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 2.1.2010 at 21:04
 Essential Reading 2010
 
Continuing from the 2009 thread, if you've found a story you want to share with others but don't want to start a whole article about it,
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 8.12.2010 at 14:05
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Badoer leaves Ferrari
http://bit.ly/hId64x

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 8.12.2010 at 14:30
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Pitmonster said:
Badoer leaves Ferrari
http://bit.ly/hId64x

Kinda sad in a way. It would have been better if he'd never had to replace Massa. I do think that Ferrari need to invest in its young driver program though, they really need a reserve who can step up to the plate when needed. I still also think the total ban on in-season testing is bad, otherwise new drivers could be so much better prepared when they do start to race.
  
 
    
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 9.12.2010 at 21:01
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Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell to drive in the Daytona 24 hours
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88638

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 11.12.2010 at 07:42
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Haha someone at the FIA has a sense of humour. The organisers of the Korean GP have won an award for being the season's top race promoters. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88657
  
 
    
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 11.12.2010 at 11:55
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saltire said:
Haha someone at the FIA has a sense of humour. The organisers of the Korean GP have won an award for being the season's top race promoters. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88657

When you consider that nobody really knew if the race was on or not until a week before, the fact that they got anybody to turn up, gamble on booking flights and hotels etc, I suppose it shows that the promoters did something right

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 12.12.2010 at 09:05
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Badoer leaves Ferrari
http://bit.ly/hId64x

Stefano Domenicali pays tribute to Badoer:
http://bit.ly/fyfrVN
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"Luca has been a key element in so much of our success, thanks to a job that is so vital, even if carried out far from the limelight, consisting of thousands of kilometres, suggestions and ideas," said Montezemolo.

"I wish to thank him for what he has done and how he did it, because he deserves praise for carrying out this role with great discretion, as well as turning down race drives with other teams to stay as part of our family."

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Badoer received a Fiat 500 Tributo Ferrari plus a sculpture created from parts of all the Ferraris he has driven during his 13 seasons as the squad's leading test driver.

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 12.12.2010 at 09:14
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He got a Fiat because he couldn't be trusted not to crash a 599 GTB.

He got offers of race drives? With who? The ghost of Forti....

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 12.12.2010 at 15:42
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saltire said:
Haha someone at the FIA has a sense of humour. The organisers of the Korean GP have won an award for being the season's top race promoters. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88657


I'm looking into my crystal ball.
The Indian GP will win it next year...
The US GP will win it the year after that...
The Russian GP will win it the year after that...

:-)

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 12.12.2010 at 16:08
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Maverick said:
I'm looking into my crystal ball.
The Indian GP will win it next year...
The US GP will win it the year after that...
The Russian GP will win it the year after that...

:-)


With Russia amazingly winning it before they have even staged it!!

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 12.12.2010 at 17:11
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kimster said:
Maverick said:
I'm looking into my crystal ball.
The Indian GP will win it next year...
The US GP will win it the year after that...
The Russian GP will win it the year after that...

:-)


With Russia amazingly winning it before they have even staged it!!

Qatar GP will win it the year after that.

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 13.12.2010 at 15:09
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Date for your diary : Richard Branson will be an air stewardess for Air Asia on 21st Feb 2011
http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/88682

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 15.12.2010 at 10:17
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$150m F1 circuit proposed for... Vietnam!
http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/36442.html

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Hans Geist, linked in the past with F1 forays in Russia, Austria and Bahrain, has proposed a $150 million project to Vietnam's ministry of planning and investment. The proposal is for a Formula One circuit to be located near Nha Trang Bay in central Khanh Hoa province, according to vietnamvet.vn.

"The dynamic economy of Vietnam and tourism potential are good reasons for building a circuit here," said Geist.

He did not say when the proposal would move forwards but the report said construction would take three years.

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 15.12.2010 at 19:54
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I really hope Paris Hilton isn't an F1 fan... can you just imagine her buying into Hispania?
http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/Pari ... +team+2011 :SOMERSAULT
  
 
    
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 15.12.2010 at 20:00
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The American media star will join forces with the BQR set-up with riders Sergio Gadea and Maverick Viñales


We have revealed the identity of Mav I think...

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 15.12.2010 at 20:13
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Some changes at Ferrari next year?
http://goo.gl/fb/xRM1R
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There were suggestions in the Italian papers today, however, that some changes of personnel may be made before the start of next season, with senior engineer Chris Dyer, the Australian who is believed to have been at the centre of the decision to pit Alonso at the wrong time in Abu Dhabi, in the cross hairs.

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 15.12.2010 at 20:42
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The amount of times Kimi suffered due to poor strategy and poor setup work while he was his race engineer... NOW they want to get rid of him. (Though some of those decisions were very suspicious.)

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