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[Redliner]

YOU'RE the one that works in IT






if i find a loophole i'll share..

I thought F1 was trying to move to NY for a banking career?

[F1]

YOU'RE the one that works in IT

Oh god no.

[F1]

I thought F1 was trying to move to NY for a banking career?

Back in the good old days, yes, now I'd be lucky to get any type of finance job.

[DrDickAction]

Yeah, we just need to find a proxy located in teh UK...a pain in the ass, but doable.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Oh god no.

i was referring to redliner.. he's an IT guy of sorts.

getting confused with you two w/ the same AV..

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Yeah, we just need to find a proxy located in teh UK...a pain in the ass, but doable.

they're easy to find, but one with enough bandwidth to carry a video feed usually is not free.

[mads]

i wish my name was matt beer

[Nacho]

Did I miss something? Why is there no car 18?

The full entry list of constructors and drivers is as follows:

McLaren Mercedes
1 Lewis Hamilton (GB)
2 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN)

Ferrari
3 Felipe Massa (BR)
4 Kimi Raikkonen (FIN)

BMW Sauber
5 Robert Kubica (PL)
6 Nick Heidfeld (D)

Renault
7 Fernando Alonso (E)
8 Nelson Piquet (BR)

Toyota
9 Jarno Trulli (I)
10 Timo Glock (D)

STR Ferrari
11 Sebastien Bourdais (F)
12 Sebastien Buemi (CH)

Red Bull Renault
14 Mark Webber (AUS)
15 Sebastian Vettel (D)

Williams Toyota
16 Nico Rosberg (D)
17 Kazuki Nakajima (J)

Force India Mercedes
19 Adrian Sutil (D)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella (I)

Brawn Mercedes
21 Jenson Button (GB)
22 Rubens Barrichello (BR)

[vietlol]

because there is also no 13

I dont know how that makes sense

[Robert]

Bernie is a cross between Mr. Grinch and Dr. Evil. (and Mini Me too)
He's going to kill F1.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Did I miss something? Why is there no car 18?

i have no idea where you are getting that list from...


FIA entry list has #18:
http://www.fia.com/e...ntry09_upd.aspx

[kngrsll]

why do they leave the 13 out? arent we a little old for that...

[yonson]

brbchangingpff1cars

I had already set all mine to car #4

[_R_]

why do they leave the 13 out? arent we a little old for that...

4 is a japanese unlucky number, a couple hotels i was in while in Japan, didn't have a 4th floor

[_R_]

At least two team bosses threatened to boycott this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, it has emerged.

London's the Times newspaper reports that Flavio Briatore of Renault, and McLaren's Ron Dennis, recently told Bernie Ecclestone they would not send their cars and equipment to Melbourne due to a dispute over unpaid income.

The Melbourne newspaper Herald Sun, meanwhile, said Ferrari may also have been involved in a boycott threat, so angry was the team and chief rival McLaren about the FIA's latest rule changes.

Ultimately, all the cars did land in Melbourne, but race promoter Ron Walker admitted he is aware of the feuding.

"It's very serious at the moment, but I think good sense will prevail by Sunday," he said.

"A clear understanding will be made between the teams and the FIA. (And) Bernie is the master deal-maker. He's been in it for years."

Australia's FIA representative Garry Connelly also played down the rumours. "That (a boycott) would be suicide for them," he said.

"They have sponsorship agreements in place. What are they going to do - throw away a large percentage of their television coverage just because they're upset?”

"They'd be in breach of contract with their sponsors, I'd suggest," he added.

The boycott ultimatum by Briatore and Dennis - also on behalf of other FOTA teams - was revealed by Ecclestone as the F1 Chief Executive this week met with a few select British reporters.


The 78-year-old said Toyota's John Howett was also present when the boycott threat was issued, reportedly over money Ecclestone promised to pay the teams if they sign a new Concorde agreement. The new commercial agreement has not yet been signed.

"Poor John was sitting there a bit confused about life in general. Flavio started it (the threat)," Ecclestone revealed, "aided and abetted by Ron Dennis. They were saying all the FOTA-schmota are not going (to Australia) - nobody's going to go.”

"So I said what I'd better do is cancel the aircraft obviously. It costs a fortune to charter those things and almost as much to cancel them," he added.

While all the cars did travel to and land this week in Melbourne, it is believed the teams have not yet been paid by Ecclestone.

The billionaire said he doesn't mind hard business tactics, but detests when the threats are empty.

