[fletcherpost]

pockmeister, on Nov 3 2008, 04:07 PM, said:

Oh yeah, openly so. She's "married" to her female partner. And maybe to some of her dad's horses too.

I never checked...but she looks like a dyke. But a nice dyke.

Glad Formula 1 is going to the BBC again. No adverts...makes a difference.

[Spacemans Bong]

Suzy Perry needs to fuck off. She's rubbish in MotoGP. Rossi won't even talk to her because he thinks she's too thick.

[pockmeister]

Spacemans Bong, on Nov 3 2008, 09:10 PM, said:

Suzy Perry needs to fuck off. She's rubbish in MotoGP. Rossi won't even talk to her because he thinks she's too thick.

So who would you suggest the Beeb use to fulfil that crucial F1 role of "Pit Lane Dolly"? Key abilities must include:

1) Looking good in a fire-proof suit

2) Being nice to Button when he retires

3) Being leered at by the Toro Rosso boys

I'm a bit stumped for ideas...

[czar]

Is the second great open-wheel split upon us?

Formula One has been thrown into chaos after the Formula One Teams Association (Fota) carried out its threat to set up a rival championship in 2010.

Eight of F1's major teams have been frustrated by deadlocked talks with world motorsport boss Max Mosley over his controversial budget cap proposals.

"The teams have declined to alter their original conditional entries to the 2010 F1 Championship," said the teams.

"We've no alternative than to commence preparation for a new championship."

BBC

This post has been edited by czar: 18 June 2009 - 08:16 PM

[Infield Infidel]

A fun synopsis of the who situation on ESPN's F1 blog

To FOTA, this is some hybrid of the last straw and the perfect excuse to pounce. It's been no secret for a decade that the big European manufacturers, especially the Germans, believe they could run F1 far better than Mosley, and make vastly more money without Ecclestone's notorious raking in of vast personal profits.

This time, they're calling out the kingpins: "The FIA [Mosley] and the commercial rights holder [Ecclestone] have campaigned to divide FOTA," the statement read. The implication: This time, no way.

"These teams … have no alternative other than to commence the preparation for a new championship which reflects the values of its participants and partners," the statement continued.

In other words, Mosley and Ecclestone aren't going to force a junk division into the world's most sophisticated form of motor racing. A $60 million cap would have done that -- let upstart teams come in with technological leeway over the established, higher-spending teams.

"This series will have transparent governance," the statement read, another slap at the old regime.

Mosley, of course, has been under fire from the teams on a separate issue, last year's release by a London tabloid of video of him in an escapade with prostitutes in a Chelsea "dungeon." Teams called for his resignation, but he has refused.

They should have figured out a way to oust Mosley after that super creepy sex tape

[Spacemans Bong]

They need to get rid of Mosley and Ecclestone. Both of them are dinosaurs.

I say not entirely jokingly that Bernie Ecclestone is singlehandedly responsible for killing F1 in this country.

[Infield Infidel]

So with Massa's injury, Ferrari needed a replacement driver for the rest of the season. Who do they get? Only 7 times F1 champion Michael Schumacher. This should be fun.

[AusTexSoxFan]

So apparently Foruma One is coming back to the US.... via Austin?!?!?

I still can't believe this. F-1 in Austin

[Spacemans Bong]

Austin?

What the fuck? Where?

And when are they going to hold this?

Color me very skeptical they ever have a GP in austin.

[AusTexSoxFan]

You and me both. I have no clue where this would happen.

They are saying it would be starting in 2012 so it would have to be a road course since there isn't anything remotely close to a track here.

This all means that the international racing audience will get to see our famous homeless cross-dresser Leslie Cochran who prances around downtown in a bra and panties. Dude always runs for mayor and usually gets about 8-10% of the vote.

[czar]

You and me both. I have no clue where this would happen.

They are saying it would be starting in 2012 so it would have to be a road course since there isn't anything remotely close to a track here.

This all means that the international racing audience will get to see our famous homeless cross-dresser Leslie Cochran who prances around downtown in a bra and panties. Dude always runs for mayor and usually gets about 8-10% of the vote.

From what I heard yesterday, the plan is to build a new purpose-built road course a few miles east of the airport. (Road course meaning a permanent non-oval facility; street course is where they block off city streets and run downtown). Hermann Tilke will design the course, and they hope to break ground in the next few months. Tilke's last track (that I know of) was the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi and that took ~ 2 years to build IIRC.

I'm still a little skeptical, but much less so than I was yesterday afternoon.

[TwoDownInTheNinth]

From what I heard yesterday, the plan is to build a new purpose-built road course a few miles east of the airport. (Road course meaning a permanent non-oval facility; street course is where they block off city streets and run downtown). Hermann Tilke will design the course, and they hope to break ground in the next few months. Tilke's last track (that I know of) was the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi and that took ~ 2 years to build IIRC.

I'm still a little skeptical, but much less so than I was yesterday afternoon.

I'm pretty skeptical about anything Tilke gets near, what with this being a man whose dulled down about everything he's touched and all (notably Bahrain). The people at Silverstone stopped just short of saying they didn't want Tilke on their renovation project because they were afraid he'd ruin it.

Who knows though. Maybe he comes up with a good design this time.

[Spacemans Bong]

Well, he is capable of them - they're racing on probably his best track this weekend (Turkey) and he's got one or two other good ones.

The promoter said he specifically wanted a fast, challenging track, so hopefully that means more Turkey/Malaysia less Abu Dhabi/Bahrain.