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19 Apr 2005, 13:22 (Ref:1282086)
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CONFIRMED: McLaren line-up for Imola
9 Kimi Raikkonen
10 Alexander Wurz Friday Pedro de la Rosa |
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19 Apr 2005, 13:25 (Ref:1282089)
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Poor old Pedro - he did everything right under the circumstances and they've still dumped him for a crasher who did about 3 good races 6 years ago. And poor old JPM.
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19 Apr 2005, 13:28 (Ref:1282093)
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Nonsense!
Alex Wurz is contracturally guaranteed the seat - it was only due to circumstance de la Rosa was driving in Bahrain. Pedro never expected to be in the race team when he joined McLaren, whereas Alex is on permanent standby. |
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19 Apr 2005, 13:33 (Ref:1282099)
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Source, please
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19 Apr 2005, 13:36 (Ref:1282102)
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It's been announced on Reuters
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19 Apr 2005, 13:38 (Ref:1282107)
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I was going to say the BBC website...
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19 Apr 2005, 13:38 (Ref:1282108)
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Sad for Pedro...but the pressure's now on Wurz. If he does a comparatively poorer job to Kimi than Pedro did, that won't work out too well for him (does a Gené perhaps)
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19 Apr 2005, 13:42 (Ref:1282110)
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19 Apr 2005, 13:44 (Ref:1282113)
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And on the news release from McLaren, which is how everyone else found out!
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19 Apr 2005, 13:47 (Ref:1282115)
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Yey hey. Something goes right for once!
PDLR gave us good entertainment - but it would have looked pretty dumb if one of those offs knocked off a barge-board or somesuch. What we saw from Pedro in Bahrain was a very quick car, not consistent professional pace - come on Alex and show us that you've still got it! |
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19 Apr 2005, 13:53 (Ref:1282118)
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He never had it. He was mediocre before F1, and was made to look good by a few over-aggressive drives. People applauded him for Monaco, but the reality is that he made a stupid move and ruined Michael Schumacher's race, ultimately costing him the title. Not to mention the huge crash he caused in Canada that year.
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19 Apr 2005, 13:53 (Ref:1282119)
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If McLaren can get a decent qualifying this weekend, I can see Alex on the podium.
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19 Apr 2005, 13:57 (Ref:1282122)
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19 Apr 2005, 14:07 (Ref:1282131)
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He made some bad mistakes, and did just enough to win back the places he lost earlier. |
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19 Apr 2005, 14:07 (Ref:1282132)
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There's a big difference between being good enough for testing and development duties, and being good enough for the race team. He may be good for collecting consistent test data, and a hard worker who can gel with the team, but he was never considered as the replacement for Mika, even though his contract supposedly gave him first refusal on that drive. His build surely doesn't help, even with today's weight rules including the driver and limiting the disadvantage to reducing ballast freedom, but no one would expect Prince Naseem to take on Lennox Lewis and win, would they?
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19 Apr 2005, 14:33 (Ref:1282161)
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19 Apr 2005, 14:46 (Ref:1282176)
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Carry on digging yourself in, NIT - all the more fun for me when Wurz delivers on Sunday.
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19 Apr 2005, 14:55 (Ref:1282179)
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Let's not make the thread a battleground - it will be interesting to see how Wurz goes, we have no reason to believe that he won't be competitive, looking at how PDLR went in Bahrain is as good a starting point as any.
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19 Apr 2005, 15:02 (Ref:1282181)
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Fantastic news! It will be interesting to see how he does after all of these years without racing. I suspect he won't miss a beat.
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19 Apr 2005, 15:03 (Ref:1282183)
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19 Apr 2005, 15:29 (Ref:1282199)
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good one kdr .
i wish wurz a good race .. will he finish in fron of Kimi ?? with Renault almost sure on the podium . if Wurz will finish on the podium . where will Kimi be ?? . |
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19 Apr 2005, 15:43 (Ref:1282219)
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1st or 2nd for Kimi.
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19 Apr 2005, 15:50 (Ref:1282232)
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suddenly kicking-back has been replaced by an insane McLaren supporter, seemingly confident of a McLaren double podium...hmmm, warrants investigation by the mods methinks
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19 Apr 2005, 15:53 (Ref:1282238)
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I guess this puts an end to those ridiculous rumorous that Montoya wasn't really injured...
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