Spanish Grand Prix this weekend

Sideways



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Message Posted:
07/05/2010 12:49

Hamilton and Button head the first practice with Schueeee 3rd.

Sideways



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Message Posted:
07/05/2010 17:14

Vettel and Webber head the second practice with Schueeee 3rd.

rigsby


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Message Posted:
07/05/2010 17:54

I hope my god,ie;Schuey is teasing them.

Tootie


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Message Posted:
07/05/2010 17:56

Peter. Im looking forward to this race, Barcelona is a fast track with good weather.

Should be some good racing

arrry



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Message Posted:
08/05/2010 09:33

Button/ Hamilton for me . And maybe the old chap may get on the podium !! ( If he can climb up that far ) !!

Groucho



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Message Posted:
08/05/2010 11:22

Racing Driver's with Scottish Town/City names..



Eddie IRVINE

Lewis HAMILTON

DENNY Hulme

STIRLING Moss

Johnny DUMFRIES

and my favourite...

Ayr Toon Centre



Now which GP had four drivers with the same surname?

Sideways



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Message Posted:
08/05/2010 13:26

British GP 1959.

Henry, Mike, Dennis and Trevor Taylor.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
08/05/2010 15:00

Too easy then...

Sideways



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Message Posted:
08/05/2010 17:12

It won't be easy for Hamilton, Button and the rest. The Red Bull's are nearly one second per lap quicker.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
08/05/2010 17:27

1 Aus Mark Webber 6 Red Bull-Renault 1:19.995

2 Ger Sebastian Vettel 5 Red Bull-Renault 1:20.101

3 GB Lewis Hamilton 2 McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.829

4 Spa Fernando Alonso 8 Ferrari 1:20.937

5 GB Jenson Button 1 McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.991

6 Ger Michael Schumacher 3 Mercedes GP 1:21.294



Racing is not the same as qualifying.. still rate McLaren to pass.

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
08/05/2010 17:30

Rigsby,



that new Ferrari 'F-duct' means the red team have to drive at 200MPH with no hands on the wheel ;)...



Hope it rains tomorrow.. it MIGHT ...

rigsby


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Message Posted:
08/05/2010 17:59

Mark,I watched most of qualifying,however i am not in u/k but i will watch it on sky on race day.My god was third in all the practise sessions but did not keep the place when it mattered.Still if it rains my money will be on him,10ytl at least.

arrry



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Message Posted:
08/05/2010 21:53

rigsby ...................grow up !! HE will NEVER win another Grand Prix ................. unless all the other cars hit each other and leave him on the track alone !!!!.....OK go on .......

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
08/05/2010 22:52

Re : Msgs 12 &13,



Arry, don't be so beastly to Rigsby. One can have dreams. Perhaps all cars in front WILL hit each other as the possibility of rain is not ruled out. Alonso had said they had no chance against Red Bull. Plus how do they think he is going to control this F-duct, with a tail? Vettel is moaning that the race is too long and is petrified by rain.



So, Rigsby, put 5 YTL on God, he might still emerge on the podium! (BTW he said that his car was not perfect and Rosberg is furious as both cars were modified to Schumi's liking.)



P.S. Alonso is lucky to escape without a penalty.

Blackbird



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Message Posted:
08/05/2010 23:25

OK...there is another race tomorrow from Monza. Now how can I say this....there will be overtaking...lots of spills....you can actually see the competitors 'cos they are not cocooned in a carbon fibre shell...

It's World superbikes - seven brits fighting for the win....and tons and tons more exciting than F1???

Groucho



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Message Posted:
09/05/2010 07:17

Blackbird, Why don't you start a thread about it then? Why do you need to hijack this thread if it's so damned fascinating? ;¬) only joking... motorbikes are fun too!



The Porche Series is on first this AM at Catalunya. That's always a good spectacle too...

rigsby


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Message Posted:
09/05/2010 07:57

Clarissa2,Its so nice to have a freind on my side.Arrry,You have gone to far this time and if the ash does not stop me getting back,the bin will be the least of your problems! God will win again but i dont think it will be today thats why i am only risking 10ytl.Arrry i shall be watching race in Ravine bar.

