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[jeze]

I thought doing an expermient decribing F1 teams and drivers in a maximum of threee words. It'll be really interesting seeing the thoughts that opo up in your heads while considering this!

Ferrari: History, proud, red
McLaren: Silver, respected, strong
BMW: Corporate, detailed, impatient
Renault: Glamour, savvy, international
Toyota: Corporate, ambitious, losers
Toro Rosso: Small, young, lightweight
Red Bull: Offensive, young, competitive
Williams: Respected, ambitious, unpredictable
Force India: Glitz, tailenders, unstable
Brawn GP: Explosive, enjoyable, clever

Fernando Alonso: Giant, fast, respected
Lewis Hamilton: Star, qualyflier, approachable
Kimi Räikkönen: Boring, endurance, quality
Felipe Massa: Ambitious, intelligent, nice
Jenson Button: Fun, outspoken, fitness
Mark Webber: Slang, smart, fitness
Sebastian Vettel: Youngster, uncoroporate, talent
Nico Rosberg: Beautiful (To cite Webber), ambitious, educated
Rubens Barrichello: Moaning, family, paranoia

[potmotr]

Nick Heidfeld: Alternative, Beardy, Reliable

[potmotr]

Nelson Piquet: Model, genes, unemployed

Adrian Sutil: Gentle, wild, paying

[Victor_RO]

Is this restricted to the present day/season? It would be interesting to see what we can all come up with when stretching our minds through history.

Edited by Victor_RO, 25 August 2009 - 18:41.

[Montoya1]

Ferrari: surreptitious, byzantine, dissentious

[potmotr]

Nigel Mansell: StruggleStreet/Moustached/Fever

[Victor_RO]

Keke Rosberg: Heavy right hoof.

[potmotr]

Jarno Trulli: Hang/Up/Helmet
Luca Badoer: Slow/Oblivious/Embarrassment

[mursuka80]

Mika Häkkinen:Sarcastic,respected,National Treasure

[iotar]

This thread: Jesus F..ing Christ

Edited by iotar, 25 August 2009 - 19:01.

[Flamini]

Ferrari: legendary, loved, charismatic
McLaren: organized, exact, intelligent
BMW: cold, mechanical, boring
Renault: opened, elastic, friendly
Toyota: inflexible, unfinished, corporate
Red Bull: fair, ambitious, strange (sorry, i don't like red bulls, i'm health food freak )
Williams: Respected, smart, tasteful
Force India: liked, unlucky, new
Brawn GP: shocking, amazing, astonishing

Felipe Massa: honest, good-hearted, underrated
Kimi Räikkönen: cool, characteristic, lazy
Fernando Alonso: zero, dot, seven
Lewis Hamilton: talented, opened, ambitious
Sebastian Vettel: nice, smiling, fresh

[potmotr]

This thread: Jesus F..ing Christ

Yes, it's like a team building excercise at Tescos.

[aditya-now]

Is this restricted to the present day/season? It would be interesting to see what we can all come up with when stretching our minds through history.

Senna: fast, deep, transcendental
Lauda: no-nonsense, analytical, unique
Prost: expert, calculating, political
Schumacher: complete, everlasting, unsympathetic
Piquet sr.: no ****, nasty, brilliant (sorry, that's four words there)
Mansell: lionhearted, balls, normal
Jacques Villeneuve: extraordinary, daring, cool
Damon Hill: concentrated, dedicated, smart
Hakkinen: genuine, understated, speedy

Enzo Ferrari: enigmatic, wise, fiery

[The Ragged Edge]

BMW=PILE OF ****

[Victor_RO]

Brabham-BMW: BANG, BANG, BANG. And yes, those bangs are exploding engines.

[jeze]

Fangio: Legend, charismatic, admired
Senna: Ego, charismatic, emotional
Prost: Calculated, precise, honest
Schumacher: Leader, bad loser, shy
Clark: Quiet, mystery, outstanding

Those are my takes on the five greatest World Championship drivers ever, even thouhh I've only followed the sport since 1998, so other oipnions are only what I've read second-hand.

[ItisI]

BMW=PILE OF ****

[alfista]

Luca Badoer - Oh, My, God (actually without commas)

Toyota - what's the point

[Victor_RO]

James Hunt: Outspoken, laid-back, politically-incorrect.

[Tolyngee]

Senna: God Damn It
Prost: Jesus F-ing Christ

Ron Dennis, on radio after turn 1 1990 Suzuka: "Jesus F-ing Christ, tangled again!!! God Damn It, what'd he that for!?!?"

[P-1]

FIA = MAX MUST GO

[Victor_RO]

Flavio Briatore: Womanizer, clueless, thong.

Thierry Boutsen: Belgian... that's it.

Riccardo Patrese: Experienced, amusing, smug. (For the last one, look at the clip of him scaring his wife silly in a Civic Type-R and watch him maintain an evil little smile all through the run....)

[Dispenser89]

Juan Pablo Montoya: Fiery, fast ****.

