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:proud: @ Mark
@ Glen - not necessarily. I personally think its fun. Ive been to Woodbine Racetrack a few times...or is this just an opinion?
@ Kody - i was thinking from a tv point of view. I only tend to watch the grand national and then only if im in and not busy. Never been to a race track but friend said its quite good. I would imagine it is very similar to the Dogs. Been there once for a works do and had quite a fun evening.
Back onto F1.
Mike Gascoyne has been suspended by Toyota Due to a fundamental difference of opinion with regard to the technical operations of its Formula 1 team.
Seems like Toyota have hit the panic button pretty quickly after the a poor start to the season.
Hopefully Toyota can recover from this...if not theyre pretty much screwed. I think Renault have a good chance in the Constructors championship. :)
Soz about the delay, been trying out my new game, TOCA Race Driver 3 & relaxing from a Grand National celebration where the 2 horses I backed, Hedgehunter & Clan Royal finished 2nd & 3rd, if only I picked Numbersixvalverde. Anyway, horse racing aside, here are the results from the Tour de Corse & the GP2 season opener at Valencia. Heres what happened in each, starting with the WRC.
WRC Top 8: Tour de Corse
1: Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena (Kronos Citroen) 3h43m5.4s (A strong result which makes me think that this was a well deserved win considering the last two wins were handed to him on a plate. Still someone has to pick up the spoils. Hope hes put under pressure soon)
2: Marcus Gronholm/Timo Rautainien (Ford) +29s (Struggled here in comparison to Catalunya)
3: Dani Sordo/Marc Marti (Kronos Citroen) +1m48.7s (Electrical problems on 1st stage but tremendous fightback to final podium spot. I hope Sordo can find more sponsorship to continue beyond Argentina)
4: Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen (Ford) +1m59.2s (Escapes collision with rock face on final stage to scrape 1st drivers points since Monaco. Come on, Mikko)
5: Alex Bengue/Caroline Escudero (Peugeot) +2m47.7s (Best Corsica finish)
6: Xavier Pons/Carlos del Barrio (Kronos Citroen) +3m10.2s (Unable to keep 3rd in afternoon stages on day 1 before being passed down to 6th)
7: Manfred Stohl/Ilka Minor (OMV Peugeot) +5m1.3s (Steady result)
8: Stephane Sarrazin/Stephane Prevot (Subaru) +5m21.9s (Top Subaru man, as asphalt tyre tester, hell have a lot of homework to do before Germany in August)
Best of Brits (or as I should rename it, the Matthew Wilson Watch :mrgreen: )
17: Matthew Wilson/Michael Orr (Stobart VK Ford) +27m4.2s (Off on day 2 proved costly but recovered under SupeRally rules)
Retirements (Im not mentioning co-drivers
1: Jari Matti Latvala (Off on stage 6, broke his thumb in the impact, poor Jari)
2: Luca Betti (Off on stage 6)
3: Kris Meeke (Engine failure on stage 7, any costly dent to his JWRC charge)
4: Pavel Valousek (Mechanical on stage 8)
5: Francois Duval (Off into the scenery on stage 8)
WRC Drivers Standings (Round 5/16)
1: Loeb (46)
2: Gronholm (35)
3: Sordo (20)
4: Stohl (13)
5: P.Solberg (10)
6: Bengue (9)
7: Hirvonen (7)
8=: Carlsson, Gardemeister & Sarrazin (6)
11=: Atkinson, Galli, Pons & H.Solberg (5)
15=: Kopecky & Radstrom (4)
17=: Duval, Katajamaki & G.MacHale (3)
WRC Manufacturers Standings (Round 5/16)
1: Kronos Citroen (59)
2: Ford (56)
3: Subaru (38)
4: OMV Peugeot (21)
5: Red Bull Skoda (11)
6: Stobart VK Ford (10)
JWRC Drivers Championship (Round 3/9)
1: Aava (14)
2: Beres (12)
3: Tirabassi (11)
4=: Andersson & Prokop (10)
6: Rautenbach (9)
7=: Casier & Sandell (8)
9: Meeke (6)
10=: Kara, Kosciuszko, Pressac & Valousek (5)
14: Pinomaki (4)
15=: Burkart & Zachrisson (2)
17: Bonato (1)
Next WRC Event: Rally Argentina, April 30th (Support Events: JWRC & PWRC)
Now the GP2 results from Valencia.