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
09/05/2010 11:19

IF it stays dry and Alonso can pass Lewis - we might say the (supposedly) legendary Ferrari' 'kind on tyres' catch up the Red Bulls -as they 'destroy' theirs..



I STILL want it to rain ...





Blackbird DOES have a point.. for me Touring cars -back in the nineties was tops - loads of action ..

Groucho



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Message Posted:
09/05/2010 11:42

Why is it we Brits can't cheer on our own drivers? Is there some cachet to be earned from supporting a competing country's driver?



I'm amazed how many Brits don't support Lewis and Jenson...

bootneck



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Message Posted:
09/05/2010 12:00

Does anyone know what side it is on Digi turk

biglugs


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Message Posted:
09/05/2010 13:05

It is usually on channel 26 Neil

arrry



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Message Posted:
09/05/2010 14:05

Message 19..."I'm amazed how many Brits don't support Lewis and Jenson"...



.......



I agree Gav sod the Germans , Italians , Canadians and all ther rest......



I am English and want English drivers to win .......everytime !!! .....

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
09/05/2010 16:47

'God' - the mobile chicane - AGAIN... sadly, for Button :(



What's with McLaren and the wheelnuts !?

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
09/05/2010 16:52

Re : Msg 17,



Rigsby,

you have definitely had a very good value for 5 YTL! They all started falling out at the end. And God

ALMOST made it to the podium! Was also nice to watch his battle with JB.



And Alonso - second!!!

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
09/05/2010 17:05

Hamilton deserved what should have been 2nd on the podium and what an audacious overtaking manoeuvre just after leaving the pit lane. Reminiscent of Schuey at his best.

rigsby


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Message Posted:
10/05/2010 07:06

Today Rigsby is having a rest from F1.arrry god almost made it to the podium,he put some manners on one Mcpooh driver.Apart from Lewises puncture i never saw much action.We needed rain! Webber was having tea before the rest parked up.Thanks clarissa, i did have another bet with my son,he is now £3 up.Only a week to another street race.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
10/05/2010 07:28

It was interesting to hear that the Red Bull cars' brakes were on the way out... Vettel certainly looked dodgy for the last three laps.



Hamilton's puncture was a shame as he was just starting to apply pressure in the hope of forcing errors from Red Bull.



"What's with McLaren and the wheelnuts !?"



Mark,



Was it McLaren? I'm pretty sure it was not...

Navek



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Message Posted:
10/05/2010 08:03

Hi Groucho,

"Was it McLaren? I'm pretty sure it was not... "

It was Jaime Alguersuari's Toro Rosso that had a front left wheel nut problem.

http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/story-135207.html

Navek

fiendishpaul


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Message Posted:
10/05/2010 08:57

Have to say that I fell asleep during the 'procession' and only woke up just before Hamiltons puncture. It just aint the same without a drop of rain !!!



Paul

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
10/05/2010 10:30

Dear Navek and Groucho





both Mclaren drivers pit stops were slow because the wheel nuts were lost and a new one had to be found - they have replacement ones in 2nd air guns ..



THAT is how 'God' got in front of JB... :(

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
10/05/2010 19:57

DUH.. wrong info.. I was going by what the Beeb said live..



>>Whitmarsh confirmed that Button's delay in the pits had been caused by a dashboard failure which prompted his clutch to drag and his wheels to spin.

"For Jenson, it was a great drive, but he was probably hampered early on by a display failure which was no fault of the driver or the team. [6xm's then whose fault WAS it ?!]

"Then he got stuck behind Michael and that probably dictated his race. It's disappointing for both drivers today and the whole team."<<

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
10/05/2010 23:03

I heard on Sunday on BBC F1 that for qualifying in Monaco they have come to a decision to split the initial 20-minute session.

Now I hear the opposite, with Hamilton saying rightly that it could be a disaster.



So are they splitting or not?