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amuse · « **Reply #180 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:18:03 AM »

Honda ..... wow..... just ..... wow..

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Kimi Raikkonen’s V8 record lap of 1:09:423 set yesterday in testing at Valencia was eclipsed today by Anthony Davidson in the Honda RA106.

Davidson stopped the clocks with an impressive best lap of 1:08.543s, completing 70 laps in his Honda. His time was in fact even quicker than the record V10 time recorded (1:09.005s) by Raikkonen just over a year ago.

http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/060302175239.shtml

2006 looks to be a great season

ctz · « **Reply #181 on:** March 05, 2006, 08:53:37 AM »

Yay for Honda! It would be great to have a season with four teams capable of fighting the championship.

I like Takuma Sato's driving style. It's aggressive and maybe not the safest style, but at least it's not so boring.

ctz · « **Reply #182 on:** March 08, 2006, 03:45:40 PM »

It's only 3 days till the 2006 season start in Bahrain. So it's time to place your bets, until you get biased by the first pre-race practice, qualifications or the race itself.

As a pessimistic finn, I wouldn't like to go with Raikkonen... But I don't want Ferrari to win anything, another shitty season for them is ok (I'm allowing them to win again in 2007 though). Alonso won the championship last season, so probably he won't do it again. And Honda takes two grandprix wins this season, but that isn't enough for the championship. So that leaves only Raikkonen, who has been the second three seasons a row now or something.

What do you think?

JFC · « **Reply #183 on:** March 09, 2006, 04:24:33 AM »

I can't wait to see the new things coming this year like the new V8 engines, the new qualifying format, and the return of allowing tire changes during the race.

Somehow I get the feeling Ferarri will have a decent start to the season, but it will be average at best over the long run. I hate to say it, but I'm thinking Montoya will be the first big gun to jump out of the gate and grab a few wins.

Now that the cars will have V8 engines, I'm also hoping that it will balance things out a bit more and equalized the playing field for the smaller teams like Midland (formerly known as Jordan) Toro Rosso (formerly known as Minardi) and Super Aguri.

Renault and McLaren will continue to have strong seasons. I'm thinking BAR, Red Bull and BMW will do okay, but not spectacular.

Personally, I'll definitely be cheering for Super Aguri drivers Sato and Ide.

amuse · « **Reply #184 on:** March 09, 2006, 08:37:35 AM »

Bahrain 2006

1. Alonso
2. M. Schumacher
3. Raikkonen
4. Button
5. .... meh I'm only predicting the top 4

ctz · « **Reply #185 on:** March 11, 2006, 09:01:05 PM »

According the qualifying session today, It seems I was so wrong

Raikkonen's tire fell off and he nearly screwed up the whole session. Schumacher and Ferrari seemed to be back on their level after the disastrous last season. And Honda did good job too.

It'll be an interesting race tomorrow.

JFC · « **Reply #186 on:** March 11, 2006, 11:07:52 PM »

Poor Kimi, can't get much luck with his tires.

amuse · « **Reply #187 on:** March 12, 2006, 02:20:09 PM »

Quote from: amuse

Bahrain 2006

1. Alonso
2. M. Schumacher
3. Raikkonen
4. Button
5. .... meh I'm only predicting the top 4

Results:
1. 1 ALONSO Renault M 1h29'46"205 Km/h
2. 5 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B + 0'01"250 205.970 Km/h
3. 3 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M + 0'19"330 205.282 Km/h
4. 12 BUTTON Honda M + 0'19"940 205.258 Km/h

Perfect prediction.

JFC · « **Reply #188 on:** March 12, 2006, 08:14:42 PM »

Aw man, why'd I click that?

I haven't seen the race yet (have to wait for the replay tonite). :ksad: :kcrazy:

ctz · « **Reply #189 on:** March 12, 2006, 08:28:02 PM »

Amuse, you're so much better predicting than me. But my predictions were for the whole season though

A good start for this season. Raikkonen was surprisingly good after disastrous pre-race practice and qualifying. Nico Rosberg did also good job being seventh in his debut after losing a front wing on the first lap. He also had the fastest lap time.

I wonder how Toyota's performance was so bad. According the winter tests and big budget, I thought this season would be a breakthrough for them. But it certainly doesn't seem so.

JFC · « **Reply #190 on:** March 12, 2006, 08:42:39 PM »

Quote from: ctz

I wonder how Toyota's performance was so bad. According the winter tests and big budget, I thought this season would be a breakthrough for them. But it certainly doesn't seem so.

Well, testing in a control environment and actually putting the engine through an actual race are two different things. The conditions are similar, but not the same at all. You can't really completely gage how it would do on race day by how it does in testing.

amuse · « **Reply #191 on:** March 13, 2006, 02:23:05 AM »

Everything went wrong for Super Aguri today. Ide penalized before the start, fuel nozzle didn't work twice in the first round of pitstops, Ide ran into his mechanics then stalled his car, both cars tried to pit at the same time, etc etc.

The only positive thing was that Sato finished the race without something breaking in the car.

The race itself was pretty good. This season should be great since there are clearly 4 teams capable of fighting for the top spot.

flare · « **Reply #192 on:** March 13, 2006, 06:24:04 AM »

The next one is a week away, love weekly F1s

ctz · « **Reply #193 on:** March 13, 2006, 09:21:33 AM »

Of course the winter tests don't tell everything, but usually lots of money has meant at least some success. Toyota had the biggest budget last season and I guess they aren't poor this season either.

JFC · « **Reply #194 on:** March 14, 2006, 05:15:09 AM »

Just goes to show that although it helps, it's not always the biggest budget that automatically wins the race/season.

ctz · « **Reply #195 on:** March 15, 2006, 11:44:59 PM »

Of course you don't win races only with big budget, but Toyota isn't a new team anymore. I think it's just reasonable to expect a slightly better performance than competing with Toro Rosso, MF1 and Super Aguri way behind the top teams.

ctz · « **Reply #196 on:** March 20, 2006, 08:43:43 PM »

Malesian Grand Prix was raced at Sepang last weekend.

Renault took the double win, surprisingly Fisischella was the winner before Alonso. Raikkonen had some bad luck again, Klien crashed to his rear tire on the second lap. Wonder rookie Rosberg, who got third place in qualifying ended up braking his engine.

Not so great race as the season start in Bahrain, but not boring either. The most interesting part is the protest that all the teams except Ferrari, Red Bull (powered by Ferrari) and Toro Rosso (owned by Red Bull) raised against Ferrari's front wing, which is said to be too flexible.

ohbahsan · « **Reply #197 on:** March 20, 2006, 09:43:26 PM »

Quote from: ctz

Wonder rookie Rosberg, who got third place in qualifying ended up braking his engine.

and what a spectacular way to blow up an engine

i actually stayed up to watch the 1st half of the race. the 1st race i've seen this year and i didn't even know half the teams

ctz · « **Reply #198 on:** March 21, 2006, 08:18:46 PM »

Yea there's lots of new teams this season. And old teams with new sponsors and colors.

Gotta mention Sato's great driving in Sepang. Nice to see Super Aguri competing against Toro Rosso and Midland.

TheQuickening · « **Reply #199 on:** March 22, 2006, 06:08:25 PM »

New Team/Old Team

Toro Rosso/Minardi
Midland F1/Jordan
BMW/Sauber
Super Aguri/Non-Applicable