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Poor Rubens... :(
I liked him.... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Noxide
They should kick Button out and keep Rubens - he's really much better than Button.
Rubens Barrichello has hinted he might eventually write some revealing memoirs about his Formula One career.
Speaking from an awards night in Sao Paulo, the 36-year-old Brazilian was reacting to a recent controversy that highlighted the tense relationship he shared with Michael Schumacher and Ferrari as a race driver with the Italian team.
"The public does not know even half of the story about what I experienced with Ferrari," Barrichello said.
"Perhaps they will be able to read the truth one day in a book," Barrichello, whose future is in serious doubt following the expiry of his Honda contract, hinted.
He said the 'right time' for him to reveal the details of his experiences 'will come'.
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I'm definitely getting that book!!!
Just a thought................but do the ppl who hate Lewis Hamilton hate him because hes good? or because they are racist?
Because he is greedy and cheaterQuote:
Originally Posted by DysonUpright
Yeah I like be accused of being a racist... :glare:Quote:
Originally Posted by DysonUpright
how is he greedy
i think they hate him because they feel that such a person could rise up so quickly when their fave racers took many years to break through
that is just my opinion tho
no-one can deny that he is a great racer tho
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Originally Posted by DysonUpright
WHY does it always have to be about race?
People need to stop playing the race card.
It's pathetic.
Get over it.
Besides, the British (not all) are the ones who were (are) going on and on and freaking ON about the worlds first F1 black champion. ALL season long! :glare:
He's arrogant and thinks too highly of himself. He drives (plays) "dirty" and he doesn't deserve to be World Champion.
Blah Blah Blah!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Williamp90
It's not about race.
And it's not just his fault either.
Both Martin Brundle and (especially) James Allan are so obviously porker fans, and as a commentator you should be neutral.
Bernie Ecclestone will lick dog poo off the porkers' feet.
Max Mosley made no secret of the fact that he wanted the porker to win.
That, combined with the fact that the porker is arrogant and so full of self praise, and the fact that he drives with no one else in mind but himself, makes me hate him.
Thank you.
Amen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noxide
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What is this sport coming to?
This looks horrible.
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Originally Posted by Noxide
Is that how the 2009 cars are gonna look?
Yip.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemmings
Lovely, aren't they?
It's terrible! :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Noxide
Oh your god...
They're... nasty.
Indeed. They used those wings back in the 80's.Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronVW
Don't understand why people want to live in the past.
Michael Schumacher has responded to reports that Rubens Barrichello plans to one day publish a book of revealing memoirs about his time at Ferrari.
Barrichello, 36, spent six years as Schumacher's team-mate at the Italian team, during which time the German secured five of his seven drivers' titles.
In the same period, Barrichello won just nine races, but Schumacher has rejected claims the Brazilian was not given a fair chance to succeed.
"Nobody can make you slower because of a contract," he told the Cologne newspaper Express.
"If you are fast, you are fast, and then you are the number one."
Michael might be racing in the Superbike series for Honda.
I think I might start supporting Yamaha...
Saying that RedBull's doesn't look too bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noxide
That's only because they are still running this years' front wing. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronVW
A proposal for a new qualifying format for 2009 could be tabled at the forthcoming meeting of the FIA's World Motor Sport Council.
According to widespread media sources, the new system - featuring a new session format, as well as possible prize-money and a point for pole position - is championed by the alliance of F1 teams, FOTA.
They have committed to discussing the proposal in more detail at a meeting early next month.
The website of the Spanish newspaper Marca reveals that, under the new system, all 20 cars would enter the circuit with low levels of fuel for a 14-lap sprint, with the slowest car eliminated after each lap.
During a short break, the surviving six cars will then return to the pits for new tyres and fuel and then compete for pole position and a world championship point.
If agreed by FOTA, the proposal would then require ratification by the World Motor Sport Council.
It's becoming GP2.
Ridiculous.
What's gotten into them though? :blink: :blink:
Politics.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemmings
Screws up everything it touches.
Look at our Rugby.
We've had the Springbok over our hearts for 90 years.
Now all of a sudden it's a Protea.
Politics...
True...Quote:
Originally Posted by Noxide
But it's pathetic - honestly.
Sebastian Vettel has vowed to cope with the responsibility of carrying the load of Red Bull's pre-season testing duties.
The highly rated 21-year-old, approaching only his second full season as a race driver, said he has not spoken to his 2009 team-mate Mark Webber since the Australian badly broke his leg last weekend.
"We will proceed as usual with testing and for sure he will be missed but it is more important that he is back next year to get the new car running," the German told F1's official website.
Until the experienced Webber, 32, is back in action, the focus of the team's preparations for next year will now fall on Vettel's shoulders.
Not only is it a big responsibility for a young driver, Vettel is also settling into a new environment, having switched from the sister team Toro Rosso.
He said: "We have to be even more focused down in Jerez at our next test and can't afford to make any mistakes, as time is valuable."
Chief test engineer Ian Morgan believes Vettel's adjustment will be smooth.
"He settled in very quickly and it actually felt as though he'd been with us for a long time already, which is a good sign," he said after last week's Barcelona test.
Red Bull tester Sebastien Buemi was busy with Toro Rosso Ferrari in the first group test of the winter.
He'll be Champion before too long.
And a deserving one at that.
He's making way too much noise....
Rubens Barrichello has this week continued his tirade against Ferrari and Michael Schumacher.
The veteran Brazilian, whose record-setting formula one career looks at an end, has followed through with his promise to one day reveal more about his six-year tenure with the famous Italian team.
On the Brazilian TV programme Fantastico, he claims he was threatened with the sack while he led the infamous 2002 Austrian Grand Prix.
