| Ferg | 06-07-2006 10:08 AM |
F1, Round 8, 2006 British Grand Prix
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Round 8...already! Where has this season gone!?!
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[QUOTE][B]TV TIMES
Friday, June 9th, Practice #2, SPEEDTV, 9:00am
Saturday, June 10th, Quali, SPEEDTV, 7:30am
Sunday, RACE!, CBS :( , 1:00pm[/B]
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:D
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[QUOTE][B]TV TIMES
Friday, June 9th, Practice #2, SPEEDTV, 9:00am
Saturday, June 10th, Quali, SPEEDTV, 7:30am
Sunday, RACE!, CBS :( , 1:00pm[/B]
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:D
| Bonzo | 06-07-2006 10:45 AM |
Now this is a race track!!!! One of my favs. :)
| mofugga | 06-07-2006 10:52 AM |
can't wait but how many races is CBS broadcasting this year :furious:
| Ferg | 06-07-2006 11:17 AM |
This is the last race CBS is broadcasting this season. Hooray! :D
| BillT | 06-07-2006 11:43 AM |
They say that they will be going flat out through Becketts this year...should be fun to watch!
| sirfrankwilliams | 06-07-2006 11:53 AM |
The Mercedes (Ilmor) is bound to blow up on Kimi. :mad:
| MattDell | 06-07-2006 11:56 AM |
I chose:[list=1][*]Fernando Alonso[*]Michael Schumacher[*]Kimi Raikkonen[*]Jenson Button[*]Juan Pablo Montoya[*]Felipe Massa[*]Giancarlo Fisichella[*]Rubens Barrichello[/list]
Not counting on DC, hopefully Button does well at home.
As an aside, I've become very frustrated with the Pick6 website. I have an F1 website that I've been working on as a project for no specific reason, but I thought maybe I could turn it into a site like Pick6. I think there needs to be more information about the drivers, and their previous results... along with results that are posted, you know, in a reasonable amount of time! :p I couldn't start it this season, obviously, but I could perhaps get some beta testing done and prepare it for next year. Would anyone be interested in that?
-Matt
Not counting on DC, hopefully Button does well at home.
As an aside, I've become very frustrated with the Pick6 website. I have an F1 website that I've been working on as a project for no specific reason, but I thought maybe I could turn it into a site like Pick6. I think there needs to be more information about the drivers, and their previous results... along with results that are posted, you know, in a reasonable amount of time! :p I couldn't start it this season, obviously, but I could perhaps get some beta testing done and prepare it for next year. Would anyone be interested in that?
-Matt
| JoD | 06-07-2006 01:27 PM |
Meh - not that it matters, because I'm sure he'll probably have something horrible happen to him again but:
K.Raikkonen
F.Alonso
M.Schumacher
J.Montoya
D.Coulthard
J.Button
M.Webber
N.Rosberg
K.Raikkonen
F.Alonso
M.Schumacher
J.Montoya
D.Coulthard
J.Button
M.Webber
N.Rosberg
| bemani | 06-07-2006 02:07 PM |
Jenson Button FTW!
Not really ... :(
Not really ... :(
| artkevin | 06-07-2006 02:45 PM |
JPM going for repeat glory. It will be amazing to see the 22 cars going through the 1st lap at full tilt and no lift for the 1st half of the lap.
| REX8 | 06-07-2006 02:49 PM |
[QUOTE=MattDell]I chose:[list=1][*]Fernando Alonso[*]Michael Schumacher[*]Kimi Raikkonen[*]Jenson Button[*]Juan Pablo Montoya[*]Felipe Massa[*]Giancarlo Fisichella[*]Rubens Barrichello[/list]
-Matt[/QUOTE]
This is JPM's favorite track. You think Button is getting aroudn him? Not a chance...(knocking on wood)
-Matt[/QUOTE]
This is JPM's favorite track. You think Button is getting aroudn him? Not a chance...(knocking on wood)
| MattDell | 06-07-2006 03:01 PM |
[QUOTE=REX8]This is JPM's favorite track. You think Button is getting aroudn him? Not a chance...(knocking on wood)[/QUOTE]
It's information like this that's useful BEFORE I make my picks! :p
It's information like this that's useful BEFORE I make my picks! :p
| StuBeck | 06-07-2006 03:28 PM |
I forgot that too.
JPM was talking about the first part of the lap, I don't know if its full throttle, there is a lot of speed decrease which will happen though, they're going down two gears to make the third turn. I just hope people can stay close behind others.
JPM was talking about the first part of the lap, I don't know if its full throttle, there is a lot of speed decrease which will happen though, they're going down two gears to make the third turn. I just hope people can stay close behind others.
| ST1Ddope | 06-07-2006 06:39 PM |
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this was in monaco last week
this was in monaco last week
| BROKENWRX | 06-07-2006 07:30 PM |
How much was a seat there $$$$$, is that Rascasse?
| f1vlad | 06-07-2006 10:50 PM |
Probably big buck :)
Me too, can't wait to get over with CBS $%^&sh%$. There's only one positive thing about CBS -- don't have to wake up at 7am.
Me too, can't wait to get over with CBS $%^&sh%$. There's only one positive thing about CBS -- don't have to wake up at 7am.
| F456mGT | 06-07-2006 11:05 PM |
[QUOTE=f1vlad]Probably big buck :)
Me too, can't wait to get over with CBS $%^&sh%$. There's only one positive thing about CBS -- don't have to wake up at 7am.[/QUOTE]
TIVO it. lol
The best part is no commercials and instant replays. Perfect!
Actually I usually don't watch the race until SpeedTV re-airs it. I mean the coverage is ten times better. I remember last time they were trying to explain all this stupid **** like how the laps go backwards and tire changes. Its like are you retarded.
I'm pretty sure CBS will be broadcasting the Indy race because well thats in US.
So my prediction:
Prediction if Pablo's car breaks down in qualifying or race:
1. Alonso
2. Raikennen
3. Shumi
4. Button
5. Massa
6. Webber
7. Fisi
8. Rosberg
And if Kimi breaks down:
1. Juan Pablo
2. Alonso
3. Shumi
... so on so forth
Me too, can't wait to get over with CBS $%^&sh%$. There's only one positive thing about CBS -- don't have to wake up at 7am.[/QUOTE]
TIVO it. lol
The best part is no commercials and instant replays. Perfect!
Actually I usually don't watch the race until SpeedTV re-airs it. I mean the coverage is ten times better. I remember last time they were trying to explain all this stupid **** like how the laps go backwards and tire changes. Its like are you retarded.
I'm pretty sure CBS will be broadcasting the Indy race because well thats in US.
So my prediction:
Prediction if Pablo's car breaks down in qualifying or race:
1. Alonso
2. Raikennen
3. Shumi
4. Button
5. Massa
6. Webber
7. Fisi
8. Rosberg
And if Kimi breaks down:
1. Juan Pablo
2. Alonso
3. Shumi
... so on so forth
| OnTheGas | 06-07-2006 11:19 PM |
But wait!
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[QUOTE=F456mGT]Prediction if Pablo's car breaks down in qualifying or race:
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And if Kimi breaks down:
<SNIP>[/QUOTE]
Gosh! What will be your picks if both Mercs break?
;)
<SNIP>
And if Kimi breaks down:
<SNIP>[/QUOTE]
Gosh! What will be your picks if both Mercs break?
;)
| OnTheGas | 06-07-2006 11:31 PM |
OnTheGas' Bloody British GP picks:
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[list=1][*][b]Michael[/b] - This is now a tire war, so if the Potenzas are good...[*][b]Alonso[/b] - It's a Fernando / Michael show up front... could go either way.[*][b]Kimi[/b] - This Finn is just wicked fast sometimes... I'm hoping here...[*][b]Montoya[/b] - If both Mercs hold together, Kimi's ahead here.[*][b]Massa[/b] - Consistantly scoring good points, (when he doesn't stuff it in the barriers in quals)[*][b]Fisichella[/b] - Is fisichella how Italians spell the word "jinxed"?[*][b]Barrichello[/b] - Senna & Honda... Rubens & Senna... now Rubens & Honda... there's mojo simpatico history going on here[*][b]Button[/b] - Will chase Rubens.[/list]I changed my picks... Before I sucked! Now I hope to move up to mediocre! :banana:
| Ferg | 06-08-2006 09:54 AM |
[QUOTE=F456mGT]I'm pretty sure CBS will be broadcasting the Indy race because well thats in US. [/QUOTE]
Nope, the USGP is on Speed. Thankfully Silverstone is the last race CBS is doing this season.
Nope, the USGP is on Speed. Thankfully Silverstone is the last race CBS is doing this season.
| NYEJ25 | 06-08-2006 10:14 AM |
Can't wait for this race for two reasons.
1. I love F1 and hate when they have an off week
2. Last race before Canada!!!!! I can't freakin wait! I have had my tickets and room since last November and it is finally here. First time going to the Canadian GP!!!!!!! :banana: :banana: :disco:
Sorry, back on topic, I'm sure FA will win again. :rolleyes:
1. I love F1 and hate when they have an off week
2. Last race before Canada!!!!! I can't freakin wait! I have had my tickets and room since last November and it is finally here. First time going to the Canadian GP!!!!!!! :banana: :banana: :disco:
Sorry, back on topic, I'm sure FA will win again. :rolleyes:
| Ferg | 06-08-2006 12:03 PM |
British GP story time...
