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    #294 Crashton, Mar 5, 2015
    Oh Bernie you are such a little tool.
     
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    #295 Zapski, Mar 5, 2015
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    #297 Steve, Mar 5, 2015
    I guess Infiniti aren't quite only paying to have their name on the side of the RB.

    Infiniti Hosts Competition to Find Engineers for Formula One (autoguide.com)
    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_1l0h4LuPo"]Infiniti Performance Engineering Academy 2015 - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #302 B.A.D., Mar 8, 2015
    Not a Bernie fan, but there is definitely truth in that statement. All major sports are nothing but entertainment IMHO.
     
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    #303 mrntd, Mar 9, 2015
    You can have an entertaining series and good racing. Look at WC last year. Unfortunately it won't be on TV for most people this year.
     
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    #306 B.A.D., Mar 9, 2015
    Shouldn't it be the goal to return the most profit to your biggest investors, no matter what business you are in? I actually suspect that Bernie has a slightly different motive here. I think he also wants to have control of the hospitality component of the race weekend and make money from it.
     
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    #308 Steve, Mar 9, 2015
    Sauber steering wheel infographic. Full res version here.

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    #310 Zapski, Mar 11, 2015
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    This seems especially stupid. I mean the situation.

    BBC Sport - Sauber driver Giedo van der Garde wins court case to claim race seat

     
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    #311 Steve, Mar 11, 2015
    Yup. I've been trying to ignore this cluster-F. It's actually even worse for Sauber. Sutil also says he has a claim. He went to court before VDG and went after cash so speculation is that's why VDG went after the race seat. Some say there are actually four Sauber drivers with legal contracts.....
     
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    #312 Steve, Mar 11, 2015
    I'm not sure, yet, but I think I might like this idea. Of course it may be just because I wish aero wasn't such a dominant factor in making F1 cars fast. Banning wind tunnels wouldn't change that entirely because they would shoot for the same effects via CFD. Still, maybe aero would become slightly less of a factor? Sure sounds like it would make things cheaper.

    F1: Horner suggests F1 wind tunnel ban (racer.com)
     
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    #313 Steve, Mar 12, 2015
    Oh, brother. VDG won his case against Sauber who were told they can't stop him from driving. Sauber lost their appeal. Essentially, Sauber are now forced to choose which contract to violate.

    I can't imagine how deluded VDG must be. Does he think the team will now welcome him with open arms?

    VDG: "The car isn't working well."
    Team radio: "So sue us."
     
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    #314 Crashton, Mar 12, 2015
    I wonder how did Sauber get themselves in this situation? Seems beyond stupid to me.
     
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    #316 mrntd, Mar 12, 2015
    But VDG has no super license and the deadline to get it is today.
     
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    #318 Zapski, Mar 12, 2015
    Yeah, looks like he probably won't be able to race this weekend.


    Does Van der Garde have a F1 super licence? | GRAND PRIX 247

     
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    #319 Crashton, Mar 12, 2015

    I'm $ure Bernie would $ell him one if the price wa$ right.... :D
     
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    #320 Nathan, Mar 12, 2015
    Joe pretty sums up the situation.

    F1 limps into new season
    March 12, 2015 by Joe Saward
    F1 goes into Friday in Melbourne limping, having (once again) successfully shot itself in the foot.

    It seems that the sport is incapable of producing a positive news story when one is required. On the first day of the new season, we should be seeing comments about how Nico and Lewis are going to go stick it one another again this year. Fans want action and character. They want conflict. They want bread and circuses. Mercedes need to provide that. They know that. Their car is good, probably great. The opposition is not going as well. So what we want is Nico Rosberg saying: “Lewis, I’m going to beat you” and Lewis saying: “Yeah, yeah, bring it on.”

    It would be good to see Lewis wearing a cowboy hat and a blanket with some spaghetti western music twanging away as he walks into the paddock. It would be good to see Nico (in the black hat) squinting into the sunlight, looking nervous. A little theatre would not hurt anyone. Instead we have Lewis in serious introvert mode, shrugging at questions that involve any tiptoeing.

    Come on boys, give us a show! We need to paint the picture of F1 in 2015 and our paintbrushes are ready, but if you don’t give us some paint, there is not much we can do. The other great positive story this weekend is the survival of Manor Marussia. It shows all that is good in F1. A doomed team surviving thanks to ingenuity, grit, effort and the bulldog spirit. Instead we are all focussed on the ridiculous Van der Garde-Sauber kerfuffle, which is packed full of negatives.

    https://joesaward.wordpress.com/
     
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    #322 Steve, Mar 12, 2015
    No licence for van der Garde as Sauber faces seizure of cars (adamcooperf1.com)
     
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    #323 Steve, Mar 13, 2015
    The soap opera continues.

    VDG got his paddock pass, which didn't work. Finally got in, had a seat fitting and was even seen wearing Ericsson's race suit!

    He still doesn't have a superlicense, though, so couldn't drive in FP1...but neither Nasr nor Ericsson drove either, possibly because the team was worried about the ramifications and didn't want to risk their cars being seized? Both drivers sat in their cars for a bit but that's it.

    Kaltenborn skipped the press conference so will likely be fined for that, but least of her worries right now.

    Now FP2 is running and both Nasr and Ericsson are out.

    The FIA are trying to fast-track VDG's superlicense and he might be technically qualified soon enough to participate in Saturday's festivities.

    Here you go. I said it was a soap opera. The VDG camp asked the court to send Monisha Kaltenborn to prison.

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    #324 mrntd, Mar 13, 2015
    You think he would have thought about the license a little earlier.
     
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