Venezuela would be as Rich as UAE and Kuwait if they didn't have a greedy leader that basically spoonfed the poor to get what he wanted, the poor would of even been better off, looking at both countrys from the 90s they where basically identical but it proves Capitalism > socialism every day of the week.

Any idiot who thinks taking power away from the people and giving it to one one person thinks thats for the greater good should really have a hard think about it.

Quote from tristancliffe :

I didn't say that I thought Hulkenberg was particularly special, just emphasising that I admire F1 drivers both at the front and the middle of the grid (and the back of the grid too).

Do you think the fact that Hamilton did more pre-season testing for 2007 than most current F1 drivers acheive in over 2 full seasons (including testing) might have counted for that. Plus having the best car. And, undoubtedly, 2007 was his best season. In fact, Montreal 2007 was his best race. He appears to have got slightly worse (with a few exceptions) (relative to his peers) gradually since his debut.

I don't see him winning another title for a while. He's just not complete enough. If he does win a race in 2013 it'll either because his car is another Brawn, or he has a tyre advantage on the day (his engineers finding the sweet spot and strategy that the others can't attain).

Every other rookie before him had pretty much the same mileage, now you could say he was using the best car, but look who was also using that car, the guy who most would assume is the best driver at the time and even today, that point is invalid.

Hamiltons first races where slower but consistent and as the season rolled on more he become more of a match for Alonso till the point where he was pretty much turning the tables on him by the end.

I think Hamiltons first season looks soo much better because back in those times there was less cars you had to deal with in a race when you where a front runner, and there was also less you could do as passing was soo bloody hard, compared to now, its also the exact reason Vettel is looking better then he did in 2010 when his weak racecraft was highlighted.

Hamilton i think is more rounded off since his 2011 failure of a season barely any of the same mistakes in 2012, but give him the fastest car and I think you will see him do what Vettel has been doing for the last two years, Mclarens on off form just makes it look worse then it is.

Hulkenburg special but Hamilton isn't lol, Tristan watch 2007 season again explain on what planet a rookie has ever achieved anything close to what that is.

Last season was a consistent season for Hamilton, in the parts he could control the technical retirements and getting hit by a German driver you think is more special where just the things that made it seem worse then it was, all of which while he was in the lead when they occurred.

Also keep in mind in the middle of the season the car was basically nothing on the Ferraris and Redbulls.

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Ill sign up, only time i did any good in one of these manage games is when i went for an all brawn team for the first race of 2009 then i never touched it again lol.

Quote from PMD9409 :

Renault to make return to LM?

http://www.racecar-engineering ... ult-to-return-to-le-mans/

Kinda retarded that they are going up Against Nissan with basically the same engines.

Van Gisbergen on Pole, and the guy that replaced him at Erabus is last, that makes things awfully arkward.

Last edited by Mustafur, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 06:19.

Considering F3.5 is better then GP2 and the two top drivers both don't have drives, including the GP2 Champion just isn't good enough. I know money talks but now its going too far something has to be done to allow the midfeild teams to hire talent rather then pay drivers for the sake of staying on the grid.

Lowes gone Mclaren in Downhill mode now.
Mclaren really need to sort out there management(which imo is Dennis and his anal attitude to everything)it seems to strain everyone who comes in, and create lack of motivation or frustration with the team and from my memory it has started with Hakkinen, then Newey and Hamilton which all seem to have the same reason for leaving allthough Hakkinen retired.

Although they wouldn't be able to get him till next year there best bet would be to get James Key even if thats a bit of a gamble, unless they pull a miricle and get Rory Byrne.

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Quote from BlueFlame :

Then explain why he keeps karting?

Real champions give it up long before they look stupid.

Because he doesn't care what a Forum troll thinks.

hard to get much info as of yet, everyone is complaining of tyres going off after just 1 lap.

Quote from PMD9409 :

http://www.foxsports.com.au/mo ... 226581603059#.USP8T6U4uSq

According to fans they barely knew any of the drivers that came, which means they obviously have bags over their head because the endurance races where filled with international quality.

this isn't a good move imo.

Tbh though they should of made it for Bathurst as the co driver rule currently is stupid, you have someone like nick percat who has won bathurst already yet still hasn't done a full season in top flight, bathurst should be something you earn not given to you on a plater by being teamed up with the best drivers and teams right off the bat.

Last edited by Mustafur, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 02:05.

Reading way too much into it, unless your saying you could do better in F3.5.

One race doesn't tell crap especially since he was only there to meet requirements for Macau his car was probably a dog.

Vautier lands Sam Schmidt drive
http://www.crash.net/indycar/n ... eat_with_sam_schmidt.html

Finally starting to see more talented people land seats rather then Duno esque pay drivers.

Funnily enough, Mark Webber is his Manager.

Revenue =/= money spent, also nothing suggests there it was the revenue they had at the start of the year, more like the end of season revenue when investers wanted to get involved after seeing the success and availability of sponsership space on the car and prize money gets included, fact is they took a big chunk out of the development team to start the season which suggests this exact thing.

Quote from englishlord :

It also states a lot of other things.

Like the fact they had to sack 250 stuff to operate, i doubt they would of done that for fun.

So the quick backflip cost him being in a top ride for an average one, think before you speak should be the lesson learned here.

Quote from englishlord :

Speaking of Brawn's lack of money and that "barely 10%" budget http://www.pitpass.com/42149-T ... -Brawn-GPs-record-revenue

Honda did give them a redundency allowence which they used to contend the season however it was miniscule compared to rival teams budgets, the link you just posted even states that.

Brawn had to take risks to catch up some ground, either way like newey at Red Bull before the big reg change in 2009 he isn't going to be able to do much till the regulations open up again( since falling behind badly after Brawn F1s lack of budget).

Quote from PMD9409 :

Little article on it.

http://au.sports.yahoo.com/mot ... /stoner-confirms-v8-move/

But then look at this: https://twitter.com/Official_CS27/status/292862927755673601

The Twitter comment was the day before the news.

Edit: Also Abu Dahbi has been canned for V8SC

Quote from MoMo92i :

Argentina, Portugal and Spain still have a large amount of spectators as well. Though I agree about Loeb, his talent almost killed all the competition but still one thing, he has always had good competitors, thinking of Solberg, Marcus, Sainz, McRae, Burns, Hirvonen, Latvala but he does less mistake than them and probably get the best car.

I honestly doubt he was using the best car the whole time, for instance hes most dominant year 2006, he was only using a privateer car and also missed a few rounds and won with ease.

There is no Question in my mind that he is the best that ever was.

Big in france, dead elsewhere. With Loeb gone there should be more even competition and less dominance which should bring more fans to the sport, but as long as there are No fast Brits the success wil be limited(sounds stupid but true) unless the cars become more badass.

Looks like an americanized version of formula ford.

they should give them go karts next year.

Quote from Rappa Z :

Updated the schedule in the original post. Germany has been moved one week forward (to 7th of July) and the 21st of July is reserved for another unspecified event, pending the approval of relevant national sporting authorities.

Its Turkey although still unofficial.