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Slow news day?

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It's not really news seeing as the DVD was out over a month ago.

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Dan Wheldon | 1978 - 2011

i think the fact people thought there was a different reason for him to eat food other than that he wanted is the ridiculous part about it.

I think the ridiculous part is that people are still talking about it 4 years after it happened.

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Lotus has announced a junior team. "The seven drivers announced today will be supported by the team in all areas of driving skills, physical fitness, health and nutrition, social and mental development, business ethics and principals, as well as PR training."

Marco Sørensen, 22, Denmark, FR 3.5 with Lotus World Series Team
Marlon Stockinger, 21, Philippines, FR 3.5 with Lotus World Series Team
Alex Fontana, 20, Switzerland, GP3 with Jenzer Motorsport
Oscar Tunjo,17, Colombia, Eurocup FR 2.0 with Kaufmann Racing
Esteban Ocon, 16, France, Eurocup FR 2.0 with ART Junior Team
Alexander Albon, 16, Thailand, Eurocup FR 2.0 team TBA
Dorian Boccolacci, 14, France, Go Kart International KF category with Energy Corse

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Dan Wheldon | 1978 - 2011

Remember when kimi pitted?

"What else was I supposed to do, I asked the team to race and they said no come into the pits so there was literally nothing else to do but pit"

Yeah, slow news day

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Alexander Albon doesn't sound very Thai.

A lot of people Westernise their names ... I'm not sure I particularly like this. I've had Spanish students tell me their name is Charles ... which it is in translation, but their actual name is Carlos, and I can, and should, call them by that. I'll stop before raising any fascinating etymological discussion ...

Then again, people also invent names because they want to ... Jacky 'Ickx' for example, which sort of came about by accident, he was originally like Malcolm X, only Belgian, and with less political motivations.

I'm sure I've seen both MN and Autosport refer to him as a Brit. Maybe he has a Thai father or something and they think it'll help with sponsors.

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Dan Wheldon | 1978 - 2011

Good to see Lotus isn't only looking in Europe for talent.

Looked him up on google, apparently he was a Red Bull junior. Is he kicked out of that?

Huh? Either I've missed something completely or I just don't get the joke



Maybe the critera to get Thai racing licence are rather benificial? I know it's rather easy to get your racing licence in Austria without much hassle, for example (no real tests etc.) I have seen a couple of Zimbabwean Belgians driving around in our national classes too, lmao.

Years ago when I used to read such things, I read that before Jacky Ickx's first race he went to sign on, but decided he didn't particularly like his surname of Bernard, it was quite bland and common, so he placed an X, which people began to pronounce in French as 'Ickx' ...

So he's 50-50, lives in one, races under the other.

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Dan Wheldon | 1978 - 2011

What his facebook page says.



Maybe he is using the Thai nationality to get in favour of Red Bull (50,1 Thai)?

Pretty much everything HRT had in there factory that could be recycled (Including the cars) has been sold to a parts recycling company called Teo Martin.

http://motor.as.com/motor/2013/02/14/fo ... 59202.html

Makes sense, because every Thai person is required to have a massive surname.

Pirelli bought a F111 for promotional reasons.

http://www.f1today.net/en/news/pirelli- ... rt--report

So Scorpion Racing is history already??

not that I expected them to enter in 2013.....

Yes, they're history.

I was thinking about recent events, especially 'pay drivers'. Rather than being critical, we should look at why they're becoming prominent.
http://www.f1zone.net/news/whats-it-goi ... -eh/17781/

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Dan Wheldon | 1978 - 2011

Jaime Alguersuari's said he won't be in F1 this year, indicates that he had a race seat for 2013 but lost it to someone who brought more cash:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105588



I still think he would have had a much stronger season in 2012 had STR retained him. I also think he raises a problem with the way Red Bull deal with there young drivers, If your not the next Vettel & they no longer want you, They just throw them out in the cold & you often see Ex-Red Bull young drivers unable to race for 1-2yrs as they have zero backing aside from Red Bull.