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I thought it was painfully fitting that Badoer's name on the timing readout just said "BAD".

I had hopes that he would put in a Pedro de la Rosa or Mika Salo style substitute drive, but he was 1.5s off of Alguesiari!

Maybe we'll see Schumi next week at Spa?

Good quali for Kubica though

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Originally posted by pmoisse I thought it was painfully fitting that Badoer's name on the timing readout just said "BAD". I had hopes that he would put in a Pedro de la Rosa or Mika Salo style substitute drive, but he was 1.5s off of Alguesiari! Maybe we'll see Schumi next week at Spa? Good quali for Kubica though

I liked P2 when it said HAM BAD


Good race, I'm glad Rubens finally won. Mclaren were napping in that pit stop. How the fuck did Webbo lose 2 places in that pit stop ? I won't complain though as it got Kubica a point.

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Originally posted by stren How the fuck did Webbo lose 2 places in that pit stop ?

this.

the us broadcast didn't really touch on it at all - but that's not surprising.

My first live Grand Prix this weekend, can't wait!

Unfortunately, during on of Ferrari's worst season, but ... at the most beautiful circuit of the world

racing! RACING! RACING!

I love Spa, and I love that this grid is so ass backwards from usual.

Go Feces! I'd love to see Force India, Toyota or BMW steal a win here.

jet-lagged in rome, it's been a long day though, good to see kimi win the circuit last night. extremely excited for the gran premio d'italia in Milan next sunday where I'm putting my money on Lewis Hamilton and the Mclaren team.

ciao

Man, live F1 is impressive. Unbelievable.

Kimi overtook Fisichella right in front of my nose

And Hamilton crashing 200metres further, didnt see that live though.
Great race overall.

First but def not my last race

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Originally posted by The_G0dfather First but def not my last race

this would be my first race (sep 13) and 1st time in Milan. Looking forward to it

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Originally posted by The_G0dfather Man, live F1 is impressive. Unbelievable. Kimi overtook Fisichella right in front of my nose And Hamilton crashing 200metres further, didnt see that live though. Great race overall. First but def not my last race

how was it ? tell us more, how do you watch a GP live, I'm guessing you are watching the big screens most of the time ? is the crowd cheering loudly ?

no points for webber 2 races in a row!! eeek

fisi confirmed for ferrari for the remainder of the 2009 season

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who would've thought it would happen at the beginning of the season; Fisi in Ferrari. Good for him, his dream came though and he's got a neat retirement job. Another happy Italian at his home grand prix should be Tonio Liuzzi.

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Originally posted by stren how was it ? tell us more, how do you watch a GP live, I'm guessing you are watching the big screens most of the time ? is the crowd cheering loudly ?

Well, unlike what yu se on the tele, there's nothing really luxurious about watching a GP live, unless you pay a shitload of money I suppose. That didn't matter to mee though.

We arrived pretty late (we had tickets for the entire weekend but in the end we could only make it on sunday), around about 12h30 so it was pretty packed allready. We were in the long straight from Raidillon to Les Combes. No real seats over there, just a hill with grass to sit on. We took a seat high up but couldnt see all that much we we mostly went from one place to another. Saw Kimi's manoeuver perfectly though, since I was expecting him to use his KERS over there.

Yeah, there was indeed a big screen over there which made it easy to fllow the race, and also a speaker providing extra information. Also there's quite a few fans walking around with some satellite operated little TV enabling you to follow the race live. Very cool actually, you can switch from the live race coverage to the current positions, current championship status...

Fans were average where I was seated, they cheered when Kimi overtook Fisci but it wasnt that massiv. Betit would have been alot crazier had this taken place in Monza for instance. Or had it been Schumi. Great moment when they played the Italian national anthem though. Only downside was the fact that they didnt do a 'parade lap' after the race. I'm sure that would have been a great moment with all those Ferrari fans. Havent got a clue why they didnt do the extra lap...

What else to say? It was great, if you're a fan you should do this once in your lifetime. You def won't regret it.

