus at the end of the 1960 season when Chapman had offered him the No 1 driver position was a bad decision. Although he went on to have a successful career especially with Ferrari & then became a constructor in his own right I believe he would have won multiple ...

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Does any body believe that Dan deliberately nudged Seb as he was passing him or is he just having a laugh? The Aussie was involved in a titanic tussle with Vettel, who provided one of more memorable moments from the Chinese Grand Prix with a sensational pass around the outside – but not before touch...

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I was a fan back in the 50s & it was what it was, we didn’t know anything different as we had never experienced anything else. My dad & Granddad used to tell me how much safer it was as they actually wore crash helmets & had hydraulic brakes as compared to linen caps & cable brakes. Many drivers die...

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May be the wrong thread but I couldn't think of another one. A piece of useless trivia. 4 of the first big motor sport events of the year were won by a Sebastian with one spelling or another. Indy Car Bourdais Formula E. Buemi Monte Carlo Rally. Ogier. Formula 1. Vettel. It might have been 5 if Loeb...

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This news has saddened & impacted on me greatly. We had a bereavement in the family just over a week ago but this has affected just as much. Pat & I had I had become quite friendly & mailed each other often. We spoke a lot about his visit to Ireland & how he had driven around the old Gordon Benet Tr...

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There is only one answer in a thread like this: Ayrton Senna, 1993 Donington Park. Even Senna didn't rate that win very highly, and everyone seems to overlook that. As great as Senna was, he had one special thing this race that others didn't, that created the "magic" in the wet. He had Traction Con...

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Maurizio has qhoshed these rumours saying they are untrue.

http://www.crash.net/f1/news/231260/1/a ... mpaign=rss

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I suppose honourable mention must go to John Watson
He won the US GP at Detroit from 17th on the grid in 1982 & won the following year at Long Beach from 22nd on the grid.

I imagine that must have taken quite a bit of hustle.

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A most unheralded drive in my eyes was Michael in Malaysia in 2001. He was leading & there was a sudden deluge on, I think, lap 3. He flew off into the gravel trap & his team mate Rubens & half the field got by him. He then had to queue behind Rubens in the pits for near 2 minutes when they both sto...

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was just wondering if there is any possibility of the track being blocked with an accident & the cars being stranded on the circuit. See at 32 seconds on the video for example. How much time will it take to clear the track in one of the inaccessible places & would that mean very long SC periods. Eve...

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I think one of the most shameful was Hunt hitting a marshall.

[youtube] https://youtu.be/I6xxsJGSVjI [/youtube]

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Neymar, Bieber and Hamilton. What a random collection of people, where were they?[/quote]

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/06 ... s-hamilton?

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Everest has a very similar death rate to the TT though the number of deaths there each year seems to be increasing. Dying on Everest can apparently be long & agonising as rescuers cannot get to you so not a thought to dwell on. Apparently there are over 200 unrecovered bodies strewn across the mount...

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P-F1 Mod wrote:If Wehrlein wins in Monaco in a Mercedes, I'm taking the following week off.

What if Lewis wins it in the Manor?

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Balibari wrote:
ob1kenobi.23 wrote:Roberto Moreno changed from Eurobrun to Benetton in 1990
In 1991 he changed from Benetton to Jordan & then to Minardi.

Michael made his debut late season with Jordan.

Meh, what did he ever do?

I think he went on to win the odd race or 2.

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Shifty race 'fixing' is not new. Back in 1954 Fangio/Maserati 250F should have been disqualified for having more than the stipulated crew numbers attend his car during a pitstop. Ferrari protested and slowed their faster cars when running 1-2, let Fangio pass and cross the line first, but the organ...

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Roberto Moreno changed from Eurobrun to Benetton in 1990
In 1991 he changed from Benetton to Jordan & then to Minardi.

Michael made his debut late season with Jordan.

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It might be a done deal.

http://www.f1today.net/en/news/f1/21127 ... ate-effect?

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Michael in Imola 1995.

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Seb, Australia 2010, not sure if he had a car problem or just dumped it in the gravel.

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The Ducati can now turn without the horrendous understeer that plagued it going back to the Rossi years, so if there was a time for someone to jump on it, now would be it. I still think if I was JL, the Yamaha is the best bike to be on, and nobody can ride it quite like he can, maximizing edge grip...

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Lewis to take a 5 place grid penalty due to a gear box change at the Chinese GP.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-motor- ... KKCN0XB01R

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What does “3.2-LFS6-P1″. mean.

http://www.inautonews.com/fia-investiga ... ed-message?

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http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2590656.1459964392!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_635/music-bonnaroo.jpg A country music icon was to celebrate his 79th birthday today. But Merle Haggard will be mourn instead after the Country Music hall of famer died of double pneumoni...

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According to Paddy Lowe of Mercedes the engine in the Toro Rosso is the least powerful on the grid this year.

http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/151 ... -engine-f1

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Masten Gregory is the first one I remember wearing glasses when racing. http://img08.deviantart.net/e07e/i/2012/273/c/4/masten_gregory__italy_1963__by_f1_history-d5gcm6a.jpg http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/798085/M1.jpg Jacques Villeneuve definitely wore glasses driving Indy Car & F1. http://...

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The only way I can think to answer this question is to ask myself if I was a team owner & could only pick one driver of the current crop who would it be. Looking at all their strengths & weaknesses, taking age into account & at what point they are in their career it would have to be Vettel. I am not...

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Having followed & been an avid fan of F1 since 1950 & watched on TV since it first became available there I’m afraid from 2019 I will no longer be watching it. I will find this very hard as I love the sport. I have already lost Moto GP & the big fights in boxing so I will find this anther avenue of ...

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May not be from a legendary driver but certaily a legendary owner. All the top drivers are difficult people with complex personalities. I wouldn't go so far as to say nice guys finish last; but the best Formula 1 drivers are driven, motivated, pushy, won't-accept-second-best, immensely competitive p...

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Did they actually have DRS back in 1968.

Ron Dennis, aged 21, working on the Brabham BT26 at the 1968 Italian Grand Prix

You can clearly see the cable & lever for adjusting the rear wing.

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