lildave3 Posted 5 August 2007 Posted 5 August 2007 Yeah he has.Joe, your new driver is Sebastian Vettel. Sergio's new driver is Sakon Yamamoto. That hardly seems fair on Vettel.
Joe. Posted 5 August 2007 Posted 5 August 2007 Yeah he has.Joe, your new driver is Sebastian Vettel. Sergio's new driver is Sakon Yamamoto. Well he's shit as well so it doesn't matter really I miss Scott.
Brainy Posted 5 August 2007 Author Posted 5 August 2007 Nah, he's much better than Speed. He was BMW's test driver. He finished 8th in America and is only 19.
Brainy Posted 5 August 2007 Author Posted 5 August 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix Result: 1 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 70 Winner 1 10 2 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 70 +0.7 secs 3 8 3 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 70 +43.1 secs 2 6 4 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 70 +44.8 secs 6 5 5 10 Robert Kubica BMW 70 +47.6 secs 7 4 6 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 70 +50.6 secs 5 3 7 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 70 +59.1 secs 4 2 8 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 70 +68.1 secs 11 1 9 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 70 +76.3 secs 9 10 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 69 +1 Lap 8 11 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 69 +1 Lap 10 12 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 69 +1 Lap 13 13 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 14 14 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 69 +1 Lap 12 15 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 69 +1 Lap 19 16 19 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 20 17 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 68 +2 Laps 21 18 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 68 +2 Laps 18 Ret 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 42 +28 Laps 16 Ret 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 41 +29 Laps 15 Ret 7 Jenson Button Honda 35 +35 Laps 17 Ret 21 Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari 4 +66 Laps 22
Brainy Posted 5 August 2007 Author Posted 5 August 2007 Drivers Championship Standings: potter3 80 pts Tommeh 73 Maybes 56 Turtles-Head lildave3 38 sparky 24 Walkers 16 Standupandsing 14 callglombarddirect 7 Mat_j101 0 City_4_Life -1 Manwell_Pablo -2 isaidno -3 Bert -3 Flynny -4 JoeB -5 Brummie-FOX -9 Isle Of Wight Fox -10 Sergio -11 bigneville -14 Joe. -19 dandannieldanok -20
Brainy Posted 5 August 2007 Author Posted 5 August 2007 Constructors Championship Standings: *McLaren will not have any points added after what happened yesterday. McLaren 152 pts Ferrari 114 BMW 64 Renault 30 Williams 7 Red Bull -6 Toyota -10 Honda -11 Super Aguri -13 Spyker -34 Toro Rosso -34
dandannieldanok Posted 6 August 2007 Posted 6 August 2007 Drivers Championship Standings:potter3 80 pts Tommeh 73 Maybes 56 Turtles-Head lildave3 38 sparky 24 Walkers 16 Standupandsing 14 callglombarddirect 7 Mat_j101 0 City_4_Life -1 Manwell_Pablo -2 isaidno -3 Bert -3 Flynny -4 JoeB -5 Brummie-FOX -9 Isle Of Wight Fox -10 Sergio -11 bigneville -14 Joe. -19 dandannieldanok -20 Constructors Championship Standings:*McLaren will not have any points added after what happened yesterday. McLaren 152 pts Ferrari 114 BMW 64 Renault 30 Williams 7 Red Bull -6 Toyota -10 Honda -11 Super Aguri -13 Spyker -34 Toro Rosso -34 Anyone want to swap
Brainy Posted 9 August 2007 Author Posted 9 August 2007 Unfortunately I think it's the end of Liuzzi. Dan you lucky sod
dandannieldanok Posted 9 August 2007 Posted 9 August 2007 Unfortunately I think it's the end of Liuzzi.Dan you lucky sod Thank fook for that, he'll only be replaced by someone even worse though
Brainy Posted 17 August 2007 Author Posted 17 August 2007 Dans new driver, Bourdais secures 2008 Toro Rosso seat Toro Rosso have confirmed that three-time Champ Car series champion Sebastien Bourdais will race for the team in 2008 as Sebastian Vettel’s team mate. Bourdais replaces Italian incumbent Vitantonio Liuzzi. Frenchman Bourdais, who has tested on three occasions for Toro Rosso this year, will be free to join the team after the final round of this year's Champ Car campaign on December 2. Bourdais, 28, is currently leading the series with the Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing team and has won the title for the past three years. Prior to building his career in the United States, he was crowned Formula 3000 champion in 2002. "It has been a long time coming, but here we are!" said Bourdais. "I would like to thank everyone at Red Bull for believing in me and giving me this long-awaited opportunity to race in Formula One. I must also thank Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing for letting me pursue my dream and allowing me to test for Scuderia Toro Rosso a few times this year."
