Author Topic: Official Racing Thread (Read 197258 times)

amuse · « **Reply #260 on:** July 15, 2006, 09:13:07 AM »

Listen carefully to Montoya's team radio

...look who's the idiot now

ctz · « **Reply #261 on:** July 18, 2006, 09:11:34 AM »

Quote from: amuse

Listen carefully to Montoya's team radio

...look who's the idiot now

:D:D

Another win for Schumacher last weekend \o/

amuse · « **Reply #262 on:** July 18, 2006, 07:34:39 PM »

I'm hoping Schumacher wins a few more to make the driver's championship a little closer. Alonso is just so damn lucky and doesn't deserve some of the points he's getting. Last race Kimi was catching up and had a chance at passing Alonso for 2nd, and Massa couldn't drive fast enough when he needed to which let Alonso finish 2nd. Alonso could've been 3rd or even 4th if he wasn't so lucky all the time >_<

Honda looks to be in a mess now. It's like they went backwards with their development.

ctz · « **Reply #263 on:** July 18, 2006, 08:22:19 PM »

This season is just like the last year, only Raikkonen's and Schumacher's roles reversed. Alonso gets monstrous lead in points and end-season is about if Schumacher could catch him.

excalibur · « **Reply #264 on:** July 22, 2006, 08:06:02 PM »

I think renault has a good package, currently their reliability has been too good to be true. I wonder how alonso will fare when he goes to Mclaren, which I think hasn't been good in terms of performance of the car for last two season. Maybe alonso's luck will win him some more trophy?

ctz · « **Reply #265 on:** July 22, 2006, 08:42:07 PM »

I guess it's the salary why Alonso is going to drive McLaren. Renault is not famous for paying huge salaries to its drivers. Anyway, Alonso is already a world champion and probably gets another one in the end of the season. McLaren could be very competitive next season.

Shumatsu Samurai · « **Reply #266 on:** July 23, 2006, 04:02:48 PM »

For the sake of excitement I really hope that Alonso will run into some sort of problems next race so that Schumacher can close the gap quickly. Of course the best deserves to win but it's not much fun to watch if it's always the same...

Mr.T · « **Reply #267 on:** July 23, 2006, 08:34:47 PM »

Quote from: Shumatsu Samurai

For the sake of excitement I really hope that Alonso will run into some sort of problems next race so that Schumacher can close the gap quickly. Of course the best deserves to win but it's not much fun to watch if it's always the same...

Considering Ferrari's current shape it's not impossible. After USA's GP I thought they were gonna fall back again. Of course I hoped they would stay up there, but with Michelin playing the secure way in USA I thought they were gonna fall behind again when coming to France.

But no! I don't know from where they found the speed (probably Bridgestone) but they seem faster than Renault right now!

The circuits left on the calender also suits Ferrari well, if you look at it historically (like Suzuka, Monza etc). If Massa can get the 2nd place from Alonso (not like in France...) and Bridgestone keep and improve their current performance, it's gonna be a very exciting finish of this season!! Go Schumi!

Shumatsu Samurai · « **Reply #268 on:** July 23, 2006, 08:56:02 PM »

But it's still gonne be tough for Ferrari tho - Even if Schumacher wins every race it's still enough for Alonso to come in second and he'll be champ.
I'd prefer to have them head to head as soon as possible. But the Renault cars are so damn reliable - I don't think the same thing can be said about Ferrari...

daigong · « **Reply #269 on:** July 23, 2006, 10:45:23 PM »

The local "Edmonton Grand Prix" was won by Justin Wilson!

http://www.autonet.ca/Motorsports/Champ/2006/07/23/1698909-cp.html

The 27-year-old English racer won the Edmonton Grand Prix Sunday after posting four runner-up finishes this season. He started from the second row but managed to pass Paul Tracy of Toronto and pole-sitter Sebastien Bourdais for his third career win.

He beat Tracy out of pit row at the first fuel stop and managed to take the inside on a corner to pass front-runner Bourdais with 31 laps to go.

"The car was awesome all day," he said. "I was able to burn fast and close down the gap and Sebastien made a mistake and I managed to get by."

Bourdais, struggling to regain the lead, brushed tires with Alex Tagliani of Lachenaie, Que., on a corner, sending Tagliani into the tire barrier.

