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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 09:27 PM
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Haha, no.
there is no water in that water bottle, only vodka. I think he drives better either hung over or drunk
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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Team: McLaren

Driver: Raikkonen

I tend to favor the drivers over the teams though, so I guess I'll be a Ferrari fan next year. If Lewis Hamilton joins McLaren next season, I'll be split between the two teams. Whoever said Webber was overrated and Nico was faster is wrong. Button on the other hand IS overrated but I think he's very consistent.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 09:30 PM
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I'm not so sure it's BMW's fault that Williams has been in the doldrums. True, reliability hasn't been their strong suit, but how often were the BMW's able to out-drag the front-line cars? Seems to me the engine power hasn't been the problem. Williams had already been in decline before the BMW engines showed up, not coincidentally around the time that Newey left, and having the BMW motor actually improved their fortunes. At least they were able to actually win races with the BMW engine, something that the Toyota hasn't proven to be able to do (yet). It's hard to tell what the problem has been with Williams the last three or four years, including this one, as BMW blames Williams and Williams blames BMW.

I dunno if I can be a faithful fan of the Williams squad with their new motors... I prefer to wear my old 2000-vintage blue-and-white Williams-BMW hat with the RS logo on the back. Williams-Toyota doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
I prefer to be a Williams non BMW fan, Mario Thesisen always struck me as arrogant, and BMW as a whole sort of has a holier than thou approate to stuff. I just hope they can secure additional sponsorship and then Nico finds that rocket that he had strapped to his car in Bahrain
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by T.T.
Team: McLaren

Driver: Raikkonen

I tend to favor the drivers over the teams though, so I guess I'll be a Ferrari fan next year. If Lewis Hamilton joins McLaren next season, I'll be split between the two teams. Whoever said Webber was overrated and Nico was faster is wrong. Button on the other hand IS overrated but I think he's very consistent.
How many fast laps has Webber set this season? And Button has proved that the only button he knows how it hit is the backwards one, as he always loses mad spots at the begining of the race
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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Mario Thesisen always struck me as arrogant
Oh, absolutely. In a different era, Theissen would've been the architect of the Schlieffen Plan, if you know what I mean.

If you don't, look 'er up on wikipedia.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 09:44 PM
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Oh, absolutely. In a different era, Theissen would've been the architect of the Schlieffen Plan, if you know what I mean.

If you don't, look 'er up on wikipedia.
lol, I had no idea what that was, but good historical reference!
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
How many fast laps has Webber set this season? And Button has proved that the only button he knows how it hit is the backwards one, as he always loses mad spots at the begining of the race
Webber's car is slow and unreliable. In two years when he moves to Renault (my personal prediction) we'll all see his true speed. Personnally, I think Barrichello is faster than Button, he's just unlucky.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by T.T.
Webber's car is slow and unreliable. In two years when he moves to Renault (my personal prediction) we'll all see his true speed. Personnally, I think Barrichello is faster than Button, he's just unlucky.
Actually Nico has had more retirements than Webber for mechanical problems. I do agree with you about Barrichello tho, Button is the luckiest man alive for getting paid for those kind of results.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by T.T.
Webber's car is slow and unreliable. In two years when he moves to Renault (my personal prediction) we'll all see his true speed.
Won't Webber be eligible for retirement in two years?
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by T.T.
Personnally, I think Barrichello is faster than Button, he's just unlucky.
TRUE... Just wish the British press would accept that.

My #1 choice in team well I'd have to go old school and say Lotus (Pre '88 of course). Wish they were still around F1 with an Adrian Newey or Gary Anderson type in the place of Chapman. Of the existing electronica era teams, I'd have to say McLaren.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by nu2rx8
TRUE... Just wish the British press would accept that.

My #1 choice in team well I'd have to go old school and say Lotus (Pre '88 of course). Wish they were still around F1 with an Adrian Newey or Gary Anderson type in the place of Chapman. Of the existing electronica era teams, I'd have to say McLaren.
yeah, old school Lotus JPS was pretty awesome, esp with those sideburns!
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 10:50 PM
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yeah, old school Lotus JPS was pretty awesome, esp with those sideburns!
Well, YEAH, they made Corgi versions of those cars back in the day!
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 10:54 PM
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 10:59 PM
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RENAULT
that has been in the majority after Ferrari so far!
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
there is no water in that water bottle, only vodka. I think he drives better either hung over or drunk
He is definately a party animal and will shut a bar down by himself.

I think he drives better when his car is not broken.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Tirminyl
He is definately a party animal and will shut a bar down by himself.

I think he drives better when his car is not broken.
lol or when he doesnt have Mercedes power under the rear cowl
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 12:19 AM
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Kimi probably drinks because he knows he doesn't have a good chance of either winning or finishing a race. Isn't Barrichello the lead driver of the Honda team?
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by T.T.
Kimi probably drinks because he knows he doesn't have a good chance of either winning or finishing a race. Isn't Barrichello the lead driver of the Honda team?
nope, Button is their number 1 driver. Kimi also drinks because he loves it, little known fact
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
nope, Button is their number 1 driver. Kimi also drinks because he loves it, little known fact
I noticed that Barrichello is the driver with the red camera on his car and Button has the black one. Doesn't the lead driver have the red one?
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 06:46 AM
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nope, Button is their number 1 driver. Kimi also drinks because he loves it, little known fact
No, Rubens is their #1 driver. I know he hasn't been doing well but he is #1 at Honda.
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by T.T.
Team: McLaren

Driver: Raikkonen

I tend to favor the drivers over the teams though, so I guess I'll be a Ferrari fan next year. If Lewis Hamilton joins McLaren next season, I'll be split between the two teams. Whoever said Webber was overrated and Nico was faster is wrong. Button on the other hand IS overrated but I think he's very consistent.
So Button is a good #2 driver.
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 07:53 AM
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team: ferrari ( not a fan of the people but of the cars they built)

driver: kimi (he is a race car driver and he doest give a sh.t about popularaty, he just drives)

what I really love to see its 2 identical ferraris with kimi and michael go heat to head and seee what happens
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by rotary crazy
team: ferrari ( not a fan of the people but of the cars they built)

driver: kimi (he is a race car driver and he doest give a sh.t about popularaty, he just drives)

what I really love to see its 2 identical ferraris with kimi and michael go heat to head and seee what happens
where are you seeing that?
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 09:04 AM
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Just saying he wishes he could see that.
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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Hanzo
So Button is a good #2 driver.
wow, I really had no idea Button was #2, thats shocking
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