F1 2013 Welcome thread

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El_Bando

El_Bando

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So the 2013 season is here and it appears we have gained a few new posters to the board. So maybe this is an opportunity to get a better understanding of each other and help keep a healthy community.

Weather you are:
- a long standing member
- a slight regular
- new to the forum
- new to the F1 board
- or looking for an ice breaker to start posting

so say Hi and tell us a few things about yourself and F1!

here are some questions:

1) Which driver(s) do you follow?

2) Which team(s) do you like?

3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?

4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?

5) What was your worst moment watching F1?

6) What do you do for a living?

7) Where abouts are you from?

8) What other interests do you have outside F1?

9) How did you come about Not606?
 
<doh>

Ill go first then...

1) Which driver(s) do you follow?
Alonso, Raikkonen, Grosjean and Hulkenberg

2) Which team(s) do you like?
Lotus

3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?
Mansell, Hill, Button, Kobayashi

Williams, Jordan and Minardi

4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?
Damon Hill winning in Spa 1998

5) What was your worst moment watching F1?
Piquet in singapore

6) What do you do for a living?
Software Developer, Part time musician and Forum Moderator ;)

7) Where abouts are you from?
Suffolk UK

8) What other interests do you have outside F1?
Music, Photography, Football, video gaming
 
1) Which driver(s) do you follow?
Massa and Bottas

2) Which team(s) do you like?
Lotus

3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?
Kobayashi

4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?
None really stand out from the rest, I just love watching F1 in general.

5) What was your least favourite moment watching F1?
Vettel winning the WDC at the end of the 2012 Brazilian GP.

6) What do you do for a living?
Nothing as of yet, since I'm only thirteen years old.

7) Where abouts are you from?
I was born in California but have lived in Oregon since 2002.

8) What other interests do you have outside F1?
Soccer (football), baseball, and various racing categories
 
1) Which driver(s) do you follow?
Alonso, Button, Raikkonen

2) Which team(s) do you like?
Lotus, Ferrari

3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?
Mansell, Hill, Hakkinen, Montoya

Williams and Jordan

4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?
Damon Hill winning in Spa 1998, Damon Hill ovetaking Schumacher in his Arrows at Hungaroring 1997, Hakkinen on MSC (around Zonta) Spa 2000 & Button winning in Montreal 2011.

5) What was your worst moment watching F1?
Crash M.Schumacher/D.Hill - 1994 Australian GP

6) What do you do for a living?
Company Director, Business Utilities

7) Where abouts are you from?
Stafford, UK

8) What other interests do you have outside F1?
Football season ticket holder, and just started my 12 year old (son) and 9 year old (daughter) karting - what an eye opener. Travel, Music and outdoor pursuits.
 
El_Bando said:
come on do it sensibly...
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Ok... if you insist

1) Which driver(s) do you follow?
Hamilton, Kimi, Alonso, Vettel.

2) Which team(s) do you like?
Williams, McLaren, Jordan in their original guise.

3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?
Mansell, Senna, Mika, Kubica, Kobayashi.

4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?
Quite a few, Last corner/lap @ Brazil in 2008.

5) What was your least favourite moment watching F1?
1994, Imola weekend, never to be forgotten.

6) What do you do for a living?
Data Warehouse and Information Management Consultant (yes, its as boring as it sounds!)

7) Where abouts are you from?
London, UK

8) What other interests do you have outside F1?
Love most sports, Football, Cricket, Golf, NFL, amateur movie critic and gamer!
 
1) Which driver(s) do you follow?
Hamilton, Raikkonen, Button.

2) Which team(s) do you like?
McLaren

3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?
Pretty much anyone who's driven for McLaren like Hakkinen and co.

4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?
Probably seeing Hamilton winning the WDC on the last corner of the last lap, will never see anything like that again.

5) What was your worst moment watching F1?
The Schumacher years 2002 and 2004. Borefests

6) What do you do for a living?
Student of History

7) Where abouts are you from?
London

8) What other interests do you have outside F1?
Football, cricket, Music, like to travel particurly if it coincides with a Grand Prix
 
1) Which driver(s) do you follow?

Fernando, Romain, Jules, Nico H, Juan-Pablo ( <cry> )

2) Which team(s) do you like?

Williams

3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?

Juan-Pablo, Quick Nick

4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?

Canadian Grand Prix 2011

5) What was your worst moment watching F1?

US GP 2003, US GP 2005

6) What do you do for a living?

Sixth-form student, part-time at John Lewis

7) Where abouts are you from?

Cambridge, UK

8) What other interests do you have outside F1?

