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    So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead

    Gentlemen, Boot up Your Motor Control Modules: The Formula Zero Fuel Cell Go Kart and Race Circut
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    I'm not an F1 fan because the cars are about as carlike as a fighter jet is like a paper airplane, but... if companies would pull out just because they can't keep throwing money at their cars until they've exceeded what the other teams could afford, then I'd say good riddance to them. How about winning with better designs, mechanics, and drivers instead of just deeper pockets?
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    Image of jdepould jdepould
    06/19/09

    @fuchikoma: How exactly do you think teams develop better designs, and hire better mechanics and drivers?
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    06/19/09

    @jdepould:

    Are you implying that not allowing infinite money for a team is the same as not allowing any at all?
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    Image of brianesser76 brianesser76
    06/20/09

    @fuchikoma: I bet you think Nascar tech is cutting edge and impressive, don't you?
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    06/20/09

    @brianesser76:

    Such hostility, lol


    I like things like WRC, Group A, or MotoGP. The vehicles used are (sometimes tenuously) related to cars you could actually buy and use.


    I think F1 is the definition of cutting edge and impressive in motorsports. Because only 1 in millions of F1 fans might even get to try one of the cars, and they're so ridiculously exotic and high tech, I just find it a bit far removed from reality, so it doesn't hold my interest often.


    Anyway, I think this is being blown out of proportion - don't you think there could be a funding cap that still allows the teams to do research and development, and push the technological envelope without resorting to brute force outfunding each other? Or do you find it exciting when a team wins that way?

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    Image of avconsumer2 avconsumer2
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    Loops. Upside down stretches. Go!!
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/19/09

    @avconsumer2: I like the way you think, son. There may be a future for you in this organization.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    All I wanna know, is how did you get Murilee to dress up in a turban, Peter?
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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    06/19/09

    @DoctorNine's Tin Foil Hat: Gave him a LeMons racer with Stingers installed in the passenger seat. Simple.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    06/19/09

    @Peter Orosz: "..Gave him a LeMons racer with Stingers installed in the passenger seat. Simple..."


    I had always kind of assumed that he was a Special Ops kind of guy. This is merely confirmation of my previous suspicions. Does he do waterboarding? Yes/No?

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    You woke up this morning
    Thought about F1,
    Mosley said it'd always be
    The Chosen One.


    He said it's one in a million
    It's got to burn to shine,
    But he was born under a bad sign,
    With a gimp mask on his eyes.


    You woke up this morning
    All the love has gone,
    Mosley clearly never knew 'bout
    Right and wrong.


    Button's looking good, baby,
    And the racing's finally doin' fine, (Shame about it),
    Born under a bad sign
    Without reason in his eyes.


    You woke up this morning
    With the rules turned upside down,
    Thing's ain't been the same
    Now half the teams are leavin' town.


    Mosely's one in a million
    But there ain't no pride in that.
    He's the only one in a million,
    Who don't think that he's a twat...

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/19/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!: Nicely done, my friend!
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    pours a 40 on the ground for his F1 homie, then posts pics of the good old days
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    Ronaldo is an obnoxious bastard.


    Wait, that wasn't the point of this post. Was it?


    /Denial

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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    Oh crap, it just dawned on me.


    GMA does a spot on LeMon's racing. F1 is now dead.


    Holy hell that could be fun to watch.

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    Image of ptmeyer84 ptmeyer84
    06/19/09

    @lilwillie heart clicks GM: LeMons replacing F1? Sounds good to me!
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    06/19/09

    @ptmeyer84 - Chief Jalopalope: @Smells_Homeless: I was thinking F1 Drivers in LeMons. Each team gets one F1 Driver pulled randomly from a hat.
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    I read it twice to make sure: No nazi hooker jokes?
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/19/09

    @boosted-lego-wagon -> now boosted to 350hp: Disgraceful, isn't it? I'm wondering if Orosz is spiralling into a pit of despair and depression. How else do you explain such an obvious glaring omission?


    Cheer up, Orosz, there's always the Australian V8 Supercars series! And it's much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much better than F1 ever was anyhow.

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    06/19/09

    @boosted-lego-wagon -> now boosted to 350hp: "..No nazi hooker jokes..?"


    Wait! Wait! Awww.. dangit... You ruined the mood...

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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    06/19/09

    @DoctorNine's Tin Foil Hat: Gentlemen, I was trying to exercise restraint in not including this photo of Mosley's mother, who wed his dad at Joseph Goebbels's house, but here you go then, restraint be damned:


    [upload.wikimedia.org]

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    06/19/09

    @Peter Orosz: Good Lord...
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    ...Is this it? Is this what I've been waiting for years?!


    Can we call it F-Zero?!?

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    Image of .357 .357
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    Where were you when Formula One died?

    Well, I was on Jalopnik, when Formula One died.

    How did you know Formula One was dead?

    A man named Wert told the news through sharp prose

    Who killed Formula One?

    A crazy tyrant named Mosley with death in his eyes.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    Last race at Silverstone?
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    Image of Joshuman Joshuman
    06/19/09

    @beercheck: Donnington Park is supposed to host the British for the next 17 years. All subject to funding and planning permission.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    06/19/09

    @Joshman-Maggots-Becketts-Chapel: So, it's just the last F1 race then? Whew.
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    Image of Northernsky Northernsky
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    did anyone else see the MotoGP race last week? That last lap... it was incredible. We need that, but in cars.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    06/19/09

    @Burning Lego Monk: So basically a new rule saying two wheels maximum?
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    Peter, just the title of the post made me laugh my ass off, and I can totally imagine you calling up your best friend and saying that in a Johnny Knoxville WTF voice.
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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    06/19/09

    @pauljones: Tell me about it! Plus, it's about the only time when it paid to be in the US instead of Europe for following F1.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/19/09

    @Peter Orosz: Or Canada...
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    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    Hopefully the "new" Formula 1 will encourage the use of performance-enhancing drugs and have no vehicle restrictions whatsoever, what a world that would be.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    06/19/09

    @Tucker589: I'd watch. The return of the toluene fueled Turbo monsters, this time with V10s, active aero and the occasional offensive weapon... it would be great.
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    Image of diddiyo diddiyo
    06/19/09

    In reply to So I Woke Up This Morning And F1 Was Dead
    good. more time for rally on TV.


    we can dream right?

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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    06/19/09

    @diddiyo: Sadly, expect your dreams to be replaced with more Nascar footage.
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    Image of Engineerman Engineerman
    06/19/09

    @My A Arm: ::shudders::


    And at moment the middle of America sent forth a great cheer, then finished their morning pabst, and contemplated how they could fit another calvin peeing on something sticker on their already inundated F150s

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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    06/19/09

    @Engineerman: Well, those F150s are lifted, so they can bolt about three feet of sheet metal below the rear bumper and put the stickers there.
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