Race 1 Top 8 (F1 Scoring with 1 point for pole and 1 point for fastest lap)
1: Nelson Piquet Jnr (Piquet Sports)
2: Lewis Hamilton (ART)
3: Adrian Valles (Campos)
4: Nicolas Lapierre (Arden)
5: Jose Maria Lopez (Super Nova)
6: Gianmaria Bruni (Trident)
7: Michael Ammermuller (Arden)
8: Ernesto Viso (iSport)
Fastest Lap: Lapierre (1m22.168)
Race 2 Top 6 (Scoring 6 down to 1 with 1 point for fastest lap. Top 8 from Race 1 reversed)
1: Ammermuller (Arden)
2: Viso (iSport)
3: Lapierre (Arden)
4: Piquet Jnr (Piquet Sports)
5: Bruni (Trident)
6: Hamilton (ART)
Fastest Lap: Piquet Jnr (Unknown)
GP2 Drivers Championship (Round 1/11)
1: Piquet Jnr (16)
2: Lapierre (10)
3: Hamilton (9)
4: Ammermuller (8)
5=: Valles & Viso (6)
7: Bruni (5)
8: Lopez (4)
GP2 Teams Championship (Round 1/11)
1: Arden (18)
2: Piquet Sports (16)
3: ART (9)
4=: Campos & iSport (6)
6: Trident (5)
7: Super Nova (4)
Next GP2 Meeting: Imola (22/23 April, support event to the F1 San Marino Grand Prix)
I heard a whisper that honda have empolyed the sugarbabes to sit on the pitwall on the last lap of races from now on.
in the event of more engine failures they are available to push the button
on a serious note, toyota just got rid of their best asset, and yes im including drivers in that.
Man...Toyota arent gonna recover from that, are they? :sad:
Well i think Toyota might just recover.
Jarno trulli just went fastest at todays test in Barcelona attended by all the teams apart from Midland(hmm big loss there then).
Time will tell if it is just a fluke!
the effects will not be immidiate, loosing mike will be a huge blow towards the end of the season, and next year. the year after that whichever team gets him will see the benefits, and so toyota will have them to deal with. Personally I see mike as the best designer in f1, but that is a personal opinion, so people like Adrian Newey obvously come into the same league.
Qualifying for tommorrows San Marino GP is as follows:
1: M.Schumacher (Breaks Sennas record of 65 poles)
2: Button
3: Barrichello
4: Massa
5: Alonso
6: R.Schumacher
7: Montoya
8: Raikkonen
9: Trulli
10: Webber
11: Fisichella
12: Villeneuve
13: Rosberg
14: Coulthard
15: Heidfeld
16: Liuzzi
17: Klien
18: Speed
19: Monteiro
20: Albers
21: Sato
22: Ide (Last chance saloon apparently)
Also GP2 saw British hopes dashed in this weekends 1st of 2 races, Adam Carroll hit the barriers and Lewis Hamiliton was black flagged for passing the safety car, will he race tommorrow? Ill bring all the GP2 results tommorrow. But also what chance a Honda win? I wouldnt bet on it, not on Ferrari turf.
Fingers crossed for Honda :wink:
Well the San Marino GP was interesting with most of the race mirroring last year. But is it me or were ITV showing too many ad breaks, I counted around 5/6.
San Marino Top 8
1: M.Schumacher (1st real win since Suzuka 2004. A hint of something to come prehaps?)
