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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
Beer Baron

go nissan F1...

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N1GTR Grand Master

N1GTR

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lol Rory Byrne is back at the fuzz

Seems like the clean out after 2006/2007 they did was kind of a waste of time

How the hell is that rat look-a-like Domenicali still in that job

I was starting to think no one else noticed that

Beer Baron Grand Master

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Williams F1 have always been a team that have managed their driving talent terribly, infact I would go as far as to say that their personnel management is f**king terrible and it has led them to where they are now.

indeed. they managed to kill senna after all! I'd call that poor management...

Beer Baron Grand Master

Beer Baron

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20cm from disaster

still, 'almost' isn't the same as 'did'

yeah just ask hamilton... he's say 'almost' isn't the same as 'completely up his side pods smashing my front wing all over his face'

ctjet Grand Master

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Kimi Raikkonen's manager has downplayed the former World Champion's recent visit to the Williams factory.

Speculation is rife that Raikkonen, a former Sauber, McLaren and Ferrari driver, is set to make a return to Formula One with Williams after spending two seasons in the World Rally Championship.

Reports claim the Finn visited the Williams factory in Grove between the Belgian and Italian Grands Prix and many believe it is just a matter of time before a deal between him and the team is confirmed.

However, his team manager Steve Robertson has moved to play down the speculation.

"At the end of the day people know Kimi visited Williams, but there's nothing more to say apart from that," Robertson told GPUpdate.net. "There is nothing more to report."

He also refused to confirm or deny that talks had taken place in recent weeks, but added that they 'will make a comment about their future motorsport plans when they feel it is suitable to do so'.

To hell with what that snake Robertson has to say, he's back people!!

Take webbers seat already and lets do this

djr81 Grand Master

djr81

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Not in the Diner Noel, Not in the Diner ! haha.

Williams F1 have always been a team that have managed their driving talent terribly, infact I would go as far as to say that their personnel management is f**king terrible and it has led them to where they are now.

Jaqcues Villeneuve is a tosser, just thought I would reiterate that here again.

I think Vettel is a massive polesmoker, but I can still give credit where credit is due and say that he has driven a pretty solid season, got on top of tyres early and has just let everyone else have the problems.

Seriously, at grand prix level, they are still having clutch issues with Webber. After this long, I would really like to know what the actual deal is there.....

Hamilton could very well end up shooting himself in the foot, it only takes one bad career move and your f**ked, just look at some of the seriously quick guys through the 90's that never broke through for race wins....

Actually that is not correct. The bit about Williams, you are on the money about Vettel being a polesmoker.

Williams were always unrepentant about not giving a fk for developing drivers. They were happy to let others do it. As for the two in their cars (past & present) the policy is to let them fight it out. Ofcourse when you are 11th & 13th no one really cares anymore. Remember Piquet versus Mansell? Now that was management. >_<

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He was close.. i think the move at spa was moar close tho.

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it wasn't so much about the distance (well it was a bit), but moreso about just how quick his reflexes needed to be to pull off the move. one second, he is behind him, next minute he is beside him.

tweety bird Grand Master

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Robert Kubicas doc has cleared him for a return next year.

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"I would say with certainty that Robert will be an F1 driver in 2012," Ceccarelli told Italy's Omnicorse. "I cannot say when he will be ready, but it will be between the months of November and January.

question is if burno finished the 2011 season strong will he stay on and replace Vitaly Petrov, or will burno get the boot and Petrov stay?

it will be interesting to see what happens.

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Beer Baron

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as much as i love kimi (and I do), he is not coming back to F1 ever. he's way too fat and also doesn't really seem to care anymore. plus I highly doubt he wants to go from the whole paddock sucking his finnish sausage to being just another b-grade driver at a b-grade team...

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Actually that is not correct. The bit about Williams, you are on the money about Vettel being a polesmoker.

Williams were always unrepentant about not giving a fk for developing drivers. They were happy to let others do it. As for the two in their cars (past & present) the policy is to let them fight it out. Ofcourse when you are 11th & 13th no one really cares anymore. Remember Piquet versus Mansell? Now that was management. >_<

I think it's stupidity really, it's all well and good to let your drivers go for gold, but there really has to be a line somewhere.

See Jones V Reutemann....

And baron, I wouldn't call Williams a B grade team this year !

djr81 Grand Master

djr81

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I think it's stupidity really, it's all well and good to let your drivers go for gold, but there really has to be a line somewhere.

See Jones V Reutemann....

And baron, I wouldn't call Williams a B grade team this year !

Well you may be right but as a spectator it is much better than the other approach (eg at Ferrari with Schumacher) when the No 2 is subservient in every way.

I wouldnt call Williams a B grade team this year either. I dont reckon they are that good.

dezz Grand Master

dezz

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The weight isn't an issue, he'd drop that in no time if he was to return to F1.

The real issue is the motivation. He seemed to lose that fire as soon as he won a WDC with Ferrari after mclaren failed him.

If he's got that spark back after some time away then I'd love to see him back in red

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