[QUOTE]British GP Preview: Facts & Stats
Sean Kelly looks back at the rich history of the British Grand Prix and Silverstone, reviewing the memorable performances and the remarkable records that have been set there throughout the years
By Sean Kelly
autosport.com writer
Formula One's annual visit to Silverstone represents a return to where it all started for the world championship.
The British Grand Prix predates the inception of the championship by 24 years. The French duo of Robert Senechal and Louis Wagner took the first British GP win at Brooklands in 1926, at an average speed of less than 116km/h (72mph). Brooklands was again the host in 1927, at a time when the race was also known as the English GP.
Donington Park held the next four races, from 1935 to 1938. Legends such as Bernd Rosemeyer and Tazio Nuvolari were among the winners, but the outbreak of World War II brought motorsport to a grinding halt.
It was at Silverstone, itself used as a WWII airfield, that the British GP was resurrected in 1948, and it was chosen to host the inaugural championship race on May 13th 1950, the first of seven rounds that would decide the first champion driver. In those days, the championship was only contested for the drivers themselves; it wasn't until 1958 that the constructors were given their equivalent competition.
Quite apart from the obvious historical importance, the 1950 British GP was the first round to carry the "European GP" title, a name which rotated around almost every European venue until it was last used in that role, again at Silverstone, in 1977.
That 1950 race was won by Giuseppe Farina, driving for Alfa Romeo, while Reg Parnell made himself the answer to a trivia question by finishing third and becoming the first British driver to score a podium in the F1 World Championship.
Alfa won every championship race until Jose Froilan Gonzalez took Ferrari's maiden win at Silverstone in 1951. Gonzalez, like Maurice Trintignant at Monaco, was to take his only two championship wins at the same track, as he repeated the success in 1954, in a race in which seven drivers shared the point for fastest lap, receiving 0.14 each!
Aintree '55 was the first British GP to be won by a home driver. Juan-Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss were engaged in a race-long duel in the untouchable Mercedes W196 chassis, and folklore has it that Fangio elected not to pass Moss on the run to the line, in order that his teammate receive the plaudits - something that Fangio always denied.
For Moss, it was the first of 16 championship wins, which was to stand as a record for an English driver for 30 years; it wasn't until Nigel Mansell's 1991 French GP win that Moss was finally supplanted in that category. However, Moss also scored 18 non-championship F1 wins. Take those into consideration, and his 34 F1 victories would still rank above Mansell's 31.
Moss was again a part of history two years later at the same track, when he piloted the Vanwall VW4 home to score the first ever win for a British constructor, breaking seven years of dominance by Italian and German marques. Having taken over from Tony Brooks at mid-distance, it would be one of three shared victories in F1 history. Perhaps most significant of all was that it was the first F1 win for 29-year-old Colin Chapman, who was credited as the co-designer of the Vanwall alongside Frank Costin.
After later giving Cooper their first F1 success, Moss piloted a Chapman-designed Lotus 18 to the constructor's first win at the 1960 Monaco GP. To this day, only Moss and Dan Gurney (Porsche, Brabham, Eagle) have taken the maiden wins for three different constructors.
In 1958, the British GP headed back to Silverstone, and it was there that Peter Collins strolled to victory, leading every lap to beat Ferrari teammate Mike Hawthorn by over twenty seconds. Only two weeks later he crashed to his death at the Nurburgring. A similar fate would befall 1961 winner Wolfgang von Trips, who died later that year in the last round shootout at Monza.
The first of Jim Clark's five British GP wins came in 1962, the last time the race was held at Aintree, a venue now better known as the home of the English Grand National horse race.
Showing typical dominance, all of Clark's wins were from pole, and after taking the lead on lap 4 of the 1963 race, he didn't lose it again until the first lap of the 1966 event! Only he and Jack Brabham have won the race at all three championship venues (Aintree, Silverstone and Brands Hatch). From 1963 until 1986, the race alternated between Silverstone in odd-numbered years and Brands in the even-numbered ones, until Silverstone became the full-time host in 1987.
Switzerland's first F1 triumph came at the 1968 race, when Jo Siffert took the win. It was the last time privateer Lotus entrant Rob Walker would taste victory as an F1 team owner. The 1969 and 1970 races were classics, with Stewart and Rindt disputing victory in the '69 edition, before victory fell to the Scot, while Rindt was able to avenge his loss to some degree a year later, when he was the benefactor of race leader Jack Brabham running out of fuel on the final lap.
Few opening laps are as notorious as that which opened the 1973 British GP. The crowd came to see Jackie Stewart take another step toward his third title, and he was leading at the end of lap 1 - no mean feat, as he had qualified fourth in an era when the front row contained three cars.
At the exit of the fearsome Woodcote corner, Jody Scheckter, making only his fourth Grand Prix start, ran wide and spun his McLaren into the pit-wall. The subsequent chain reaction crash led to the first red flag in the history of the World Championship. In the restarted race, Stewart tangled with Ronnie Peterson at Stowe and ended his afternoon tenth, while Scheckter's teammate Peter Revson took his first career win.
Ironically, Scheckter would be the winner 12 months later at Brands Hatch, in a bizarre finish. Niki Lauda led the first 69 of 75 laps but required a late pitstop. He then found his exit blocked, relegating him to ninth by the finish. A protest by Ferrari led to him being credited as being a lap down on Scheckter, good enough for fifth place.
Silverstone '75 provided all sorts of statistical fodder. Welshman Tom Pryce scored his only career pole but crashed out of the lead on lap 21. An action-packed race descended into chaos when it started to rain on lap 50, and after 13 of the 19 remaining cars went off, the decision was made to stop the race, with winner Emerson Fittipaldi being the only one of the classified top 5 to be still circulating. The race featured seven different leaders, to this day a number only beaten by the 1971 Italian GP.
If 1975 weren't bad enough, there was uproar at Brands a year later when the two Ferraris and James Hunt managed to collide at the first corner, again bringing out the red flag. Hunt was allowed to take the spare for the restart, appeasing the fanatical home crowd, and he duly rewarded them with a win. However, Hunt was disqualified after Ferrari protested his use of the spare, promoting Lauda to victory.
Hunt finally took a home win from pole position in the '77 race at Silverstone. More notable was his McLaren team running an old M23 chassis for Formula Atlantic sensation Gilles Villeneuve. After indulging in countless spins throughout practice, he lined up ninth for his debut - two places ahead of teammate Jochen Mass in the latest M26 - but a faulty temperature gauge, causing a lengthy pitstop, ruined his race.
Villeneuve had to pre-qualify for the race, and that session was rocked by David Purley's incredible accident, which generated the highest known g-force survived by man (179.8g). Driving the new LEC CRP1, he decelerated from 173 km/h to zero in just 66 centimetres. He recovered from multiple fractures, but never raced in F1 again.
Frank Williams finally made it to the winners' circle at the 1979 British Grand Prix, when Clay Regazzoni piloted his Williams FW07 to the last win of his career. Their 100th victory was also at Silverstone in 1997, but the strike rate has diminished lately, and they've only added 13 more wins since.
The modern era of F1 chassis design truly arrived in 1981, when John Watson was victorious at Silverstone in the McLaren MP4, the first all-carbon-fibre F1 chassis. It was also Ron Dennis's first win as a team owner, having bought into McLaren ahead of that season.
At the height of the turbo era in the mid-1980s, Silverstone was still in the same configuration as it was in 1950 (barring a chicane at Woodcote). Keke Rosberg became the first man to record a 160mph average lap when he took pole in the damp qualifying session of 1985. It stood as F1's all-time quickest lap until it was beaten by Juan Pablo Montoya's pole speed for the 2002 Italian GP.
Alain Prost's win in the 1985 race also stands as the record speed for a British Grand Prix (235.404 km/h, more than twice the speed of the 1926 race at Brooklands), and thanks in part to the officials mistakenly waving the chequered flag one lap earlier than planned, the race was over in just 78 minutes.
Brands Hatch's last hurrah as an F1 venue came in 1986, and it would be Jacques Laffite's 176th start, tying Graham Hill's all-time record, which had stood since 1975. Sadly, he was involved in a major crash at the start, breaking both legs and ending his F1 career.
The two drivers would hold the record jointly until 1989, when Riccardo Patrese surpassed them at Jacarepagua. Patrese then went on to be the first to make 200 F1 starts at the 1990 British GP - just as Jack Brabham was the first to 100 at the '68 race.
1990 was the last race at Silverstone before the alterations at Becketts, Stowe and Club, as well as the construction of the complex that now ends the lap.
The changes were becoming necessary - Alain Prost's winning average in 1990 was just 2 km/h slower than his 1985 victory, despite the cars having significantly less horsepower in the post-turbo era.
Prost holds the record for most Silverstone wins, with five. In addition to '85 and '90, he also won in 1983 (the last Silverstone race to be held on a Saturday, a tradition to avoid disturbing Sunday church services), 1989 and 1993, when he became the first driver to reach 50 career victories.
