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Post by mattwrc on Mar 11, 2006 13:39:18 GMT
this is the starting grid for F1's first race of the season tommorrow
1. M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m31.431s 2. MASSA Ferrari 1m31.478s 3. BUTTON Honda 1m31.549s 4. ALONSO Renault 1m31.702s 5. MONTOYA McLaren 1m32.164s 6. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m32.579s 7. WEBBER Williams 1m33.006s 8. KLIEN Red Bull 1m33.112s 9. FISICHELLA Renault 1m33.496s 10. HEIDFELD BMW 1m33.926s 11. VILLENEUVE BMW 1m32.456s 12. ROSBERG Williams 1m32.620s 13. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m32.850s 14. TRULLI Toyota 1m33.066s 15. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m33.416s 16. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m34.606s 17. R.SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m34.702s 18. ALBERS MF1 1m35.724s 19. MONTEIRO MF1 1m35.900s 20. SATO Super Aguri 1m37.411s 21. IDE Super Aguri 1m40.270s 22. RAIKKONEN McLaren no time real shame about Raikkonen crashing out in qualifying
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Post by Mixa on Mar 11, 2006 15:38:26 GMT
Yeah,it seems Ferrari is back and all the rest of the top teams behind them in the order what was probably the right one. Biggest surprise so far for me was the speed of Ferrari but also Massa´s great driving. Also BMW team looks to be quite good this year and Villeneuve putted a nice lap to table too. Toro Rosso with V10´s also quite up and I think this dont mean too good for them . Toyota was really poor down here, I dont know what is wrong but them are really down and Ralf was out in first QL. I really liked to watch the new QL system,it was exciting! Yeah Kimi had his failure and as in the F1 forums was a discussion about McLaren´s text in the car is as its once again totally right: Keep Walking.
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Post by mattwrc on Mar 11, 2006 17:27:33 GMT
Rosberg put in a really good performance until his spin
what does everyone think of the new system for qualifying? i really enjoyed the first to parts of it the knockouts but thought last was bit of a waste of time
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Post by RJ on Mar 11, 2006 22:32:25 GMT
I loved the new qualifying system. Hope they keep it for the whole season this time.
I don't know why the third session can't be the same as the first two. If this was the cae, quali would be perfect.
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Post by Curt on Mar 12, 2006 12:29:52 GMT
Ive forced myself to watch a few laps of F1 today as Mixa has been bugging me to watch it for a while . After the first couple of laps I watched though I started to get deja-vu . I think its mainly because I don't know the differences between the cars as they all seem the same to me.
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Post by mattwrc on Mar 12, 2006 17:33:23 GMT
their were some really good battles today and i think i will watch alot more of this years coverage
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Post by Mixa on Mar 12, 2006 20:47:19 GMT
Yeah I also enjoyed a lot for racing at todays race and watched it twice . Anyway it really looks good for the rest of the year.
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Post by FordTeamRS on Mar 12, 2006 22:57:56 GMT
That was a great race. I loved the Heidfeld and Coulthard hustle and bustle, shame how such a great move got Nick in trouble. Both Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg really impressed me with their pace. But my favourite moment would have to be the Alonso and M. Schumacher tustle for the lead after Alonso's pit-stop. F1 has suddenly become interesting again, about time! My star of the race: Fernando Alonso My reject of the race: Toyota
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Post by chrisfinch on Mar 13, 2006 9:40:04 GMT
a decent start. i missed the start of the race, but it was good to see Raikkonen come through the field.
Super Aguri proved to be, as FTRS has said many times to be the laughing stock of F1. No fuel went in to Ide's car at the pitstop, so he went back in next lap at the same time as Sato!!! Still noi fuel went in
Star of the Race: Raikkonen Reject of the race: Felipe Massa (although a good comeback)
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Post by mattwrc on Mar 13, 2006 10:33:06 GMT
cant believe how good Kimi was in that race really showed his class
Super Aguri i think we are going to get lots of entertainment out of them during the season - aswell as the fuel situation didnt one of them also run over half the pit crew
even Villeneuve was going well until his race went up in smoke
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Post by Mixa on Mar 13, 2006 12:04:54 GMT
Yeah I agree about Super Aguri team. I dont know why chris you say that Massa was reject of the race. I think he would have passed Alonso soon if hes brakes wouldnt have lock down. Also in Ferrari´s news letter Ferrari said that in Massa´s car had brake troubles. I think he done a nice race by climbing up all the time. Without the 40 seconds on the pits he would have claimed 5th position or even could been more up because of the switched strategy costed a lot of time. I am still happy that Schumi was lucky as Massa pitted before him and the tyre gun problem was noticed.
Also Heidfeld really had a point as he got a warning to marshalls for keeping the line against David but in the first corner Nico ruined his race by damaging the back of the car by hitting his tyre and didnt got the penalty. I agree with Heidfeld on that.
My stars and rejects:
star of the race: Kimi Räikkönen 2nd star: Jenson Button
rejects:
1st: Toyota (reason: really much out of the pace) 2nd: MF1 (lost more than I believe,other car retired and other was last to finish the race for ok teams)
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Post by chrisfinch on Mar 13, 2006 12:14:29 GMT
i like Massa, and am glad he got the drive. I didn't see the start, but my mum said he spun early after a tussle with Alonso. I think he should have kept his head, and he had a good comeback.
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