What To Watch For in the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix.

Formula One back to Racing (about time) ^ | 07/03-05/2020 | Chris Medland

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OK Folks, I'm going to try to do the F1 Thread due to Sir Chode being a bit under the Weather at this time. Get well soon Brother, We miss You !!!

See: http://www.tvracer.com to see local times.

[mabarker1]

Here We go this Weekend from zip,pif,nil racing to All on the nsame weekend.

[Seaplaner]

MaBarker, thanks much!

Chode, our fine FRiend, do GET WELL SOON!

(And Go Ricciardo!)

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[clintonh8r]

Thanks for the ping.

F1 going all woke has really turned me off, but please keep me on the list.

[mabarker1]

[mabarker1]

You’re quite Welcome.

I will not be Editing Sir Chode’s List so You are safe;)

[mabarker1]

Alex Zanardi seriously injured again in handbike crash.

Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi was seriously injured again in a handbike crash on Friday — nearly 20 years after losing both of his legs in a horrific auto racing accident.

Zanardi was transported by helicopter to Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital in Siena following an incident near the Tuscan town of Pienza during a national race for Paralympic athletes, police told The Associated Press.

A Carabinieri police official in Montepulciano said the incident involved a “heavy vehicle" and he believed Zanardi was still alive. The official did not give his name as per local custom.

Local TV at the scene of the crash showed what was apparently Zanardi’s handbike lying on its side and missing two of its three wheels. A large truck pulling a semitrailer appeared parked on the road ahead.

“It happened on a slightly downhill straightaway just before a slight curve in the road,” national team coach Mario Valentini, who was following the race, told La Repubblica Florence. “Alex veered slightly into the oncoming lane just when a truck came. (The truck) tried to swerve but couldn't avoid the crash.”

Repubblica said Zanardi remained conscious until medical personnel arrived, and that he was breathing by himself.

Racing great Mario Andretti tweeted, “I am so anxious and frightened about Alex Zanardi that I’m holding my breath. I am his fan. I am his friend. Please do what I’m doing and pray pray (for) this wonderful man.”

The Italian Olympic and Paralympic Committees had no immediate comment.

Zanardi won four gold medals in handbike at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics.

The 53-year-old Zanardi lost his legs in a horrific crash during a 2001 CART race in Germany.

At the time, Zanardi was a two-time CART champion who had recently returned from a second stint in Formula One and had plowed through the field to lead laps for the first time since he’d left the series after his 1998 title. The crash occurred when Zanardi spun his car after a pit stop and he was hit by another driver. Both legs were severed at impact.

Zanardi was an established racing star before the accident, and his accomplishments since transcend sports. An inspirational figure with an indomitable spirit, he designed his own prosthetics — he jokes he made himself taller — and learned to walk again. Then he returned to racing in touring cars. After that came hand cycling, a class victory in the New York City Marathon and Paralympic glory.

Last year, Zanardi competed in the prestigious Rolex 24 at Daytona endurance race, driving in a race for the first time without prosthetics. He used a special steering wheel designed for him by BMW that allowed him to drive with hand levers.

[W.]

Any motorized bathtub races? Yes, saw it in the ‘80s on ESPN. Hillbillies’ll race anything!

[mabarker1]

QUALIFYING
0305 Jul 2020Red Bull Ring, SpielbergRolexRace sponsor
RACE
STARTING GRID
QUALIFYING
PRACTICE 3
PRACTICE 2
PRACTICE 1
POS NO DRIVER CAR Q1 Q2 Q3 LAPS
1 77 Valtteri Bottas MERCEDES 1:04.111 1:03.015 1:02.939 19
2 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 1:04.198 1:03.096 1:02.951 21
3 33 Max Verstappen RBR HONDA 1:04.024 1:04.000 1:03.477 23
4 4 Lando Norris MCL RENAULT 1:04.606 1:03.819 1:03.626 17
5 23 Alexander Albon DBR HONDA 1:04.661 1:03.746 1:03.868 18
6 11 Sergio Perez BWT MERCEDES 1:04.543 1:03.860 1:03.868 19
7 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 1:04.500 1:04.041 1:03.923 20
8 55 Carlos Sainz MCL RENAULT 1:04.537 1:03.971 1:03.971 18
9 18 Lance Stroll BWT MERCEDES 1:04.309 1:03.955 1:04.029 17
10 3 Daniel Ricciardo RENAULT 1:04.556 1:04.023 1:04.239 15
11 5 Sebastian Vettel FERRARI 1:04.554 1:04.206 13
12 10 Pierre Gasly ALP HONDA 1:04.603 1:04.305 14
13 26 Daniil Kvyat ALP HONDA 1:05.031 1:04.431 14
14 31 Esteban Ocon RENAULT 1:04.933 1:04.643 12
15 8 Romain Grosjean HAAS FERRARI 1:05.094 1:04.691 14
16 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 1:05.164 8
17 63 George Russell WIL MERCEDES 1:05.167 10
18 99 Antonio Giovinazzi ALFA FERRARI 1:05.175 8
19 7 Kimi Räikkönen ALFA FERRARI 1:05.224 9
20 6 Nicholas Latifi WIL MERCEDES 1:05.757 12

Q1 107% time - 1:08.505

[Yo-Yo]

Thanks for stepping up, mabarker!

[OrangeHoof]

What To Watch For in the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix

Nooses in the garage area?

[mabarker1]

Not that I’ve seen yet but if We do find it I AM DEFINITELY IN !!!

Actually sounds like fun...

I want a claw foot much better Areo ;)

[mabarker1]

No problemo. (He says barely keeping His Nose just above the water level in the Toilet Tank ...)

Thanks.

[mabarker1]

ONLY if made out of Fine Corinthian Leather and Silk. In White.

(With a Left Hand Twist.)

[mabarker1]

OMG I almost fur gotted my new Thread Watcher and I introduce The 'Tunianater.

(I'm Petunia and I approved this message.)

[mabarker1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXs3h7ZzDc0

All I could find before Mom shuts off the Internet till the Morning.

[Liberty Valance]

[BBB333]

Thanks, buddy!

Best to Chode!

[Carriage Hill]

F1 has also turned into a pile of stinking SJW crap!

ESPN interview with F1 CEO, 8:30am Sunday morning...
“We Race As One”.
Inclusivity & Diversity Must Prevail.
Bring on unqualified minority drivers, to fufill their “dreams”.

Plus

Environmentalism.

[Carriage Hill]

Get well soon, FRiend.
We’re all pulling for you!