Tom, Both teams are added in now.
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Tom, Both teams are added in now.
Thanks, Glen. Well tommorrows qualifying could be quite interesting after todays practice sessions which saw test drivers Robert Kubica & Anthony Davidson topping the timesheets but Super Aguri arent quick enough. Poor old Ide was the slowest of all in every session.
And Liuzzi 6th quickest in restricted V10 Toro Rosso car. That will get the arguments going over the equiv formula for the V10
Two more teams from me
Mean Machine
The A Team
:)
Well qualifying was entertaining, I was on the edge of my seat for the whole qualifying sessions.
But heres the grid for tommorrows race.
1: M.Schumacher (Matches Sennas pole tally)
2: Massa (1st ever front row slot)
3: Button
4: Alonso
5: Montoya
6: Barrichello
7: Webber
8: Klien
9: Fisichella
10: Heidfeld
11: Villeneuve
12: Rosberg
13: Coulthard
14: Trulli
15: Liuzzi
16: Speed
17: R. Schumacher
18: Albers
19: Monteiro
20: Sato
21: Ide
22: Raikkonen (Presumed suspension failure places Kimi last)
Tommorrows coverage begins at half 10 with the race start for half 11.
Can I enter your moto gp league if so then my team will be called team crufts.symbol>+2>:rofl::-):new:
Both your new teams have been added Ewan.
Will keep my eye out for your team Tim.
Cheers Glen, looking forward to the F1 tday
Well a fantastic start to 2006 with Ferrari back on the pace. So much excitement but I lost some of that because of the ad breaks.
Bahrain GP Top 8
1: Alonso (Fought hard to win despite lapped traffic in front of him not getting blue flags)
2: M.Schumacher (Had a strong start but lost out after the final round of pit stops)
3: Raikkonen (Fought hard from 22nd on the grid to the final podium spot but lost out on a potential victory after being held up by Villeneuve)
4: Button (Kept on Raikkonens tail but couldnt get past)
5: Montoya (Steady drive)
6: Webber (Unseen but showed good pace)
7: Rosberg (No, not Keke, Nico. I agree with Brundle, driver of the day. Fought back from breaking his nose cone on lap 1 and pulled some fascinating moves on Coulthard and Klien)
8: Klien (Top Red Bull car)
Retirements
19: Ide (Suffered drive-through penalty and malfunctioning fuel pump problems)
20: Villeneuve (BMW engine failure, only highlight was advertising for Intel during the race. :mrgreen: )
21: Fisichella (Hydraulic problems and some colourful language :blush: )
22: Albers (Unknown)
F1 Drivers Championship (Round 1/18)
1: Alonso (10)
2: M.Schumacher (8)
3: Raikkonen (6)
4: Button (My apologies, the discussion board wont allow the tally of Buttons score)
5: Montoya (4)
6: Webber (3)
7: Rosberg (2)
8: Klien (1)
F1 Constructors Championship
1=: McLaren Mercedes & Renault (10)
3: Ferrari (8)
4=: Honda & Williams (5)
6: Red Bull (1)
We only have to wait till next week for the next round of the F1 championship at Sepang in Malaysia. See you then.
Expect a old circuit to come back in 2007, no, not Spa. The Japanese GP has moved from the Honda-owned Suzuka circuit to the Toyota-owned Fuji Speedway. But its not all bad news, Suzuka has been thrown a lifeline by possibly holding a 2nd Japanese race. As much as I like the idea, I just think 2 races in 1 country just clutters up the calendar. What do you guys think?
As for those on this forum taking part at http://www.ff1.co.ukwww.ff1.co.uk Has anyone noticed that the top 2 MotoGP teams look to have cheated?
Two Japan races is better than one, and the figure of eight suzuka is a great circuit.
Ive finally gone onto it Im probably the only one in there who doesnt give a damn about F1:rofl::mrgreen::lol::uhoh:
I dont want to sound idiotic or anything but how do you login.:new:
What, onto http://www.ff1.co.ukwww.ff1.co.uk ?
type your email address of the team in the box then click the login button
Thanks.
Qualifying is in from Malaysia & we have some confusion. 5 drivers (Michael Schumacher, Ralf Schumacher, David Coulthard, Rubens Barrichello & Felipe Massa) have all had engine changes, earning either starting from the back of the grid or 10 places back from where they qualified. As a result of this confusion, I will run you through the top 10 qualifiers.
Top 10 Grid, Sepang, Malaysia tommorrow
1: Fisichella
2: Button
3: Rosberg
4: Webber
5: Montoya
6: Raikkonen
7: Alonso
8: Klien
9: Trulli
10: Villeneuve
This engine-change penalty has made the rest of this grid confusing :angry: :crazy: . I think an alternative punishment for an engine change should a 1 row grid penalty, e.g. Qualfy on pole + engine change = P3 on the grid. Also what do you think the alternative punishment for an engine change should be?
