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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 11:47 PM
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Thumbs up DC wins the Australian GP!

What an action packed race, one of the best races in the past few years! Great race for McLaren with DC finishing first and Kimi in third. We can only speculate what the result would have been if Kimi was not issued a drive through for speeding in the pits by only 1km/h which equates to about .6mph, UGH! Great job by both DC and Kimi; starting so high on the grid and both finishing on the podim with DC at the top. Best of all, no Ferrari's on the podium !

Fantastic race, GO MCLAREN!
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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 11:55 PM
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Montoya is really PO'ed, "**** happens!"
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 12:30 AM
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Great race; the penalty on Kimi was annoying but rules are rules.

Seeing Montoya spin out while DC passed him was great, but the DC block forcing Schumacher into the grass was even better!
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 01:32 AM
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but the DC block forcing Schumacher into the grass was even better!
That was Kimi. And I don't think he was blocking, just not giving in. He had the inside line, and there's no way he's gonna give it up just because it is MS.
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 02:40 AM
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I hadn't realized it at the time, but Kimi went into the pits after the warm-up lap and took on a full fuel load and dry tires - then started from the pit-lane.

Cheers, BT
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 04:03 PM
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I was actually suprised that Kimi was being pushed so hard that he started to loose control of his car (not totally but you could see he was slipping) what happened to the ice cold guy?
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What a great race. The most excitement in years...Way to go DC My favorite part was when Kimi made schuey hit the grass on that turn!!!



I cant wait to see the MP4-18 debut in europe
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Old Mar 10, 2003 | 12:52 PM
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Oops, yeah that was Kimi. It was late when I posted that.

I too cannot wait for the Spanish GP and the MP4/18!
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that was nice pay back...Kimi owed him one!
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