2: Alonso (Lost time in final 6 laps to challenge for the win)
3: Montoya
4: Massa (Brave effort to hold up Alonso in early part of the race)
5: Raikkonen
6: Webber
7: Button (Race ruined on his 2nd pitstop by the lollipop man. Result: Broken fuel rig and lost time)
8: Fisichella
Retirements:
17: Coulthard (Unknown)
18: Sato (Unknown)
19: Klien (Hydraulics)
20: Ide (Held on till damaged suspension from 1st lap contact with Albers failed)
21: Trulli (Unknown)
22: Albers (Rolled by Ide)
Drivers Championship (Round 4/18)
1: Alonso (36)
2: M.Schumacher (21)
3: Raikkonen (18)
4=: Fisichella & Montoya (15)
6: Button (13)
7: Massa (9)
8: R.Schumacher (7)
9=: Villeneuve & Webber (6)
11: Heidfeld (5)
12=: Barrichello & Rosberg (2)
14=: Coulthard & Klien (1)
Constructors Championship (Round 4/18)
1: Renault (51)
2: McLaren (33)
3: Ferrari (30)
4: Honda (15)
5: BMW (11)
6: Williams (8)
7: Toyota (7)
8: Red Bull (2)
Next F1 Race: European GP, Nurburgring, May 7th
GP2 Imola Race 1 Top 8
1: Gianmaria Bruni (Trident)
2: Michael Ammermuller (Arden)
3: Nicolas Lapierre (Arden)
4: Alex Premat (ART)
5: Nelson Piquet Jnr (Piquet Sports)
6: Ernesto Viso (iSport)
7: Timo Glock (BCN)
8: Hiroki Yoshimoto (BCN)
Fastest Lap: Bruni (Unknown but given point after Valles started in pitlane and Piquet cutting a chicane)
GP2 Imola Race 2 Top 6
1: Viso (iSport)
2: Piquet Jnr (Piquet Sports)
3: Yoshimoto (BCN)
4: Glock (BCN)
5: Luca Filippi (FMS)
6: Felix Porteiro (Campos)
Fastest Lap: Viso (1m34.431s)
GP2 Drivers Championship (Round 2/11)
1: Piquet Jnr (25)
2: Bruni (18)
3=: Ammermuller, Lapierre & Viso (16)
6: Hamilton (9)
7: Valles (6)
8=: Glock, Premat & Yoshimoto (5)
11: Lopez (4)
12: Filippi (2)
13: Porteiro (1)
GP2 Teams Championship (Round 2/11)
1: Arden (32)
2: Piquet Sports (25)
3: Trident (18)
4: iSport (16)
5: ART (14)
6: BCN (10)
7: Campos (7)
8: Super Nova (4)
9: FMS (2)
Next GP2 Races: Nurburgring May 6-7th
Also next week look out for Round 1 of the GP Masters at Qatar.
Gooooo Renault :)
Well GP Masters came and went at Qatar and there was some strong drives but once again, it seems no one (for the moment) can stop Red 5.
GP Masters Qatar Results (Round 1/4)
1: Nigel Mansell
2: Christian Danner
3: Eric van der Poele
4: Eddie Cheever
5: Derek Warwick
6: Pierluigi Martini
7: Jan Lammers
8: Stefan Johansson
9: Rene Arnoux
10: Riccardo Patrese
11: Patrick Tambay
12: Emerson Fittipaldi
Retirements
13: Andrea de Cesaris
14: Eliseo Salazar
15: Hans Stuck
Next GP Masters: Monza, June 18
WRC results from Argentina, however Im removing co-drivers names and retirement list to ease quick delivery of results. Also with the JWRC and PWRC not receiving much coverage, I will not post those results for those catergories up. I apologise for any inconvenience, also apologies for lateness of the results.
WRC Top 8
1: Sebastien Loeb (Kronos Citroen) 4h6m51.3s (Matches Tommi Makinens record of 24 WRC wins)
2: Petter Solberg (Subaru) +44.6s (Another podium, Petter should be strong on the next two events)
3: Gigi Galli (Peugeot) +3m24.3s (1st WRC podium on 2nd outing in a Pirelli-backed Peugeot)
4: Manfred Stohl (OMV Peugeot) +3m40s (Strong result on 100th outing)
5: Dani Sordo (Kronos Citroen) +5m40.2s (Fights off Atkinson for 5th)
6: Chris Atkinson (Subaru) +5m43.8s (Scoring well and gaining more experience)
7: Henning Solberg (OMV Peugeot) +9m28.7s (Strong showing but dropped to 7th on final run through super special with clutch failure)
8: Matthew Wilson (Stobart VK Ford) +10m34.6s (Beats team-mate Luis Perez Companc amid a number of firsts: 1st stage win, 1st top 10 finish and 1st WRC drivers point)
WRC Drivers Standings (round 6/16)
1: Loeb (56)
2: Gronholm (35)
3: Sordo (24)
4=: P.Solberg & Stohl (18)
6: Galli (11)
7: Bengue (9)
8: Atkinson (8)
9=: Hirvonen & H.Solberg (7)
11=: Carlsson, Gardemeister & Sarrazin (6)
14: Pons (5)
15=: Kopecky & Radstrom (4)
17=: Duval, Katajamaki & MacHale (3)
20: Wilson (1)
WRC Manufacturers Standings (Round 6/16)
1: Kronos Citroen (69)
2: Ford (57)
3: Subaru (51)
4: OMV Peugeot (31)
5: Stobart VK Ford (15)
6: Red Bull Skoda (11)
Next WRC Event: Rally Italia on May 19th-21st
did i ever post this by the way?
