Full Version: For Sure Championship
are drivers and personnels aware of this (that they are using it alot and fans are laughing at talking aobut it) or not?
QUOTE (Poltergeistes @ May 17 2009, 04:25) 
Now if only we could get people that ends up going to the gps to wear t shirts that says FOR SURE, maybe we can start a for sure revolution, where not only in F1 but we would hear it everywhere!!! just what we need!
QUOTE (rdebourbon @ May 17 2009, 04:28)
LOL I'd wear a properly designed shirt with that on it..
I'm off to Silverstone and Monza - so yeah - we been trying to think of a theme - so are open to suggestions ;)
I'm off to Silverstone and Monza - so yeah - we been trying to think of a theme - so are open to suggestions ;)
A few years ago when I was at Le Mans I saw someone wearing a shirt that had 'FFS shut up James Allen' or something to that effect - and what do you know, he has. Power to the people!
Then she said, for sure like you know whatever and he was just so like you know and then like she was just so like for sure wha-tever and I was like just ok what-ever for sure. you know for sure.
QUOTE (Conk @ May 16 2009, 19:40)
Then she said, for sure like you know whatever and he was just so like you know and then like she was just so like for sure wha-tever and I was like just ok what-ever for sure. you know for sure.
THANK YOU! for reminding me that there are worse things to hear than the FOR SURE !
So can we imagine how it would be if instead of saying for sure all the time as they do now, they would throw in the "LIKE" all the time like teenagers girls telling each other some gossip?
"The lap was like good, but not like so good that it was like a lap for the pole position like... so i'm like happy, but for tomorrow we need to try harder, like... much harder! "
QUOTE (OfficeLinebacker @ May 16 2009, 18:30)
Porsupuesto? It's the Spanish equivalent of bien sur, I think it's generally an answer, not an affirmation.
I don't know Spanish very well: I read it and understand it when spoken but do not speak it myself. But 'bien sur' is indeed used as an answer: Are you going to Madrid as you told me? Bien sur! I mixed the sense of affirmation of intention with grammar. Thanks for the correction.
But really I don't know how this habit came about. It can be Portuguese (I mentioned it because Massa is the most adept to it), but it may be anything, really: there is a kind of F1 pidgin, for sure.
QUOTE (Poltergeistes @ May 17 2009, 00:51)
THANK YOU! for reminding me that there are worse things to hear than the FOR SURE !
So can we imagine how it would be if instead of saying for sure all the time as they do now, they would throw in the "LIKE" all the time like teenagers girls telling each other some gossip?
"The lap was like good, but not like so good that it was like a lap for the pole position like... so i'm like happy, but for tomorrow we need to try harder, like... much harder! "
So can we imagine how it would be if instead of saying for sure all the time as they do now, they would throw in the "LIKE" all the time like teenagers girls telling each other some gossip?
"The lap was like good, but not like so good that it was like a lap for the pole position like... so i'm like happy, but for tomorrow we need to try harder, like... much harder! "
dunno like, I'd give good money for someone with a thick north eastern accent to do the press conferences
We need to start a campaign for the re-introduction of 'definitely' and/or 'absolutely'. The results would be hilarious especially when compared to the banality of this euro-centric 'for sure'.
QUOTE (Blythy @ May 17 2009, 11:04)
dunno like, I'd give good money for someone with a thick north eastern accent to do the press conferences
Smedley can lay it on.
it is spreading.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8053963.stm
QUOTE (Conk @ May 17 2009, 01:40)
Then she said, for sure like you know whatever and he was just so like you know and then like she was just so like for sure wha-tever and I was like just ok what-ever for sure. you know for sure.
Hahaha awesome!
This is like obviously a totally crappy choice of words, for sure! ;)
In real world conversations I have never heard a native speaker say "for sure". It sounds stupid to me. I'm not even a native speaker myself. And it sounds even more stupid if it is used as much as in F1. Same applies to "obviously". C'mon, saying "obviously" makes you look as if you tried to be Captain Obvious...
Unlike those two terms the overused "like" is quite common in conversations of certain people. Ever talked to a teenage girl? But it's just as annoying as the former two..
I don't understand how Jenson could be using it that frequently though. Maybe he was making fun of Fippo and co?
QUOTE (schtix @ May 18 2009, 06:18)
The more evidence that this is all Massa's fault, he started that crap! Which would have gone unoticed but he made a pact probably with the devil, where he will try to stick the "for sure" in every sentence he ever says!
PS now he should end the pact since it didn't win the WDC
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Scherzinger, who turns 31 next month, has this week been quoted by an entertainment news source as admitting that engagement for her and Briton Hamilton, 24, may be the next step.
"Would I get married? For sure and, yeah, the Dolls can be the bridesmaids. But I have to get engaged first. Late July is looking good," she told Bang Media.
"Would I get married? For sure and, yeah, the Dolls can be the bridesmaids. But I have to get engaged first. Late July is looking good," she told Bang Media.
