Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

**armadrillo** · 8th May 2006, 08:18

Never thought id say this but its quite good to see Schumi winning again.

Hopefully it will be a close championship.

**tom_b** · 13th May 2006, 16:26

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.

**jamesb** · 13th May 2006, 16:50

barrichello outqualifying button for the second race in a row. interesting.

**mrdaves** · 13th May 2006, 18:39

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

**ewan** · 13th May 2006, 18:49

Well he would want to win then wouldnt he - more dosh :wink:

**jamesb** · 13th May 2006, 22:32

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 Â£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

**tom_b** · 14th May 2006, 13:36

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 6/1

1: Alonso (54)
2: M.Schumacher (39)
3: Raikkonen (27)
4: Fisichella (24)
5: Massa (20)
6: Button (16)
7: Montoya (15)
8: Barrichello (

9: R.Schumacher (7)
10=: Heidfeld, Villeneuve & Webber (6)
13: Rosberg (4)
14=: Coulthard & Klien (1)

F1 Constructors Championship (Round 6/1

1: Renault (7

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 (

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 (4

3: Piquet Sports (43)
4: iSport (32)
5: Trident (20)
6: BCN (14)
7: Super Nova (13)
8=: Campos & Racing Engineering (

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.

**tom_b** · 25th May 2006, 11:24

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 (1

6: Hirvonen (15)
7: Gigi Galli (11)
8: Pons (10)
9: Alex Bengue (9)
10: Chris Atkinson (

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 (5

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.