2007 F1 Season

[**JaR**]

Big congrats to Webbo, give him a car that'll finish a race and he puts it on the podium, well done

lol...bit out of context don't you think...

werent there some on here who doubted Hamiltons ability to pass/??

umm..around the outside of fisi at the Shumi esses, and on the grass at that.

gee...great move then...

You're supposed to pass on the track.

this thread is getting funnier...people basically regurgitating the entire race as if they were all there or running a team...

[sh@un]

hey, if it's quicker on the grass verge in a straight line, then use that

[ctjet]

"grasscrete"

[Frink]

what a great race! shame about the winner though... aint nothing like a little rain to spice things up a bit. how excited did Rusty get after the finish?!?!

[Beer Baron]

a great question and a good answer from the interviews:

Q: (Dan Knutson – National Speed Sport News) Mark, given the reliability problems for you this year, how much tension was there for you over those last laps thinking the car might just break again?

MW: Absolutely horrible, because I wasn’t that confident to be honest because if you look at our reliability record it has been quite poor and there are still a lot of components that we need to get more confidence in to be honest in a grand prix. So once we had done our second stops, and I had a comfortable third going on the slick tyres and I thought ‘just stay together, just stay together’ and I saw the rain coming and I knew there was going to be a few variabilities before the race was over. But there is absolutely nothing I can do about that, I have to just keep pushing and if the car stops… I have plenty of experience with that, but I don’t have very much experience with being up here. I’m bloody happy to be here so it’s good.

lol that last bit is gold.

[Beer Baron]

and another ripper:

Q: Mark, it must be a great relief to be on the podium again?

MW: You don’t say mate. It’s a bloody huge relief for the whole team and for myself. We’ve been ripped off quite a lot in the past but it is always down to preparation. It’s not due to luck, it’s not due to this and that.

lol, you don't say!!

[sh@un]

he must work for aapt in his spare time. lol

tell it like it is!

good on him for not just making excuses for the poor reliability of his cars up until now

[Beer Baron]

yeah it's good to see an aussie pulling out the odd 'bloody' and stuff like 'ripped off'.

[m3gtr]

hes the real deal cobber, fairdinkum.

that result wont do him any harm come seasons end.

unfortunately i just dont know if hes got the cajones of an alonso or raikkonen to be up there on a consistent basis and man if i hear him say " well, i got off the line pretty badly today.." one more time ill go down there and f**kin put HIM in the bloody tree.

Jacques " Ill put you in the f*king wall!

Bagota bruiser " Oh YEAH? ill put you in the F$"#"&G TREE!"

priceless.

Edited July 23, 2007 by m3gtr

[Beer Baron]

I quite like ralph's old one of: "...next time I shall have him off". sound very funny threatening someone in his private school ESL type english.

[ctjet]

Speed "Assaulted" by STR Team Boss!

Eifel, Germany – 7/22/2007

Scott Speed was reportedly involved in a physical altercation with Scuderia Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost after the European GP, we can reveal. The incident must cast doubts over his short-term future with the team.

Speed was one of several drivers to spin off at the start of the third lap when confronted by a wall of water at the first corner. He was soon joined in the gravel by teammate Tonio Liuzzi, who came out of the pits after stopping for extreme wet tires and suffered an apparent technical failure that was probably related to a nudge from behind on the first lap. He narrowly missed the safety car, and struck a recovery vehicle.

Having lost both cars in the first five minutes, tensions were apparently running high when Speed returned to the team garage from the scene of the accident. After an initial discussion with Tost, Speed had reportedly turned to walk away when Tost apparently made a grab for him, in what one witness described as an “assault.”

It has become increasingly apparent in recent weeks that Liuzzi and in particular Speed have fallen out of favor with Tost and team co-owner Gerhard Berger, and Sebastien Bourdais is being prepared for a future with the team. After this latest development, it would seem that the relationship between Speed and the management may preclude the American from driving the car again.

On Saturday a frustrated Scott told SpeedTV.com: “Gerhard and Franz have their own ideas about what they want to do with their future, and they say things accordingly. That’s nothing to do with my performance on the track, that’s for sure. It’s clear that from my bosses me and Tonio both have very little support.

“It’s been that way for the last two years, and it’s a lot more now. At some point I said I don’t care -- if I’m not in F1 next year, if I’m with a different team, it’s OK for me. It’s actually made me lot more relaxed and a lot more calm, and I think I’m producing better results, actually.

