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Old Feb 17, 2015 | 04:34 AM
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Official 2015 F1 Season discussion

Aight folks, let's start this thing!
...With the right foot!!!

Ferrari is trying to bring sexy back to F1:
Ferrari reveals concept Formula 1 car - GPUpdate.net
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Old Feb 17, 2015 | 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by bse50
Aight folks, let's start this thing!
...With the right foot!!!

Ferrari is trying to bring sexy back to F1:
Ferrari reveals concept Formula 1 car - GPUpdate.net
Super Sexy! The article mentioned maybe asking fans opinions; first of all, I don't think elitists really care what the small folks want, even to their own detriment sometimes. I'd take sexy cars with turbo'd V8s and whatever hybrid tech they want to add, no rev limits. they can still penalize after a certain amount of engines are used for the season.

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Old Feb 17, 2015 | 08:18 AM
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That is sexy, the rear looks like the tail end of the Indy cars.
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Old Feb 18, 2015 | 03:09 AM
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Ricciardo is fun!
Ricciardo drives a classic Alfa Romeo at Targa Florio
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Old Feb 18, 2015 | 07:40 PM
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Such a talent and a great guy! World champion some day I hope.

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Old Feb 19, 2015 | 01:52 AM
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Such a talent and a great guy! World champion some day I hope.

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Yes but with ferrari!
ahahahaha!
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Old Feb 21, 2015 | 03:04 AM
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I kind of like Arrivabene:
"Last year Kimi didn't become an old, ex-F1 driver. My opinion is he is still Kimi, he is feeling the car much better, he is smiling, which is very, very strange – this is the real scoop of the weekend!"

"He was on the ground to look at the car to try to adjust something and I said, 'what are you doing?' He said, 'I was a mechanic when I was young' and I said, 'yes, OK, don't touch the car Kimi!'

Full: Arrivabene: Räikkönen has renewed motivation - GPUpdate.net
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Old Mar 3, 2015 | 07:10 AM
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What a harsh start of the season for McLaren: Alonso to sit out Australian Grand Prix - GPUpdate.net
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Old Mar 13, 2015 | 09:55 PM
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Watching it live at work:

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Old Mar 14, 2015 | 10:32 AM
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Its nice to see Ferrari competitive again.
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Old Mar 15, 2015 | 04:26 PM
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I little interesting bit of information about Mercedes. Nico revealed towards the later part of last season, their car had enough power on reserve to lap the entire field at the Australian GP! :o
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Old Mar 16, 2015 | 07:47 AM
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Left rear axle issues and engine failures, kind of a boring race.
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Old Mar 16, 2015 | 08:12 AM
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I missed the race, but it doesn't sound like a bad thing
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Old Mar 16, 2015 | 08:24 AM
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TBH you didn't miss much.
**Spoiler alert**

The silver arrows dominate and Hamilton takes lead from pole and maintains about a 1 - 3second the entire race. Ferrari and and Williams look to be competitive. The rookies Nasr and Verstappen look good as well.
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Old Mar 16, 2015 | 08:26 AM
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Yeah, I saw the results. 11 cars finishing is rather poor.
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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 12:12 PM
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Interesting: Renault says Red Bull shouldn't expect race wins this season
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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 12:37 PM
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What a bunch of losers.
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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 03:53 PM
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If any of you F1 fans are here in San Diego Henry's Pub downtown has an F1 meet up group on Sundays at 11:00am on race weeks to watch the race. It is a good time, the entire bar is F1 fans.
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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 04:10 PM
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It looks like Hamilton had a power unit failure in FP1

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Old Mar 30, 2015 | 09:18 AM
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not a bad race at all; I was hoping that Kimi would have closed the gap more after his last stop.
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Old Mar 30, 2015 | 09:21 AM
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The race wasn't bad. It's sad to see Williams struggle so much after a great start of the season.
Seeing Toro Rosso ahead of RB is awesome.
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Old Mar 30, 2015 | 09:34 AM
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It's great to see Ferrari on the top step again, I'm just not a fan of their new driver.
Alonso must be kicking himself, but I guess $$$$ talks
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Old Mar 30, 2015 | 03:57 PM
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It's great to see Kimi so near the podium. And he lost a lap due to a puncture on lap 2. I hope he pounds Vettel this year.
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Old Mar 30, 2015 | 04:11 PM
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Yes it would be nice but I don't think so,he just isn't the Ice man anymore.
More like luke warm!
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Old Mar 31, 2015 | 03:33 PM
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It's great to see Kimi so near the podium. And he lost a lap due to a puncture on lap 2. I hope he pounds Vettel this year.
He didn't lose a lap because of that puncture. The safety car promptly saved his race!
His recovery was nonetheless impressive, i give you that.
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