http://www.gixxerkart.comwww.gixxerkart.com
ill be building one this summer :)
might even make it a 2 seater and offer to take some of you for passenger rides, just so the next FRA kart social can be even more entertaining.
i reccommend watching the videos, they are INSANE!!
i want one :)
damn!!! I thought id got a hayabusa engine on ebay, but the guy withdrew it with an hour to go.
itll have to be the small cbr600 engine sitting in my garage then. still, 105bhp isnt bad i suppose, unless anyone has something biger to donate?
My apologies for the lateness of the qualifying list, a few changes, both Webber and Rosberg have changed so they will start 10 places back from where they qualifed. Also Villeneuve demoted 1 slot after alledgedly blocking Fisichella.
European GP Grid
1: Alonso
2: M.Schumacher
3: Massa
4: Barrichello
5: Raikkonen
6: Button
7: Trulli
8: Montoya
9: Villeneuve
10: R.Schumacher
11: Fisichella
12: Coulthard
13: Heidfeld
14: Liuzzi
15: Klien
16: Albers
17: Speed
18: Monteiro
19: Sato
20: Webber (10 place engine penalty, demoted from 10th)
21: Montagny (Yuji Ides replacement unlucky in qualifying)
22: Rosberg (Like Webber, demoted 10 places from 12th)
Also a good day for Britons in GP2, more on that later.
Well a mixed weekend at the Nurburgring, good day for the Brits in the F1 support events but not in F1 itself.
F1 Nurburgring Top 8
1: M.Schumacher
2: Alonso
3: Massa (1st F1 podium of his career)
4: Raikkonen
5: Barrichello (Salvaging pride for Honda)
6: Fisichella
7: Rosberg (1st points since Bahrain and salvaging some consolation for Williams)
8: Villeneuve
Retirements
14: R.Schumacher (Engine failure)
15: Montoya (Engine failure about the same time as Ralfs engine failure)
16: Sato (Unknown, maybe engine problems)
17: Montagny (Engine problems)
18: Button (Engine failure)
19: Klien (Hydraulics failure)
20: Webber (Hydraulics failure)
21: Coulthard (Suspension damage and steering problems)
22: Liuzzi (Puncture from being tagged by Trulli followed by a spin)
F1 Drivers Championship (Round 5/18)
1: Alonso (44)
2: M.Schumacher (31)
3: Raikkonen (23)
4: Fisichella (18)
5=: Massa & Montoya (15)
7: Button (13)
8: R.Schumacher (7)
9=: Barrichello, Villeneuve & Webber (6)
12: Heidfeld (5)
13: Rosberg (4)
14=: Coulthard & Klien (1)
F1 Constructors Championship (Round 5/18)
1: Renault (62)
2: Ferrari (46)
3: McLaren (38)
4: Honda (19)
5: BMW (11)
6: Williams (10)
7: Toyota (7)
8: Red Bull (2)
GP2 Nurburgring Race 1 Top 8
1: Lewis Hamilton (ART)
2: Alex Premat (ART)
3: Adam Carroll (Racing Engineering)
4: Jose Maria Lopez (Super Nova)
5: Nicolas Lapierre (Arden)
6: Ernesto Viso (iSport)
7: Xandi Negrao (Piquet Sports)
8: Hiroki Yoshimoto (BCN)
Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton (1m42.782)
GP2 Nurburgring Race 2 Top 6
1: Hamilton (ART)
2: Lapierre (Arden)
3: Lopez (Super Nova)
4: Yoshimoto (BCN)
5: Carroll (Racing Engineering)
6: Michael Ammermuller (Arden)
Fastest Lap: Gianmaria Bruni (1m41.921)
GP2 Drivers Championship (Round 3/11)
1: Piquet Jnr (27)
2: Hamilton (26)
3: Lapierre (25)
4=: Bruni & Viso (19)
6: Ammermuller (17)
7=: Lopez & Premat (13)
9: Yoshimoto (9)
10: Carroll (8)
11: Valles (6)
12: Glock (5)
13=: Filippi & Negrao (2)
15: Porteiro (1)
GP2 Teams Championship (Round 3/11)
1: Arden (42)
2: ART (39)
3: Piquet Sports (29)
4=: iSport & Trident (19)
6: BCN (14)
7: Super Nova (13)
8: Racing Engineering (8)
9: Campos (7)
10: FMS (2)
More motorsport action next weekend, beginning on Saturday with qualifying for the Spanish GP at lunchtime followed by GP2 highlights from the Nurburgring. Then Sunday begins with the Spanish GP at midday followed by Live British Touring Cars from Oulton Park, all on ITV.
