isaidno Posted 20 March 2007 Posted 20 March 2007 Australian Grand Prix 2002 What's with the name change again. Is it because Kovalainen did rubbish on Sunday ?
Brainy Posted 20 March 2007 Author Posted 20 March 2007 What's with the name change again. Is it because Kovalainen did rubbish on Sunday ? Well now that you mention it..
isaidno Posted 3 April 2007 Posted 3 April 2007 Malaysian GP on ITV Live qualifying Saturday 7 April 0630-0820 ITV3 Qualifying re-run Saturday 7 April 1340-1530 ITV1 Live race Sunday 8 April 0730-1000 ITV1 Race re-run Sunday 8 April 1540-1800 ITV1 Highlights Monday 9 April 0045-0145 ITV1 Highlights re-run Monday 9 April 1800-1900 ITV4
Brainy Posted 3 April 2007 Author Posted 3 April 2007 Isn't it supposed to be raining in Malaysia on Sunday?
isaidno Posted 3 April 2007 Posted 3 April 2007 5 DAY FORECAST Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tuesday 90°F (32°C) | 77°F (25°C) thunder Wednesday 93°F (34°C) | 75°F (24°C) thunder Thursday 93°F (34°C) | 76°F (24°C) cloudy Friday 92°F (33°C) | 75°F (24°C) partly cloudy Saturday 92°F (33°C) | 75°F (24°C) cloudy
Brainy Posted 5 April 2007 Author Posted 5 April 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix Preview Will Ferrari maintain their dominance at Sepang, or can McLaren and Renault catch up? If you were to look at the times from the recent test at the Malaysian circuit, you might form the view that virtually everyone has a chance, for most teams put in competitive lap times at one stage or another. The difficult thing is knowing who was running what set-up or configuration when those times were done. Put it another way, Ferrari, McLaren and Renault seem genuinely pleased about their performance, while BMW Sauber, Williams, Honda, Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Super Aguri and Toyota all believe they have made progress. The fact that 10 of the teams tested here is likely to create the sort of situation we often see in Barcelona, where everyone has an early handle on set-up, and the true respective performances emerge as a result. Kimi Raikkonen believes he is well placed to repeat his Melbourne performance, provided his Ferrari does not require an engine change following a water leak towards the end of that race. Team mate Felipe Massa will be going all-out to avoid the sort of problems he suffered in Australia, and to close the points gap to the Finn. Will Ferrari maintain their dominance at Sepang, or can McLaren and Renault catch up? If you were to look at the times from the recent test at the Malaysian circuit, you might form the view that virtually everyone has a chance, for most teams put in competitive lap times at one stage or another. The difficult thing is knowing who was running what set-up or configuration when those times were done. Put it another way, Ferrari, McLaren and Renault seem genuinely pleased about their performance, while BMW Sauber, Williams, Honda, Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Super Aguri and Toyota all believe they have made progress. The fact that 10 of the teams tested here is likely to create the sort of situation we often see in Barcelona, where everyone has an early handle on set-up, and the true respective performances emerge as a result. Kimi Raikkonen believes he is well placed to repeat his Melbourne performance, provided his Ferrari does not require an engine change following a water leak towards the end of that race. Team mate Felipe Massa will be going all-out to avoid the sort of problems he suffered in Australia, and to close the points gap to the Finn. If his McLaren is again unable quite to get on terms with the red cars, world champion Fernando Alonso is determined to maximize his points score so that he remains in play until the silver arrows can compete with the Ferraris, but the team will have some new parts for the race. Team mate Lewis Hamilton is also keen to repeat, perhaps even better, his extraordinary debut in Australia. "I thought Sepang looked like a great circuit and I was not disappointed,†he said. “Its layout means you can build up a great rhythm, with all the corners running into each other. It is also really wide, which I imagine will lead to exciting racing. The four days of testing were really useful on two counts. We had a number of developments to the car that we ran and will now bring to the race, and I was able to learn the track prior to the event. I am now looking forward to competitive action here. As I said at the time, it was a dream start for me in Australia, but I am realistic that motorsport is unpredictable and things don’t always go so well. We have all been working to reduce the gap to Ferrari and I will do my best with Fernando and the team towards this in Malaysia." Last year’s winner, Giancarlo Fisichella, admits that Renault weren’t fast enough in Australia, but says: “Without a doubt, this is the toughest race of the season - not just physically, but mentally too. The high temperatures and humidity make things very tough for the drivers and the cars too. For me personally, though, there are very good memories from my win last year, and I am prepared for the race this time round. I trained hard over the winter, I am in peak condition - and ready to go.†As one of the hottest races of the season, the Malaysian Grand Prix will exact a heavy toll on drivers and machinery. Temperatures are expected to be around 34 degrees Celsius all weekend, and the humidity will take its own toll, making the cockpits feel like saunas. The most important thing for each driver will be to keep fully hydrated. The tortuous circuit is tough on every element of the car. The high temperatures place heavy demands on cooling systems, brakes and tyres, and the mixture of corners makes it tricky to achieve an optimum set-up for the high and slow-speed corners. However, the temperature will be beneficial in one way since nobody should have any of the problems some experienced getting heat into their tyres in Melbourne. The weekend should thus paint a more accurate picture of precisely where everyone is in respect to each other. Bridgestone will bring their medium and hard compounds (rather than the soft and medium used in Australia) and telling the difference between the two will be far easier than in Melbourne - on each of the medium tyres, one groove will be painted white, making it clearly visible whether the car is stationary or at speed.
