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I do think it should have been more public. She gave her life for the sport she loved. A casual observer may have failed to even know she passed away. A missed opportunity to recognise her contribution and a missed opportunity to improve F1's image. While I agree that the FIA could have honoured he...

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I've always found it extremely silly (and ill-mannered) to go wasting a perfectly fine, if far too pricey, drink. I would open the bottle and start pouring drinks to everybody. Much nicer. Also, I read a long time ago, that adults aren't very well adapted to drinking milk. Children apparently are. A...

Fiki

It will be interesting to see if Kimi was hired for either 1. To mount a serious WDC challenge as Alonso is out of favour at Ferrari. 2. To be the points monster he is in order for Ferrari to have a shot at WCC - with the possibility of this putting him as a number 2 3. Ferrari have gone with a wha...

Fiki

Why would anybody seek to compare the two careers? Worthiness is not measured by the quality of the competition, nor by circumstances the driver cannot control. Is Vettel a worthy (soon-to-be)4 times F1 world champion? Of course he is, he wouldn't be one if he weren't. Is Alain Prost less worthy as...

Fiki

It will be interesting to see if Kimi was hired for either 1. To mount a serious WDC challenge as Alonso is out of favour at Ferrari. 2. To be the points monster he is in order for Ferrari to have a shot at WCC - with the possibility of this putting him as a number 2 3. Ferrari have gone with a wha...

Fiki

It also wouldn't shock me if Alonso has been quite surprised at the loyalty to Kimi from many of the Ferrari mechanics. Most loved him and were sad to see him go. I must admit that is something I haven't really considered. But you must be right, considering what Räikkönen said about his time at the...

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Why would anybody seek to compare the two careers? Worthiness is not measured by the quality of the competition, nor by circumstances the driver cannot control. Is Vettel a worthy (soon-to-be)4 times F1 world champion? Of course he is, he wouldn't be one if he weren't. Is Alain Prost less worthy as ...

Fiki

My 10th anniversary on this forum next Monday... 8O So yes, I'm still here. I vividly remember the antis vs the Schumi/Ferrari fans (gee how did we call them again, I forgot). Weren't they called disciples? Thx Fiki my memory is leaving me sometimes ouch at 35!!! I only remembered it because of the...

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Kimi said himself on a official press conference main reason is money, because he´s not paid at Lotus (what is quite unpolite), and people still wonder what´s the reason But I guess Ferrari project for next seasson is also very promising, while Lotus.... well, if they can´t even pay their drivers, ...

Fiki

Quite possibly the worst film I've ever seen: Pearl Harbor.

Fiki

Somebody should have warned me Alexandra Lara was going to play Mrs. Lauda. A week on, and I'm still not my normal self.

She was brilliant in 'Napoleon', brilliant in 'Der Untergang' and brilliant in 'Rush'. But, so were Brühl and Hemsworth.

Fiki

One of the best for me: 18 June 1989. Boutsen winning his first Grand Prix. If only Benetton had not gone for atmospheric engines instead of turbos for 1988, he might well have been a race winner earlier. Perhaps even in 1987, when the gear lever came loose when he was leading the Austrian Grand Pri...

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Wuzak has been to the USA 3 times now to visit and attend races (including last year's inaugural COTA F1 race), Penn & I still communicate through emails and another F1 forum, the one whose forum ID I don't remember came to the US for a health issue and we talked on the phone at length.... Please, ...

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Today's PF1ers are much more sane and rational, thankfully. I agree, but I wonder why. Could it be that stricter (if not always correct or consistent) stewarding is finally making both drivers and fans aware there is something called the rules of the game? In Schumacher's time (at least his first F...

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Blake wrote:but as noted in an earlier post, the percentage of new uniformed members is much higher now.

And not before time, I retire from the air force in exactly 2.5 months!

Fiki

RickM wrote:One things for sure, we all agree that 2012 was great, and 2013 has been peaky.

No, we don't all agree.

F1yer wrote: 2007 - Experiened Champ winning by overhauling the biggest points deficit in last 3 races.

Although Räikkönen was a very experienced driver by then, he was no champion.

Fiki

2000-2013: exciting
2005: most exciting year

Luckily all the spicing up didn't really make it less exciting, some of their ideas really risk making a mockery of the sport.

Fiki

My 10th anniversary on this forum next Monday...

So yes, I'm still here.

Amon wrote:I vividly remember the antis vs the Schumi/Ferrari fans (gee how did we call them again, I forgot).

Weren't they called disciples?

Fiki

AFCTUJacko wrote:Go!

