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8 May 2002, 16:34 (Ref:280402)
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20 years without Gilles
Today it makes 20 years since perhaps the best amnd most exciting driver ever, Gilles Villeneuve, died after his last flight in an F1 car at Zolder.
Isn't he the greatest? well, not all drivers have statues and streets OUTSIDE his own country... |
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8 May 2002, 16:38 (Ref:280411)
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Unfortunately, the newspapers of his own country have completely ignored this historic date. Half a page for a dead American horse, but not a word for St. Gilles.
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"If we won all the time, we'd be as unpopular as Ferrari, and we want to avoid that. We enjoy being a team that everybody likes." Flavio Briatore |
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8 May 2002, 16:57 (Ref:280424)
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Liz I think maybe a letter to the editor might be in order.
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A torrential afternoon practice session in Watkins Glen saw Villeneuve out-qualify everyone. By 11 seconds.Scheckter stated: "I scared myself rigid that day, I thought I had to be quickest. Then I saw Gilles's time and - I still don't really understand how it was possible. Eleven seconds !" |
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8 May 2002, 22:40 (Ref:280619)
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nothing has been said here, in Spain, but I'm sure italians are remembering him like he deserves
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9 May 2002, 02:26 (Ref:280685)
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I'm sure he's been remembered everywhere by F1 fans around the world.
A truly sad day for motorsport in general. |
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9 May 2002, 16:33 (Ref:281101)
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Ferrari is paying tribute.
http://sports.yahoo.com/m/sm/news/re...illeneuve.html |
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