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    Posted: June/12/2011 at 19:01
Today's race was epic as far as any F1 race I have ever seen, TV or live. You can DVR it on speed at noon on Tuesday.
I am so looking forward to Texas next year! http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/9/11198.html And yes, I will be there.

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Outstanding, I watched some of it today on our friend's HD big screen!! Excellent

They're definitely fun to watch live, I was fortunate to be there live to see Senna race at the Phoenix Iceberg in the late '80'.
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I was fortunate to see Senna, Prost, and Schumacher all go at it.
Speaking of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on the St. Lawrence River. Gilles was a great snowmobile racer that ended up in F1. His death was tragic and I was watching it on ABC sports "back in the day. His son, Jacques went on to win the F1 championship, CART championship and the Indy 500. Two great Canadian drivers, for sure.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote mike650 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June/12/2011 at 19:44
USA driver Eddie Cheever came in third at the race which was HUGE. Senna, Prost, Patrese, and Mansell were some of the big names that raced that day.


I remember Jacques back in the CART days. Those were some exciting times until Tony George ruined Indy Car racing for me right at it's peak of popularity (IMHO). Cussing I've only just started to watch it again. 
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1979 French Grand Prix..............look at all those Ford DFV's. The present makes me sick.

os No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 80 1:35:20.42 1 9
2 12 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 80 +14.59 secs 3 6
3 16 France René Arnoux Renault 80 +14.83 secs 2 4
4 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 80 +36.61 secs 7 3
5 4 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell-Ford 80 +1:04.51 10 2
6 28 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Williams-Ford 80 +1:05.51 9 1
7 11 South Africa Jody Scheckter Ferrari 79 +1 Lap 5
8 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Ford 79 +1 Lap 8
9 20 Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf-Ford 79 +1 Lap 16
10 8 France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 78 +2 Laps 20
11 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 78 +2 Laps 15
12 31 Mexico Hector Rebaque Lotus-Ford 78 +2 Laps 23
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That's funny, I'm a Ford guy too!!
Mario, my favorite driver growing up!!!   Excellent  
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