Never thought id say this but its quite good to see Schumi winning again.
Hopefully it will be a close championship.
Hi all. Heres how the grid lines up for tommorrows Spanish GP.
Barcalona Grid
1: Alonso
2: Fisichella
3: M.Schumacher
4: Massa
5: Barrichello
6: R.Schumacher
7: Trulli
8: Button
9: Raikkonen
10: Heidfeld
11: Webber
12: Montoya
13: Rosberg
14: Klien
15: Liuzzi
16: Speed
17: Monteiro
18: Albers
19: Sato
20: Montagny
21: Coulthard
22: Villeneuve
Should be interesting, Id almost be tempted to back Alonso for the win but I think it will be close.
barrichello outqualifying button for the second race in a row. interesting.
Thats because Button is just a play-boy who will never win a race because he doesnt care about winning, just the money.
Come on Schumacher :)
Well he would want to win then wouldnt he - more dosh :wink:
Thats because Button is just a play-boy who will never win a race because he doesnt care about winning, just the money.
really? hes in debt at the moment, having commited himself to a £multi-million buyout from williams. he did this, at his own expense, so that he would be in the best car he could be in for 2006, and the best team to get him to the title. Now if I wanted to make money, and not care about the winning, Id have gone to Williams, and not forked out to stay at Honda, but then he is on good money there aswell.
In short, hope you are joking, because Jenson is in the top 10 drivers in the world, and thats a simple fact. You only have to see them in the flesh on the track to see the boy is a bit special.
As you can see, I dont agree with that comment, but everyone is entitled to their opinion, and Im assuming it was meant in a joking way anyway.
I agree with the come on schumacher as Ralf could do with some encouragement about now :)
Well the home boy proved top dog in the F1 race, but GP2 was a different story for the Brits.
F1 Top 8
1: Alonso
2: M.Schumacher
3: Fisichella
4: Massa
5: Raikkonen
6: Button
7: Barrichello
8: Heidfeld
Retirements
18: Albers (Suspension damage)
19: Speed (Engine failure, WHAT?? ON A REV LIMITED V10??)
20: R.Schumacher (Unknown but suffered front wing damage when he touched Trullis rear end)
21: Montoya (Beached on a kerb)
22: Montagny (Drive shaft problems)
F1 Drivers Championship (Round 6/18)
1: Alonso (54)
2: M.Schumacher (39)
3: Raikkonen (27)
4: Fisichella (24)
5: Massa (20)
6: Button (16)
7: Montoya (15)
8: Barrichello (8)
9: R.Schumacher (7)
10=: Heidfeld, Villeneuve & Webber (6)
13: Rosberg (4)
14=: Coulthard & Klien (1)
F1 Constructors Championship (Round 6/18)
1: Renault (78)
2: Ferrari (59)
3: McLaren (42)
4: Honda (24)
5: BMW (12)
6: Williams (10)
7: Toyota (7)
8: Red Bull (2)
GP2 Results
Race 1 Top 8
1: Alex Premat (ART)
2: Lewis Hamilton (ART)
3: Michael Ammermuller (Arden)
4: Nelson Piquet Jnr (Piquet Sports)
5: Tristan Gommendy (iSport)
6: Ferdinando Monfardini (DAMS)
7: Xandi Negrao (Piquet Sports)
8: Ernesto Viso (iSport)*
Fastest Lap: Adrian Valles (Campos Racing) 1m25.550s
*Originally Olivier Pla of DPR Direxiv before his car was found to be underweight.
