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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike Yes he did you dick. Hamilton pitted for suitable tyres. Glock didn't. He might have cut it fine but he won it for himself.

Easy there, not need to get mouthy. Sorry if I don't share your fanboy attitude.

Hamilton was often on the dfensive this race from Vettel and didn't show the pace to catch the leaders. Glock took a gamble on the tires and it didn't pay off. Simple as that. It was left to chance and a gamble, and the rain played more in favour to Hamilton and he was able to pull it off.

Power to him, he had an obviously good season otherwise he wouldn't have been in any position to win at all.

For the record I'm not a Massa supporter either though he drove a much more commanding race this weekend and I thought deserved the championship more.

Just rewatched the last 15 laps. Good lord.

wow what a finish! was spewing massa didn't get it in the end. i thought it was a pretty good season, glad it came down to the last lap of the last race

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Originally posted by Orko Just rewatched the last 15 laps. Good lord.

I had it on my dvr, so before i deleted, i decided to watch it again. Epic!

I'm still devastated by the outcome of the GP

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Originally posted by The_G0dfather I'm still devastated by the outcome of the GP

+1.

No crash like I hoped.

Massa's the true champ.

Hard to say who deserves it more this year, they both earned it i guess. Massas had more victories though. His form at the end of the season has been outstanding. I felt so sorry for schumis prot�g�... Cruel ending, i'm sure he also thought he was a WC for a few seconds.

And on a sportsmanship note, Massa earned the title more this year.

So Canada has now officially lost its GP. Just crazy. Sure the track was breaking up last year, but they could have fixed that!

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Originally posted by Orko So Canada has now officially lost its GP. Just crazy. Sure the track was breaking up last year, but they could have fixed that!

Kubicas crash there 2 years ago was crazyyyy.. anyhow i guess this opens up a spot for hopefully another track with more passing.

the taste of things to come:

Either front wing needs to be 10% smaller or the track needs to be increased a tad.

Its just a touch out of proportion




Having said that, trust me it'll grow on you. I've been looking at those pictures for about a day now (since the test session in Barcelona began which was about 24 hours ago now) and its not as 'off' to me now as when I first saw it.

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Originally posted by Trance Nutter Having said that, trust me it'll grow on you. I've been looking at those pictures for about a day now (since the test session in Barcelona began which was about 24 hours ago now) and its not as 'off' to me now as when I first saw it.

i hope so, cause it looks pretty fucked up right now

I like the cleaner look of the new cars. The rear wing looks funny and I agree with Trance Nutter that the front wing is out of proportion to the rear. I'm guessing that this is to compensate for the lack of front aero when following closely so if the theory holds, we should see some better attacking duels next year.

I like the lack of winglets most. The cleaner cars look better.

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Originally posted by Trance Nutter Either front wing needs to be 10% smaller or the track needs to be increased a tad. Its just a touch out of proportion Having said that, trust me it'll grow on you. I've been looking at those pictures for about a day now (since the test session in Barcelona began which was about 24 hours ago now) and its not as 'off' to me now as when I first saw it.

The cars will be wider in 09, so it should look better proportion-wise
I already got used to the looks, and like them

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Originally posted by stren The cars will be wider in 09, so it should look better proportion-wise

Yeah I thought I heard that they were going to be wider but couldn't remember exactly.



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jeez the Williams with the new aero looks best of the lot. I actually like it a lot, not only cos its a Williams. I think cos its got the lower nose it just makes the wing sit a little nicer, and it doesn't have the massive box winglets on the endplates. Without the box winglets too its much more in proportion, in fact its exactly the size I had in mind when I made the comment before about it needing to be smaller.



In fact, based on that pic and one other I've seen, I think the Williams looks fantastic.

Honda quits F1 (official announcement pending)

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Honda will quit Formula One on Friday, BBC Sport understands. The Japanese company hopes to sell its team, which costs £200m a year to run, but is prepared to close the team early in 2009 if no buyer is found. Sources told BBC Sport the team were "optimistic" they would continue, but no investor had yet been found. However, according to the Reuters news agency, team bosses Ross Brawn and Nick Fry fear Honda could close the Brackley-based team within weeks. According to a Reuters source, Brawn and Fry told a meeting of the Formula One Teams' Association: "They have a month to find a buyer, otherwise they are closing the team

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/mot...one/7766092.stm


Is this the beginning of the end ?

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Originally posted by stren Is this the beginning of the end ?

How so? I know f1 just signed a huge sponsor so money is not that big of a problem in f1 yet... i saw it somewhere on the news.

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Originally posted by nchs09 How so? I know f1 just signed a huge sponsor so money is not that big of a problem in f1 yet... i saw it somewhere on the news.

that's F1, not the teams. Have you heard of the car industry crisis ?

I'm not surprised, they were the worst performing team last year & way behind teams like force india & torro rosso in achievement. It does leave a mess though unless someone comes in & sorts it. Perhaps it's time for Schumacher to begin his own team to make numbers up

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Originally posted by nchs09 How so? I know f1 just signed a huge sponsor so money is not that big of a problem in f1 yet... i saw it somewhere on the news.

Thats a revolutionary idea you've got there, a racing league with no teams.

Give Bernie or Max a ring, getting rid of the teams will remove 9 of their problems

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Originally posted by Ian I'm not surprised, they were the worst performing team last year & way behind teams like force india & torro rosso in achievement. It does leave a mess though unless someone comes in & sorts it. Perhaps it's time for Schumacher to begin his own team to make numbers up

this has nothing to do with the results (or so they say)

well, the prospect of being the worst team in the sport kinda wouldn't have me jumping for joy

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Originally posted by stren that's F1, not the teams. Have you heard of the car industry crisis ?

Ya, but like i said.... f1 said it is not affecting the teams as much. Most of the teams have not lost the sponsors or have had to make mudget cuts from what the f1 press release said.

Sponsorship money isn't that big of a part of the teams budget as you believe. I guess you need to read up on the topic, mate

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Originally posted by stren Sponsorship money isn't that big of a part of the teams budget as you believe. I guess you need to read up on the topic, mate

They also havent made budget cuts...

anyhow this all came from the same article i saw so, maybe its wrong. but from what i read f1 was not feeling the crunch.

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