And we saw 3 extremely drunk poles with some hot yet sluttish like chick

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Originally posted by The_G0dfather Havent got a clue why they didnt do the extra lap...

its because the lap in spa is over 7 kilometers long, it would take a long time for them to parade trough it on low speed, and poor bernie wold lose a couple of people watching it on tv.

glad you enjoyed it, its the best track on the calendar

Spa will be my next F1 race for sure (or maybe Valencia).

Living so close here in Amsterdam, I don't really have any excuse. I've been to Montreal, Suzuka, and the Nurburgring. I need to add Spa to the collection for sure

Glad you enjoyed it, Godfather. Watching a race live is great, but you miss most of the race because you don't really see the whole lap or get the details like you do on TV.

Still, there's something fun about being there for sure.

I think the Fisi story is great - not because Fisi gets to drive the Ferrari, but how Vijay Mallya handled the whole thing and released Fisi from his contract without a fuss or apparently financial compensation from Ferrari. He felt it was more important to allow someone to follow their dream. Such a positive and professional attitude that is sorely lacking in F1, especially in light of this impending shitshow with Renault and the Singapore race from last year.

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Originally posted by pmoisse Glad you enjoyed it, Godfather. Watching a race live is great, but you miss most of the race because you don't really see the whole lap or get the details like you do on TV. Still, there's something fun about being there for sure.

I dont know, the device i'm talking about gives you whatever information you want as if you were watching at home.


Cant find a pic anywhere, mayb you know what I'm talking about, you've prolly seen it also

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Originally posted by smekzg its because the lap in spa is over 7 kilometers long, it would take a long time for them to parade trough it on low speed, and poor bernie wold lose a couple of people watching it on tv. glad you enjoyed it, its the best track on the calendar

if TV coverage really is the reason thats just bs

parade lap are great, even sitting at home in front of the tele

and especially live

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Originally posted by The_G0dfather I dont know, the device i'm talking about gives you whatever information you want as if you were watching at home. Cant find a pic anywhere, mayb you know what I'm talking about, you've prolly seen it also

Yeah, I've seen those little gadgets. They're neat, but I've never invested in one when at a race, therefore I've lacked some of the detail.

You can also subscribe to get updates sent to your phone via sms etc too, but I've never bothered with that either.

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Originally posted by The_G0dfather I dont know, the device i'm talking about gives you whatever information you want as if you were watching at home. Cant find a pic anywhere, mayb you know what I'm talking about, you've prolly seen it also

http://www.kangaroo.tv/

http://www.formula1.com/results/season/

from the stats I can see that Button has won more races, and that kimi was very close of outdoing vettel's record of 1:22:49.328 in 60 laps.

I predict that Hamilton could win this race, but the competition is fierce with vettel, alonso and liuzzi

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Originally posted by winston http://www.formula1.com/results/season/ from the stats I can see that Button has won more races, and that kimi was very close of outdoing vettel's record of 1:22:49.328 in 60 laps.

wut ?

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I predict that Hamilton could win this race, but the competition is fierce with vettel, alonso and liuzzi

don't forget about the competition from Fisichella Heidfeld and Grosejan!

I hope one of the Force India guys can steal a win today.

The Brawn's look to be in a good spot after the fuel weights were published though there's still a question mark over Rubens'gearbox.

This season has been insane!


The Renault Formula One team issued the following press release on Wednesday:

The ING Renault F1 Team will not dispute the recent allegations made by the FIA concerning the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

It also wishes to state that its managing director, Flavio Briatore and its executive director of engineering, Pat Symonds, have left the team.

Before attending the hearing before the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris on 21 September 2009, the team will not make any further comment.

SOURCE

Crazy shit for sure.

Seeing Flavio involved in something like this doesn't really surprise me too much. Symonds on the other hand, does.

I think Renault made the right move getting rid of both of them with immediate effect, and not trying to deny any wrongdoing (though at the same time, not admitting any wrongdoing).

I think this preemptive action will save the team since they must know something juicy.

If the team would have tried to drag this out, only to still get caught, they risk a huge ban and likely loss of sponsorships.

If they can pass this off as an isolated incident involving shady management, they might just get through this.

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