Graham Hill never won the British Grand Prix, but the gap in the family trophy cabinet was filled in 1994, when Damon Hill took victory, while Johnny Herbert's first career win came in 1995 for Benetton. In both races, Michael Schumacher was involved in controversy - passing Damon Hill on the parade lap and being black-flagged in 1994, and then being the victim of an over-optimistic move by Hill in the closing stages of the '95 event.
Schumacher went on to achieve a novel first at the 1998 race, becoming the first man to take a race victory in the pits, cleverly serving a stop/go penalty at the end of the last lap.
The strangest occurrence of recent times was the disruption of the 2003 event by Father Neil Horan, who ran up the Hangar Straight and into oncoming traffic, endangering his own life as well as those of the drivers. Rubens Barrichello went on to win, just as he did the previous time a spectator ran on to the track, at the 2000 German Grand Prix.
Jarno Trulli's enormous shunt at Priory brought out a late safety car at the 2004 event, and by the end less than 25 seconds separated first and tenth place, the closest top-10 finish in F1 history.
No British GP retrospective can be complete without mention of Nigel Mansell. From 1986 to 1992, Mansell won four times, took three poles in a row, and set the fastest lap for seven consecutive years.
His 1987 win has gone down in folklore. After a severe vibration forced him to pit for tyres, he found himself over 28 seconds behind Williams-Honda teammate Nelson Piquet with just 29 laps to go. With the capacity crowd urging him on, he caught and passed Piquet in a daring wheel-to-wheel move at Stowe, just two laps from the end of the race.
In addition, he also finished second in an underpowered Williams-Judd in 1988, having retired from every race up to that point in the season, and survived a puncture on the Hangar Straight to finish second for Ferrari in '89.
He took pole in 1992 by a mind-blowing 1.9 seconds, and then, as if to rub salt to everyone's wounds, lapped 1.8 seconds quicker than the field in the race, which he fittingly led from start to finish, his last appearance in front of his home fans.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]British GP Preview: Facts & Stats
Sean Kelly looks back at the rich history of the British Grand Prix and Silverstone, reviewing the memorable performances and the remarkable records that have been set there throughout the years
By Sean Kelly
autosport.com writer
Formula One's annual visit to Silverstone represents a return to where it all started for the world championship.
The British Grand Prix predates the inception of the championship by 24 years. The French duo of Robert Senechal and Louis Wagner took the first British GP win at Brooklands in 1926, at an average speed of less than 116km/h (72mph). Brooklands was again the host in 1927, at a time when the race was also known as the English GP.
Donington Park held the next four races, from 1935 to 1938. Legends such as Bernd Rosemeyer and Tazio Nuvolari were among the winners, but the outbreak of World War II brought motorsport to a grinding halt.
It was at Silverstone, itself used as a WWII airfield, that the British GP was resurrected in 1948, and it was chosen to host the inaugural championship race on May 13th 1950, the first of seven rounds that would decide the first champion driver. In those days, the championship was only contested for the drivers themselves; it wasn't until 1958 that the constructors were given their equivalent competition.
Quite apart from the obvious historical importance, the 1950 British GP was the first round to carry the "European GP" title, a name which rotated around almost every European venue until it was last used in that role, again at Silverstone, in 1977.
That 1950 race was won by Giuseppe Farina, driving for Alfa Romeo, while Reg Parnell made himself the answer to a trivia question by finishing third and becoming the first British driver to score a podium in the F1 World Championship.
Alfa won every championship race until Jose Froilan Gonzalez took Ferrari's maiden win at Silverstone in 1951. Gonzalez, like Maurice Trintignant at Monaco, was to take his only two championship wins at the same track, as he repeated the success in 1954, in a race in which seven drivers shared the point for fastest lap, receiving 0.14 each!
Aintree '55 was the first British GP to be won by a home driver. Juan-Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss were engaged in a race-long duel in the untouchable Mercedes W196 chassis, and folklore has it that Fangio elected not to pass Moss on the run to the line, in order that his teammate receive the plaudits - something that Fangio always denied.
For Moss, it was the first of 16 championship wins, which was to stand as a record for an English driver for 30 years; it wasn't until Nigel Mansell's 1991 French GP win that Moss was finally supplanted in that category. However, Moss also scored 18 non-championship F1 wins. Take those into consideration, and his 34 F1 victories would still rank above Mansell's 31.
Moss was again a part of history two years later at the same track, when he piloted the Vanwall VW4 home to score the first ever win for a British constructor, breaking seven years of dominance by Italian and German marques. Having taken over from Tony Brooks at mid-distance, it would be one of three shared victories in F1 history. Perhaps most significant of all was that it was the first F1 win for 29-year-old Colin Chapman, who was credited as the co-designer of the Vanwall alongside Frank Costin.
After later giving Cooper their first F1 success, Moss piloted a Chapman-designed Lotus 18 to the constructor's first win at the 1960 Monaco GP. To this day, only Moss and Dan Gurney (Porsche, Brabham, Eagle) have taken the maiden wins for three different constructors.
In 1958, the British GP headed back to Silverstone, and it was there that Peter Collins strolled to victory, leading every lap to beat Ferrari teammate Mike Hawthorn by over twenty seconds. Only two weeks later he crashed to his death at the Nurburgring. A similar fate would befall 1961 winner Wolfgang von Trips, who died later that year in the last round shootout at Monza.
The first of Jim Clark's five British GP wins came in 1962, the last time the race was held at Aintree, a venue now better known as the home of the English Grand National horse race.
Showing typical dominance, all of Clark's wins were from pole, and after taking the lead on lap 4 of the 1963 race, he didn't lose it again until the first lap of the 1966 event! Only he and Jack Brabham have won the race at all three championship venues (Aintree, Silverstone and Brands Hatch). From 1963 until 1986, the race alternated between Silverstone in odd-numbered years and Brands in the even-numbered ones, until Silverstone became the full-time host in 1987.
Switzerland's first F1 triumph came at the 1968 race, when Jo Siffert took the win. It was the last time privateer Lotus entrant Rob Walker would taste victory as an F1 team owner. The 1969 and 1970 races were classics, with Stewart and Rindt disputing victory in the '69 edition, before victory fell to the Scot, while Rindt was able to avenge his loss to some degree a year later, when he was the benefactor of race leader Jack Brabham running out of fuel on the final lap.
Few opening laps are as notorious as that which opened the 1973 British GP. The crowd came to see Jackie Stewart take another step toward his third title, and he was leading at the end of lap 1 - no mean feat, as he had qualified fourth in an era when the front row contained three cars.
At the exit of the fearsome Woodcote corner, Jody Scheckter, making only his fourth Grand Prix start, ran wide and spun his McLaren into the pit-wall. The subsequent chain reaction crash led to the first red flag in the history of the World Championship. In the restarted race, Stewart tangled with Ronnie Peterson at Stowe and ended his afternoon tenth, while Scheckter's teammate Peter Revson took his first career win.
Ironically, Scheckter would be the winner 12 months later at Brands Hatch, in a bizarre finish. Niki Lauda led the first 69 of 75 laps but required a late pitstop. He then found his exit blocked, relegating him to ninth by the finish. A protest by Ferrari led to him being credited as being a lap down on Scheckter, good enough for fifth place.
Silverstone '75 provided all sorts of statistical fodder. Welshman Tom Pryce scored his only career pole but crashed out of the lead on lap 21. An action-packed race descended into chaos when it started to rain on lap 50, and after 13 of the 19 remaining cars went off, the decision was made to stop the race, with winner Emerson Fittipaldi being the only one of the classified top 5 to be still circulating. The race featured seven different leaders, to this day a number only beaten by the 1971 Italian GP.
If 1975 weren't bad enough, there was uproar at Brands a year later when the two Ferraris and James Hunt managed to collide at the first corner, again bringing out the red flag. Hunt was allowed to take the spare for the restart, appeasing the fanatical home crowd, and he duly rewarded them with a win. However, Hunt was disqualified after Ferrari protested his use of the spare, promoting Lauda to victory.
Hunt finally took a home win from pole position in the '77 race at Silverstone. More notable was his McLaren team running an old M23 chassis for Formula Atlantic sensation Gilles Villeneuve. After indulging in countless spins throughout practice, he lined up ninth for his debut - two places ahead of teammate Jochen Mass in the latest M26 - but a faulty temperature gauge, causing a lengthy pitstop, ruined his race.
Villeneuve had to pre-qualify for the race, and that session was rocked by David Purley's incredible accident, which generated the highest known g-force survived by man (179.8g). Driving the new LEC CRP1, he decelerated from 173 km/h to zero in just 66 centimetres. He recovered from multiple fractures, but never raced in F1 again.
Frank Williams finally made it to the winners' circle at the 1979 British Grand Prix, when Clay Regazzoni piloted his Williams FW07 to the last win of his career. Their 100th victory was also at Silverstone in 1997, but the strike rate has diminished lately, and they've only added 13 more wins since.
The modern era of F1 chassis design truly arrived in 1981, when John Watson was victorious at Silverstone in the McLaren MP4, the first all-carbon-fibre F1 chassis. It was also Ron Dennis's first win as a team owner, having bought into McLaren ahead of that season.
