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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BrokenEvo,Mar 16 2008, 02:15 AM
I missed the end, damn bar closed before I could see it. What exactly happened to Kimi? I saw him come to a stop on the track as I was leaving.
Some sort of engine failure. They said the car was making horrible noises for a few laps and then just quit.


Maybe the ECU crashed right about the same time he passed that McLaren.
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Flite,Mar 16 2008, 02:14 AM
This was one of the craziest races I've ever seen.... that was just weird. I'm not going to play into the forthcoming Mercedes scandal just yet so I'll just say my hat's off to them.


I still can't believe this... it's just weird.
I find it weird that every Ferrari engine failed in some form.

Someone is getting fired tomorrow at Ferrari engineering.

[QUOTE=Flite,Mar 16 2008, 02:17 AM] Maybe the ECU crashed right about the same time he passed that McLaren.
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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[QUOTE=Flite,Mar 15 2008, 10:17 PM] Some sort of engine failure. They said the car was making horrible noises for a few laps and then just quit.


Maybe the ECU crashed right about the same time he passed that McLaren.
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by BrokenEvo,Mar 16 2008, 02:20 AM
Hmmm, maybe Mclaren installed a 'sabatoge' mode? Why out of all the manufacturers would the pick Mclaren to supply the ecu's for F1 after what happened last year?!
Because Mosley and Dennis are butt buddies.

That or Mosley is too dumb to see through McLarens ploy.

Btw, did anyone see how quickly Jarno got out of his car? Apparently his battery exploded in his seat.
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by BrokenEvo,Mar 16 2008, 02:20 AM
Hmmm, maybe Mclaren installed a 'sabatoge' mode? Why out of all the manufacturers would the pick Mclaren to supply the ecu's for F1 after what happened last year?!
You know... I'll joke around about a conspiracy theory just to stir up schitt, but I really can't believe that THEY of all people are supplying ECUs to all the teams. I can't believe that they'd sabotage ECUs to completely shut cars down, but I could see them writing some code that made it very hard to fine tune cars unless you were very familiar with the ECU.... leading to reliability problems.


It sucks that I like LH and HK, because I really have hard feelings for Mercedes.
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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seriously whos idea was it?! i say he should be fired. on a lighter note marco should be some what happy, but i am sure he wished it was jenson instead of rubens
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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Man RB could have had a podium if not for that pit screw-up
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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I've always wondered what they put in those pitchers during the post race interview.
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Insert Name,Mar 15 2008, 10:21 PM
Because Mosley and Dennis are butt buddies.

That or Mosley is too dumb to see through McLarens ploy.

Btw, did anyone see how quickly Jarno got out of his car? Apparently his battery exploded in his seat.
You would think, under rational circumstances something like that might be looked into....
Whats the standings now at the end of the race?
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by samerthehammer,Mar 16 2008, 02:12 AM
i jumped out of my seat with joy when kimi passed kovi, and as i came down he goes off the course and i start crying... but amazing race nonetheless. cant believe so few car finished
and I jumped out of my seat when he screwed himself trying to pass Glock
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