Brainy Posted 23 August 2007 Author Posted 23 August 2007 The Turkish Grand Preview The third Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul Park marks Fernando Alonso’s 100th grand prix start since he made his debut for Minardi in the 2001 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, and he will be looking for his 19th career victory. Currently he has 73 points, to series leader and McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s 80. "It is always great to have a break and re-charge the batteries, but it is fantastic to be getting back out on track in Turkey,†the double world champion says. “I have a solid points total in the drivers’ world championship and I am aiming to build on that considerably in Istanbul. We are in a strong position in both championships and there are a lot of points to be won in the final six races. However, we are looking at the races one by one, and my focus is on this grand prix and getting the best result possible in Turkey. I have come second in the two years we have raced here previously and I will be aiming to improve on that this time.†Hamilton will be looking for win number four, coming off his latest success in Hungary, and loves the challenging track. "I have great memories of the Istanbul Park. Last year this was a defining race in the GP2 championship for me and I am really looking forward to getting out there with the MP4-22. It is an amazing track to drive, with so many different challenges, and overtaking is possible. The circuit is pretty wide, which always helps when you are trying to pass. Having dropped down to the back of the field after spinning on the second lap last year, I spent the race working my way back up to second. It felt like a win and it would be great to get on the top step this year! “It is a very physically demanding circuit; all the fast corners, such as Turn Eight which is awesome and flat out, and the heat place a big demand on the drivers. During the short summer break I have been keeping up with my training to ensure I am fully prepared for it. Along with the team, I am very motivated right now." So, too, however, are the Ferrari duo Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa. The Finn won the inaugural race here in 2005, and the Brazilian scored his maiden win here last year. “I love this place, and I am very confident that we will be in a strong shape this weekend,†Massa said. In common with all of the other teams, McLaren and Ferrari have been honing their packages in the wind tunnels and computational fluid dynamics programmes available to them, since track testing was banned during the summer break. So everyone will come here with revised cars and the hopes that changes encourage. BMW Sauber drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica were recently both confirmed for 2008, and are confident that they can maintain the team’s third place overall in the constructors’ championship, while Renault believe that they can get Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen closer to the front. Istanbul is one of the best tracks on the calendar, and Turn Eight has rapidly become a drivers’ favourite together with Spa’s Eau Rouge and Suzuka’s 130R. “It is probably the most difficult corner in the whole championship,†suggests Fisichella. “A long-left hander, with an apex speed of around 250 km/h (155 mph), for about 6.5 seconds. There are some high g-forces to contend with, on your body but especially on the neck, and it can be very difficult, especially at the end of the race. It is demanding for the drivers, but that is the attraction for us!†Then there is the heat; the ambient temperature on race day is expected to be around 30 degrees C, which means that the track and cockpit temperatures will be commensurately higher. It is a medium downforce track because there is one very long straight after Turn 10 where teams daren’t sacrifice too much top speed for better grip in the high- and medium-speed corners. Against that, however, is the fact that the surface is smooth and the kerbs quite low, so it is possible to run relatively stiff suspension settings and low ride heights to optimise aerodynamic performance. Some 67 per cent of the lap is run at full throttle, which is well above average, and the circuit also includes a long period of around 16 seconds spent at full throttle, between Turns 10 and 12. That, together with the ambient temperature, places a premium on engine performance and reliability. link
Brainy Posted 25 August 2007 Author Posted 25 August 2007 Drivers participated in a qualifying session (earlier than I fooking expected ) 2007 FORMULA 1™ Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix 1 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.488 1:27.039 1:27.329 18 2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.513 1:26.936 1:27.373 17 3 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.294 1:26.902 1:27.546 18 4 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.328 1:26.841 1:27.574 17 5 10 Robert Kubica BMW 1:27.997 1:27.253 1:27.722 17 6 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:28.099 1:27.253 1:28.037 17 7 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1:28.127 1:27.784 1:28.491 24 8 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:28.275 1:27.750 1:28.501 20 9 