Ace's Motorsport Thread.

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Originally posted by Captain_Rightfoot
Williams is cosworth powered for next year. Here's hoping they can give our Mark enough Ooomph [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=95210

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I have read that to, i was happy to hear it, because if there is one engine company on earth who makes damn good engines, its Cosworth, they helped Shooy win his first couple of championships with benetton (Now Renault). Fingers crossed Williams can get the car sorted out. Matt

Poor Mark [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]

http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=95878

he's a dud :!:

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Originally posted by VladTepes
he's a dud :!:

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OUCH 8O

He can't be doing too bad. Flavio still considers that Fernando and Mark woiuld be his "dream team" for Renault next year [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

Well you always need someone to drive the dud car as a backup for the main man.

Why do you think Rubens has had the sh!ts with Ferrari ?

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Originally posted by VladTepes
Well you always need someone to drive the dud car as a backup for the main man.

Why do you think Rubens has had the sh!ts with Ferrari ?

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I really want to like Rubens... he's a nice guy. However he consistently underperforms next to Michael. I'm sure there are reasons... but I don't know what they are. It is possible that Michael is exceptional and Rubens is very good. It's also possible that Micael is just very good and Rubens is at best average. I guess we'll find out next year [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

What is neat about our Mark is that he has consistenly been quicker than whoever has been placed next to him. He's has problems with starts, and some bad luck this year. He still keeps shining as a racer though. Whitness him giving shuey the bird as schuey punted him on the weekend. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

IMHO anyway [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

I'm a Rubens fan = always liked the Brazilians - have a lot of emotion in the way they race. The opposite of those clinical Germans :roll:

I actually do think that Mark Weber has a good careeer ahaead of him but whether he can take that leap to regulalry winning races... is another thing. Time will tell. How good would it be to see an Aussie on the top of that podium and hearing them play our poxy national anthem !!!

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Originally posted by VladTepes
I'm a Rubens fan = always liked the Brazilians -

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I'm with you there.. I think Brazilians should be compulsory 8O 8O Oh... you mean Brazilian drivers... yeah they are good too. I'm a big Montoya fan as well although he's columbian [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by VladTepes
I actually do think that Mark Weber has a good careeer ahaead of him but whether he can take that leap to regulalry winning races... is another thing. Time will tell. How good would it be to see an Aussie on the top of that podium and hearing them play our poxy national anthem !!!

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I agree with you there too. He needs to win a few to get in the zone. Unfortunately the Williams isn't quite up to it at the moment. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]

Ok, a few things have brought up in my absence.

Shooy- never have liked the many, not since he rammed Damon Hill during the Australian Grand Prix, the last one they had at Adelaide. Michael was leading and Hill was second, all Michael had to do was finish in front of Hill and the championship was his. Mickael ran wide on a corner and side swiped the wall. This irrepairably damaged his Benneton. He was pulling left into the safety run off area when hill rounded the corner Michael had stuffed up on. Hill went right to follow the racing line when Michael saw him and swerved across the trackand collided with him, there for ruining Hills race and winning the championship. It was found afterwards Michael had done nothing wrong but i dont car what anyone says he cheated. To top that off he did the same thing to Villenevue in 1997, but the move only damaged Villenevues radiator and he was able to limp the rest of the lap to victory.

Barracello- a top driver, but noone will ever stand a chance of winning anything, no matter how good they are, if Michael is their team mate, the team dont allow it. Look at what lengths Shooy went to to regain the lead after a slow pitstop at this years dismal USA grand prix, he ran him off the road so he could finish first. Not sportman like, but you get that when shooy is involved.

As for Webber, i dont think any claim that he is a dud are even close to the mark. He has proven his ability this year, and up until mid season he was the best overall qualifier in the field. With a decent car under him he will most certainly be world champ, Renault agree, so does frank williams. Matt

So, with Sandown looming this weekend, who is going to win?

Going on the previous 2 years you would have to say Ambrose or Ingall, Ingall would have one last year if he didnt happen across a prang an get forced wide allowing Ambrose through, and they would have won in 03 had ingall of pumped the brakes up properly exiting his pit stop. :twisted:, having said all that i dont want to jinx them. In the end it could be anyones race, you never know who will win these races. Matt