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Beer Baron
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nup, F40 for me too. even better go the hardcore F40 GTR or LM or whatever gay letters they put on the hardcorey one. for many years I wanted an F40 bad enough to make my balls ache. then I turned 13

zebra
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f*kc it...let all sell our houses and buy a communal veyron...or Bugatti EB110 could take it in turns sleeping on the Engine deck

Beer Baron
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go nissan F1...

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What exactly did webs say in the press conference? Had to leave after the race so missed it, and can't find it online

Shame McLaren won in a way but also we can't let Seb get too far away, so it was good day for the racing and good day for us in terms of points for the team.

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/4/11953.html

Nee-san Grand Master

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+1

It was an awesome drive but he had something the rest didn't. There is also no doubt the reason Hammo won was because he had that 1 set of virgin softs. Just look at the lap times he did on thats set of tyres.

A non working KERS unit ?

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Awesome effort webber

18 to 3rd with a car with issues.

You can bet RBR will be working on that kers system with that race result

Waiter, I'd like a large dish of humble pie, please ...

Forget what I said about Webz not having his head together. RBR might need to think about how long it takes to warm up hard tyres in quali, but there's nothing wrong with the way Mark's driving. To get with 3 secs of Vettel at the end, closing fast, and only 7 secs behind the winner ... fantastic effort.

It will be interesting to see if this affects the way teams approach qualifying, since Webber having three sets of brand-new softs surely helped him, but bear in mind that that would have only helped him for the first couple of laps. After that he was in the same boat as everyone else ... he just rowed it better.

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Brilliant! McLaren 1st and Webber pulled off one of the most amazing drives I've seen in a long time. Was extremely exciting racing too, these Pirelli tyres are brilliant!

It's exactly what the FIA wanted them to do, and it's worked brilliantly. Guys closing down the leaders at 2-3 secs a lap is what we want to see. So much better than follow-the-leader/pit stop/follow-the-leader.

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Gotta say I'm quite liking DC on the com-team. Unlike Legard, when he talks he has something worthwhile and informed to say.

Hope the BBC keep Martin and David going for the foreseeable future.

Agreed.

PLUS he supplies the laughs with some odd pronunciations at times :D

Nee-san Grand Master

Nee-san

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Honestly, not a fan of the DRS because in some cases it is warranted in some not.

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Hamilton on Button,

Arguably Jense got a better drive out of the corner and being that they are in the same car Lewis probably wouldn't have had enough to pass him.

however, enter the moveable wing and bang he's made an overtake he probably doesn't quite deserve.

Now yes, I hear the cries of button could get him back next lap but What happens when it is the last lap or the entry to the pit lane.

my philosophy is that no one should ever be disadvantaged for being in front.

PS Awesome Drive from Webz

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Waiter, I'd like a large dish of humble pie, please ...

Forget what I said about Webz not having his head together. RBR might need to think about how long it takes to warm up hard tyres in quali, but there's nothing wrong with the way Mark's driving. To get with 3 secs of Vettel at the end, closing fast, and only 7 secs behind the winner ... fantastic effort.

It will be interesting to see if this affects the way teams approach qualifying, since Webber having three sets of brand-new softs surely helped him, but bear in mind that that would have only helped him for the first couple of laps. After that he was in the same boat as everyone else ... he just rowed it better.

I may have misheard but didn't Brundle or DC say something about the softs not responding well to being used twice, like they lose a fair bit that they don't get back when reheated? Nowhere near his wording there lol. The softs are constantly degrading though, so having a new set means you're always 2 laps better off in terms of grip. I wonder which of the front runners will gamble a poor position on Saturday for a better one on Sunday?

The little quips are already classic- Like when he said "The only way that radio message could've been any scarier is if it was delivered in the dark"

Fk I laughed at that hahaha

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tyre's are great this year, i still think they should run re-treads and the guys with the biggest hairy round things will see how far they can be pushed (be like the Adelaide F1 in 86) and develop good dodgy tyres. Also heaps of front wind and a lot less rear to prevoke a lot more overstear would be fantastic

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