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It's going to be a pretty sad if Ferrari don't contest the 2010 WC and will spell the end of F1 as we know it. How will Bernie react knowing that his precious F1 is going to be further devalued.....

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But, back to racing this weekend.

Horner coming out in the news saying that if any of his drivers need to support the other to take Brawn on in the Championship then he will put in place team orders. Mark needs to get back those 7.5 points this weekend with a flag to flag win :dry:

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It's going to be a pretty sad if Ferrari don't contest the 2010 WC and will spell the end of F1 as we know it. How will Bernie react knowing that his precious F1 is going to be further devalued.....

Ferrari should have a crack at Nascar- Would be good to see an F430 silhouette racer powered by a carb-fed 5.9L OHV V8 driving through a live rear axle :P

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Ferrari should have a crack at Nascar- Would be good to see an F430 silhouette racer powered by a carb-fed 5.9L OHV V8 driving through a live rear axle :P

lol... Just.... lol!

They should dump live axle... It is sooo umerikan and soooo 80's....

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P1 doesnt mean much? This weekend it means a lot to RBR. They havea new diffuser and both cars lost time in P1 because of problems. So less then requried time to assess the performance of new parts, improve and setup the car...etc etc.

And now they lose half of P2 as well fixing the problems. Not a good start, especially since they have possibly ruined a sweet car with the diffuser?!?!?!!?

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yay finally 10 are showing qualifying.. got live timing going as well this should be fun watching the times tumble :)

edit: red flag lewis has binned it! lol

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