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[Ruud de la Rosa]

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In the bahrain review of atlas it was mentioned Alonso will explain the gesture later this season... Anyone an idea what it means?

[wankan]

girlfriend

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[Scorg]

Possibly why he is called the matador, a pose they would make in the bull ring

[AyePirate]

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maybe it's a Spanish/Bullfighting thing?

It make's him like a Matadork though


I love Schumacher's "What_the_hell?" expression

[baddog]

Love the look on Michaels face..

[macoran]

So maybe the guy is happy and feels good...sassy???

[prty]

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Nice timming of the photographer for Flavio head and hand position :yawn:

[macoran]

1 inch too low or is that lens distortion ?

Sorry !!! let's stick with the subject........wankan is right I think
just look at the podium scene...Fernando struts once more and what do you
see behind one of the Renault mechanics ??....the dark haired girl smiling
a thousand smiles ??

Fernando also winks a few times during the podium scene... at one of the
Renault mechanics ??......duhh.

[Red ITC]

Leonard Rossiter videos at Enstone?

[Chris G.]

Okay, I'm scarred.

[Mauseri]

Dont know what he means by standing like a 95 years old man.

[AyePirate]

Ed Grimley I must say

[macoran]

???? at least we know how old....young ? Fernando is !!

[Rocky]

Originally posted by AyePirate
Ed Grimley I must say

Exactly! Good catch.

[RDM]

Alonso should be feel to express himself any way he feels. And if

"Oooooo, get her!" is how he wishes to express himself, then who are we to argue with her. Erm, him. Maybe.

[De Weberis]

Alonso, Mr. Universe.

Fred was posing, showing his nuscular structure to all drivers.
Is it a mind game.

Right said Fred:
'I'm too sexy for this podium, too sexy for MS, too sexy by far...'

[Drifter]

Personally I prefer the leap and punch in the guts combo followed by the point n wink anthem special.

[dworsham]

Originally posted by AyePirate
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maybe it's a Spanish/Bullfighting thing?

It make's him like a Matadork though


I love Schumacher's "What_the_hell?" expression [/B]

matadork

[TedN]

Originally posted by AyePirate
Ed Grimley I must say

Close but no cigar. I believe Paul Tracy has the "Ed Grimley" posture down pat.

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Ted

[macoran]

How old is Ed ???
Paul looks just like him !

[MoMurray]

I'm sorry, did someone say there's a Paul Tracy in that picture?

[exg]

Remember all of the flack that Schumi caught for his antics during the playing of the Italian National Anthem in ... maybe .... 2003?

So now Alonso is on the podium making his ... whatever it is .... posture during the playing of the French National Anthem???

Where is the outcry for disrespecting le drapeau tricolore ???

[Rene]

Originally posted by MoMurray
I'm sorry, did someone say there's a Paul Tracy in that picture?

No kidding

[black magic]

remember watching 1 of those shows on american nuclear aircraft carrier.

1 of the roles of the deck crew is to release the actual aircraft , which they usually do with their unique flamboyant gesture just before hitting the deck as the wing of the aircraft rockets over their heads, following the ok salute from the pilot

1 of the chiefs said there ws an unwritten rule though that if you couldn't do a "cool" move then you shouldn't do it at all.

can someone lease tell fred that wasn't cool - just kinda weird.

[Kilted Wanderer]

One day he'll learn a little class... perhaps

Until then the world needs to get used to a World Champion who's skill behind the wheel is unquestionable, but who has the maturity outside the cockpit of a zygote.

In fact, that might explain the gestures perfectly - he's either just lost his virginity or he reckons he's just fertilised his first egg......

[sputnik]

Maybe it's a marketing ploy to get the "Brokeback" demographic into F1? Afterall, it's a segment that has a lot of liquid assets.

[Wilko]

Christ, that's a image I could of done without

[cupra]

certainly looked a bit odd, but I'm sure he was doing a 'matador pose'

I can see why it looked so 'horrendous' for people who've never watched a bullfight though. but if you have, you can clearly see what he was doing.

He'll probably change it after he sees himself in pictures!

