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Pecking order before the circus gets underway

Posted 03-23-2009 at 09:04 AM by Bludd (Bløgg)
Updated 03-23-2009 at 03:17 PM by Bludd

In no particular order:

My impressions from winter testing is that McLaren have struggled with the aero of their car. They improved in the very last test, but did they improve enough?

Brawn have looked incredibly fast, if this pace is a true, raw pace they will certainly be in with a chance at winning in Melbourne. They also have the disputed diffuser design. Having done little testing, reliability may be an issue.

Ferrari have looked good and they have...
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Looking forward to the start of F1 2009

Posted 03-23-2009 at 07:43 AM by Bludd (Bløgg)

So, winter testing is over and the Australian Grand Prix is imminent. Let's do a recap of what has happened in the world of Formula 1 since the end of the season.
[list][*]Honda pulled out of F1 in December 2008 citing economic reasons.[*]The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) was created for the teams to get together and present a united front against FOM and FIA. They announced a 50% budget cut for 2010, no testing during the 2009 season, 8 engines for the whole season per driver/car....
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vBulletin should automatically append double (or more) posts

Posted 02-17-2009 at 03:45 PM by Bludd (Bløgg)

SolarFlux posted the spoilerized replies below in the [URL="http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showthread.php?p=826159"]What are you reading[/URL] thread. He should have used the multiquote feature, but he instead ended up posting 8 times in a row.

If a user post more than one reply to a thread with no one else posting between the first and subsequent reply or replies, the system should just append the first post with the subsequent posts. I don't know if a modification would...
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On the state of TV

Posted 12-05-2008 at 10:30 AM by Bludd (Bløgg)

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_%28TV_series%29"]Heroes[/URL] has gone to the dogs. It's the cheesiest show on TV.

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Break"]Prison Break[/URL] got better in season 4, but it's still not as good as the first half of season 1. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Morgan"]Gretchen[/URL] is still the worst character ever and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi_Lyn_O%27Keefe"]Jodi Lyn O'Keefe[/URL]...
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2008 F1 Brazilian GP Race: On the last lap, it's Hamilton!

Posted 11-02-2008 at 08:29 PM by Bludd (Bløgg)
Updated 11-03-2008 at 10:14 AM by Bludd

It came down to the wire, because he was in sixth. He was losing; Vettel had passed him, Glock was fast on a slightly wet track on dry tyres, but Glock's grip and tyre pressures just fell off and Hamilton got back in that ever-important fifth position.

Lewis Hamilton is the FIA 2008 Formula 1 World Drivers' Champion, by one point. Just like last year, except it was Kimi Räikkönen, and Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso were behind.

What a race, what a season. Massa's...
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