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Get_Right wrote:I will be checking that out thanks
Prefer old montreal-for fun.
We are just starting to put our heads together. The apt we rented this year is no longer available.
How was the apartment?
I'm not even sure what our group is planning for event seating...0 -
Rygar wrote:I agree, but subway access - old montreal in minutes
How was the apartment?
I'm not even sure what our group is planning for event seating...
three bedrooms and three couches
5 guys
$350 a man for the weekend
it was perfect and was right in old montreal off rue st. paul
better than hotel rooms because we could all hang out in the living room
fridge and kitchen didnt hurt either-very nice
race tickets are booked, but now we need to find a decent lodging alternative0 -
Get_Right wrote:the apt was freaking perfect
three bedrooms and three couches
5 guys
$350 a man for the weekend
it was perfect and was right in old montreal off rue st. paul
better than hotel rooms because we could all hang out in the living room
fridge and kitchen didnt hurt either-very nice
race tickets are booked, but now we need to find a decent lodging alternative
Next year should be fun, maybe I"ll try to get an extra day in or something0 -
I'm reading a lot of articles about the Singapore race. Seems like everyones excited. I hope the lights don't cut out. That would suck,
Rain I don't mind as much, just keep the lights on.0 -
No rain in practice. Massa,Hamiton,Kubica and Alonso were all pretty fast.
Should be a great race,0 -
The track lighting was very bright, may as well have it in the daytime
Going to have a lemans feel.
Ferrari-McLaren fast practice 1, I was surprised to see Alonso show up in Practice 2.0 -
MrBrian wrote:I'm reading a lot of articles about the Singapore race. Seems like everyones excited. I hope the lights don't cut out. That would suck,
Rain I don't mind as much, just keep the lights on.
from what I understand, they have two backup generators ready in case of any failures
Cant wait to see this, it should be a very interesting spectacle0 -
Nicely done Massa. Got excited when I thought Kimi was going to end up 2nd.
Screw you Lewis.
Not too big a fan of the track itself.0 -
so this is gran turismo come to life? crazy
and what's with the pit entrance? that might bew a problem during the race
cars look cool under the lights though0 -
cutback wrote:so this is gran turismo come to life? crazy
and what's with the pit entrance? that might bew a problem during the race
cars look cool under the lights though0 -
My family are there. Got a call yesterday from the first practice session ... other than vrooooooooooom, vrooooooooooooooom couldn't hear much
Fam will be cheering for Lewis.So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?0 -
Massa! Good stuff, perhaps another story if it rains. Alonso was looking fast, too bad for that fuel line issue?0
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Ridiculous.
Wouldn't mind seeing Force India gone next year, and Piquet replaced...0 -
I was pissed after Ferrari screwed up that pit stop. and of course Kimi lost the car again. Ferrari should replace him and F1 needs to change the rule for fueling during a safty car.
Alonso probably loves Piquet, since it was Piquet who turned the entire table around for him! hahah,
I would like to see Lamborghini and Porsche Join F1. That would be great.0 -
I must say that Massa is handling this situation like a real champion. Really good to see.
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Human error in the Ferrari pits
System not to blame Massa insists
28/09/08 19:59
Felipe Massa has admitted that abandoning Ferrari's unique 'traffic lights' pitstop solution is an option, following yet another blunder in Singapore on Sunday, but the system itself was not the cause of the pitlane gaffe.
The latest mistake could cost the Brazilian the world championship, after he fell seven points behind McLaren's title leader Lewis Hamilton by failing to score at F1's first night race.
Massa pulled away from a pitstop too early, ripping the refuelling hose from the rig, knocking over a mechanic, and incurring a penalty for driving into the path of another car.
"It was not a technical failure, but a human one, so the same thing can happen with any system," the 27-year-old told reporters when asked if Sunday's incident might finally compel Ferrari to abandon the 'traffic lights' system.
"Of course we could return to using a lollipop, but today's problem was not about this," Massa added, explaining that because a mechanic pressed a button too soon, the green light on the driver gantry simply came on too soon.
"These things happen," he continued. "We are all human and we can all make mistakes."
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what a great race, exciting stuff, great locale and yet another winner this season
Massa must be steamed-but it made me jump out of me seat
Japan next- I will have to set the DVR for that one.0 -
Luca di Montezemolo and bernie ecclestone are at it.
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Bernie Ecclestone, the chief mastermind of the night racing concept for F1, has hit back at Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo's claim that the Singapore Grand Prix was akin to a "circus."
Also lashing out at the lack of overtaking opportunities at new street circuits, and the farcical Safety Car rules, Montezemolo said last week that "all this is humiliating for F1."
But Ecclestone, F1's chief executive, hinted to Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper that the attack by Montezemolo was perhaps to divert attention from Ferrari's woeful showing under the city-state's floodlights.
"If the Ferrari President is right about the Singapore Grand Prix being a circus," he said, "then we have to be grateful to him for providing the clowns.
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The 77-year-old is undoubtedly referring to title rival Felipe Massa's botched pitstop, when the Brazilian ripped the fuel hose from the rig and pulled it the entire length of the pitlane.
Ecclestone continued to fire: "After the weekend Ferrari had, their President should have shut up and kept his head down. If Massa loses the World Championship, he will know the team were responsible."
The British billionaire also slammed Ferrari's unique pitstop gantry lights system, used instead of a traditional lollipop, as "over the top."
"Why do you want to have some other piece of technology that can go wrong?" Bernie wondered.
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/081005174434.shtml0
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