(I hope my squad at FF1.co.uk can make up for the 35 points not recieved last week)
i think a time penalty to be added at the end of the race might be better. Could be 15, 20 or 30 seconds.
It certainly a rule that needs to be changed.
Sepang saw another thriller of race, after qualifying positions were sorted (The FIA should change the punishment for an engine change). Anyway here are the results from Malaysia.
Sepang Top 8
1: Fisichella (Fantastic drive, hardly put a foot wrong but the question has to be asked, can the unlucky Italian maintain this momentum?)
2: Alonso (2nd place marks Renault€™s 2nd 1-2 finish and 1st one since 1982)
3: Button (Lost out on 2nd thanks to Scott Speed and race pace that was slower then Renault)
4: Montoya (Another steady finish, though he is the sole McLaren to score)
5: Massa (Stuns a few by beating his team-mate to the flag first)
6: M. Schumacher (Works well up to 6th but those Ferrari wing issues are the next big arguments waiting to happen after the Toro Rosso V10s)
7: Villeneuve (Clinches BMW€™s 1st points as a constructor and sole scorer for the team after Heidfeld€™s fiery exit from 5th)
8: R. Schumacher (Lucks into final point but the Toyota/Bridgestone package needs more heat to really work wonders)
Retirements
15: Heidfeld (BMW engine failure ruins 5th place finish)
16: Speed (Unknown)
17: Ide (Hydraulic or engine failure)
18: Klien (Contact on 1st lap with Raikkonen, rejoins but hydraulics failure ends Klien€™s race)
19: Webber (Hydraulics failure doubles William€™s disappointment)
20: Coulthard (Gearbox stuck in 6th gear)
21: Rosberg (Engine failure, maybe something to do with pushing hard in Bahrain perhaps?)
22: Raikkonen (Suspension damage from contact with Klien. Does this hint to another struggling title challenge yet again?)
Driver€™s Championship (Round 2/18)
1: Alonso (18)
2=: Button & M.Schumacher (11)
4: Fisichella (10)
5: Montoya (9)
6: Raikkonen (6)
7: Massa (4)
8: Webber (3)
9=: Rosberg & Villeneuve (2)
11=: Klien & R.Schumacher (1)
Constructor€™s Championship (Round 2/18)
1: Renault (28)
2=: Ferrari & McLaren (15)
4: Honda (11)
5: Williams (5)
6: BMW (2)
7=: Red Bull & Toyota (1)
Next round of the F1 championship will be Mark Webber€™s home race at Melbourne in Australia on April 2nd, another early start in the morning. But there€™s more motorsport action next week. Firstly for all you motorcycle fans, we have the opening round of the MotoGP championship at Jerez in Spain and the season-opener of the British Superbikes Championship at Brands Hatch. Plus Round 4 of the World Rally Championship for highlights of the Rally Catalunya in Spain.
World Rally Championship Rally Catalunya Highlights: 4:30pm on ITV 1, Sunday March 26th
British Superbikes Championship, Brands Hatch: 3pm on ITV 1, Sunday March 26th
MotoGP Jerez
Qualifying: 12:55pm on BBC Interactive
Race Live: 12:40pm on BBC2
MotoGP Extra: 2pm on BBC Interactive after the race
If anyone wishes to cover the motorcycle reports, then go ahead.
New rules in Formula 1 for 2008 were discussed yesterday and the ideas suggested were:
1: A 3-year freeze on engine development
2: A single tyre supplier
3: A mandatory test limit of 30,000km per team per year
4: A ban on spare cars
5: Gearboxes to last 4 grand prixs
6: Return to slick tyres
7: Tyre-warming blankets banned
8: A new engine change penalty (15kg weight)
These are the main rule changes that could be the future. About time they decided on changing the penalty for engine changes. What are your thoughts on these rule changes from 2008?
all look good except 7.... which is dangerous.
I hate all the new rule suggestions. Specially number 1 and 2.
But wait, theres more.
9: Drivers whose cars stop on the circuit during qualifying will not be allowed to take any further part in the session
10: Requirement for new teams to lodge a $48 million deposit with the FIA dropped
11: Major car manufacturers will be not be able to supply engines to more than two teams
Your thoughts, folks?
9: what consists on the circuit? does that also mean engine stall in the pits? or spinning, make a u-turn and continue?
10: Fine by me, makes it easier for teams like Super Aguri to compete.
11: bs rule.
I think most this cutting back is very bad. F1 is a money-pumped rediculously technology fuelled sport and it shouldnt pretend to be anything else.
Some of the regulations making it easier for new teams to come in are fair enough but some go much too far in my opinion.
My suggestions for cost cutting
1:- rev limited V10s with air restrictor.
2:- single tyre supplier / slicks
3:- standard front and rear wings and diffuser.
