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    #76 Steve, Dec 20, 2012
    Here's a bizarre season's greetings video from Nico Rosberg. Fans of Nico may want to not watch...

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4vvmA4_ER8]Nico Rosberg season´s greetings 2012: bull riding - Weihnachtsgrüße - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #78 Stinker, Dec 20, 2012
    I bet he stays on longer. After all he is the Stig!
     
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    #79 Nathan, Dec 20, 2012
    OK, that was bizzare
     
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    #80 Steve, Dec 21, 2012
    When I saw this headline I thought I'd missed some happy news, like Bernie retiring or being canned.

    Montezemolo - What Comes After Ecclestone Era? (speedtv.com)
     
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    #81 Steve, Dec 24, 2012
    'German Grand Prix remains at Nürburgring' (GPUpdate.net)
     
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    #82 Steve, Dec 27, 2012
    Construction of the circuit for the 2014 Russian GP is running according to schedule, apparently.

    Given the course isn't fully paved yet the track is obviously electronically superimposed in the pic, but at least you can clearly see the layout among the Olympic venues (also still under construction).

    [​IMG]

    Sochi circuit making good progress, say organisers (ESPNf1.com)
     
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    #83 Minidave, Dec 27, 2012
    That horshoe bend is interesting, I don't think there's another like that on any other F1 circuit, is there?

    Hence the "Omega" name I guess..... Ω

    lots of 90* corners too......
     
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    #84 Angib, Dec 28, 2012
    [​IMG]

    The omega-shaped curve at the Sachsenring in Saxony, Germany is even called the Omega Kurve (though Castrol get their name in it on the map above) - but that is only used by Moto GP for bike racing and not by F1.
     
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    #85 mrntd, Dec 28, 2012
    On one hand I hate the boring flat Tilke designs, COTA the exception, but with a flat design the fans can see more of the track from one location or seat. I don't imagine you see a lot of the track at Spa without walking around. But I would love to drive it.
     
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    #86 Steve, Dec 28, 2012
    Raikkonen backs DRS move (Crash.net)
     
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    #87 goaljnky, Dec 29, 2012
    Looks very much a street course. 3.637 miles with barely a straight. Some elevation changes would have been nice, but otherwise I wouldn't mind driving it. Looks like there will be plenty of visual markers for the drivers to hit their braking zones.

    Hope they will get some out of the country course workers. Otherwise them crazy drunk Russians will wave nothing but red flags. :D Wonder if I have any family left there I can stay with. Anyone think they'd be happy to find a long lost cousin, uncle, nephew?
     
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    #88 Steve, Dec 30, 2012
    Bernie Ecclestone admits action by German courts could end F1 reign (AutoSport.com)
     
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    #89 Crashton, Dec 30, 2012
    I'd have to say Bernie in clink would be the best thing that could happen for F1. That being said I believe he'd still run it from behind bars.
     
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    #90 minimark, Dec 30, 2012
    Given that another fascist doesn't merely replace him and Bernie's time at F1 is truly coming to a close, no tear will be shed from this fan....:beer
     
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    #91 Angib, Dec 30, 2012
    Bernie has been very good at his job - if F1 were still run by a committee of blazer-wearing amateurs in Paris, this discussion wouldn't be taking place.

    But like lots of successful individuals through the ages, identifying and training up a successor seems to be a bit of a blind spot.
     
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    #93 minimark, Dec 30, 2012
    Bingo and thusly me thinks the future of F1 will ultimately be brighter without such a peckerhead at the wheel..:screwy:
     
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    #95 minimark, Dec 30, 2012
    True from the way (dare I say it) Senna was treated, things weren't much better before Bernie.... But tis human nature to dislike Bernie and all little tyrannts like him......lol:rolleyes:
     
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    #97 goaljnky, Dec 30, 2012
    Give it to the France family of NASCRAP?
     
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    #98 Steve, Dec 30, 2012
    I'll make a slight adjustment here. I'm sure Bernie does care, but I'd guess these days it's because it affects the bottom line rather than because he loves F1. I don't think it's always been that way though. Remember, he was once involved in the sporting side. He tried as a driver -- that didn't work out -- and eventually owned and ran the Brabham F1 team.

    I don't know the origin of his money-grubbing ways but I don't think $$$ was always the motive. In fact, he spent a number of years as a team owner campaigning for team ownership of the series.

    However, at this point he basically works with or for CVC Capital Partners. This is a group of bankers. There may be individuals on that board who personally are fans of F1 but the board as a whole are only interested in making as much money as Bernie can arrange.

    Bernie is the perfect puppet for CVC, at every turn he comes up with another way to pad their collective pockets. There's the problem. Bernie is the poster boy of money grubbers but though he may be the head (or figurehead?) of the beast, CVC is ultimately in control and their motives are perfectly clear. F1 is a money making venture for them and as long as it's "appealing" to the "right" people (those with money to burn), in CVC's eyes it's healthy and on the right path.

    If CVC decide to get rid of Bernie, CVC will choose a successor. Let that soak in.

    Will they choose someone with the best interests of F1 at heart? They don't want to lose money, so yes...sort of. Bernie's successor will know who must be kept happy.

    Ok now I've depressed myself, but I still have hope that someone a bit less megalomaniacal in the same position will make better decisions based on at least slightly better motives. :fingerscrossed:
     
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