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F1 | Jean Todt ha chiesto a Massa di diventare commissario di gara

formula1news:

F1 | Jean Todt asked Massa to become a Race Official

Felipe Massa revealed that he was invited by the president of FIA to consider becoming a Race Official during the GPs and bring his expertise of ex-driver

It would seem that Felipe Massa’s retirement is not set in stone, in case Bottas were to leave Williams in favor of Mercedes, the Brazilian driver may extend his stay in Sir Frank’s team for another season.

Following rumors of Valtteri Bottas being named as the primary candidate to fill Nico Rosberg’s vacant seat, Williams is now looking for a driver to partner with rookie Lance Stroll, and a sensible option may be Felipe Massa.

Despite this promising option for 2017, Massa revealed to UOL Esporte that he received another offer for the 2017 season, by becoming a Race Official during F1 weekends and bring his expertise of ex-driver to the team of Charlie Whiting.

It would appear that the offer came directly from the FIA president, Jean Todt, whom made the offer to Massa to work for the Federation. The offer did not impress the former Williams driver, who doubt whether a position as Race Official is sensible option. Nevertheless, Massa does not exclude the possibility of working for FIA in other roles where his experience as a driver could be an asset.

“He said he wanted me to become a Race Official but it am not sure that it is something I am interested in” said the Brazilian driver about Todt “I could definitely work with FIA and collaborate with the team that takes care of the security and safety measures to protect the driver or something similar to that role. Race Official? I am not so sure”.

(translated from formulapassion.it)

F1 | Jean Todt ha chiesto a Massa di diventare commissario di gara

WANT vs. NEED IN RELATIONSHIPS

koi-strology:

ARIES

What you want: Someone to show off. Someone who makes you feel passionate and excited all the time. A hot body, a nice face. Someone with smooth moves.

What you need: Someone patient and forgiving. Someone intelligent and witty. Someone you won’t get bored of. Someone who won’t run away when things get rough.

TAURUS

What you want: A fixer-upper. Nicholas Sparks-type scenes. Lots of gifts. Undying attention. Someone who will agree with you and make you feel desirable and attractive.

What you need: Someone who shares your views. Someone who respects you. A healthy amount of attention and material gifts. Someone who knows they’re good enough for you. Someone who knows you’re good enough for them.

GEMINI

What you want: A genius. A comedian. A hot mess. In other words, your twin flame.

What you need: Wisdom to balance out knowledge. Someone with impulse control. Someone forgiving and understanding. Ears willing to listen… for a while.

CANCER

What you want: A romance-novel character. Lots of hugs, gifts, and reassurance. Someone who won’t hurt your feelings. Someone who knows exactly what you’re thinking and what you want.

What you need: Someone to help you lighten up a little. Honesty. Security. Someone extraordinarily patient. Loyalty. 

LEO

What you want: Someone to show off to your friends. Someone to make you more popular. Attention out the wazoo. An admirer, your biggest fan. Undying support in everything you do.

What you need: Someone wise and understanding. Someone you respect, and who respects you. Someone to be straight with you. Loyalty. Forgiveness. Someone who knows the value in the little gestures.

VIRGO

What you want: Someone self-sustainable. Intelligence and common sense. Someone who can give you space. Someone who will listen to you and accept your criticism.

What you need: Someone to light up your life. Someone you never get bored of. A bit of a mystery. Someone who knows who they are. Someone who appreciates all that you do.

LIBRA

What you want: Someone to be romantic with. That cute couple aesthetic. Attention. A pretty face and a brilliant mind.

What you need: A best friend. A mediator. Someone who won’t take advantage of you. Someone you can really talk to. 

SCORPIO

What you want: Someone who adores you. Submission. Omnipresence in their life. Complete devotion. Control. Passion.

What you need: A mystery. Respect. A healthy amount of push-back. Someone you know you can trust. Someone you know will not hurt you. Undying loyalty. Honesty.

SAGITTARIUS

What you want: A travel buddy. A daredevil. Someone spunky and free. Someone “exotic”, mysterious, foreign. Someone who isn’t interested in textbook romance. 