Jean-Denis Délétraz: Drove in reverse?

Ralf Schumacher: Not his brother.

[Coral]

Clark: quiet, shy, kind-hearted
Stewart: ambitious, sharp, caring
De Angelis: rich, handsome, talented
Mansell: plucky, friendly, Brummie
Senna: shy, complex, spiritual
Ralf Schumacher: not very good
Montoya: overweight, fiery, sulky
Michael Schumacher: ruthless, controversial, brilliant
Hamilton: special, misunderstood, ballsy
Raikkonen: uncompromising, unconventional, parties
Barrichello: emotional, tearful, hard-done-to
Webber: whingeing, moaning, Australian
Button: that was wicked

Edited by Coral, 25 August 2009 - 20:08.

[Victor_RO]

Andrea de Cesaris: Fireball, flip, crash.

[potmotr]

Gayest

Thread

Ever

[potmotr]

Andrea de Cesaris: Fireball, flip, crash.

Easy buddy, name one time Andrea ended up in a fireball?

Exploding BMW engines in 1987 excluded.

[Victor_RO]

Easy buddy, name one time Andrea ended up in a fireball?

Exploding BMW engines in 1987 excluded.

Oops, I knew I'd strike a chord there. Damn.

Fireball? I was actually thinking about the engines that always spectacularly exploded in his car.

Edited by Victor_RO, 25 August 2009 - 20:09.

[potmotr]

Fireball? I was actually thinking about the engines that always spectacularly exploded in his car.

A narrow escape Victor!

[Victor_RO]

Luca Badoer (inspired by someone's avatar on another forum): Queues likely ahead.

Perry McCarthy: Bald, gutsy, Stig.

Ricardo Rosset: Unable to park.

[Keith68]

Bernie: cash dosh wonga

Max: spank ouch oooyeahbaby

Edited by Keith68, 25 August 2009 - 20:45.

[Dispenser89]

Graham Hill: The charming man.

Esteban Tuero: Quit too early.

[Les]

Kimi Raikkonen - Having, A, ****.

Edited by Les, 25 August 2009 - 20:32.

[Owen]

Torro Rosso - Red Bull copy

[Gareth]

jeze: counts better than me

[jesee]

Ferrari.......Red, racing, marquee

Mclaren.....Ron-Dennis, corporate, scientific

Renault..... Joke, onefatman, ugly

Brawn..... Baby, trying, towalk

Redbull......drink, red, bull

Force india... One, richman, wastingmoney

Torro-rosso... I , don't, know

Toyota....Money, can'tbuy, success

BMW....can't ,win , run

Lewis.....hated, by, Spanish

Kimi....I, don't, care

Alonso...Brought, six, tenths

Button...journeyman, wins, WDC

Vettel...Young, pretender, Grins

Trulli...One, fast , lap

Sutil...run, like, girl

Reubens...emotional, human, brazillian

Kova....Iam , named , Slowalainen

Kubica....Quick, big, nosed

Rosberg....pretty, young, Overrated

[Madras]

Yes, it's like a team building excercise at Tescos.

[V8 Fireworks]

Ferrari - Politics, Money, Red
McLaren - New Zealand, Corporate, Faceless
Williams - Noble, Famous, Independent
Red Bull - Technical (the bosses in Jaguar era who made team competent again), Fizzy, Drinks
Force India - Mighty, Improving, Efficient

[carlt]

Michael Schumacher - The Best Ever

[Owen]

Michael Schumacher - The Best Ever

In. Your. Opinion.

[Buttoneer]

Ferrari - Rubbish without Todt

Honda - championship winners, not (yes I know that's not strictly true if you count engine supplies)

McLaren - Who needs Ron?

Potmotr - seriously very funny

Jonathan Legard - Shut up now

David Croft - Seven sausages daily

Luca Badoer - couldn't be worse

Felippe Massa - better, for sure.

[Chezrome]

Ferrari: Sexy Supers Slithery
McLaren: Silver Smart Synthesis
Brawn: Starting Season Surprise
BMW: Starched Slow Sturmers (Aus!)
Red Bull: Sweet Sour Savvies
Renault: Savoire Saillant Saturé

[FlatOverCrest]

Force India - More Beer Sir?

[Snap Matt]

Force India - No points yet

[cheapracer]

Gilles - large, brass, balls

[Snap Matt]

Nelson Piquet - Pea Forty Five

[VresiBerba]

Ferrari: Foul, King, Bass, Turds. Dang, that's four, innit

[Buttoneer]

Nelson Piquet - Pea Forty Five

I like

Flavio Briatore - thing in thong

Adrian Sutil - Ferrari bumper car

[carlt]

In. Your. Opinion.

I . Read . Statistics

Edited by carlt, 26 August 2009 - 12:01.

[Buttoneer]

Atlas BB - Armchair expert bullshit

Charlie Whiting - Yes maybe no

Jenson Button - Not worthy winner

Ralf Schumacher - The Wrong Brother

James Allen - un break able