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  1. minirab

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    #497 minirab, Apr 20, 2015
    Hey GI, you want to go boom boom?!
     
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    #499 Steve, Apr 20, 2015
    I have a feeling that when Rosberg started to seem a bit less racy it was because his momentum was broken when his team told him his brakes needed saving. Hamilton may have gone into brake pampering mode around the same time -- I remember seeing his brakes glowing during a stop in the sub-20 lap range -- but any issues with his performance weren't quite so obvious because he spent almost no time at all passing Ferraris.

    Rosberg lost his brake-by-wire a couple laps from the end and Hamilton lost his on the last lap so there's no doubt Raikkonen only needed another lap...maybe two.

    Still wondering what happened to Vettel.
     
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    #502 Crashton, Apr 20, 2015
    Now that there is laugh out loud funny!!! :lol:
     
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    #504 Nathan, Apr 20, 2015
    Who knows how long that will last with oil prices the way they are. PDVSA is getting squeezed by the Saudi's.
     
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    #505 mrntd, Apr 21, 2015
    Shake up at a VW board meeting could be putting a VW brand in F1 but it doesn't look like until 2018. By then there won't be a TR or RB to buy.
     
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    #506 Steve, Apr 21, 2015
    If VW (Audi) do end up with a plan to enter F1 but a couple years into the future -- still a long shot IMO -- they can buy a team anywhere along the projected time line and they'd probably get it for a bargain price if that team is outgoing anyway. If there's a significant break before they start racing they might lose a lot of the staff but I'd expect them to want to do some house cleaning anyway. Plus I imagine they'd build their own engines and that would take at least a year of prep, maybe two.

    I read yesterday (I think) that Bernie recently said he'd gladly step aside if that's what it would take to get Audi to enter F1, so the Ecclestone-Peich conflict may not be the only roadblock. On the other hand, if Bernie is willing to say he'd gladly step aside for ANY reason I suspect ulterior motives, like maybe he's ready to go anyway...or maybe it would be fair to compare him to the proverbial rat leaving what he thinks is a sinking ship...
     
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    #509 Steve, Apr 23, 2015
    We're going to need eight or nine engines - Red Bull (grandprixtimes.com)
     
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    #512 Steve, Apr 28, 2015
    Next season to start a bit later than usual. I haven't bothered to look up the 2015 dates but I'll guess that's 2-3 weeks later.

    F1 season kick off next year on April 3 (joesaward.wordpress.com)
     
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    #513 Steve, May 3, 2015
    :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

    Iranian government planning to build Formula 1 circuit (motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com)
     
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    #515 Zapski, May 4, 2015
    If there's money to be made, Bernie will do it. :frown2:
     
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    #516 mrntd, May 4, 2015
    Get rid of races in Europe and add them in the middle east. Tis the end of the sport.
     
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    #517 Minidave, May 4, 2015
    Why?

    Are you suggesting people in other parts of the world don't "deserve" to see an F1 race live, in their countries?

    I don't understand all this bleating about the European races.....yes I understand that's where it all started, but so what?

    If other countries want to spend bazillions of sheckels or whatever to host a race, why not? Who cares if it's Iran, the US, Canada, Mexico or South Africa? What difference does it make?

    The F1 circus has been hosted all over the world since it started, why not the middle east too?
     
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    #520 cerenkov, May 4, 2015
    I think it was reported that Bernie could care less if anyone actually attended a F1 race.
     
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    #522 Crashton, May 4, 2015
    That's our Bernie! :prrr:
     
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    #523 Steve, May 6, 2015
    New McLaren livery. Should be easy to discern now they won't look like the Force Indias.

    [​IMG]
     
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    #526 minirab, May 6, 2015
    Bernie is just a miserable old man who if it were not for his money would

    not have a friend in the world.
     
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    #532 Crashton, May 9, 2015
    Lewis will be smiling when he is on the top step. Stay tuned.... :D
     
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    #533 Steve, May 10, 2015
    I would have thought an incident like a set of tires burning because of a tire warmer malfunction would be reasonable grounds for replacement. I guess not?

    Burning blanket costs Kimi a set of tyres (racer.com)
     
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    #534 minimark, May 10, 2015
    7:30 am countdown to Race Time on NBCSN!!!
     
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