No! Not before you write his name correctly.

Fiki

Kimi said himself on a official press conference main reason is money, because he´s not paid at Lotus (what is quite unpolite), and people still wonder what´s the reason But I guess Ferrari project for next seasson is also very promising, while Lotus.... well, if they can´t even pay their drivers, ...

Fiki

DRS means a faster car has more chance of overtaking an obviously slower car, which must be a good thing - as long as slower cars are still able to defend by sticking to the racing line (with only one defensive deviation allowed). i.e. If the slower driver is on the racing line, he should not have ...

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Kimi said himself on a official press conference main reason is money, because he´s not paid at Lotus (what is quite unpolite), and people still wonder what´s the reason But I guess Ferrari project for next seasson is also very promising, while Lotus.... well, if they can´t even pay their drivers, ...

Fiki

seandean41 wrote:Horner admits Ricciardo was part of strategy!

Don't be silly!

Fiki

klauss wrote:yeah there's just something about german drivers with you

There was one in particular if I recall correctly. But memory is fading...

Fiki

I think Dan was tiddled because the wording of the penalty was 'gained an advantage' by going off track and his interpretation was that going off the track actually hindered him because he lost time by rejoining the track and then had to defend heavily into the chicane. Therefore, the only way he c...

Fiki

Can they not just reduce aero dependency massively and allow tyres where drivers can really push. Yes they can. But lap times would visibly suffer, and I fear that's what F1 is afraid of. How do you explain to the fans that these drivers are so "slow" all of a sudden? Because cornering speeds dicta...

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No way...Come on Seb fanboys,prost won some of his tittle´s with good teamates(WDC)...Vettel dont have competition at all and he won 4 championships with the same teamate...If you have a car quicker than the rest and a useless teamate you can win all the championships you want...Merit=0 I can be ac...

Fiki

I don't agree that he has outperformed Kimi, and especially not since you mention the tyre change.

But I fully agree Romain is doing a very good job at the moment. I wonder whether becoming a father somehow focused him.

Fiki

Yes, he is worthy.

(F1 is not about being the best. It's about winning races and the title.)

Fiki

Isn't that similar to what Senna did to Prost in 1989? Diving up the inside yes, however the difference is with the Senna/Prost incident Prost had the room to go around the outside, Bottas was shoved off track because Pastor hadn't slowed down enough & missed the apex. I wonder. It's hard to judge,...

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I think he's probably more upset that it took the stewards so long to work out what to do about the incident before punishing him. If they'd said straight away he needed to give it back, it'd be fine, but the five (or however many it was) laps it took them to come to a decision was just tardy - Ric...

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My real 'pet hate' though is the change in rules so that a defending driver has to leave room. I thought it was better when the overtaking driver had to really earn the overtake by choosing the right place where they couldn't easily be pushed off the track. A driver was never allowed to do that. Wh...

Fiki

On a side-note; I hope one day to understand why Räikkönen chose to go back to Ferrari. But I'm not really holding out much hope of ever finding out. €€€€€ ... Kimi is not a complicated soul :) Quality always carries a price tag. But are you aware he demanded and got an apology? It does put another...

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jase.2 wrote:the awful Suzy Perry

Oi!

Fiki

Well, after today's performance, Alonso could very well be right. Kimi's past few races have been exactly like his performances in Ferrari that left me frustrated being a Kimi fan. He should have qualified at the top and he should have been dicing for a podium finish. Instead, he was languishing mu...

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. Think back to when this rule was "invented" ( or rather extended). Hamilton went "too" fast into a corner at a chicane/s-bend and went off. He handed the place back BUT immediately overtook. He was penalised despite doing what the rules said. The FIA "clarified" the rules after the fact that the ...

Fiki

I know I was critical of her talents a few months after her crash and I do still believe she was a bit out of her depth on that day but believe me I feel guilt over saying it so harshly at the time now. One of the things I have learned in 35 years in the world of military aviation, is that an accid...

Fiki

It would have been fairer of the stewards to inform him to give the place back like they have done previoulsy with other drivers, Ricciardo himself however feels he did no wrong but i think the penalty imposed on Grosjean rather set a precedent and he barely went off the track The stewards don't te...

Fiki

I just heard this week's Radio 4 Last Word programme, which featured Suzy Perry speaking about Maria. One of the things I learned, is that she wrote a book. I have another book about a young woman who died far too early (a French fighter pilot who I briefly met) waiting on the shelf, but if Maria's ...

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Romain, with a very honourable mention for Esteban!

(mds, it's a bit easier for those on same and different strategies, if their car is superior...)

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