Race 2 Top 6
1: Viso (iSport)
2: Piquet Jnr (Piquet Sports)
3: Premat (ART)
4: Hamilton (ART)
5: Gommendy (iSport)
6: Monfardini (DAMS)
Fastest Lap: Gianmaria Bruni (Trident) 1m25.970s
GP2 Drivers Championship (Round 4/11)
1: Piquet Jnr (39)
2: Hamilton (37)
3: Premat (27)
4: Viso (26)
5: Lapierre (25)
6: Ammermuller (23)
7: Bruni (20)
8: Lopez (13)
9: Yoshimoto (9)
10: Carroll (8)
11: Valles (7)
12: Gommendy (6)
13: Glock (5)
14=: Monfardini & Negrao (4)
16: Filippi (2)
17: Porteiro (1)
GP2 Teams Championship (Round 4/11)
1: ART (64)
2: Arden (48)
3: Piquet Sports (43)
4: iSport (32)
5: Trident (20)
6: BCN (14)
7: Super Nova (13)
8=: Campos & Racing Engineering (8)
10: DAMS (4)
11: FMS (2)
Next weekends motorsport coverage has highlights of round 7 of the World Rally Championship from Sardinia in Italy. Unfortunately Im away on a college trip to Sweden so could someone please cover me on the report for that? Id be grateful. Aside from that, the F1 meeting is at Monaco in 2 weeks time along with the GP2 feature race (yup, no sprint race) also in 2 weeks time. Ill be back in 2 weeks time.
OK, so I am back, got back Tuesday night so heres the results from Sardinia.
Sardinia Top 8
1: Sebastien Loeb (Kronos Citroen) 3h54m18.9s (Matches Colin McRaes tally of 25 WRC wins, 1 more and he matches Sainzs record)
2: Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) +2m41.4s (Best result of his career, what chance a win later in the season?)
3: Dani Sordo (Kronos Citroen) +3m27.7s
4: Xavier Pons (Kronos Citroen) +5m28.3s (Best result of the season)
5: Jussi Valimaki (Mitsubishi) +7m8.8s (Decent showing on 1 of 2 events for Mitsubishis factory team, making a brief return to the sport. Best WRC result too for the reigning Asia Pacific Rally champion)
6: Kristian Sohlberg (Subaru) +7m36.9s (Breaks his points duck at last)
7: Manfred Stohl (OMV Peugeot) +8m18.4s (Quiet showing)
8: Francois Duval (Skoda) +9m45.8s
37: Matthew Wilson (Stobart VK Ford) +57m28s (Rough outing)
WRC Drivers Championship (Round 7/16)
1: Loeb (66)
2: Marcus Gronholm (35)
3: Sordo (30)
4: Stohl (20)
5: Petter Solberg (18)
6: Hirvonen (15)
7: Gigi Galli (11)
8: Pons (10)
9: Alex Bengue (9)
10: Chris Atkinson (8)
11: Henning Solberg (7)
12=: Daniel Carlsson, Toni Gardemeister & Stephane Sarrazin (6)
15=: Duval, Jan Kopecky, Thomas Radstrom & Valimaki (4)
19=: Kosti Katajamaki & Gareth MacHale (3)
21: Wilson (1)
WRC Manufacturers Championship (Round 7/16)
1: Kronos Citroen (85)
2: Ford (65)
3: Subaru (58)
4: OMV Peugeot (36)
5: Stobart VK Ford (15)
6: Red Bull Skoda (14)
Next WRC outing is June 2nd-4th, the Acropolis Rally in Greece. Can anyone halt Sebastien Loebs charge? This weekend though, F1 goes to the most glamourous grand prix on the calendar, Monaco, should be thrilling.
I hope Renault dont win this weekend :sad:
They won already today. They won the Laureus Awards, like the oscars of sports, for the best team.
Well the grid has been decided after hours of deliberation over a couple of controversies. Heres the grid for tommorrows Monaco Grand Prix.
Monaco Grid
1: Alonso
2: Webber
3: Raikkonen
4: Montoya
5: Barrichello
6: Trulli
7: Coulthard
8: Rosberg
9: Fisichella (Docked his three fastest laps after impeding Coulthards flying lap)
10: R.Schumacher
11: Klien
12: Liuzzi
13: Button (Struggled on new tyres)
14: Villeneuve
15: Heidfeld
16: Albers
17: Monteiro
18: Speed
19: Sato
20: Montagny
21: Massa
22: M.Schumacher (Originally pole-sitter till he blocked the track)
So thats the grid, also today saw a exciting GP2 race, just the one this weekend owing to the tight race schedule at Monaco. Heres the results.
