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  1. b27

    b27 F1 World Champ

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    Thankyou lads. :):)
     
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    another great drive by webber ,but he wasn't even close to his teammate .........................better race by Ferrari ,hopefully they will keep improving
     
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    lol...*shakes head*
     
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    SPEEDCORE Four Time F1 World Champ

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    sounds like someone only watched the highlights :p
     
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    When former world champion Jackie Stewart agreed to take part in some demonstration laps of his Matra MS80 on race morning at Silverstone, he probably had no idea what a can of worms he was opening.

    Stewart was handed the chance to drive the car so Silverstone could celebrate the 40th anniversary of his famous battle with Jochen Rindt at the track.

    Keen to make the demonstration as authentic as possible, Stewart wanted to get his hands on some original type overalls for when he got back behind the wheel.

    But when he enquired about some old overalls that were at his house, he found out that his wife Helen had thrown all of his remaining ones out several years ago - after finding a suitcase full of musty driving suits down in a basement.

    Stewart's mild annoyance at the departed overalls was made slightly worse when he found out that similar overalls were fetching around £30,000 on eBay... and he had lost more than 10 of them!
     
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    does this mean Adelaide gets a GP (of sorts) back with the big teams..........who will wanna go to Melb to watch Minardi?
     
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    Have wondered about that.
    Not if Bernie E has anything to say about it, is my first thought.
    Certainly Adelaide made much more sense from every perspective except finding money to feed CVC's voracious, leveraged appetite.
     
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    Ahead of the next Grand Prix outing, Hamilton will be in action at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Sunday 5th July where he will be behind the wheel of the stunning Honda-powered MP4/4 that took Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost to 15 wins from 16 starts in 1988.
     
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    Stefano Domenicali has blamed development money wasted on KERS as the reason for Ferrari’s competitive struggle in 2009.

    Other big teams, including McLaren, have also blamed their current struggles on having focused for too long on the 2008 title, rather than on the sweeping new rules for this season.

    But Ferrari boss Domenicali said crucial funds amounting to ‘millions of Euros’ was thrown out the window on expensive KERS technology that he now believes was a ‘flop’ for the sport.

    "A lot of money was spent without the desired effect. Let me put it this way: if it had been spent instead on the car, Ferrari would now be just as fast as this Red Bull," he insisted after the British Grand Prix.



    At Silverstone, Ferrari's Maranello built cars were the only ones featuring the energy re-use technology, after McLaren, BMW and Renault recently abandoned the approach.

    Asked if KERS was a failure for F1, Domenicali answered: "That is something easily said, but it is true.

    "For passenger cars, KERS is the future, but in Formula One we are in a different environment. For us there are too many compromises: ultimately, it is all about the speed of our cars."

    Source: GMM
    © CAPSIS International
     
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    and what happened to Senna?
     
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    All his/hers posts are now "."

    was him/her mpmp/bestia/asio/watever???
     
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    fixed
     
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    that tosser is still online...........................wtf
     
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    You must be proficient at this game by now. :)
     
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    my boy loves that game :)
     
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    Following today's World Motor Sport Council meeting held in Paris, FIA President Max Mosley stated that an agreement has been reached with the FOTA alliance, thereby putting an end to the rebel teams' plans to set up a breakaway series next year.

    "There will be no split," Mosley announced. "We have agreed to a reduction of costs."

    Mosley did not divulge any details on the agreement, but declared: "There will be one F1 championship but the objective is to get back to the spending levels of the early 1990s within two years."

    It is understood that the FIA will publish its definite list of entrants in the 2010 championship later today.

    The Briton, who claimed to be strongly considering a new mandate as FIA President because he believes the FOTA alliance actively sought to attack his authority, today announced that he will not seek another term as FIA President this autumn.

    "I will not be up for re-election now we have peace," he said.



    The eight Formula One Teams Association members were demanding a higher budget cap and a right to participation in the sport's governance, in addition to obtaining a greater share of Formula One's revenue from the commercial rights holder represented by Bernie Ecclestone.

    Before the WMSC meeting took place, several FOTA sources said they expected nothing would come about to change their plans, with Renault team boss Flavio Briatore even indicating that they had no interest in hearing what Mosley had to say.

    In seems however that Mosley participated in several meetings with Ferrari President and FOTA chairman Luca di Montezemolo, meetings which lasted into the night and then resumed early this morning ahead of the WMSC gathering.

    Polls show that the planned FOTA breakaway series, which would have featured all of F1's manufacturer teams in addition to the Brawn GP, Red Bull and Toro Rosso operations, is enjoying wide public support.

    Daniel BASTIEN
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    /does a dance!

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    The next President can change the rules :p :eek:
     
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    All makes perfect sense:-

    Peace in F1: the first details
    Compromises in rebel teams' favour

    No one lost F1 war, Mosley insists
    Sport needs to be ''relaunched'' says di Montezemolo

    Ferrari claims rebel teams' victory
    FOTA wins the F1 war

    Mosley admits Todt possible for FIA Presidency
    Former Ferrari Team Principal one likely candidate
     

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