"If they come in here with a gun and hold it to my head, they had better be sure they can fucking pull the trigger. And they should make sure it's got bullets in it because, if they miss, they better look out," Ecclestone warned.

[DrDickAction]

they're easy to find, but one with enough bandwidth to carry a video feed usually is not free.

yeah, that's what I meant...finding a proxy in general for DLing or streaming is a pain.

[Redliner]

Note to self:

Never play poker w/ Bernie.

[kngrsll]

Note to self:

Never play poker w/ Bernie.

he is one crazy fucking old man

[Nacho]

he is one crazy fucking old man

He needs to die.

[Dazed1]

Does TVU player still work?

[Nacho]

i have no idea where you are getting that list from...


FIA entry list has #18:
http://www.fia.com/e...ntry09_upd.aspx

F1.com

[Nacho]

Racist Germans? Shocking

Racism and even threats were hauled at Timo Glock and his family in the wake of the dramatic championship finale of 2008.

Had Lewis Hamilton not passed the Toyota driver at the final corner of the Brazilian Grand Prix, the Briton would have lost the title to Felipe Massa.

Many of Hamilton's detractors sensed a conspiracy, venting their anger at 27-year-old Glock.

"The reaction of many German fans was really bad," he revealed.

"Apparently there are a great many racist people who did not want Hamilton to be World Champion," he said in Melbourne in an interview with the Darmstadter Echo newspaper.

Glock revealed that the abuse hurled at him extended to personal threats, including against his family.

"We know where your parents live" was one such warning, the German driver said.

Bernie now blames the teams for the loss of the North American races

North America's absence from the Formula One calendar is the teams' fault, F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone insists.

While the FOTA alliance is pushing hard for a return to the crucial American market, Ecclestone says the fact races in Canada and the United States failed was because of the position of the teams.

"The teams wanted too much money to race there. That was the problem," the 78-year-old billionaire said in an interview with Germany's SID news agency.

He suggests that, because the stumbling block is money, returning to North America is theoretically only a commercial matter.


"We are talking," the Briton revealed, "but for the moment the teams do not want any more than 17 races."

Ecclestone confirmed, however, that negotiations to reinstate the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis are not taking place.

"We would go elsewhere," he said.

Bernie still insane....

Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton is not a "character" and McLaren is to blame, according to F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone.

In a briefing with a select few British reporters, the F1 chief executive said McLaren chief Ron Dennis prefers his employees all adhere to a company "brand" rather than display individuality.

"What McLaren drivers have anybody ever taken to?" the 78-year-old billionaire is quoted as saying by the Mirror.

"The 'Jack the Lad' type of driver doesn't fit into the brand. There is just a way about them (McLaren people), isn't there?"

"Ron doesn't want to breed individuals, anyone who stands out," said Ecclestone.

He contrasts McLaren's featureless style to that of Ferrari, the Italian team who "let people do what they like."

Ecclestone, however, is not scathing of Dennis, in fact he believes the 61-year-old should be knighted by the Queen.

"It's not the same with me," he explained. "Everything I have done, I have done for myself or the company that I run. I have never done it thinking it could be good for somebody else."

Uhhh.... I'm pretty sure people are/were quite fond of Aytron Senna and his character image.... Kimi Raikkonen? Mika Hakkinen?

But nice honesty there at the end.

[Robert]

Note to self:

Never play poker w/ Bernie.

he is one crazy fucking old man

He needs to die.

Racist Germans? Shocking



Bernie now blames the teams for the loss of the North American races



Bernie still insane....



Uhhh.... I'm pretty sure people are/were quite fond of Aytron Senna and his character image.... Kimi Raikkonen? Mika Hakkinen?

But nice honesty there at the end.

*Article about how fucking insane Bernie is*

Bernie is a cross between Mr. Grinch and Dr. Evil. (and Mini Me too)
He's going to kill F1.

[DrDickAction]

Racist Germans? Shocking

that is actually pretty shocking...racism/bigotry are SOOOO taboo. Anecdotaly, saw a lot of different races and cultures living and interacting fine in Germany...less segregated than arts of the U.S. for sure.

Oh, and I fucking hate Timo Glock and didn't want Louise to win and am not particularly racist...

But nice honesty there at the end.

[Nacho]

Oh, and I fucking hate Timo Glock and didn't want Louise to win and am not particularly racist...

I don't see how people can blame Timo. Dude was passed by a guy on wets while on dry tires in a rain storm, and his times matched his teammate in an identical car with identical tires.