At the height of the turbo era in the mid-1980s, Silverstone was still in the same configuration as it was in 1950 (barring a chicane at Woodcote). Keke Rosberg became the first man to record a 160mph average lap when he took pole in the damp qualifying session of 1985. It stood as F1's all-time quickest lap until it was beaten by Juan Pablo Montoya's pole speed for the 2002 Italian GP.
Alain Prost's win in the 1985 race also stands as the record speed for a British Grand Prix (235.404 km/h, more than twice the speed of the 1926 race at Brooklands), and thanks in part to the officials mistakenly waving the chequered flag one lap earlier than planned, the race was over in just 78 minutes.
Brands Hatch's last hurrah as an F1 venue came in 1986, and it would be Jacques Laffite's 176th start, tying Graham Hill's all-time record, which had stood since 1975. Sadly, he was involved in a major crash at the start, breaking both legs and ending his F1 career.
The two drivers would hold the record jointly until 1989, when Riccardo Patrese surpassed them at Jacarepagua. Patrese then went on to be the first to make 200 F1 starts at the 1990 British GP - just as Jack Brabham was the first to 100 at the '68 race.
1990 was the last race at Silverstone before the alterations at Becketts, Stowe and Club, as well as the construction of the complex that now ends the lap.
The changes were becoming necessary - Alain Prost's winning average in 1990 was just 2 km/h slower than his 1985 victory, despite the cars having significantly less horsepower in the post-turbo era.
Prost holds the record for most Silverstone wins, with five. In addition to '85 and '90, he also won in 1983 (the last Silverstone race to be held on a Saturday, a tradition to avoid disturbing Sunday church services), 1989 and 1993, when he became the first driver to reach 50 career victories.
Graham Hill never won the British Grand Prix, but the gap in the family trophy cabinet was filled in 1994, when Damon Hill took victory, while Johnny Herbert's first career win came in 1995 for Benetton. In both races, Michael Schumacher was involved in controversy - passing Damon Hill on the parade lap and being black-flagged in 1994, and then being the victim of an over-optimistic move by Hill in the closing stages of the '95 event.
Schumacher went on to achieve a novel first at the 1998 race, becoming the first man to take a race victory in the pits, cleverly serving a stop/go penalty at the end of the last lap.
The strangest occurrence of recent times was the disruption of the 2003 event by Father Neil Horan, who ran up the Hangar Straight and into oncoming traffic, endangering his own life as well as those of the drivers. Rubens Barrichello went on to win, just as he did the previous time a spectator ran on to the track, at the 2000 German Grand Prix.
Jarno Trulli's enormous shunt at Priory brought out a late safety car at the 2004 event, and by the end less than 25 seconds separated first and tenth place, the closest top-10 finish in F1 history.
No British GP retrospective can be complete without mention of Nigel Mansell. From 1986 to 1992, Mansell won four times, took three poles in a row, and set the fastest lap for seven consecutive years.
His 1987 win has gone down in folklore. After a severe vibration forced him to pit for tyres, he found himself over 28 seconds behind Williams-Honda teammate Nelson Piquet with just 29 laps to go. With the capacity crowd urging him on, he caught and passed Piquet in a daring wheel-to-wheel move at Stowe, just two laps from the end of the race.
In addition, he also finished second in an underpowered Williams-Judd in 1988, having retired from every race up to that point in the season, and survived a puncture on the Hangar Straight to finish second for Ferrari in '89.
He took pole in 1992 by a mind-blowing 1.9 seconds, and then, as if to rub salt to everyone's wounds, lapped 1.8 seconds quicker than the field in the race, which he fittingly led from start to finish, his last appearance in front of his home fans.[/QUOTE]
| artkevin | 06-08-2006 01:03 PM |
Pics from England
[IMG]http://images.f1racing.net/large/60342.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://images.f1racing.net/large/60329.jpg[/IMG]
The hariy one if Rubens
[IMG]http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/photos/2006/gpsilverstone/diapo_020.jpg[/IMG]
Return of the King
[IMG]http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/photos/2006/gpsilverstone/diapo_027.jpg[/IMG]
Akward much?
[IMG]http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/photos/2006/gpsilverstone/diapo_065.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://images.f1racing.net/large/60342.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://images.f1racing.net/large/60329.jpg[/IMG]
The hariy one if Rubens
[IMG]http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/photos/2006/gpsilverstone/diapo_020.jpg[/IMG]
Return of the King
[IMG]http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/photos/2006/gpsilverstone/diapo_027.jpg[/IMG]
Akward much?
[IMG]http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/photos/2006/gpsilverstone/diapo_065.jpg[/IMG]
| Ferg | 06-08-2006 06:02 PM |
My sucky pics...
[QUOTE]
J.Montoya
F.Alonso
J.Button
M.Schumacher
M.Webber
N.Rosberg
R.Barrichello
S.Speed
[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]
J.Montoya
F.Alonso
J.Button
M.Schumacher
M.Webber
N.Rosberg
R.Barrichello
S.Speed
[/QUOTE]
| westcle | 06-08-2006 07:54 PM |
I'm usually too late for pics but here goes:
K.Raikkonen
F.Alonso
M.Schumacher
J.Montoya
M.Webber
J.Button
G.Fisichella
Lewis Hamilton -because he is that good :lol:
Assuming no freak Merc accidents :furious:
K.Raikkonen
F.Alonso
M.Schumacher
J.Montoya
M.Webber
J.Button
G.Fisichella
Lewis Hamilton -because he is that good :lol:
Assuming no freak Merc accidents :furious:
| StuBeck | 06-08-2006 08:11 PM |
F.Alonso
K.Raikkonen
M.Schumacher
J.Montoya
G.Fisichella
R.Barrichello
D.Coulthard
F.Massa
K.Raikkonen
M.Schumacher
J.Montoya
G.Fisichella
R.Barrichello
D.Coulthard
F.Massa
| GotWRX03 | 06-08-2006 08:11 PM |
assuming mcclarens will hold..
M.Schumacher
Alonso
Montoya
Fisichella
Raikkonen
Massa
M.Schumacher
Alonso
Montoya
Fisichella
Raikkonen
Massa
| finnRex | 06-08-2006 09:01 PM |
Too many assumptions on the Mercs...
1. F.Alonso
2. K.Raikkonen
3. M.Schumacher
4. M.Webber
5. J.Montoya
6. F.Massa
7. N.Rosberg
8. G.Fisichella
...then again, I'm assuming that the Merc's will hold. :p
Mika
1. F.Alonso
2. K.Raikkonen
3. M.Schumacher
4. M.Webber
5. J.Montoya
6. F.Massa
7. N.Rosberg
8. G.Fisichella
...then again, I'm assuming that the Merc's will hold. :p
Mika
| KAX | 06-08-2006 09:10 PM |
wow, i must be smoking something:
1. K.Raikkonen
2. J.Montoya
3. M.Schumacher
4. F.Alonso
5. J.Button
6. M.Webber
7. G.Fisichella
8. R.Schumacher
Incase anyone was expecting rain, no dice:
Friday: Sunny, High: 24�C, Low: 13�C, Precip: 0%
Saturday: Sunny, High:26�C, Low: 16�C, Precip: 0%
Sunday: Partly Cloudy, High: 27�C, Low: 14�C, Precip: 20%
1. K.Raikkonen
2. J.Montoya
3. M.Schumacher
4. F.Alonso
5. J.Button
6. M.Webber
7. G.Fisichella
8. R.Schumacher
Incase anyone was expecting rain, no dice:
Friday: Sunny, High: 24�C, Low: 13�C, Precip: 0%
Saturday: Sunny, High:26�C, Low: 16�C, Precip: 0%
Sunday: Partly Cloudy, High: 27�C, Low: 14�C, Precip: 20%
| OnTheGas | 06-09-2006 01:20 AM |
Rats!
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Those brits are starting their race noon local!! :mad:
That means for us left coasters, the race will be on Formula1.com at freakin' 4AM! Argh! I was hoping to catch this one live, then watch the CBS broadcast... only if I have insomnia, I guess.
But if the race was at 2PM local, that would be 6AM on the west coast, 9AM EDT, etc.
That means for us left coasters, the race will be on Formula1.com at freakin' 4AM! Argh! I was hoping to catch this one live, then watch the CBS broadcast... only if I have insomnia, I guess.
But if the race was at 2PM local, that would be 6AM on the west coast, 9AM EDT, etc.
| KAX | 06-09-2006 04:32 AM |
how would you get it live? just from the formula1.com timing?
| ST1Ddope | 06-09-2006 05:54 AM |
[QUOTE=BROKENWRX]How much was a seat there $$$$$, is that Rascasse?[/QUOTE]
Yes that was La Rascasse. The tickets were alot but well worth it, I think they came out to 1800 Euros a person x 3 But as I said well worth it. I will get some pictures of the British Grand Prix casue I am off to that for quali and GP.
Yes that was La Rascasse. The tickets were alot but well worth it, I think they came out to 1800 Euros a person x 3 But as I said well worth it. I will get some pictures of the British Grand Prix casue I am off to that for quali and GP.
| TimStevens | 06-09-2006 08:07 AM |
$2500 a seat :huh: You're obviously on a different plane of income if that's well worth it. Kudos to you :D
| StuBeck | 06-09-2006 08:29 AM |
Boo, practice is at 9 instead of 8.
| Ferg | 06-09-2006 11:27 AM |
Practice 1 and 2 reports.
