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Post by René on May 16, 2022 16:16:19 GMT
An impressive Sebastian Vettel as a guest at BBC's Question Time. You may or may not agree with everything he says but he made more sense and was more articulate than some of the other guests at that table! Great guy.
If you wanna skip to Seb's answers directly: 5:23
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Post by Carl on May 17, 2022 18:56:13 GMT
An impressive Sebastian Vettel as a guest at BBC's Question Time. You may or may not agree with everything he says but he made more sense and was more articulate than some of the other guests at that table! Great guy.
If you wanna skip to Seb's answers directly: 5:23
27:03
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50:55
For whatever reason, on that day there seemed to be a low bar for sensible comment. 
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Post by Carl on May 17, 2022 18:58:07 GMT
Sebastian Vettel can be articulate when he's not challenged, but I'd love to see how he responds to a threat to his ego similar to "multi 21" in which he acted as childishly as his hero, Michael Schumacher. “It probably culminated at the end of 2012 when Sebastian was fighting Alonso for the championship and Mark squeezed him up against the pit wall at the start of the race in Brazil, in the championship decider, which ultimately resulted in him getting turned round by Bruno Senna. Sebastian was hugely angry about that."
-Christian Horner quoted in Formula One.com Except what Horner said wasn't true. Webber moved defensively to protect his position as the field approached the first turn and squeezed no-one. And according to Martin Brundle, the contact with Bruno Senna was clearly Vettel's fault. Facts are subject to alteration when delicate egos are offended. |
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Post by chrisb on May 17, 2022 19:23:59 GMT
The story doesn't stop there with Seb's day to the BBC, I believe he also met with a number of youths beforehand and was very approachable apparently - in fact I believe he really is doing a good job being more of an ambassador for F1,
On Question Time Seb makes the point about the whole EU fiasco that a lot of Germans don't understand 'Brexit' - well neither do an awful lot of Brits either Seb
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Post by Carl on May 17, 2022 20:25:43 GMT
The story doesn't stop there with Seb's day to the BBC, I believe he also met with a number of youths beforehand and was very approachable apparently - in fact I believe he really is doing a good job being more of an ambassador for F1, On Question Time Seb makes the point about the whole EU fiasco that a lot of Germans don't understand 'Brexit' - well neither do an awful lot of Brits either Seb It's admirable that Vettel has more access to reason...  About the British exit (I avoid silly abbreviations), I doubt anyone understands that fiasco. Maybe Boris Johnson can explain the benefits. It's possible putin toadie nigel farage can find something to like. |
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Post by charleselan on May 18, 2022 14:14:40 GMT
I learnt of this on Friday of last week and posted this comment on The Guardian:-
"I have long since stopped watching BBC Question Time as it quite literally stinks however I have just read that four time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel appeared on it last night. Sebastian's star may well be waining in F1 these days but he has become a very well rounded; likeable; socially aware and compassionate man these days. Reading a transcript of the program I see he was asked what his views on "Partygate were; his words were something along the lines of as a parent with three young kids you set them rules you expect them to follow, how therefore can you expect them to comply when you break them yourself. If you are in a position of authority you should set the correct example. Very well put I feel".
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Post by chrisb on May 18, 2022 16:13:20 GMT
Carl, apparently Lord Smug, otherwise known as Rees-Mogg placed an advert on the cheap Murdoch paper asking people to write in with the benefits of the fiasco and as far as I am aware nothing has been subsequently published
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Post by Carl on May 18, 2022 16:26:00 GMT
Carl, apparently Lord Smug, otherwise known as Rees-Mogg placed an advert on the cheap Murdoch paper asking people to write in with the benefits of the fiasco and as far as I am aware nothing has been subsequently published Chris, A similar dud explosive was launched here by a Texas politician who embraces the insanity of donald trump...