QUOTE (dabrasco @ May 19 2009, 12:08)
Scherzinger, who turns 31 next month, has this week been quoted by an entertainment news source as admitting that engagement for her and Briton Hamilton, 24, may be the next step.
"Would I get married? For sure and, yeah, the Dolls can be the bridesmaids. But I have to get engaged first. Late July is looking good," she told Bang Media.
"Would I get married? For sure and, yeah, the Dolls can be the bridesmaids. But I have to get engaged first. Late July is looking good," she told Bang Media.
Was it an F1 "For Sure", Valley Girl "Fer sure" or perhaps a hip-hop inspired "For Shure" aka "Fo Sho", "Fo Shizzle" or <Lil John>"FOOW SHHHHUUUUWWEEERR" </Lil John>
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fo+sho
It's so hard to tell from a press quote maybe if we could find video/audio!
I keep hoping Lewis will come out with a hip-hop fo sho but he just seems incapable of escaping his McLaren media training.
Its spread to cycling too - a good 'for sure' this afternoon from one of the Rabobank Directeur Sportif's being interviewed during the Giro d'Italia.
QUOTE (Vitesse2 @ May 16 2009, 11:27)
In another "For Sure" thread on TNF, it was suggested that Emerson Fittipaldi was the first to use it. So you could be right: but there's also a school of thought which favours Alain Prost and the French phrase "Bien sur".
Emmo was the first person I heard using the phrase, in 1974. I still associate the phrase with him.
QUOTE (FonzCam @ May 19 2009, 08:51)
Was it an F1 "For Sure", Valley Girl "Fer sure" or perhaps a hip-hop inspired "For Shure" aka "Fo Sho", "Fo Shizzle" or <Lil John>"FOOW SHHHHUUUUWWEEERR" </Lil John>
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fo+sho
It's so hard to tell from a press quote maybe if we could find video/audio!
I keep hoping Lewis will come out with a hip-hop fo sho but he just seems incapable of escaping his McLaren media training.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fo+sho
It's so hard to tell from a press quote maybe if we could find video/audio!
I keep hoping Lewis will come out with a hip-hop fo sho but he just seems incapable of escaping his McLaren media training.
I like this championship cos points can be scored on several days during the week, not just Sunday.
QUOTE (Garagiste @ May 15 2009, 16:07)
Brundle hasn't worn out "no doubt about it" quite so much this season.
Button has a bad case of the disease - I've even heard him say "for sure, not"!
Button has a bad case of the disease - I've even heard him say "for sure, not"!
Honestly, the use of "for sure" has obviously gone too far, no doubt about it.
For sure, not.
Psychologically speaken these guys live in an extremely competitive environment full of posing and impressing and not trying to show any weakness.
Whoever "for sures" frequently wants to cover up any weakness or insecurity that he really has. Then of course, the phrase has perpetuated itself, as it is handy for most characters in the paddock.
Compliments to Mark Webber, Timo Glock, Nico Rosberg and Heikki Kovalainen, who don´t need "for sures", they are the ones who are evidently really sure, so they don´t need to state it all the time.
Thursday press conference score:
Massa 5
Bourdais 2
Sutil 1
Massa 5
Bourdais 2
Sutil 1
Just read the Driver and Principal quotes on formula1.com and there is only one "for sure".....Good old Fisi not letting the side down.
Valentino is loyal "for sure". Never misses.
QUOTE (Lewis Hamilton)
"My race weekend for a win is for sure over," he told the BBC.
Source: Hamilton takes blame for costly mistake
Any updates?
Jenson got EIGHT in the post quali conf.
QUOTE (Galko877 @ May 14 2009, 22:46)
Hahaha.. just awesome
QUOTE (Jarno Trulli)
The set-up not for sure, because we have tried everything – we really put the car upside down and anything we did, did not change the situation. It is difficult now to judge.
Q & A with Jarno Trulli
For sure it's time for a for sure emoticon.
QUOTE (RSNS @ May 17 2009, 03:54)
I don't know Spanish very well: I read it and understand it when spoken but do not speak it myself. But 'bien sur' is indeed used as an answer: Are you going to Madrid as you told me? Bien sur! I mixed the sense of affirmation of intention with grammar. Thanks for the correction.
But really I don't know how this habit came about. It can be Portuguese (I mentioned it because Massa is the most adept to it), but it may be anything, really: there is a kind of F1 pidgin, for sure.;)
But really I don't know how this habit came about. It can be Portuguese (I mentioned it because Massa is the most adept to it), but it may be anything, really: there is a kind of F1 pidgin, for sure.;)
You can use "por supuesto" at the beginning of a sentence, which you cannot do with "bien sur" in French (I'm Spanish and I've studied French for 14 years). As in "Será una carrera muy difícil, por supuesto" (it will be a very hard race, for sure) o "Por supuesto que podemos ganar" (for sure [that] we can win).
As Portuguese is closer to Spanish than to French, and the fact that there have been a lot more of portuguese speaking drivers in F1, I guess it all started with a Brazilian driver, probably Fittipaldi as it's been already said.