While circulating in front of Schumacher, Barrichello said he was told over the radio: "Do you know that Michael is behind you? It's important for the championship."
He said his conversation with the pits lasted for eight laps, before an ultimatum was presented on the final tour.
"The intensity of the conversation increased with every lap. And then I was told to think about my contract," said Barrichello.
"For me it was clear - take your foot off the gas or you will be going home."
Barrichello said he was appalled by the turn of events, and asked Schumacher afterwards if he had anything to do with the decision.
"He said he had nothing to do with it, but I have the documents at home to prove that he was aware of everything that took place," the 36-year-old insisted.
He is being SO bitter!
Typical - anything for publicity and money to leak anything on Ferrari.
Get over it already Rubens!!!
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Originally Posted by Lemmings
That's a bit harsh.
If it happened to me I'd also want to tell the world, but I'd go about doing so in a completely different way.
:( Sorry.... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Noxide
According to the official F1 site, F1.com, Spanish sponsor Banco Santander will move its backing from McLaren to Ferrari after the 2009 Formula One season, the bank's boss Emilio Botin has confirmed.
"Santander will be with Ferrari in 2010, yes," he is quoted as saying by the Spanish newspaper Diario AS.
Botin also made clear his desire to reunite the Santander logo with the car driven by Fernando Alonso, after the former double world champion left McLaren at the end of last year.
"Alonso is the best driver in the world and we would like to work with him, but that's not something that depends only on us. We will however not move our backing to a team that does not have Alonso in its immediate future." he confirmed.
Ferrari's current race drivers Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen are both contracted to the Italian team for 2009 and 2010.
We will however not move our backing to a team that does not have Alonso in its immediate future." he confirmed.
Mmmmm...... :whistle:
If Bernie Ecclestone's 'gold medals' proposal for scoring in Formula One was retrospectively applied, it would change the landscape of the sport's history.
In the 58 world championships since the category's modern inception in 1950, the Olympic Games-style system would have crowned a different champion up to 12 times.
The most recent example is this year, when runner-up Felipe Massa won six races compared with Lewis Hamilton's five. Under Ecclestone's proposed regime, the Brazilian would now be 2008 world champion.
The big winners of the F1 Chief Executive's plan, however, would have been Nigel Mansell (1992) and Jim Clark (1963 and 1965). In both cases, the drivers would each have won two extra titles.
The biggest loser, on the other hand, would be Nelson Piquet, who according to the 'medals' system would not have won any of his three titles in the 80s.
Alain Prost would have won five titles instead of four, and Keke Rosberg - because he only won a single 'gold medal' - would not have been crowned champion in 1982.
Indeed, under Ecclestone's plan, the Finn and father of Williams driver Nico Rosberg would have finished the drivers' championship just sixth.
Lewis Hamilton this week will receive a top German media prize for becoming the youngest ever F1 world champion.
On Thursday, the 23-year-old McLaren driver will be named as the recipient of a 'Bambi' :laugh: :laugh: trophy at a gala ceremony, organisers the Hubert Burda Media group said.
Also honoured with a Bambi, for her comeback following a series of highly-publicised personal problems, will be pop star Britney Spears, who will sing at the ceremony :glare: :glare:
Former team owner Eddie Jordan has slammed Bernie Ecclestone's proposal to introduce an Olympic Games-style 'medals' scoring system for Formula One.
During a press conference in London on Wednesday, F1 Chief Executive Ecclestone reiterated his plan, revealing that the teams are also fully supportive.
But Jordan, who sold his Silverstone-based team at the end of 2004, told the BBC: "I think (the proposals) are a nonsense."
"I can't possibly believe he's thinking straight, especially on this one. His focus must be on cost-cutting and nothing else. The rest is just dressing it up."
Jordan disagrees completely that scrapping the current points system, expanded from the top six finishers to the top eight some years ago, is a good idea.
"I was one of the team principals who advocated the points should go down to eighth place because one point is as important to those teams as a win is to McLaren and Ferrari," he said.
"He is tinkering with something on which he has lost the understanding. He thinks only wins matter."
"There has not been enough thought put into this and for him to say that it comes with the full approval of all the teams - I'm sorry, I just don't believe it."
Ecclestone wants so Ecclestone gets in F1. He has the monopoly and that needs to be broken. This idea is ridiculous. If a driver finishes second or third every race and ends up with more points than one who has a couple of firsts and a bunch of DNF's, who should win? Personally, I would prefer to see consistency win. Why is that bad for the sport? It has nothing to do with overtaking. If BE gets his way then we can all expect a lot more stewards enquiries over results, then BE can give it to whoever he wants regardless of who crossed the line first. There are already too many races decided by the rulemakers interpretation (or the fear of them). Get rid of them and then drivers will overtake. F1 is in serious danger of losing its appeal and if that happens the drivers will be able to move, but BE will be stuck with the monster he is creating. Perhaps the teams should flex their combined muscle and put him in his place.
Couldn't agree more.
At least now the rules are as ridiculous as the cars.
Charges will not be laid against Mark Webber following the Australian driver's cycling crash last week, Tasmanian police have confirmed.
Inspector Glen Woolley was quoted by a local newspaper on Thursday as suggesting either the Formula One driver, or the driver of the four-wheel drive vehicle that struck his mountain bike head-on, could be charged with a traffic offence and summoned to court.
But in a subsequent statement, Tasmania Police said that while an investigation into the crash is ongoing, charges will not be laid.
Red Bull driver Webber is recovering from surgery on the two broken bones in his right leg in a Hobart hospital, but is targeting a return to the cockpit in February.
"At the moment there is pressure and swelling whenever I stand up. There is talk it will be like that for the next two or three weeks and come the first week of February we should be on target for me to be able to walk unaided," he told the BBC.
Hope he recovers ok....