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Taipan

May 24, 2013 12:08 AM

F1 » Hamilton: 'Car almost there, pace looks good'


Dave, compared to some of the contributors on this site I'm fairly new to the sport, my affair with F1 started in '76 and during that time I probably have more memories of the Monaco GP than any other. I'm not saying it's the greatest race track, for me that would be Spa but for spectacle and ever lasting memories it's probably Monaco and for you to think that it would be amusing to see ANY race become a procession behind two slow cars suggests to me that you are not a real F1 fan. Because real fans of F1 want a great race, just like real fans of boxing want a great fight or real fans of football want a great match, it's not all about who wins.

Taipan

May 23, 2013 11:41 PM

F1 » Rosberg: It's not really representative today


Well fanboys, what do you have to say about "the half a second advantage" that Lulu took to Mercedes ? I'll be honest I always thought Nico was a fairly average F1 driver, So now we have Lulu beaten over 3 years by Button who you all think is crap and now he's being outpaced by Rosberg who I thought was average! Where does that leave Lulu?

Taipan

May 23, 2013 11:30 PM

F1 » Hamilton: 'Car almost there, pace looks good'


Not much of an F1 fan are you Dave, You want to see two much slower cars lead a procession because of the amusement value? Why is that amusing? Oh lets guess, you're a fanboy and as long as Lulu does well who cares about the sport. Personally I don't give a **** who does well as long as we have a decent race and the best driver on the day wins, there lies the difference between a fanboy and an F1 fan.

Taipan

May 21, 2013 9:24 PM

F1 » Hamilton: Mercedes 'can get there'


Cheers for that Richard, the cheques in the post. I just had a look on F1.com and there is a very well written piece on Ascari it covers a few things I didn't know. Alberto's dad and Enzo Ferrari were very good friends, Alberto and Luigi Villoresi had a business supplying fuel to the Italian army in North Africa during WW2 and an estimated 1 million people turned out for Alberto's funeral in Milan. It's well worth a read.

Taipan

May 20, 2013 9:52 PM

F1 » Hamilton: Mercedes 'can get there'


Nighty night Zelda. Must have left his arm bands at home Richard. I was reading that during the "wave incident" in 1950 Fangio noticed that the crowd weren't watching him leading the race but were watching something ahead of him, because of that he slowed down and avoided the carnage that the wave had caused. Out of interest do you remember Alberto Ascari and if so how good was he compared to Fangio in your opinion?

Taipan

May 20, 2013 9:30 PM

F1 » Hamilton: Mercedes 'can get there'


Zelda, don't put me down as better than anything, you nothing about me after all. Richard, Found some of the Ascari Jr and Sr comparisons... Both were 36 when they were killed, Alberto on 26 May 1955, Antonio on 26 July 1925. Each won 13 grands prix, and drove car number 26. Both were killed in crashes at the exit of fast left-hand corners four days after surviving serious accidents. Both were survived by a wife and two children. Alberto was invited to watch Castellotti practice for Monza and wasn't intending to drive, as such he left his lucky blue helmet at home. After lunch however he decided to do a few laps and borrowed Castellotti's helmet, 3 laps later he was dead. Fangio said he had lost his greatest opponent.

Taipan

May 20, 2013 9:09 PM

F1 » Hamilton: Mercedes 'can get there'


Richard, I don't recall Bandini or Scarfiotti getting wet, but I could be wrong. Just looked it up, Hawkins was involved in 3 GP's in '65, retired in Germany, 9th in South Africa and into the harbour at Monaco, not really a great run. Sadly he died at Oulton Park in a Tourist Trophy race in '69

Taipan

May 20, 2013 8:41 PM

F1 » Hamilton: Mercedes 'can get there'


Richard, You might know of this story and if not I'm not sure where you'll find it on the net but look into the similarities of Ascari's death and his fathers death. I can't remember the full list but there where a whole host of similarities including surviving a potentially deadly crash days before they were killed. I don't remember ever seeing Ascari's harbour plunge, was it on Sky? Paul Hawkins is the only other driver that I know of who made it into the harbour, he was an Australian and possibly used to surfing so he escaped intact as well. Ghog, Don't mention clap to the fanboys, might put them off losing their virginity! :p


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