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Dups!
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I agree with you that he is within his right to want Hamilton to lose the championship to Massa. It is just that things happen and such comments actually add fuel to fire.
Yes, he really sounds pissed off at what happened last season over at McLaren. I don't see him getting over that any time soon.
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masseur
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he might be within his right to wish Hamilton to not win the championship, but its definitly not good sportmanship to actually state that he'll help another driver.. and from another team!... to achieve that goal if possible
thats just so bad
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Dups!
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For me it's not that he wants Massa to win it is how he said it considering the relationship or lack of between him and Lewis.
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totalgsm
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How many of you have Karted here?
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arien617
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I've been a few times, but karting is dead expensive!
I'm definitely going to take a test for an MSA competition license at some point in the next few years. When I'm working and have money etc.
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totalgsm
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Its not over here .
About $2 for 6 laps  , so we go out almost every week.
But the cars are crap , the steering response is not good.
You drift more with these cars.
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=l7cLNQiuJdI
This is how the track and car is.
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arien617
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It's not £35 for half an hour over at Rye House (my local track).
The cars are good, and Lewis Hamilton used to race there, from what I know. It's not impossible, considering Stevenage is just up the road.
There's a new kid on the block too, Ben Kasperczak - touted to be the next Hamilton. He's like 4 though.  He races at Rye House.
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totalgsm
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Yep you can get into F1 , only if you start Karting from the age of 4-5 years.
But I think Lewis started at 10 or 12.
Michael Schumacher started at age age of 5.
I wanted a Career in F1 , but never got an opportunity and now its too late 
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nicv27
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i used to own a kart it was a Trulli chassis with a rotax max engine. i didnt race it but used to go to owner / driver days at Rye house,Buckmore park and Thruxton to name but a few. It was excellent but stupidly i sold it and bought a quad
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arien617
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Well i'M near enough 16 right now, i'M far too hung up on education to care about anything else.  i'M sure f1 is every racing enthusiasts dream, but still, if i do well in school and make good money, then someday i might find myself with an FIA international competition license, on the starting line for the Dakar rally. We all have dreams, there'S mine. 
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Caspa
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been a few times and loved it, would like to go more but it Is pricey...
been on a TT day also, and i'm quite the racer... got a mark of 97% and a comment of 'has a great appreciation of the racing line'
let me just brush my shoulder off...  |
naveedaziz83
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although i am a big fan of racing and driving fast cars, i couldnt do any kind of kart racing.. not tht i dnt want to but because my country doesnt have any track or karts lol
so yeah my dream .. is still a dream
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senninha
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i raced karts for several years and made it just short of F3. never got to try an F3 car, but i must say that of all the kinds of cars i've driven, nothing came close to the rush of a kart. it is simply the purest driving experience!
i didn't pursue a racing career. there are better odds of winning the lotto than there are of making it to F1. keep in mind that there are thousands of race drivers in the world, and yet there are only maybe 3 open slots for newcomers, or even less, each year.
having said that, there are many other forms of racing, from touring cars, to sports cars and endurance racing, rallying, etc. to be able to make it a profession in any of those fields is damned good enough, i think. being paid a lot to do something you love? nothing beats that!
i've stayed on the safe side tho. pursue a normal career and just race as a hobby. good enough for me...  |
MWEB
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/[....]t/formula_1/article4958066.ece
What a load of racist, ignorant, jerks there are in F1!!
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Dups!
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Unless I missed something but I didn't pick up on racism there. Personally, I think it's downright jealousy, these so called big drivers who've been doing their thing on the F1 circuit are feeling the heat of the new guy who is too confident for a newcomer.
As the article states that he is constantly sought by the media which makes the others nasty and very envious.
Now, I'm not saying there's no racism against Lewis but on the article it didn't come up for me (if it was there then it was very subtle) . There are times when I see and feel that his race does play a role in certain instances.
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