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For all of you who watch F1, you already know why.
But Yuji Ide, is a terrible driver look what he did to poor Albers at the last Imola race.
I thought this picture was a pretty good shot of it. But now the combined amount of
cars him and Sato have taken out, I think it might be time to give up of on japanese drivers
I think someone forgot to tell them its not $14 million car destruction derby.

 
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what a shot!!! good camera skiils!

 
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I know! every race they are fvcking up....bad.

What car does Sato drive? I can't remember the manufacturer.

 
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imagine if he was drifting in that position lol

 
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Sato's been doing fine. It's Ide that's been sucking more then a vacuum cleaner convention

Ide and Sato both drive for Super Aguri F1


On a side note, I just read they hired ex-Renault test driver Frank Montagnay to be their friday driver...and possibly a replacement for Ide

 
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When did Takuma Sato leave Honda?

 
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At the end of last season to make room for Barrichello, IIRC

 
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I just read something about that that said 2/15

 
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Read about what? Sato leaving BAR?

 
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I don't understand why japanese Drivers can't drive an F1 to the podium but do so well in other types of racing. Bad luck i guess, poor bastards.

 
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Yeah Sato has really been doing alright, but its just a matter of time before he takes someone out. I think he at least gave up battling with cars when hes a lap down. But still, he did quite a bit of damage in the Honda last year. They just seem to be too agressive for their skill level in F1.

 
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The japanese are not up to par with the rest of the people there, yet. They only have a shot in the first few laps to do well, so they HAVE to be very aggressive. Thats what the guy who is sideways in that picture said, and I agree.

 
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If there's a lap difference between two cars following each other, shouldn't the slower car yield automatically? I thought there was a rule for this.

 
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Any time a slower car is holding back faster traffic they wave a blue flag and they HAVE to let them pass. This is especially evident when people get lapped.
Read more here:
http://www.formula1.com/insight/tech...fo/11/469.html

 
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Oh yes, there is a rule, and yes they do wave the blue flags, but that doesnt mean the drivers follow the rules.
Most of the time there isnt a problem, but sometimes the guys getting lapped complain about it messing up their times.
They usually just get a slap on the wrist, and many drivers continue to block.
Sato used to be the worst, hes given up fighting a lap down in the super arugi not much of a point.
In Austriala he did do a damn good job blocking a chunk of the feild and ruinning their laps times though. (He at least wasnt a lap down though)

oh the guy whos sideways is christain albers, hes a victim of using that tatic. Yeah there cars are slower, but at this point they were thrown together too quick and far worse than the rest of the feild. Getting ahead first is the only tatic they have but they shouldnt sacrifice driver safety doing so. Alber's was not happy at all about this naturally, he got flipped over because of Ide.

 
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yeah, they are definately not up to par with the rest. Now I'm all for having another Honda-powered team, but they really gotta get their act together.

 
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Well the big thing is that when a slower car doesn't immediatly move over, the leader can lose say 0.5 seconds. That could mean the difference between winning and losing, especially when coming out of the pits!