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The Girl On The Billboard to Blame for Lewis Hamilton's Monaco GP Crash?!

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  1. jk0001

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    #1 jk0001, Jun 1, 2009
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/187353-the-girl-on-the-billboard-made-him-do-it

    When I think I’ve heard about every excuse for qualifying bad, leave it to F1 to have a new one. It seems the bad qualifying by last year’s champion Lewis Hamilton was due to an advertising poster depicting American model Jessiqa Pace.

    The Italian winemaker, Martini has Jessiqa as their spokesperson and the billboards were up at different locations around the track in Monaco. Hamilton crashed during qualifying on Friday right below the turn that the billboard stands.

    It seems the F1 teams asked for the billboards to be either taken down or covered up during the race as it was distracting the drivers. If begs as to why didn’t all the drivers crash in front of one of the billboards.

    The way the news release stated that only manly drivers were affected. Therefore, I ask this question, “Since Benjamin Button won the race without difficulty, does this mean Button isn’t interested in women?” I don’t want to be the person that calls him unmanly.

    I’ve heard the announcers tell the audience that F1 drivers are the most attentive of all known racing professionals. If this is the case, how could a billboard break their concentration? Personally this excuse sounds somewhat far-fetched and is sounding more like an excuse for bad performance than anything else.

    The turn where the billboard is located is a notorious location for the spins that happen regularly during the course of the race. So why is the poster blamed for spins there this past week? It is true Jessiqa Pace is a most beautiful woman, but come on guys, the cause of your spins. I could understand a spin if you were tracing her curves, but not during the race. No, I see an excuse and nothing but an excuse


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  2. jknight

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    #2 jknight, Jun 1, 2009
    Ron posted this the day after the race - old news!

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  3. zoRob

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    #3 zoRob, Jun 1, 2009
    Where do you find this made up crap Jim? You will be posting 'news' from sniffpetrol next :D
     
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    #4 jk0001, Jun 1, 2009
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    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...made-him-do-it

    If you can click on the link then you contact the author and express your concern, I'm positive that he would like to hear from you. :D Its interesting that you have the same avatar as SRT-Mike ??
     
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    #5 jk0001, Jun 1, 2009
    Rons post stated that the Billboard distracted some of the drivers, this articial states that Hambone blames the billboard for his crash in qualifying. :D
     
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    #6 Jedi, Jun 1, 2009
    Isn't that also Darth550's new avatar?
     
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    #7 jk0001, Jun 1, 2009
    Must be secret society within Fchat. :D
     
  8. Bas

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    #8 Bas, Jun 1, 2009
    Bull**** statement/made up by press since you can't even see the billboard from where lewis was driving!
     
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    #9 Jedi, Jun 1, 2009
    Or the seed was planted by someone inside Martini to further the impact of the ad :)

    I did find it rather unusual that Bob Varsha on Speed made mention of that stupid sign about
    8 times during the race, and the same during qualifying and practice.... seems the sign has
    a life of its own... wouldn't surprise me if all of it, including the 'distraction article' aren't just
    being fueled by the Martini folks.
     
  10. zoRob

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    #10 zoRob, Jun 1, 2009
    I think it's the new secret Hamilton fan club avatar, feel free to use it yourself :)
     
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    #11 jk0001, Jun 1, 2009
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    Thats ok I'll pass. :D
     
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    #12 jeffashcraft, Jun 1, 2009
    They even had the model speak during the Speed channel's broadcast.....wonder how much they got paid for the 'product placement'.

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    #13 opus10583, Jun 1, 2009
    ..."Benjamin Button"?
     
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    #14 DGS, Jun 1, 2009
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    Poifekt. Martini just signed up Thandie Newton, so Lewis et al might as well just skip Monaco next year. :D

    (If Jessiqa Pace was too hot for 'em, nobody will make it through Thursday practice with Thandie's pix up there. ;))

    ((All sounds like a big Charade to me. :p) erk)
     
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    #15 James_Woods, Jun 2, 2009
    Respectfully, your post is not complete WITHOUT PICTURES. Charade, of course - besides the fact that L. Hamilton would have to have been flying the camera helicopter to actually get a good look at that billboard.
     
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    #16 Drive550PFB, Jun 2, 2009
    Not to hijack the thread, but do you guys really love that Most Interesting Man THAT much--to all use him as your avatar.
     
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    #17 AlexO91, Jun 2, 2009
    Like the film. The writer was using the name from the film (of the same name, Starring Brad Pitt) instead of using Jenson Button's, to try and be funny.
     
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    #18 James_Woods, Jun 2, 2009
    He told them to - and he MUST be obeyed.

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