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DoubleD

22,154 posts

109 months

Monday 1st February 2016
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BarbaricAvatar said:
He's at the top of my own stats for 2015 though (which is made up of spins + involvement in race-ending accidents regardless of blame)
Mald = 9
Raik = 7
Gros = 7
Eric = 7
Hulk = 6
Stev = 6
Sain = 6

Interestingly, it's the first time he's topped my table despite his reputation. He was 7th in 2014, 6th in 2013, 2nd in 2012 and 3rd in 2011
You keep your own stats?!

Scuffers

20,887 posts

275 months

Monday 1st February 2016
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Mr_Thyroid said:
http://www.f1zone.net/news/banned-for-life-maldona...

"Germany's Bild revealed that Maldonado's wealthy father intervened, promising to pay for the marshal's recovery and rehabilitation from a broken back."

Doesn't sound like a bribe to me. Sounds like compensation.
if you believe that's where all the money went down I'm afraid you're sadly going to be disappointed.


BarbaricAvatar

1,416 posts

149 months

Monday 1st February 2016
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DoubleD said:
BarbaricAvatar said:
He's at the top of my own stats for 2015 though (which is made up of spins + involvement in race-ending accidents regardless of blame)
Mald = 9
Raik = 7
Gros = 7
Eric = 7
Hulk = 6
Stev = 6
Sain = 6

Interestingly, it's the first time he's topped my table despite his reputation. He was 7th in 2014, 6th in 2013, 2nd in 2012 and 3rd in 2011
You keep your own stats?!
Yes, of course. Wikipedia doesn't have ALL the information that i might be interested in biggrin


suffolk009

5,441 posts

166 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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FW18

243 posts

142 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Looks like Williams have signed Gary Paffett to be a development driver in their simulator for this season.

rubystone

11,254 posts

260 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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FW18 said:
Looks like Williams have signed Gary Paffett to be a development driver in their simulator for this season.
Is Lynn out?

noell35

3,172 posts

149 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Alonso has gone a bit Eric Cantona.


Or Bing translate is a bit rubbish!biggrin

Smollet

10,630 posts

191 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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rubystone said:
Is Lynn out?
According to this he over delivered
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122658
That said I think he's a bit of a handful going by what else was said so maybe he's out.

Vaud

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50,620 posts

156 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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noell35 said:
Alonso has gone a bit Eric Cantona.

Or Bing translate is a bit rubbish!biggrin
Latter.

suffolk009

5,441 posts

166 months

Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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noell35 said:
Alonso has gone a bit Eric Cantona.


Or Bing translate is a bit rubbish!biggrin
Shame really. A poet/philosopher driver might have made the driver press conferences watchable.

EskimoArapaho

5,135 posts

136 months

Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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Mr_Thyroid said:
http://www.f1zone.net/news/banned-for-life-maldona...

"Germany's Bild revealed that Maldonado's wealthy father intervened, promising to pay for the marshal's recovery and rehabilitation from a broken back."

Doesn't sound like a bribe to me. Sounds like compensation.
Except that compensation simply helps the injured marshall. This payment did that AND got a ban overturned. Try to connect the dots...

Vaud

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50,620 posts

156 months

Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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WOOOO HOOOOO finally... first launch - Renault

http://event.media.renault.com/Renault/030216/publ...


HustleRussell

24,733 posts

161 months

Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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Renault forgot to come up with a livery.

HTP99

22,601 posts

141 months

Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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HustleRussell said:
Renault forgot to come up with a livery.
I like it, simple and clean.

ajprice

27,542 posts

197 months

Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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HTP99 said:
HustleRussell said:
Renault forgot to come up with a livery.
I like it, simple and clean.
Might be a test car livery, with the race paint to be shown at the first race?


If it is a test car livery, that matt black rear end on the gloss black car is nice!


Edited by ajprice on Wednesday 3rd February 13:00

leglessAlex

5,476 posts

142 months

Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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Looks mean. I like it.

suffolk009

5,441 posts

166 months

Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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I can't see "Jack Ones" being happy with logo positioning that far down the turning vane.

I read that there are already suggestions that the livery will change.

In other news it seems Red Bull turned Ferrari's "works team" offer down. They apparently wanted to get the Alfa Romeo name back into F1. The story states that RB where worried that Ferrari just wanted to get it's hands on Mario Illien's recent work.

ajprice

27,542 posts

197 months

Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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suffolk009 said:
In other news it seems Red Bull turned Ferrari's "works team" offer down. They apparently wanted to get the Alfa Romeo name back into F1. The story states that RB where worried that Ferrari just wanted to get it's hands on Mario Illien's recent work.
rofl

Red Bull: "We want works engines!"

Ferrari: "Have our works engines"

Red Bull: "No! You will see our designs, they are ours, they are a secret"

Ferrari: "OK"

Trevatanus

11,127 posts

151 months

Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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suffolk009 said:
I can't see "Jack Ones" being happy with logo positioning that far down the turning vane.
On the contrary, if you type "Jack Ones" into Google, Jack Jones is still the top hit. It will fuel curiosity and drive web traffic to them.

smile

BigBen

11,652 posts

231 months

Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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Trevatanus said:
suffolk009 said:
I can't see "Jack Ones" being happy with logo positioning that far down the turning vane.
On the contrary, if you type "Jack Ones" into Google, Jack Jones is still the top hit. It will fuel curiosity and drive web traffic to them.

smile
They could easily have designed the livery when they thought Maldonado would be driving for them so made it easy to see the logo when the car was either airborne or upside-down in a gravel trap.
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