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Author:  amq55 [ Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:29 pm ]
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Kubica's regained full use of his thumb.

Author:  webbsy [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:38 pm ]
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When you start to get beaten by a hopeless driver like Maldonado it is inevitable one wants to blame the team and not realise that one is about 4 years past their best.

http://en.espnf1.com/williams/motorspor ... 56230.html

And is it just me or does the older Bernie get the more of a two face back stabbing c**t he becomes? or has he always been that way? The all powerful force of Mosley still lingers across the FIA does it? and everybody is powerless to stop it?

http://en.espnf1.com/fia/motorsport/story/56218.html

Author:  Gaara [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:44 pm ]
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Maldonado isn't a hopeless driver.

Author:  webbsy [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:48 pm ]
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Beg to differ mate

Author:  phil1993 [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:06 pm ]
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I've been pleasantly surprised by Maldonado, he's much better than I anticipated

Author:  Tamburello94 [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:17 pm ]
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He has shown promise, but can also look pretty ordinary at times. Hard to really tell when you're consistently running about 15th because that's all the car can do.

Author:  ryan86 [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:24 pm ]
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He's not the next Senna/Alonso/Hamilton whatever, but not many are. He's probably not even the next Nico Rosberg, but Williams will struggle to attract much better than GP2 graduates in their current position.

Author:  micha [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:05 pm ]
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I wish I had half the talent Maldonado has....Add a 10th of his budget and I probably be doing some nice things on a national level :)

Author:  ferrariboy87 [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:09 pm ]
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micha wrote:
I wish I had half the talent Maldonado has....Add a 10th of his budget and I probably be doing some nice things on a national level :)


and what about barrichello?

Author:  phil1993 [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:23 pm ]
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I wonder if Barrichello has done one season too many. In 2010 he was good this season not so much. Williams said last year he was so good with the car development, yet now there's been no praises from that department (for obvious reasons), whilst Barrichello has been very critical of the car. For someone in his 19th F1 season and the most experienced man ever, its not what you expect to hear

Author:  Cheeveer [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:46 pm ]
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Dementia?

Still, it's heart warming that someone has raced in F1 for so long that you can't remember the first race he did.

Author:  phil1993 [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:20 pm ]
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Saw this
http://twitition.com/hm88n/

Anyone want to create a 'Williams, please dump Rubens' one :p

Author:  Xen [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:10 pm ]
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NVirkkula wrote:
Same thing happened here in Finland.

MTV3 bought the expensive rights (when they out-bid Canal+) and made their own ppv-channel for men. Before this happened, about 1 - 2 million people watched F1 in almost every race, which is respective 20 - 40 % of the nation. About half of the people in Finland witnessed Mika Häkkinen taking his first and second title in Suzuka, eventhough it wasn't prime time.

So the F1 went to PPV-channel, and only 150 - 200.000 households got the channel, which meant that the ratings plummed down to 250 - 500.000 viewers. Highlights were shown for free on prime time 6pm on every Sunday. The ratings were around 200 - 300.000, half a million at its best when Räikkönen sealed his title in 2007. Now, since there's no Finns to win (or even to score points) the ratings are around 100 - 200.000, even though the last two seasons have offered much more action on track. So in less than a decade, the ratings dropped down to TENTH of what it was before ppv-channel. Of course we have to remember that during the late 90's and early 00's there were lots of "glory-hunters" watching our fellow countrymen to win a race after race, but back in the day, when scoring points was almost as rare occasion as it is today, the ratings were three times higher than what it is today.

Now tell me, what sports can survive long if it loses suddenly half of it's normal tv ratings? Take a look at Indycar, for example. They've been growing up slowly from their worst days, but the road to back their golden days is bumpy - and quite many questions if they ever make it back.

If Valtteri Bottas gets a seat for next season from a good team and Heikki would be driving for points in every race, it still would take few years to get our ratings even close to a million, a rating which was concidered bellow average just a few years back.

So yeah, good luck for UK (that is, viewers, broadcasters, advertisers, future drivers...) if your broadcast goes to PPV, the ratings won't be the same for anytime soon.


Interesting read ! There in Switzerland there was always a threat that we would not be able to see F1 for free, but we still can. F1 is broadcasted in Switzerland for free since 1973 I think, so there is a good chance the tradition will go on. At least I hope, but anyway there are other way to watch live F1 via internet if needed ! :)

Author:  amq55 [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:59 pm ]
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phil1993 wrote:
I wonder if Barrichello has done one season too many. In 2010 he was good this season not so much. Williams said last year he was so good with the car development, yet now there's been no praises from that department (for obvious reasons), whilst Barrichello has been very critical of the car. For someone in his 19th F1 season and the most experienced man ever, its not what you expect to hear

Speaking of which:

Rubens Barrichello wrote:
This story of me wanting to stop is a big joke... WHAT I MOST WANT IS TO CONTINUE and im working to have a good car next year.

Badmouthing Williams would be shooting myself in the foot... problems exist and good thing they exist. Let's fix them.


Direct translation off Twitter.

Author:  Bleu [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:12 pm ]
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For a summer break, a new quiz by me:

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Bleu/f1win ... ntrycombos

Hint below:
[spoiler]Only team that I counted having won as two nationalities is Benetton[/spoiler]

I know that I didn't make German or Hungarian GP quizzed before those races, as I was little busy. But I will do them at some point before the next race in Belgium.

Author:  ryan86 [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:27 pm ]
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Got 46 out of 51 there.

Interesting how a few recent and popular characters have been quite difficult to get.

Author:  ferrariboy87 [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:31 pm ]
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who has made the twittition? Rubinho himself?? :p

Author:  Vassago [ Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:24 am ]
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phil1993 wrote:
I wonder if Barrichello has done one season too many. In 2010 he was good this season not so much. Williams said last year he was so good with the car development, yet now there's been no praises from that department (for obvious reasons), whilst Barrichello has been very critical of the car. For someone in his 19th F1 season and the most experienced man ever, its not what you expect to hear


Barrichello should have been out of this sport after 2008. Honda's withdrawal saved his butt big time. Yeah, he won twice in 2009, but this was nothing else then a 1992 Mansell - Patrese deja-vu. He hasn't got anything left in the tank to drag a struggling team into a creditable position. I really hope he gets ousted finally after this season.

Author:  SirVanhan [ Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:36 am ]
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38/51, but I didn't know the exact spell of two nations (well it would have been 41/51 :p )

Author:  Fermani2 [ Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:41 am ]
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Bleu wrote:
For a summer break, a new quiz by me:

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Bleu/f1win ... ntrycombos

Hint below:
[spoiler]Only team that I counted having won as two nationalities is Benetton[/spoiler]

I know that I didn't make German or Hungarian GP quizzed before those races, as I was little busy. But I will do them at some point before the next race in Belgium.


Like your quiz :), pity I only got 31 :(!

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