GP2
Monaco Top 8
1: Lewis Hamilton (ART)
2: Franck Perera (DAMS)
3: Alex Premat (ART)
4: Clivio Piccione (DPR Direxiv)
5: Andreas Zuber (Trident)
6: Felix Porteiro (Campos)
7: Michael Ammermuller (Arden)
8: Sergio Hernandez (Durango)
Fastest Lap: Lucas di Grassi (Durango) 1m22.563s
GP2 Drivers Championship (Round 5/11)
1: Hamilton (49)
2: Nelson Piquet Jnr (39)
3: Premat (33)
4: Ernesto Viso (26)
5=: Ammermuller & Nicolas Lapierre (25)
7: Gianmaria Bruni (20)
8: Jose Maria Lopez (13)
9: Hiroki Yoshimoto (9)
10=: Adam Carroll & Perera (8)
12: Adrian Valles (7)
13: Tristan Gommendy (6)
14=: Piccione & Timo Glock (5)
16=: Porteiro, Zuber, Xandi Negrao & Ferdinando Monfardini (4)
20: Luca Filippi (2)
21=: di Grassi & Hernandez (1)
GP2 Teams Championship (Round 5/11)
1: ART (82)
2: Arden (50)
3: Piquet Sports (43)
4: iSport (32)
5: Trident (24)
6: BCN (14)
7: Super Nova (13)
8: DAMS (12)
9: Campos (11)
10: Racing Engineering (8)
11: David Price Racing-Direviv (5)
12=: Durango & FMS (2)
The GP2 series returns in 2 weeks time at the British GP at Silverstone on June 10-11, yup, not July time, tickets for that are still available. As well as the Monaco GP tommorrow, another prestigous race starts later, the Indianapolis 500, can reigning Indy 500 winner and British driver Dan Wheldon defend his Indy 500 title? Coverage on Sky Sports from 5:30pm tommorrow.
Well, a forgone conclusion in terms of victory in Monte Carlo with 28 laps left. But it was an exciting Monaco GP.
Monaco Top 8
1: Alonso
2: Montoya
3: Coulthard (yup, his 1st podium since Japan 2003 and Red Bulls 1st podium. What chance team boss Christian Horner live up to his bet?)
4: Barrichello (Drive-through cost him 3rd)
5: M.Schumacher (Fights back through the order to the points)
6: Fisichella (Pulled some banzai moves to 6th)
7: Heidfeld
8: R.Schumacher (Small consolation for Trullis demise from 3rd)
Retirements
17: Trulli (Drive fault)
18: Klien (Gearbox failure, another who potentially couldve been on the podium)
19: Rosberg (Stuck throttle + Monte Carlo = crash in barriers)
20: Raikkonen (Engine failure under safety car)
21: Webber (Engine failure robbing him of a podium and outside chance of victory)
22: Sato
F1 Drivers Championship (Round 7/18)
1: Alonso (64)
2: M.Schumacher (43)
3=: Fisichella & Raikkonen (27)
5: Montoya (23)
6: Massa (20)
7: Button (16)
8: Barrichello (13)
9=: Heidfeld & R.Schumacher (8)
11: Coulthard (7)
12=: Villeneuve & Webber (6)
14: Rosberg (4)
15: Klien (1)
F1 Constructors Championship (Round 7/18)
1: Renault (91)
2: Ferrari (63)
3: McLaren (50)
4: Honda (29)
5: BMW (14)
6: Williams (10)
7=: Red Bull & Toyota (8)
Coming later, more motorsport action on Sky Sports 3 from half 5, coverage of the 90th Indianapolis 500, can Britains Dan Wheldon or Dario Franchitti challenge for oval racings most prestigous prize?
Next week sees coverage of highlights from Round 8 of the World Rally Championship, the Acropolis Rally. And 2 weeks from now, F1 reaches its 8th round, the British GP at Silverstone. Tickets are still available but not being sold well because of the early date-switch plus the World Cup. Hope you got yours, see you soon.
Nothing to say about Heidfeld?
How about:
Great start and steady job.
Kimi would have won that race.
I can see him staying at McLaren because of the poor reliability.
There used to be a time where mclarens never blew up, and had better fuel economy than any other formula 1 car. Those were the days.