Brainy Posted 7 April 2007 Author Posted 7 April 2007 Drivers participated in a qualifying session earlier on this morning. Grid for Mayalsian Grand Prix 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix Pos Driver Team Time 1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:35.043 2 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.310 3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.479 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.045 5 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:36.543 6 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:36.829 7 Robert Kubica BMW 1:36.896 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.902 9 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:37.078 10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:37.345 11 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1:35.630 12 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:35.706 13 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:35.766 14 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:35.945 15 Jenson Button Honda 1:36.088 16 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 1:36.145 17 Scott Speed STR-Ferrari 1:36.578 18 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:36.816 19 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:36.827 20 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 1:37.326 21 Christijan Albers Spyker-Ferrari 1:38.279 22 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 1:38.415
lildave3 Posted 7 April 2007 Posted 7 April 2007 Drivers participated in a qualifying session earlier on this morning.Grid for Mayalsian Grand Prix 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix Pos Driver Team Time 5 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:36.543 Good stuff
isaidno Posted 7 April 2007 Posted 7 April 2007 Should be a good race between ferrari & Mclaren tommorrow.
Brainy Posted 7 April 2007 Author Posted 7 April 2007 Should be a good race between ferrari & Mclaren tommorrow. I think that will be the ''race'' for the whole season.
lildave3 Posted 8 April 2007 Posted 8 April 2007 I think that will be the ''race'' for the whole season. I think you're forgetting Nick Heidfeld...
Brainy Posted 8 April 2007 Author Posted 8 April 2007 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix Result: Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 56 Winner 2 10 2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 56 +17.5 secs 4 8 3 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 56 +18.3 secs 3 6 4 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 56 +33.7 secs 5 5 5 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 +36.7 secs 1 4 6 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 56 +65.6 secs 12 3 7 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 56 +70.1 secs 8 2 8 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 56 +72.0 secs 11 1 9 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 56 +89.9 secs 19 10 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 56 +93.5 secs 10 11 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 55 +1 Lap 22 12 7 Jenson Button Honda 55 +1 Lap 15 13 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 55 +1 Lap 14 14 19 Scott Speed STR-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 17 15 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 55 +1 Lap 9 16 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 55 +1 Lap 18 17 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 16 18 10 Robert Kubica BMW 55 +1 Lap 7 Ret 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 42 +14 Laps 6 Ret 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 36 +20 Laps 13 Ret 21 Christijan Albers Spyker-Ferrari 7 +49 Laps 20 Ret 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 0 +56 laps 21
Brainy Posted 8 April 2007 Author Posted 8 April 2007 Drivers Championship Standings: sheephead - 18 Pts Maybes - 16 potter3 - 14 lildave3 - 10 Turtles-Head - 7 Standupandsing - 7 isaidno - 2 JoeB - 1 Christopher - 1 Mat_J101 - 0 Manwell_Pablo - 0 bertfox - 0 City_4_Life - 0 dandannieldanok - 0 Brummie-FOX - 0 Isle Of Wight Fox - 0 sparky -2 Joe. -2 bigneville -3 callglombarddirect -3 Flynny - 5 Gooner Fox - 5 Constructors Championship Standings: McLaren 34 Pts (+2 (1-2 finish)) Ferrari - 23 Renault 8 BMW 8 Toyota 3 Honda 0 pts Super Aguri 0 Williams - -3 Toro Rosso - -2 Red Bull - -5 Spyker – 13 (-5 (double retirement))
Brainy Posted 9 April 2007 Author Posted 9 April 2007 Can someone clear this up for me? Ralf Schumacher finished 8th in Australia right? I have JoeB (RSC) down with 1 point but the paper today says he has 0
Floating Fox Posted 9 April 2007 Posted 9 April 2007 He did indeed pick up a point at 'Aaaustralia mate'
