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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2008 1:33:21 GMT
And this comes from someone who finds, of all sports, rugby exciting. Give me good old F1 over a bunch of toffee-nosed snobs lobbing around an egg-shaped ball anyday. I agree with Paulco - F1, despite all its annoyances and sometimes processional races, remains a compelling spectatle. Firstly never mind Genghis, England DID come second against Wales so they didn't do that badly! And F1's a compelling spectatle is it? ;D
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Post by Genghis on Mar 22, 2008 10:49:19 GMT
And this comes from someone who finds, of all sports, rugby exciting. Give me good old F1 over a bunch of toffee-nosed snobs lobbing around an egg-shaped ball anyday. I agree with Paulco - F1, despite all its annoyances and sometimes processional races, remains a compelling spectatle. Firstly never mind Genghis, England DID come second against Wales so they didn't do that badly! And F1's a compelling spectatle is it? ;D Subedei will be happy. He's broken as Forum Spellchecker, but it now seems that Bryn is applying for the job. As for the entertainment value provided by Rugby and F1, there really is no comparison. I can rarely watch a whole rugby match (around about the time of boring scrum after boring scrum, I have to find something more interesting to do) while F1 has me hooked for a couple of hours. Anyone sport than involves racing as better than a ball sport. The only decent sport with balls is the tactical mindfest that is professional snooker.
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Post by jimblanchard on Mar 22, 2008 16:52:21 GMT
Methinks, the pair of you should get into MotoGP, World or British Superbikes. There is more overtaking in those in one meeting than a whole season of F1. Though I would add that they actually use motorbikes - strangely enough. Also, its very rare to have a 'from the gate' win and the fans tend not to 'diss' the riders for not trying hard enough or cheer when they happen to crash. Though, F1 tends to be about strategy and over taking from pit stops these days, 'uneventful' it could never be accused of.
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Post by schumi on Apr 25, 2008 20:02:09 GMT
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Post by schumi on May 6, 2008 9:56:35 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2008 6:48:16 GMT
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Post by schumi on Jun 18, 2008 7:57:57 GMT
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7460530.stmToo much pressure on Lewis? Meanwhile, Villeneuve has admitted he'd love to return to F1, and Bernie thinks Kubica would "blow away Hamilton" in a better car. I'm inclined to agree, although I think he's underestimating BMW. They have to be the most improved manufacturer on the grid.
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Post by Genghis on Jun 18, 2008 11:55:58 GMT
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7460530.stmToo much pressure on Lewis? Meanwhile, Villeneuve has admitted he'd love to return to F1, and Bernie thinks Kubica would "blow away Hamilton" in a better car. I'm inclined to agree, although I think he's underestimating BMW. They have to be the most improved manufacturer on the grid. The real test for Kubica will be if he finds himself paired with the Spanish flapperjack next season. Or maybe later this season if he's still in the championship hunt - then we'll see what he's like under pressure. And Hamilton's second F1 season was always destined to be a difficult one - expectations were sky high. But apart from that silly moment in Canada, he's done OK. And his drive in Monaco was pretty outstanding. No rumours of a Montoya F1 comeback, then Schumi?
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Post by Genghis on Jun 24, 2008 17:28:31 GMT
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Post by schumi on Jun 25, 2008 13:46:45 GMT
Surely you don't believe that, genghis?
France to stay (from planetf1:)
The French Grand Prix is set to remain on the Formula One calendar after the French Motor Sports Federation (FFSA) confirmed they made an application for France to host a round in next year's Championship.
The FFSA are responsible for organising the event and their contract run until 2011. However, the future of the race was thrown into doubt due to the poor location of the Magny-Cours circuit.
But FFSA President Nicolas Deschaux said in a statement: "I've anticipated the decision of the FFSA General Assembly by confirming the entry of the French Grand Prix on the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship calendar.
"Of course the (FFSA) general assembly, which will meet tomorrow, Thursday, will have to confirm this decision and also determine the future of the French Grand Prix from 2010 onwards."
But no USA GP:
The United States Grand Prix will not make a comeback next year and Abu Dhabi will host its first. These are the two major revelations from the FIA's provisional calendar for 2009.
The season, which will consist of 19 races, will once again start in Australia in March and will draw to a conclusion in Abu Dhabi in November.
Other changes see the British Grand Prix switch to June while the Turkish Grand Prix moves from May to August.
Provisional 2009 calendar:
29 March - Australia 5 April - Malaysia 19 April - Bahrain 10 May - Spain 24 May - Monaco 7 June - Canada 21 June - Great Britain 28 June - France 12 July - Germany 26 July - Hungary 9 August - Turkey 23 August - Europe (Valencia) 6 September - Italy 13 September- Belgium 27 September - Singapore 11 October - Japan 18 October - China 1 November - Brazil 15 November - Abu Dhabi
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Post by Genghis on Jun 25, 2008 17:07:40 GMT
Surely you don't believe that, genghis? Well, Lewis's penalty during the French GP was extremely harsh - it does make you wonder. I did wonder if that's why you had changed your name from Schumi. That you'd seen the light, seen the blatant bias towards Ferrari, and decided to renounce both the red cars and their former driver. But now Schumi is back, so I guess not.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2008 18:55:58 GMT
The FFSA are responsible for organising the event and their contract run until 2011. However, the future of the race was thrown into doubt due to the poor location of the Magny-Cours circuit. I suspect Ecclestone was just trying to exert pressure on them to move the race. I imagine if the French insist on enforcing their contract, there's nothing much His Bernieship can do. The season, which will consist of 19 races So much for keeping a maximum number of GPs then, now that money has spoken in the UAE.
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Post by schumi on Jun 25, 2008 19:40:50 GMT
Surely you don't believe that, genghis? Well, Lewis's penalty during the French GP was extremely harsh - it does make you wonder. From planetf1: Heikki Kovalainen has dismissed suggestions that McLaren are being victimised by the FIA.
Kovalainen and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton have struggled to get going in the past few races after being hit with a spate of penalties.
Both the McLaren drivers received grid penalties at the French Grand Prix while Hamilton was also punished with a drive-through penalty.
The Finn, though, believes they are receiving penalties for the right reasons.
"I don't think it's too many penalties," he told Autosport. "We get a penalty whenever we do something wrong.
"And I don't think we should read into it too much. We need to make sure we don't make mistakes and then we won't receive any penalties. I don't think there are more penalties for McLaren than for others.
"I think we have made some mistakes, I have made some mistakes and we need to make sure we won't do them again, and then it will be fine."
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Post by Genghis on Jun 26, 2008 6:50:31 GMT
Provisional 2009 calendar: 10 May - Spain 23 August - Europe (Valencia) How come Spain get two GPs? That must have required a great deal of sucking up and lining "Sir" Bernie's pockets.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2008 8:28:08 GMT
How come Spain get two GPs? Isn't the European GP some sort of wildcard GP that can be awarded to trial new tracks? Specifically to see whether they can pay enough money to Bernie. It could be worse, doesn't Spain have three races in the MotoGP calendar?
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