[old geezer mode off]
Dont worry Leo. I remember those times also.
Its such a shame for the championship that McLaren have such bad reliability. Im sure Kimi would have been a lot closer to Alonso last year and this year if the McLaren was as reliable as the Renealt.
Feel sorry for Webber too. He was on for a good finish at Monaco. You could see his frustration when he got out of the car.
If its and but were candy and nuts.
I dont feel bad for Kimi at all.
At the end of the day, you make your own luck, I notice Juan Pablo doesnt have such bad luck.
Ive seen this up close in many types of racing, the super quick guys often use kerbs and track edges a lot more than others, and this puts stress into the car.
Look at Monaco as a great example, Webber much quicker than Nico, Webber breaks down with engine blowup, Nico off with freak, but not mechanical failure. (ie. its electronic!) so did Webbers pace overload the engine?
Kimi and montoya, the sower fella keeps his engine in one piece, again.
Trulli and Ralf, again, the lightning quick drives detonates, Ralf plods to 8th.
Incidentally, in my last season of racing I finished every race, usually first in class, except the last on in which I was pushing very hard and was far quicker than usual, and up with the class A cars. Ive a great video of me pushing the car off the track after the engine blowing. Moral of the story, you can be average and reliable or fast and fragile.
(renault and ferrari need not apply to this theory, as the cars are so good)
my opinion anyway.
Well the grid is in & Button, well, Honda screwed up big style, thanks, Honda, NOT!! :sad: :angry:
Silverstone F1 Grid
1: Alonso
2: Raikkonen
3: M.Schumacher
4: Massa
5: Fisichella
6: Barrichello
7: R.Schumacher
8: Montoya
9: Heidfeld
10: Villeneuve
11: Coulthard
12: Rosberg
13: Liuzzi
14: Klien
15: Speed
16: Monteiro
17: Webber
18: Albers
19: Button
20: Sato
21: Montagny
22: Trulli
Well thats the grid, best British results left up to DC, no chance of another podium unless a high attrition rate sets in. Later, results from the Acropolis Rally.
Well heres the results of last weekends Acropolis Rally.
WRC Top 8
1: Marcus Gronholm (Ford) 3h56m26.8s (Strong determined drive, will need Loeb to makes mistakes if he wants to close the gap)
2: Sebastien Loeb (Kronos Citroen) +2m26.8s (Avoids a scare to finish second despite returning to the service park on 2 wheels at the end of day 2)
3: Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) +3m43.8s (Strong level-headed drive despite being stuck in 2nd gear on final stage)
4: Toni Gardemeister (Citroen) +4m20.8s (Shows he hasnt been slacking since his last outing in Monte Carlo)
5: Henning Solberg (OMV Peugeot) +4m55.6s (Strong drive to hold off Dani Sordo)
6: Dani Sordo (Kronos Citroen) +4m56.4s (Thought he clinched 5th on final stage till co-driver Marc Marti corrected him)
7: Petter Solberg (Subaru) +5m34.4s (Not much to celebrate WRC outing no.100 after collision with a car on his way to stage 13 ruins his chance of a podium)
8: Xavier Pons (Kronos Citroen) +8m19s (Brave effort to hold Petter but finishes in the final point position)
10: Matthew Wilson (Stobart VK Ford) +13m30.8s (Anonoymous outing despite a spin on day 2)
WRC Drivers Championship (Round 8/16)
1: Loeb (74)
2: Gronholm (45)
3: Sordo (33)
4: Hirvonen (21)
5=: P.Solberg & Manfred Stohl (20)
7=: Gigi Galli, Pons, H.Solberg & Gardemeister (11)
11: Alex Bengue (9)
12: Chris Atkinson (8)
13=: Daniel Carlsson & Stephane Sarrazin (6)
15=: Thomas Radstrom, Jan Kopecky, Francois Duval and Jussi Valimaki (4)
19=: Kosti Katajamaki, Gareth MacHale & Kristian Sohlberg (3)
22: Wilson (1)
WRC Manufacturers Championship (Round 8/16)
1: Kronos Citroen (96)
2: Ford (81)
3: Subaru (63)
4: OMV Peugeot (41)
5: Stobart VK Ford (17)
6: Red Bull Skoda (14)
With the World Cup on, the WRC is now on a 2 month break before returning August 11-13th.