[Ross Stonefeld]

Yeah but what about the little chicken wing hand gesture at the end

[hedges]

Sort of reminded me of Mr Bean.

[RuB]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
Yeah but what about the little chicken wing hand gesture at the end

I dont know, but it seems like part of the bullfight, called "tercio de banderillas"


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[cupra]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
Yeah but what about the little chicken wing hand gesture at the end

what was tht 'chicken wing hand gesture'? I think I missed that

[cupra]

ah, I saw the pic now. yes, definitely 'banderillas'

it's the 'pose' the matador (or the 'banderillero') takes before he makes his banderillas 'run'.

you'd have to watch a bullfight to see what I'm talking about. But it does look rather silly (and a bit dodgy!) when you've never seen that before

[F1Johnny]

I think his girlfriend is pregnant. He was pushing out his tummy and holding his back like a pregnant woman. Also, him explaining later in the season ties in with that. When she starts to show.

[Kilted Wanderer]

I'd pay good money to see him in a ring with a bull - maybe Schumacher could lend him his overalls...

Would be the perfect marketing moment for our good friend Dietrich Mateschitz too....

[Ronin]

Well, whatever it was, if it took this many posts for us to try and figure it out he might consider switching to a different "trademark". It had all the markings of one of those ridiculous NFL endzone dances.

[ssilviu]

Originally posted by F1Johnny
I think his girlfriend is pregnant. He was pushing out his tummy and holding his back like a pregnant woman. Also, him explaining later in the season ties in with that. When she starts to show.

good point, i think you are right. Also, he kissed his ring on the podium and after that he pointed to someone in the crowd..

[tifosi4life]

so it's some bull fighter pose.... sorry but i alway cheer for the bull to kill the guy. Stuff like this belongs on the american football field after a touch down, not in F1. Is it too hard to win gracefully?

[F1Fanatic.co.uk]

Originally posted by exg
Remember all of the flack that Schumi caught for his antics during the playing of the Italian National Anthem in ... maybe .... 2003?

I think it was earlier than that - maybe around the time of one of his first Ferrari wins (first time he would have won & heard the Italian anthem) or maybe when he won the title in 2000.

[Slumberer]

Originally posted by ssilviu


good point, i think you are right. Also, he kissed his ring on the podium and after that he pointed to someone in the crowd..

Christ, he must be flexible...

[serv]

I just must be getting old, for real. But I'd leave all this victory posing and oh-so-cool "mysteries" for Tekken video games or wherever they come from. Yes I acknowledge I'm generally a bore.

[Ross Stonefeld]

nice

[Rade]

I'm spanish and I 100% sure that that is not a bullfigther pose (if it is, it's I the worse a have ever seen in my life ). I think like F1Johnny, that's a pose of a pregnant woman.

[Breadmaster]

Originally posted by Slumberer


Christ, he must be flexible...

[mastropiero]

I´m pretty sure it was a rather pathetic attempt at a bullfighting gesture. I couldn´t bear watching him doing it on the podium, so I switched off the TV, but when he did it on his car it certainly seemed like doing the "banderillas" thingy. Too bad his driving skills have developed so drastically compared to his social behaviour....

Possibly why he is called the matador, a pose they would make in the bull ring

Scorg, he never was called the matador, and I hope he never will. If someday they call him that, it will prove that spaniards have a serious lack of imagination and memory. Also, if someday they call him that I will puke. There´s only one "matador", and that is Carlos Sainz. Honestly, I don´t think Alonso can stand the comparison. From the professional point of view not yet. From the personal point of view, never.

[De Weberis]

It's a mind game to MS.
'You will only see me through my back'.

[checkonetwo]

i found it embarassing and i`m not even fernando.

[RuB]

Originally posted by mastropiero
[B]

Scorg, he never was called the matador, and I hope he never will.

German press & TV call him 'matador' often

[zooropa21]

Yea it was pretty embarrassing, Michael's face said it all.


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[macoran]

Oh my God !!!!!
did we have all of this everytime the "Shue " did one of his high fly crotch wide jumps ?