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Juans Girl

I don't buy the rubbish about the engines being how they are because manufacturers are refusing to enter F1 because the old engines didn't relate to current road engines (the Audi example is poor, as they have V8's and V10's in their line up). Just because Mr Plod drives a 1.6 litre buzz box doesn't...

Juans Girl

Irrespective of the PR bullsh** from McLaren about their budget being fine for 2014, it's surprising how a team of this calibre is struggling to find a title sponsor.

Juans Girl

This is moot point really. Ferrari leaves = sponsors + big % of TV audience + TV broadcasters leave. As simple as that. If Ferrari go, they will go racing somewhere else. F1 in past has survived loss of some iconic teams. But most of those team first went to back of the grid and then disappeared. F...

Juans Girl

I think you will find that Ferrari has been fairly profitable, even during the serious economic decline for Fiat. Ferrari had probably their most profitable year last year, with a profit of approx. $150 million. On that alone they would find it hard to justify their current F1 budget. It would be d...

Juans Girl

I seriously doubt there's a clause about how loud it should be. If anything they'd have a clause about it not exceeding a certain dB limit. Which is what the Australians have been complaining about for years, how loud it is. Ironic really. Rubbish... It's a handful of feral tree huggers who whine a...

Juans Girl

He's making his teammate look rather ordinary.

Juans Girl

As others have said, the noise (and level of noise) adds to the overall spectacle.

The noise these current cars make diminishes from that.

Juans Girl

There must be a catch.

Jordan was/is one of the most money hungry wheeler dealers to show his face in F1.

Juans Girl

Easy to say that in his position. If he was trying to advance from the back of the grid with Marussia's budget he would be moaning too. Or if say Marrussia were bought out by a multi billionaire and gave them an unlimited budget and they dominated for the next ten years. Would he be against it then...

Juans Girl

First on the tyre war... I don't think it was healthy for F1 as it gave some teams an artificial advantage, whether it was from either one brand not performing well at a certain track or a particular team having bespoke tyres. I would say the advantage Ferrari had in the early to mid 2000's by havin...

Juans Girl

There's a lot of people saying they wish the cars sounded like the used to, that they'll miss the loud screaming noise of the high revving engines etc Well as others have said, times change! What if some fans like Obi or Blake who have watched since the 50's complained in the past couple of decade ...

Juans Girl

Irvine at Ferrari. Nurburgring 1999. If I remember, one of his wheels got "lost" during a pit stop

As far as I'm concerned, any driver told to allow a teammate to pass or told not to pass a teammate is sabotage

Juans Girl

Any form of testing using a current chassis is banned Well not this year. There are 3/4 in season tests planned for 2014. Would Mclaren be permitted to fit a Honda engine into their car for one of these tests? Don't know if Mercedes will agree with allowing that. It has been done before, back in '9...

Juans Girl

Yes, agree on most points. One thing that plays on my mind is this perception that Honda will be a title sponsor next year, or stump up extra cash. After blowing a bucket load of Yen when team owners , they may not want to go beyond being anything more than an engine supplier. We'll know in 12 months

Juans Girl

The one thing people are forgetting with his so called "apologies" and "regrets" is that they have all come a fair time after the event, mainly because he's been stung by the public perception and backlash that his actions created. I think that at the time he genuinely believed he did nothing wrong....

Juans Girl

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12479/9127083/mclaren-will-not-announce-a-new-title-sponsor-when-their-2014-car-is-launched Title misleading, they simply said "won't announce" big difference between not having a title for 2014 to releasing it, they probably want to keep it quiet out of public eye...

Juans Girl

It's no comparison. Villeneuve made a meal out of winning the 97 title. His car advantage was that huge it shouldn't have got down to Jerez. As for 96, after he started with a bang in Melbourne he tapered off a bit and by mid season the rumour was that Williams were shopping around. Hamilton is in ...

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Getting back to the original question, Ferrari lost a bit of it's mystique during and after the Schumacher years. Not through any fault of Schumacher's, the team just had to evolve. They changed colours from what had been known as the scarlet red to what is now Marlboro red, so to say they don't bow...

Juans Girl

It's no comparison. Villeneuve made a meal out of winning the 97 title. His car advantage was that huge it shouldn't have got down to Jerez. As for 96, after he started with a bang in Melbourne he tapered off a bit and by mid season the rumour was that Williams were shopping around. Hamilton is in ...

Juans Girl

I think a better title should be driver/team combination, as not including Prost/Williams makes the list look odd.

Juans Girl

It's no comparison. Villeneuve made a meal out of winning the 97 title. His car advantage was that huge it shouldn't have got down to Jerez. As for 96, after he started with a bang in Melbourne he tapered off a bit and by mid season the rumour was that Williams were shopping around. Hamilton is in a...

