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Post by the2ndcoming on Mar 27, 2015 17:39:37 GMT
Yikes! So not a big deal then? ....... ...she says nervously whilst thinking, ' if this championship is lost because of an engine, I wil do something bad!!' Steady, RC...steady!
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Post by Hammer on Mar 28, 2015 3:13:25 GMT
It was really hard when I went to Hokenheim last year. Nico changed from the black helmet to German flag colours, and when they were whizzing by , because of the yellow, it was difficult to tell if it was Nico or Lewis. There was the omonkey lover embarrassing moment when I was screeching for the wrong car. I'm guessing this should be 'od d'? It looks like LRW has had a trigger happy time with the filters. LRW what do you think our newcomers would think if a word like od d becomes something crazy?
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Post by racechick on Mar 28, 2015 7:23:31 GMT
It was really hard when I went to Hokenheim last year. Nico changed from the black helmet to German flag colours, and when they were whizzing by , because of the yellow, it was difficult to tell if it was Nico or Lewis. There was the omonkey lover embarrassing moment when I was screeching for the wrong car. I'm guessing this should be 'od d'? It looks like LRW has had a trigger happy time with the filters. LRW what do you think our newcomers would think if a word like od d becomes something crazy? Lol, yes, it should be odd. But it's likely to be my iPad, it does funny things, sometimes I catch them, sometimes I dont.
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Post by racechick on Mar 28, 2015 7:24:22 GMT
I'm guessing this should be 'od d'? It looks like LRW has had a trigger happy time with the filters. LRW what do you think our newcomers would think if a word like od d becomes something crazy? Lol, yes, it should be omonkey lover. But it's likely to be my iPad, it does funny things, sometimes I catch them, sometimes I dont. :yikes:It's not my iPad!!!!!
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Post by ang44 on Mar 30, 2015 15:22:14 GMT
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Post by racechick on Mar 30, 2015 18:21:15 GMT
I think Lewis will be genuinely concerned about this. Other people Im sure will disagree with that. But that's my view.
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Post by LRW on Mar 31, 2015 7:22:01 GMT
So the BBC is reporting that the negotiating is done at Mercedes, terms agreed, and the contracts should be signed this week. £27M a year ($40M). The same he is on now. £20M basic, +£7M a year in bonus' for race and WDC wins. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula-one/32124091You've got to kind of admire the guy for not playing the "im WDC - pay me fuck loads more money". Shows he is a team player. Either that or he is a shit negotiator Also - I didn't know that Vettels big pay packet of $50M was for the first year only. And after that it drops back down to a pathetic $30M. I wouldnt get out of bed for that.
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Post by racechick on Mar 31, 2015 8:10:04 GMT
Nice one. I'd love to know what Rosbergs on, I don't think that's been reported has it?
Also it didn't say in that article how long the contract was for, do we have any idea on that?
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Post by ang44 on Mar 31, 2015 8:40:50 GMT
I read a few days ago...Lewis saying the contract had been finalised & was just being looked over by Legal Eagles to make sure all was correct, before he signed up for 2016,2017,2018...
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Post by Hammer on Mar 31, 2015 8:44:58 GMT
Lots of overlapping here but a few extra bits probably. Mercedes Lewis Hamilton is closing on a new Mercedes deal reportedly worth £27 million a year and he expects it to be finalised this week.
