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5 May 2001, 15:05
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Blimey Scheckter!
Jeez...who's heard the news with Tomas Scheckter?!
"Kerb Crawling" (ahem) has been announced as the cause for his dismissal as Jaguar Test Driver.
Sorry McLaren-15...if it's any consolation, I much prefer Darren Manning and Kimi Raikkonen in your choice of favourites!
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5 May 2001, 15:59
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Go the Rat!
All I can see at Jaguar is Niki the Rat going through the closet and getting rid of anything that might even have a smell of Stewart to it. I expect to see Rahal gone in the not to distant future followed by Irvine at the end of the year. A German running a American Owned (FORD)company that is trying to get fans interested with British History (JAGUAR). No light at the end of the tunnel for this Cat quickly running out of Lives. Give it a couple of years and the team will be simply known as Ford!
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6 May 2001, 00:41
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Kerb Crawling?
Is that what it's called nowadays?
Where does that leave Eddie Irvine? 
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6 May 2001, 00:55
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Patrick Head would call it "Bobbing about in boats in Monaco." 
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6 May 2001, 01:28
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How many miles did he put into the car?
I'm not sure how many times the son of the former 'Last driver to win WDC for Ferrari' actually tested for the team. 'Kerb Crawling', why dont people have the guts just to say 'He's too slow' and we dont need him at Jauar anymore. How did he get the testing role anyway? Anyone out there have any Information on his carreer up to now?
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6 May 2001, 01:35
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Actually, Tomas being a bit too slow has nothing to do w/ his dismissal. I went to www.atlasf1.com, and their article on this cited Tomas' being cited in court on prostitution charges.
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6 May 2001, 01:38
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Scheckter, 20, was forced to appear in a Northampton court on April 25 after being charged with soliciting a prostitute. According to the reports, as a result of the court appearance Scheckter has been relieved of his duties at the Milton Keynes-based team.
In a report in The Times newspaper today, a Jaguar statement read: "Mr Scheckter, who was sub-contracted to work for the team in the role of development driver, recently appeared in court and it is to matters concerning this appearance that the team and the Jaguar Racing board is left with no alternative but to terminate the relationship."
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So that's what 'Kerb crawling' is supposed to mean. And I couldn't stop thinking about the stones at the corneredges ... 
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6 May 2001, 01:44
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Silly BOY!
I'd say that this boys Formula 1 career is over before it has even started. Just imagine your dream to become a F1 driver is gone because you simply couldn't pull a root and you delved low enough to go pay for one!!! I hope the sex was good Tomas, compared to driving a F1 car, I dont know?
Anyone, who thinks Sex would equal driving a F1 car?
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6 May 2001, 01:57
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No, I wouldn't. 
Some guys love their cars more than their grilfriends ... uha, this society must equal utter insanity at times.
Jaguar is a lot harsher than Liz Hurley obviously trying to be as politically correct as possible. Where are they worrying about? Sponsor money? It's 90% Ford and affiliate companies (like Visteon). Young men should be forgiven there misconduct at times I think.
Last edited by Dino IV; 6 May 2001 at 01:59.
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6 May 2001, 02:24
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Thomas was just practicing for his race debut. If your going to go curb crawling the Jag F1 car is the pick of the field. Look at the way Eddie masterfully pulled over to the curb in Spain. And right in front of the team!
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6 May 2001, 05:34
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Quote:
Originally posted by Dino IV
So that's what 'Kerb crawling' is supposed to mean. And I couldn't stop thinking about the stones at the corneredges ...
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I thought it literally meant he was crawling around the kerbs when testing, instead of kerb jumping.
Quite honestly, I didn't know this was an offence in England?? I mean, one cannot walk around London's West End in the evenings and not get accosted a zillion times. There is something fishy about this charge. Even when I went to the theatre with my family, I used to have to fend them off!! This is indeed quite unfortunate for Tomas, because if this was in Paris, nobody would have cared. To have his career ruined by such a silly misdemeanor is unbelievable.
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6 May 2001, 10:52
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Now that we all know what 'Kerb Crawling' is I'll re-post what I asked before.
Where does that leave Eddie Irvine?
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6 May 2001, 10:57
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With all the Pit Bimbos in F1, couldn't he get a girl around home? 
Oh well, it's not the first time a boy has destroyed his life for a roll in the hay. In fact, the same thing is routine among presidents of universities and in one case in Georgia, a Catholic Archbishop (whose popsy went on Oprah). So although he is no longer in the good company of F1, he is certainly in good company otherwise.
Can't wait to read what the old man has to say about that though. No one has ever accused Jody of being a diplomat.
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6 May 2001, 11:45
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Originally posted by Liz
With all the Pit Bimbos in F1, couldn't he get a girl around home?
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maybe Sauberī_16 would have volunteered! LOL
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6 May 2001, 14:49
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mr scheckter is currently the butt (ahem) of all family jokes round my house. the only bad thing he did was get caught....
it was autosport.com's description that had me creased up on the floor. i believe it was from the northampton local paper, and completely took the biscuit for unintentional humour...
now perhaps jody will recognise toby is still a talented driver (and much cuter too), and deserves an equal amount of support for his chosen career. if my dad dumped me like that i'd be well aggrieved.
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