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#26 MrBucket

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Posted 02 December 2011 - 11:46 PM

Yum love those...

I know, Kimi needs to get them on as a sponsor asap.

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Posted 02 December 2011 - 11:48 PM

:rofl:

So the venezualan assembly didn't yank his funding I guess? :rofl:

they not happy in Venezuela.

Some member of their congress wrote this to Williams.

“Your reply suggests that William F1 has not done sufficient due diligence on Venezuela’s legislation regarding public expenditure.

“As you know, PDVSA is an oil conglomerate, fully owned by the Venezuelan State. Given that PDVSA is the largest contributor of fiscal revenues to the Venezuelan State, its budget needs to be approved by its board and its sole shareholder – the State, on a yearly basis. The amount, and general expenditure, of PDVSA’s budget is, as a matter of law, public matter. Ergo, Venezuela’s Congress receives, once a year, a detailed account of PDVSA’s expenditure, for one very important reason: monies earned by PDVSA in the course of its natural business operations belong to and support the State.

“Sponsoring a F1 racing team is most definitely not a priority expenditure for an entity that can derive NO commercial benefit from such capricious outlay. Bear in mind that PDVSA is not a commercial brand, and that it sells nothing to consumers with its brand – now painted in various places on your race cars. The financial situation of the Williams Formula 1 team is probably a matter of great concern to its owners, employees, and commercial sponsors. However, there is no acceptable explanation as per why 28 million Venezuelans have to foot the bill, to simply help Williams survive. I understand why you would take money from anyone, though it is impossible for me to explain, to my constituents and countrymen, why on earth we are wasting money on your team. That all of this is done by a government that calls itself socialist, a government which has destroyed much of the private sector in my country, and has demonised the practices of capitalism, is even more ironic and perplexing.

“Article 154 of Venezuela’s Constitution: “Treaties agreed to by the Republic must be approved by the National Assembly prior to their ratification by the President of the Republic, with the exception of those which seek to perform or perfect pre-existing obligations of the Republic, apply principles expressly recognised by the Republic, perform ordinary acts in international relations or exercise powers expressly vested by law in the National Executive.”

“Article 222 of Venezuela’s Constitution: “The National Assembly shall be empowered to exercise its control function by means of the following mechanisms: parliamentary questions, investigations, questions, authorisations and parliament’s approvals as provided for in this Constitution and by law, and any other mechanism that may be established by laws and their associated Regulations. In exercising parliamentary control, the National Assembly shall have the power to make a finding of political liability on the part of public officials and call on Citizen Power to initiate the appropriate action to enforce such liability.”

“Article 223 of Venezuela’s Constitution: “The Assembly or its Committees shall have the power to conduct such investigations as they may deem appropriate in matters within their competence, in accordance with the Regulations. All public officials are obligated, subject to the penalties established by law, to appear before such Committees and provide the same with any information and documents they may require in order to carry out their functions. Private citizens are also subject to this obligation, without prejudice to the rights and guarantees embodied in this Constitution.”

“Article 314 of Venezuela’s Constitution: “No expense of any kind shall be disbursed unless the same has been provided for in the budget law. Additional budget credit items may be ordered to cover essential unforeseen expenses or items that had not been adequately funded, only if the treasury has resources to cover the expenditure concerned; this shall be done only following a vote in favor by the Cabinet of Ministers and authorisation by the National Assembly, or in its absence, by the Delegated Committee.”

“The Venezuelan Congress was not informed, according to law, of the sponsorship contract between Williams F1 Team and PDVSA. Neither in 2010, nor in 2011, was the Venezuelan Congress informed by PDVSA of such expenditure within its budget. This is clearly our problem, as it further underlines the institutional collapse of our society. The loss of independence of the Legislative Branch, and the repeated violation of the law on the part of the Executive Branch, are the hallmarks of the so called “Bolivarian Revolution” you have so joyfully tied your team’s future to.

“Therefore, I can not, and will not, accept your argument of confidentiality. What we would expect from any and all counter-parties to a public contract in Venezuela, is that they would seek, and demand, that all legal steps be cleared, and maximum transparency be ensured. Your failure to demand this from PDVSA, coupled with your unwillingness to facilitate the work of the National Assembly, makes Williams F1 Team complicit of unauthorised spending, and so from this moment on that is exactly they way I intend to treat Williams F1 Team, unless, of course, you change your absurd position and start collaborating.

