A quiet day yesterday though for no obvious reason the discussion sprang back to life on a four year-old article on F1 vs NASCAR.
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Here’s the Sunday round-up:
Links
Hamilton e Rosberg a Lonato (Vroom)
Pictures of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg at a karting event. The pair were team mates in the Mercedes and McLaren backed karting team in 2000. Via Kartlink
Will Buxton reckons 2009 GP2 runner-up Vitaly Petrov will make a big money move to Renault.
Comment of the day
And the Jose Maria Lopez backlash starts… now! Over to J Hutton:
What is [Peter] Windsor thinking?óÔé¼?ª look, a desperate financial picture should not dictate an incompetent driver who will surely be risking the lives of others on the track. Come on, touring cars for the last three years is not a proper training ground (refresher course) for F1.
J Hutton
From the forum
The F1 Fanatic support group is in session – Ned Flanders asks ‘When did you realise you were addicted to F1?’
Site updates
I’ve created the Lotus team page as well as the rather lengthy list of previous Lotus F1 drivers.
Interestingly, they had six different drivers in their final season, 1994. How many can you name without looking?
Happy birthday!
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On this day in F1
The last car Michael Schumacher raced in F1 was launched on this day four years ago. The Ferrari 248 won nine of the 18 races that year – but both the titles went to Renault.
Terry Fabulous
24th January 2010, 3:31
1994 was a crazy season with drivers that is ‘for sure’!
But six drivers! Wow
Um I am going Hakkinen and Herbert for starters
And maybe Lamy and Salo I think.
And I just checked my Arron and Hughes complete book of F1 and got three out of four and would NEVER have picked the full six!
Kovy
24th January 2010, 4:17
This new Lotus team has nothing to do with the old proper Lotus team. Don’t forget that. The only reason that they can use the Lotus name at all is because they are owned by the Malaysians (Proton.)
Prisoner Monkeys
24th January 2010, 4:53
Actually, it’s Flanders who wants to know when you got addicted.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
24th January 2010, 10:35
Indeed it is – not the first time I’ve got you two mixed up either. D’oh! Fixed it now.
dsob
24th January 2010, 5:21
94 Lotus….my my…..ok, Lamy and Salo are right. I think Herbert is too….then Bernard, Zanardi and….braindeath has removed the identity of the sixth driver.
Gonna hafta go look it up now. :)
Ned Flanders
24th January 2010, 11:35
Haha, that NASCAR vs F1 argument is quite entertaining
Lotus drivers: Zanardi, Salo, Lamy, Herbert… I give in
(Just checked the answers- 4 out of 6, not bad!)
S Hughes
24th January 2010, 12:24
Thanks for those Lewis and Rosberg karting pictures. Lewis looks wonderful as usual and it is so great to see his brother there as well.
heliwave
24th January 2010, 13:05
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MASSA TOO SLOW
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From the way Massa is talking about good to be back in the car and looking forward to “stuck” in a proper F1 car, his lap times must’ve been much slower than Rossi.
Alonso is the winner and no new contract for Massa in 2011 it seems.
It will be interesting to see how much Ferrari give Fisi testing time in case he is required within few races or so.
Terry Fabulous
24th January 2010, 22:12
Why wait, lets turf him right now. he is too slow!!!
Hang on, he is actually very fast. He beat Kimi for the last two years and was a few hundred metres and a dodgy engine in Hungary from a World Championship.
Lets hold off on the hanging, drawing and quartering for at least two races?
Wateva
24th January 2010, 22:18
It seems was actually faster. I dont know whether any official timings have been given, but James Allen seems to have the times.
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/01/thoughts-on-rossi-massa-trulli-alguersuari-and-lopez/?utm_campaign=UA-7628173-1&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
Massa’s fastest lap was 1.18 to Rossi’s 1.21, though as James mentions whether the conditions were identical is not known. And honestly were do you get all this Massa bashing I dont understand!
ciaran
24th January 2010, 15:31
Lotus drivers:
Adams,Beretta,Salo,Herbert,Zanardi,Bernard.
I probably got one wrong.
ciaran
24th January 2010, 15:33
Lamy,damn
Terry Fabulous
25th January 2010, 2:14
Can’t believe you got Adams!