[QUOTE]Wurz quickest in practice 1 - Britain
By Jamie O'Leary Friday, June 9th 2006, 11:07 GMT
Alex Wurz continued his impressive Friday form as he topped the timesheets in the first free practice session for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Wurz set the pace in 1:21.946, beating Honda's British test driver Anthony Davidson by less than six hundredths of a second.
BMW Sauber tester Robert Kubica enhanced his chances of a race drive next year with third quickest while Jarno Trulli gave Toyota hope of a good result on Sunday with the fourth quickest time - the best result by a race driver.
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher took to the track in the final minutes � completing one flying lap, but could not topple Kubica's time and finished fifth fastest.
The 37-year-old Ferrari driver then suffered a quick spin on his in-lap at Bridge corner � without damage.
Honda's Jenson Button, who is sporting a new helmet design in support of England's football World Cup campaign, was seventh quickest in front of his home crowd.
Wurz was the first to complete a flying lap, but was only joined on track by four other cars during the opening quarter of the session.
Franck Montagny brought out the red flags after 14 minutes when his Super Aguri stopped on the circuit on the pit-straight with an apparent technical failure.
After a three-minute pause to clear the stricken car, the session resumed, and Montagny's Japanese teammate Takuma Sato wasted little time in spinning at the fifth gear Becketts corner, but without damage.
Swiss test driver Giorgio Mondini spun his Midland in the final minutes of the session.
While exiting Priory corner, Mondini bounced over the grass and ended up stranded in the gravel trap on the outside of the next turn.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Wurz Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:21.946 26
2. Davidson Honda (M) 1:22.003 + 0.057 31
3. Kubica BMW-Sauber (M) 1:22.365 + 0.419 30
4. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:22.877 + 0.931 7
5. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:22.925 + 0.979 3
6. Barrichello Honda (M) 1:23.128 + 1.182 5
7. Button Honda (M) 1:23.415 + 1.469 6
8. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:23.816 + 1.870 4
9. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) 1:24.019 + 2.073 6
10. Monteiro MF1-Toyota (B) 1:24.070 + 2.124 6
11. Mondini MF1-Toyota (B) 1:24.087 + 2.141 19
12. Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:24.145 + 2.199 22
13. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:27.724 + 5.778 10
14. Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:29.678 + 7.732 22
15. Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari (M) No time 9
16. Montagny Super Aguri-Honda (B) No time 3
17. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) No time 2
18. Alonso Renault (M) No time 1
19. Fisichella Renault (M) No time 1
20. Klien Red Bull-Ferrari (M) No time 1
21. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) No time 1
22. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) No time 1
23. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) No time 1
24. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) No time 1
25. Villeneuve BMW-Sauber (M) No time 1
26. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) No time 1
27. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) No time 1
28. Webber Williams-Cosworth (B) No time
29. Rosberg Williams-Cosworth (B) No time
All Timing Unofficial[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Kubica flies in practice 2 - Britain
By Jamie O'Leary Friday, June 9th 2006, 14:05 GMT
Robert Kubica led the way at Silverstone by topping the second free practice session for the British Grand Prix with the fastest time of the day.
Kubica was quickest in 1:21.082 seconds, over 1.2 seconds ahead of Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella.
Fisichella had a scare, though, as he spun at high speed when he touched the brakes at the end of the 320 kilometres per hour Hangar straight, but re-joined the track after driving along the escape road next to the circuit.
Third was Williams test driver Alex Wurz, with Honda tester Anthony Davidson the best Briton and Italian Jarno Trulli next up for Toyota.
Felipe Massa endured a mistake-strewn session in his Ferrari.
Massa went off the road and onto the grass twice - outbraking himself at the Abbey and Club chicanes, and then stalled in the pitlane.
He still managed to set the sixth fastest time - one spot ahead of world champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso, in a Renault, and five places ahead of his teammate Michael Schumacher, who himself put two wheels on the grass exiting Abbey late in the session.
McLaren were the most disappointing performers of the day just two weeks after Kimi Raikkonen's performance at the Monaco Grand Prix.
The Finn was 21st quickest after completing only four laps, while his teammate Juan Pablo Montoya was 14th.
Toro Rosso tester Neel Jani spun his Toro Rosso into the gravel trap on the outside of the circuit while exiting Priory corner in an incident almost identical to that of his compatriot Giorgio Mondini in the earlier session.
And Red Bull's Christian Klien was another driver to be caught out by Silverstone's slippery track surface as he suffered a double spin at the same point just minutes later.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Kubica BMW-Sauber (M) 1:21.082 29
2. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:22.294 + 1.212 3
3. Wurz Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:22.300 + 1.218 30
4. Davidson Honda (M) 1:22.310 + 1.228 34
5. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:22.437 + 1.355 17
6. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:22.476 + 1.394 19
7. Alonso Renault (M) 1:22.603 + 1.521 13
8. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:22.825 + 1.743 14
9. Webber Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:23.099 + 2.017 15
10. Barrichello Honda (M) 1:23.104 + 2.022 17
11. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:23.114 + 2.032 22
12. Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:23.140 + 2.058 25
13. Monteiro MF1-Toyota (B) 1:23.194 + 2.112 23
14. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:23.199 + 2.117 10
15. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) 1:23.499 + 2.417 14
16. Mondini MF1-Toyota (B) 1:23.529 + 2.447 25
17. Button Honda (M) 1:23.707 + 2.625 18
18. Villeneuve BMW-Sauber (M) 1:23.750 + 2.668 13
19. Rosberg Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:23.816 + 2.734 16
20. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) 1:23.895 + 2.813 14
21. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:23.915 + 2.833 4
22. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:24.012 + 2.930 19
23. Klien Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:24.158 + 3.076 12
24. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:24.167 + 3.085 19
25. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:24.392 + 3.310 13
26. Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:24.666 + 3.584 22
27. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:25.870 + 4.788 26
28. Montagny Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:26.248 + 5.166 22
29. Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:27.908 + 6.826 27
All Timing Unofficial[/QUOTE]
I really hope BMW give Kubica a race drive next season. I want to see what this guy can do over the whole weekend. :D
[QUOTE]Wurz quickest in practice 1 - Britain
By Jamie O'Leary Friday, June 9th 2006, 11:07 GMT
Alex Wurz continued his impressive Friday form as he topped the timesheets in the first free practice session for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Wurz set the pace in 1:21.946, beating Honda's British test driver Anthony Davidson by less than six hundredths of a second.
BMW Sauber tester Robert Kubica enhanced his chances of a race drive next year with third quickest while Jarno Trulli gave Toyota hope of a good result on Sunday with the fourth quickest time - the best result by a race driver.
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher took to the track in the final minutes � completing one flying lap, but could not topple Kubica's time and finished fifth fastest.
The 37-year-old Ferrari driver then suffered a quick spin on his in-lap at Bridge corner � without damage.
Honda's Jenson Button, who is sporting a new helmet design in support of England's football World Cup campaign, was seventh quickest in front of his home crowd.
Wurz was the first to complete a flying lap, but was only joined on track by four other cars during the opening quarter of the session.
Franck Montagny brought out the red flags after 14 minutes when his Super Aguri stopped on the circuit on the pit-straight with an apparent technical failure.
After a three-minute pause to clear the stricken car, the session resumed, and Montagny's Japanese teammate Takuma Sato wasted little time in spinning at the fifth gear Becketts corner, but without damage.
Swiss test driver Giorgio Mondini spun his Midland in the final minutes of the session.
While exiting Priory corner, Mondini bounced over the grass and ended up stranded in the gravel trap on the outside of the next turn.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Wurz Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:21.946 26
2. Davidson Honda (M) 1:22.003 + 0.057 31
3. Kubica BMW-Sauber (M) 1:22.365 + 0.419 30
4. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:22.877 + 0.931 7
5. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:22.925 + 0.979 3
6. Barrichello Honda (M) 1:23.128 + 1.182 5
7. Button Honda (M) 1:23.415 + 1.469 6
8. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:23.816 + 1.870 4
9. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) 1:24.019 + 2.073 6
10. Monteiro MF1-Toyota (B) 1:24.070 + 2.124 6
11. Mondini MF1-Toyota (B) 1:24.087 + 2.141 19
12. Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:24.145 + 2.199 22
13. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:27.724 + 5.778 10
14. Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:29.678 + 7.732 22
15. Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari (M) No time 9
16. Montagny Super Aguri-Honda (B) No time 3
17. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) No time 2
18. Alonso Renault (M) No time 1
19. Fisichella Renault (M) No time 1
20. Klien Red Bull-Ferrari (M) No time 1
21. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) No time 1
22. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) No time 1
23. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) No time 1
24. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) No time 1
25. Villeneuve BMW-Sauber (M) No time 1
26. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) No time 1
27. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) No time 1
28. Webber Williams-Cosworth (B) No time
29. Rosberg Williams-Cosworth (B) No time
All Timing Unofficial[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Kubica flies in practice 2 - Britain
By Jamie O'Leary Friday, June 9th 2006, 14:05 GMT
Robert Kubica led the way at Silverstone by topping the second free practice session for the British Grand Prix with the fastest time of the day.
