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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by beanseff,Jul 23 2008, 02:53 PM
i've only been following f1 since 1999 ,come on man i'm only 24
FTR- F1 ran at Watkins Glen until the end of the 1980 season. Back in 1978 I could have driven there on my own and watched the race live, had I know F1 even existed. Talk about having regret...

I would have loved to see these races.
1978 Watkins Glen
1- Reutemann
2- Jones
3- Scheckter
4- Jabouille
5- Fittipaldi
6- Tambay

1979 Watkins Glen
1- G. Villeneuve
2- Arnoux
3- Pironi
4- de Angelis
5- Stuck
6- Watson

1980 Watkins Glen
1- Jones
2- Reutemann
3- Pironi
4- de Angelis
5- Laffite
6- Andretti

F1 never hit my radar screen until 1991, how sad...
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 05:43 AM
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I started watching racing in 1992 when I bought my first Honda I would LOVE to see an F1 race back when Honda was actually good
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by f1_fanz,Jul 23 2008, 01:11 PM


Do yourself a favor and at least rent the movie "Grand Prix" to get an appreciation of the history of F1 (Hollywood style)
man thats one of my favorite movies ,i seen it on speed and i had to find the dvd to buy it
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Birel186,Jul 23 2008, 09:00 PM
have u ever realized that williams has always been a privateer team. same thing as minardi was. Honda never owned part of the team, nor did BMW. Unfortunately they've been on a slump, need to merge w/ an engine manufacture and get more sponsors for a bigger budget.
correct me if i'm wrong but minardi never scored a podium (wiki)
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by beanseff,Jul 24 2008, 10:19 AM
correct me if i'm wrong but minardi never scored a podium (wiki)
wrong without looking at wikipedia, i can remeber mark weber scoring a point at the australian gp. for them they considered it a victory. since paul stodart and mark weber are australian. they were aloud on the podium after to celebrate.

ur still missing the point. williams is a privateer racing against factory teams. mclaren, ferrari, bmw, toyota, honda
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Birel186,Jul 24 2008, 01:09 PM
wrong without looking at wikipedia, i can remeber mark weber scoring a point at the australian gp. for them they considered it a victory. since paul stodart and mark weber are australian. they were aloud on the podium after to celebrate.

ur still missing the point. williams is a privateer racing against factory teams. mclaren, ferrari, bmw, toyota, honda
i just checked wikipedia and its wrong. scroll down to look at the individual seasons and you'll see they've scored multiple points throughout the year.
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 09:38 AM
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i finally got to see the race..

Lewis showing he has what it takes. What an exhibition of "hungry" driving and passing ability. He's a future world champion for sure

Heiki being the perfect teammate

Massa pretty much solidified his nail in the coffin to his Ferrari career

Kimi's championship is slipping away.

Piquet's should continue his one stop strategy and hope for a crash every race and he may place again.

Heidfeld pulling the team his way for a change, which has royally pissed of Kubica.

Trulli in a "Rubinho moment", let Vettel by and the young german finishes in the points.
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Birel186,Jul 24 2008, 09:09 AM
wrong without looking at wikipedia, i can remeber mark weber scoring a point at the australian gp. for them they considered it a victory. since paul stodart and mark weber are australian. they were aloud on the podium after to celebrate.

ur still missing the point. williams is a privateer racing against factory teams. mclaren, ferrari, bmw, toyota, honda
i said P-O-D-I-U-M not point i know they've scored points

and i did look at the individual seasons thats where i got my information from

and yea i went read the history of williams f1 and yes they've had a few wc a wdc
and yea they've beat ferrari and mclaren ,but you fail to realize mclaren is also a privateer team ,

good day to you sir!
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by f1_fanz,Jul 23 2008, 04:11 PM


Do yourself a favor and at least rent the movie "Grand Prix" to get an appreciation of the history of F1 (Hollywood style)
Totally agreed, awesome flick.

BTW beanseff - http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?...rm=frooglemovie



Worth every penny...

BTW- this was when "racing was dangerious and sex was safe."
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 11:26 AM
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Nice quote!
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