4:- salary cap on drivers (ill do it for £50 per week plus pies and beer)
5:- finally all races to be held at oulton park in cheshire.
While there have been some great races over the weekend, the World Rally Championship & Indycar Championship meetings at Catalunya in Spain and Homestead in USA were overshadowed by two fatalities. For more on this, go to http://www.crash.netwww.crash.net . Here are the results from Catalunya.
Catalunya Top 8
1: Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena (Kronos Citroen) 3h22m1.7s (Benefitted from Fords turbo problems)
2: Dani Sordo/Marc Marti (Kronos Citroen) +48.2s (1st WRC podium for the reigning JWRC champion who has canned his JWRC title defence. Just as well, he is good in a WRC car)
3: Marcus Gronholm/Timo Rautainen (Ford) +1m45.8s (Lost 2 minutes with turbo problems at the end of Day 1. Could have won this rally.)
4: Alex Bengue/Caroline Escudero (Peugeot) +2m1.9s (Showed competititve pace and career best result)
5: Jan Kopecky/F. Schovanek (Skoda) +2m57.2s (Beats his career best finish from last years event and gives the Fabia its best finish)
6: Francois Duval/Patrick Pivato (Skoda) +3m37.8s (Brilliant result after being confirmed to get support from Skoda)
7: Petter Solberg/Phil Mills (Subaru) +3m48.2s (Suffered grip problems till later in the rally)
8: Stephane Sarrazin/Stephane Prevot (Subaru) +4m36.4s (Subarus asphalt ace struggles)
Best Brits
15: Matthew Wilson/Michael Orr (VK Stobart Ford) +17m57.4s (Lost a wheel on stage 14 and missed final 2 stages but classified under SupeRally rules)
19: Kris Meeke/G. Patterson (Citroen) +25m7.7s (Crash into Latvala on stage 4 ruins chance of victory but Meeke fights back to 3rd)
23: Steve Perez/S. Harris (Ford) +28m7.8s
29: Stuart Jones/C. Parry (Mitsubishi) +31m40.9s
41: Simon Hughes/C. Mole (Ford) +50m29.2s
Retirements (I think Ill run through drivers on retirements)
1: T.Curtis (Unknown)
2: Gareth Machale (Off on stage 1)
3: Aaron Burkart (Off on stage 2 and accident)
4: Barry Clark (Off on stage 2 and accident)
5: Xavier Pons (Off on stage 12)
6: Luca Betti (Retired on stage 12)
7: J. Pressac (Retired on stage 12)
WRC Drivers Championship (Round 4/16)
1: Loeb (36)
2: Gronholm (27)
3: Sordo (14)
4: Stohl (11)
5: Solberg (10)
6=: Carlsson & Gardemeister (6)
8=: Atkinson, Bengue, Galli, Sarrazin & H. Solberg (5)
13=: Kopecky & Radstrom (4)
15=: Duval, Katajamaki & Machale (3)
18=: Hirvonen & Pons (2)
WRC Manufacturers Championship (Round 4/16)
1: Kronos Citroen (44)
2: Ford (42)
3: Subaru (31)
4: OMV Peugeot (21)
5: VK Stobart Ford (10)
6: Red Bull Skoda (8)
JWRC (Round 2/9)
1=: Andersson & Prokop (10)
3=: Beres, Casier & Sandell (8)
6=: Aava & Meeke (6)
8=: Kosciuszko & Valousek (5)
10: Pinomaki (4)
11: Rautenbach (3)
12=: Kara & Zachrisson (2)
14: Tirabassi (1)
Next weekend sees round 3 of the Formula 1 Championship at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia. Live broadcasts of qualifying and race day are on in the early hours of the morning but they will be broadcasted again around lunchtime/early afternoon on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
More news, the GPMA teams have signed up for 2008 meaning no split, no break-away series and no more petty squabbling. The future of F1 is looking brighter.
Meanwhile Honda have topped todays practice sessions in Australia, Anthony Davidson did that for Honda in both sessions while Jenson Button made himself fastest race driver despite grip problems.
There is now a line-up change in the WRC at Red Bull Skoda. Gilles Panizzi has left the team, rumours are his in-car relationship with brother Herve broke down or he felt the Fabia is uncompetitive. I think that it might be the latter.
Also A1GP comes to a end this week, France, as we know from the last round at Laguna Seca are the champions. Team GBR will be running a different driver this weekend in Shanghai, ex-Indycar driver Darren Manning.
(Message edited by Tom B on March 31, 2006)
Twenty-two teams have submitted entry applications for the 2008 Formula 1 world championship, the FIA revealed on Friday.
With only 12 slots available, 10 applications will be rejected.
The FIA has received applications from 22 teams wishing to compete in the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship, the governing body said in a statement.
All applicants have been invited to a meeting in London on April 10, 2006.
