Rick Draper
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RIP John Button, only 70.
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nibnob21
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Always had his old man chest hair poking out of a pink shirt, guaranteed. Sad news to hear of his death.
MX5 Project Thread
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fred7
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Shame about john button. I met him and had a beer with him in 2010 and was a really nice man told us a few storys and had a laugh about jenson. Im sure he will be missed in the paddock
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Ben G
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Hated seeing him on telly all the timr, but rip nonetheless.
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Dom
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Shame that; always seemed to come across as a decent bloke in interviews 
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Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
Hated seeing him on telly all the timr, but rip nonetheless.
I know another F1 drivers dad that was on tv more...
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JonnyJ
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3 year contract for Pirelli. Good news imo, got a lot of heat for something which was essentially not even their fault. If F1 wants cheese wheels and they get cheese wheels its hardly surprising. They also get 12 days testing, one of which will be done in the wet so that should give them info they need to make them safe.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
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Originally posted by Ben G
Hated seeing him on telly all the timr, but rip nonetheless.
I know another F1 drivers dad that was on tv more...
Hate that twat aswell.
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chrisritch
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quote:
Originally posted by JonnyJ
3 year contract for Pirelli. Good news imo, got a lot of heat for something which was essentially not even their fault. If F1 wants cheese wheels and they get cheese wheels its hardly surprising. They also get 12 days testing, one of which will be done in the wet so that should give them info they need to make them safe.
What if it doesn't rain  
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JonnyJ
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Bernie sprinkler system
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Scotty_B
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quote:
Originally posted by chrisritch
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Originally posted by JonnyJ
3 year contract for Pirelli. Good news imo, got a lot of heat for something which was essentially not even their fault. If F1 wants cheese wheels and they get cheese wheels its hardly surprising. They also get 12 days testing, one of which will be done in the wet so that should give them info they need to make them safe.
What if it doesn't rain
Testing at Knockhill. 
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Daniel_Corsa
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Originally posted by Ben G
I know another F1 drivers dad that was on tv more...
Hate that twat aswell.
Racist!
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car  | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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Ben G
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no daniel, thats only you.
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Dom
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Also Webber's old man appears every so often; tbf, i don't see what the issue is with fathers being in the pitlane or on the grid and getting the odd interview
On another note,
Car Launch Dates -
Ferrari - Jan 25th - Online
Mercedes - Jan 28th - Jerez
Williams - Jan 28th - Jerez
McLaren - Jan 24th - Online
Caterham - Jan 28th - Jerez
RBR - Jan 28th - *not sure*
Lotus -
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fred7
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Ron dennis is CEO again at mclaren hope things will pick up again
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Dom
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Brawn for team principle then?
IIRC, Ron's tried to get rid of Whitmarsh in the past, if that's the case then i don't think he'll be around much longer - comes across as a nice guy but not really the type you need to be managing a winning team.
Hopefully this is a turning point for McLaren and they can get back on top
Also, it looks like the yanks are trying to get back into the game  - http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/haas-planning-a-us-f1-project/
[Edited on 16-01-2014 by Dom]
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Rick Draper
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Yes I can see Ron moving in to clear the decks ready for Brawn. Whitmarsh spent all that time gaffing round trying to get Perez a seat in another team, any other team boss would just have handed him a P45 and wished him well.
[Edited on 16-01-2014 by Rick Draper]
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Ben G
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Originally posted by fred7
Ron dennis is CEO again at mclaren hope things will pick up again
great news. Always seems a decent man. Martin whitmarsh just isn't the same.
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Jamie-C
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Hamilton back to mclaren then in 2015 lol
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fred7
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Lets just hope its not too late for this season for mclaren. No doubt wipe this year off again and go all guns with honda/dennis/brawn sounds bloody good! IIRC brawn was last in charge of a honda powered car?
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fred7
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Bernie stepping down as well because of his trial! Could be a new era starting in F1. Lets hope so
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Dom
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Bernie stepping down as well because of his trial! Could be a new era starting in F1. Lets hope so
From the board; still has 'day-to-day' control, so unless it goes completely south for him during the trial i can't see much changing.
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Ben G
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The day he dies, I will be happy.
he's had his day and now he's trying to milk the sport for all it's worth.
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JonnyJ
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Dont know how reliable the info is but if true...oops
2014 Mclaren fails several crash tests
http://www.f1.co.uk/read-news/2014/9373/f1-2014-%E2%80%93-mclaren-2014-challenger-fails-crash-test
Plenty of links if you type "Mclaren crash test" into twitter but nothing official so we'll have to wait and see
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Dom
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It's from Italian press (was reading a translated version earlier), so there's a good chance it's all balls; but usually "there's no smoke without fire" and if they have failed hopefully they can get it sorted ASAP as i imagine missing Jerez will be a bit of a pisser.
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