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You gotta wonder why mgmt even let's them do stuff like that in the off season.

McLaren prolly keep Lewis in cryostasis, Han Solo-style, in between media/training gigs during the northern winter.

  On 07/02/2011 at 9:39 AM, wolverine said:

I reckon they just park Lewis in between Nicoles boozies for 3 months, bike rack style.

And my being there the other 9 months of the year is real tough, I gotta tell ya

poor kube. that is devastating, could even be career ending for him. :( yeah It's surprising more teams don't have clauses in the contracts stating what drivers can and can't do in their off season. look at webber and his farken endurance events. how well has that worked....not. great way to start a season recovering from a few broken bones.

I mean if you really want to do tarmac rally, or mountain biking etc surely it can wait till after your (short) F1 career? isn't driving F1 cars for 9-10 months a year excitement enough. I would think you would not want to do anything to jeopardise the small window any driver has in F1.

Anyway, I'll be praying for you (or whatever I do in place of prayer) Kube. Hope to see you back on track soon and in a decent car too. bobby kube is without doubt one of the best prospects in the current crop of 'young' drivers and this time out will hurt his progress badly. :(

yeah agreed the testing bad sucks but I'm with stinky. I would not want my mega buck F1 drivers doing tarmac rallies on their time off. the stats tell you the chance of damage is high.

geeebus!! (and ouch)

why is it everyone seems to hit the end or guard rails??? see it on highway crashes too. there can be 100's of km's of nothing, then as soon as you add a guard rail someone will hit it. even if they extend the guard rail after the first one. the next car will hit it earlier.....are they magnetic? or are most people just that scared of em that they end up staring at them till they hit it??? (obv this wasnt the case with Kube)....but.....weird

+1 for the HRT car. looks the busines, love the way its advertising where you can buy advertising

Edited by boiracer
  On 08/02/2011 at 9:37 PM, boiracer said:

+1 for the HRT car. looks the busines, love the way its advertising where you can buy advertising

Not sold on the angle of sweep on the nose.

Looks like Countach aerodynamics to me.

  On 09/02/2011 at 6:39 AM, Angus Smart said:

Has that guard rail entered the front/back and come out the opposite end??

yup, by the looks of it. in the front corner. out the back.....some kind of detour on the way?? armco is safe!!

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