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FOM have been turning up the engine sound every week so far. Lol at paster basher
Chinese Grand Prix 2014, Shanghai - Race 4/19
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FOM have been turning up the engine sound every week so far. Lol at paster basher
Soldato
In P1 pasta forgot his way around the track and turned in to the gravel lmao 
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Glad to see a more competitive Ferrari so far, that team principle change is working wonders 
The forecast rain could also shake things up nicely in quali tomorrow
The forecast rain could also shake things up nicely in quali tomorrow
Soldato
I think bob bell will go to Ferrari and they work like Merc\McLaren do now.
Soldato
I feel sorry for Lotus. Given the way their finances were headed, they really didn't have much choice but to take someone with sponsorship. Unfortunately, I think he's probably cost them more in spare parts than he's actually brought to the team so far this season. 
I expected Grosjean to be beating him, but I did expect Pastor to at least show a little pace, which he was capable of at Williams (at least until he drove into some poor soul).
I expected Grosjean to be beating him, but I did expect Pastor to at least show a little pace, which he was capable of at Williams (at least until he drove into some poor soul).
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Hopefully it won't be long before he isn't driving in F1 anymore. How do these people get sponsorship anyway?
Soldato
Guess he puts Venezuela on the map (more for bad reasons than good tbh but still!) so they keep sponsoring him.
I was going to say that it's probably time they found another driver to sponsor but presumably the next cab off the rank would be Johnny Cecotto and anyone who has watched him drive in GP2 would know he's just as useless and dangerous as Maldonado!
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He gets sponsorship from the state owned company PDVSA. Call me cynical, but a little bit inside me was wanting these venezualan protests to get momentum and replace the government so they would cut his funding.
And Johnny Cecotto, just no. That man can kill somebody in an F1 car.
And Johnny Cecotto, just no. That man can kill somebody in an F1 car.
Soldato
He got three penalty points for toppling Gutierrez, as well as a 5-place grid penalty for here (in addition to the 10 second stop and go in the Bahrain race).
Still don't get how he only gets 5 place whilst Ricciardo gets a 10 place.
One is a team issue happening in the pit lane, lower/limited speed with potential accident. The other is a (stupid) driver move that actually flipped another car, endangering a driver.
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Still don't get how he only gets 5 place whilst Ricciardo gets a 10 place.
One is a team issue happening in the pit lane, lower/limited speed with potential accident. The other is a (stupid) driver move that actually flipped another car, endangering a driver.
The pitlane has dozens, maybe hundreds of people potentially in the way of a run away tire. Out on track there is safety fences, tire walls, etc. There is supposed to be no one effectively in danger out on the track, in the pits there are loads more people that have to be there. The pit lane has significantly more people in danger than any other place out on track so yes, the rules and penalties should be harsher.
Riccy's tire could have come off and hit an entire pit crew, with bad luck it could have hit a couple pit crews and hit a team on the pit wall. Maldonado hit Guti and there was no risk of other people being hurt.
I just feel it's not substantial.
Ricciardo's incident was corrected with no incident. Maldonado actually caused a major collision / incident, so I see it as equal. Obviously Danny's punishment should have been harsher if an incident did happen.
But what you're saying does make better justification than my initial thoughts.
Soldato
they really need to remove that clown Maldonado from F1 before he hurts or kills someone