The reigning world champion has this current season left on his existing contract and has been negotiating a new deal without the help of a management company since last year. "It should be done this week," he said. "There is no reason it shouldn't. Honestly, it's 99.6% done. There's no negotiating left, it's just legal stuff." The BBC reported that the basic deal is worth $31 million (£20.9 million) a year but with bonuses for winning races and the championship could reach as much as $40 million (£27 million) over the course of the season. Hamilton's contract talks were put on hold last year to allow him to focus on the championship, but he always remained adamant he would not look elsewhere. Despite Sebastian Vettel's victory for Ferrari in Malaysia, Mercedes is still the class of the field and offers him the best chance of racking up multiple world championships in the coming years. Although it's unlikely it would have made any difference to negotiations, Hamilton was heaped with praise by the F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone at the weekend, who said he was the best ambassador for the sport and deserves the big pay cheque he gets. "Lewis has been the best world champion we've had," Ecclestone said. "Apart from the fact he's talented, he's a good guy, he gets out on the street and supports and promotes Formula One. It's always good whatever he says, even if it's silly. It's great for the sport. "I told Sebastian: 'You should be doing what he's doing.' Doing the job of world champion. He was the champion and got paid money for that, and these guys think their only job is racing a racing car. It goes a bit further than that. "What these guys don't think about is that today Jackie Stewart is still making quite a bit of money and he hasn't been in a car for quite a few years. It works because he's looked after his image and he still does a good job. Perhaps these guys think when they stop 'that'll be it.'" According to German reports, his team-mate Nico Rosberg is signed up on a basic deal worth £14.3 million per year until the end of 2017. But while Hamilton will out-earn his team-mate, his new deal from 2016 will bring him onto a similar level as the other two multiple world champions on the grid Fernando Alonso and Vettel, who both moved teams over the winter. But despite Alonso's big earnings at his new team McLaren, Hamilton said he felt for the Spaniard who appears to have moved from Ferrari just as it rediscovered its form. "I was sitting next to Sebastian [in the press conference] and I thought to myself: 'What is Fernando thinking?'," Hamilton said. "I remember when I left McLaren and joined Mercedes, we were better the next year. I had a good feeling then. But he's almost done the opposite of what I did. It could have been him (winning in Malaysia). It's just strange how things turn out." ______________________________________________________ Maybe Lewis doesn't need to rub it in right now.
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Post by ang44 on Mar 31, 2015 10:14:28 GMT
Good on ya Lewis... a few subtle digs here & there..hehe & this weekend..about Rosberg 'not' blocking him in Quali etc...he aced that...
I'm glad Bernie has said Lewis is the best ambassador for the sport....he's certainly brought a lot of fans back to F1...
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Post by racechick on Apr 2, 2015 7:37:07 GMT
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Post by Hammer on Apr 2, 2015 10:28:10 GMT
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Post by the2ndcoming on Apr 2, 2015 12:33:02 GMT
Also for those interested there is a LOVELY video of his body! His body one must agree is like an art form, not just the tattoos, but the whole thing. I'm not a mega fan of tattoos, but on him, on his dark skin , I think they look superb, and his muscles!( cloud nine smilie needed)! Stead yourself, RC. If you keep talking like this, things could get out of hand. Such fun!
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Post by RyRy on Apr 2, 2015 17:41:37 GMT
Also for those interested there is a LOVELY video of his body! His body one must agree is like an art form, not just the tattoos, but the whole thing. I'm not a mega fan of tattoos, but on him, on his dark skin , I think they look superb, and his muscles!( cloud nine smilie needed)! Stead yourself, RC. If you keep talking like this, things could get out of hand. Such fun! I think RC might have drooled a bit lol
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Post by racechick on Apr 2, 2015 17:53:40 GMT
Stead yourself, RC. If you keep talking like this, things could get out of hand. Such fun! I think RC might have drooled a bit lol But did you SEE it! ( tongue hanging out smilie) but I swear, I love Lewis because he is a stunning driver, and don't really fancy him, but his body is a complete work of art!!!!
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Post by racechick on Apr 3, 2015 8:46:47 GMT
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Post by Wß on Apr 3, 2015 12:34:34 GMT
Interesting writeup on F1.com about Hamilton, focusing on life at 150 Grand Prix
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Post by racechick on Apr 3, 2015 13:57:55 GMT
He's in excellent company then....as we always expected he would be from the outset.
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Post by the2ndcoming on Apr 3, 2015 16:56:01 GMT
He's in excellent company then....as we always expected he would be from the outset. And to think, he's nowhere near done yet.
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