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[vietlol]

so... is Hamilton villeneuve 2?

Comes in rookie season, nearly wins championship
wins championship year 2
year 3 = loltastrophe

Hamilton to Brawn...the cycle will be complete

[DrDickAction]

the last man to have a rookie streak of podiums was coincidently jaques

I know :biggthumb:

I've been hoping he'd be a flash in the pan since about race 3 of '07.

All he needs now is a classical guitar and a little less hair.

[chiuey]

F1 breakaway schedule leaked

Provisional FOTA 2010 schedule:

March 3 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Last hosted F1 in 1998

March21 - Mexico City, Mexico - Last hosted F1 in 1992

April 11 - Jerez, Spain - Last hosted F1 in 1997

April 25 - Portimao, Portugal - Never hosted F1

May 2 - Imola, San Marino - Last hosted F1 in 2006

May23 - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Current F1 host

June 6 - Montreal, Canada - Last hosted F1 in 2008

June 13 - Indianapolis, United States - Last hosted F1 in 2007

July 1 - Silverstone, United Kingdom - Current F1 host

July 25 - Magny-Cours, France - Last hosted F1 in 2008

August 15 - Laustizring, Germany - Never hosted F1

August 29 - Helsinki, Finland - Never hosted F1

September 12 - Monza, Italy - Current F1 host

September 26 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Current F1 host

October 10 - Marina Bay, Singapore - Current F1 host

October 24 - Suzuka, Japan - Last hosted F1 in 2006

November 8 - Adelaide or Surfers' Paradise, Australia - Last hosted F1 in 1995/Never hosted F1

I wish they would add Sepang and Shanghai, both those tracks are a lot of fun to drive.

[More&Faster]

Pfft, no Spa no care.

Also Adelaide sucks dogs bollocks - the overtaking possibilities at that circuit are next to none.

i'm not familiar with it, but melbourne can't be much better.

[MrHahn]

i'm not familiar with it, but melbourne can't be much better.

Adelaide the city is like stepping into a time warp sending you back 10 years - at least Melbourne is a nice city.

I agree with Chiuey as well, both are cool tracks. Still no spa

[vietlol]

City of Churches lol

Is the Adelaide track same they use for V8s? its mostly just a bunch of right angle turns and is short as fuck :/

[cASe SenSiTive]

FUCK YOU MAX MOSLEY! FUCK YOU RIGHT IN YOUR SHRIVELED LITTLE NAZI EAR!!!! I'LL FUCKING CUT YOU! THEN I'LL PICK UP THAT LITTLE MIDGET TROLL BERNIE AND BEAT YOU TO DEATH WITH HIS BODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mads]

I know :biggthumb:

I've been hoping he'd be a flash in the pan since about race 3 of '07.

All he needs now is a classical guitar and a little less hair.

he does have a strong interest in acoustic guitar...

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

he does have a strong interest in acoustic guitar...

Wasn't he due to record a song with Nicole Schwartziningignanrnarnarrerer last year?

[mads]

Wasn't he due to record a song with Nicole Schwartziningignanrnarnarrerer last year?

yeah

[DrDickAction]

yeah

It's settled then...Lewis Hamilton is hereby renamed Lewacques Hamineuve.

[yonson]

It's settled then...Lewis Hamilton is hereby renamed Lewacques Hamineuve.

[MrHahn]

It's settled then...Lewis Hamilton is hereby renamed Lewacques Hamineuve.

[mads]

It's settled then...Lewis Hamilton is hereby renamed Lewacques Hamineuve.

[Skyliner]

Can we rename or maybe to : lewacques : ?

[MrHahn]

So...


While the whole FOTA / FIA thing pans out this has happened

Hockenheim loses government backing

Hockenheim's chances of holding the German Grand Prix next season have been dealt a major blow, with the local government refusing to continue to underwrite the loss-making race.

Hockenheim City Council - a 94 per cent shareholder in the track - has voted unanimously to drop the race, according to the Deutsche Presse Agentur, although it is understood that should Bernie Ecclestone be willing to negotiate a cheaper deal, the race could continue in 2010 - the final year of its current F1 contract.

Last year's German Grand Prix at Hockenheim ran at a loss of approaching six million Euros, with the 2010 race forecast to run at a similar deficit.

Ecclestone has written to organisers indicating that he is open to talks over the future of the race. A German event is crucial to a championship that includes Mercedes-Benz and BMW, as well as five German drivers including Sebastian Vettel, whose profile has risen massively in recent months.

Nurburgring, which alternates the staging of Germany's grand prix with Hockenheim, is already concerned about the financial implications of having to run a race every year, meaning that it is not necessarily able to take over the event on a full-time basis.

