Author Topic: Official Racing Thread (Read 183190 times)

ctz · « **Reply #200 on:** March 23, 2006, 10:13:39 PM »

Some recent Formula1 news to discuss:

FIA has made a decision that all engine development would be halted from 2008 to 2011.

Imo this rule is one of the most stupid rules ever. Basically it would mean that if you screw up the engine in 2008, it's 3 years until you can fix the thing.

amuse · « **Reply #201 on:** April 02, 2006, 09:42:07 AM »

Australian GP

So much drama and action.. I don't even know where to start commenting

Some funny moments:
- Montoya spinning on the last turn while driving up to the grid
- Ross Brawn laughing at Montoya
- Yuji Ide setting the fastest lap......... on the first lap
- Button getting passed by... pretty much everyone

- Button's engine blowing up on the 2nd last turn
- ITV commentators yelling "PUSH JENSON. GET OUT AND PUSH!!" at the end of the race

ctz · « **Reply #202 on:** April 02, 2006, 10:11:19 PM »

I was partying last night, so I kinda missed all the race before Schumacher's crash.

Button really had some bad luck... 20 metres from finish line

JFC · « **Reply #203 on:** April 03, 2006, 01:00:27 AM »

At least Button remembered to make sure he DIDN'T finish the race. This way he can change to a new engine for the next race without getting a penalty.

Ide setting the fastest lap was hilarious. I'm actually surprised that his and Sato's cars haven't had that many technical problems, considering that they're cars that were from a museum. They were from the old Arrows team, which hasn't existed since 2002.

ctz · « **Reply #204 on:** April 03, 2006, 11:19:47 AM »

Quote from: formula1.com

Scott Speed has been handed a post-race penalty of 25 seconds for paying insufficient attention to yellow flags in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix. That dropped the American to 11th place and thus lost him, and the Scuderia Toro Rosso team, their first world championship point.

Moving up to eighth and gaining a point as a result was Red Bull’s David Coulthard, who claimed after the race that Speed had passed him under yellow flags. The stewards also fined Speed US$5000 for use of abusive language to another competitor, thought to be Coulthard, during the post-race hearing.

I guess it was too much for Red Bull to get beaten by Toro Rosso

They sounded pretty desperate on a team radio

Quote from: JFC

At least Button remembered to make sure he DIDN'T finish the race. This way he can change to a new engine for the next race without getting a penalty.

Well, since it's Button, avoiding a penalty might have been a better choice.

amuse · « **Reply #205 on:** April 22, 2006, 06:21:47 AM »

Qualifying for San Marino GP in a few hours!

Schumacher and Alonso were quick in fri's practice sessions, so if both cars are reliable then maybe the race for 1st will be just as good as last year's. Incase anyone forgot, Schumacher was all over Alonso in the final few laps of the race but couldn't manage to pass cuz the track was too tight.. and the renault had too much grip exiting tight corners.

Rnd · « **Reply #206 on:** April 23, 2006, 04:36:38 PM »

today match...
F1 winner is M schum...

ah, shu... alonso lost d match...

ctz · « **Reply #207 on:** April 24, 2006, 07:03:35 PM »

Imola is one of the most boring circuit, overtaking is almost impossible. Pretty much like Monaco but at least there's always some nice crashes there

And last weekend's race was no different. Alonso clearly had faster car but he just couldn't pass Schumacher. Well, better that way, I don't like Alonso winning all the grand prix's.

Interesting to see if Ide is still driving in the next race

amuse · « **Reply #208 on:** April 24, 2006, 08:42:07 PM »

They should really take away Ide's super license since he's clearly not in the same class as other F1 drivers. I'm pretty sure he only got a race seat because he can bring in money to the team. He has never won anything significant prior to F1 unlike most other F1 drivers. Ide spent 7 years competing in Japanese F3 then moved onto French F3 for a year. In those 8 years he didn't win a single championship so he moved to Formula Nippon for another 3 years, but he didn't win anything in Formula Nippon either. He was close last season finishing 2nd, but come on.. 11 years in professional open-wheel racing and not even a driver's championship.

Ide has a shitty history in racing while Takuma Sato dominated F3 before entering F1. Sato won 12/13 races in F3 back in 2001...he really owned everyone

ctz · « **Reply #209 on:** April 29, 2006, 11:02:23 AM »

Well it has been common that smaller teams get their money from sponsors of drivers, and that doesn't mean that they'd be any good driving a car. I hope FIA's plans to reduce costs will help in this matter too, and all teams could hire drivers at least with some skill.

I read yesterday that Raikkonen will announce his team for next season in the Canadian Grand Prix. And if it's Ferrari, Marlboro has offered to pay Raikkonen's and Schumacher's salaries.

JFC · « **Reply #210 on:** April 29, 2006, 10:09:30 PM »

^ Is the article online? Link please if it is.

ctz · « **Reply #211 on:** April 30, 2006, 07:24:24 AM »

Well I read it from a real paper, but I found a similar piece of news here:

http://motoring.iafrica.com/formulaone/273812.htm

tivx · « **Reply #212 on:** May 01, 2006, 04:01:40 PM »

you just don't see races like this anymore

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zdNXeD5kwRY&search=gilles%20arnoux

amuse · « **Reply #213 on:** May 04, 2006, 06:52:56 PM »

Following advice received from the FIA this week, Super Aguri Honda has confirmed that Yuji Ide will be participating in the team’s testing days only with immediate effect.

Franck Montagny will therefore undertake the role of SAF1 Team second driver at the European Grand Prix this weekend.

http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/060504122909.shtml

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

JFC · « **Reply #214 on:** May 04, 2006, 06:57:49 PM »

Too bad for Ide. But when you look at it, he just doesn't have what it takes (at this moment) to really be taken seriously in F1.

ctz · « **Reply #215 on:** May 06, 2006, 09:07:59 AM »

Kinda weird that FIA took away Ide's Formula 1 racing license, because Super Aguri had requested it. I think they Super Aguri could have switched drivers without that too. Maybe they wanna assure that Ide won't be driving in any other teams either.

amuse · « **Reply #216 on:** May 06, 2006, 09:32:42 PM »

From looking at the qualifying pace, it seems like the Nurburgring race will be another Alonso vs Schumacher battle. Mclaren seems to be struggling to get up to speed right now so no Kimi up front

ctz · « **Reply #217 on:** May 07, 2006, 03:47:17 PM »

Another boring race in Nürburgring. It would be nice to see some overtaking outside pits.

But at least Schumacher won.

JFC · « **Reply #218 on:** May 07, 2006, 09:25:30 PM »

It was good pit strategy that Schumacher and Ferarri used to get the lead from Alonso. I was impressed with how Rosberg did today too, considering how far back on the grid he started. Looks like Bridgestone's problems that they had last year with underperforming have been solved too. Michelin may have been sitting on their laurels too much from last year.

amuse · « **Reply #219 on:** May 07, 2006, 09:35:33 PM »

The race was good if you watch it for the strategy, but boring if you want to see overtaking.

The aerodynamic setups of current F1 cars make it hard to overtake unless one is clearly much faster than the other. Too much turbulent air makes it tricky to get close enough to pass. Just look at the 2 BMW drivers holding up traffic in the first half of the race, and Barrichello holding up traffic near the end of the race. It seems like F1 these days is more about running the perfect strategy with a driver that can make it work (like today). Schumacher pushed like hell to get 2 insane laps before making his final pitstop, which put him 5s ahead of Alonso.