Kubica was quickest in 1:21.082 seconds, over 1.2 seconds ahead of Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella.
Fisichella had a scare, though, as he spun at high speed when he touched the brakes at the end of the 320 kilometres per hour Hangar straight, but re-joined the track after driving along the escape road next to the circuit.
Third was Williams test driver Alex Wurz, with Honda tester Anthony Davidson the best Briton and Italian Jarno Trulli next up for Toyota.
Felipe Massa endured a mistake-strewn session in his Ferrari.
Massa went off the road and onto the grass twice - outbraking himself at the Abbey and Club chicanes, and then stalled in the pitlane.
He still managed to set the sixth fastest time - one spot ahead of world champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso, in a Renault, and five places ahead of his teammate Michael Schumacher, who himself put two wheels on the grass exiting Abbey late in the session.
McLaren were the most disappointing performers of the day just two weeks after Kimi Raikkonen's performance at the Monaco Grand Prix.
The Finn was 21st quickest after completing only four laps, while his teammate Juan Pablo Montoya was 14th.
Toro Rosso tester Neel Jani spun his Toro Rosso into the gravel trap on the outside of the circuit while exiting Priory corner in an incident almost identical to that of his compatriot Giorgio Mondini in the earlier session.
And Red Bull's Christian Klien was another driver to be caught out by Silverstone's slippery track surface as he suffered a double spin at the same point just minutes later.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Kubica BMW-Sauber (M) 1:21.082 29
2. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:22.294 + 1.212 3
3. Wurz Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:22.300 + 1.218 30
4. Davidson Honda (M) 1:22.310 + 1.228 34
5. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:22.437 + 1.355 17
6. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:22.476 + 1.394 19
7. Alonso Renault (M) 1:22.603 + 1.521 13
8. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:22.825 + 1.743 14
9. Webber Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:23.099 + 2.017 15
10. Barrichello Honda (M) 1:23.104 + 2.022 17
11. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:23.114 + 2.032 22
12. Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:23.140 + 2.058 25
13. Monteiro MF1-Toyota (B) 1:23.194 + 2.112 23
14. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:23.199 + 2.117 10
15. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) 1:23.499 + 2.417 14
16. Mondini MF1-Toyota (B) 1:23.529 + 2.447 25
17. Button Honda (M) 1:23.707 + 2.625 18
18. Villeneuve BMW-Sauber (M) 1:23.750 + 2.668 13
19. Rosberg Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:23.816 + 2.734 16
20. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) 1:23.895 + 2.813 14
21. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:23.915 + 2.833 4
22. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:24.012 + 2.930 19
23. Klien Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:24.158 + 3.076 12
24. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:24.167 + 3.085 19
25. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:24.392 + 3.310 13
26. Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:24.666 + 3.584 22
27. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:25.870 + 4.788 26
28. Montagny Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:26.248 + 5.166 22
29. Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:27.908 + 6.826 27
All Timing Unofficial[/QUOTE]
I really hope BMW give Kubica a race drive next season. I want to see what this guy can do over the whole weekend. :D
| Ferg | 06-09-2006 11:29 AM |
Since most of us seem to be following the GP2 season this year as well as the Big Circus, here's the starting grid for the Silverstone race.
[QUOTE]Carroll takes Silverstone pole
By Andrew van de Burgt Friday, June 9th 2006, 15:14 GMT
Adam Carroll scored the first pole position of his Racing Engineering GP2 career in a close-fought session at Silverstone.
Nelson Piquet Jr looked to have snatched the top spot, but he set his best time under yellow flags and it was subsequently disallowed. This moved Carroll into pole and created an all-British front row, with championship leader Lewis Hamilton taking second.
It was a chaotic session. New BCN signing Luca Filippi blotted his copybook early on with a spin in the complex, while Fairuz Fauzy had a sizable shunt after a hooking a wheel over the grass in Maggotts.
Hiro Yoshimoto spun the second BCN car at Woodcote, while Piquet did a brief pirouette at Maggotts on his first run.
Mike Conway kept out of trouble on his series debut and will line up 20th for tomorrow afternoon's race.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Carroll Racing Engineering 1:29.104 9
2. Hamilton ART Grand Prix 1:29.108 + 0.004 12
3. Premat ART Grand Prix 1:29.134 + 0.030 12
4. Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports 1:29.160 + 0.056 13
5. Glock iSport International 1:29.300 + 0.196 11
6. Zuber Trident Racing 1:29.400 + 0.296 14
7. Di Grassi Durango 1:29.404 + 0.300 14
8. Bruni Trident Racing 1:29.546 + 0.442 14
9. Piccione DPR Direxiv 1:29.548 + 0.444 10
10. Pantano FMS International 1:29.729 + 0.625 9
11. Ammermueller Arden International Ltd 1:29.869 + 0.765 11
12. Monfardini DAMS 1:29.890 + 0.786 12
13. Perera DAMS 1:29.903 + 0.799 13
14. Viso iSport International 1:29.937 + 0.833 15
15. Valles Campos Racing 1:30.351 + 1.247 14
16. Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 1:30.484 + 1.380 10
17. Negrao Piquet Sports 1:30.526 + 1.422 14
18. Lopez Super Nova International 1:31.097 + 1.993 12
19. Villa Racing Engineering 1:31.178 + 2.074 14
20. Conway DPR Direxiv 1:31.309 + 2.205 12
21. Hernandez Durango 1:31.321 + 2.217 12
22. Jani Arden International Ltd 1:31.334 + 2.230 13
23. Fauzy Super Nova International 1:31.506 + 2.402 8
24. Porteiro Campos Racing 1:31.624 + 2.520 12
25. Filippi BCN Competicion 1:31.836 + 2.732 4
26. Tahinci FMS International 1:33.834 + 4.730 14[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Carroll takes Silverstone pole
By Andrew van de Burgt Friday, June 9th 2006, 15:14 GMT
Adam Carroll scored the first pole position of his Racing Engineering GP2 career in a close-fought session at Silverstone.
Nelson Piquet Jr looked to have snatched the top spot, but he set his best time under yellow flags and it was subsequently disallowed. This moved Carroll into pole and created an all-British front row, with championship leader Lewis Hamilton taking second.
It was a chaotic session. New BCN signing Luca Filippi blotted his copybook early on with a spin in the complex, while Fairuz Fauzy had a sizable shunt after a hooking a wheel over the grass in Maggotts.
Hiro Yoshimoto spun the second BCN car at Woodcote, while Piquet did a brief pirouette at Maggotts on his first run.
Mike Conway kept out of trouble on his series debut and will line up 20th for tomorrow afternoon's race.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Carroll Racing Engineering 1:29.104 9
2. Hamilton ART Grand Prix 1:29.108 + 0.004 12
3. Premat ART Grand Prix 1:29.134 + 0.030 12
4. Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports 1:29.160 + 0.056 13
5. Glock iSport International 1:29.300 + 0.196 11
6. Zuber Trident Racing 1:29.400 + 0.296 14
7. Di Grassi Durango 1:29.404 + 0.300 14
8. Bruni Trident Racing 1:29.546 + 0.442 14
9. Piccione DPR Direxiv 1:29.548 + 0.444 10
10. Pantano FMS International 1:29.729 + 0.625 9
11. Ammermueller Arden International Ltd 1:29.869 + 0.765 11
12. Monfardini DAMS 1:29.890 + 0.786 12
13. Perera DAMS 1:29.903 + 0.799 13
14. Viso iSport International 1:29.937 + 0.833 15
15. Valles Campos Racing 1:30.351 + 1.247 14
16. Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 1:30.484 + 1.380 10
17. Negrao Piquet Sports 1:30.526 + 1.422 14
18. Lopez Super Nova International 1:31.097 + 1.993 12
19. Villa Racing Engineering 1:31.178 + 2.074 14
20. Conway DPR Direxiv 1:31.309 + 2.205 12
21. Hernandez Durango 1:31.321 + 2.217 12
22. Jani Arden International Ltd 1:31.334 + 2.230 13
23. Fauzy Super Nova International 1:31.506 + 2.402 8
24. Porteiro Campos Racing 1:31.624 + 2.520 12
25. Filippi BCN Competicion 1:31.836 + 2.732 4
26. Tahinci FMS International 1:33.834 + 4.730 14[/QUOTE]
| OnTheGas | 06-09-2006 02:08 PM |
Formula1.com's Live Timing
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[QUOTE=KAX]how would you get it live? just from the formula1.com timing?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Formula1.com's Live timing kicks! You see much of the same info that teams are watching on the pit wall, and that TV commentators watch, (or in some cases, should be watching).
Go to [URL=http://www.formula1.com/race/livetiming/732.html]Formula1.com Live Timing page[/URL], and it describes it pretty well:
[quote]formula1.com's exclusive Live Timing system streams real-time data directly from Formula One Management's Technical Facility at the race track. It displays information supplied to the teams from every session of the Grand Prix weekend:
1. Main timing screen - driver number, name, position, lap times, sector times, number of laps, plus full text commentary during qualifying and the race
2. Weather & Speed screen - ambient and track temperatures, humidity, air pressure, rainfall, wind speed and direction, speed-trap data
3. Lap chart screen - a graphic representation of how each driver is fairing over the course of the race[/quote]
Yeah, Formula1.com's Live timing kicks! You see much of the same info that teams are watching on the pit wall, and that TV commentators watch, (or in some cases, should be watching).
