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Susie Wolff says her husband has forbidden her from racing at Le Mans???
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105618 What century are we living in? |
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Interviewer: "Will the McLaren F1 be your answer to the Ferrari F40?" Gordon Murray: "Hmm... I don't think we have anyone at McLaren who can weld that badly..." |
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My flabber is well and truly gasted. What planet is he on? How out of touch can you be?
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Too dangerous? And he's not the only one to think that way...
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Well this is just a PR masterclass for the parties involved! I really hope this is just an unfortunately worded way of saying 'I am contractually obliged to drive Mercs, but there is no Le Mans eligible Merc.' Anything otherwise and I will have to hold a grudge against Toto and any programme he is ever affiliated with.
I guess it is a good thing my interest in F1 decreases exponentially on an annual basis for several years now. |
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She said this is in a German interview some months ago, Wolff thinks LMP1s are "insane" and "dangerous" and forbids her to drive such a car.
Since she's pretty much racing on his dime she has to listen to him as well. |
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it happens with guys too, you just don't hear about it because nobody thinks to highlight it. i swear it was one of the schumachers whose missus declared at least one kind of motorsport as verboten. likewise, rubens barrichello's wife banned him from doing indy till he talked her round.
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This coming from the man who destroyed a Land Motorsport 997 RSR while trying to set a lap record on the Nordschleife.
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I thought she was pregnant anyways???
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Her currfew is 8pm so she can make him dinner, so Le Mans would have never worked anyway.
I believe we have a germanic translation issue here which makes it sound harsh. |
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Somebody asked if the McLaren F1 was going to be like the Ferrari F40, Gordon Murray replied, "I don't think so, there's no one at McLaren who can weld that badly." |
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Judging by her recent career, her husband has forbidden her from racing.
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Somebody asked if the McLaren F1 was going to be like the Ferrari F40, Gordon Murray replied, "I don't think so, there's no one at McLaren who can weld that badly." |
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Susie just appeared on breakfast TV here to announce her retirement from the sport-seems to have accepted that no one is going to give her a race-a sad day I think
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Be interesting what she does now
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She didn't set the world on fire in DTM but I think she could have been a capable driver in Mercedes GT3' program but she seemed to want what she can't have. Shame. |
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