F1/IRL/All Other Forms of motorsports Thread

[Chaos81]

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A Scott Pruett *****?

WTF, when did h.ater become censored?

I don't hate him, I just hate that he can't go through an interview without a "hi to my family at home." Him winning means more chances for him to say it, which means I don't want him to win. If you want to say hi to your family that badly, pick up the phone and do so.

[Perfect Zero]

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I didn't watch as much as I used to, but I watched a good five to six hours of it. I'm not big on Gannasi racing (I'm a fan of Andretti Autosport in IRL), but it was an interesting race to say the least.

[Chaos81]

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F1 car launch season. All fairly similar of course, but I love the livery on the Sauber. Gorgeous looking car.

Spoiler

[Segagendude]

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All this hype around Danica in NASCAR.... Maybe it's because it's not as popular, but there were two female wins in back to back weeks in the NHRA.(Courtney Force and Erica Enders-Stephens, respectfully)

And there's more women racing in the NHRA than NASCAR right now... And although there's no turns, they still race at over 300 mph in funny car and over 200 mph in pro stock.

That, to me, is more impressive than what Patrick did.

[Redacted01]

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Difference is, women have been in the top series of NHRA for quite awhile and done well, as you pointed out. This is the first time a woman has really done well in NASCAR in recent history.

[Segagendude]

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Difference is, women have been in the top series of NHRA for quite awhile and done well, as you pointed out. This is the first time a woman has really done well in NASCAR in recent history.

Maybe you're right. I was too young to remember back when Shirley Muldowney raced, but I'm sure it was a big deal then, being the first woman...

[Perfect Zero]

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So the Austrialian Grand Prix starts... well tonight unless you don't have a Tivo or other recording equipment. Qualifying was rained out yesterday so they are about to start up again right now. I don't have a feed, but it should be interesting to see where the cars are at the end of this.

[superjames1992]

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Congrats to Tovarich.

[Redacted01]

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Staying up to watch that last night is really going to screw with my schedule.

[Segagendude]

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Congrats to Raikkonen (sp) on winning the Australian GP!

Great race; worth staying up late for.

[Tovarich]

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Bleh, Raikkonen starts 10th now, got a 3 spot grid penalty for allegedly blocking Hulkenburg. Whatever.

[Redacted01]

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Yea, no way I was going to see this one live. I have to be up at 3 am tomorrow so staying up until now would have killed me. Doubt I'll catch the replay either with California on so hope I didn't miss too good a race. I enjoyed last week's.

[Mo]

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Huzzah for the spanish station Uni Mas(formerly known as Telefutura) that re-air the races at 8AM here.


That podium, oh the tension.

[Segagendude]

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Teammate or not, what's wrong with wanting to win?

[mercalnd]

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Teammate or not, what's wrong with wanting to win?

What's wrong is that Webber slowed down on team orders as he was told that both drivers were to keep their position and nurse the cars home. Had he known Vettel was going to try to pass him, he would not have slowed down. It's a bitch move and the team called him out on it.