Go to [URL=http://www.formula1.com/race/livetiming/732.html]Formula1.com Live Timing page[/URL], and it describes it pretty well:
[quote]formula1.com's exclusive Live Timing system streams real-time data directly from Formula One Management's Technical Facility at the race track. It displays information supplied to the teams from every session of the Grand Prix weekend:
1. Main timing screen - driver number, name, position, lap times, sector times, number of laps, plus full text commentary during qualifying and the race
2. Weather & Speed screen - ambient and track temperatures, humidity, air pressure, rainfall, wind speed and direction, speed-trap data
3. Lap chart screen - a graphic representation of how each driver is fairing over the course of the race[/quote]
| KAX | 06-09-2006 04:21 PM |
yeh i know what it is. i was just confused cuz i dont really consider that "watching." but i did it this morning for the first practice so i understand
| ArtGecko | 06-09-2006 11:32 PM |
F.Alonso
M.Schumacher
J.Montoya
F.Massa
J.Button
M.Webber
R.Barrichello
G.Fisichella
I got these in to p6 last night, but didn't get them posted here. I swapped Button and Rubio, and then Webber and Fisi. Probably wrong on both counts...
Steve
M.Schumacher
J.Montoya
F.Massa
J.Button
M.Webber
R.Barrichello
G.Fisichella
I got these in to p6 last night, but didn't get them posted here. I swapped Button and Rubio, and then Webber and Fisi. Probably wrong on both counts...
Steve
| Wr4wrX | 06-10-2006 03:21 AM |
How'd he get past British customs looking like this?
[IMG]http://www.planet-f1.com/Images/61824.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.planet-f1.com/Images/61824.jpg[/IMG]
| bitterWRX | 06-10-2006 03:27 AM |
Is 1pm PST on race day?
| KAX | 06-10-2006 03:27 AM |
[QUOTE=Wr4wrX]How'd he get past British customs looking like this?
[IMG]http://www.planet-f1.com/Images/61824.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
how did he get out of his house :confused: :huh:
[IMG]http://www.planet-f1.com/Images/61824.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
how did he get out of his house :confused: :huh:
| GotWRX03 | 06-10-2006 10:14 AM |
is he wearing his driving shoes???? :eek: :banana:
| wvallwheeldrive | 06-10-2006 10:31 AM |
anyone got the final qualifing results i had to leave for work an missed the shootout for pole
| varmint007 | 06-10-2006 11:04 AM |
The end of qualifying was awesome, everyone changed tires with 2.5 minutes remaining in the third round. Top 3 were:
Alonso
Kimi
M. Schu
Bad news though, it doesn't look like we'll see the race at all here in Baltimore County! :(
Unless I'm going blind, CBS doesn't have it listed. Looks like it's Live Timing only for me.
Alonso
Kimi
M. Schu
Bad news though, it doesn't look like we'll see the race at all here in Baltimore County! :(
Unless I'm going blind, CBS doesn't have it listed. Looks like it's Live Timing only for me.
| wvallwheeldrive | 06-10-2006 11:20 AM |
thanks new engine for kimi this week so jpm's will blow up about halfway,
^man that would suck nut but you can watch it on speed next weekend
^man that would suck nut but you can watch it on speed next weekend
| OnTheGas | 06-10-2006 02:07 PM |
UK 2006 Qualifying
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The big news:[list][*][b]Michael[/b] had pole in the last minutes, [b]Fernando[/b] pips him at the end by .3secs, then at the very last second, [b]Kimi[/b] lays down a lap ~+.15 to stick his Merc on the first row, and move Michael to 3rd.[*][b]Trulli[/b]'s Toyota blows in the first round before a hot lap can be completed[*][b]Ralf[/b] sticks the other TF106b chassis on the 4th row, p7[*][b]Rubens[/b] sticks the Honda on the 3rd row, p6 (Toyota still chasing Honda)[*][b]Jenson[/b] doesn't make it out of the 1st round, due to officials sticking his car on the weigh bridge before he can run a 2nd set of hot laps[*][b]Super Aguri[/b] are [b]3 whole seconds slower[/b] than Midlands, and 6 secs per lap slower than the front row[*][b]Williams[/b] are slow, Webber couldn't make it out of 1st session, Nico stuck in 2nd session, (p17 & p12 respectively)[*]Massa & [b]Ferrari[/b] look strong, with a solid red 2nd row... maybe a healthy dogfight for all steps on the podium tween Kimi, Fernando, and the Ferraris.[*][b]Montoya[/b] chasing the set-up is row 4, p8[*][b]Hello BMW![/b] Row 5 all white, w/Heifdeld & Villeneuve p9 & p10 respectively[*][b]Speed[/b] makes into 2nd round, and quals p15, vs. Liuzzi @ p13 (Speed +0.377)[*][b]Coulthard[/b] goes off on Montoya, claiming that Juan purposely blocked him. Race stewards investigate, but disagree w/DC.[/list][code]British qualifying breakdown Session 1 Session 2 Session 3
Pos Driver Team Pos Time Lap Pos Time Lap Pos Time Lap
1 Alonso Renault M 1 01:21.02 6 1 01:20.27 3 1 01:20.25 15
2 Raikkonen McLaren M 4 01:21.65 6 2 01:20.50 3 2 01:20.40 15
3 M.Schumacher Ferrari B 6 01:22.10 4 5 01:20.66 3 3 01:20.57 15
4 Massa Ferrari B 3 01:21.65 3 8 01:20.85 3 4 01:20.76 15
5 Fisichella Renault M 8 01:22.41 3 3 01:20.59 3 5 01:20.92 15
6 Barrichello Honda M 15 01:22.97 3 9 01:20.93 6 6 01:20.94 15
7 R.Schumacher Toyota B 14 01:22.89 7 10 01:21.04 6 7 01:21.07 15
8 Montoya McLaren M 7 01:22.17 3 7 01:20.82 5 8 01:21.11 15
9 Heidfeld BMW M 5 01:21.67 7 4 01:20.63 6 9 01:21.33 15
10 Villeneuve BMW M 2 01:21.64 3 6 01:20.67 3 10 01:21.60 15
11 Coulthard Red Bull M 9 01:22.42 6 11 01:21.44 6
12 Rosberg Williams B 16 01:23.08 3 12 01:21.57 6
13 Liuzzi Toro Rosso M 11 01:22.69 7 13 01:21.70 6
14 Klien Red Bull M 12 01:22.77 6 14 01:21.99 6
15 Speed Toro Rosso M 10 01:22.54 7 15 01:22.08 4
16 Monteiro Midland B 13 01:22.86 7 16 01:22.21 3
17 Webber Williams B 17 01:23.13 3
18 Albers Midland B 18 01:23.21 7
19 Button Honda M 19 01:23.25 3
20 Sato Super Aguri B 20 01:26.16 6
21 Montagny Super Aguri B 21 01:26.32 6
22 Trulli Toyota B 22 No time 2
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Pos Driver Team Pos Time Lap Pos Time Lap Pos Time Lap
1 Alonso Renault M 1 01:21.02 6 1 01:20.27 3 1 01:20.25 15
2 Raikkonen McLaren M 4 01:21.65 6 2 01:20.50 3 2 01:20.40 15
3 M.Schumacher Ferrari B 6 01:22.10 4 5 01:20.66 3 3 01:20.57 15
4 Massa Ferrari B 3 01:21.65 3 8 01:20.85 3 4 01:20.76 15
5 Fisichella Renault M 8 01:22.41 3 3 01:20.59 3 5 01:20.92 15
6 Barrichello Honda M 15 01:22.97 3 9 01:20.93 6 6 01:20.94 15
7 R.Schumacher Toyota B 14 01:22.89 7 10 01:21.04 6 7 01:21.07 15
8 Montoya McLaren M 7 01:22.17 3 7 01:20.82 5 8 01:21.11 15
9 Heidfeld BMW M 5 01:21.67 7 4 01:20.63 6 9 01:21.33 15
10 Villeneuve BMW M 2 01:21.64 3 6 01:20.67 3 10 01:21.60 15
11 Coulthard Red Bull M 9 01:22.42 6 11 01:21.44 6
12 Rosberg Williams B 16 01:23.08 3 12 01:21.57 6
13 Liuzzi Toro Rosso M 11 01:22.69 7 13 01:21.70 6
14 Klien Red Bull M 12 01:22.77 6 14 01:21.99 6
15 Speed Toro Rosso M 10 01:22.54 7 15 01:22.08 4
16 Monteiro Midland B 13 01:22.86 7 16 01:22.21 3
17 Webber Williams B 17 01:23.13 3
18 Albers Midland B 18 01:23.21 7
19 Button Honda M 19 01:23.25 3
20 Sato Super Aguri B 20 01:26.16 6
21 Montagny Super Aguri B 21 01:26.32 6
22 Trulli Toyota B 22 No time 2
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| bitterWRX | 06-10-2006 02:33 PM |
I wish I had Speed at my parent's house. :(
| TimStevens | 06-10-2006 10:54 PM |
Do you get CBS? If so, you can watch the race.
| bitterWRX | 06-11-2006 05:06 AM |
Oh yeah I have CBS. But I kind of wanted to watch the qualifyings. :D
| OnTheGas | 06-11-2006 08:33 AM |
Hello BMW!
