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#243185
"Whether we 'fear' losing him is not the terminology we would use," Mateschitz told Austrian news agency SID.

"As long as Sebastian is comfortable with us and has a winning car, he will probably not really think about going elsewhere. If he tells us one day he wants to go to Ferrari or Mercedes, we would have to understand. There are more mothers with beautiful daughters - we would let him go."


:scratchchin:
#243191
Yeah he has been hanging out in the VIP lounge way too long with Branson, thats what it means!!! Now by no means am I saying I..... but we do have an image too uphold (I can't believe I just said that :blush: ).
#243196
darwin dali wrote:I'm just curious as to what he means - I have an inkling, but it's a weird way of putting it...
Well is your inkling that there are other fast young potential champions out there to be found? Thats the way i read it.
#243198
bud wrote:
darwin dali wrote:I'm just curious as to what he means - I have an inkling, but it's a weird way of putting it...
Well is your inkling that there are other fast young potential champions out there to be found? Thats the way i read it.
Yeah, but what an odd way of saying it. :cyclops:
#243202
darwin dali wrote:
bud wrote:
darwin dali wrote:I'm just curious as to what he means - I have an inkling, but it's a weird way of putting it...
Well is your inkling that there are other fast young potential champions out there to be found? Thats the way i read it.
Yeah, but what an odd way of saying it. :cyclops:
It may be a popular colloquial saying back in Mateschitz's hometown?

I mean, if it was an Aussie saying "he made a good fist of it" and it was reported in the Philippines it would probably come out as "nagsenyas sha ng kamao" and I'm sure lots of Filipinos would scratch their heads and wonder why that was said.

Even the best translations can confuse or be misunderstood.
#243203
More mothers (teams) with beautiful daughters (cars) that vettel could be attracted to and if that happens then those at red bull will understand and won't stand in his way. That's the way I read it and maybe he's the reason vettel names his cars, vettels wee joke about his boss calling the cars his daughters.
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#243206
bud wrote:
darwin dali wrote:I'm just curious as to what he means - I have an inkling, but it's a weird way of putting it...
Well is your inkling that there are other fast young potential champions out there to be found? Thats the way i read it.
Same here. Perhaps a hint that they feel Ricciardo has more potential than Vettel?
#243222
spankyham wrote:
darwin dali wrote:
bud wrote:
darwin dali wrote:I'm just curious as to what he means - I have an inkling, but it's a weird way of putting it...
Well is your inkling that there are other fast young potential champions out there to be found? Thats the way i read it.
Yeah, but what an odd way of saying it. :cyclops:
It may be a popular colloquial saying back in Mateschitz's hometown?

I mean, if it was an Aussie saying "he made a good fist of it" and it was reported in the Philippines it would probably come out as "nagsenyas sha ng kamao" and I'm sure lots of Filipinos would scratch their heads and wonder why that was said.

Even the best translations can confuse or be misunderstood.
I'm fairly familiar with the German language (after all it was my first mother tongue growing up), but I've never heard anything like that or even remotely related. But then again, Austrians are weird :P (Austrians are the Polish among the German-speaking crowd :twisted: ).
#243238
Denthúl wrote:
bud wrote:
darwin dali wrote:I'm just curious as to what he means - I have an inkling, but it's a weird way of putting it...
Well is your inkling that there are other fast young potential champions out there to be found? Thats the way i read it.
Same here. Perhaps a hint that they feel Ricciardo has more potential than Vettel?
Nah there gonna sign Danica Patrick because he said daughters.

:P
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