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Official Formula 1 2004 thread (pg. 11)
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| jon |
| read in a newspaper that he will be out for french + UK grand prix |
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| TOR |
| it seems as though he will be out for the rest of the season.. his back is more injured than previously thought, he broke two vertebrae.. he'll need about three months to fully recover. Marc Gene will take over his place for the remainder of the season. |
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| fcuk ® |
| Hope ralf gets better soon i want to see him atleast finish the season. In the meantime Gene should pick up some valuable points for him. |
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| Trance Nutter |
There's talk that Mark Webber will be rushed into the Williams to finish off the season.
Dunno how much of that is just Australian media speculation, it would be good though! |
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| fcuk ® |
| I know Williams are keen for webber to drive in '05 but i didn't know how much they care for him. I doubt it, i guess it's all the media. But if he does, good luck to him for getting a spot in a top team. Go Webber!:D |
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| Spad |
From ITV:
Kimi Raikkonen gave the clearest indication yet of the potential of the revised McLaren MP4-19B chassis by posting the fastest time in the final 45-minute practice session on Saturday morning.
The Finn edged out Jenson Button’s BAR and Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari by a few hundredths of a second. Takuma Sato and Rubens Barrichello backed up their respective team-mates in fourth and fifth.
The signs were not promising for Schumacher’s rivals in the early stages, as the championship leader pounded round in the 1m14s range apparently at will.
The German clocked a 1m14.742s within the first 10 minutes, and was going even quicker on his next lap before deciding to abort it and return to the pits.
David Coulthard was the first to join Schuey in the 1m14s, followed by Raikkonen who knocked the Ferrari off the top of the charts with a 1m14.513s at the half-hour mark.
Oh, and Mark Gene is driving in Ralf's place, he finished third in the first practice session and 14th in the second |
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| TOR |
^ Raikkonen screwed up in final qualifying though.. Coulthard however is third, so the new McLaren doesn't look too bad.
interesting grid for tomorrow. |
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| Tim81 |
| Boring this season.... Schumacher, schumacher and schumacher :( :mad: :whip: :nervous: |
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| Spad |
| quote: | Originally posted by TOR
^ Raikkonen screwed up in final qualifying though.. Coulthard however is third, so the new McLaren doesn't look too bad.
interesting grid for tomorrow. |
I didn't know that when I posted :) |
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| TOR |
rather boring race..
interesting strategy by Ferrari.. they really seem unbeatable this season.
and what an incredible move by Barrichello :eyes: |
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| Trance Nutter |
| The race would have been more interesting had the TV director showed more than just Schumacher. Martin Brundle and James from ITV kept saying there were some great battles back in the field, but we didn't see them! :whip: |
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| Spad |
Agreed it was a terrible race :( All credit to Barrichello, wasn't a particularly good move, I think he just caught him sleeping :haha:
from ITV-F1:
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London mayor Ken Livingstone has thrown his weight behind proposals for a Grand Prix in the capital.
Livingstone gave the idea his backing just a day before F1 cars are due to run down Regent Street.
The event was conceived as a way of promoting this weekend’s British GP at Silverstone. But the Northamptonshire circuit could soon face some competition for its blue riband race if Livingstone has anything to do with it.
He told the Evening Standard: “We would need to negotiate about routes and costs but I’m definitely backing a Grand Prix for London.
“The Grand Prix is already a phenomenal global spectacle, watched by some 400 million people worldwide. This is truly big business and London’s economy and tourist industry would benefit significantly.”
Livingstone has already discussed the matter with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
Harvey Goldsmith, who is promoting Tuesday’s event in Regent Street, also believes a London Grand Prix is a very real possibility.
He said: “If they can do it in Monte Carlo and if they could do it on the streets of Adelaide, I don’t see why we can’t do it in London.”
But Goldsmith warned that the race could not simply be run in London as a one-off.
He said: “Any new event normally takes three or four years before it starts to take on its own life, but with a long-term commitment I think there would be a huge upside.
“If we’re going to be the best city in the world we have to be able to put on the best events.
“And a London Grand Prix would be one of the very best.” |
Would be nice :) |
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