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"For sure we're very happy with the result because it shows that what we're doing at home at this moment is good and that we are working in the right direction,"
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The Brawns are for sure the best at the moment, but we are catching up and getting closer, so this is very positive.
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The Brawns are for sure the best at the moment, but we are catching up and getting closer, so this is very positive.
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"For sure Felipe did a great race, but there was also a good race from Kimi, so this is important,"
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"Felipe did the quickest lap, so it's important to look ahead with this perspective. We are, for sure, improving."
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75589
Domenicali joining the club..
QUOTE (Blythy @ May 23 2009, 13:09)
Jenson got EIGHT in the post quali conf.
Brilliant!! I've got to respect Jense you know, he's running away with the "chuffed to bits" championship this year.
I'm really looking forward to seeing Massa in a presser. The FIA is really rigging this to favor Ferrari, for sure.
Just three "for sure" at the post race press conference for Button, he gotta keep it up
I think it shows a distinct lack of vocabulary myself. Why use that 'phrase' when you could use definitely instead? 
QUOTE (hsvone @ May 25 2009, 08:49)
I think it shows a distinct lack of vocabulary myself. Why use that 'phrase' when you could use definitely instead?
For sure I agree, obviously. You know, honestly.
QUOTE (hsvone @ May 25 2009, 07:49)
I think it shows a distinct lack of vocabulary myself. Why use that 'phrase' when you could use definitely instead?
Why use "I" and "myself" in the same sentence? Everyone has failings.
QUOTE (pUs @ May 25 2009, 08:08)
For sure I agree, obviously. You know, honestly.
Whatever!
QUOTE (ForeverF1 @ May 25 2009, 08:28)
Why use "I" and "myself" in the same sentence? Everyone has failings.
Good one.
So what´s the standings now after the Monaco GP?
It would be nice if someone could post the standings also here on the BB.
Thanks!
It would be nice if someone could post the standings also here on the BB.
Thanks!
A great drinking game on the Schumi era was to listen to any F1 driver interview and do a shot every time you heard the preface, "..to be honest..".
I was so Hammered 2000-2005.
I was so Hammered 2000-2005.
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14 . A. Sutil - Force India Mercedes VJM02
"We had started on a one-stop strategy, which would have been okay but we used the super-soft tyre from the start and they grained up very quickly. I had to pit and lost a lot of time there. That was it really - it was hard to come back from this. In the end I was doing some quick laps and had quite a good pace, so there are some positives and we can be happy at some aspects. There is more to come from us for sure."
"We had started on a one-stop strategy, which would have been okay but we used the super-soft tyre from the start and they grained up very quickly. I had to pit and lost a lot of time there. That was it really - it was hard to come back from this. In the end I was doing some quick laps and had quite a good pace, so there are some positives and we can be happy at some aspects. There is more to come from us for sure."
I stopped counting the number of for sure threads here. That joke is a bit of an old hat now, but its good to see how many still manage to spit their coffee over their keyboards before rolling on the floor out of laughter.
Coming soon: A new thread about Sutils style of running.
Coming soon: A new thread about Sutils style of running.
Jenson Button in today's times. He's keen to stay in the club, for sure:
Over at the Brawn GP motorhome, Jenson reflects on the role the man he calls “the old boy” plays. “This is part of his life that he loves, being involved in Formula One, but he has no part to play in my life, in terms of work, for sure,” he says.
Over at the Brawn GP motorhome, Jenson reflects on the role the man he calls “the old boy” plays. “This is part of his life that he loves, being involved in Formula One, but he has no part to play in my life, in terms of work, for sure,” he says.
I was reading one of Jeremy Clarkson's books yesterday and came across a for sure. Had to smile.
QUOTE (D.M.N. @ Aug 25 2009, 09:46)
Badoer appears just as bad at "for sure-ing" as driving an F1 car.
QUOTE (OfficeLinebacker @ Aug 25 2009, 15:13)
Badoer appears just as bad at "for sure-ing" as driving an F1 car.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77972
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"I just tell you that this weekend I improved a lot, and in Spa I think it will be much better. I don't know how much better. We will see there, but for sure I will have a better feeling with the car, with the team, with the track and with everything. It will be much better, I promise you."
Nope, he's just avoided for-sureing in press conferences.
I just searched on "for sure" in Google News. In the top 10 results we have interviews from...
1. Luca Badoer
3. Jenson Button
4. Sebastien Vettel
10. Malcolm Wilson
1. Luca Badoer
3. Jenson Button
4. Sebastien Vettel
10. Malcolm Wilson
QUOTE (Rob @ Aug 25 2009, 14:18)
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77972
Nope, he's just avoided for-sureing in press conferences.
Nope, he's just avoided for-sureing in press conferences.
But the press conference was on thursday, this interview is post race! So in a we in the paddock he managed to catch the for sure virus, that looks well for his performance at Spa (except that I do not expect him in any of the press conferences
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