The Cock

Timmy

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Apr 12, 2012, 10:49:39 PM4/12/12

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has been thrown out of the box !

That's the BBC pecking order sorted.

Bigbird

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Apr 13, 2012, 2:25:09 AM4/13/12

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Timmy wrote:

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> has been thrown out of the box !
>
> That's the BBC pecking order sorted.

I've only been watching 10 mins and I really mis Crofty and Ant right
now.

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Timmy

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Apr 13, 2012, 11:32:53 AM4/13/12

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Bigbird wrote...

I'm not sure Jaime Alguersuari has a lot to offer. I've read he's said, rather
too often

"...I can't really say..."

Mower Man

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Apr 13, 2012, 12:06:32 PM4/13/12

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The pair seem to lack confidence. It was blindingly obvious that Glock's
front wing had parted company before the (slight) impact with the tyre
wall, but neither dared venture an opinion until they saw a replay.

--
Chris

'Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it
every six months.'

(Oscar Wilde.)

Timmy

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Apr 13, 2012, 12:14:53 PM4/13/12

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Mower Man wrote...

>
> On 13/04/2012 4:32 PM, Timmy wrote:
> > Bigbird wrote...
> >
> >>
> >> Timmy wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> has been thrown out of the box !
> >>>
> >>> That's the BBC pecking order sorted.
> >>
> >> I've only been watching 10 mins and I really mis Crofty and Ant right
> >> now.
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure Jaime Alguersuari has a lot to offer. I've read he's said, rather
> > too often
> >
> > "...I can't really say..."
> >
>
> The pair seem to lack confidence. It was blindingly obvious that Glock's
> front wing had parted company before the (slight) impact with the tyre
> wall, but neither dared venture an opinion until they saw a replay.

I didn't see that practice. Is it possible neither were watching the monitor
at the time, there's a lot going on during practice sessions with them going to
the pair in the pits quite frequently.

Mower Man

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Apr 13, 2012, 12:42:45 PM4/13/12

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Yebbut - at the time the cameras lingered for quite a long time on the
car up against the barrier, with the wing about 60 metres back. There
were clear marks on the gravel where the car had bounced, plus a few
leading to the wing. Each followed a different (divergent) trajectory
leading from roughly the same point near the trackside.

You are being very kind to them. :-)

John Briggs

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Apr 13, 2012, 1:28:21 PM4/13/12

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But it wasn't obvious that something hadn't happened off-camera, e.g. a
spin or hitting a kerb (both actually more likely than a wing
spontaneously detaching itself.)
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John Briggs

Mower Man

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Apr 13, 2012, 2:09:16 PM4/13/12

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A spin whilst travelling in a straight line? (He went off to the left
whilst braking for a right hand turn.)

Bigbird

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Apr 13, 2012, 5:37:45 PM4/13/12

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It was pretty damn clear he hadn't had any contact with a barrier which
was the only suggestion they managed.

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John Briggs

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Apr 13, 2012, 7:36:38 PM4/13/12

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I wasn't defending them, I was just pointing out that without the
footage we couldn't be sure what had actually happened. What seems to
have happened is that only the connectors on one side of the nosecone
actually, er, connected. Which makes it remarkable that he got as far as
he did.
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John Briggs