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I think @Tommy has him on Facebook; maybe he knows? I wonder why liverbird never re-joined the forum after we moved.

Be nice!

We have a Schalke thread already; merged yours with the original one... Welcome aboard! Why Schalke?

Bargfrede underwent yet another knee surgery and will be out for months again His career has been completely ruined with injuries. Hopefully Baumann finds a proper replacement in defensive midfield for him finally.

Wow... That's a lot. I just checked for flights from Germany out of interest and found a nice "all inclusive" package with flights + 7 nights in a 4 star hotel in Santa Clara for less than 600€ per person Tempted.

Alonso had a crash during Indy 500 practice today (he's ok!). The wrecker transporting his wrecked car then got stuck and wrecked in the garage Patricio O'Ward had quite a crash too (he's fine as well!) I must say I really love those cars though... Old school looks.

Cuba! I haven't been but want to.

Le Mans entry list released! 60 cars grid! LMP1: Nr. Team / Auto Fahrer 1 Fahrer 2 Fahrer 3 1 Rebellion / Oreca-Gibson N. Jani A. Lotterer B. Senna 3 Rebellion / Oreca-Gibson T. Laurent N. Berthon G. Menezes 4 ByKolles / CLM-Nismo T. Dillmann TBA TBA 7 Toyota M. Conway K. Kobayashi J. M. Lopez 8 Toyota S. Buemi K. Nakajima F. Alonso 10 Dragonspeed / BR1-Gibson H. Hedman B. Hanley R. Van Der Zande 11 SMP Racing / BR1-AER V. Petrov M. Aleshin J. Button 17 SMP Racing / BR1-AER S. Sarrazin E. Orudzhev S. Sirotkin LMP2: Nr. Team / Auto Fahrer 1 Fahrer 2 Fahrer 3 20 High Class Racing / Oreca A. Fjördbach D. Andersen TBA 22 United Autosports / Ligier P. Hanson F.Albuquerque TBA 23 Panis Barthez / Ligier R. Binder TBA TBA 25 Algarve Pro Racing / Oreca M. Patterson A. Pizzitola J.Falb 26 G-Drive / Oreca R. Rusinov J. Van Uitert J.E. Vergne 28 TDS Racing / Oreca F. Perrodo M. Vaxivière L. Duval 29 Team Nederland / Dallara F. Van Eerd G. Van Der Garde N. De Vries 30 Duqeine Engineering / Ligier R. Dumas N. Jamin P. Ragues 31 Dragonspeed / Oreca R. Gonzalez P. Maldonado A. Davidson 32 United Autosports / Ligier R.Cullen TBA TBA 34 Inter Europal Competition / Ligier J. Smiechowski TBA TBA 36 Signatech Matmut / Alpine N. Lapierre A. Negrao P. Thiriet 37 Jackie Chan DC / Oreca D. Heinemeier-Hansson J.King R.Taylor 38 Jackie Chan DC / Oreca H. Tung S. Richelmi G. Aubry 39 Graff / Oreca T. Gommendy V.Capillaire J.Hirschi 43 RLR M Sport / Oreca J. Farano A. Maini TBA 47 Cetillar R. Villorba Corse / Dallara R. Lacorte TBA TBA 48 IDEC Sport / Oreca P. Lafargue TBA TBA 49 ARC Bratislava / Ligier M. Konopka TBA TBA 50 Larbre Competition / Ligier E. Creed R. Ricci TBA GTE Pro: Nr. Team / Auto Fahrer 1 Fahrer 2 Fahrer 3 51 AF Corse / Ferrari A. Pier Guidi J. Calado D. Serra 63 Corvette Racing / Corvette J. Magnussen A. Garcia M. Rockenfeller 64 Corvette Racing / Corvette O. Gavin T. Milner M. Fässler 66 Chip Ganassi Racing / Ford S. Mücke O. Pla TBA 67 Chip Ganassi Racing / Ford A. Priaulx H. Tincknell TBA 68 Chip Ganassi Racing / Ford J. Hand D. Müller S. Bourdais 69 Chip Ganassi Racing / Ford R. Briscoe R. Westbrook S. Dixon 71 AF Corse / Ferrari D. Rigon S. Bird M. Molina 81 MTEK / BMW N. Catsburg M. Tomczyk P. Eng 82 MTEK / BMW A. Farfus A. Felix da Costa J. Krohn 89 Risi Competizione / Ferrari P.Derani O.Jarvis J.Gounon 91 Porsche R. Lietz G. Bruni F. Makowiecki 92 Porsche M. Christensen K. Estre L. Vanthoor 93 Porsche P. Pilet E. Bamber N. Tandy 94 Porsche S. Müller M. Jaminet D. Olsen 95 Aston Martin N. Thiim M. Sörensen TBA 97 Aston Martin M. Martin A. Lynn TBA GTE Am: Nr. Team / Auto Fahrer 1 Fahrer 2 Fahrer 3 54 Spirit of Race / Ferrari T. Flohr F. Castellacci G. Fisichella 56 Team Project 1 / Porsche J. Bergmeister P. Lindsey E. Perfetti 57 Car Guy Racing / Ferrari T. Kimura K. Cozzolino TBA 60 Kessel Racing / Ferrari C. Schiavoni TBA TBA 61 Clearwater Racing / Ferrari L. Perez Companc M. Griffin M. Cressoni 62 Weathertech Racing / Ferrari C. MacNeil T.Vilander R.Smith 70 MR Racing / Ferrari M. Ishikawa O. Beretta E. Cheever III 77 Dempsey Proton Racing / Porsche M. Campbell TBA TBA 78 Proton Competition / Porsche L.Prette TBA TBA 83 Kessel Racing / Ferrari M. Gostner R. Frey M. Gatting 84 JMW Motorsport / Ferrari J. Cocker TBA TBA 85 Keating Motorsport / Ford B. Keating J. Bleekemolen F. Fraga 86 Gulf Racing / Porsche M. Wainwright B. Barker TBA 88 Dempsey Proton Racing / Porsche S. Hoshino G. Roda M. Cairoli 90 TF Motorsport / Aston Martin S. Yoluc C. Eastwood TBA 98 Aston Martin Racing P. Dalla Lana P. Lamy M. Lauda 99 Proton Competition / Porsche P. Long TBA TBA