“Until proven otherwise, we will continue to have the suspicion that irregular payments are an integral part of this ruinous contract, as they have become the norm in almost all public contracts signed by the Chavez administration. Rest assured that the contract between Williams F1 Team and PDVSA will not remain confidential, we will not stop investigating this matter, and we will seek any and all means to terminate this contract. Equally, we will ensure that Venezuelan public monies no longer get wasted in such fickle and unproductive sponsorship.”



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Posted 03 December 2011 - 06:28 PM

wow, that is pretty damning

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Posted 05 December 2011 - 07:02 AM

Kimi's new helmet for the 2012 season...supposedly anyways...

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#30 chiuey

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Posted 05 December 2011 - 09:32 AM

Kimi's new helmet for the 2012 season...supposedly anyways...

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I think it would be better looking if the graphic patterns he uses were darker maybe even jet black. I think the contrast in color would really make his helmet more slick.

#31 MrBucket

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Posted 05 December 2011 - 05:52 PM

Timo Glock put his foot in his mouth just now.

http://planetf1.com/...-as-good-as-Seb

He thinks hes just as good as Vettel and would be beating him if they were in the same machinery :rofl:

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Posted 05 December 2011 - 06:01 PM

I think it would be better looking if the graphic patterns he uses were darker maybe even jet black. I think the contrast in color would really make his helmet more slick.


Get rid of the "black" and just show the carbon fiber under... done...
Nick had an awesome helmet this year...

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Posted 05 December 2011 - 06:19 PM

It's too noisy for me. My favorite helmet this year was Button's Japanese helmet. Clean and simple with white/red colors. Vettel's Japanese helmet was clean too, but he changed his way too often... Personally, I liked his Kimi's McLaren helmet the best...but I'm also happy to see him back in an Arai b/c I'm an Arai fanboi :bigthumb:

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Posted 05 December 2011 - 06:22 PM

Don't know if you heard but once Vettel wins a race he retires that helmet, thus all the new helmets this year...

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Posted 05 December 2011 - 06:24 PM

Will have to look for other views of Kimi's helmet...

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Posted 05 December 2011 - 06:28 PM

Don't know if you heard but once Vettel wins a race he retires that helmet, thus all the new helmets this year...


Yeah, I heard that too. But...iono. Seems a tad much. I'm okay w/ Vale doing it because he always puts his thoughts & expressions onto his helmets and which makes them funny/unique. Vettel doesn't quite pull that off...

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Posted 05 December 2011 - 07:19 PM

Is Vettel drunk? :rofl:



I love the whole Kimi bit :bowrofl:

#38 MrBucket

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Posted 05 December 2011 - 08:17 PM

I watched the Autpsort Awards last night, Vettel was awesome.

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Posted 05 December 2011 - 09:31 PM

:bowrofl:

I want to see the while thing now!

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Posted 05 December 2011 - 09:40 PM

:bowrofl:

I want to see the while thing now!

There was a lot of joking going on between people who are on the BBC and whos going to be with Sky next year too.

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Posted 06 December 2011 - 09:55 PM

:bowrofl:

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 07:11 AM

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they forgot bernie though

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 07:48 AM

they forgot bernie though

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:rofl:

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 05:58 PM

Someone has way too much time on their hands...

Sauber out of FOTA, STR didn't show up to this weeks meeting... potentially out as well...

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 06:34 PM

FOTA fail, COTA back in biz (for now...)

my guess is Sauber and STR were 'asked' to quit by their engine supplier.

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Posted 07 December 2011 - 06:50 PM

my guess is Sauber and STR were 'asked' to quit by their engine supplier.

me thinks you is rights


So Austin is back on: construction restarted, included in official FIA 2012 calendar. :rofl:

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Posted 08 December 2011 - 08:17 AM

me thinks you is rights


So Austin is back on: construction restarted, included in official FIA 2012 calendar. :rofl:


Yeah,

Kubica will be on the starting grid for it as well :mamoru:

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Posted 09 December 2011 - 06:34 AM

Petrov out at Renault and Grosjean back in along side Kimi.

http://www.lotusrena...-alongside.html

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Posted 09 December 2011 - 07:29 AM

Petrov out at Renault and Grosjean back in along side Kimi.

http://www.lotusrena...-alongside.html

Did not expect that.

edit, makes sense now:

The news, which comes on the back of the soon-to-be-renamed Lotus team causing a stir by signing Raikkonen, also ensures that the outfit keeps hold of major oil and petrol sponsor Total.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96698

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Posted 09 December 2011 - 02:42 PM

I wonder if they had to pay off Petrov




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