What you need: Someone who gets you. Someone with common sense. Someone who can forgive your little flubs. Independence. Consistency. Someone you could travel around the world with and not hate them afterwards.

CAPRICORN

What you want: Perfection. Loyalty. A mystery. A romance that doesn’t get in the way of work. Someone like-minded and intelligent.

What you need: Someone to help you see the best side of things. Imagination and youth. Loyalty and respect. Someone who’s okay with being dominated, but not a pushover.

AQUARIUS

What you want: A mad scientist. A genius. A poet. Someone to share your interests with. A best friend. Freedom.

What you need: Independence. Trust. Consistent communication. A best friend. A kind of intelligence you don’t have.

PISCES

What you want: A fairy-tale romance. A tortured artist. Someone you want to “fix”, someone you view as “the underdog”. Someone who’s sensitive, artistic, and poetic. Someone who dazzles you.

What you need: Stability. Honesty. Patience. Someone who won’t walk all over you. Someone who doesn’t need you to fix them. Someone who will always wait for you to come back.

scienceshenanigans:

science-for-days:

sciencetoastudent:

Science Side of Tumblr, I need your help!  Ladies of the Science Side of Tumblr, I especially need your help!

I had a conversation at my non-science day job that went like this:

A friend who shall be called Diane (not her real name) comes to my desk to chat.  Just one of the many topics we discuss is that her boyfriend is  taking a class in wildlife biology.  She has decided that she has grown tired of hearing about local wildlife and hearing him recite a plethora of scientific names. 

I responded positively to this subject, and told her that I too found the subject interesting.  A third person had heard our conversation.  We shall call her Claire (again, not her real name).  Claire immediately responded, “Girls don’t like that kind of thing.”

“Are you saying that girls don’t like science?” I asked.

“No, not normally they don’t,” she responded.

Before you all screech with anguish, bear with me for a moment.  We all know that this is not true.  As a man, I find this idea upsetting for countless reasons that have all been validly discussed before.  To try to debate the issue is rather moot.  Instead, I’d like a show of hands.

Ladies of the Science Side of Tumblr!  I call you to arms!  Will you rally around me in saying that women can and do indeed love science, of any variety?  Gentleman of the Science Side of Tumblr who know someone who is a girl who also happens to love science, will you stand with me too?  We all like and reblog the pro-women-in-science posts we see so often, let’s all stand and be counted in one place this time.

Reblog this if you are a woman who loves science.  Reblog this if you are a man who knows a woman who loves science.  Let us disprove her beyond all doubt!

FEMALE WHO LOVES SCIENCE OVER HERE

Yes hello, I am a female scientist.

I don’t particularly like science but I like wildlife and scientific names

I can 1000% understand why my fellow Massa fans might not be so enthused for Felipe’s probably return, for emotional or any other reasons. Ngl, I am childishly thrilled to see him in F1/on TV 20 times a year/with Rob for another season – not to mention the fact that it actually fills me with glee that, after YEARS of people writing him out of the sport, and eventually retiring when he effectively became surplus to requirements, it in fact turned out that he was exactly what Williams required after all: experienced both in the sport and the team, offers stability and is a known quantity, and, importantly for a team sponsored by an alcohol brand that has a very specific set of requirements, is over 25 years old. 

But one thing I naively failed to take into account was that, of course, that entails another year of Felipe getting flak for things entirely out of his control. It’s not Felipe’s fault that Martini wants an older driver than the majority who might be on the market; plus, a lot of the other options are frankly unrealistic anyway. Re-hiring Felipe, even if just for one more year, makes perfect sense right now, but I’m already bracing myself for yet another year of shit-talking from people who were gushing about how much they were going to miss him a month ago – and even more so from those who didn’t even feel that way. 

ANYWAY who even knows what 2017 is going to be like? When Felipe announced his retirement, I thought maybe I’d not be as interested, but by the time it actually came around I already knew that wasn’t going to be true, lol. But now, for better or worse, I have an added investment, and it doesn’t even really matter to me (much) if the Williams is shit cos that might make it easier if Felipe is only around for one more year, lol. I’m relatively fresh, I’ve only been dealing with the F1 lyfe for less than 6 years, I can brace myself for one more… right??