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It's that time of year : April 1st

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gridwalker
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It's that time of year : April 1st

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So, has anyone spotted any motorsport related April Fools jokes?

I have been collecting a number of April Fools pranks for my 2 other main interests (politics and IT) but I've not spotted any that are relevant to motorsport yet :(

If anyone finds anything amusing, please do share!

Here are some of my favourites so far :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010 ... n-hard-man
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/01 ... incursion/
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/ ... -name.html
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xpensive
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Hey Grid, that piece on Gordon Brown was priceless! Thanx
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gridwalker
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Here are a few more (still no motorsport related jokes though) :
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/31/introd ... kit-video/
http://www.hulu.com/internal/confidenti ... -chapter-1
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 32744.html
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There is one about Rossi riding a Ducati... but not seen any F1 versions just yet
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snowy
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I believe this is Autosport's attempt at an April fool:

Outboard mirrors to be banned from China onwards:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82572
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The FOZ
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This is good for a chuckle...

http://formula-1.updatesport.com/news/a ... /view.html
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The FOZ
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Oh, and this one:

http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/module ... 8&catid=17
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manchild
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Schuey is the best ever!
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http://formula-1.updatesport.com/news/a ... /view.html?

and

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_ ... t_id=40359
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manchild wrote:Schuey is the best ever!
You can't top that joke. :lol:
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Pit
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A polish racing website, f1.pl, also played a prank on me.. Follow the link for a translation by google. You should get the gist of it.

http://translate.google.pl/translate?js ... l=pl&tl=en

I actually fell for that o.o
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Italiano
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Aren't outboard mirrors really getting banned? I heard that a copule of days ago.. :roll:
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WhiteBlue
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Moanlower wrote:
manchild wrote:Schuey is the best ever!
You can't top that joke. :lol:
I actually think it is pretty lame.
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vyselegend
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Not F1 but one of the best I've read today:

http://translate.google.fr/translate?hl ... e-citroen-

If we weren't april 1st I think I might have believe it, although I'm sure this can't really be allowed in the rules. But the idea sounds so simple that it feels right.
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http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/news ... 40106.html

Virgin is going to use the fans to help them to design their car like Folding@home :lol:

Don't think that the mirrors news is a joke...
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