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Jul 4, 2007 21:06:18 GMT
Post by Genghis on Jul 4, 2007 21:06:18 GMT
As for the former British Champion, I didn't realise you disliked Neil Evitts so much?? All the best Rob It still amazes me that Neil Evitts ever became British champion. Didn't he win it in consecutive years in the mid-1980s? No, only once in 1986. It was the same season he reached the World Final and did quite well. Neil Evitts nearly started a riot at Oxford once, when he caused two or three re-runs in the same race, and sent both Jens Rasmussen and Marvyn Cox sprawling. All the best Rob
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Jul 4, 2007 21:09:40 GMT
Post by admin on Jul 4, 2007 21:09:40 GMT
That's right - dedicated his win to the, by then, late Kenny Carter. Carter was his team mate at Bradford and had won the British title in 1984 and 1985.
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Jul 4, 2007 21:14:32 GMT
Post by Genghis on Jul 4, 2007 21:14:32 GMT
That's right - dedicated his win to the, by then, late Kenny Carter. Carter was his team mate at Bradford and had won the British title in 1984 and 1985. Indeed. Halfway through reading the book about the murdering scumbag at the moment. He had a difficult life, but there's still NO justification for leaving his kids without parents. All the best Rob
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Jul 5, 2007 21:18:54 GMT
Post by Genghis on Jul 5, 2007 21:18:54 GMT
What's the latest on the evil, dispicable Ferrari team's lastest scheme to win the F1 championship off the track.
All the best Rob
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Jul 5, 2007 21:24:56 GMT
Post by schumi on Jul 5, 2007 21:24:56 GMT
I didn't realise it's actually this year they are talking about. Bernie has said there's no way Lewis will lose any points. McLaren may, but not Lewis. Anyway, it's Silverstone this weekend and I'm sure they will get that out of the way before revealing any more details. I really should get on to starting a thread...
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Jul 5, 2007 21:43:37 GMT
Post by donsking on Jul 5, 2007 21:43:37 GMT
I didn't realise it's actually this year they are talking about. Bernie has said there's no way Lewis will lose any points. McLaren may, but not Lewis. Anyway, it's Silverstone this weekend and I'm sure they will get that out of the way before revealing any more details. I really should get on to starting a thread... That seems the most sensible idea, I've never understood why drivers get penalised for the actions of their teams, in the end they're employees and you do what the boss tells you, unless you want the sack. I will be interested to see the outcome of this, my feeling is that Ferrari are culpable and should suffer the same penalty as McLaren; they obviously have internal security issues and if they can't take the trouble to adequately protect their research, then they shouldn't be too surprised if somebody else gets wind of it.
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Jul 6, 2007 7:07:01 GMT
Post by schumi on Jul 6, 2007 7:07:01 GMT
Ferrari have said it was a third party outside the sport who tipped them off, but, as suspected, there will be no statement issued all the time the police enquiry is ongoing.
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Jul 6, 2007 17:11:16 GMT
Post by schumi on Jul 6, 2007 17:11:16 GMT
A third team is involved in the on-going Stepneygate espionage saga according to McLaren team boss Ron Dennis. The espionage scandal gathered force earlier this week when it was alleged that Ferrari's Nigel Stepney had passed Ferrari's trade secrets on to McLaren's chief designer Mike Coughlan. Stepney was sacked by Ferrari, while McLaren suspended Coughlan. However, the crisis looks set to deepen even further after Dennis revealed during to the press at Silverstone that a third team is believed to be involved in the saga. "The team principals involved all met each other this morning, and it was enlightening," the McLaren team boss said. "In the next 48 hours, there will definitely be more information available to the public, and I can say with absolute certainty that we will be completely vindicated." Dennis also revealed that he'd already spoken with Ferrari's team boss Jean Todt about the matter as well as the FIA. The McLaren team boss has even handed over drawings and blueprints of McLaren's MP4-22 for the FIA to examine in order to clear his team of any wrong doing. From www.planetf1.comI wonder if it's Renault? Now that would realy put the cat among the pigeons. Edit: It's Honda
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Jul 7, 2007 23:45:39 GMT
Post by admin on Jul 7, 2007 23:45:39 GMT
I understand the Independent on Sunday will be carrying an interview with Nigel Stepney tomorrow.
