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High Sided
11-19-08, 04:11 PM
http://www.speedtv.com/programs/a1-grand-prix/

at least for a few races???

pchall
11-19-08, 05:06 PM
Those noon air times could be a good reason for beers and wings at the local. :)

Gnam
11-19-08, 05:17 PM
This racnig offseason has better progamming than most of the regular season. :gomer:

nissan gtp
11-19-08, 05:38 PM
worth setting the DVR

STD
11-19-08, 05:50 PM
Thanks for the heads up!

cameraman
11-19-08, 06:44 PM
I'll take it.

NismoZ
11-19-08, 06:57 PM
Good Lord. About 90% of you people were certain A1 would "never turn a wheel" or you were a bunch of "believe it when you see it's", and the cars were "f'ugly" and "it won't last a year." Now you want tape delays of it to drink beer to. MAN, how far we've fallen! The cars really DO look better after a few too many though, don't they?:gomer:

opinionated ow
11-19-08, 07:10 PM
Good Lord. About 90% of you people were certain A1 would "never turn a wheel" or you were a bunch of "believe it when you see it's", and the cars were "f'ugly" and "it won't last a year." Now you want tape delays of it to drink beer to. MAN, how far we've fallen! The cars really DO look better after a few too many though, don't they?:gomer:

Have you seen the new cars?

Sean Malone
11-19-08, 07:33 PM
Good Lord. About 90% of you people were certain A1 would "never turn a wheel" or you were a bunch of "believe it when you see it's", and the cars were "f'ugly" and "it won't last a year." Now you want tape delays of it to drink beer to. MAN, how far we've fallen! The cars really DO look better after a few too many though, don't they?:gomer:

I'm one of those, but I'm only tuning in to see Danika. :gomer:

shaggy_socal
11-19-08, 07:34 PM
Have you seen the new cars?

In case NismoZ hasn't...

http://www.a1gp.com/A1GPResources/article_images/_GLOBAL/poweredbyferraricar.jpg

patski
11-19-08, 07:45 PM
In case NismoZ hasn't...

http://www.a1gp.com/A1GPResources/article_images/_GLOBAL/poweredbyferraricar.jpg

ugly!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stroker
11-19-08, 08:42 PM
ugly!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^^^^^^^^

Roger that.

High Sided
11-19-08, 08:53 PM
I'm one of those, but I'm only tuning in to see Danika. :gomer:

not gonna happen, princes wanted $$$


Robin Miller: My spies tell me that Ms. Danica wanted compensation for her A1GP ride and that request was declined by AGR, who figured they were doing her a favor by getting her some off-season road racing miles. So it’s true that Marco is in the seat for the rest of that season.

NismoZ
11-19-08, 10:45 PM
An '04 Ferrari, right? Does it look better than a new F-1 ? Anyway, not really being critical and I'll watch too, but interesting how times change. Wish I could see the new Formula Nippon also. Saw some Youtube stuff on that awhile ago. Any new pics of those? Panoz, I think?...nope it's from Swift Engineering. Huh, with Swift and Panoz FTG still has to go to Italy?

pchall
11-19-08, 10:56 PM
An '04 Ferrari, right? Does it look better than a new F-1 ? Anyway, not really being critical and I'll watch too, but interesting how times change. Wish I could see the new Formula Nippon also. Saw some Youtube stuff on that awhile ago. Any new pics of those? Panoz, I think?...nope it's from Swift Engineering. Huh, with Swift and Panoz FTG still has to go to Italy?

Swift and Panoz have worked with the evil Champ Car and were thus passed over by the spiteful spawn of Mari and Elmer (perhaps).

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/08/swift-fpon.jpg

You can see some aspects of the Atlantic car in the design.

Sean Malone
11-19-08, 10:59 PM
not gonna happen, princes wanted $$$

Danika, Marco...same thing. :D

High Sided
11-19-08, 11:19 PM
:D:thumbup:
Danika, Marco...same thing. :D

pchall
11-19-08, 11:57 PM
Originally Posted by High Sided
not gonna happen, princess wanted $$$

Half the fun of watching the A1GP this winter seasonhas apparently gone away? :\


Robin Miller: My spies tell me that Ms. Danica wanted compensation for her A1GP ride and that request was declined by AGR, who figured they were doing her a favor by getting her some off-season road racing miles. So it’s true that Marco is in the seat for the rest of that season.

cameraman
11-20-08, 12:21 AM
I can't tell if it is just the car that isn't particularly photogenic or if it is just A1GP's bad photographers:shakehead

I just paged through about 1000 pictures on the A1GP site and this was about the best I could find:saywhat:

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Cynops/a1gp.jpg

Don't much care I'll be watching whatever Speed offers up.

High Sided
11-20-08, 01:14 AM
Half the fun of watching the A1GP this winter seasonhas apparently gone away? :\

thankss for the edit ;)

pchall
11-20-08, 08:52 AM
I think its the car -- was the designer of the livery trying to hide the hideous humpback profile of the air scoop with disruptive camouflage?

http://www.ipmsusa2.org/Reviews/Kits/Ships/Trumpeter_350_Ticonderoga/Part_01/1_Painting_Guide_small.jpg


I can't tell if it is just the car that isn't particularly photogenic or if it is just A1GP's bad photographers:shakehead

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Cynops/a1gp.jpg


That airscoop is as hideous as the 1995 Mclaren F1 car:

http://www.emol.be/vormel1/meeskond/mclaren/mclaren_1995.jpg

chop456
11-20-08, 09:00 AM
Robin Miller: My spies tell me that Ms. Danica wanted compensation for her A1GP ride

Well, that's one way to weasel out of getting shellacked in front of the whole world. What a dunderhead. :laugh:

Chaos
11-20-08, 09:19 AM
That airscoop is as hideous as the 1995 Mclaren F1 car:

http://www.emol.be/vormel1/meeskond/mclaren/mclaren_1995.jpg

NOTHING is as hideous as that McLaren abomination.

pchall
11-20-08, 02:26 PM
NOTHING is as hideous as that McLaren abomination.

The real abomination is that Ron Dennis still gets to call them McLarens. Real McLarens were orange and had a kiwi on the side.

G.
11-20-08, 04:19 PM
I can't tell if it is just the car that isn't particularly photogenic or if it is just A1GP's bad photographers:shakehead

It's the gokart wheels.

Real wheels/tires could help mask the iron lung thing.

oddlycalm
11-20-08, 05:28 PM
The real abomination is that Ron Dennis still gets to call them McLarens. Real McLarens were orange and had a kiwi on the side.
Amen. :thumbup:

oc

STD
11-20-08, 11:53 PM
A few of the exceptions...

http://imajr.com/Original.aspx?Id=1967-McLaren-M5A-BRM-V12-Canadc3a1-1-745944

http://www.imca-slotracing.com/images/1966C-nr4-McLaren%20M1B-Bruce%20McLaren.jpg

M1B

http://www.thebrucemclarenmovie.com/imagelibrary/team_mclaren/formula_one/M2B_2.jpg

M2B

http://www.mcz.com/f1/image/archive/bmclar2.jpg

M4B

opinionated ow
11-21-08, 01:25 AM
It's the gokart wheels.

Real wheels/tires could help mask the iron lung thing.

The tyres and wheels of those things way heaps. Way more than on a Formula 3 car

High Sided
12-05-08, 01:52 PM
Bah-Humbug! i hate speed :thumdown:

set up dvr yesterday, races no longer listed today :shakehead

opinionated ow
12-05-08, 07:24 PM
The tyres and wheels of those things weigh heaps. Way more than on a Formula 3 car