Juans Girl

I think today's crop of drivers (the top 4 or 5) are better than comparative groups in recent memory. During the majority of the Schumacher period, pre WDC's, we had mediocre to average drivers in top machinery (Hill, Coulthard, Villeneuve, Frentzen) , which made Michael look better than he was. As ...

Juans Girl

Another point of note was that during the height of the Prost/Senna battles, the head of the FIA was Jean Marie Balestre. A fellow Frenchman and undisputed leader of the Prost cheer squad. This guy was a nasty piece of work and openly hostile towards Senna. I would go as far as say he was a contrib...

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Why did Ron Dennis fall on his own sword? Because he was the man in charge when McLaren went through two of their biggest scandals of the modern era, LieGate and SpyGate. The buck had to stop with him. For example in my area of work. If I make a mistake that could have an impact further down the ch...

Juans Girl

Another point of note was that during the height of the Prost/Senna battles, the head of the FIA was Jean Marie Balestre. A fellow Frenchman and undisputed leader of the Prost cheer squad. This guy was a nasty piece of work and openly hostile towards Senna. I would go as far as say he was a contribu...

Juans Girl

Prost was the established no.1 at McLaren and probably expected to be quicker than Senna, plus may have still expected McLaren to treat him as the team leader , with Senna being the dutiful no.2. I don't recall Prost ever having had a dutiful No.2 driver. He wasn't the dutiful No. 2 driver when he ...

Juans Girl

Not a chance in hell. It will be closer this year, but expect the cream to rise to the top. Look at the early part of 2012 and 2013, everyone was saying RBR had finally lost their way. And look what happened. Plus, they still have Vettel. I'm not doubting Vettel or RBR they will surely be major con...

Juans Girl

You guys realise that both Hamilton and Alonso took points off each other right? Alonso being clear number 1 would have won the WDC, pretty sure. This McLaren policy of letting two drivers fight between each other is wrong in order to get the ultimate results, thats why they only won 1 WCC and 3 WD...

Juans Girl

Although I don't buy this rubbish about Japanese companies being honour bound and all that crap, I think of Prost's accusations that Senna had an engine advantage (especially in '88) as nothing more than sour grapes. Honda was known to have special engines for their home race which were referred to ...

Juans Girl

True, but Dennis and Ojjeh are quite close so with their combined equity they still have control.

Remember in the Merc days they may have had 40% ownership, but the Dennis/Ojjeh combination still had ultimate control. I think the only time Dennis will lose control is when he chooses to.

Juans Girl

It's hard to compare the two, as they were the giants of their era. I will say one thing. Prost quit two teams (one whilst still under contract) because of Senna. Both team bosses concerned had no qualms in sacrificing Prost to keep or gain Senna. In regards to how both were/are perceived, Prost was...

Juans Girl

Hill in '97.

The move to Arrows was embaressing. He only just qualified for the first race of '97. Woeful for a reigning WDC

Juans Girl

I don't think Dennis would have much trouble "wrestling" control from Whitmarsh, seeing as Dennis is actually his boss.. I don't think the situation at McLaren is as dire as people think. Some forget the lean years of 94, 95 and 96 when they were being overtaken by Minardi's at some races. They swil...

Juans Girl

Reading some comments from UK based readers on some news sites, it amazes me that some still share the same opinion of Mandela that the witch Thatcher had of him.

These are probably the same people who still refer to Zimbabwe as Rhodesia..

Juans Girl

I think anyone trying to put Button on the same page as Hamilton is kidding themselves... Anyway, I was most surprised when Perez got shown the door, which leads me to believe that McLaren were expecting him to beat Button. This tells me that McLaren do not see Button as a long term No.1 driver. He ...

Juans Girl

One of the main attractions of F1 is the noise, and from all reports these new engines sound horrible. Most of the major car manufacturers still have V8's in their line up, plus I can't see the likes of Ferrari using the line of "Our V8 and V12 engines take inspiration from our V6 F1 engine". Whatev...

Juans Girl

Totally agree with the above post. The telling point for me is how Vettel defied his orders and didn't even get a slap on the wrist. Part due I'm guessing to Marko having a lot more power and influence than what people think he has. He's a good operator, but some are saying he's the best team princi...

Juans Girl

For those asking, Eurytus was the worst kept secret in mod history on this forum, with the possible exception of Blake's big reveal aeons ago. He was basically abusing members who disagreed with him, then banning them for getting frustrated with him. There's a lovely irony in that half the team tha...

Juans Girl

A James Hunt-like opportunity opened up in front of Irvine and like his fellow ladies man he grasped it with both hands. But unlike James he fell just short at the final hurdle. Was the F399 a beast? I'm not sure. I think the McLaren was faster but perhaps not as reliable. And neither Hakkinen or C...

Juans Girl

I would put Button above Webber............just. Neither is what I would consider as top tier

For some to say Button is the equal or better than Hamilton is just plain laughable

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