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Jul 9, 2007 12:50:49 GMT
Post by schumi on Jul 9, 2007 12:50:49 GMT
Things have taken a disturbing turn now. How can these people justify taking this out on a one year old girl and his innocent grilfriend? It makes me so angry. Nigel Stepney has been forced to flee Italy in the wake of the Stepneygate scandal that has rocked the F1 fraternity. Stepney is at the heart of the saga, after being sacked by Ferrari for allegedly passing on the team's secrets to McLaren's chief designer Mike Coughlan. In the latest installment in the crisis, Stepney, who has pleaded his innocence from the very start, has revealed he's had to leave Italy, fearing for his safety as well as that of his girlfriend Ash and their one-year-old daughter. According to the Englishman, not only have men in cars chased him but tracking devices have also been placed on his car while unknown parties have "stalked" Ash. "There have been high-speed car chases," he told The Observer. "We've been followed by more than one car, with Italian plates, and when we cornered one of them last Thursday evening the men in it refused to speak. I don't believe they were journalists. "Ash has been stalked at the house. There was tracking gear on my car. Someone was going to get hurt. I had no option but to get out of Italy." From: www.planetf1.com
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Jul 9, 2007 15:52:08 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2007 15:52:08 GMT
"There have been high-speed car chases," he told The Observer. "We've been followed by more than one car, with Italian plates, and when we cornered one of them last Thursday evening the men in it refused to speak. I don't believe they were journalists. It sounds like tabloid sensationalism more than anything, and he's no doubt playing-up to it/imagining it to generate the sympathy vote. The whole thing sounds like an employee having some grievance with his employer (imagined or real), trying to get back at them somehow, and then spinning a yarn to mitigate his situation when caught.
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Jul 10, 2007 21:55:15 GMT
Post by schumi on Jul 10, 2007 21:55:15 GMT
Today's news is that Albers and Spyker have parted company in what appears to be a financial move.
And the British media (specifically The Times and The Guardian) are showing signs of discontent at Lewis' home performance. Hardly justified, in my opinion.
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Jul 10, 2007 22:05:02 GMT
Post by donsking on Jul 10, 2007 22:05:02 GMT
Today's news is that Albers and Spyker have parted company in what appears to be a financial move. And the British media (specifically The Times and The Guardian) are showing signs of discontent at Lewis' home performance. Hardly justified, in my opinion. Not really any great surprise though is it? If there's one thing the British press are expert at, it's putting someone on a pedestal and then throwing rocks at them. To be honest, it's a wonder to me that any Brits ever want to be successful in sport; having completed the obstacle course of no facilities, no financial support and no backing from anyone worth a damn, when you do get anywhere the near the top, the media will invariably spot any slight chink in your armour and poke a dagger through it.
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Jul 13, 2007 11:23:59 GMT
Post by schumi on Jul 13, 2007 11:23:59 GMT
Fernando Alonso has been accused of playing dirty by deliberately confusing Lewis Hamilton over set-up. In an intriguing twist to the in-house McLaren battle for the World Championship, it is suggested that Alonso has adopted a policy of go-slow on Fridays in order to effectively sabotage his team-mate's prospects of victory. Since being promoted to the role of race driver at McLaren, the British rookie has made no secret of his tendency to copy Fernando's set-up, but, it is alleged, he has now been sent down a dead-end by the cunning Spaniard. Full story on www.planetf1.com
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Jul 13, 2007 13:21:59 GMT
Post by schumi on Jul 13, 2007 13:21:59 GMT
This is the first chance I've had to catch up with the news and it seems there's been a fair bit of it, so bear with me. Indianapolis has lost its GP which is coming as a shock to a few on the BSF but we talked about it here ages ago. They should get Weird if they want to know the news before it happens. Seems McLaren are dominating the news this week. Their statement in reaction to Stepneygate was as follows: "McLaren is extremely disappointed to note that it has been asked by the FIA to answer a charge of being in possession of certain documents and confidential information belonging to Ferrari.
"Whilst McLaren wishes to continue its full co-operation with any investigation into this matter, it does wish to make it very clear that the documents and confidential information were only in the possession of one currently suspended employee on an unauthorised basis and no element of it has been used in relation to McLaren's Formula One cars." McLaren have been asked to answer the following charge: 'The team representatives have been called to answer a charge that between March and July 2007, in breach of Article 151c of the international sporting code, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes had unauthorised possession of documents and confidential information belonging to Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, including information that could be used to design, engineer, build, check, test, develop and/or run a 2007 Ferrari formula one car.' Now it seems there is some discrepancy between the dates. They claim that Mike Coughlan 'personally received a package of technical information from a Ferrari employee at the end of April.' The discrepancy suggests that the FIA suspect that there could have been a series of handovers, in which case McLaren will have to prove their car was uninfluenced by the illegal information in Coughlan's possession since the start of the season, rather than merely between the two grands prix at the start of April. From: www.planetf1.comNow we wait for the verdict. Worse case scenario for McLaren is that they could be expelled from the championship. Bernie claims Lewis won't be affected, but I fail to see how that will work. Time will tell.
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