Not sure if Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Tonkin...

For me it's still Sauber anyway

Every team has a number of sponsors. The big lead sponsor is called "a title sponsor" and its name is usually included in the full team name of most constructors in one way or another. For example: Mercedes - Petronas - Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Ferrari - Philip Morris - Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow Red Bull - Aston Martin - Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Haas - Rich Energy - Rich Energy Haas F1 Team etc. You can see an overview here: Sauber uses Ferrari engine and has a technical partnership with them; Ferrari gets to chose one driver for one seat in exchange (this season it's Giovinazi; last season it was Leclerc). Alfa Romeo is not a F1 engine supplier at all but they belong to the same FIAT-Chrysler group as Ferrari so there's a connection there and this connection is also the main reason why Sauber got them as the main sponsor. Engineers and other staff are all Sauber employees though. The name of the company that owns the team is still Sauber Motorsport AG. The ownership and the management structure haven't been changed. The team runs under a Swiss racing license. Alfa Romeo is the main sponsorship partner and since this season, Sauber renamed their team to "Alfa Romeo Racing" as it benefits them financially and gives them more exposure as well. But it's just a name. The companies are not joined in any way.

Obligatory post:

Sauber IS Alfa Romeo. They just sold team naming rights to Alfa this season.

Plenty. The most recent ones being Sauber ( ) in 2014 and Manor and Caterham at least a few times in their last seasons in F1.

I loved the Western one as I love Westerns ... (duh)

I watched the latest one after whisky yesterday; thoroughly enjoyed it as well. Really good series.

What a beauty...

Why are Americans so fucking loud?... @Eco

Let me know if you need an alternative source hehe.

This is just my weekly reminder that the new episode of Warrior is out. @Bluewolf

Ahahahahaha. WTF.

It's just empty anyway...

Huh? How come?

Well he's not overtaking anyone these days anyway; is he?... It's not an easy track for overtaking because it's narrow but everything else about it is amazing. High speed corners, elevation changes, very challenging... Pretty sure they'll modify the track for F1 cars anyway though. Most of the drivers love it... This boy knows what he's talking about: George Russell spoke at the same press conference as Vettel and championed the Dutch track, which has remained a staple in lower formulae since dropping off the F1 calendar in 1985. He said: "It'd be a real shame to lose this circuit [Montmelo] as it's really a great one, but on the other hand Zandvoort's probably in my top five favourite circuits. I think it's a really incredible circuit, it's got so much character. Obviously safety is extremely important these days in Formula 1, but I just truly hope that we don't get rid of the gravel run-offs in Zandvoort in the two high-speed corners, because that's what makes that circuit so daunting and what makes it so incredible to drive." Just look at it. It's fucking class.