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m3gtr Grand Master

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lol... I just enjoy reading what other people have to say without getting involved. I don't really have many nice things to say about Hamilton anyway.

thats not the point big boy! get involved, you ghost! Your an LH lover i know it!

mr fence sitter himself speaks! :yucky:

haha! :nyaanyaa::worship:

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o'beerous one i think webber changed to slicks on his first stop, it started raining again soon after and he had a few dicey moments so he made the call to come back in for wets (just prior to that rain he was putting in some very good times), then it dried again hence the 3rd stop which cruelled his chances.

he would have wasted about 50 seconds with the 2 extra stops which more or less would have left him in front of Vettel (which might have been a dangerous place based on last week). barrichello also got caught out the same way. so a case of coulda shoulda woulda.

it wasn't as bad as the pitstop after the safety car from a few races back.....

yeah you're right, he did switch to slicks at the first stop, then wimped out when it got a bit wet. my point is, he should have 1 waited a few more laps before putting the slicks on, then once the choice was made he needed to stick with it. as when he came in to go back to wets that was when the rain was just about to stop :yucky: hindsight is a wonderful thing, but some smart thinking could have predicted that I reckon. well a few other teams predicted it...

djr81 Grand Master

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Oh, yeah. For anyone that remember Satoro, this will bring a smile to your face.

News

Nakajima to race for Williams in Brazil

Tuesday, 09, October, 2007, 10:30

Kazuki Nakajima will race for Williams in the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix, the Grove squad confirmed on Tuesday.

Nakajima, the team’s official test and reserve driver, will step into the seat vacated by Alex Wurz, who announced on Monday that he would be retiring from Formula 1 racing with immediate effect.

The 22-year-old Japanese driver has covered more than 4,300 miles of testing in the FW29 as well as earning rookie of the year honours in the GP2 series.

“I am very grateful to the team who have given me this opportunity,” he said.

“I hope I now know the car very well and thankfully have done some Friday driving as recently as Shanghai.

“This is a chance I intend to grab with both hands and repay the faith the team are showing in me with a strong performance.”

Team boss Frank Williams explained that the purpose of running Nakajima was to allow him to gain F1 experience rather than to evaluate him for a 2008 race seat.

“You cannot assess a driver’s capability on the basis of one race but this is an ideal opportunity to develop Kazuki’s experience,” he said.

“I am confident he will approach the race in a very workmanlike and focused way.”

djr81 Grand Master

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Dave Richards won't back down, not now...

It is not a matter of him backing down or otherwise. It is a matter of the rules allowing him to run a McLaren chassis or not.

Currently he can't, so no Prodrive for 2008.

Which is fine because he needs to fix the bloody WRC cars anyway.

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LOL..that was my point! And talk around that Alonso has made a committment to Renault previded he is released

lol the source is some newspaper which is known for their "bs". BUT i think there is a big chance he will head back but Renault did shithouse this season and im pretty sure Alonso won't want to go into a car which is up to speed

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Go Webbo! :thumbsup:

Mark Webber says he was unfazed when the British press described him as a 'whinger' at the recent Chinese Grand Prix.

In a news conference in Shanghai, the Australian driver slammed Lewis Hamilton for having done a 'shit job' behind the safety car at Fuji Speedway a few days earlier.

The Red Bull driver said the British championship leader's erratic driving had contributed to Sebastian Vettel crashing him out of contention for the race win.

"I got pretty much slaughtered by the British gutter press about what I said," the 31-year-old wrote this week in his column for Eurosport.

"I guess that's what happens when you say something negative about the golden boy.

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Webber, though, said that despite the media attacks, including the description of him as 'whinging Webber', he will not be put off speaking his mind in the future.

"Cowboys don't cry, I say, and I have some pretty thick skin," he added. "It's old news now, and those newspapers are already wrapping chips, so what difference does it really make?"

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they're running a story on formula1.com about how the FIA will be watching their drivers to "ensure equality"

i find that hilarious - especially given ferrari's history going in the opposite direction. granted, both mac drivers are in with a shot at the title though. still, gave me a chuckle. i bet alonso will be out there with his pressure gauge making sure nobody has let his tyres down!

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Roy Grand Master

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Next weekend will be the big test for the guy. Watching the two recent wet races he may have been leading but he wasnt convincing in the wet. You would have to say that Kimi, Kubica, Vettel and Button were all doing a better job in the wet. Alonso was ragged in Japan but great in China.

Any stat geeks around? Will be intereting to see that stats for the year...most wins (kimi), poles and fastest laps.

That all said Louise has done a better job then i thought possible over the length of the season...so who knows.

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