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Wow!
Well, 1 lap to go... but BMW is amazing... 7 & 8...
I was just looking back at all of our posted picks here, and after the top 3 teams, we were choosing Button and Rubens in the Honda, (Button blew up, Rubens is sloooww), the Williams of Webber and Rosberg, (Webber out early, and Nico was passed by Villi for p8)... Not many of us choose the Toyotas of Ralf & Jarno... Jarno started at the back, but could not pull himself up to points, (p10), and Ralf got punted off by Speed on the 1st lap, somehow (Ralf started p7 while Speed started way back)...
Still, merits have to go to BMW!! Bravo!
Well, 1 lap to go... but BMW is amazing... 7 & 8...
I was just looking back at all of our posted picks here, and after the top 3 teams, we were choosing Button and Rubens in the Honda, (Button blew up, Rubens is sloooww), the Williams of Webber and Rosberg, (Webber out early, and Nico was passed by Villi for p8)... Not many of us choose the Toyotas of Ralf & Jarno... Jarno started at the back, but could not pull himself up to points, (p10), and Ralf got punted off by Speed on the 1st lap, somehow (Ralf started p7 while Speed started way back)...
Still, merits have to go to BMW!! Bravo!
| OnTheGas | 06-11-2006 08:50 AM |
Who had a good afternoon, & who a long afternoon
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Toward the front, Michael did an amazing pass of Kimi for 2nd... I thought Alonso was untouchable, but Michael set the fastest time in the 2nd and 3rd sector on his out lap of his 2nd pitstop to get by Kimi, who stopped just 1 lap after Michael... He still has the right stuff!
Fisichella did well for Renault to pull himself past Massa for p4.
Massa did poorly not to hold onto p4... Massa's butt will not be in the #2 seat @ Ferrari next year. If you're a tifosi, then you are :mad: at Massa.
Heidfeld & Villeneuve, p7 & p8 respectively... fought hard to pull themselves up into those positions... very good afternoon for them both.
Rubens went backwards all afternoon... I can't wait to hear the story from Honda... And Button had a flyer of a start, gained some positions, and then his motor blew up... long afternoon for the boys @ Honda.
Likewise, Coulthard went backwards... Likewise, Klein lost a position to Liuzzi! Long afternoon for the RedBull team.
Fisichella did well for Renault to pull himself past Massa for p4.
Massa did poorly not to hold onto p4... Massa's butt will not be in the #2 seat @ Ferrari next year. If you're a tifosi, then you are :mad: at Massa.
Heidfeld & Villeneuve, p7 & p8 respectively... fought hard to pull themselves up into those positions... very good afternoon for them both.
Rubens went backwards all afternoon... I can't wait to hear the story from Honda... And Button had a flyer of a start, gained some positions, and then his motor blew up... long afternoon for the boys @ Honda.
Likewise, Coulthard went backwards... Likewise, Klein lost a position to Liuzzi! Long afternoon for the RedBull team.
| ptclaus98 | 06-11-2006 10:36 AM |
[QUOTE=OnTheGas]Toward the front, Michael did an amazing pass of Kimi for 2nd... I thought Alonso was untouchable, but Michael set the fastest time in the 2nd and 3rd sector on his out lap of his 2nd pitstop to get by Kimi, who stopped just 1 lap after Michael... He still has the right stuff!
Fisichella did well for Renault to pull himself past Massa for p4.
Massa did poorly not to hold onto p4... Massa's butt will not be in the #2 seat @ Ferrari next year. If you're a tifosi, then you are :mad: at Massa.
Heidfeld & Villeneuve, p7 & p8 respectively... fought hard to pull themselves up into those positions... very good afternoon for them both.
Rubens went backwards all afternoon... I can't wait to hear the story from Honda... And Button had a flyer of a start, gained some positions, and then his motor blew up... long afternoon for the boys @ Honda.
Likewise, Coulthard went backwards... Likewise, Klein lost a position to Liuzzi! Long afternoon for the RedBull team.[/QUOTE]
Wait, did they race already?
Where'd my boy Kimi finish?
Fisichella did well for Renault to pull himself past Massa for p4.
Massa did poorly not to hold onto p4... Massa's butt will not be in the #2 seat @ Ferrari next year. If you're a tifosi, then you are :mad: at Massa.
Heidfeld & Villeneuve, p7 & p8 respectively... fought hard to pull themselves up into those positions... very good afternoon for them both.
Rubens went backwards all afternoon... I can't wait to hear the story from Honda... And Button had a flyer of a start, gained some positions, and then his motor blew up... long afternoon for the boys @ Honda.
Likewise, Coulthard went backwards... Likewise, Klein lost a position to Liuzzi! Long afternoon for the RedBull team.[/QUOTE]
Wait, did they race already?
Where'd my boy Kimi finish?
| StuBeck | 06-11-2006 10:44 AM |
Yes, the race was on at 7:30 EST live in Britain, they just aren't showing it till 1.
AVOID ESPN 2, they're showing the winner fo the race already cuz they suck.
AVOID ESPN 2, they're showing the winner fo the race already cuz they suck.
| wvallwheeldrive | 06-11-2006 10:47 AM |
^maybe its because the report sporting news
lol
lol
| OnTheGas | 06-11-2006 01:03 PM |
On Kimi's day at Silverstone
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[QUOTE=ptclaus98]Where'd my boy Kimi finish?[/QUOTE]
3rd
At the end of the post-race press conference, a Finnish journalist pointed out to Kimi that he said at Barcelona that his 5th position was maximum for this car, but earlier in this press conference Kimi was saying 3rd at Silverstone is max for this car. i thought Kimi's reply was interesting:[quote][i]Kimi Raikkonen[/i]
I think the car has maybe improved a bit from Barcelona in a bit and that is good because we struggled a bit in Barcelona, so hard to say how much improvement we've had. We are still too slow to try to fight for wins in the races. I think Monaco was a special place where we could challenge for a win but here it's back to reality.[/quote]
Earlier in the press conference Kimi had said that the weakness of his McLaren today was lack of straightline speed. A journalist followed up on that comment by asking if their aero set-up was a weakness. [quote][i]Kimi Raikkonen[/i]
I don't know if we're running more downforce. Maybe we are, because we need to get more grip in the corners or maybe there is a slight difference in engines but I think it's the only way we can manage to go quicker around the lap so that's what we chose to do and I still think it's the best result we could have had today. The car was pretty OK, it was a bit difficult to drive when you pushed the whole way through the race but that's how the racing is.[/quote]"...pushed the whole way..." is reference to first Schumacher, who passed him, and then Fisichella, who hounded him to the finish. So hard fought day Kimi. He earned that podium.
3rd
At the end of the post-race press conference, a Finnish journalist pointed out to Kimi that he said at Barcelona that his 5th position was maximum for this car, but earlier in this press conference Kimi was saying 3rd at Silverstone is max for this car. i thought Kimi's reply was interesting:[quote][i]Kimi Raikkonen[/i]
I think the car has maybe improved a bit from Barcelona in a bit and that is good because we struggled a bit in Barcelona, so hard to say how much improvement we've had. We are still too slow to try to fight for wins in the races. I think Monaco was a special place where we could challenge for a win but here it's back to reality.[/quote]
Earlier in the press conference Kimi had said that the weakness of his McLaren today was lack of straightline speed. A journalist followed up on that comment by asking if their aero set-up was a weakness. [quote][i]Kimi Raikkonen[/i]
I don't know if we're running more downforce. Maybe we are, because we need to get more grip in the corners or maybe there is a slight difference in engines but I think it's the only way we can manage to go quicker around the lap so that's what we chose to do and I still think it's the best result we could have had today. The car was pretty OK, it was a bit difficult to drive when you pushed the whole way through the race but that's how the racing is.[/quote]"...pushed the whole way..." is reference to first Schumacher, who passed him, and then Fisichella, who hounded him to the finish. So hard fought day Kimi. He earned that podium.
| BROKENWRX | 06-11-2006 01:34 PM |
I can even watch this woeful crap that CBS is broadcasting, strait to F1.com for results. The Wiggles can do a better job with the commentating.
| WRXedUSA | 06-11-2006 02:07 PM |
Wow. CBS is covering F1? Has hell frozen over?
| StuBeck | 06-11-2006 02:46 PM |
[QUOTE=wvallwheeldrive]^maybe its because the report sporting news
lol[/QUOTE]
They barely ever report the f1 race, and it'd be nice if they didn't show it before it was shown, although in the past they have shown CART results before they showed it on ABC, so them being smart isn't to be expected.
lol[/QUOTE]
They barely ever report the f1 race, and it'd be nice if they didn't show it before it was shown, although in the past they have shown CART results before they showed it on ABC, so them being smart isn't to be expected.
| MattDell | 06-11-2006 03:22 PM |
Another win for Alonso.....
Speed & Button out early, boring race for me. :(
-Matt
Speed & Button out early, boring race for me. :(
-Matt
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