NUFC, History, politics, most other sports at least a passing interest
 
Paco Montoya said:
I came to this thread with one idea in mind, and the first comment I see




http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/
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That bodes well for the championship ;)

1) Which driver(s) do you follow?
Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso, Daniel Ricciardo, Nico Hulkenberg, Kimi Raikkonen

2) Which team(s) do you like?
Lotus, Ferrari, McLaren

3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?
Renault, Robert Kubica, Heikki Kovalainen, Timo Glock

4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?
Mark Webber's victory at Nurburgring 2009.

5) What was your worst moment watching F1?
Webber missing out in 2010, or the entire 2011 season.

6) What do you do for a living?
Full-time student at university.

7) Where abouts are you from?
New South Wales, Australia

8) What other interests do you have outside F1?
Music, chilling with friends, karting, wakeboarding, a bit of video gaming.
 
1) Which driver(s) do you follow?
Kimi, Bottas, Maldonado, Hulkenberg.

2) Which team(s) do you like?
McLaren, Lotus, Williams.

3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?
Mika, DC, Juan Pablo, Kubica, Kamui, Jordan.

4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?
Mika winning his first world title.

5) What was your worst moment watching F1?
Anything involving Ferrari/Schumacher in early 2000's

6) What do you do for a living?
I used to be a Chef, but I now work supporting adults with learning disabilities.

7) Where abouts are you from?
Maidstone, Kent.

8) What other interests do you have outside F1?
Football, Rugby, Hiking, Cooking, Horse Racing, Cricket, watching films.
 
1) Which driver(s) do you follow?
Hamilton, Button,

2) Which team(s) do you like?
McLaren, starting to take an interest in Mercedes for some reason !

3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?
Original Lotus not Team Renault, Tyrell, Williams. J Clark, G Hill, J Stewart, Fittipaldi, Andretti, Peterson, Senna, Montoya.

4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?
Sennas first lap at Donington and Schumacher sliding off at Redgate later the same race. I was there !!!

Not forgetting, Hamilton just nicking his first WDC, awesome, although did feel sorry for Massa.

5) What was your worst moment watching F1?
That weekend at Imola.

6) What do you do for a living?
Retired but still working Full-time automation design engineer

7) Where abouts are you from?
Born June 1946 Essex, currently reside Ashby de la Zouch, considering eventual retirement in the Tuscany wine producing area, love Italian chaos.

8) What other interests do you have outside F1?
Two wheels, Ducati 750ss, four wheels MGF 1.8 vvc, Golf, Italian food, Photography, Cricket, huge dislike of football.
 
1) Which driver(s) do you follow?
Hamilton

2) Which team(s) do you like?
Lotus and Ferrari

3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?
N/A

4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?
2008 Brazillian Grand Prix last lap, last corner

5) What was your worst moment watching F1?
Massa incident at Hungary in 2009

6) What do you do for a living?
Go college

7) Where abouts are you from?
Northamptonshire

8) What other interests do you have outside F1?
Football, Tennis and Music
 
1) Which driver(s) do you follow?

VETTEL/RAIK/HULK/BOTT

2) Which team(s) do you like

NONE REALLY

3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?

SCHUMACHER :) /KOVALAINEN/GLOCK

4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?

RECENT: MONACO QUALIFYING 2012

5) What was your worst moment watching F1?

MASSA CRASH SHOOK ME UP

6) What do you do for a living?

STUDENT

7) Where abouts are you from?

NORTH ENGLAND

8) What other interests do you have outside F1?

GYM/SCIENCE/FOOTBALL
 
Been on the site a while now, discovered this board was here at the the end of last season. I posted the odd post but thought I'll just get involved at the start of the season instead.


1) Which driver(s) do you follow?

Button, Hamilton, Massa

2) Which team(s) do you like?

McLaren, Sauber

3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?

Trulli, Kubica, Kobayashi

4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?

Hamilton's Final race in his winning season or When Button overtook Vettel to win at Canada from the back of the race.

5) What was your worst moment watching F1?

Any Vettel win from pole.

6) What do you do for a living?

DHCanary's personal 'masseuse'

7) Where abouts are you from?

Liverpool, England.

8) What other interests do you have outside F1?

Football, Darts, Tennis, Guitar, Various rock orientated bands.
 
1) Which driver(s) do you follow?
Alonso/Perez
2) Which team(s) do you like?
Sauber
3) Which team and drivers have you followed in the past?
Kubica
4) What was your favourite moment watching F1?
Brazil 05 probably
5) What was your worst moment watching F1?
Although it was the greatest result possible, not winning £300 on Perez winning Malaysia last year! Maybe Brazil 08
6) What do you do for a living?
College studying Motorsports
7) Where abouts are you from?
Norfolk
8) What other interests do you have outside F1?
Pool/Snooker/Gaming
 
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