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[myownalias]

McLaren have had great success here in recent years. Hopefully this trend will continue.

Now you sound like Whitmarsh..."McLaren have the most success at Monaco so watch us win there", he reminds me more and more of Liverpool FC, banking on past success to carry the name through.

You had to get a dig in about Liverpool didn't you! How many trophies to Man Utd win this season?

Back to F1; Mercedes have a good chance of winning in Canada if they can control tyre degradation, McLaren will be strong, although with their current run of form, something will go wrong, if Jenson can't win the race, I'd like Grosjean to win, I think Lotus have the best all round package right now!

[LewEngBridewell]

McLaren have had great success here in recent years. Hopefully this trend will continue.

Now you sound like Whitmarsh..."McLaren have the most success at Monaco so watch us win there", he reminds me more and more of Liverpool FC, banking on past success to carry the name through.

Yeah, but if I was running the team, McLaren would win EVERY race.

[Hammer278]

McLaren have had great success here in recent years. Hopefully this trend will continue.

Now you sound like Whitmarsh..."McLaren have the most success at Monaco so watch us win there", he reminds me more and more of Liverpool FC, banking on past success to carry the name through.

You had to get a dig in about Liverpool didn't you! How many trophies to Man Utd win this season?

Back to F1; Mercedes have a good chance of winning in Canada if they can control tyre degradation, McLaren will be strong, although with their current run of form, something will go wrong, if Jenson can't win the race, I'd like Grosjean to win, I think Lotus have the best all round package right now!

I'm sorry myown, didn't mean to take a poke at Liverpool but lately that's what they've been known for! And yes, Liverpool did get something out of 2011/12 while United got a huge quail's egg in comparison.

[darwin dali]

ESPNF1:

Student activists target Canadian Grand Prix

Concerns continue to circulate over the possible disruption of the Canadian Grand Prix which takes place on June 10. Protesting students have warned the weekend could be targeted as part of their ongoing dispute with the government.

Local media sources have become increasingly worried that there could be a significant impact to an event which attracts more than 100,000 people and earns an estimated £100 million in revenue to Montreal.

A row between students and the government has grown increasingly unpleasant with more than 2500 arrests and local businesses are reporting a significant downturn in turnover as protests have been deterring customers from venturing out to bars and restaurants.

While the official line is that the authorities will take additional measures to ensure the race weekend passes peacefully, the students at the city's main university earlier this month passed a resolution which promised to "organise a weekend of disruptions in order to cancel the Formula 1 Grand Prix and its jet-set events which represent sexist, anti-environmental, elitist and economic values that must be abolished".

Despite rhetoric reminiscent of the 1960s, it is a threat which is being taken seriously as it is attracting the usual coterie of anti-establishment campaigners such protests appeal to. The US authorities have warned tourists to Montreal they could face "unforeseen violence," "vandalism" and "arrests" in Montreal caused by the social unrest.

Talks between student leaders and the government are continuing.



Uh-oh!
And we all thought the GP of Bahrain had issues.

[vlad]

Ah, bloody protests, why always aiming Formula 1???

[darwin dali]

Ah, bloody protests, why always aiming Formula 1???

You take the good with the bad: F1 is extremely high-profile.

[vlad]

I know, but, it's not our fault, ffs...

[scotty]

What exactly are these idiots protesting?

[vlad]

[madbrad]

AFAIK they have been spendnig the last few months demonstrating about tuition hikes.

[andrew]

Ah, bloody protests, why always aiming Formula 1???

It won't affect the race at all. They'll all turn up 2 hours after the race having slept in.

AFAIK they have been spendnig the last few months demonstrating about tuition hikes.

Students paying for their further education - sheer madness!

Ok, I didn't have to pay to go to University but if I had to I wouldn't have been crying to whoever will listen about it. Later in life these same people will probably complain about paying for other people's education through their taxes.

[Hammer278]

It's not just the students now.

Anonymous target Canadian GP

Cyber-anarchist group Anonymous are threatening another attack on Formula One during next week's Canadian Grand Prix in support of protesting Quebec students.
The internet hacking organisation successfully managed to disrupt the official Formula One website throughout last month's Bahrain Grand Prix.
The attack, under the title of 'Operation Bahrain', was carried out on the basis of what they perceived as "the incredible human rights abuses of the Bahrain regime".
On this occasion Anonymous are firmly behind the students across Quebec voicing their anger against their government's proposed hike in tuition fees, with protests now into their 107th day.
Notably, Anonymous are against perceived human rights injustices following an emergency law introduced on May 18 known as Bill 78 that "restricts freedom of assembly, protest, or picketing on or near university grounds and anywhere in Quebec without prior police approval".
Anonymous have already claimed responsibility for shutting down Quebec government and police websites since the introduction of Bill 78 that has allowed police to act, sending arrests soaring to over 2,500.
In their latest statement, Anonymous feel disrupting the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, one of the most popular events on the F1 calendar, will send out another firm message to Quebec premier Jean Charest.
The statement read: "As we did in Bahrain, Anonymous intends to wreck Mr Ecclestone's little party.
"Beginning on June 7 and running through race day on June 10, Anonymous will take down all the F1 websites, dump the servers and databases and wreck anything else F1-related we can find on the internet.
"We would like to remind anyone considering attending this abominable race that last time Anonymous found all the spectators' personal data, including credit card numbers un-encrypted on F1 servers.
"Anonymous will be among many protesters targeting the Grand Prix.
"A number of students are also set to protest, something that the F1's organisers will be wary of, considering the race could bring around 100million Canadian dollars (£62million) to the area.
"We highly suggest you join the boycott of the F1 in Montreal and we certainly recommend you not purchase any tickets or F1 merchandise online.
"You have been warned."

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So in case forumula goes down, I'll just shout it out now..

Lewis for the win...FINALLY!!!!!

[f1ea]

Ahhh them darned hippies.
Its probably liberal arts, philosophy and whatnot students fighting to have universities free so they can spend yrs walking around campus giving away "save the whales" panflets.

If anything, day care should be cheaper; yet I dont see no babies protesting.

[andrew]

National service is the answer.

[madbrad]

What is Anonymous' mission, I mean in general? Do they do this just for kicks?