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My thoughts on Malaysia:
1) The decision to start al 5.00pm local time was simply unbelievable, and the symbol of how much Bernie&Max care about the racing and the drivers;
2) at this point, Button is a serious candidate for the title. McLaren …
Facty,the points' table is correct.
As for the medals' one, actually Jumpey, myself and Neil all got 8 points, so we shall all get a "gold" medal, and no silver and bronza are awarded.
Table corrected as per below.
2009 Results After Rd. 2 MAL
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My thoughts on what happened in the last few days:
1) Rules for our game, also according to Hamilton's DSQ and Trulli's reinstating in 3rd place. My idea is simply that we have to enforce the result FINALLY omologated by FIA, even though in theory i…
My thoughts on what happened and will happen:
a) Brawn GP was great partly because of a great job done by Ross, Nick and the team in the planning and set-up of the car, and partly because of the diffusors that probably really give an advantage; but …
I can't remember either another season with one only rookie (even though probably Bruno Senna will have his debut this season as well, later on if not at the start).
Last year was already a record with 2 debutants (Bourdais and Piquet), in 2007 ther…
Apparently one of the drivers will be Danica Patrick!
The girl deserves a chance in F1, but I'm very skeptical on her possibilities to do well on this side of the Atlantic!
Update: despite Flammini & Co. presented the project on Jan 24, it was a ghost presentation. The week before, indeed, Bernie killed everything, by saying that Italy already has a GP, and that's Monza, that there are already 20 GPs, with other co…
And now the greens and the representatives of the inhabitants of the EUR area are revolting against the GP.
Apparently, Flammini's organization is minimising about the environmental and logistic impact the construction of the circuit, stands, etc. w…
Bernie said now Rome is going to be from 2013, when (for everyone's happiness) there will be 20 GPs, and a heavier presence of street circuits like Valencia (noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo…
Maurizio Flammini, the chief organizer of the Rome GP committee, said he executed a preliminary document (sort of Letter of Intent or Memorandum of Understanding)with Bernie for the organization of the Rome GP in the non-permanent circuit in EUR are…
The new Williams is not too bad-looking either, and the livery is quite good as well (even though it is still subject to change).
But I agree with Telstar, if we see more overtakings, we'll soon forget the bad look.
Moreover, F1 cars have to be raci…
Ay, and it was the year Nige outclassed Prost at Jacarepagua and Senna with that fantastic surpass in Budapest, the year of Gerhard's terrific accident in Imola, the year Mansell started from the pits at Le Castellet and arrived second (!) while Jea…
Ferdie said yesterday the 2010 Ferrari is the best car he ever drove.
On the other hand, also M$ is superhappy with his Merc.
No big news yet from Clewlis, Jenson and Macca and from Seb, Mark and Red Bull.
Quietness before the storm.
At this point…
It's confirmed also by the Times: Button will be in Silverstone next week for the first tests, then the team and the car shall be presented in Barcelona on March 9.
Second seat is still in doubt between Rubens and Bruno Senna, most probably the lat…
It seems confirmed that Honda is still trying to keep the team alive to sell it. Rumours are that they hope to be on the grid in Melbourne. And steamdrivenhammer's rumour that they would be talking with Mercedes for the engines is confirmed.
But no…
According to Swiss specialized mag Motorsport Aktuell, there's a serious chance FIA to allow teams to run a third car in 2009, as 18 drivers are too few for the show and specially for the TV contracts.
It's an interesting possibility, IMO, and defi…
Oh my oh my, this is bloody big news! Poor Jenson and Bruno!
Well, Honda's performance in 2007 and 2008 has been ridiculously poor, still this was really unexpected, also considering the presence in the staff of a guy like Ross Brawn (where will he …
Bernie was assaulted last night in Central London, outside the premises of his company's offices, by 2 or 3 assailants while he was with his girlfriend.
Jewels for a value of £200,000 were stolen, and he was hit twice on his head and had to be hosp…
With the medals system, Prost would be 5 times champion (would have lost 86 to Mansell and 89 to Senna, but won 81 and 83 to Piquet and 84 to Lauda), Senna 4 times (88, 89, 90 and 91), Clark 4 times (63, 64, 65 and 67), Mansell 3 times (86, 87 and 9…
Well, after the FIA-FOTA meeting held last Wednesday, the idea of the same engine for all cars starting from 2010 is set aside.
Good for F1, of course, good also because teams agreed various measures to reduce costs, and of course I'm more and more…
Hearing this bizarre proposal of the "medals", that is total and complete nonsense, and remembering the other F1-killing idea of same engine for all cars, I think it's either of the following:
1) Bernie's totally gone into arteriosclerosis, and his …
Luckily for hi it happened now, if it happened in February-March or during season, with Seb Vettel driving the same car it would have meant his bye-bye to F1.
Kubica said he's very worried about these new flaps, specially the front ones: being so large, he says contacts between cars, specially at the start, will be much easier, and there will be many more multiple crashes at the green light.....
Gene', i…
I see it very difficult to happen: Villeneuve, after the negative 1998 with Williams, made the decision to go to Bar in order to start a new team (he was one of the stakeholders as well, with his manager Craig Pollock), to achieve the dream to win t…
Best Driver FERNANDO ALONSO
Most Improved Driver FELIPE MASSA
Best Team FERRARI
Most Improved Team TORO ROSSO
Best Venue SPA
Best Race SPA
Most Promising Driver VETTEL
Most Disappointing Team WILLIAMS
Most Disappointing Driver JENSON BUTTON
Most A…
And even then people would think he's a dickhead: didn't we think that of M$ when he did something unsportsmanlike, despite he was 7 times WC? And didn't we think the same about Senna when he punched Irvine in Suzuka'93, despite he was 3 times WC.
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