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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by The Ides of March, Oct 24, 2016.

  1. Number 1 Jasper

    Number 1 Jasper Well-Known Member

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    Bonjour from Spa

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    England women beat Denmark 1-0

    Should be on the general football thread
     
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  3. Le Tissier's Laces

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    were you in a grandstand then ? I thought these were fairly new .
     
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    Good luck with the weather! There's always a few Belgian blondes to give solace, beers that is, I understand gentlemen prefer them.
     
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    Normally happy to see rain, but not so much at Spa...
     
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    It livens it up . Qualifying delayed by 10 minutes .

    Me looking up . SPA Weather in one photo

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    Also gets drivers killed.
     
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    Lewis is clocking very similar times to Max is has to be said.
     
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    All circuits are dangerous . If you are referring to the 2 sad deaths here .

    Unfortunately Motor Racing is dangerous .
     
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    It is, which is why you have to be very careful when it rains. You can't expect drivers to race around at 180-200mph when they can't see a thing. Visibility is by far the biggest problem in the wet.
     
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    Spa is significantly more dangerous than most, because of the frequency with which stricken cars end up on the racing line. Two deaths in four years, but several life-threatening injuries in recent times as well. Spa isn't dangerous because motor racing is dangerous, but rather because they are too cheap to fix what is known to be the most dangerous complex in F1 to prevent cars from bouncing back into traffic.
     
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    Max you lucky ****er.
     
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    I never said it wasn’t .
     
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    Yep
     
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    Was gutted at that. Would have been ace if he’d gone in Q2
     
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    That was some last lap from him though in Q3.
     
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    Oh absolutely. Him or Perez for the win, sadly, but it’s Spa, so…
     
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    Sprint Saturday first though and every mechanic is going to spent it ****ting themselves that their drivers don't bin the car into the wall with more rain forecast.
     
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