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Old Apr 7, 2016 | 02:34 PM
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Old Apr 7, 2016 | 02:58 PM
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Mick Schumacher is doing a double F4 campaign, Germany and Italy.
http://www.pitpass.com/55834/Mick-Sc...many-and-Italy



Mick Schumacher is to contest the opening rounds of both the German and Italian F4 championships.

The German, son of seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher, will contest the first race of the Italian series in Misano this weekend, then the opening round of the German series at Oschersleben a week later.

According to his manager, Sabine Kehm, he will drive in both championships in the beginning of the season, taking advantage of the ability to gain experience. He will then, at a not yet defined stage of the season, decide if he will continue in both championships or concentrate on one.

In February it was confirmed that Mick had signed to the Prema Powerteam, having scored a win, a third place and several top ten finishes in the 2015 championship.

"I am proud to welcome Mick Schumacher to our team," said Prema team principal, Angelo Rosin. "As a driver, he is showcasing a constantly-improving potential and he already has a one-year experience in Formula 4. At his maiden season in single seaters, he quickly showed he has all what it takes to aim for the top.

Prema enjoys close links with Ferrari, though it is understood talk of Schumacher becoming part of the Maranello outfit's driver academy is somewhat premature.

However, a promotional video released by his team and featuring teammates Juri Vips and Juan Manuel Correa brings back memories of his father, alongside Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Karl Wendlinger in the early 90s when they drove for the Sauber Mercedes Sportscar team.


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Old Apr 7, 2016 | 03:14 PM
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watched one do a flyby at sun n fun in 1992. was more of a fly by and then straight to vertical with double afterburners. every child was crying. it was so offensive and glorious. my ears hurt with my fingers stuck in them. the ground shook, windows broke, several pregnant women went into premature labor right there on the spot. one man's glass eyeball shattered. the runway had to be shutdown for repairs. a small brush fire was started at the point he pulled up. some say hurricane Andrew was caused by the fury.

all of the premature babies are fine and i'm a penpal with one to this day.
Old Apr 7, 2016 | 03:20 PM
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What the heck happened to the rest of my post? I posted an article about Mick.

EDIT: NVM I had to F-5 the screen.

Old Apr 7, 2016 | 03:21 PM
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Old Apr 7, 2016 | 03:53 PM
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Old Apr 7, 2016 | 04:05 PM
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Thanks falcon! (I took the Thunderbird pic below)
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Old Apr 7, 2016 | 04:42 PM
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(I took the Thunderbird pic below)
Using a camera for ants?!?!
Old Apr 7, 2016 | 06:21 PM
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The files are IN the computer!
Old Apr 7, 2016 | 06:47 PM
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Using a camera for ants?!?!
I had a similar pic with a Hornet that somehow ended up on those sidebar ads on click bait type websites.
Old Apr 7, 2016 | 09:34 PM
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In your face Johnny Herbert.

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Old Apr 8, 2016 | 04:17 AM
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Herbert is a boss doe and won 3 GP even though he nearly lost his legs

Old Apr 8, 2016 | 04:58 AM
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OT but am I the only one that thinks whoever thought up the Renault engine being "rebadged" as a Tag Heuer has probably been fired as a result of the worst, most failedest marketing attempt ever?

I assume it was meant to do two things:

1) Distance Renaults name from Redbull
2) Make Tag Heuer sound like they did a thing.

Well at least on NBC, EVERY SINGE time they talk about the Redbull PU, they say "The re-badged Renault engine". Or "The Renault-made, Tag Heuer branded power unit"... In Bahrain, Hobbs twice just said "The Renault engine" or "Renault Powered".

Just seems ridiculous. It would be like if there was a re-branded iphone that claimed to be made by Pepsi. No one would call it the Pepsi phone, and everyone would know its an iphone.
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Been done before doe

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Herbert is a boss doe and won 3 GP even though he nearly lost his legs
I want to see his nubs doe. Word is his feet look like goat feet now.


Old Apr 8, 2016 | 05:53 AM
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OT but am I the only one that thinks whoever thought up the Renault engine being "rebadged" as a Tag Heuer has probably been fired as a result of the worst, most failedest marketing attempt ever?
As Tim said...it used to be done all the time.

Some examples:
Petronas V10...rebadged Ferrari 1997-2005


Mecachrome/Playlife/Supertec...rebadged Renault 1998-2000


Acer...rebadged Ferrari 2001


Asiatech...rebadged Peugeot 2001-2002
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that feel when Booley comes to the kart track 15 min away and doesn't invite...


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that feel when Falcon deletes his post, but I already saw it.


Old Apr 8, 2016 | 06:31 AM
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Well if i was Renault i wouldn't want Red Bull to be powered by my engine. Red Bull were bashing Renault all the time for doing so poorly in 2015. However, Renault couldn't leave Red Bull without an engine so the solution was to rebrand the engine into something else. Red Bull were so ungrateful when bashing Renault like that last year. They seem to forget all the success they had with them.
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I would like to ad NBC sucks *****, so I don't expect them to get anything right during the broadcast.
Old Apr 8, 2016 | 06:36 AM
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David Hobbs had a sick E30 M3 doe

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Originally Posted by peter123wallace
Well if i was Renault i wouldn't want Red Bull to be powered by my engine. Red Bull were bashing Renault all the time for doing so poorly in 2015. However, Renault couldn't leave Red Bull without an engine so the solution was to rebrand the engine into something else. Red Bull were so ungrateful when bashing Renault like that last year. They seem to forget all the success they had with them.
Red Bull complained, but it seems they know how to build a chassis. I'd say it's safe to say that the Renault PU was a POS. Not GP2 POS but a POS none the less.
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$200k for that is cray.
Old Apr 8, 2016 | 06:43 AM
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Mercedes' data shows Toro Rosso has least powerful engine in F1

Toro Rosso is the only team running a 2015 power unit this year, with all the other outfits benefitting from upgrades from their engine manufacturers over the winter. Much of Toro Rosso's impressive start to the year has been attributed to its Ferrari power unit having more power than Renault and Honda, but data gathered from GPS readings by Mercedes suggests all the 2016 power units are already ahead of the year-old Ferrari.

"You may not know this, but the engine with the least power on the grid is actually the Ferrari in the Toro Rosso," Mercedes technical boss Paddy Lowe told ESPN. "The Renault and the Honda are not so far behind the Ferrari Mercedes, so there is not a lot of difference now between the power units."
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that feel when Booley comes to the kart track 15 min away and doesn't invite...
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