2011 Formula 1 Season - Official Discussion Thread

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Post by AMG 6.3 » 26 Apr 2011, 21:59

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Post by F1Fan88 » 27 Apr 2011, 13:19

This does seem like an option for a name change if they loose the court case. If Caterham are “proudly and staunchly British” I wonder if they will change the registration of the F1 team to British if they change the name, but then personally I always viewed the original Team Lotus as British but that hasn’t stopped the current Team Lotus having a Malaysian registration.

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Post by Ali » 27 Apr 2011, 17:46

Ecclestone hopes for Turkey deal
Bernie Ecclestone has said that he hopes a deal can still be reached to extend the contract of the Turkish Grand Prix.

Race organisers last week said that the future of the race was in doubt, with the head of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, Murat Yalcinta, claiming that Ecclestone had asked for the race fee to be doubled when the contract expires following this year's race. The race struggles to make money from ticket sales, with 200,000 spectators at the inaugural race in 2005 falling to around 35,000 in recent seasons.

Despite new races in India, the United States and Russia being added to the calendar over the next few seasons, Ecclestone has said he hasn't given up on agreeing new terms for the race at Istanbul Park to continue.

"The race brings a huge amount of people, trade and publicity to the city," Ecclestone told the Daily Express. "I am a bit disappointed and I hope we can work out a deal."
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Re: 2011 Formula 1 Season - Official Discussion Thread

Post by Eric_Cartman » 29 Apr 2011, 15:44

Vettel is now as old as Hamilton was in Brazil 2008
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Post by alex1369 » 30 Apr 2011, 10:19

Eric_Cartman wrote:Vettel is now as old as Hamilton was in Brazil 2008
who cares.....

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Post by sdutt » 30 Apr 2011, 15:48

alex1369 wrote:
Eric_Cartman wrote:Vettel is now as old as Hamilton was in Brazil 2008
who cares.....
thats just an interesting stat :)
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Post by phil1993 » 30 Apr 2011, 18:01

17 years since the death of Roland Ratzenberger during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Second time (the other being 2005) that the date of his death falls on the same day (Saturday). Tomorrow is, of course, the 17th anniversary of the death of Ayrton Senna.

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Post by F1Fan88 » 01 May 2011, 09:25

Gone but never forgotten. RIP the fastest of them all.



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Post by Zack » 03 May 2011, 13:54

Patrick Head also retiring in 2011 http://www.f1zone.net/site/patrick-head ... parr/6798/

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Post by phil1993 » 03 May 2011, 14:04

Patrick Head - a true F1 legend !Great!

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Post by F1Fan88 » 03 May 2011, 16:21

My thought is that Sir Frank must feel the situation the team is severe enough that it required a fresh perspective. I had high hopes for them.

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Post by JoostLamers » 04 May 2011, 08:21

Nice video Phil!
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