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Old 05-23-2004, 02:10 PM
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MS locked up a wheel in the tunnel when he was behind the safety car and Montoya punted him from behind.

It was so sweet. The next race should be good too, Michael will be looking for revenge.

He threw his helmet against the wall.
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I watched the race this morning and it was great. I'm guessing Schumacher had mechanical trouble....how in the hell did he lock a wheel up under caution behind the pace car??? It's not like him to make mistakes like that.
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I enjoyed it , i was expecting a renault to win one, too bad for micheal though
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We both cheered when the shoemaker took himself out l;ike that.
Well done button. Watch this guy.
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I missed it. Why do these races have to be on so damn early?
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Originally posted by iloveporsches
I missed it. Why do these races have to be on so damn early?
Wuss! I got up and watched it with 3 hours sleep.

Great race. Scummie hitting the wall was the highlight of the season so far.
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lol, thats why Tivo is the best thing thats ever happened to me!! I just finished watching it at my own pace, zooming through each and every commercial! Damn I love Tivo.

AWESOME RACE anyhow. Cheers for Reneault and BAR Honda!

One of my goals in life is to see this race, its so freakin beautiful.
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Airtimes and replays are always at odd hours because there's no audience for F1 in this country, they're not going to waste more valuable times for it.

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It's sad how the greatest form of racing in the world has such a small audience in the greatest country in the world. Damn nascar.
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If the rumors of Gordon coming over came true, it could boost the US audience tremendously. Though most American "race" enthusiasts may be really confused after the first right hand turn........
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Taking himself out? Must have seen it differently, it appeared as though Montoya was going to pass he and the pace car.
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For those of you who missed it (myself included) watch it tonight at 10 pm pacific time on speed.
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I believe that Montoya was speeding up, maybe to keep his line, but I also believe the announcers in that Schumacher was most likely toying with his brake bias like he always does to keep his heat, and got caught off guard by Montoya and overreacted.
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The start by Soto was amazing...too bad his honda turned into a smoke bomb later. Who says hondas are reliable!
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just caught it on the 1 am replay... what a great ****ing race!!!!!!!

truli did a hell of a job.. sato (or his team) needs their *** kicked.. seriously if youre smoking as much as he was before the engine failure you have to see system warnings (and take the smoke itself as a warning) of impending falure, and putting the race and fellow drivers safty in jeopardy.. which is why im suprised he wasnt black flagged after the 1st few laps. but i do have to say... his launch and 1st moves out of the starting grid were out of this world! god damn was that a great start!

shumi ****ed up.. he locked his breaks plain and simple. setting the bias or not, you still dont lock up like that, especailly in the tunnel on a sc lap where everyones behind you and no one can see you. im sorry that was either a failure or a major **** up on his part. montoya had no choice but to go act fast and attenmpt to go around him.


now my question is why was the other renault driver giving ralph the bird when he lost it out of the tunnel, and ralph wasnt even close.. lol


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