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sleeper 
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 Posted: February 03 2013 at 09:57 |
And now the Red Bull. 
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JJLehto
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Posted: February 03 2013 at 22:48 |
 sleeper wrote:
JJLehto wrote:
Oh! Almost forgot....
What is up with Kubica??
He was making progress I know, but clearly there is no word about an F1 return and seats are limited, though there is still an opening on Force India.
I guess it's quite unlikely to see him in 2013? And very very unlikely he'll start the season :(
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Thanks for reminding me. He's actually doing 10 rounds of the European Rally Championship this year in a Ford Fiesta RRC, which with the dropped score system and if he can get up to speed on gravel he'll be a title contender in. The turn out on Rally Poland this September is going to be insane.
He actually tested a DTM Mercedes last week and was within 0.1s of Gary Paffet, Mercs top driver, it was a good way to get him used to a downforce generating car again whils the still recovers. From what I gather he's lacking in mobility in his right arm still, that could take a long time to recover, so he can't actually drive formula cars at the moment as he has to have his right arm out at an angle whilst driving.
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Damn. Still good news though. Sadly, airing on the side of realistic expectations...his F1 career has a good chance of being over  Though Schumacher had 3 years out and ran as well as his car allowed. If he can make a 2014 return, guess it's possible he can return to old form. He was so good too, he just had to run that rally!
Edited by JJLehto - February 03 2013 at 22:53
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sleeper
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Posted: February 04 2013 at 05:42 |
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If he ever comes back to F1 I reckon it will be 2015, but I'm pretty certain that whatever series he drives in he'll be very successful, he's lost none of his speed in that accident.
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Posted: February 04 2013 at 07:20 |
New Merc, being shaken down this morning at Jerez. Testing stats tomorrow, though we wont see the new Williams until the second test at Barcelona on the 19th. 
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JJLehto
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Posted: February 04 2013 at 16:53 |
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Indeed but man, wanna see him back in the big leagues.
'Nother nice one there. I do have a thing for black/silver/grey.
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Posted: February 04 2013 at 17:51 |
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I've seen another pic of Hamilton in the car, he's swapped out the green stripe on his helmet for the black Monster stripe and logo, it's going to be a bitch telling those two appart this year!
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JJLehto
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Posted: February 04 2013 at 19:32 |
LOL this is bad because I know there are ways to determine...but I get so focused on the race I don't notice those details (or Im just dumb)  When I see a Ferrari spinning I just wait to hear "OH! THAT'S (insert name)" and so on.
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sleeper
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Posted: February 04 2013 at 19:47 |
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^Usually a bad idea, half the time the commentators get it wrong! I'm usually quite good at picking out whos helmet is which, even if I don't know all of them I know at least one driver from each team.
BTW Caterham have signed their second driver, Giedo van der Garde. He's been on the edges of F1 since 2007 and done OK without ever looking like he was worthing putting in an F1 car, but I gather he's got a bit of sponsorship.
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JJLehto
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Posted: February 04 2013 at 21:11 |
The SPEED commentators are pretty solid actually. Pretty quick and usually right, but yeah they have goofed a few times. So many heart attacks man "OH! there goes Alonso/Kimi!" ..... "wait sorry that's Massa/Grosjean" 
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MillsLayne
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Posted: February 05 2013 at 05:17 |
Another shot of RBR:  I don't really understand the purple, but hey, I don't think we'll have any problems spotting 'em this year! Marussia:  Very, VERY bare livery, but I kind of like it.
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Posted: February 05 2013 at 10:59 |
The two cars today, Marussia's first car developed in a wind tunnel (McLarens at that) and I notice that the Caterham is more metallic green than British Racing Green now.   First day of testing. The times don't really mean much at this point, if ever, but it is worth noting that Button had a fuel pump failure this morning after only 3 laps, Rosbergs Mercedes had a wiring loom failure that needs to be modified, putting them out for the day, and Chilton had a suspension failure going into the hairpin where Schumacher and Viellneuve collided in 97. 1. Jenson Button McLaren 1m18.861s 37
2. Mark Webber Red Bull 1m19.709s + 0.848s 73
3. Romain Grosjean Lotus 1m19.796s + 0.935s 54
4. Paul di Resta Force India 1m20.343s + 1.482s 89
5. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1m20.401s + 1.540s 70
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m20.536s + 1.675s 64
7. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 1m20.699s + 1.838s 79
8. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m20.846s + 1.985s 11
9. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1m20.864s + 2.003s 84
10. Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1m21.915s + 3.054s 64
11. Max Chilton Marussia 1m24.176s + 5.315s 29
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Posted: February 05 2013 at 11:00 |
Missed the Torro Rosso. 
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JJLehto
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Posted: February 05 2013 at 13:26 |
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Those are both pretty sweet. I really like the Marussia, and that Caterham is a cool shade of green for sure.
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Posted: February 05 2013 at 16:11 |
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I like the caterham, but that bull on the torro rosso is just silly!
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Posted: February 05 2013 at 16:50 |
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You'd think you'd be used to it after 6 years.
Senna's found a seat, driving a works Aston Martin Vantage in the World Endurance Series and the Sebring 12 Hours. Says he wants to fight for wins again and he's got a good chance of doing it with that car.
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JJLehto
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Posted: February 05 2013 at 17:41 |
I was gunna say....Senna sure wasn't fighting for any wins in F1
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Posted: February 06 2013 at 06:59 |
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Bad start to the year for Mercedes, Hamilton gets 14 laps into his first test with them and rear brake failure puts him in the wall, they're hoping they can fix the car for some afternoon running.
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MillsLayne
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Posted: February 06 2013 at 18:26 |
sleeper wrote:
Bad start to the year for Mercedes, Hamilton gets 14 laps into his first test with them and rear brake failure puts him in the wall, they're hoping they can fix the car for some afternoon running.
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Are we sure that this isn't just Hamilton's terrible luck as of late?
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MillsLayne
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Posted: February 17 2013 at 15:08 |
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Danica Patrick becomes the first female driver to ever win a NASCAR Sprint Cup pole after she set the fastest lap at Daytona today for the 500. Jeff Gordon will start 2nd.
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Posted: February 17 2013 at 15:59 |
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I didn't realize qualifying was today. Hopefully I'll remember the duels happen.
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