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At The Back => The Dressing Room => Topic started by: blue on August 06, 2009, 04:51:42 PM
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in a last minute(ish) move, i will now be attending this year's Belgian Grand Prix! :) woohoo!
me and my sister were always fans of mr Schumacher, but never had the opportunity to attend a race. now that he's making a comeback we decided, last chance, and Spa's our favourite track, off we go!
what i almost expect to happen now is that he'll race at Valencia, then not be fit for Spa a week later and we'll be treated to Luca Badoer in Massa's Ferrari. still, can't wait to finally experience the howl of an F1 engine in person! :)
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Spa is the greatest track on the calendar, the only one I'd pay to attend.
You're gonna have a very special weekend as long as Schumi's neck holds up!
I'm very jealous.
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just looked at the track layout, that first corner says huge massive crash to me
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Spa is indeed a highlight. I am hoping that Schuey is racing his heart out on the day- just for you.
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what i almost expect to happen now is that he'll race at Valencia, then not be fit for Spa a week later and we'll be treated to Luca Badoer in Massa's Ferrari. still, can't wait to finally experience the howl of an F1 engine in person! :)
Crikey, Luca Badoer! I'd completely forgotten there was such a person. :lol:
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thanks mr beatle, very nice of you :)
Philly, yes indeed, he's still Ferrari's test driver. an odd job in these days of testing bans :) apparently him an Schuey spent yesterday racing karts. it's a hard old life...
oh, for this favour Michael's doing for the old team he is reportedly receiving €1000 000.00 per race. not bad for a sub!
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thanks mr beatle, very nice of you :)
Philly, yes indeed, he's still Ferrari's test driver. an odd job in these days of testing bans :) apparently him an Schuey spent yesterday racing karts. it's a hard old life...
oh, for this favour Michael's doing for the old team he is reportedly receiving €1000 000.00 per race. not bad for a sub!
I think that's stretching the word 'favour' quite a lot.
Enjoy the race though!
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Got to say that Mrs TM isn't too happy about the return of shitepacker. She's really not a fan (former Montoya fan, so there's an obvious clash).
I'd love to go to Spa, my folks were going to walk there on one of their trips and camp at the track but it was an extra 80km walk and they just couldn't be arsed (they had just walked from the Hook of Holland, so can't blame them).
I love the sound of the F1 engines. A pair of ear plugs are a good idea as the sound tends to go in one ear, rattle around your head and then go out the other ear. You can get away with not using them for a while, but towards the end of the day I was getting a bit of headache.
Have fun, I'm very jelous.
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Schumacher has pulled out:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8186319.stm
Not much of a surprise IMO.
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yep, it's pretty disappointing. he did say "yet" though! who knows, he might make it to Spa! :)
probably not though.
ah well, i've wanted to see a Grand Prix for the last 13 years, and his potential comeback did finally make me get up off my arse and book one, so i'm still looking forward to it. i did predict earlier in this thread that we'd end up seeing Luca Badoer. anyone want their fortune told? ;)
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Well regardless of whether he is there racing or not, Spa has to be one of the last great circuits that Bernie has yet to ditch ( can we get rid of Bernie and have the old circuits back please) so I think you will have a great time.
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Yeah, try to enjoy Spa..
Because before long all the F1 circuits will be characterless sanitised corporate entertainment complexes located in emerging markets happy to give Bernie a MASSIVE kickback. :(
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i'll be heading off at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning! :)
still not entirely sure how we'll be getting from the airport to the hotel, or from the hotel to the race, which is perhaps a little (!) foolish. but hey, life's an adventure! :)
watch out for me on the tv up at eau rouge, i'll be the one that's me!
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Have a great trip Blue- I shall be looking out for you.
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not as many knocks in that first corner as I thought, safety car still came out though, at least that's why I think it came out, not paying attention to TV
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I had to play a gig this afternoon and so missed it but Mrs 38th recorded it. Good for fisi I thought but a frustrating afternoon for all the front runners except Vettel. I hope Blue had a good time though.
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phew! finally home at 2 o'clock this morning! that was quite a weekend :)
our hotel was 20 km from the track, but it turns out buses only run that way during school term! so we had to make an 80 km trip every morning to get there. this took about 4.5 hours! nightmare :(
but it was worth it in the end. went to the pit walk on thursday when several drivers came out to see the crowds, so got up close to Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel, Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica and Timo Glock. then heard my first F1 engine running in anger on friday morning. Wow! those things are loud! the tv really doesn't do them any justice. it's a physical thing, you feel it as well as hear it, and they even have their own smell! it's like burning technology! :) the car's loud as it approaches you, then as the exhausts come level with your ears there's an extra bark that goes right through you. the Brawns are the loudest, even though the McLarens and Force Indias have the same Mercedes engine, somehow the Brawn seems louder.
so i was there for Force India's first pole, and Fisichella got an enormous cheer when he came past at the end of the session. then i was there for Ferrari's first win of the year. Fisichella actually got the biggest cheer on the podium.
it was hard work, with all the travelling, and that is one hilly place! Eau Rouge seems almost vertical! and the paths around it are just as steep. and the only way back to our hotel was by taxi, and those guys really took the piss, €70-90 for a 22km run! but if we go back, we know better where to stay, and we met and spoke to people from all over the world, Japan, America, Australia, Chile, Newtownards :)
if anyone's a fan of F1, you really have to experience the cars in person at least once. only problem is, it'll never be the same watching it on tv. i wonder could i sell a kidney in time for going to Monza?......
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Good to see that in spite of the tribulations, you managed to have a good time.
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Fisi to race for Ferrari for the remainder of the season! :o
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/9/9866.html (http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/9/9866.html)
Looks like things are looking up for him! But I'm surprised they didn't get Alonso instead since he's supposed to race for them next year? Ferrari's lineup for the next year seems rather unpredictable at the moment with Kimi, Massa, Alonso and now Fisi involved!