Originally Posted by leveller

Any of today's top drivers, would hand Jim Clark arse on a plate. They are much fitter, faster reacting and with more trained skill and stamina. It's like putting the 70's Brazilian football team, against the Spanish side of today, Brazil would look like a pub team.

You figure? What do you dream of when you are asleep?

Originally Posted by Flash MacTavish

You figure? What do you dream of when you are asleep?

Cmon flash natural ability only takes you so far then you have to train to be physically and mentally fit.

I'm not saying that the blokes of yesteryear werent fit but now the whole lifestyle of a pro driver is totally focussed on the result now.
During my pathetic attempts at club racing I remember getting on the bike half pissed to qualify ; it dont happen anymore

Originally Posted by FourEM

Cmon flash natural ability only takes you so far then you have to train to be physically and mentally fit.

I'm not saying that the blokes of yesteryear werent fit but now the whole lifestyle of a pro driver is totally focussed on the result now.
During my pathetic attempts at club racing I remember getting on the bike half pissed to qualify ; it dont happen anymore

So why are you still shit at BF3?

Originally Posted by Tinman74

So why are you still shit at BF3?

Ho ho ho ya grooming menace

To answer that incisive question

I'm old ,smashed up from the afore mentioned racing with tendonitis bad eyesight and the reflexes of blancmange

Originally Posted by FourEM

Cmon flash natural ability only takes you so far then you have to train to be physically and mentally fit.

I'm not saying that the blokes of yesteryear werent fit but now the whole lifestyle of a pro driver is totally focussed on the result now.
During my pathetic attempts at club racing I remember getting on the bike half pissed to qualify ; it dont happen anymore

I rather doubt that Jim Clark, Stirling Moss, Fangio, or any of their ilk were climbing into a F1 car half in the bag. They knew damned well the risks and were still prepared to take them at far less than the xx million per season that the "stars" of today get.

Originally Posted by FourEM

Dont forget the Irish road racing frequently shown on the ITV sub channels and available on RTE summat or other on tweb

Those are bonuses. Talking of bikes, ducatipaso.org • View topic - Ah,,,

Originally Posted by CrashTestDummy

Just a few weeks away now and already there are doubts over Kubica.

But, who's going to be watching and who's given up with the move to PAYV on Sky?

Personally I'm still very disappointed over the loss of F1 on the Beeb and I won't be
paying for it with Sky, I just can't make my mind up if I'll watch the highlights on the BBC or just move to something else.

BBC are still going to show 10 races live, and highlights of the rest, so it's not all gloom and doom.

Originally Posted by Flash MacTavish

Rant on---I predict that this year will be as boring as...hmmm...let us say the last few decades.. put all the horsepower you want in the car, but you can only get it to the track by mechanical means, which means get rid of the wings, treaded tires (or tyres if you prefer), lets get some drifting again. Return the tracks to what they were in the 70's, the Nuerburgring in its full glory, Curva Grande and Ascari at Monza, Mosport, Brands Hatch. Then we'll see how many of the socalled drivers of today would get into the car and race.---Rant off.

But of course, noone even watches F1 for the competition anymore. It's just a really nice way to present all innovation in the car business. Half of the drivers, or even more, are just extras. Maybe Alonso or Kubica (whos probably out for good) can make a difference with their skill, but most drivers are basically not even necessary

Originally Posted by Flash MacTavish

I rather doubt that Jim Clark, Stirling Moss, Fangio, or any of their ilk were climbing into a F1 car half in the bag. They knew damned well the risks and were still prepared to take them at far less than the xx million per season that the "stars" of today get.

There is a famous anecdote of a Le Mans ??? driver being legless as a fart as his car was DQ'd then allowed in the race; he'd gone to the pub.
They dragged him out of the pub and into the car chucking coffee down him every pit stop. Afterr a few stops he asked for a brandy to stop the caffeine shakes

Round	Grand Prix	Date	Live on Sky	Live on BBC
1	Australian	March 18th	Yes
2	Malaysian	March 25th	Yes
3	Chinese	April 15th	Yes	Yes
4	Bahrain	April 22nd	Yes
5	Spanish	May 13th	Yes	Yes
6	Monaco	May 27th	Yes	Yes
7	Canadian	June 10th	Yes
8	European	June 24th	Yes	Yes
9	British	July 8th	Yes	Yes
10	German	July 22nd	Yes
11	Hungarian	July 29th	Yes
12	Belgian	September 2nd	Yes	Yes
13	Italian	September 9th	Yes
14	Singapore	September 23rd	Yes	Yes
15	Japanese	October 7th	Yes
16	Korean	October 14th	Yes	Yes
17	Indian	October 28th	Yes
18	Abu Dhabi	November 4th	Yes	Yes
19	United States *	November 18th	Yes
20	Brazilian	November 25th	Yes	Yes

At least some of the Sky races are at stupid o'clock, so will watch the BBC highlights. Used to enjoy getting up for the 1st race in Aussie