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What is March Madness?
Is that student netball tournament? |
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Monaco and Clark Didn’t always drive there as it clashed with Indy that he did dominate there.
When he did drive there he usually led and then the Chapman car let him Down |
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Clark Prost Senna Schumacher Hamilton Piquet Fangio Lauda Ascari Hill Brabham Guys who won it multiple times, and maybe in different cars. |
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Would have thought it a uphill task to get either of them on list
As Piquet is on some of. lists assume anything goes.James Hunt ? Should go for potential Tony Brise , now how many remember him. He would have been a star |
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I shall spit if someone mentions Tommy Byrne.......
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How long a list would you like under the heading 'potential'? That's a definite different topic!
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I think there are plenty of folk, both enthusiasts and members of the general public who are put off by Lewis's life style and gestures, irrespective of his success as a driver, particularly during the last year. While not one can disagree with the basis of his push for equality, his support for BLM rather than taking a wider view of inequality, has put a lot of people off him and encourages some unpleasant views.
it interesting how many people have remarked to me, or on SM, their admiration for Billy Monger and his cheerful and positive attitude during his charity walk. It was have been so good if Sir Lewis had given a day of his valuable time to have walked with Billy. it would have certainly done his image a lot of good. Last edited by Derwent; 3 Mar 2021 at 09:58. |
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None of the other 19 current F1 drivers joined Billy either. Its a shame because it certainly would have done their image a lot of good.
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And more to point would have helped Billy!
He should have been given backing by whole of racing fraternity. Didn’t happen! |
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Hamilton did make a significant donation to Billy's recovery costs, along with Button and a few others. Also I'm happy to be corrected but IMO most, if not all, of the drivers do make contributions to their selected charities, but we don't get to hear about it.
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It’s one of the highest profile charity and we hope teams or individuals backed Billy
Hope he has raised lots but am thinking that’s unlikely or we would have been told about it. The motor racing gang could be shown to be a self centred well off people who don’t think about others. Most of these TV backed charity walks make at least 100 k + I gave my contribution did you? |
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If this is Lewis' last season, which I have a feeling it might be, it's going to be really interesting to see if anyone can beat him before he goes. Come on Bottas, this is your big opportunity!
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He didn't seem to inspire awe in the way Senna did, but that's the romantic's thing speaking. The same with Villeneuve. I mean, many consider Villeneuve one of the greatest, but just look at the results. They're not there. Re: Bottas, I'm a bit concerned he doesn't believe he can beat Hamilton. In the interview at the launch, he talked about doing his best and seeing what the results would be at the end of the year. It wasn't exactly world champion-talk. You want to hear him saying 'I'll do my best and at the end of the year, I think I can beat this guy standing next to me. If you hear the context of the question, you might expect a bit more fighting talk. Last edited by Born Racer; 4 Mar 2021 at 09:45. |
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But some of that might also have been due to his not taking unecessary risks or percentage playing as you referred to? Leads neatly onto GV who was the exact opposite. However we can point to his 1980 season in the T5 and more specifically 1981 to see when the results clearly flattered his Ferraris! I don't think anyone else could have done what he did with the 126CK. The bloke never stopped trying but there are a few times when a little bit more patience could well have netted many more than his 6 wins. |
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Despite all that, What's your opinion that the substantial changes for the 1994 season heavily benefited Benetton/Schumacher? The 94 rules were designed specifically to gut the Williams team. But as a consequence, it also shafted McLaren. They were getting better and better with their electronics, and they were affected as well, but it gets lost because of the Peugeot engines blowing up. Benetton were good, but no great. A few opportune wins here and there, and that's it. Had the rules not changed for 94 (or ever) they were not going to win a championship. |
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There was speculation that Benetton were using a driver aid, if it can be deemed as such, called ''launch control''. An investigation was carried out by LDRA Ltd. and subsequently the FIA in a press release said, the best evidence is that Benetton Formula Ltd. was not using "launch control''. However, FIA Formula One Technical Delegate the late Charlie Whiting said, that in in accordance with Article 2.6 of the Formula One Technical Regulations, he was not satisfied Schumacher's car complied with the Regulations at all times during the San Marino Grand Prix, which would seem to contradict what the FIA were saying in their press release. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/b...s-release/655/ |
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What I do know, without a doubt, is that the rules for 94 were to stop specifically the Williams domination. The just went a bit overboard with it, and it also affected McLaren/Hakkinen. |
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As this was the only Lewis Hamilton thread I could find I'll post here.
It seems like one of Lewis's road cars has had a slight mishap in north Wales on the A55. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-66538428 |
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