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[kngrsll]

Good point...

As much as I'd like to see Senna in F1 and Woobens out, it's refreshing to see a team pick a driver b/c of capabities rather than making it a monetary decision (cough cough Buemi).

Gooo Satoooo!

i thought bourdais got his seat back?

[Redliner]

i thought bourdais got his seat back?

He did. B/c of sponsorship. Buemi got his seat too...b/c of sponsorship

When they were testing, Sato was the quickest of all of them consistently.

[DrDickAction]

He did. B/c of sponsorship. Buemi got his seat too...b/c of sponsorship

When they were testing, Sato was the quickest of all of them consistently.

:???: I thought buemi was the quickest in those tests

[Nacho]

:???: I thought buemi was the quickest in those tests

Not particularly.

[kngrsll]

He did. B/c of sponsorship. Buemi got his seat too...b/c of sponsorship

When they were testing, Sato was the quickest of all of them consistently.

oh yeah, thats why your going to name your kid Seb

[Redliner]

oh yeah, thats why your going to name your kid Seb

Sebastian Loi - future Toro Rosso driver

[kngrsll]

Sebastian Loi - future Toro Rosso driver

if he lives through grade school in america

[_R_]

:???: I thought buemi was the quickest in those tests

driving a 2008 car when everyone else had 2009 parts on theirs...

[Redliner]

if he lives through grade school in america

That and he'll never get laid evah w/ that name!

[DrDickAction]

driving a 2008 car when everyone else had 2009 parts on theirs...

[DrDickAction]

if he lives through grade school in america

That and he'll never get laid evah w/ that name!

I disagree...I mean he's going to be going to school with a bunch of faggots named aiden and jordan and seth and shane...sebastian isn't going to be that weird.

Now, if you named your son Kimi...that would be a problem.

[Dazed1]

One of my very close friends is in Charlotte. Time to go for a vacation there

[Nacho]

News Updates

No RBR or STR seats for Sato.

Takuma Sato on Wednesday insisted he is not set to become Red Bull's reserve driver in 2009.

The Japanese tested for Toro Rosso this winter but lost out in the battle for a race seat to French incumbent Sebastien Bourdais.

However, talks with Dietrich Mateschitz's outfit continued, leading to speculation he might land the third driver role for both STR and senior team Red Bull Racing and travel to the Barcelona test next week.

But on Wednesday, the 32-year-old revealed he is 'disappointed' an agreement with the energy drinks company could not be reached.


"I am no longer in negotiation with the Toro Rosso or Red Bull teams about their third driver positions," the veteran of 93 Grand Prix confirmed.

USF1 forced to change their name

USF1, the new American team for 2010, has been asked by Bernie Ecclestone and Formula One Management (FOM) to change its name.

The North Carolina-based outfit will forthwith be known as 'USGPE' (US Grand Prix Engineering), after FOM - believing it owns the series' name and derivatives - objected to the use of the abbreviation 'F1' in the title.

Existing competitors including Renault, Force India and Toyota all use 'F1' in their respective names, but it is believed FOM accepts these descriptors because they precede the word 'Team'.

The only exception is Williams, whose official trading name is 'WilliamsF1'.

Also at the request of FOM, Force India has changed its official logo for the 2009 season. Previously, the team's 'FI' (including the letter I) logo resembled 'F1' (including the number 1).

This year, the logo features a dot above the I, differentiating it from the official title of the series.

In 2007, it emerged that Formula One Licensing failed to gain exclusive control of the descriptor 'F1'; the UK Trademark Registry ruling that the abbreviation is a generic term and therefore "not registrable as a trademark".

RBR and Toyota tagged as real threats by Alonso and Massa.

Red Bull Renault and Toyota have been singled out as possible dark horses ahead of the 2009 world championship.

When asked about the winter form of other teams this pre-season, Renault driver Fernando Alonso said: "Ferrari are always fast, like McLaren.”

"Toyota have been very good these past days. We are competing against huge rivals, all giving a hundred percent, and hoping that they will fail," the Spaniard was quoted as saying by Diario AS at the Jerez test.

On the last two days of the Spanish session - initially in the wet but on a dry track on Wednesday - Toyota's Timo Glock was quickest at the wheel of the new TF109.

Renault's winter form with its unique R29 has been varied, as Red Bull, Toyota and Williams have changeably impressed. Numerous voices in the pitlane suggest BMW Sauber may be sandbagging.

Alonso's team-mate Nelson Piquet added: "Red Bull seem really fast, but you know that Ferrari and McLaren will be faster. I believe BMW is just behind the top two and then it's the rest of us."

Ferrari driver and 2008 runner-up Felipe Massa told Italy's Corriere dello Sport: "It looks as though Red Bull and Toyota are going to be strong."

[kngrsll]

IN for a good season

[Redliner]

I disagree...I mean he's going to be going to school with a bunch of faggots named aiden and jordan and seth and shane...sebastian isn't going to be that weird.

Now, if you named your son Kimi...that would be a problem.

I must be out of the loop...who's Aiden, Jordan, Seth and Shane???

[DrDickAction]

I must be out of the loop...who's Aiden, Jordan, Seth and Shane???

I was just making a point that names have been getting increasingly less traditional and more gay for years now...so Seb wouldn't be bad at all in comparison

[kngrsll]

I must be out of the loop...who's Aiden, Jordan, Seth and Shane???

i know 3 couples that named their kid aiden.

[_R_]

I've always wanted to name my son Sebastian since forever...

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

all this talk of kids makes me sick.

[Redliner]

my friends named their kid Jackson... He's Vietnamese though...

[_R_]

my friends named their kid Jackson... He's Vietnamese though...

at least they didn't name him Charlie

[Redliner]

at least they didn't name him Charlie

Truth!

[vietlol]

at least they didn't name him Charlie

Also Alonso p1


:testing:

[Nacho]

at least they didn't name him Charlie

My friend who's Vietnamese is named Charles.

[F1]

Not only is he a brilliant driver, he is also a brilliant thinker.

Massa calls for high-profile tests

By Matt Beer Wednesday, March 4th 2009, 13:32 GMT

Felipe MassaFelipe Massa has called for grand prix weekend mileage to be reduced in favour of a small number of high-profile, perhaps points-paying, mid-season tests.

In a bid to slash budgets, in-season testing has been banned this year. But ahead of the Formula One Teams' Association announcing its vision for the future of Formula One in Geneva tomorrow, Massa has suggested that race distances should be reduced and Friday practice scrapped altogether instead of the testing ban.

He believes that having a proper opportunity for development testing during the championship season is more important than the additional race weekend action, but that tests should only be reinstated if they are major events and count towards the title race.

"I have some ideas - that maybe the races could be slightly shorter, because in the last 15 laps nobody cares about the race anymore," Massa told reporters during testing at Jerez.

"That Friday is not so important for the show, so you can use the Saturday morning, and take away the Friday, and do two, three or four (test) sessions during the season, not together, separated, making a testing championship.

"Maybe the winner has a bonus for the championship, or whatever you want to give."

Massa thinks these tests would be more acceptable to the teams if the sessions had a higher profile and offered better promotional returns.

"You could have a lot more sponsors following the testing, and also a more interesting championship," he said.

"You would have a lot more media coverage of testing and it would be very interesting for everyone. Maybe a nice practice in the morning and then a big qualifying (style session) in the afternoon."

He believes it is important for drivers to also have input into F1's future direction.

"I think if everybody has an opinion and suggests ideas, all together we can make a good championship," said Massa.

Fuk yah, feel my testing all over you.