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21 Feb 2002, 18:47 (Ref:220199)
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Problems, problems...
Is it just me or is every other team having freely admitting to having problems and writing off their chances of winning the first GP (if not the whole championship).
Ferrari's "run out of time" for the F2002 and is using a (heavily modified) F2001 but TGF has said they won't win the Oz GP Mclaren apparently has problems with the Mercedes engine Williams apparently has a (relatively???) average chassis Jordan's not doing particularly well in testing, and Honda has problems with their engine BAR apparently has no problems but despite that still "needs to improve"; we all know what that means Jaguar has sacked another load of people and Irv in the last year of his contract is getting fed up again Toyota is just slow. The only teams which I haven't heard much about are Sauber, Renault, Arrows and Minardi, either because they are doing well in testing or they haven't done much testing. |
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21 Feb 2002, 19:00 (Ref:220213)
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Could it be just disguising tatics ?
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21 Feb 2002, 19:43 (Ref:220240)
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They're probably not getting their hopes too high, incase it doesn't work out come Melbourne.
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21 Feb 2002, 20:03 (Ref:220245)
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or they are all just trying to throw some sand into the other team's eyes...
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21 Feb 2002, 20:06 (Ref:220247)
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Oz is often a race of attrition with a surprise winner.
Given that the technical regs haven't changed much since last season for the first time in ages, I think that these modest forecasts are a smoke screen. Maybe we're in for an interesting season. Maybe the quick and reliable Saubers can through a surprise our way? Maybe pigs can fly? |
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21 Feb 2002, 21:39 (Ref:220309)
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If you take the comments seriously, it'll be a Minardi 1-2 at the end of it all.
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21 Feb 2002, 21:43 (Ref:220316)
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Don't tell me Barrichello is going to win the first race a la Irvine 99....LOL
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21 Feb 2002, 22:02 (Ref:220327)
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I think the teams are being honest. However, I feel if the drivers are too content with the cars, then they are not driving them hard enough!
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21 Feb 2002, 22:24 (Ref:220350)
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Friday practice and out of the pits comes.... AN F2002!!!!! And a lot of crying and  From McLaren and Williams garages!!
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21 Feb 2002, 23:13 (Ref:220380)
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Arrows had problems with the rear wing(breaking off the car several times) and also gearbox problems stopped testing.
And today HHF almost reduced the pitstop team when he spun in the pitlane:  
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22 Feb 2002, 18:01 (Ref:220732)
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Not quite the sort of impression you want to give to your team, whether it's raining or not
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22 Feb 2002, 18:15 (Ref:220740)
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i reckon this will be rubens only (slim) chance of a win, and thats only if tgf breaks down aswell! |
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22 Feb 2002, 21:40 (Ref:220904)
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Oh it's gonna be a classic year, now all we need to do is abduct TGF
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23 Feb 2002, 03:10 (Ref:221096)
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Hey, I'm digging more of the
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23 Feb 2002, 03:39 (Ref:221099)
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I am sorry, but IMHO, that is one seriously ugly paint scheme on that Arrows.
As for problems, you would expect there to be lots of them, I suppose that's why they call it testing. All of the teams have developed the skill of disseminating dis-information, some make it an art form. Testing can't tell you too much detail, just give you a general feel for the progress, or lack of it if you're Jaguar, of each team. I'd be very surprrised to hear Frank or Jean Todt state that they were going to kick some ass this year, even if they thought it were the case. |
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