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Chode ^
| 8/5/2009
| Chode
Posted on 08/05/2009 7:57:45 PM PDT by Chode
This will be a general purpose thread for F1 news and pings that really don't require a thread of their own.
TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: chode; f1; f1gp; formula1; formulaone; grandprix; kmg
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To: Chode
That is some $$$ hardware they are playing with out there!
To: doorgunner69

yes Sir... and playing in the truest sense of the word
1,722
posted on
12/16/2014 6:02:03 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode
1,723
posted on
12/17/2014 1:14:23 PM PST
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: Chode
1,724
posted on
12/17/2014 1:19:55 PM PST
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: mabarker1

and the Circus rolls on... 8^)
1,725
posted on
12/17/2014 3:02:47 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode; nascarnation; SgtBob; McGruff; umgud; al baby; prisoner6; The_Sword_of_Groo; ...
1,726
posted on
12/17/2014 7:22:14 PM PST
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: mabarker1

LOLOL!!! 100%...
1,727
posted on
12/17/2014 8:22:09 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode; SgtBob; B4Ranch; nascarnation
1,728
posted on
12/17/2014 10:24:45 PM PST
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: Chode
But Lewis forgot to take the jump......
To: Lockbox

it's be one hell of an expensive jump
1,730
posted on
12/18/2014 4:28:05 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode
For the ping list:
New law threatens Monza's F1 future
The future of the historic grand prix at fabled Monza has taken a blow this week, according to reports in the Italian press.
F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone warned earlier this year that the existing Italian grand prix contract, running only until 2016, is a commercial "disaster".
And now, more bad news for Monza has emerged from the government, Italian newspapers including La Stampa reveal.
It is about the so-called 'legge di stabilita', or stability law, in which a decision of the senate has made the collapse of the Italian grand prix beyond 2016 reportedly more likely.
Reports said an amendment of the law allowing a tax exemption to the tune of about EUR 20 million has been ruled out.
Politician Fabrizio Sala is quoted as saying: "The stability law penalises Monza and its Autodrome, putting at risk the future of the formula one grand prix".
But former F1 driver Ivan Capelli, who this year became a director of the automobile club of Milan, vowed to fight for the Italian grand prix.
"Our commitment to find the resources needed is clear," he insisted.
1,731
posted on
12/23/2014 9:15:39 AM PST
by
mykroar
("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
To: Chode; al_c; arbitrary.squid; arderkrag; atc23; Bad~Rodeo; Betis70; biff; bobby.223; bobt7818; ...
see post#1731 compliments of mykroar...
The future of the historic grand prix at fabled Monza has taken a blow this week, according to reports in the Italian press.
1,732
posted on
12/23/2014 2:51:11 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode; All
cut Luca out of the mix and it all goes to hell...
1,733
posted on
12/23/2014 7:04:30 PM PST
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: God luvs America

was Badoer working for FIA F1 or Monaco?
1,734
posted on
12/23/2014 7:13:17 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode
it may be a plot to get more lira from the organizers.....
1,735
posted on
12/26/2014 8:06:34 AM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle

prolly more than a little truth right there.
hope all is well
1,736
posted on
12/26/2014 10:29:27 AM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode
Ran across this while rooting on the AirAsia situation.
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Michael Schumacher Update: Formula One Legend Still a Long Way Away from Recovery
- By December 29, 2014 09:03 IST
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Michael Schumacher faces a "long fight" for recovery as the first anniversary of his skiing accident approaches, the former Formula One driver's manager said on Sunday.
Michael Schumacher faces a long road to recovery, according to his managerReuters

Michael Schumacher faces a long road to recovery, according to his managerReuters
Her comments cast doubts over a newspaper report that said he was making cognitive progress.
"We need a long time. It's going to be a long time and a hard fight," Sabine Kehm told Reuters by telephone. "He is making progress appropriate to the severity of the situation," she added, reiterating a statement she made a month ago.
Schumacher suffered severe head injuries in a ski accident in Meribel in the French Alps on Dec. 29 2013. He emerged from an induced coma in June, and left hospital in September.
In an interview with Le Parisien on Sunday, Philippe Streiff, another former F1 driver, said Schumacher "had yet to recover the power of speech" but was "nevertheless starting to recognise those close to him".
Streiff, described by the newspaper as a long-time friend, said he had gleaned the information from contact with the German-born driver's wife, Corinne, and with his surgeon, Gerard Saillant, whom he knows as a result of his own racing accident in 1989.
He said Schumacher, who will be 46 on Jan. 3, had "very limited" movement but was working on sitting upright, and that "long term... he could hope one day to walk with crutches."
Kehm said Streiff was not a close friend of Schumacher and that his claims to have had contact with the two people named were "factually wrong".
"I cannot confirm that (report)," she said. "I can only confirm that I do not know where Mr. Streiff has his information from because he has no contact with us and he never has."
Schumacher, who won a record 91 F1 races, left the sport last year after a disappointing three-year comeback with Mercedes following an earlier retirement from Ferrari at the end of 2006.
1,737
posted on
12/29/2014 11:30:39 PM PST
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: al_c; arbitrary.squid; arderkrag; atc23; Bad~Rodeo; Betis70; biff; bobby.223; bobt7818; ...

courtesy of mabarker1 - damn, seems like yesterday and also like years ago...
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posted on
12/30/2014 4:56:46 AM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode
I thought that I was the only one living in a Time Warp. Good to know that I’m not traveling alone;)
1,739
posted on
12/30/2014 4:59:15 AM PST
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: Chode
Good grief one year ago! Wow.
1,740
posted on
12/30/2014 9:29:07 AM PST
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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