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Old 04-01-2011, 03:21 PM
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Winter testing bans...
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You setup a covert shop in someplace that doesn't care about F1 but has a lot of small club tracks (USA). Ship a car in pieces. Reassemble it in your covert race shop. And, then test it on this small club track.
You have just gotten around the test ban.
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I love your avatar al!
Do they really do that?
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The avatar is just for April Fool's Day
I don't think they would risk doing as I suggest.
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Does anyone know why Jonathan Legard is no longer commentating?
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Does anyone know why Jonathan Legard is no longer commentating?
I think the answer is here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Legard
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Originally Posted by bse50
I love your avatar al!
Do they really do that?
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The avatar is just for April Fool's Day
I don't think they would risk doing as I suggest.
BTW, I didn't mean that as a joke. That is what I would do if I wanted to get around a ban.
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I got it, thanks
I just hoped they were smart enough to do it!
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I think Martin Brundle and David Coulthard works pretty well as a commenting duo. They are both ex-F1 drivers and know the mindset of those guys on the racetrack. I am somewhat picky when it comes to F1 commentators and I didn't quite like the style of Mr. Legard. Believe it or not, Mr. Legard has a facebook fan page that wishes for him to be dead/seriously hurt. I don't hate him THAT much, but I don't miss him either.
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Martin Brundle got the nic-name "Billy Bob" as a sign of respect from the NASCAR drivers in the old Race of Champions series. He would be right up in the draft mixing it up with them while they were racing on the high bank track.
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For some reason, I always felt LEgard has that... Horse racing commenting style.
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Unfortunately it doesn't really answer it. It just says he is no longer commentating and is now on a radio show and commentating on football.

Oh well. We may never know.
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It actually says that he is married and with children...
This means the wife grew sick of him travelling around the globe to follow the circus and forced him to move to a national sport

Or he simply sucked and got fired, i don't know.
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probably latter...
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Lauda savages 'crazy' DRS idea

Formula One great Niki Lauda has hit out at the introduction of DRS, claiming overtaking should be left to the talent of the drivers alone.

The Drag Reduction System was launched at the opening race of the season in Melbourne last week, but it was an underwhelming start with teams critical of the overtaking zone. FIA race director Charlie Whiting has said that the governing body will analyse the effectiveness of DRS after the Chinese Grand Prix.

Lauda feels the FIA should go a step further than a review and scrap the ideal altogether.

"The wing is the most stupid idea," the three-time world champion told Sport1. "Overtaking should be done by the drivers themselves and decided by them and not by the FIA with green lights in the cockpit telling them to fold their wings down or up.

"I would never have introduced this. It is certainly the most crazy idea ever invented."
Taken from http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/44884.html

I agree, the driver should be the solely in control of the car once the race starts. Not the FIA or anyone else.
What is eliminating passing? It's tire wear and it's associated debris (eg. marbles) left behind.
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http://www.formula1.com/video/?uid=2011032701R
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Nice rundown of the Australian GP in less than 3 min.
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Man tattoos Michael Schumacher's entire history on his back

http://ca.jalopnik.com/5789782/man-t...ry-on-his-back

People have done crazy things because they love F1 champ Michael Schumacher so much, including giving him an entire island in Dubai. But does the gift of land top the gift of insane human disfigurement?

This fan at the Champions League soccer quarterfinals was spotted with one hell of a back tattoo. That's not a tramp stamp. That's a Schumi stamp.

Though everyone around him is clothes, he proudly displays his awesome inked tribute to the living legend by refusing to wear a shirt. Unfortunately, it means we can't see the tribute to Whitney Houston's musical career on his buttocks.
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Former F1 Champ Testing Well in NASCAR With Busch
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Kimi Raikkonen (KIM-ee RYE-kuh-nen) is testing well in NASCAR as the former Formula One world champion prepares for his debut in a truck owned by Kyle Busch.

After testing for two days at Gresham Motorsports Park in Georgia this week, Raikkonen was at Rockingham, N.C., on Thursday for more laps in the truck.

Busch says the test went well in Georgia, and that Raikkonen was good again at Rockingham.

The Finn will make his NASCAR debut on May 20 driving a Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra in the Trucks Series race at Charlotte, N.C.

Busch says the former Formula One champion is also interested in running Sprint Cup and Nationwide races, which is something that will be re-evaluated after his truck debut.
http://sports.myway.com/news/04072011/v6287.html
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Former F1 Champ Testing Well in NASCAR With Busch
http://sports.myway.com/news/04072011/v6287.html
Excuse me while I go find a bucket to barf in.
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the helll..... the bulls are like 1.5 secs faster again? let's wait for p2 and p3
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P2 isn't looking any better ATM.
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me thinks bulls are sandbagging
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F ME. oh well Hamilton starting in second is fine with me. Hope he over takes vet at the start.
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@#(%*&^@(*#&$ P2 for Lewis Hamilton, same order front 2 rows just like the last race. Now let's hope Button don't do anything stupid this time. damnnn... that was an epic fight...

how... could they split 4 cars by 0.4 seconds, completely ****** blows my mind lol


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