Kubica back in an F1 car
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If you're subscribed to the official F1 youtube channel, there is a hour long podcast up with him and Tom Clarkson where he talks about this and many other things. He's a very interesting guy. IIRC Alonso and him were pretty good friends in the paddock; I remember seeing Fernando's face in the papers when he left the hospital after visiting Robert right after the crash and he looked devastated. Would have been good to see them race together.
Sa Calobra said:
Why do people rate Alonso?
I don't get it.
Because he had a history of taking a car that's not great and making it perform better than it has any right to. When he raced for Minardi they said he was faster than any of their simulations said the car could go and he consistently took less than great Ferrari's to podiums and race wins.I don't get it.
Edited by MissChief on Wednesday 18th July 01:00
cuprabob said:
andburg said:
entropy said:
Sa Calobra said:
Why do people rate Alonso?
I don't get it.
Why do people rate Charles Leclerc?I don't get it.
I don't get it
I just don’t get it
I just don't get it.
Oh, wait...
Vaud said:
cuprabob said:
andburg said:
entropy said:
Sa Calobra said:
Why do people rate Alonso?
I don't get it.
Why do people rate Charles Leclerc?I don't get it.
I don't get it
I just don’t get it
I just don't get it.
Oh, wait...
cuprabob said:
Vaud said:
cuprabob said:
andburg said:
entropy said:
Sa Calobra said:
Why do people rate Alonso?
I don't get it.
Why do people rate Charles Leclerc?I don't get it.
I don't get it
I just don’t get it
I just don't get it.
Oh, wait...
thegreenhell said:
Maldo's win was well-deserved on the day as he held off a race-long challenge from... Alonso.
His car was so surprised at not being crashed that it spontaneously combusted in the garage after the race.
May be common knowledge but IIRC there were some conspiracy theory about the post win garage fire?His car was so surprised at not being crashed that it spontaneously combusted in the garage after the race.
motorsport.com said:
Conspiracy theories arise from amazing feats that do not have an easy explanation; Maldonado's victory in the Spanish Grand Prix was something like it.
The surprise was not caused by the victory of a team that had not won for a long time, they have not had good performance for many seasons, but, because it was precisely in commemoration of the seventieth anniversary of Sir Frank Williams, founder and owner of the team and great friend of the Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone.
To crown all suspicious that positive coincidences arising, shortly after the race there was a fire in boxes at The Circuit of Catalunya in the garage of Williams...
"That was the Spanish GP ... Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president all-powerful man who controls everything in his country, including the gigantic state oil company that pays for the seat of Maldonado at Williams, not like the King of Spain, the elephant hunter, who sent him to silence mouth in public amid international conference, scene recorded on video and shown around the world .. He should have paid Ecclestone or Pirelli to make Maldonado to win; he's on his presidential campaign trying his third term of 6 years... A victory for Maldonado in Spain is a great advertisement for his government. Maldonado is a personal friend of Chavez; the two guys are aggressive and angry ...”
"Anyone who believes that the Williams car all of a sudden, can win a Grand Prix without any thing wrong is acting, he must also believe in Santa Claus. I doubt they can repeat the feat in the remaining 13 championship's races. At the maximum they will make some points characteristic of teams vying for midfield ...”
"This is proof of how Ecclestone enriched with the bookmakers in England, he controls the outcome of this circus ... He wanted to please his old friend honoring him with a victory of his bankrupted team ... Must have sent Pirelli a message to deliver “special tires” for Williams put on Maldonado's car, or have advised the team to use some technical advantage outside the regulations as increase the 18,000 rpm allowed, and after sent their own mechanics to burn the garage to erase the traces or evidence of the wrongdoing ... "
"I do not know why Ecclestone has not hired Hulk Hogan to drive cars in F1, then he would make it clear that everything is combined, as in the struggles of wresting on American TV, that still are very successful in Mexico ... and speaking of Mexico ... Perez is one that should be checked to win a race, to the delight of the richest man in the world, its sponsor ... it's all about the money ...”
The fact is that the 2012 season ended without Maldonado repeating the performance he obtained the Spanish GP. Right at the next race in Monaco, a race where the best cars do not always prevail, where one could expect another good performance from Williams, the Venezuelan crashed his car, making the same mistakes that have marked his career.
The surprise was not caused by the victory of a team that had not won for a long time, they have not had good performance for many seasons, but, because it was precisely in commemoration of the seventieth anniversary of Sir Frank Williams, founder and owner of the team and great friend of the Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone.
To crown all suspicious that positive coincidences arising, shortly after the race there was a fire in boxes at The Circuit of Catalunya in the garage of Williams...
"That was the Spanish GP ... Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president all-powerful man who controls everything in his country, including the gigantic state oil company that pays for the seat of Maldonado at Williams, not like the King of Spain, the elephant hunter, who sent him to silence mouth in public amid international conference, scene recorded on video and shown around the world .. He should have paid Ecclestone or Pirelli to make Maldonado to win; he's on his presidential campaign trying his third term of 6 years... A victory for Maldonado in Spain is a great advertisement for his government. Maldonado is a personal friend of Chavez; the two guys are aggressive and angry ...”
"Anyone who believes that the Williams car all of a sudden, can win a Grand Prix without any thing wrong is acting, he must also believe in Santa Claus. I doubt they can repeat the feat in the remaining 13 championship's races. At the maximum they will make some points characteristic of teams vying for midfield ...”
"This is proof of how Ecclestone enriched with the bookmakers in England, he controls the outcome of this circus ... He wanted to please his old friend honoring him with a victory of his bankrupted team ... Must have sent Pirelli a message to deliver “special tires” for Williams put on Maldonado's car, or have advised the team to use some technical advantage outside the regulations as increase the 18,000 rpm allowed, and after sent their own mechanics to burn the garage to erase the traces or evidence of the wrongdoing ... "
"I do not know why Ecclestone has not hired Hulk Hogan to drive cars in F1, then he would make it clear that everything is combined, as in the struggles of wresting on American TV, that still are very successful in Mexico ... and speaking of Mexico ... Perez is one that should be checked to win a race, to the delight of the richest man in the world, its sponsor ... it's all about the money ...”
The fact is that the 2012 season ended without Maldonado repeating the performance he obtained the Spanish GP. Right at the next race in Monaco, a race where the best cars do not always prevail, where one could expect another good performance from Williams, the Venezuelan crashed his car, making the same mistakes that have marked his career.
Thundersports said:
HustleRussell said:
May be common knowledge but IIRC there were some conspiracy theory about the post win garage fire?
Not heard about any conspiracy. I just thought their post race guest was Arthur Brown.Edited by Thundersports on Saturday 14th July 01:31
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