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Massa Out, Button In!

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  1. Ney

    Ney F1 Veteran Silver Subscribed

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    Ney, Apr 1, 2012
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  2. furmano

    furmano Three Time F1 World Champ

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    Happy April 1st. I'm a fool. :)

    -F
     
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  3. DF1

    DF1 Three Time F1 World Champ

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    LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! April fools!!! Nice one :)
     
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  4. mswiek

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    Check the date, buddy !!!!!
     
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  5. tfazio

    tfazio Formula 3 Rossa Subscribed

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    This has got to be an April fools story.
     
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  6. tifosi12

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    It would have been a lot more believable if they had picked an available driver like e.g. Sutil.

    Button has a realistic chance at the title, so why on earth would he give that up right now?
     
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  7. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    :D

    The *disadvantage* of allowing 30 minutes (?) to edit a post....... ;)

    I was going to post a "check the date" response, but was kinda hoping folk that "got it" may encourage more tom-foolery before coming clean........

    Heard about the new full size Ferrari SUV? Just launched in general ;)

    Cheers,
    Ian
     
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  8. MisterMaranello

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    Wow, the photoshopping is really top-notch!
     
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  9. kraftwerk

    kraftwerk Two Time F1 World Champ

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    There'd be no bigger fool than Button, to do that right now.
     
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  10. Ney

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  11. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    Speaking of Aprils fools - Does anyone remember the fake F1 report Autosport did *many* years back?

    Something like "The GP of the Caribbean" - One of the problems was no single island was big enough, so they built a pontoon bridge between two - JYS (IIRC) was quoted as saying "you've gotta time your qualy run just right as otherwise the tide moves the bridge and turns it into a pretty fast sweeper that gets pretty hairy when wet". :)eek:) EDIT; "Furthermore, depending on the time of day, the bridge sometimes goes left and at others right - You've really gotta pay attention!".......

    They had a circuit diagram, practice times/lap charts, the whole 9 yards. Again, IIRC, the premise was "they" wanted to do a "private" F1 race (it wasn't a championship round) just for fun like in the old days and didn't want to be bothered by fans etc.......

    *Hundreds* of people fell for it and their mailbox was inundated with folk complaining that they'd never heard about it and WTF was Autosport thinking not promoting it ahead of time - They were apologizing for *weeks*!

    :)

    Cheers,
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  12. vinuneuro

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    Face looks like a cross of Jenson and Fernando...creepy.
     
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  13. RP

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    Button would be happy if he really looked like this.
     
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  14. Jack-the-lad

    Jack-the-lad Seven Time F1 World Champ Owner Silver Subscribed

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    Not fooled....

    Why would Button ever leave the great situation he has?

    Now, Massa out/Perez in would have got me going!

    :)
     
    Jack-the-lad, Apr 1, 2012
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  15. Ney

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    I would have used that one, but then I couldn't have linked to the article to make it look official. :).
     
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  16. rmani

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    you had me for a second there.
     
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  17. Tokyo Drftr

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    me too((
     
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  18. Tokyo Drftr

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    A better April Fools prank, would have been Marenello coming out with a news flash, stating Ferrari had finally resolved all their issues with the new car and look to challenge for the constructors.
     
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  19. h2oskier

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