Formula 1

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Do you guys in the US get to see it? If not have you heared of it?

[budanski]

Its not as big in the U.S. and yes we get it here on the Speed Channel.

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I'm suprised, with it being the richest sport in the world 'n all

[EvanL]

Its pretty popular in Canada.

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Its pretty popular in Canada.

Yeah with the Villeneuves, you'd expect it to be.

[budanski]

I'm suprised, with it being the richest sport in the world 'n all

Popular Science has a pretty good article on this (http://www.popsci.com/popsci/auto/article/0,12543,354099,00.html).

[EvanL]

Its pretty popular in Canada.

Yeah with the Villeneuves, you'd expect it to be.hes an awesome guy.
You know Greg Moore? The racer? he was killed a few years back in a race? very young fella. I have his autograph. Just before he died my aunt got his mother, whom she works with, to get it.

[budanski]

You know Greg Moore? The racer? he was killed a few years back in a race? very young fella. I have his autograph. Just before he died my aunt got his mother, whom she works with, to get it.

Wow, howd they get a dead guy sign autographs? ;)

[mocking_loudly_died]

You know Greg Moore? The racer? he was killed a few years back in a race? very young fella. I have his autograph. Just before he died my aunt got his mother, whom she works with, to get it.

Wow, howd they get a dead guy sign autographs? ;)

Re-animation.

It's the latest trend.

[EvanL]

You know Greg Moore? The racer? he was killed a few years back in a race? very young fella. I have his autograph. Just before he died my aunt got his mother, whom she works with, to get it.

Wow, howd they get a dead guy sign autographs? ;)
Damn man. U must be looking sideways. ;)

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I'm suprised, with it being the richest sport in the world 'n all

Popular Science has a pretty good article on this (http://www.popsci.com/popsci/auto/article/0,12543,354099,00.html).

yeah it's a bit one sided though, if formula one is about the cars, why is Michael Schumacher payed $32 million a year? From a European perspective it is the american motorraces where they just go round in circles which is boring. And lastly this guy surely went to see the san marino grand prix last year when schumacher dominated.

A new season has just started and I'm hoping the Ferraris won't be so dominant this year.

new cars:

http://www.itv-f1.com/media/imagelibrary/19269_2.jpg

http://www.itv-f1.com/media/imagelibrary/19556_2.jpg

http://www.itv-f1.com/media/imagelibrary/19950_2.jpg

:D

[budanski]

I'm awaiting for Montoya to sign with Team Vespa. ;)

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The best thing about F1 is that the first race is in Australia and it kicks of the V8 Supercars season.
Melbourne has had a dry Summer and the trees along the side of the track have dropped a lot of leaves causing a few dramas for the V8s as their air intake is being blocked. Hopefully it doesn't effect the main race tomorrow.

http://www.bosch.com.au/sat/motorsport/images/v8_ambrose04_prt.jpg

[mustamato]

I´m of course a little biased but my favourite F1-driver is of course the Finn
Kimi Räikkönen, there is a Swedish driver now as well, Björn Wirdheim, although
he drive in one of these less impressive cars that has no chance of winning.

http://formula1.koti.com.pl/artykuly/pliki/kimi.jpg

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/ACF2376.jpg
...although I prefer Rally and the Flying Finns that usually becomes
world champions (not last year though :( ). In comparison F1 is so
boring.

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/ACF16D.jpg
Markus Grönholm (several world championship titles) with his crew and
his car, a Peugeot 307

[Fargin]

Finns and Swedes suck, execpt for driving. p-)

Let's hope Raikonen kick Schumachers ass this year.

[Apogee]

I like rally and GT2 racing more than F1, but its still amazing what engineers can do with cars (as well as what drivers can massage out of those cars.)

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A new season has just started and I'm hoping the Ferraris won't be so dominant this year.

I don't. Forza Ferrari and Schumacher woot woot woot


There is a Swedish driver now as well, Björn Wirdheim, although
he drive in one of these less impressive cars that has no chance of winning.

He's only a test driver which means that he won't drive in any of the races unless one of the other drivers can't race. And I think and hope that Jaguar will improve.

[Elmo]

Yes, it's highly interesting.

You get to see packs of cigarettes racing around, burning indescribable amounts of fuel. You also get to see those blue cans of Australian beer with big breasts at the grid.

And if you are really lucky, you'll see a huge collision between the packs of cigarettes right on front of an oil company logo.

[Seraphim]

I'm suprised, with it being the richest sport in the world 'n all

I thought that would be soccer/football.

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I'm suprised, with it being the richest sport in the world 'n all

I thought that would be soccer/football.

no, more people in football so the money is spread arround a bit.

Schumacher get's payed $32 million a year. And the top teams spend more than £300 million pounds on their cars each season.

[Gordon]

Oh well, i'm not sure if Ferrari is gonna get beaten in the near future. Having just checked out the grid for tomorrow thet're both on the front with a half second quicker time from the next guys, that happen to be Montoya and Button, good work from Jenson there.

I'm looking forward to seeing what Raikkonen can do, that guy has awesome talent and potential.

By the way, last time I checked Ferrari had a yearly budget of around a billion pounds with McLaren spending the next largest amount at around 300 million. That was two years ago though and im sure things have changed since then, though believe me, those budgets would only have gone up. I'll try find some info about their present budgets and post it.

edit- and one more thing, Schumacher's contract is 32million a year, that doesn't include his personal sponsorship, i don't think, so he probably rakes in another 20 / 30 million from that ... that's a lot of money to get for driving a fast car.

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Michael Schumacher winner of the Australian GP

Looks like the start of another beautiful season

woot woot woot

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melbourne always suits ferrari and bridgestone the season really starts in 2 weeks in malaysia :P