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F1 Legend
Posted 16 June 2010 - 04:03 AM
He looks out of it to me. I don't think he's anywhere near the driver he was before the accident.Yeah but most of that is down to circumstance. He's looked very slow this season compared to Alonso overall. Even I expected him to be faster.
I agree that he can do a good job for the wcc though.
WDC
Posted 16 June 2010 - 08:31 AM
F1 Legend
Posted 16 June 2010 - 01:31 PM
WDC
Posted 17 June 2010 - 09:52 PM
Richard Branson is totally insane.Branson enthused by £17m top-ten prize money
Sir Richard Branson's interest in his Virgin Racing F1 team has been given a kick start after he realised there was £17 million at stake for finishing 10th in the constructors' championship.
Under the Concorde Agreement the top ten teams in Formula One share 50% of the sport's underlying profits that comes from revenue sources such as TV rights and trackside advertising. The higher a team finishes the more it gets, with tenth place receiving £17 million but 11th and 12th place receiving nothing at all.
The three new teams will almost certainly occupy the bottom three places in the championship, meaning one of them is set to land a £17 million windfall when it beats the others. Branson said he had not been aware of the money up for grabs.
"There's some money? You never told me that!" Branson is quoted by BBC Sport,after being told about the cash by Virgin Racing CEO Graeme Lowdon. "It does make a difference. Whereas I said I wouldn't mind about tenth place, I've suddenly taken a big interest!"
Lowdon added: "It [the prize-money formula] is an innovative structure, and if you do well on the track then you get very well rewarded."
Virgin currently lies last in the standings because, although none of the bottom three have scored any points, Lotus and HRT have secured higher placed finishes so far. Despite Virgin's slow start, including 10 retirements in the first eight races, Branson is proud of how far his team had come.
"One year ago we only got our licence, so this racing company was a piece of paper back then," he said. "We then had to scramble to find the people and build the car, and I think the team has since done well."
F1 Legend
Posted 17 June 2010 - 10:16 PM
Bo Jackson hit a home run in his first at-bat after hip replacement surgery, doesn't mean he was the same player.I dont buy the accident thing. After Bahrain quali nobody was talking about it.
F1 Legend
Posted 17 June 2010 - 10:20 PM
F1 Legend
Posted 17 June 2010 - 11:18 PM
How about he just focus on beating the HRTs first
http://en.espnf1.com...tory/20596.html
WDC
Posted 17 June 2010 - 11:54 PM
Bo Jackson hit a home run in his first at-bat after hip replacement surgery, doesn't mean he was the same player.
WDC
Posted 21 June 2010 - 01:29 AM
F1 Legend
Posted 21 June 2010 - 03:21 AM
F1 Legend
Posted 21 June 2010 - 03:25 AM
F1 Legend
Posted 21 June 2010 - 04:32 AM
F1 Legend
Posted 21 June 2010 - 05:31 AM
WDC
Posted 21 June 2010 - 05:39 AM
WDC
Posted 21 June 2010 - 09:06 AM
GP2
Posted 21 June 2010 - 10:10 AM
Guh, too much red. Looks miserable.
F1 Legend
Posted 21 June 2010 - 04:18 PM
That's a lot of hair gel.
F1 Legend
Posted 21 June 2010 - 09:18 PM
F1 Legend
Posted 21 June 2010 - 10:16 PM
WDC
Posted 22 June 2010 - 01:39 AM
Jenson Button has successful obtained one of his Championship-winning Brawn BGP 001s after initially suing Mercedes for reneging on their deal.
Racing for Brawn GP in 2009, Button had it written in his contract that should he win the title he would receive a BGP001. However, even though he did claim the crown, Brawn, by then owned by Mercedes-Benz, refused to hand over the car, wanting instead to give him a replica.
Button, though, was determined to get his "memento" of his Championship-winning season.
"Last year's victory was a culmination of his life's work, and to have one of the models he drove to win was going to be the icing on the cake for him," a source told the Mail on Sunday.
As such the Brit launched legal action against Mercedes at the High Court in London back in April. The writ, though, only made public last week.
According to it, Button's contract with Brawn stated that "in the event that the Driver wins the Driver Championship at any time during the term, the Company shall transfer...ownership of one chassis of the type driven by the driver during that winning season."
Mercedes, though, stated in an email to Button back in January that they "have no spare 2009 chassis as limited quantities were manufactured for the 2009 season for cost reasons.
"We can therefore arrange for a chassis of the type driven by Jenson during the 2009 season in line with the terms of the contract to be manufactured during the factory shutdown in July as we currently are busy working on the 2010 car."
Button, however, argued that he wanted the real deal and after negotiations with Mercedes that's exactly what he will be getting.
"We have arrived at an amicable resolution, and so there will no longer be any court action over this," said Button's spokesman.
F1 Legend
Posted 22 June 2010 - 01:40 AM
F1 Legend
Posted 22 June 2010 - 03:28 AM
F1 Legend
Posted 22 June 2010 - 03:30 AM
friendly reminder...
this weekends race is on Fox...
so expect no post race interviews due to either an informercial for a Shark vacuum or a rerun of Gilligans Island
If it wasn't for the commentary team I'd just download the races from elsewhere...
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