soubriquet 0 Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 And another one. http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/10/02/too-many-thoughts-on-fuji/ Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 "Vettel's penalty of ten grid positions in the Chinese GP seems unduly harsh to me. His removal of Mark Webber and himself from the race was a rookie's mistake and should be treated with a little more leniency. It is understandable that Webber should be annoyed at having the chance of a win so unceremoniously removed from his grasp, but any future grid penalty imposed on Vettel does not give the Australian any compensation. I suppose the theory is that such a stern penalty will encourage Vettel not to repeat the mistake but, judging from the rookie's despair after limping back to the pits, he is hardly in need of such a reminder. Moving on from the Toro Rosso team, I must say that I find the FIA's reaction to the Ferrari email upset rather strange. Instead of behaving with their usual disregard for the opinions of the teams and rigidly applying the rules, they have apologized profusely and vowed to back up their communication systems in future. It could be said that Ferrari caused their own problems by not checking their email more frequently and deciding to go for a very dubious tire strategy in the first place, but instead we have the unheard of situation where the FIA are taking the blame. The inescapable conclusion is that the FIA is in Ferrari's pocket, just as so many have said before. I do not need to say such things as, "Would the same apology have been forthcoming had the team been McLaren?"; it is only necessary to remember the FIA's intransigence over a far more important matter when all of the teams except Ferrari needed a little flexibility in the rules at Indianapolis in 2005. If the FIA want to be seen as impartial, they should stop providing so much evidence that the reverse is true. Instead of apologizing, they should have penalized Ferrari for contravening the rules, regardless of whether or not the team received the email in time. That would be consistency." http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=127 Ferrari's internal communications have broken down. Ross Brawn has leaft and their chief mechanic has turned traitor. They need the FIA to gift them the constructors championship. The FIA won't enforce their own rules when Ferarri are disadvantaged. This is a team in meltdown. Link to post Share on other sites
its-a-clock 0 Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 He got off! It's a disgrace Link to post Share on other sites
BRAM 0 Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Alonso Massa Raikkonen Warning, spoiler! Hamilton on pole. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 There has never been a top driver I didn't like, except: Prost Mansell Hill Piquet Prost Mansell Prost Mansell Prost and perhaps Hamilton. But I don't think he's a top driver. The whole Mclaren team are cheats. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Borrox. I've never been a McLaren fan, but. They put Lauda and Prost into identical cars and let them race. Then they put Prost and Senna into identical cars and let them race. Now they have put Alonso and Hamilton into identical cars and let them race. The designs for next year's cars are being made now. By December they will be fixed, and the cars will be built in January. In March they will be fully tested. Ferrari's secrets divulged by another discontented employee have stuff-all to do with McLarens success this year. I'm not normally dogmatic, but thursday, you know fark all about F1. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 what what what? When did I claim to know anything about F1. I've posted my opinions, not what I pass off as facts. Mclaren the constructor has already been docked all points, why not their drivers? What's the F1 fact on that? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Sorry thursday. What I'm claiming is Ferarri's data would have no relevance to McLaren, other than stuff like tyre pressures. What the FIA did was entirely political, being seen to be doing something. In fairness, they probably had to have a punishment. As it was the team deemed at fault and not the drivers, it was the team which lost its points. Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 who would have thought a 3 way race for the title in the last round, Hamiltons engineers cost him dearly by not bringing him in. anyway has anyone seen the brilliant Shell/ferrari ad? I seriously recommend you check it out, its well worth watching. http://www.shell.com/home/content/ferrar..._tv_advert.html download the 16Mb version, and then crank up your sound - way up with lots of bass, you wont be disappointed. I have watched it about a dozen times already. I want to drive the 3rd car, has the best sounding engine. car 1 1952 Ferrari F500 car 2 1967 Ferrari 312 car 3 1970 Ferrari F213B car 4 1997 Ferrari F310B car 5 2003 Ferrari F2003 Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Very strange way to go out that was. Must be angry at someone. (Himself?) Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Best sounding engine!??! Samples? Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 dont need samples, just watch the ad my lad! Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 No1 Matra V12 http://www.f1-fansite.com/sound/MatraV12.mp3 No2 BRM V16 http://www.f1-fansite.com/sound/Brm_v16.mp3 Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Matra V12 sounds like a motorbike! Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Those sound clips are great if you work in an open-plan office and have good speakers OT, My brother lives about 20 miles from Duxford, home of an RAF museum. I was standing in his back garden one summer evening, and I heard an engine approaching which really caught my attention. Then a Spitfire flashed overhead at about 500ft. He was really gunning it, and that Merlin sounded fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Yep Spitfires sound awesome at low level - I went to a 50 years since the WWII memorial airshow and they had a couple of Spitfires and P51D Mustang, the all flew at high speed about 20-30 metres above the ground and it was a mind blowing roar. I do remember the mustang sounding smoother and being a tad smoother and faster in flight than the Spitfire though not by much! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 True story. I was at the Biggin Hill airshow many many years ago and a friend had a chance to go on the Invader as the pilot's son's pal. He was about to board but at the last second, told to wait for the next one as there were some VIPs wanting a ride. Fair enough, waited and had a sit down. The Invader never came back as that was it's last flight, it dug a huge hole in the field next to the runway. For every day of his life, my friend thinks he's the luckiest person alive. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Nice story. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 thursday - I must have missed this.... did you live in the UK for a long time and when? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I wonder who will win. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Hami-chan (as someone I know calls him) fastest in first practice. Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 So we have a champion....... or do we? Race results under investigation. Link to post Share on other sites
BRAM 0 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 It was his to lose - and lost it he did! Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 The result of the race - and champion stands. Warning, spoiler! Now that he is Champion, did he actually smile at all? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Potentially a blanket on fire as a champion, but now we have a wet blanket as champion. Link to post Share on other sites
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