Among the applicants are all 11 existing teams, former Minardi owner Paul Stoddart and former BAR and Benetton boss David Richards.
Should be interesting to see who gets the last slot!!
GO JENSEN GO!! :mrgreen:
Yup, Jenson is on pole for tomorrows Australian Grand Prix. Heres how the grid looks.
1: Button
2: Fisichella
3: Alonso
4: Raikkonen
5: Montoya
6: R.Schumacher
7: Webber *Home Driver*
8: Heidfeld
9: Trulli
10: M.Schumacher
11: Coulthard
12: Liuzzi
13: Klien
14: Rosberg
15: Massa
16: Barrichello
17: Albers
18: Speed
19: Villeneuve *10 place drop engine penalty*
20: Monteiro
21: Sato
22: Ide
I would like to say Button will win but let sum up 1 problem he has a-la Petrolheads Name Game style: Wren-No :crazy: Yup, you guessed it, Id say Fisichella for a possible win.
I just got a new Moto GP team called Team Calcutta.
nice onboard shot of the Renault front wing flexing - 28/57 laps to go.
You can clearly see the top element of the front wing flattening out at high speed
heres the clip:
http://www.b-e-t-a.com/wing.movhttp://www.b-e-t-a.com/wing.mov (7 MB - Quicktime 6 or 7)
Hes coming into a slow corner, so the wing rises.
Drag the slider in Quicktime back and forth and watch the left hand end of the wing.
noticed also that Ferrari had added a little sleeve over the inboard end of their upper element, so that you could no longer see the gap opening up...
Thanks, John. Just been through the mornings coverage recorded on my Sky+ to see that. Well what a chaotic and exciting race it was, so much action and so many upsets.
Australian GP Top 8
1: Alonso (Passed Button on lap 3 and stayed at the front for most of the race to win)
2: Raikkonen (Kept at the front but championship disadvantage increased by 2 points)
3: R.Schumacher (Suffered a drive-through for speeding in the pit lane but used safety cars to his advantage)
4: Heidfeld (Scores BMWs best finish of the season)
5: Fisichella (Benefitted from Buttons last second retirement)
6: Villeneuve (Couldve been slightly better without the engine penalty)
7: Barrichello (Dismal race but scores 1st Honda points)
8: Coulthard (Promoted to final point after Scott Speed passed him under yellow flags caused by Liuzzis crash)
Retirements
9: Button (Engine failure 2 corners from the end of the race)
14: Montoya (Bounce from final kerb shuts down his Mercedes engine)
15: Monteiro (Unknown mechanical problem)
16: Liuzzi (Alledgedly hit by Villeneuve but lack of evidence doesnt cheer up the Italian)17: M.Schumacher (Hits wall on exit of final corner after running wide)
18: Webber (Transmission problems retires the local hero in front of his home crowd while leading)
19: Klien (Suspension damage on entry of turn 9)
20: Trulli (Spun by Coulthard)
21: Rosberg (Broken rear wing and radiator damage from shunt with Massa)
22: Massa (Crashes in 1st corners)
Drivers Championship (Round 3/18)
1: Alonso (28)
2=: Fisichella & Raikkonen (14)
4=: Button & M.Schumacher (11)
6: Montoya (9)
7: R.Schumacher (7)
8=: Heidfeld & Villeneuve (5)
10: Massa (4)
11: Webber (3)
12=: Barrichello & Rosberg (2)
14=: Coulthard & Klien (1)
Constructors Championship (Round 3/18)
1: Renault (42)
2: McLaren (23)
3: Ferrari (15)
4: Honda (13)
5: BMW (10)
6: Toyota (7)
7: Williams (5)
8: Red Bull (2)
So round 4 at the San Marino GP, Imola begins on Sunday April 23rd. More motor racing action next weekend with round 2 of the MotoGP championship at Qatar on Saturday April 8th on BBC 2 with highlights from Round 5 of the World Rally Championship in Corsica, highlights on Sunday April 9th on ITV 1.
Also some non-related motorsport news I also forgot to mention, this coming Saturday, its that time of year again at Aintree, the John Smiths Grand National, the biggest horse race of the year. Last year 7-1 favourite Hedgehunter won (I got a few winnings from that) but what chance this year? Race coverage at Aintree on BBC1 from 1:30pm on Saturday with the John Smiths Grand National race starting at 4:15pm.
Horse Racing = Bordom
:)
i noticed that aswell john, very clear eh? maybe the tv company should give us fixed grid lines on our onboard shots to see whats moving clearly?
also noticed a good article about your brother in motorsport magazine, very interesting indeed, but not as interesting as the article on gas turbine racing cars a few pages later.
(Message edited by jamesb on April 04, 2006)
Got this in an Email today:-
Button injured in a horrific F1 accident.
Shocking!!!
Along with proof, see profile.