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  1. Minidave

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    #1147 Minidave, Sep 11, 2013
    So, 5 teams had serious financial trouble this year, one won't get any TV money for finishing outside the top ten, and next year they're all expected to field an all new car with an all new engine and a completely different and more expensive KERS system......plus the engines and transmissions have to last longer than they did this year.

    Sauber
    Force India
    Caterham
    Marusia
    Williams
    Lotus

    Will any of them survive to be on track next year, or will we be down to the current top runners...Reds Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes and Toro Rosso because of Deiter Madeashitzloadofmoney?
     
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    #1150 minirab, Sep 12, 2013
    I didn't know about Braun but that sure wouldn't hurt, he certainly has a

    track record over the years.
     
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    #1151 Minidave, Sep 12, 2013
    I think Braun becoming part of Williams is a done deal.....makes sense too that he would wind up somewhere else, given the way Mercedes has been shouldering their way into "his" team this year. I figured it was only a matter of time, and I'm actually surprised he stayed for this whole season.

    That said, I wonder if he'll have any influence on who they have as drivers next year - if he has a favorite who might follow him to Williams?
     
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    #1152 Steve, Sep 12, 2013
    Interesting article over at MotorSport on Kimi's return and the history of drivers who returned to Ferrari, etc.

    Here's a snip:

    Räikkönen’s second stint at Ferrari

    Full article here.
     
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    #1153 Nathan, Sep 13, 2013
    Say goodbye to the Singapore Sling

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    Singapore’s F1 circuit will be a second per lap faster now the chicane has been removed, Fernando Alonso reckons.
     
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    #1154 Stinker, Sep 13, 2013
    Was a preview of "Rush" last night. If you think this a true story about the '76 season sorry. Its a movie of the events from that year and a little about how Hunt and Lauda meet in F-3. They are not friends in the movie, as they were in real life. Hollywood!
     
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    #1158 Nathan, Sep 16, 2013
    So who do we like for Lotus now?

    Massa or Hulkenberg?
     
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    #1160 Crashton, Sep 16, 2013
    I think Hulkenberg has that fire burning in him to succeed. From my perspective that fire burned out long ago in Massa.
     
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    #1162 Nathan, Sep 16, 2013
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    #1163 Nathan, Sep 16, 2013
    Kimi's move has a bunch of other folks moving around too. People we don't normally hear about.

    Ferrari’s head of aerodynamics for the last four years, Nicolas Hennel de Beaupreau, is leaving Maranello and is expected to return to Lotus, where he worked previously. His place in Italy will be taken by South African Dirk de Beer, who has been leading the aero team at Lotus in recent year, after joining the team from Sauber.
     
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    #1164 Minidave, Sep 16, 2013
    Doesn't Andretti have a team entered in Formula E?

    I guess if he can't win as a driver in F1, maybe he can win as an owner......wonder who he would want as his driver?
     
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    #1165 mrntd, Sep 16, 2013
    Well Marco of course. It's the only way he would ever get an F1 drive.
     
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    #1171 Crashton, Sep 17, 2013
    I don't think his team will treat him any different They are hoping he can snatch a few points in the rest of the season. Can't see him taking any points away from Fernando.
     
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    #1173 Nathan, Sep 18, 2013
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI7B86rAR5Y]Is Fernando really faster than you? Felipe: No! - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #1175 Z06_Pilot, Sep 22, 2013
    Hey Nathan,

    Can you explain? i would like to know what this is all about.

    thanks.
     
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    #1176 Nathan, Sep 23, 2013
    Qualifying not shown live, not even shown at a time when most people are awake. It was moved to 1:00 AM with the race starting a mere 7 hours later at 8:00 AM.

    Instead we had English Premiere League Football
     
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    #1178 Zapski, Sep 23, 2013
    First race in a long time I turned off.


    I think the rest of this season is pretty much going to be the same, alas.
     
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    #1182 minimark, Sep 23, 2013
    Give us fans a break, in all sports there is a thing called "a no call," which is what the Barney Fife's of FIA should have exercised....

    It was a great show of sportsmanship and a humanizing moment in an otherwise dry and technical race... :cool:
     
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    #1183 Zapski, Sep 23, 2013
    Yep.

    Lotus reprimanded for pit stop safety infringement - F1 Fanatic

     
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    #1187 minimark, Sep 23, 2013
    /\ Agree..that said, did you hear Alonso's comment about making a gamble on strategy because as far as the championship is concerned, second or fifth didn't really matter?


    Side note: Some of the best racing at Singapore was Webber's charge up through the field and to the podium just before his car went..how do they say it.....kaput?!!
     
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