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[Doobrey]

Well maybe it's time to get Mrs.Mosley to meet the team bosses wives now..
F1 teams may boycott more races

"Would we race after a (heavy) penalty? I think we'd have a meeting and you wouldn't guarantee it," Stoddart said.

But FIA president Max Mosley countered: "The governing body will always win."
"If it emerges that the guilt of certain teams is of a certain level, then a ban will be justified," he told the newspaper. "There are various other possibilities - points being deducted, a fine or reprimand."

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Vincent wrote:
Minardi shouldn't be fined - they're bridgestone runners.  It's only the michelin teams that will be penalised.

But who's the one always {bleep}ing and moaning about the FIA?
..and who tried legal threats against the FIA at Australia?
..and acting/behaving like a spokesman for all the team bosses at the USGP?

I'd hazzard a guess and say Minardi are on Mosley's {bleep}list too.

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Abou27 wrote:
Brialliantly unpredictable circuit, looks like it should be a fantastic race tomorrow!

You're right about the circuit, it from what I read it's getting bumpier the more it's used. What the hell that'd do to the wear on the wooden planks if it gets worse during the race is anyones guess.How will the stewards/FIA handle any excessive wear spotted in scrutineering?

BTW, is it just me or does anyone think BAR are being a smidge hypocritical about the Button/Williams situation?
 Last year it ended up at the CRB to force Button to race for BAR for this year. Now Williams apparently have Button under contract for next year, BAR are saying "Jenson shouldn't be forced to race for a team that he doesn't want to be in."  :lol:

[Doobrey]

For those who think Max Mosley hasn't lost the plot..
From  BBC Motorsport pages
 

FIA president Max Mosley announced the partnership after a recent survey of fans showed 94% wanted more overtaking.

"We didn't realise how important (passing) was to the fans until recently," said Mosley.

HUH?? The guy's president of the FIA, what the {bleep} did he think people watched F1 for ? Looking at all the pretty flags that spectators wave?, or maybe he thought we all had an tarmac fetish..

Tune in next week when Mosley reveals "We didn't realise how important fast cars are to Formula 1" :crazy:

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Hyperspeed wrote:
The last time I sat down and found it interesting was when Damon Hill was in 1st Place in an Arrows, he lost power but still came 2nd. I think this may have been in the Belgian Grand Prix.

Hungaroring, 1997

I like to see underdogs prevail, to see people overcoming adversity, triumph of the mind and spirit... not a race decided by engineers and aerodynamics technicians months previous.

And I think it's gonna get a LOT worse.
They're talking about freezing engine and gearbox designs for 3 years from 2008 in the name of cost cutting:-o
 I can't see the point, what team is gonna tough it out with a crap engine for 3 years, knowing there's not a lot they can do about it ?
 So we can expect to see Jenson Button retiring in almost every GP from 2008-2011 :lol:

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Vincent wrote:
· Women drivers - no idea.  We've only just got the first black driver, so maybe in the years to come...

IIRC, the last female F1 driver was way back in 1992, she drove for Brabham but failed to qualify in the first 3 races and was replaced by Damon Hill.

Dunno why there haven't been any more in F1 since then, Katherine Legge will hopefully be back doing ChampCar again this year, and Danica Patrick is in Indy.

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PMC wrote:
3) More street circuits playing a role.  I'd love to see a Grand Prix of London for example.
 

I dunno, Monaco is one of the most boring races of the season, there's just nowhere for drivers to overtake, it just becomes a 2 hr procession. :sleep:
 I just hope the new Valencia street circuit can address that.

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{bleep}.. just saw Kubica's crash :-o
Hope he's OK, why the hell isn't the race red flagged while the docs help him?

[Doobrey]

True, but it also meant all the other drivers had to go thru craploads of debris for a few laps which could have caused a nasty accident later on in the race.

BTW, when you said 'considerable danger',did you mean Heidfeld ?

Seeing Sato go past everyone at the end was brilliant, that's gotta give all the other teams a wake up call. Howcome Super Aguri can do that, but the real Honda team can't  :crazy: