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Old 09-05-2014, 07:33 PM
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should be a good quali in the am! Hope the Red cars can stay close to the MB's.
Might be making the trip to Austin if I can get pit a pass again.

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Old 09-05-2014, 10:38 PM
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What ever happened to the NY/NJ F1 race?

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Old 09-06-2014, 01:51 PM
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Who knows, was hoping the little dwarf woukd be in jail and the race would go on!
It's been off the radar up here, and not on the web.

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Old 09-07-2014, 11:07 AM
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Based on the body language, despite the excellent team results, there still appears to be "issues" between the MERC drivers.

Congrats to Masa's podium finish...for Williams Mercedes.

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Old 09-10-2014, 09:38 AM
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Thumbs up Great news!

Michael Schumacher leaves hospital to continue recovery at home

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Old 09-10-2014, 04:37 PM
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Montezemolo has been fired, or left on his own!

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Old 09-10-2014, 04:49 PM
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Cool Montezemolo is out, Marchionne new Ferrari president

Interesting discussions and links here http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/f1/...t-ferrari.html

IMO some notables:
"All things must come to an end. I think History will be kind to Montezemolo.

His comment that Ferrari is now American made me think about it... Enzo Ferrari was all to happy to talk to Ford back in the 1960's seemingly not caring if his company was American or not... all he wanted was the $$ to go racing. BUT most everyone says that was a ploy to convinced Angelli to pony up the Lira to keep Ferrari in Italy...

It is definatly a turning point for Ferrari. if its up or down I dont know."
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"Yes - Santander owner / founder (Emilio Botin) dies... so question is will the $$ keep flowing to Alonso/ Ferrari? or in F1 all together?"

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Old 09-19-2014, 09:47 AM
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Tune in to the Singapore F1 Grand Prix - practice on this morning.

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Old 09-19-2014, 08:38 PM
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Old 09-20-2014, 07:45 AM
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Old 09-20-2014, 07:58 AM
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Maldonado's Lotus practice crash


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The Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado says his Friday Practice two crash in Singapore was a mistake caused by the erratic behaviour of his Lotus on the super-soft option tyre.

“No, not really no, I was just losing grip from the tyres. I just lost the car, the car was too snappy and I lost the car in the middle of the corner. It was a mistake, the car was too loose and I lost it into the corner. The exit is quite narrow so there’s no point to recover the car. Even the previous corners I had some big oversteer, but fortunately the previous corners were wider so it was easier to control.” Maldonado said.
Look for more of this during Quali and the race. Alonso's Ferrari made a sudden "snap" move that he manhandled and saved from crashing during practice.


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Old 10-04-2014, 09:29 AM
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Japan F1 practice commentary dominated by talk of Typhoon Phanfone possibly canceling Sunday's race or moving race to earlier time than scheduled...but then that was passed over as the spotlight shifted to this:

Suzuka Bombshell - Vettal announces leaving Red Bull @ season end to drive for Ferrari!

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Old 10-04-2014, 09:58 AM
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Announced during Quali 2 Typoon Phanfone upgraded to a Super Typhoon w sustained winds of 150mph due to hit Japan Sunday.

Suzuka Race may be cancelled.

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Old 10-04-2014, 10:07 PM
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Typhoon Phanfone could cause havoc

The teams have spent almost as long watching the weather radar this weekend as they have watching the action on the track. The reason? Typhoon Phanfone, the huge weather system that has been travelling towards the Japanese coast for the past few days and, according to various forecasts, looks set to arrive in the Suzuka area on Sunday afternoon or Monday morning.

It's unclear at the moment as to when and how hard the storms might hit, but most of the teams are expecting rain on race day and, if it does arrive, it's likely to be torrential and accompanied by high winds. That could lead to delays, safety cars, red flags and - in the worst case scenario - a shortened, half-points race.

http://www.formula1.com/news/feature.../10/16443.html

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Old 10-05-2014, 04:39 AM
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Even with all the improvements in safety, auto racing is an inherently dangerous sport. Race should have been run earlier in the day.

Prayers for Jules.

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Even with all the improvements in safety, auto racing is an inherently dangerous sport. Race should have been run earlier in the day.

Prayers for Jules.
X2 we just finished watching the DVRd race. Hope he pulls out w full recovery of head injuries.


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Old 10-06-2014, 11:17 AM
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Watched the DVR'd race last night. I hope Jules is ok. I knew it was bad when they wouldn't show what happened. I think his car flew off the track and went under the earthmover that was trying to retrieve Sutil's car.

Aside from this tragic accident, the biggest news was about Vettel going to Ferrari next year, replacing Alonso. I think Alonso will end up at McLaren, possibly replacing Jensen Button. I really thought Kimi Raikkonen was through, but he signed another 1-year contract with Ferrari.

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he is on life support lucky he still has his head.........30,000 lb tow motor lifted off the ground!!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b17_1412605388

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Old 10-06-2014, 01:59 PM
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you can see the green flag waving from the marshall's stand!!
They said double yellows at the corner ahead of crash were being waved......

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Old 10-07-2014, 01:03 PM
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he is on life support lucky he still has his head.........30,000 lb tow motor lifted off the ground!!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b17_1412605388
WTF good is a safety wall if you have a 30k lb hunk of steel in front of it? The field should have been slowed to a crawl at that time.

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