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Jon@Altered 03-30-2009 11:03 AM

WHY DOES KUBICA ALWAYS GET THE SHAFT IN AUSTRALIAN GP!!!:shakes head: He is one of my favorite drivers, and I think as far as pure talent and consistency, he is one of the best on the grid.

VERY proud of Brawn though, it was great to see a new team take pole in qualifying and then to go on to take one-two on the podium is awesome. That's one of the main reasons I watch F1, is for the underdog teams. And it was good to see Toyota on the podium again, since we now have no other Japanese teams to root for. Maybe Brawn, since they were formed from the ashes of Honda, and Jenson has been driving in a Honda seat 03' back to the B.A.R. days.

Anyways, its good to see Formula 1 again, regardless of how the cars look , or how different everything is this season. Great to stay up until 2am to watch races on TV again..:icon14: Lets see if Brawn-MB can take this momentum into Malaysia.

chubbs 03-30-2009 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Jon@Altered (Post 49083)
WHY DOES KUBICA ALWAYS GET THE SHAFT IN AUSTRALIAN GP!!!:shakes head: He is one of my favorite drivers, and I think as far as pure talent and consistency, he is one of the best on the grid.

And it was good to see Toyota on the podium again, since we now have no other Japanese teams to root for.

Kubica (you're right, he's an excellent driver) was at least 50% to blame for that one - he gave Vettel nowhere to go, so he was the master of his own demise.

As for Toyota - their podium place didn't last long, did it! I'm amazed and delighted that Hamilton managed to get 3rd - but not surprised, based on his performances over the last 2 years.

Jon@Altered 03-30-2009 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by chubbs (Post 49087)
Kubica (you're right, he's an excellent driver) was at least 50% to blame for that one - he gave Vettel nowhere to go, so he was the master of his own demise.

Very true, but sometimes in motor racing you have to be a cocky bastard and drive aggressively at times to push your way to the top. But it was partly his fault, and I think Vettel's penalty was a bit harsh. 10 spots? That's a little bit much.

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Originally Posted by chubbs (Post 49087)
As for Toyota - their podium place didn't last long, did it! I'm amazed and delighted that Hamilton managed to get 3rd - but not surprised, based on his performances over the last 2 years.


Yeah, I know man...You're right. Still nice to see them up there for a change; that is, before Max and the powers that be have to make sure either a McLaren or Ferrari is in the top three each GP.

chubbs 03-30-2009 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon@Altered (Post 49184)
...that is, before Max and the powers that be have to make sure either a McLaren or Ferrari is in the top three each GP.

:icon18: I'm not sure that Ron Dennis/Lewis/the McLaren team would recognise that one!

- Ferrari I'd agree with!

Jon@Altered 03-30-2009 04:57 PM

Yeah, you're probably right. I just can't help feeling there is some favoritism towards the top teams. Unless of course, you're Lewis Hamilton and you've just passed Kimi Raikkonen in the wet fair and square and then been penalized for it. :icon17:

I really do like McLaren though, and I like Lewis(check avatar), but it always feels like FIA always finds a way screw the little guys. I was so happy when Toro Rosso won at Spa Last year, and very pleased when Brawn won last weekend's GP; feels good to have smaller teams beat the Ferrari/McLaren machine every now and then. As a matter of fact I wish their were even more teams on the grid, but who knows if that will ever happen again. But now we just need Adrian Sutil to get a podium spot this year at Monaco: revenge for getting the shaft at the hands of a Ferrari last season. :tup:

semtex 04-02-2009 08:03 AM

WTF???? Lewis Hamilton has been disqualified from the Oz GP??? :bs:
Hamilton disqualified from Aussie GP results - Planet-F1 News - from planet-f1.com

snaggeltooth 04-02-2009 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by semtex (Post 50870)
WTF???? Lewis Hamilton has been disqualified from the Oz GP??? :bs:
Hamilton disqualified from Aussie GP results - Planet-F1 News - from planet-f1.com

Something just makes me not like that guy ...

Bster 04-02-2009 10:23 AM

Makes you wonder what the heck the FIA stewards are smoking.... I'm kinda pissed off that they keep playing this yoyo game.

chubbs 04-02-2009 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Bster (Post 50942)
Makes you wonder what the heck the FIA stewards are smoking.... I'm kinda pissed off that they keep playing this yoyo game.

At first I thought this must be an April Fool joke!

Makes you wonder what was said on the radio between Lewis and his team.

It will be revealed soon - if it's not out there already.

Namir 04-02-2009 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by chubbs (Post 50975)
At first I thought this must be an April Fool joke!

Makes you wonder what was said on the radio between Lewis and his team.

It will be revealed soon - if it's not out there already.

Listen for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h8q27gzS4C4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h8q27gzS4C4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

chubbs 04-02-2009 12:43 PM

Thanks for that Namir - The whole thing is a farce. :shakes head:

Bster 04-03-2009 01:55 AM

Bleah.... lets hope he catches up this weekend at Malaysia Sepang.

And after the race is the further clarification on the diffuser issue, which I'm sure will be another drama!

chubbs 04-03-2009 07:38 AM

Whoever in McLaren decided to be 'economical with the truth' made a very bad decision - but now they need to move on and kick some *** in Malaysia and beyond.

chubbs 04-05-2009 02:42 AM

So, Malaysia here we go - My money's on Jenson for back-to-back wins. (I have now put the official Chubbs hex on him - as a result of which he will crash off at the first corner)

Bster 04-05-2009 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by chubbs (Post 52123)
So, Malaysia here we go - My money's on Jenson for back-to-back wins. (I have now put the official Chubbs hex on him - as a result of which he will crash off at the first corner)

Evil thoughts!!

It's been raining here in Singapore the whole morning, so I wonder if the rain clouds will hit Sepang during the race.

Anyways, we'd find out soon!

Come on Lewis! :icon17:


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