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[aekOne]

Seriously considering getting foxtel atm. The $50 per month sports combo is pretty good value.

 

http://www.foxtel.co...orts-combo.html

 

exactly ^

 

Thats a few pints and a steak at the pub to watch ONE game of EPL. For me its a no brainer. 

[Richo]

Holy crap, Alonso in hospital.

[Hypnotic]

Oh noes!!!!

 

Hopefully he is right for the start of the season.

[aekOne]

"MCLAREN driver Fernando Alonso awoke in hospital believing it was 1995 and unaware that he was a Formula One driver following his Formula One testing accident, according to reports in Spain.

 

El Pais reports that Alonso, who will miss next weekend’s season opening race in Melbourne on doctors orders, is said to have forgot the past 20 years of his life including his F1 debut and two world titles.

 

The paper claims that when asked by doctors what his name was and what he did for a living, the 33-year-old replied: “I’m Fernando, I drive go karts and I want to be a Formula One driver.”

 

The double world champion was driving 215km/h when he lost control of his car, hit a wall and suffered a blow to the head at the Circuit de Catalunya on February 22.
He was immediately flown to hospital where he remained for three nights.

 

McLaren have since said their drives has “no medical issue” but that his doctors had advised against contesting the Australian Grand Prix on March 15.

“It will be tough not to be in Australia, but I understand the recommendations. A second impact in less than 21 days “NO,” Alonso tweeted after confirming his withdrawal.
The Spaniard will be replaced by reserve driver Kevin Magnussen."

[alexGT]

holy shit that is crazy if true!

[Hypnotic]

Yeah that's pretty crazy.

 

Sucks he won't be racing in Melbourne, but probably for the best.

[nickknack]

Wow that's crazy

[Liberty]

Wow, I feel for him. Hopefully he makes a full recovery.

[Richo]

wow, that wasn't on F1 site....

[Hypnotic]

Yeah, I dare say they probably wanted to keep that under wraps.

[aekOne]

wow, that wasn't on F1 site....

 

the F1 site is probably the very last place to look for F1 "news" (unless you want Bernies highly manicured, edited and censored news reporting).

[Sven Smergberd]

Melbourne Grand Prix: Allowing Dutch driver Giedo van der Garde to race would be 'dangerous',

 

http://www.abc.net.a...n-court/6290398

[Richo]

Any site (sites) you use to keep an eye out for interesting things ?

[Richo]

http://www.abc.net.a...n-court/6290398

 

"The driver was in the Sauber line-up, but found out late last year he had been overlooked in favour of Filipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson, who were reportedly viewed as being able to bring more money to the team.

A Swiss arbitration court already ruled Sauber could not deny van der Garde the right to drive for the team and he is now seeking to have the Victorian Supreme Court enforce the ruling in this jurisdiction"

What a little bitch

[acres]

This is a Spanish documentary showing the build up to Alonso's last race at Ferrari. It's all in spanish but somebody has put sub-titles on it though. It's a great documentary as it shows a lot of the behind the scenes stuff that we don't always get to see. I'm a big fan of Fernando so I really enjoyed it.

It's in 2 parts, each one goes for about 40min.

 

Part 1 - http://www.dailymoti...EP2JVbwhhf9x4r2

Part 2 - http://www.dailymoti...rrari-part-2_tv

[Sven Smergberd]

I caught 'Senna' on TV the other day, the 2010 movie-doco about Senna's career and death, was insane, pretty much like watching RUSH except it was all done with archive footage, amazing production.

[Hypnotic]

Both Rush and Senna are awesome. I also recommend '1', another good doco on the Hunt/Lauder era.

[aekOne]

Any site (sites) you use to keep an eye out for interesting things ?

 

I'll always head to PlanetF1 first, the news section generally has all the big stores and there are some decent opinion pieces there too. their forums are also a good place for news and discussions etc

 

After that, pitpass.com, autosports.com/f1, gptoday.com, Sky and BBC. Most of the main stories are spread across all of them obviously but sometime you find something on one that hasn't been reported elsewhere. OffOnF1.com is planetf1's sister site that has a lot of the same stuff but has more editorial pieces than straight news. 

 

 

Both Rush and Senna are awesome. I also recommend '1', another good doco on the Hunt/Lauder era.

 

1 is definately worth watching if you like the other two or just like f1 in general

[aekOne]

Fantasy Racing League is anyone's interested: http://fantasy.planetf1.com/\

 

I've started a private SubyClub comp too if people want to play each other. Once you register simply join "SubyClub Official" to join the group. Pm me once your ready to join and i'll send you the password. 

[Richo]

Fantasy Racing League is anyone's interested: http://fantasy.planetf1.com/\

 

I've started a private SubyClub comp too if people want to play each other. Once you register simply join "SubyClub Official" to join the group. Pm me once your ready to join and i'll send you the password. 

How the hell do you use that page..