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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 11:40 AM
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^Gee, another incident with Maldenado...same type of incident with Hami last week...and the stewards have fined him...what would B a better punishment, no, learning tool is to force him to watch how Weber and Alonso reacted toward the end of the race...they didn't try to run into each other or hold a line they could not defend but rather demonstrated that they are professional drivers that NO what they R doing...Maldenado is out of it and does not NO what he is doing....but speaking about not NO'ing what U R doing: Kobay, Kobay, listen up...that pit stop was worse than a rookie mistake...U need to go back seven paces and regroup...U were lucky nobody seriously got hurt by that ridiculous, unsafe stop in the pits...one more like that, and I am finished with U!

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Old Jul 10, 2012 | 04:19 AM
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Looks as if Webber has resigned with RB, not really surprised by that after his win this past weekend.

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/...ebber-for-2013
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Old Jul 10, 2012 | 05:14 AM
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Stop the presses. Ken actually saying something negative about his beloved Kobay? Kobay should think about going to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series or perhaps try the IRL instead.
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Old Jul 10, 2012 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by SamsonEvoX
Stop the presses. Ken actually saying something negative about his beloved Kobay? Kobay should think about going to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series or perhaps try the IRL instead.
It is important to dole out not only the good but also the bad.

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Old Jul 14, 2012 | 03:38 AM
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Maldenado: Survey

U will have to vote to C the results: http://www.crash.net/f1/news/181891/..._maligned.html

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Old Jul 14, 2012 | 07:02 AM
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Why all this talk about Vettel going to Ferrari? It makes no sense. Red Bull is a superior team in every way other than historical significance to F1. Vettel is sitting pretty where he is. He can retire with Ferrari, but as long as Red Bull has the team it has, he could never really think of leaving. This weekend will give us a good outlook into the future of Red Bull this season. If Vettel pulls off what he did last race, minus the breakdown, it may be back to last years dominance. Which I would love to see. Not boring for me one bit. For excitement I can watch Hamilton crash people out of the race.
Because Sebastian Vettel is part of the Motorsport Religion, there for: he is religious.
And Ferrari for the motorsport, is like the Pope for a Church.
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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by KPerez
U will have to vote to C the results: http://www.crash.net/f1/news/181891/..._maligned.html

Later, Ken
IMO Maldonado needs to learn to keep himself in check a bit better. His latest incident with Perez was completely unnecessary. Somehow I get the feeling that after his victory in Barcelona, he is feeling a bit self-entitled, which, when combined with his forte for making bad judgement calls, isn't helping in his quest for more points. If I was running Williams, I'd have a long, hard talk with him. From a team perspective he's cost them way too many points this year with his track antics. Winning a race only goes so far...

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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Ludikraut
IMO Maldonado needs to learn to keep himself in check a bit better. His latest incident with Perez was completely unnecessary. Somehow I get the feeling that after his victory in Barcelona, he is feeling a bit self-entitled, which, when combined with his forte for making bad judgement calls, isn't helping in his quest for more points. If I was running Williams, I'd have a long, hard talk with him. From a team perspective he's cost them way too many points this year with his track antics. Winning a race only goes so far...

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U R right on this but the guy is in complete denial...if something does bad with him involved, there will B consequences for Williams...they have been told.

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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 03:45 AM
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I have the utmost respect fo Sterling Moss but I think when we he fell down an open elevator shaft recently, something snapped other than his bones: http://www.f1reports.com/f1/article/16279/

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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by KPerez
U R right on this but the guy is in complete denial...if something does bad with him involved, there will B consequences for Williams...they have been told.

Latter, Ken
there's been talk that Maldonado should be banned from F1 all together. he was banned from Monaco for life before.

http://www.worldcarfans.com/11205234...o-be-in-monaco
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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by KPerez
I have the utmost respect fo Sterling Moss but I think when we he fell down an open elevator shaft recently, something snapped other than his bones: http://www.f1reports.com/f1/article/16279/

Later, Ken
Actually I have to, in some ways, agree with Moss. While I don't agree that the cars should remain as dangerous as they were, I do agree that all of the BS whining and wrangling about "safe" circuits really has no business in what is the self proclaimed "pinnacle of motorsports". I would love nothing more than to see F1 race the full Nurburgring again.

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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Ludikraut
If I was running Williams, I'd have a long, hard talk with him. From a team perspective he's cost them way too many points this year with his track antics. Winning a race only goes so far...

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Agreed, or else Maldonado's sponsors should start paying for replacement parts for the car and overtime for the team too, since they have to keep fixing his car after he keeps running into other cars, walls, etc. at every event.
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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 03:45 PM
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Stirling Moss knows his stuff. He raced when brave men died almost weekly. The cars were gasoline filled coffins. Fire was the greatest fear. I remember seeing a driver whose face was horribly burned back at a Can Am race in 1970. The one thing I do love is not seeing drivers die like they did before. when Senna died, I was in total shock, same as Jim Clark.
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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by KPerez
It is important to dole out not only the good but also the bad.

Later, Ken
Ken, I respect people who are honest. You just went up in my book!
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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by SamsonEvoX
Stirling Moss knows his stuff. He raced when brave men died almost weekly. The cars were gasoline filled coffins. Fire was the greatest fear. I remember seeing a driver whose face was horribly burned back at a Can Am race in 1970. The one thing I do love is not seeing drivers die like they did before. when Senna died, I was in total shock, same as Jim Clark.
I'm glad I was too young to remember when Senna died, I was sad enough when Dan Wheldon died last year and I don't even follow Indy. If any of the F1 guys were to get killed in an accident now days it would be horrible. I agree in some part with the huge runoff areas being way too forgiving, they should really use bigger gravel traps or something that would cause the car to get stuck so if they made a mistake by going off so the driver would pay for it by retiring from the race due to a beached car, etc. not due to a crash.
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