isaidno Posted 10 April 2007 Posted 10 April 2007 Bahrain GP on ITV Live qualifying Saturday 14 April 1130-1320 ITV1 Live race Sunday 15 April 1130-1440 ITV1 Highlights Sunday 15 April 2315-0015 ITV1 Highlights re-run Monday 16 April 1900-2000 ITV4
isaidno Posted 10 April 2007 Posted 10 April 2007 Malaysian Gp Highlights Massa & Hamilton battle race start
Brainy Posted 12 April 2007 Author Posted 12 April 2007 The Bahrain Grand Prixview It is a question that has to be asked: after his third place in Australia and second in Malaysia, can McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton complete his geometrical progression in Bahrain and make it three, two, one? The 22 year-old Englishman has taken Formula One racing by storm so far this season, with his stunning podium drives in Melbourne and Sepang. And where Peter Arundell, the only driver previously to take podiums in his first two Grand Prix outings thereafter failed to do so again, Hamilton clearly has the potential to repeat the feat often and will almost certainly win a race in due course - it is surely just a matter of when. McLaren come here cock-a-hoop after their excellent one-two victory over Ferrari in Malaysia, and remain confident that they will be very competitive in the dry desert heat too. Ferrari, however, are also bullish. For a start Kimi Raikkonen will have a new engine this weekend and thus won’t have the same concerns that he did in Malaysia, following the water loss during the final stages of the Australian race which gave him a win on his debut with the Scuderia. And Felipe Massa will be desperate to redeem himself after the lap-six mistake in Sepang, which arguably cost the red cars their chance of victory. “When we won in Australia, everyone said we were dominant,†Jean Todt said dryly; “When we lost in Malaysia they all said it was over. Obviously it is neither.†A great confrontation between the two top teams is definitely on the cards. BMW Sauber have kept up their winter testing pace in the first two races and Nick Heidfeld is currently fourth in the drivers’ championship, so the white and blue cars will be in the thick of it again this weekend. So, too, should the Renaults be. The R25 and R26 won here for the past two years, and though that was also the case in Sepang where they disappointed last weekend, the team believe they are making progress again after a late start. Williams were also very quick in Malaysia and the FW29 is clearly a pretty decent machine, so watch out for Nico Rosberg who set fastest lap here on his debut with the team last year. Unlike the bulk of their rivals, however, they didn’t participate in February’s pre-season test at Sepang, so Rosberg and team mate Alex Wurz will need to make the most of their Friday track time to quickly establish a baseline set-up. Spyker were the other team to skip the Bahrain test, a decision they may yet come to regret. They also missed the Sepang test prior to last weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, and with a double DNF in that race, did not reap the rewards they had hoped for from their new aero package. The Ferrari-powered squad will be looking to bounce back this weekend. The rest of the grid will likely be aiming for solid rather than spectacular progress. With no time to test since Malaysia, introducing a major, untested upgrade here would be a gamble. Instead, we can expect to see small improvements to the cars before the teams head back to base to concentrate on larger developments in anticipation of the start of the European season. Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit has relatively low grip and is a medium downforce track that demands a lot of the brakes as drivers slow from over 300 km/h to downshift to either first or second gear on three occasions. The flow of the track between Turns 4 and 13 doesn’t give them much chance to cool down, either. Drivers want a well-balanced car with minimal understeer going into the corners and no time-consuming oversteer coming out, particularly as the abrasive surface requires them to look after their tyres - as in Malaysia, will be bringing their medium and hard compounds. Cooling is also critical, but nobody should have any real problems with that after Sepang.
Brainy Posted 12 April 2007 Author Posted 12 April 2007 I seriously wish they would shut up about this guy.
Floating Fox Posted 12 April 2007 Posted 12 April 2007 I seriously wish they would shut up about this guy. Agree with you on that but his achievment is pretty damn good to be fair to the lad! But anyone can do that in a Mclaren! (exluding you of corse!)
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