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sleeper 
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 Posted: January 24 2014 at 13:04 |
There's no shortage of them now! 
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Man With Hat
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Posted: January 24 2014 at 11:43 |
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F1 always did need more penis jokes IMO.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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sleeper
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Posted: January 24 2014 at 07:48 |
First new car launch, the McLaren MP4-29. That anteater nose (to put it politely, you should see some of the names people have been calling it) will be on almost all cars this year due to yet more poorly thought out rules. Lotus seem to be the exception as a 3D render they've released shows them with a walrus type nose. There's been a bit of upheaval at the team recently, Ron Dennis successfully got himself back in as McLaren Group CEO and it seems Martin Whitmarsh has been sacked to be replaced with Lotus Eric Boullier. It's not been announced yet but Eric has definitely left Lotus. 
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Man With Hat
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Posted: January 22 2014 at 17:32 |
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^ Most definitely agree.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
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MillsLayne
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Posted: January 22 2014 at 02:29 |
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I love seeing Kobayashi having a ride again, no matter who it's with. I love that guy.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: January 22 2014 at 01:37 |
Every year there are more people I don't know.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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sleeper
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Posted: January 21 2014 at 06:46 |
Caterham have announced their line up today to complete the grid, surprisingly it's Kobayashi and GP2 racer Marcus Ericsson. Red Bull-Renault Sebastian Vettel Daniel Ricciardo
Mercedes Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg
Ferrari Fernando Alonso Kimi Raikkonen
Lotus-Renault Romain Grosjean Pastor Maldonado
McLaren-Mercedes Jenson Button Kevin Magnussen
Force India-Mercedes Nico Hulkenberg Sergio Perez
Sauber-Ferrari Adrian Sutil Esteban Gutierrez
Toro Rosso-Renault Jean-Eric Vergne Daniil Kvyat
Williams-Mercedes Felipe Massa Valtteri Bottas
Marussia-Ferrari Jules Bianchi Max Chilton
Caterham-Renault Kamui Kobayashi Marcus Ericsson
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sleeper
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Posted: January 17 2014 at 07:28 |
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Kubica's crashed out today on "black top" (asphault that is almost pure bitchumin and has almost no grip at all to it), he was all set to retake 3rd from Meeke and was the only person who could match Ogier, who has now jumped into the lead, on that stage until his crash.
Ron Dennis has been made McLaren Group CEO again. He's not the team principle but it does give him a lot more input, Martin Whitmarsh will probably end up loosing his job. May put an end to Alonso wanting to return as well as he really doesn't like Dennis.
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sleeper
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Posted: January 16 2014 at 09:34 |
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Crazy start to Rally Monte Carlo today, lots of mud and snow on the stages, at one point we had the front wheel drive WRC3 class Citroen of Sebastian Chardonnet in 4th overall (there's something about that name Sebastian)! Kubica's ending the day 3rd overall, 0.7s off 2nd place Kris Meeke, Colin McRae's former protege, after leading the first two stages. Bryan Bouffier leads by 40s on what is probably a one off drive.
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sleeper
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Posted: January 06 2014 at 10:37 |
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The engines are likely to be more important. I can see working out the grids for the final few races being a real pain in the backside with all the penalties for engine changes that'll have to be dished out.
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JJLehto
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Posted: January 06 2014 at 08:26 |
Indeed, best of luck Schumi. Here's to a good 2014 season. Maybe the next new aero package for F1 that will work for 1/3 or maybe 1/2 half the season before Vettel dominates again?
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sleeper
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Posted: January 06 2014 at 06:34 |
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Daytona's going to be interesting, it's the first year of the United Sports Car Championship (USC) since the "merger" between the ALMS and Grand-Am (more like Grand-Am buying out the ALMS but it has worked out like a merger). Testing at the weekend showed the DP's to be about 1.5s faster than the LMP2's at Daytona but we'll see how it goes come the race.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: January 06 2014 at 00:16 |
I also echo the statements about Schumi. Crazy that it's been a week already. Best of luck to him. 
Can't wait for the 24 hours of Daytona. I missed it the last two years...I certainly won't this year. (If they still show it without Speed existing anymore that is.)
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I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
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MillsLayne
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Posted: January 05 2014 at 21:09 |
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^I second that. Although, who knows when he'll come out of his coma. Best wishes.
Anyway, I'm hoping for a good, less tragic season in all forms. Top things I'd like to see this year: a new F1 champion, a "re-born" JPM back in Indycar to contend, Kyle Busch's first Cup championship and some of these younger up and coming NASCAR drivers to make a splash this year.
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sleeper
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Posted: January 05 2014 at 15:38 |
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Thought we could do with a new one for the new year, and I'll start by saying "Get well soon Michael Schumacher" as it's now a week since his horrific skiing accident.
Kubica's had a good start to the year winning the ERC opening Janner Rally in Austria today. He's doing the full WRC with an M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC car entered under his own name, he used Janner as a test run for Monte Carlo later this month.
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