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18th October 2009, 02:53 PM
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| | Brian Magee Bronze Supporter 
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| Jenson, World champion
Congratulations to Jenson Button the 2009 world champion. Four of the best overtaking manouvers all season - in one race. Well Done!!!
Brian.
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18th October 2009, 04:29 PM
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| | David Morton Lifetime Premier Supporter
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Absolutely Brian, what a fantastic outcome.
And another Brit as well........ | |
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18th October 2009, 05:31 PM
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| | molleur Bronze Supporter 
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| Re: Jenson, World champion
Jenson has done a remarkable job, pulled it all together today! Great drive.. | 
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18th October 2009, 05:57 PM
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| | simonjrwinter I Have No Life
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| Re: Jenson, World champion
top bloke he is.
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18th October 2009, 06:09 PM
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| | Pete Lifetime Premier Supporter 
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Yes a terrific drive, congratulations JB, I felt a little sorry for Rubens getting a puncture at a critical time.
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18th October 2009, 06:11 PM
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| | jimbo Silver Supporter
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| Re: Jenson, World champion
Can anyone recommend a good web site to look at F1 stuff, other than the official F1 web site which loads incredibly slowly and is hard to navigate?
Good on Jenson, he deserves it. It has been an interesting season, to say the least.
I hear Flavio is organizing a Soap Box Derby team.....if they'll let him.
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18th October 2009, 06:23 PM
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| | Pete Lifetime Premier Supporter
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| Re: Jenson, World champion
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Originally Posted by jimbo  Can anyone recommend a good web site to look at F1 stuff, other than the official F1 web site which loads incredibly slowly and is hard to navigate?
Good on Jenson, he deserves it. It has been an interesting season, to say the least.
I hear Flavio is organizing a Soap Box Derby team.....if they'll let him. | Here are a couple. pitpass - the latest, hottest F1, GP2, GP2 Asia & A1GP news F1 News - Grandprix.com
Look at F1 news, Flav says he will sue the FIA.
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18th October 2009, 06:30 PM
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| | zetecmk2 3 Tenths
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| Re: Jenson, World champion
replay about to start (highlights, most of the race, then) bbc3 in britain!!
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18th October 2009, 07:49 PM
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| | Siddley Rookie
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To me F1 is like watching paint dry.
But well done Jenson anyway. | |
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18th October 2009, 07:57 PM
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| | Pete Lifetime Premier Supporter
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Originally Posted by Siddley To me F1 is like watching paint dry.
But well done Jenson anyway. | Jeepers Sid you are hard to please, I thought it was one of the most exciting races for some time.
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18th October 2009, 09:32 PM
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| | Dalton 10 tenths
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| Re: Jenson, World champion
Watching paint dry can be gripping stuff. One little patch is slightly thinner and dries a little faster, then another area gets a slight breeze and overtakes the first area. Talk about excitement.
Anyway, well done Jenson.
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18th October 2009, 09:37 PM
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| | Siddley Rookie
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I don't reckon it would be available to watch down under Pete, but there's a race series here called the Ginetta Juniors that is shown on UK TV as a warm up to the BTCC events.
Entry level motorsport - the competitors are in their teens. There is more genuine excitment and dicing between those drivers in a couple of laps than an entire season of F1. | |
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19th October 2009, 12:00 AM
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| | Pete Lifetime Premier Supporter
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| Re: Jenson, World champion
Hey Sid, no we don't get to watch them down here, generally I agree with you F1 has become processional and boring, Sunday's race was IMHO one of the exceptions, with Button laying it all on the line and slicing through the field to win his Championship. Add in the wet qualifying, the numerous offs, the pit-lane fire and Webber's excellent drive and it was quite a weekend.
Dalton I'm ignoring you. Funny though. 
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19th October 2009, 01:33 AM
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| | Bill Haralambakis Old Hand
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| Re: Jenson, World champion
For the second year in a row, car number 22, driven by an Englishman and powered by a Mercedes-Benz engine has finished fifth in Brazil to win the world championship – what an amazing list of coincidences,” said the delighted Mercedes motorsport vice president Norbert Haug.
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19th October 2009, 02:11 PM
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| | Future 40 owner 2 Tenths 
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| Re: Jenson, World champion
It was a good race.... Jenson did a great job getting though the field.
But then so did Hamilton... i really did feel for Rubens though, i was really hoping he would win his home GP, and to be honest that Jenson would finish out of the points.
It would make for a far more exciting end to the season in Abu Dhabi. | |
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19th October 2009, 03:39 PM
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| | Keith1 Spandex is Pants!
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| Re: Jenson, World champion
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Originally Posted by Dalton Watching paint dry can be gripping stuff. One little patch is slightly thinner and dries a little faster, then another area gets a slight breeze and overtakes the first area. Talk about excitement.
Anyway, well done Jenson.
Dalton | Most exciting of all, is not watching paint dry but maintaining a wet edge in warm weather.... gripping stuff. | |
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