"We had to accept defeat," said Bourdais, 27. "I'd still like to see what would have happened if Alex hadn't run into me. I don't know what he did but it was really a shame."

Wilson beat Bourdais, the series' overall points leader, by more than five seconds.

American driver A.J. Allmendinger, who had won the last three events, finished third. Oriol Servia was fourth and Tracy, who started beside Bourdais in the front row, was fifth.

Allmendinger, 24, struggled in qualifying to start fourth.

He said he'll still take third. "I'm pleased to be on the podium again. Four races, four podiums."

Tracy said the pit stop loss to Wilson was costly.

"We didn't have a good day. We made a major mistake on tire pressure on the second stint and got beat out of the pits."

Andrew Ranger of Roxton Pond, Que., finished seventh and Tagliani ended up 12th in the 18-car field.

Quote from: amuse

Listen carefully to Montoya's team radio

...look who's the idiot now

It's JPM Radio ROFL!

ctz · « **Reply #270 on:** July 23, 2006, 11:42:24 PM »

Quote

I'd prefer to have them head to head as soon as possible. But the Renault cars are so damn reliable - I don't think the same thing can be said about Ferrari...

Actually Ferrari is more reliable than Renault. So far Renault have had one retirement because of technical failure, Ferrari have had none.

Shumatsu Samurai · « **Reply #271 on:** July 24, 2006, 12:27:55 AM »

Oh, is that so? My bad, I should follow it more closely.

But if we look at last season as well, Alonso didn't have a failure for ... quite some time. In my opinion it seems more likely that he makes a mistake than that his car breaks down... (or I'm wrong again)

ctz · « **Reply #272 on:** July 30, 2006, 01:37:21 PM »

Interesting qualifying results in Hockenheim. Raikkonen took his first pole for 15 grand prix. And more important, Alonso was only 7th. A great opportunity for Schumacher. The worst scenario would be Raikkonen and Schumacher knocking themselves out, and Alonso getting the points again.

ctz · « **Reply #273 on:** August 05, 2006, 06:06:25 PM »

Hmm... Kinda quiet here, eventhough the fight for the championship is more tighter than ever in recent year.

Schumacher won in Hockenheim and had a great chance to tighten the gap because of Alonso's +2s penalty. But apparently screwed it, because there was a same kind of penalty on Schumacher as well.

Sangreal · « **Reply #274 on:** August 05, 2006, 08:19:04 PM »

well...there's no change that these two (shumi and alonso) going to win this weekend race

hao9384 · « **Reply #275 on:** August 05, 2006, 09:17:51 PM »

i'm watchin F1 always on tv, and i'm very interested in it! i've never been to one race, cuz it's too far away >_< but i think it's a great feeling to be there.

ctz · « **Reply #276 on:** August 05, 2006, 10:46:10 PM »

Quote from: Sangreal

well...there's no change that these two (shumi and alonso) going to win this weekend race

Well... That's hard to believe since Schumacher was 11th and Alonso 15th in a qualifying session today. And it's especially difficult to overtake at Hungaroring.

Schumacher will probably get some points from this race, but if Renault have same kind of problems as they had in Germany, Alonso might be in trouble. Maybe they did lose their speed because of questionable suspension, which they disabled for the Germany Grand Prix to avoid possibble disqualification. Although Alonso did a good time in qualifying before they added the 2 seconds penalty...

Raikkonen got the pole and now he has the best chance for winning a race this season. I hope he can make it. Fisischella and others won't be a problem, so it's probably Raikkonen vs. Massa.

MurasakiNeko · « **Reply #277 on:** August 06, 2006, 06:14:37 AM »

Rally car racing was fun to watch earlier today when it was on the Extreme Sports chanel.

JFC · « **Reply #278 on:** August 06, 2006, 06:57:09 AM »

Man, I haven't watched a race since...damn...I think it was this season's Monaco.

ctz · « **Reply #279 on:** August 06, 2006, 10:47:34 PM »

omg it was one of the best GPs ever!

All the pre-race commentators were just telling how difficult it'd be to overtake and how boring the race would be... WRONG! Excitement till the end!

Too bad Schumacher had to retire... 3 points gap to the next race would haved saved the season.

And congrats to Button for the first win. Maybe he's not so useless afterall