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kiroquai

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Found this. Nothing solid, but...

Felipe Massa has been tipped to give Ferrari's 2012 car its official debut next month.

The first official test of the winter, at Jerez, kicks off on February 7, and Spain's Marca newspaper said the likely pilot is Brazilian Massa.

On the same day, Mark Webber will reportedly give Red Bull's championship-defending challenger its debut, before his teammate Sebastian Vettel takes over on the following days.

Ferrari's plan appears similar, with Marca saying Fernando Alonso is next in line after Massa to drive Maranello's 2012 single seater at the southern Spanish venue.

The newspaper said Alonso and Vettel, likely championship challengers this year, will surely meet on the circuit on day three of the test, on February 9.

... sounds like it might be similar to last year again. Will still keep an eye out!

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MrPogo

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Yeah, I guess the first day at least would be mainly installation laps and making sure its all running properly, so teams with a clear number one driver would likely be letting him do the proper fast running that would mainly happen later on.

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JPR

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The actual picture is really well done, especially compared to some of his others which had me burst out laughing. The actual subject, I don't really like it just doesn't sit right, personally I think it would actually be better with just the car, a horrible moment captured quite beautifully.

Saying that not sure what's supposed to be going on above the cockpit, looks like the nose of another car almost, also with the ans of Rothmans, the perspective and spacing of many of the pictures just seems quite off.

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wev

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Thats awful and tasteless. As JFK says, it looks like theres another nose cone branching off from where the actual nose cone used to be.

This ones a better picture, but again, all sorts of stuff going wrong with it (namely neither car could ever get that close to each other, and I know its not supposed to look like they've collided, but it does)

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JPR

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This ones a better picture, but again, all sorts of stuff going wrong with it (namely neither car could ever get that close to each other, and I know its not supposed to look like they've collided, but it does)

:lol: Thought the same about that one. Initially it looked pretty impressive, seems to have caught the close battle of the moment then suddenly noticed neither car has the inside wheels or side pods, they're two wheelers.

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wev

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I also only just noticed, I called you JFK! :lol:

I'm half asleep and have to go to work soon, oh balls :(

also, its supposed to be 1984? Senna was at Toleman, and I'm pretty sure the suspension rods for the front wheels weren't that close to the cockpit even back then!

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Snowman

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Saying that not sure what's supposed to be going on above the cockpit, looks like the nose of another car almost, also with the ans of Rothmans, the perspective and spacing of many of the pictures just seems quite off.

IIRC, it's the cover for the front dampers.

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Dudley

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also, its supposed to be 1984? Senna was at Toleman, and I'm pretty sure the suspension rods for the front wheels weren't that close to the cockpit even back then!

Damn good spot, it's actually worse than that, the McLaren is in 1987 livery (And does appear to be the 1987 MP4/3 rather than the 1984-6 MP4/2 in shape too) but the Lotus is either 1985 or 1986.

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thebigbadwolf

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During the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix when Button was first why was there no blue flag issued as he made it through the course?

Have a look back on the race, you can clearly see him trying to overlap the drivers infront, why was he prevented from driving past them on further to win?

It's bullshit, I say. Button should have won that race and there's no doubt about it.

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