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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 09:08 AM
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before the 5 grid penalty for kimi, 5 of the top 6 were former world champions.... i guess that says something about having a WC as your driver huh
being in the right car helps also. where was Button before he won 4 races in a row in the BrawnF1 and won the championship.
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 02:18 PM
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Any bets on how long Massa will be around? Given his poor qualifying and result in Australia, I quite frankly see Ferrari replacing him. I really like Massa and genuinely wish he had beaten Hamilton in 2008. Ever since his accident, he has never been the same. I wish him all the best and really wish he was doing better. I can also see major heads rolling at Ferrari if they don't get their act together.

I found a great article about Ferrari's pull rod suspension, which may explain Massa's poor performance: http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/...s-braking-down
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 02:59 PM
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Any bets on how long Massa will be around? Given his poor qualifying and result in Australia, I quite frankly see Ferrari replacing him. I really like Massa and genuinely wish he had beaten Hamilton in 2008. Ever since his accident, he has never been the same. I wish him all the best and really wish he was doing better. I can also see major heads rolling at Ferrari if they don't get their act together.

I found a great article about Ferrari's pull rod suspension, which may explain Massa's poor performance: http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/...s-braking-down
Yeah unfortunately I think he'll be gone before the end of the year or this will be his last. I really like Massa, but your right, he hasn't been the same since his accident. 2008 should've been his year.

Can't wait for the race tomorrow, I'd love to see Schumi take a podium!
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 03:06 PM
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Any bet Massa will be involved in an incident at tomorrows race
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by SamsonEvoX
People had pretty much written him off last year, but he looks like the old Michael.
Close to the old Michael right?! Don't get me wrong, aside from that off that jacked up his transmission last weekend, he has been pretty darn impressive this year. Rosberg must be scratching his head at the moment, since his dominance over Schumacher appears to be over after two relatively solid years in a pretty noncompetitive car. So the question is....why? And better yet, will Schumi be able to keep it up?!
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 07:34 PM
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^ I am sure that Rosberg must be champing at the bit because Schumi has been doing better in qualifying. The one thing that Schumi needs to do better is to be more consistent during the actual race. He seems to start well, then falls off about mid race. It would seem that Michael was hampered by the Mercedes' design the past couple of years. This new car seems really competitive. About the only thing that might derail it is if Red Bull's protest over the f-duct is approved by Charlie Whiting.
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 07:41 PM
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^ I think its more of an issue with the car abusing its tires, not so much his actual race pace.


Get up early and watch the race before autox tomorrow, or wait until about 8-9pm when I'm home tomorrow night? Decisions, decisions...
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 11:27 PM
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^ Stay up son, ill be texting you at 3am
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 12:22 AM
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Who all is still up and about to watch this race?
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 02:04 AM
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^ there's nothing to watch now :/
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by grillpt
^ I think its more of an issue with the car abusing its tires, not so much his actual race pace.


Get up early and watch the race before autox tomorrow, or wait until about 8-9pm when I'm home tomorrow night? Decisions, decisions...
Hope you set the dvr to record 2 hours extra.
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 03:54 AM
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wow, what a last 10 laps.

lol at RB, "Pit..Pit..Pit"....."no, don't pit, stay out"...."emergency...Pit..Pit"
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 05:34 AM
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Sauber takes 2nd Place?!!!

Say what?....Sauber on podium in second place?...can't B true...haven't watched race yet, just the results.

Not really gloating here but didn't someone say Sauber was at best 9th place?...well, that's two races now where that is not true, in fact, blown out of the water!!...nobody expected this exept me...true, Kobay had to retire but one of the Saubers stayed in and almost took first which means this is definitely a competitive car....I am really flying high!!

Speaking of upsets...Alonso, the Ferrari winning?!...what happened there?..talking heads said they were finished for the next four races until new chassis comes in...well, it appears that they to R wrong again! Of course this includes me who expected RB to pull this one out...but U NO what?...I don't care bc my Sauber boys R getten it done!

Later, Ken, the ecstatic one

Post Script: Yes, it was raining and some will say a freak result but such comments R irrelavant, a podium is a podium

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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 06:54 AM
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^^^ LOL. And I'm sure you're going to ignore that he still got beat by a car that the announcers "never imagined being capable of winning a race this season"? I would hope that would put things into perspective for you, since you've had nothing nice to say about Ferrari, including claiming that Sauber is quicker.
Regardless, Perez drove awesome, and controlled, except for just one small oops trying to run down Alonso towards the end. I think Bob Varsha put it best....'reality may set in in three weeks in Shanghai, but now, time to party."
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 07:50 AM
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i set my DVR to record two extra hours after the race but it was after the race was on
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