“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to read the press and know that Franz and Gerhard are pushing like hell to get rid of me and Tonio.”

After the race, the team showed scant regard for the needs of the international media when it issued a fatuous press release which, rather than containing the usual useful information and quotes from personnel, carried the message, “Nothing to say.” Thus the media at large was not informed that Liuzzi had experienced a technical problem prior to his accident.

looks like french fries is a lock for the STR drive next year... awesome

[m3gtr]

i told you that weeks ago mate. you forget already?

back to the GP itself, i couldnt help but piss myself laughing at michael Schumachers rodeo shirt!! he presented The Ron with the trophy and looked like an absolute shocker doing it!! did anyone see that??

the man has NO fashion sense whatsoever. Doesnt his wife like pimp slap him every time he thinks of wearing that garbage??

maybe she likes people laughing at him--keep his ego in check or something. She cant do anything about that manly jawline though, can she. :PBJ: :PBJ:

[Frink]

hhmmm... Toro Rosso MIGHT go alright with a well experienced driver like SB.

[ctjet]

well i THOUGHT Seb was coming to F1, but im just confirming the lock

[m3gtr]

I quite like ralph's old one of: "...next time I shall have him off". sound very funny threatening someone in his private school ESL type english.

who do you reckon would win out of these bust ups..

for me it would be

Shumi snr vs Schumi jnr..? JNR, just because hes been held under by his brother so many years, surely that anger has to be stored in a fist or two//

Montoya vs Villenueve? Monty hands down. Jacques was always quick to spout shit and not be able to do anything about it..

Webber vs Coulthard?: I reckon the scot in this one although i think both would get hits in.. if it went the distance though, definitely webber.

Alonso vs Massa? : A tie i reckon. theyd just keep bitch slapping each other using names like bitch, sissy, pansy and the like..theyd have to be pryed apart...

Mansell vs Senna..actually anyone vs Senna..Senna would own the british bulldog..hed probably go nuts on them, send the mafia after them or something./.

senna had a major screw loose...

[ctjet]

i think Alonso would have the reach on Massa, and old webbo would be too fit and quick gor DC

what about Lewis v Kimi? tough call

[m3gtr]

well i THOUGHT Seb was coming to F1, but im just confirming the lock

its not official YET... That publication has been known to..."twist" the truth a bit so dont read too much into it

Having said that it wont be long until an announcement is made. the team have wanted him to drive for months now.. im expecting it within the next couple of races.

why they used speed and liuzzi as stop gaps is beyond me..like they needed to see if SB could do it again one more time in America before they gave him the seat...

Speed is too punkrock for the game..big words, no action. Never put his money where his mouth was. all attitude, ZERO results.

As for Liuzzi..i think hes burning out and looks really despondent. hes definitely better than his showings but man, hes made way too many mistakes...

hes got noone to blame but himself if he gets replaced.

Speed to be out before or after Hungary. I put a tenner on it.

[ctjet]

Who'd take his seat?

Doornbos? Armer....le..er?

Edited July 23, 2007 by ctjet

[m3gtr]

i think Alonso would have the reach on Massa, and old webbo would be too fit and quick gor DC

what about Lewis v Kimi? tough call

no i agree. Webber would outlast DC but i reckon DC has a harder punch..looks a bit more likely to throw one too..

lewis Vs kimi...

i say kimi because you look in his eyes and its like, what the feck is going on in that head of his..

kimi is like Big Chris from Lock,Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels

you just know a pshcho is lurking under there somewhere but he sugar coats it with mono syllabic dialog whilst staring you unflinchingly right in the eye ball..

Kimi in 1.

Rosberg vs Pique?

or this might be fairer...Lewis vs Pique

id pay to see that one..one more season and we can see the fur fly!

[m3gtr]

Who'd take his seat?

Doornbos? armer....le..er?

no, either Sutil or Vettel. Sutils only contracted to spyker until the end of the year and Spyker are looking to get Klien to fill the space. Vettel is on a loaner to BMW as we allknow but Red Bull may try to speed his early release to get him in the seat for next year. Its contractual.

If they cant have him from BMW early, then Sutil will most likely take the seat and depending on what happens next year..well lets just say that STR have their bases covered and no shortage of options.

I doubt they will replace Liuzzi this soon as he has categorically been the better racer, even if prone to mistake although as with webber, most of Liuzzis havent even been his own but due to equipment failure or someone else nurfing him off..