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Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
11/17/09

In reply to Mercedes-Benz's Silver Arrows
I'm just afraid that Brawn won't be as good under direct Mercedes leadership. Hopefully Button will stay and they'll lure another great driver for the other spot. At least they've got the brain of brawn to lead them. #silverarrows
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Maxichamp
11/17/09

@Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .: Button signed with McLaren yesterday. #silverarrows
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cityag
11/17/09

@Maxichamp: No Multi-diffuser=No championship. After the rest of the teams went to the multi-diff, Brawn was just "good" #silverarrows
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Maxichamp
11/17/09

@cityag: Agreed. Why did Button win the championship? 33% 2x diffuser, 33% strong Merc engine, 33% was slightly better driver than Rubens, 1% raw talent. #silverarrows
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brandegee
11/17/09

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Great list, but no SSK/L? M-B ran these regularly 1931-1934 at major races, even winning Nurburgring in 1931. #silverarrows
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FTGDWolverineEdition'09
11/17/09

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I will be honest, I really can't wait for the next season to start. F1 has been awesome for the last season, both on and off.

Let's add more gasoline to the fire. #silverarrows
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voodoojoo
11/17/09

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Now that I'm studying for a year in Berlin, I made a pilgrimage out to AVUS. There's a 125 meter high mini-Eifel Tower a block from where that title photo was taken, and from the top you can see the endless grey line of what used to be the straight fade off into the flats of Northern Germany. If you don't mind walking along the edge of the autobahn for a few hundred meters, you can get out onto what used to be the track itself. The whole experience, especially at dusk watching lights flicker by and hearing the howl of superbikes piercing the cold November air, was utterly unreal. #silverarrows
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scroggzilla raids again
11/17/09

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And now, some more 50's era Silver Arrow goodness #silverarrows
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scroggzilla raids again
11/17/09

@scroggzilla raids again: Stirling Moss on the Monza banking...1955 #silverarrows
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scroggzilla raids again
11/17/09

@scroggzilla raids again: Mr. Fangio in his "office" #silverarrows
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scroggzilla raids again
11/17/09

@scroggzilla raids again: The winning 300 SLR, piloted by Moss and Collins, on the 55 Targa Florio #silverarrows
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scroggzilla raids again
11/17/09

@scroggzilla raids again: Juan Manuel Fangio on his way to yet another win, 1954 Swiss Grand Prix #silverarrows
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scroggzilla raids again
11/17/09

@scroggzilla raids again: one more...Moss and Jenkinson, in color no less, on the 55 Mille Miglia #silverarrows
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F1Morgan
11/17/09

@scroggzilla raids again: Has to be the best or top 3 best looking race cars ever... #silverarrows
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F1Morgan
11/17/09

@scroggzilla raids again: It has always bothered me that great engineers existed back then, of course and nobody thought to make wider tyres! #silverarrows
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Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
11/17/09

@scroggzilla raids again: What I would have given be there watching the 55' Mille Miglia. A race still talked about almost 60 years later. #silverarrows
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scroggzilla raids again
11/17/09

@Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .: If I had the keys to a time machine, the 55 Mille Miglia would be one of several motorsport-related stops I'd want to make. #silverarrows
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Pessimippopotamus
11/17/09

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Great. The plucky Brit team from Brackley gets consumed by Germans and becomes an all German team. German staff, German drivers, German owners. #silverarrows
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LuciferV8
11/17/09

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Der Silberpfeil!!!! #silverarrows
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ThreeLitre
11/17/09

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"not a typo". That is awesome.

And totally terrifying. Those tires are, what, 5 inches wide? Tops? And the only 'driver aid' was Rudolf's big toe...

Men had bigger balls back then.

Or smaller brains.

Nope. Definitely just bigger balls. Probably bigger brains, too, for that matter.
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Maxichamp
11/17/09

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Here's hoping that Merc GP will hire Heidfeld. #silverarrows
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scroggzilla raids again
11/17/09

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Peter, do you know the race that 1st photo was taken at? The German GP was only held at the Avus circuit once (1959), and that was after Mercedes Benz and the W196 retired from motorsports. #silverarrows
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scroggzilla raids again
11/17/09

@scroggzilla raids again: and the answer is the non F1 Championship, Grosser Pries von Berlin in 1954. The winner....the very Germanic looking Karl Kling #silverarrows
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skaycog was here
11/17/09

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Good job, Mr. Oreosz.....great article and wonderful photos. I especially like No. 12, the 1955 300SLR. #silverarrows
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Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
11/17/09

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So, what is it with the Germans building horrifyingly dangerous machinery from extremely flammable materials? #silverarrows
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Tyson
11/17/09

@Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: Well, the normal operating parameters don't include the outside being on fire, so obviously it should work fine.
I mean, the Germans never have anything go wrong, do they? #silverarrows
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Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
11/17/09

@Tyson: Well, you know the Germans make good stuff.

"Well, the normal operating parameters don't include the outside being on fire, so obviously it should work fine." -- I need to work this line of logic into day-to-day use. #silverarrows
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F1Morgan
10/21/09

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Well it has been an interesting season, I think Jenson is a good driver, but the Honda that was developed early on for this season helped, so did the diffuser mix up at the start of the season. But at the Brazil GP, I think a lot of people skipped over the fact that McLaren set Kimi on fire!

"At the pit stop, I ended up with some drops of petrol in my eye, from the fuel line stuck on Kovalainen's car and then I was engulfed in flames and blinded: I was going to stop, but luckily the flames soon went out. Even now, my eyes are still burning, but I'm alright. After the restart, I could only try and use the strategy to move up the order and at least I brought home a few points. I am disappointed because today I'm sure we could have made it to the podium."

So all you Kimi haters can just ask yourself, have you been doused in petrol, set on fire and leisurely returned to a F1 GP?

Good show Jens, but I do like Vettel and I I'm sure in the right car he will be (is) very good. #jensonbutton
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joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
10/21/09

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My two favorite moments from Brazil;

Kamui Kobayashi holding off points leader Jenson Button then going on to place 9th in his first ever F1 race.

Jenson Button singing "We Are The Champions" badly over the team radio.

Regardless of whether you like F1 or not, it's definitely been an interesting season. #jensonbutton
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skierpage
10/21/09

In reply to Formula One Has a New Posse

A great achievement by Ross Brawn (sure that's your real name, call me Wolf Blitzer), but it's sad to see the crass commercialization has already started!

The BBC says the Brawn rear diffuser innovation made the car significantly better while other teams protested until everyone adopted it, nevertheless Button winning first 6 of 7 is impressive. He lost in so-so cars and won in a good one. #jensonbutton
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brc is never late, because of his v8
10/21/09

@skierpage: the diffuser business was really a storm in a teacup. Red Bull didn't have a twin diffuser until halfway through the season, and they won and highly placed early on. Other teams also went down the twin diffuser route but didn't dominate. The most significant thing about the diffuser for Brawn is that it stopped people poking around the rest of the car to figure out why it was fast, which suited them fine.

The Brawn domination early on was a combination of extremely good aero efficiency and tyre preservation and a leading pack that had bad cars (Mclaren, Ferrari et al). It was also a result of the cubic dollars that Honda poured into the 09 car in 08. #jensonbutton
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Clown Shoe Pilot
10/21/09

@skierpage: We beat them to the track by a couple months. #jensonbutton
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