"Three days after the 2020 presidential election was called for Joe Biden — and as President Donald Trump took to Twitter and falsely claimed that tens of thousands of votes were cast illegally — Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) said he would reward a minimum of $25,000 to tipsters who uncovered credible instances of voter fraud. “I support President Trump’s efforts to identify voter fraud in the presidential election and his commitment to making sure that every legal vote is counted and every illegal vote is disqualified,” Patrick said in a Nov. 10 news release. Now, nearly a year later, Patrick has given out his first reward — but not to a member of his party, the Dallas Morning News reported this week. Patrick’s campaign sent a $25,000 check to Eric Frank, a Democratic poll worker from Pennsylvania whose tip led to the recent conviction of a 72-year-old registered Republican who cast a second vote in his son’s name last November, the Morning News reported." -The Washington Post (October 22, 2021)
This neofascist lunacy will resurface later this year in the mid-term elections and we'll see whether our imperfect democracy survives another blitzkrieg of lies.
-Carl
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Post by Carl on Aug 21, 2022 3:05:36 GMT
Question: Would you pay to watch Kimi Raikkonen in a stock car at Watkins Glen? The pre-race program starts today at 1800 GMT, the race at 1900 and Raikkonen starts in 27th position. Mike Rockenfeller is also in the race, starting 33rd. It will be interesting to see how fast the two road racing maestros adjust and move toward the front of the field.
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Post by René on Aug 21, 2022 17:54:19 GMT
Question: Would you pay to watch Kimi Raikkonen in a stock car at Watkins Glen? The pre-race program starts today at 1800 GMT, the race at 1900 and Raikkonen starts in 27th position. Mike Rockenfeller is also in the race, starting 33rd. It will be interesting to see how fast the two road racing maestros adjust and move toward the front of the field. I think it’s on the racing channel I’m subscribed to so I’m already paying! I’ll give it a try… |
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Post by Carl on Aug 22, 2022 17:57:18 GMT
Question: Would you pay to watch Kimi Raikkonen in a stock car at Watkins Glen? The pre-race program starts today at 1800 GMT, the race at 1900 and Raikkonen starts in 27th position. Mike Rockenfeller is also in the race, starting 33rd. It will be interesting to see how fast the two road racing maestros adjust and move toward the front of the field. I think it’s on the racing channel I’m subscribed to so I’m already paying! I’ll give it a try… What a contrast to the 1986 event, rebroadcast last week from network archives and cool, calm and professional.
Raikkonen was doing well until someone crashed into his car and sent him into the tyre barrier, but none of the other Europeans had a good day, including Loris Hezemans, son of Toine, who became stuck in a deep gravel runoff area.
I'd forgotten that NASCAR now divides races into stages for no logical reason except to have more restarts. Never mind paying, we should have been paid to watch yesterday.
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Post by René on Aug 22, 2022 18:23:01 GMT
I think it’s on the racing channel I’m subscribed to so I’m already paying! I’ll give it a try… What a contrast to the 1986 event, rebroadcast last week from network archives and cool, calm and professional.
Raikkonen was doing well until someone crashed into his car and sent him into the tyre barrier, but none of the other Europeans had a good day, including Loris Hezemans, son of Toine, who became stuck in a deep gravel runoff area.
I'd forgotten that NASCAR now divides races into stages for no logical reason except to have more restarts. Never mind paying, we should have been paid to watch yesterday.
I missed it because of the rain delay. |
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Post by Carl on Aug 23, 2022 16:12:53 GMT
What a contrast to the 1986 event, rebroadcast last week from network archives and cool, calm and professional.
Raikkonen was doing well until someone crashed into his car and sent him into the tyre barrier, but none of the other Europeans had a good day, including Loris Hezemans, son of Toine, who became stuck in a deep gravel runoff area.
I'd forgotten that NASCAR now divides races into stages for no logical reason except to have more restarts. Never mind paying, we should have been paid to watch yesterday.
I missed it because of the rain delay. There was running water in a few places they had to clear and the delay was partly because of lightning. Except on ovals, the stock cars aren't afraid of wet roads and the race began in the rain. This was the best chance for the road course specialists to advance, and I was surprised that they weren't noticably faster. |
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Post by charleselan on Aug 23, 2022 17:54:27 GMT
Not long before these grabbing fools carve the race sup into many 10 lp sprints all because the believe the public have attention span shorter than a gnat.
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