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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 05:31 AM
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Looking forward to the 07 season.

I've been here, but have yet to see a race here live.



Where was I???

--Chuck
Hmm..I'm not sure.

Monaco?
Old Jan 26, 2007 | 05:35 AM
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If Monaco has a tunnel under a hotel...Then yes!!!



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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 05:45 AM
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Woohoo! What do I win? :D
Old Jan 26, 2007 | 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by captainlaziness
Those regulations are meant to to increase safety for the drivers and to (supposedly) cut down on the absurd costs of operating a F1 team. But the budgets of the competitive teams are still astronomic and even the little guys spend ridiculous amounts of money. So maybe, new regulations are just Bernie Ecclestone's way of playing the 'God' of the pinniacle of motorsports.
Maybe, it's just someone's god complex but I'm sure they really do increase safety. There was a racer who is way before my time who is still considered the most talented racer ever, I just forget his name. With the modern regulations in place, we may have not lost such talent from the face of this earth.

Still, it's sad that Honda's oval piston shape or valve head or whatever technology was never further developed. It sounded like it was going to be promising. Oh well, these regulations might put a damper on the tech aspect but it doesnt' do a damn thing to weaken the roar of an F1 car at 19k rpm!
Old Jan 26, 2007 | 07:33 AM
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Juan Manuel Fangio perhaps? Considered by many to be the best.

I'm sure there are some things on the street today that owe their creation to F1.

There's no greater automotive sound then a F1 car running ***** to the wall. Woowee! I love it!
Old Jan 26, 2007 | 02:34 PM
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kungpaosamuraiii - are you talking about Jim Clark? Like the Capn' said, Fangio may have been the best of all time, but he was not killed behind the wheel.

It took some real ***** to drive those cars back before all the saftey advances that we have today.
Old Jan 26, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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True, those guy back in the day had ***** of ..I dunno..cast titanium or something...but even with modern safety advances you still have to be damn courageous. Can you imagine pulling an excess of 3gs in a turn? I sure as hell can't.
Old Jan 27, 2007 | 05:16 AM
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Red Bull unveiled their new car, the RB3, at Catalunya today.

49 days folks.

Antici................pation! :D
Old Jan 28, 2007 | 02:39 AM
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Rubens Barrichello testing Honda's RA107.

48 days.
Old Jan 28, 2007 | 02:49 AM
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I really love F1 I remember watching in my younger years when Senna was king of the track....

Hey, does anybody know where I can find some F1 decals for Toyota F1 Racing for my tC? Or maybe some Senna decals?

Are all of the races on speed? Any other channels usually carry the races here? I have to give DirecTV a call and make sure that I get speed channel.
Old Jan 28, 2007 | 03:17 PM
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Beat ya to it cap'n......47 days

Are you watching the Rolex 24? That Ganassi team is really rollin'. Welcome back Juan Pablo Montoya!
Old Jan 29, 2007 | 02:34 AM
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Almost 46 days....

Not trying to jack your thread, though....
Old Jan 29, 2007 | 01:55 PM
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45!!! :D
Old Jan 29, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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Umm..actually you guys it's

47 days 11 hours and 57 minutes
as of 9:02 AM CST.

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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by captainlaziness
Umm..actually you guys it's

47 days 11 hours and 57 minutes
as of 9:02 AM CST.

:D
lol i was just using ht count the person above me started..

oh well..

i heard massa wrekced his car during testing this weekend...
Old Jan 29, 2007 | 02:10 PM
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Did he? I didn't get around to checking the news this weekend.
Old Jan 29, 2007 | 02:12 PM
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That crappy weather they had is to blame.
Old Jan 29, 2007 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by captainlaziness
Did he? I didn't get around to checking the news this weekend.
Weather related...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/56485
Old Jan 29, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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But Cap'n, you said it was 48 more days back on Saturday. Oh well, like you said, A-N-T-I-C-I-P-A-YAA-YAA-T-I-O-N.

Yeah and Lewis Hamilton wrecked too back on Thursday.

http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/35013/
Old Jan 29, 2007 | 03:29 PM
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I'm just going to keep a browser open with....

http://www.formula1.com/

....minimized so I can only see the countdown (like a ticker) LOL

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