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dezz Grand Master

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here's one of many sources, a 1991 interview with Senna:

http://www.grandprix.com/ft/ft00090.html

it was partly a 'square up' for the previous year and partly a petulant sook at having to start from the dirty side of the track. either way its a premeditated decision to take another driver out if they get in front. What a champion.

So that's how he secured one championship, another he won with less points than Prost because they only counted the best 11 (from 16) results back then! WTF? And the 3rd all his rivals had at least 5 retirements and he only suffered 1.

This guys alright... :thumbsup:

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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
zebra

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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Good to see I am not alone with regards to ill feelings towards Senna. No doubted a talented guy, but there were plenty of times when others had his measure, including his team mate. Harry touched on it...there were occassions when Senna only beat Prost because Senna put him to the sword and Prost preferred not to crash with his teammate for the sake of the team and results. If Prost was as single minded the two would have wiped corners off each others cars far more often.

I only really remember watching GPs from 1988, with clear memory from about 92 onwards...didnt know enough about what I was watching to actually rate Senna, but I never liked him at the time.

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Ironic thing is Ralf's quite a successful DTM racer. Shows the gulf in the comparative skill level required for competitiveness in F1 and a prod-car derived racing category, I guess.

Perhaps the Toyota was never a world beater but given the alleged money thrown at F1 it seems like they needed to hire a serious top tier driver or someone on the way up like Kubica to wring the neck of it.

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This elitist is flying Tiger Airways to Qld in a week or two on a $30 special so I would say I either like taking risks or I am a cheapskate....I sure hope they serve a precocious chardonnay onboard with the canapes.

hahaha nice knowing you on that tiger!!

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"Q: Rooftop swimming pool, bowling alley, revolving sushi bar - just some of the features most F1 motorhomes don’t possess. If you could add one thing to your team’s motorhome, what would it be?

SV: A good gym with a sauna. My Finnish trainer would be very happy then. And you wouldn’t struggle to find all the other Finnish guys in the paddock. Just go to where the sauna is!"

so vettel wants to find finnish boys eh? at least it's now clear where his sexual preferences lie. not that there was ever much doubt....

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Less than 2hrs until P1, who will end up on top?

Looks like it will be wet and cold.

Edit - Lol at Seb V wanting the penis.

Glad I'm not the only one looking forward to it. Not sure why though, some numbers showing up on my phone which will not necessarily have anything to do with qualifying or race pace.

Ferrari updates could be interesting though :D

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Sutil seems keen for a wet one....

Q: It is always said you are a wet weather specialist. Are you enjoying the weather forecast for his race?

AS: Yeah, yeah, it looks very rainy, so I enjoy it absolutely. We have not had a rain race or race session this year. Different story with the Pirelli tyres, we have not so much data in the rain conditions with these tyres, so it is going to be a challenge. But in general I like the conditions and I think we are going to be good.

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I saw an interesting thing today. ferrari's F1 budget is still near $400mil. old redbull is 4th highest with only 204mil behind Ferrari, Mclaren and Mercedes. they are sure getting value for money these days.

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