Gunther Oettinger, the prime minister of Baden-Wurttemberg - the region in which Hockenheim is located, is planning to meet with Ecclestone in the next month, and is also pushing for funding from the national government. This gives hope that, despite the City Council's decision, Hockenheim could still have an F1 future.

Hockenheim could also be a candidate venue for the FOTA breakaway series, if it goes ahead.

[mads]

Hey guys its me, Max im retiring...
PSYCHE!

Mosley rethinks future over FOTA claims

By Jonathan Noble and Dieter Rencken Thursday, June 25th 2009, 20:41 GMT

Max MosleyFormula 1's future has been thrown into turmoil once again, with FIA president Max Mosley saying he is now keeping his future options open because of what he has called 'deliberate attempts' by teams to mislead the media.

Just 24 hours after Mosley reached a deal with FOTA to end the threat of a breakaway series, he has reacted angrily to what he calls 'false claims' made by the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) about the nature of their agreement.

In a letter that Mosley sent to FOTA chairman Luca di Montezemolo, which first appeared on website www.racefax.com but has now been seen by AUTOSPORT, Mosley makes it clear that he is angry at how FOTA has presented the terms of its deal.

And such is his seriousness with which he is treating the matter, that he has told FOTA that his original plan to step down as FIA president in October is no longer definite.

"Given your and FOTA's deliberate attempt to mislead the media, I now consider my options open," wrote Mosley in the letter. "At least until October, I am president of the FIA with the full authority of that office.

"After that it is the FIA member clubs, not you or FOTA, who will decide on the future leadership of the FIA."

Mosley is furious that FOTA representatives have claimed that FIA Senate president Michel Boeri is now in change of F1, that he himself was forced out of office and that he would have no role in the FIA once he steps down in October.

"We made a deal yesterday in Paris to end the recent difficulties in Formula 1," explained Mosley. "A fundamental part of this was that we would both present a positive and truthful account to the media.

"I was therefore astonished to learn that FOTA has been briefing the press that Mr Boeri has taken charge of Formula 1, something which you know is completely untrue; that I had been forced out of office, also false; and, apparently, that I would have no role in the FIA after October, something which is plain nonsense, if only because of the FIA statutes.

"Furthermore, you have suggested to the media that I was a 'dictator', an accusation which is grossly insulting to the 26 members of the World Motor Sport Council who have discussed and voted all the rules and procedures of Formula 1 since the 1980s, not to mention the representatives of the FIA's 122 countries who have democratically endorsed everything I and my World Motor Sport Council colleagues have done during the last 18 years."

The letter makes it clear that unless FOTA moves to address his complaints, then the deal that was agreed on Wednesday could collapse. The letter was sent prior to Thursday's FOTA press conference in Bologna, where Mosley had hoped an apology would be made - something which was not forthcoming.

Mosley said: "If you wish the agreement we made to have any chance of survival, you and FOTA must immediately rectify your actions. You must correct the false statements which have been made and make no further such statements.

"You yourself must issue a suitable correction and apology at your press conference this afternoon.

"Formula 1 is run entirely by our 25-strong team without any help from me or any other outsider. There was no need for me to involve myself further in Formula 1 once we had a settlement. Equally, I had a long-standing plan not to seek re-election in October. It was therefore possible for me to confirm both points to you yesterday."

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Hey guys its me, Max im retiring...
PSYCHE!

What a fucking drama queen... Being that he's a submissive I'd expect this guy to know how to shut the fuck up and stand in the corner.

to him having an autoerotic asphyxiation accident.

[Nacho]

So...


While the whole FOTA / FIA thing pans out this has happened

So Britian, Germany, France, Canada and the US effectively don't have races anymore.

GOOD THING THEY HAVE SIGNED BAHRAIN AND ISTANBUL!

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

So Britian, Germany, France, Canada and the US effectively don't have races anymore.

GOOD THING THEY HAVE SIGNED BAHRAIN AND ISTANBUL!

...and Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Valencia, Korea (2011) and Rome (2012). Because what we really need in F1 now is more street parades.

[kngrsll]

So Britian, Germany, France, Canada and the US effectively don't have races anymore.

GOOD THING THEY HAVE SIGNED BAHRAIN AND ISTANBUL!

where the white peoples at??!

...and Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Valencia, Korea (2011) and Rome (2012). Because what we really need in F1 now is more street parades.

yeah, F1 is dying... albeight at a slightly slower pace now. I think ill just follow local time trial competitions

[Shi]

can't Mosley just fucking die already

[Redliner]

can't Mosley just fucking die already

F1-C sniper team has not yet assembled and is letting me down

[vietlol]

this is ridiculous please just get out max

[Nacho]

yeah, F1 is dying... albeight at a slightly slower pace now. I think ill just follow local time trial competitions

Perhaps Mosely's flipping out will cause the teams to reconsider shelving their breakaway series plans.