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View Poll Results: Who will win the 2009 Italian GP at Monza?
Kimi
11
24.44%
Fisi
6
13.33%
Hamilton
5
11.11%
Heikki
0
0%
Button
4
8.89%
Rubens
5
11.11%
Vettel
7
15.56%
Webber
2
4.44%
Heidfeld
1
2.22%
Kubica
1
2.22%
Sutil
0
0%
Trulli
1
2.22%
Glock
0
0%
Miss Alonso
1
2.22%
Either one of the Williams drivers
0
0%
Sato
1
2.22%
Other
0
0%
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2009 F1 Italian GP at historic Monza: Preview, Predictions, discussion.

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Old 09-12-2009, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Larry Herman
Cool. What did I tell you about Hamilton. Oh yeah, that was on the other poll. Click Here!
I picked Hammy in both.....
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^^^ Easy there Larry, Not so fast!!! It appears McLaren has not only put lighter fuel on Hamilton's car than any others, but it appears (based on split times) McLaren put more downforce on Hamilton's car too. He's going to be ripe for the picking with the other KERS cars on the long Monza straights.
Wow, it is going to be a great race tomorrow! Sutil is genuinely fast, and look at Luizzi, heavy AND fast. That Force India car looks great in low downforce conditions. It looks like Brawn is back too, considering how much weight they were running. There are so many different ways that this race can unfold. Can Hamilton get enough gap to stay in the lead? Will Kovalainen and the Brawn twins be able to run far enough fast enough to negate Hammies strategy? What about the Kimi sandwich, stuck right in the middle of the lightweights and the long-stoppers?
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Old 09-12-2009, 05:49 PM
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^^ Is that Rubin ahead of Button .... damn ! who woulda thunk it ...

A lot of training wheels starting up front tomorrow , that chicane at the start should look interesting , quite possibly weed out a few KR betta watchout .....

Loved it when they ask Luizzi if he was upset about not getting the Ferrari drive and he said no , i have the better car ...
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KUDOS to Vitantonio Luizzi!!!!

The guy hasn't driven an F1 car in 2 years and the last time he did, the Toro Rosso was running a V10 instead of the V8. Goes to a totally different car, on slicks on the lowest downforce track on the calender and not only gets into Q3, but is top 7 and heavy on fuel!!!!!

I hope he doesn't get taken out on the first corner tomorrow. I really want to see him do well.

Larry, the hotter than expected temperatures helped the Brawns with tires. Who knows what the weather will be like tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by Pete
KUDOS to Vitantonio Luizzi!!!!

The guy hasn't driven an F1 car in 2 years and the last time he did, the Toro Rosso was running a V10 instead of the V8. Goes to a totally different car, on slicks on the lowest downforce track on the calender and not only gets into Q3, but is top 7 and heavy on fuel!!!!!

I hope he doesn't get taken out on the first corner tomorrow. I really want to see him do well.

Larry, the hotter than expected temperatures helped the Brawns with tires. Who knows what the weather will be like tomorrow.

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What's that for Wayne?
Old 09-12-2009, 07:57 PM
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http://www.formula1.com/news/technic...9/818/693.html
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What's that for Wayne?
As Ernest once said,... "I don't know. I don't speak Wayne!!"
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Ahh, so what you are saying is that Ross Brawn, creative genius that he is, has found yet another way to improve upon his cars so that his (by your admonishion 2nd tier) drivers can once again be at the pointy end of the grid.
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Expect KERS to be a factor again.
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Originally Posted by Pete
KUDOS to Vitantonio Luizzi!!!!

The guy hasn't driven an F1 car in 2 years and the last time he did, the Toro Rosso was running a V10 instead of the V8. Goes to a totally different car, on slicks on the lowest downforce track on the calender and not only gets into Q3, but is top 7 and heavy on fuel!!!!!

I hope he doesn't get taken out on the first corner tomorrow. I really want to see him do well..
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What Happened to Sato's fan club?
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Sato (who is actually a RL member...some say he is actually one of the undercover ninja Moderators) commented that the 12,768 votes may have been a bit too much of a gesture on behalf of his fans, so in order to allow some other drivers to accumulate votes, he asked that a single token vote be placed.
Quite a magnanimous gesture IMHO.

P.S.
He also asked me to pass along this message to Sir A.Wayne....

Yes, Miss Alonso does in fact sit down to pee when she's out of the car.
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Originally Posted by ltc
Sato (who is actually a RL member...some say he is actually one of the undercover ninja Moderators) commented that the 12,768 votes may have been a bit too much of a gesture on behalf of his fans, so in order to allow some other drivers to accumulate votes, he asked that a single token vote be placed.
Quite a magnanimous gesture IMHO.

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He also asked me to pass along this message to Sir A.Wayne....

Yes, Miss Alonso does in fact sit down to pee when she's out of the car.

Does she do that to avoid getting any on her two World Driving Championship trophies?
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....and just when we were about to write them off.


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