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    #199 Steve, Feb 16, 2012
    I don't think the FIA have much to say in the matter of Bernie's employment. If I understand the relationship the only way they could get away from Bernie is to drop their sanctioning of the F1 series and instead sanction another in which his company isn't involved. Even if that happened (and it won't) Bernie and his pals would still own the F1 rights and could carry on much as they do now.

    On the other hand, under the current sanctioning situation I think the FIA can decide to pull the Bahrain GP.....
     
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    #200 Redbeard, Feb 16, 2012
    Interesting. I didn't realize that. I assumed Bernie was a functionary of FIA and had serious personal investment in F1 hence he was there. Well that answers that. He's still a usless carbon mass anyway.
     
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    #201 goaljnky, Feb 17, 2012
    Trulli is out, Petrov is in:

     
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    #202 ScottinBend, Feb 17, 2012
    Money certainly speaks F1...........
     
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    #203 minimark, Feb 17, 2012
    ..if Bernie agrees with them.:goaljnky
     
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    #204 Steve, Feb 21, 2012
    Uh, oh, trouble for Lotus at the first Barcelona test. First they found a problem and decided they needed to stop running the new chassis and ship the first chassis in to run that for the rest of the week. Then they realized it's a fundamental issue rather than just a problem with one chassis so they decided to drop out of this week's test and go back to the factory.....

    Chassis problem ends Lotus' day (GPUpdate.net)
    Lotus pulls out of test after chassis issues (GPUpdate.net)
     
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    #205 Steve, Feb 21, 2012
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    #206 Minidave, Feb 21, 2012
    Wow, the Merc is a good looking car!

    They all have ridiculously complicated front wings, but that aside, the car looks good. Experience says that cars that look right usually are......
     
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    #208 Zapski, Feb 22, 2012
    PRETTY!:blush2::crazy::drool
     
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    #209 Steve, Feb 25, 2012
    We can all breathe easy now, HRT finally passed all the tests. Whew! :rolleyes:

    HRT passes all Formula 1 crash tests but Barcelona presence not certain (AUTOSPORT.com)
     
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    #210 Minidave, Feb 25, 2012
    Ok, so LAST place on the grid each race has finally been determined.....:devil:
     
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    #211 Steve, Feb 26, 2012
    My kind of commercial :Thumbsup: minus that last bit.....

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ60HtT4JI8]Sky Sports F1[/ame]
     
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    #212 Steve, Feb 27, 2012
    That last line haunts every team on the grid other than Red Bull.

    Williams admits Newey exit 'a mistake' (crash.net)
     
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    #213 Zapski, Feb 27, 2012
    Video not available :(
     
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    #214 Steve, Feb 29, 2012
    Rubens makes it official...almost:

    Barrichello To Join IndyCar Series (auto-racing.speedtv.com)
     
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    #215 Steve, Mar 1, 2012
    Some have noted Red Bull's nose break vent is pretty small.

    I'm wondering though, isn't the opening for that vent on the removable nose side of the break? Seems like one nose assembly might allow more or less of an opening than the next...like it might be somewhat variable, though only adjustable in such a way off track / in the pits.

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    #216 Zapski, Mar 1, 2012
    I don't think all the beaks have the vent in that spot. Looking back at the photos of the Merc and Marussia, it seems they have the vents elsewhere. The Merc looks like it has the vent right at the very tip, and I'm not sure where the Marussia has theirs fitted. Makes it kind of hard to gauge comparative sizes, imo.

    Though I agree, it looks very much like a beak-swap could change the aperture quickly.
     
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    #218 Steve, Mar 3, 2012
    Red Bull arrived at Barcelona today with an update...I think I know where the new bits are bolted on...

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    #220 Nathan, Mar 4, 2012
    Frank Williams - A life in Formula 1

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcPCPID_x2Y]BBC Formula 1 2012 - A life in Formula 1 - Frank Williams - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #221 Steve, Mar 4, 2012
    There's a man who's passionate about what he does.

    Funny how he says "it was more worrying and hard work than it was enjoyable" the year they won their first championship. I'm sure he enjoyed winning it. :Thumbsup:

    I figure he means he'd been in it for the outright fun of the racing itself until that year when they knew they had the potential and the fun was replaced by the pursuit of the championship which brought overwhelming pressure to get absolutely everything right all the time.
     
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