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Friesacher wasn't paying, and had proved unable to keep up with Albers. Why keep him under such circumstances?
Doorknobs seems at least competent. Unless we have someone offering a truly amazing stack of cash, we need someone to push Albers along, …
I don't want to risk sounding like Minardifan2002 by stating the bloody obvious, but Zsolt is a second a lap too slow for the job. Personable, but what is that worth without speed?
2 fast guys should be in the race cars. A newcomer with money shoul…
Max is in no position to play tough on the 29th. Indy was a demonstration of F1 with only one competitive team. He has already brought the GPWC back from the dead. Any serious fine on the teams (or any harsher penalty) would be a direct request for …
Michelin and their teams did offer to start behind the Bridgestone cars, or score no points, if the chicane was installed. They were not seeking to turn their balls up into a competitive advantage. The FIA and TOIT seem to have been set on completel…
I was in the "blame Michelin" camp, but now more facts are out (the Barcelona tyres not being safe either, the fact that the tyres couldn't even be guaranteed for a single flying lap), the FIA, and their well rewarded lackeys TOIT take the blame.
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Just like last year, you can score as many points as you like, it doesn't count for squat if you're last.
Performance was crap, and we got a great big empty stage to prove just how crap. I feel sorry for our drivers.
I can't understand how any of …
Max doesn't want the manufacturers. He wants 3 or 4 of them to be involved in much the same way as happens in NASCAR - provide the badge and some cash, get your name on television.
We've got a technology driven formula now, and it is rapidly pricin…
Race teams are 10 a penny, fly by night, rootless things. F1 constructors are serious entities, with a stake in the sport's future. If this rule came in, Stoddart would close Faenza in a flash, and be running the team out of his scrapyard in Ledbury…
But being a constructor is what F1 is all about!
I agree with everything the FIA are proposing except the sale of chassis. That just creates a 2 division formula.
Control costs (and restrict the advantages of those with bigger budgets) with the st…
Friesacher still not paid up? Stoddart must be losing a stack of money this year - the driver sponsors are pretty much all he's got apart from the FOM money.
Lucky CA is proving solid - good work.
The new tyre rule is great. If the tyres aren't lasting, then the ones to blame are the tyre companies, the teams, and the drivers for trying to push the envelope too far.
Now the engine rules, they are stupid....
Maybe having a car that is mechanically and aerodynamically unstable, and snakes around even in a straight line, is the only way to generate grip on Bridgestones?
Great race, but not for us.
The car is better. Albers was the quicker of the 2 today, but he lost out at the start, got stuck behind Pat, then got the drive through, but still came out on top. If he hadn't screwed up qualifying and got caught nappi…
How are Jordan doing those times? I still don't get it, that car was an evil handling dog last year, and all they've done is hack it about a bit to take the 05 aero rules and the Toyota. Now they are up there with Red Bull and Sauber.
This is on AutosportAtlas too, and they don't normally mess about. Less interesting than the Irvine bit is the stuff about how the new owners only handed over the cash for the windtunnel to EJ after he threw them out and changed the locks, and were …
This thread has so much complete arse in it I just had to add some.
As CEO, Stoddart is responsible for both providing leadership and ensuring technical and operational management structures are in place. The management structure has been steadily …
I thought he was doing a pretty good job - it often looks bad when you qualify better than the car deserves, ask Jarno Trulli.
As to the "blocking", well that's part of the game now. They pretty much all do it. Sad, but blame Senna and Schumacher (…
What's puzzling me is not why are we doing so badly but why are Jordan doing so well? The reason we are still adrift is that between Bahrein and Imola they closed the gap to RBR and Suber (well, Jaques, anyway). How did they do it? They introduced a…
Yes, Zsolt would be just fine for that job, in the circumstances, if he had money.
Looking better, isn't it, for Albers at least - Friesacher has a fair bit of catching up to do.
From the summaries of what was presented yesterday, the evidence looked pretty damning, and I think they got off pretty lightly.
You couldn't prove deliberate cheating (and you'd have to know Willis, Fry, et al to make any judgement as to whether t…