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Sidewaysbob

Sidewaysbob

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It was a bit of a hand shake a nod from the teams to spend a bit less cash and not kick up a fuss about the new teams. But then some one pointed out that Redbull were spending as much as Ferrari and Mclaren together and "hey presto, they won two world championships durrrr" and Ferrari promptly less the club. Mclaren being English said it was all silly nonscence and everything was fine, but in reality they are all trying to catch up with Redbull spending now.

As an example of this Redbull flew out a brand spanking new car to test on Day 3. That takes money and plenty of it. It would appear that sugary drinks pays better than cancer sticks these days ;)

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Sidewaysbob

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As you may know they are making a film of the Hunt v Lauda championship, called Rush. The principle filming is happening down the road from me and i have been to have a look.

these will be the pits for the Fuji race int he rain. note Japanese advertising

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A 1970s pit yesterday by sidewaysbob, on Flickr

These are blow up extras waiting for some cars to appear

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the extras wait by sidewaysbob, on Flickr

this will be familier to anyone who went to a motor racing event in the 70's and 80's. The team principles "important" chair.

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a chair by sidewaysbob, on Flickr

JPS Lotus truck and paddock being built

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JPS by sidewaysbob, on Flickr

a Mclaren getaway van

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transit by sidewaysbob, on Flickr

and finally more extras being kitted out.

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extras by sidewaysbob, on Flickr

I'm going to wonder back over there on Monday to see the act of big budget filming and see if they have any spunky old F1 cars around.

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Sidewaysbob

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Even Bernie is getting excited ...... it's time for

The Sidewaysbob 2012

Formula 1

Predict-a-thon

All you have to do is:

Pick the top 10 drivers.

Pick the driver on pole.

Pick the driver with the fastest lap.

and finally, just who is the worst driver?

Pick the last classified driver each race

If you have even a passing interest in Formula one racing and think you know the difference

between a Pasta Maldonado and a Webber Carburettor than this is definitely for you.

Sign up for the game here

Read the rules here

This is all free, just for fun and a bit of a laugh

The season starts in two weeks time so hurry and join up today.

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If James was alive, its the sort of thing he would have loved.

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myoozikk

myoozikk

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It was a bit of a hand shake a nod from the teams to spend a bit less cash and not kick up a fuss about the new teams. But then some one pointed out that Redbull were spending as much as Ferrari and Mclaren together and "hey presto, they won two world championships durrrr" and Ferrari promptly less the club. Mclaren being English said it was all silly nonscence and everything was fine, but in reality they are all trying to catch up with Redbull spending now.

As an example of this Redbull flew out a brand spanking new car to test on Day 3. That takes money and plenty of it. It would appear that sugary drinks pays better than cancer sticks these days ;)

Yes & any actual punishment for this would've happen via FOTA I believe so it was a real shock when they left.

Red Bull have played a bad game IMHO. Things tend to come out in the wash & when the team isn't winning who will support them. Money is a huge part of this sport but not everything.

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Simbo

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The Sky F1 channel is on the planner. The channel is showing an extended loop of material - definately worth recording it on the sky+ and skipping past the highlights we've already seen.

There was a time-elasped recording of the Williams being built, a 10 minute previous of the F1 Legends and a very brief video on '67 at Silverstone, dunno what else only watched the first 20 mins this morning.

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f. grimes

f. grimes

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Myooz, the picture above isn't displaying for me. After reading these last few comments, I had a look around earlier and found an image that makes it look like the front edge of the wing has fallen. Would that be what you're referring to?

Ah, I can use the link...

It's a sub-link in a discussion on f1technical.net that was within the top few search results. To avoid doubling up on the same page, here's the photo.

Returning to Kimi, I was particularly thinking of his laconic nature...

Yes.

No.

...and who could forget...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MlsMVzrp2o

:hat:

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