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Posted: September 11 2013 at 08:28

It's been confirmed, Kimi back to Ferrari, the team that payed him not to race in 2010!

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Posted: September 11 2013 at 08:37

Ha, well Kimi never was the most dedicated person, which given his skill upset me greatly since it seemed a waste, but he seems to have a new mentality and much improved consistency. Assuming Ferrari stays strong (which is not gurantee these days!) should be great.

Will be awesome to have my two favorite drivers on Ferrari

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Posted: September 11 2013 at 08:59

I think there's no dobt about it, Ferrari will hav ethe strongest line up next year.

It looks like Massa's only option to stay in the sport next year is with his old team Sauber. Hulk is favourite to take Kimi's place at Lotus and with Sergei Sirotkin taking the second seat they'll need an experienced driver.

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Posted: September 11 2013 at 11:37

No doubt. I'm excited!

Poor Massa but hey, he had his time in the sun and can't say he wasn't a threat for a title...that final turn!

Would be great if that happened, Hulk is deserving. Many of the young guns are of course but he's been impressive for sure.

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Posted: September 11 2013 at 14:25

The Kimster back in red!

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Posted: September 11 2013 at 18:15

MillsLayne wrote:

Nope. But putting Newman in and knocking Truex out was the right thing to do. The radio transmissions from the 15 and 55 were way too obvious not to warrant a penalty. I'm still rooting against Bowyer in the Chase, too. He's the one that caused Gordon to get knocked out and he pretty much came away from this unscathed.

Yeah. To me the most surprising thing was how obvious they made it with the 55 communications. The 15's I could see the argument for just being odd/strange/coded message....but they were just so blunt with it on the 55 that Nascar had a very easy decision.

Idk why but I still like all the people involved. I know a lot of the talking heads say there will be popularity blacklash, and I'm sure there will be, but I still like Bowyer/Truex/Vickers. It is kinda strange how the 15 got off essentially scotfree.

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Posted: September 11 2013 at 18:16

sleeper wrote:

It's been confirmed, Kimi back to Ferrari, the team that payed him not to race in 2010!

I like it.

That is going to be difficult to manage both FA and Kimi on one team, but it sure will be interesting to watch.

And if Hulky gets the lotus seat, that's double excitement on my part.

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Posted: September 13 2013 at 21:12

Aaannnddd NASCAR added Jeff Gordon to the Chase field today. I'm happy that he has a shot at the title, but I don't know that I like their decision to add him for integrity's sake. Just seems like a circus anymore. Oh well, time to get back to racing this weekend. :)

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Posted: September 14 2013 at 22:20

Ha. Seems the fallout from Richmond will never stop.

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Posted: September 15 2013 at 17:37

I'm just happy to see them get back to racing...whenever Mother Nature decides to let up with the rain.

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Posted: September 16 2013 at 07:36

Since I havn't watched, can you explain, what do you mean added? Was Jeff Gordon out and they just put him in the chase?

If so, it further proves why I've lost my taste for nascar, the "sport" is a joke, sadly. I know I know, all sports are businesses but over the year nascar legit lost its way. Exciting as it is, the chase itself is kind of a cop out (the driver with the most points over the course of the entire year should win, if it's by 400 he earned it) and they later upped it from 10 to 12, I believe pretty much to make sure Dale Jr, and whatever other popular driver may benefit, get in.

And with all the classic races/tracks being slowly replaced by the cookie cutters, eh...it still is what it is, and there is appeal to NASCAR style racing the sport itself has become a bit of a joke I'm afraid, not taking away from the drivers themselves

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Posted: September 16 2013 at 10:39

Well this is surprising, Montoya has just joined Penske for Indycar next year in their third car. I know when it was announced he'd lost the drive in the 42 car at Ganassi there was talk of him jumping back to single seaters but I didn't expect it to happen.

Montoya vs Franchiti next year, lets recreate '99! Big smile

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Posted: September 16 2013 at 16:29

sleeper wrote:

Well this is surprising, Montoya has just joined Penske for Indycar next year in their third car. I know when it was announced he'd lost the drive in the 42 car at Ganassi there was talk of him jumping back to single seaters but I didn't expect it to happen.

Montoya vs Franchiti next year, lets recreate '99! Big smile

Wow, this is awesome! Glad to see him back where he belongs, sorry nascar, in open wheel and that will be a fun fight Big smile

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Posted: September 17 2013 at 21:01

I'm actually happy to see Montoya back in IndyCars. I loved him in NASCAR, but now he's back in a competitive ride.

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Posted: September 17 2013 at 21:07

sleeper wrote:

Well this is surprising, Montoya has just joined Penske for Indycar next year in their third car. I know when it was announced he'd lost the drive in the 42 car at Ganassi there was talk of him jumping back to single seaters but I didn't expect it to happen.Montoya vs Franchiti next year, lets recreate '99! Big smile

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Posted: September 17 2013 at 21:38

JJLehto wrote:

Since I havn't watched, can you explain, what do you mean added? Was Jeff Gordon out and they just put him in the chase?

Gordon originally missed the Chase by 1 point, but after the MWR debacle and then further investigations with the 22 and 38 possibly striking a deal to help Logano, they decided that Gordon was at a severe disadvantage. And trust me, I love Jeff Gordon, but I don't really agree with the decision to add him. I'm happy he's in, but not how he got there.

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Posted: September 21 2013 at 12:48

Qualy for Singapore today. If nothing goes wrong Vettel's probably got an easy win, Webber's the only one that can match him and that's only on the medium tyres. Raikkonen has back problems from muscle spasms so I wont expect him to be that strong but Grosjean seems to be stepping up.

Pos  Driver               Team/Car              Time       Gap     
 1.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m42.841s                 
 2.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m42.932s  +0.091s        
 3.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m43.058s  +0.217s        
 4.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m43.152s  +0.311s        
 5.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m43.254s  +0.413s        
 6.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m43.890s  +1.049s        
 7.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m43.938s  +1.097s        
 8.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m44.282s  +1.441s        
 9.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m44.439s  +1.598s        
10.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        No time set               
Q2 cut-off time: 1m44.555s                                   Gap **
11.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m44.555s  +1.650s        
12.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m44.588s  +1.683s        
13.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m44.658s  +1.753s        
14.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m44.752s  +1.847s        
15.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m45.185s  +2.280s        
16.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m45.388s  +2.483s        
Q1 cut-off time: 1m45.982s                                   Gap * 
17.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m46.121s  +1.925s        
18.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m46.619s  +2.423s        
19.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m48.111s  +3.915s        
20.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m48.320s  +4.124s        
21.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m48.830s  +4.634s        
22.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m48.930s  +4.734s        
                                                                          
107% time: 1m51.489s                                                   
* Gap to quickest in Q1                                                   
** Gap to quickest in Q2

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Posted: September 22 2013 at 11:19

My prediction of Alonso win is ruined again by Vettel who keeps rolling on to his next easy title

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Posted: September 22 2013 at 19:04

I didn't even realize there was a race today.

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Posted: September 22 2013 at 20:30

Well, that was an easy one for Vettel, I don't think I've ever seen him put on such a dominant display.

Webber has a 10 place grid penalty for the next one, apparently he walked out onto the track on the slow down lap to catch a ride on Alonso's car, didn't see it so I don't know the details but Hamilton is saying he and Rosberg had to swerve hard to avoid the sudenly slowing Ferrari.

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