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Customer cars...sounds like the death of F1 to me. You do really start to think that F1 is run by some of the smartest, most cunning, most ruthless damned stupid brainless idiot fools in the world.
No, McLaren had the fastest car from very early on, they just failed to make full use of it. And Alonso made damn sure that evry time they slipped up, he was there to take 100% advantage, race after race.
Yes, Alonso was almost always in front of everyone except the McLarens, clearly faster cars. He may not have overtaken them, but he did keep pushing, and forced mistakes out of top drivers in superior cars. He was relentless, never just cruising for…
All of you who think Button is so reprehensible, would you say the same of Jean Alesi, who was in exactly the same position in '91?
Button's an overated driver, but the contractual stuff is all part of the game these days. The era of the handshake …
Current evidence would definitely suggest that Stoddart has sold his staff down the river. On a slow boat perhaps, but down the river, nevertheless.
Red Bull were never any sort of suitable match for Minardi. They have clearly only truly bought the…
Absolutely, the staff are the real losers, and needlessly so. It might have been different if the team was on the verge of collapse, or there were no other offers (as in 2001).
Little reason to doubt that. TDTSNBN Gmbh only recognise one brand, and that's their own.
The only remaining question then is will GCM stay around? I can't see them keeping him on, Marko already does the driver talent spotting for Mateschitz, even …
R*d B**l do not give a stuff about us, or what we think. Or, even more importantly, the 100 odd people they just hired. They really do not care at all.
I s anybody familiar with the Wimbledon saga in English football? Rich fool buys team, and moves…
Well, what did you expect? That's pretty much the end of that then, isn't it?
I hope that GCM teams up with Minardi old boy Adrian Campos, and between them they turn the Campos Racing GP2 team into a truly crack outfit. That I could support.
I can't see Red Bull being interested in innovative technical roots - as someone here pointed out, all they've proved so far in F1 is thart they couldn't tell a Bernoldi from a Raikkonen, that they can paint a Jag, and that you can't trust their wor…
I agree - well, apart from the bit about drinking the stuff. I could never do that, even if they hired GCM to be team principal, turned Faenza into a facility to rival the McLaren place, and appointed Pierluigi Martini to their board of directors.
Not the time to bail out yet, is it?
One key objective met - team stays in Faenza, with existing staff. That immediately rules out the Tyrrell style scenario, which is good. Makes it more of a Benetton to Renault sort of thing.
That leaves two to …
It wouldn't be like that, though. Mateschitz and Marko choosing the drivers, last year's Red Bull painted in some horrendous livery, TOIT V8s from 2007, any staff with promise whisked off to Milton Keynes, GCM out of the picture, no manufacturing at…
Autosport did claim it was the first time ever that drivers had been carried over, but they are wrong. Martini joined Sala midway through 88, and they stayed to the end of 89.
This is just the usual Stoddart spin. Nothing wrong with that, it is par…
TOIT don't need a development driver - they've got others to do that. They need someone who will drive around whatever setup is put on the car to suit Schumacher (and later his replacement). As an instinctive driver, Massa may do well in these circu…
"Tomorrow you may expect a good result from me..."
Alright, Robert, I will. Isn't it so much better to be moving forwards, not adrift at the back? Two decent drivers (with a bit of constructive rivalry between em), new tech developments, some signs…
Albers had lost a few aero components, including the bargeboards, from his little off track excursion on lap 1, which will have cost him time. I think we were generally faster than Jordan at Hockenheim, but not by much. Sauber, Red Bull etc are way …
We actually had someone beat on pace - at last. And the Hungaroring should be even better. Both drivers showing some determination under tough circumstances.
As for the Doornbos Villeneuve incident, well these things happen - when you're a desperat…