2012 Belgian Grand Prix. ***SPOILERS***

I just checked, he never binned the car at all in his debut season, even running at the back of the pack with all those hoodlums about. Remarkable!


Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it

Incident 2k9 Wrote:
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> Yep, I'd imagine they'd already signed him for '03
> by that point...

They had. Plus with Arrows having folded by that point, Frentzen was in a perfect position to sub. I don't remember him doing that well in the race, but hey.

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EC83 Wrote:
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> Incident 2k9 Wrote:
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> > Yep, I'd imagine they'd already signed him for
> '03
> > by that point...
>
> They had. Plus with Arrows having folded by that
> point, Frentzen was in a perfect position to sub.
> I don't remember him doing that well in the race,
> but hey.

He came 13th. As the car was designed with the smaller Heidfeld and Massa in mind, Frentzen had trouble fitting in the car.

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GPGSL: S6 - TafuroGP Tester (14th) /// S7 - ART Tester (6th) /// S8 - Demon Driver (13th) /// S9 - Demon/Snake Driver (13th) /// S10 - Snake Driver (???) ///]
"My ambition is handicapped by laziness" - Charles Bukowski

Nice to discuss the past for a while. On another note though, mercedes are just unbelievably pathetic. They entered f1 to actuAlly improve the image of their brand, since the mercedes is known for being prefered and driven mainly by older men/ women with a lot of money. They havent looked fast on the race track at all, though, and actually slip back by every race. Even sauber and williams and force india were ahead of them in the last few races. If that itself is not pathetic enough, once they got the chance to actually do something (schumacher was faster than anyone but but the rbr and button) they wasted it by the most stupid strategy ever. I still cant believe how a car that was so much faster than lets say raikkonen actuAlly finished 15 sec. behind ( thats the appr. gap assuming schuey could drive fast towards the end of the race).

On a related trivia note - can anyone tell me who the last driver to receive a non-suspended ban was? I honestly can't remember the last time it happened.

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I'm surprised the stewards haven't already banned Maldonado (particularly for Singapore) as a "precautionary measure" on "safety and entertainment grounds"

lol....... Well... Pastor needs to leave his mark @ Singapore for the newspapers to read "Maldonado was here"



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/2012 06:54PM by hasbriale.

senninho Wrote:
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> On a related trivia note - can anyone tell me who
> the last driver to receive a non-suspended ban
> was? I honestly can't remember the last time it
> happened.


It was Schumi in 1994! For ignoring black flags. He was banned for a couple of races I think.

Mika got one in 1994 as well for the start line crash he caused in Germnay. He got a race ban for Hungry so Alliot raced the car.

He was already on probation from Silverstone



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/2012 10:41PM by marcl.

senninho Wrote:
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> On a related trivia note - can anyone tell me who
> the last driver to receive a non-suspended ban
> was? I honestly can't remember the last time it
> happened.


Yuji Ide had his superlicense revoked, does that count?

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GPGSL: S6 - TafuroGP Tester (14th) /// S7 - ART Tester (6th) /// S8 - Demon Driver (13th) /// S9 - Demon/Snake Driver (13th) /// S10 - Snake Driver (???) ///]
"My ambition is handicapped by laziness" - Charles Bukowski

Incident 2k9 Wrote:
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> senninho Wrote:
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> > On a related trivia note - can anyone tell me
> who
> > the last driver to receive a non-suspended ban
> > was? I honestly can't remember the last time it
> > happened.
>
>
> Yuji Ide had his superlicense revoked, does that
> count?

Wouldn't call that a ban personally - I'd call that crime prevention. Letting that guy anywhere an F1 car was criminal!

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hasbriale Wrote:
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> > I'm surprised the stewards haven't already
> banned Maldonado (particularly for Singapore) as a
> "precautionary measure" on "safety and
> entertainment grounds"
>
>
> [cdn.memegenerator.net]
> 18.jpg
>
> lol....... Well... Pastor needs to leave his mark
> @ Singapore for the newspapers to read "Maldonado
> was here"


nice pic

Although I'd rather he had a problem in Monza practice so he gets banned from Singapore, otherwise they might only get half points.

Anyone else get a laugh out of Jenson pulling up Lazenby on his tactless "You must be relieved" start to the post-race interview? Still think Lazenby is hopeless...

Get Crofty (David Croft of Sky F1) to conduct the Interviews... Still tihink the guy who did the interviews in 1996/97 was the best.. Anyone knows his name?

i think it was a guy called Alistair Watkins

geoff Wrote:
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> Anyone else get a laugh out of Jenson pulling up
> Lazenby on his tactless "You must be relieved"
> start to the post-race interview? Still think
> Lazenby is hopeless...


What happened? I don't watch Sky at all, but that sounds like it could be funny

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flat tyre Wrote:
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> geoff Wrote:
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> > Anyone else get a laugh out of Jenson pulling
> up
> > Lazenby on his tactless "You must be relieved"
> > start to the post-race interview? Still think
> > Lazenby is hopeless...
>
>
> What happened? I don't watch Sky at all, but that
> sounds like it could be funny

I do, but I turned over before I could be exposed to the dreadful new podium ceremony.

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GPGSL: S6 - TafuroGP Tester (14th) /// S7 - ART Tester (6th) /// S8 - Demon Driver (13th) /// S9 - Demon/Snake Driver (13th) /// S10 - Snake Driver (???) ///]
"My ambition is handicapped by laziness" - Charles Bukowski

Yeah, that podium cermory needs some work. I like the idea of interviews hosted on the podium because it can work well if done correctly as it does kind of bring a better atmosphere because the drivers are closer to the fans.

But they need to choose better people to do the interview or have a dedicated perso to do it. Because as cool as Jacky Ickx is and as relevant as he is for Belgium it's clear his English isn't quite good enough to conduct those interviews as they just didn't flow.

Having said that.. Didn't he look in great shape? He looks as though he's still racing these things himself.

Oh and need to get rid of that ugly new rig surrounding the rostrum.