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29 Sep 2002, 20:19 (Ref:391373)
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You gotta love that podium
Did any one notice the new podium that they were using at the US GP? They lifted the winning car up high so it was in shot during the ceremony! No dropping the champagne bottle off and onto you car now!
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29 Sep 2002, 20:21 (Ref:391380)
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That's a common practice in Nascar, to have the winning driver park below the podium.
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29 Sep 2002, 20:22 (Ref:391383)
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Do the cars have handbrakes! i could just see it rolling off with all the officials standing there.
The whole thing is just so cheesy it would have to be the americans |
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29 Sep 2002, 20:24 (Ref:391387)
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No - only in the USA would they do something like that......
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29 Sep 2002, 20:24 (Ref:391389)
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I thought it was a nice touch really.
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29 Sep 2002, 20:38 (Ref:391409)
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I think they should have more cooler podiums... Monza's was also really cool... allowed the crowd to get close...
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29 Sep 2002, 20:39 (Ref:391413)
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I think they should let the crowd get close all weekend, like with Cart or Nascar, but that just wouldn't be F1 now would it...
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29 Sep 2002, 20:46 (Ref:391435)
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I thought the whole thing was a great show, in terms not only of the podium but also the overall presentation and coverage, especially the camera focusing on Michael as he drove. More evidence that America can put on some good shows. I'm surprised DC didn't intentionally soak the winning car though.
[Comments which does not belong in this forum edited out.] Last edited by R; 30 Sep 2002 at 06:48. |
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29 Sep 2002, 20:49 (Ref:391441)
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Let the 'poor' people near the teams... Bernie would be able to smell the lack of 2 helicopters each... LOL!... ;-)
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30 Sep 2002, 02:15 (Ref:391715)
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This from the land of the Embroidered Tea Cosie. Sheesh. BTW, spanner, if you used the Queen's English correctly, "americans" (sic) should have been capitalised. |
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30 Sep 2002, 02:36 (Ref:391724)
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HAR HAR HAR Eero!! (tea cosie bit)
As much as I sympathise, there was an aspect of showmanship with the car going up that did have an Academy Awards song and dance routine look to it. and I too thought that it would have been hilarious if the red car had rolled backwards off the lift, then RB's goofy routine would have made sense (just why does he do that, IVe got nothing against acting goofy , just wondering what the inside joke is between him and someone) and Boots, while the DC comment was funny, this is a F! topic, give it a rest will ya. |
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30 Sep 2002, 02:54 (Ref:391730)
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DC *did* intentionally soak the winning car! I thought it was very funny -- Michael was spraying Rubens in the mouth (VERY symbolic) while David was over annointing the Ferrari with Mumms!
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30 Sep 2002, 07:38 (Ref:391882)
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I thought it was cool. Monza and Indy take the joint prize for podiums. I don't like Tony George, but that looked pretty smart.
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30 Sep 2002, 12:42 (Ref:392139)
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Apparently they had to explain to many people in the crowd why the 'Stars and Stripes' wasn't played as the platform rose.
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30 Sep 2002, 16:44 (Ref:392351)
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HJ, er, what?
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