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:28.318 1:27.801 1:28.740 24 10 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:28.313 1:27.880 1:29.322 24 11 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:28.304 1:28.002 12 12 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:28.500 1:28.013 12 13 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:28.395 1:28.100 12 14 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:28.792 1:28.188 12 15 7 Jenson Button Honda 1:28.373 1:28.220 12 16 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 1:28.360 1:28.390 14 17 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 1:28.798 9 18 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:28.809 7 19 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:28.953 8 20 19 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:29.408 6 21 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 1:29.861 9 22 21 Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari 1:31.479 7
Brainy Posted 26 August 2007 Author Posted 26 August 2007 2007 FORMULA 1™ Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Provisional Results Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts 1 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 Winner 1 10 2 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 58 +2.2 secs 3 8 3 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 58 +26.1 secs 4 6 4 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 58 +39.6 secs 6 5 5 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +45.0 secs 2 4 6 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 58 +46.1 secs 7 3 7 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 58 +55.7 secs 8 2 8 10 Robert Kubica BMW 58 +56.7 secs 5 1 9 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 58 +59.4 secs 10 10 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 58 +71.0 secs 13 11 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 58 +79.6 secs 14 12 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 57 +1 Lap 16 13 7 Jenson Button Honda 57 +1 Lap 21 14 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 57 +1 Lap 11 15 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 15 16 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 57 +1 Lap 9 17 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 57 +1 Lap 22 18 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 57 +1 Lap 17 19 19 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 18 20 21 Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari 56 +2 Laps 20 21 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 53 +5 Laps 19 Ret 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 9 +49 Laps 12
Brainy Posted 26 August 2007 Author Posted 26 August 2007 Drivers Constructors Standings: potter3 84 pts Tommeh 79 Turtles-Head 66 Maybes 64 lildave3 43 sparky 25 Walkers 19 Standupandsing 14 callglombardirect 7 mat_j101 2 Manwell_Pablo -2 City_4_Life -3 isaidno -3 Bert -3 Flynny -4 JoeB -5 Brummie-FOX -9 Isle Of Wight Fox -10 Sergio -11 bigneville -14 Joe -19 dandannieldanok -20
Brainy Posted 26 August 2007 Author Posted 26 August 2007 Constructors Championship Standings: McLaren 164 pts Ferrari 124 BMW 70 Renault 33 Williams 9 Red Bull -8 Toyota -10 Honda -11 Super Aguri -13 Toro Rosso -34 Spyker -34 Both Toro Rosso and Spyker drivers finished the same race :w00t:
lildave3 Posted 26 August 2007 Posted 26 August 2007 Drivers Constructors Standings:potter3 84 pts Tommeh 79 Turtles-Head 66 Maybes 64 lildave3 43 sparky 25 Walkers 19 Standupandsing 14 callglombardirect 7 mat_j101 2 Manwell_Pablo -2 City_4_Life -3 isaidno -3 Bert -3 Flynny -4 JoeB -5 Brummie-FOX -9 Isle Of Wight Fox -10 Sergio -11 bigneville -14 Joe -19 dandannieldanok -20 5th place, sexeh.
potter3 Posted 26 August 2007 Posted 26 August 2007 And to think I was a bit dissapointed when I first got Hamilton
Brainy Posted 26 August 2007 Author Posted 26 August 2007 And Sorry Dan, I thought Liuzzi had gone straight away. Looks like you're stuck with him for the rest of the season.
lildave3 Posted 26 August 2007 Posted 26 August 2007 And to think I was a bit dissapointed when I first got Hamilton Why??
Brainy Posted 7 September 2007 Author Posted 7 September 2007 The Italian Grand Prix PreviewWill it prove to be meaningful for somebody that the Italian Grand Prix at Monza is the 13th round of the increasingly hard-fought 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship? Following their superb one-two result in Turkey, Ferrari come to their home ground determined to take more points from rivals McLaren and their drivers, and to push on with their sudden resurgence in the title fight. “Racing at Monza is always a delight because the tifosi are so totally on your side,†says Turkish Grand Prix victor Felipe Massa, who is confident that the reds can win again. “Our car is very fast and we had a good test here last week. We are in good shape.†The Brazilian’s recent success put him back into third place in the drivers’ battle, on 69 points, compared to leader Lewis Hamilton’s 84, Fernando Alonso’s 79, and team mate Kimi Raikkonen’s 68. Given that anything can happen on this ultra-high-speed track, which puts huge strain on the engine and the brakes, the title fight is far from over. In the recent Monza test McLaren set the pace, however, and they are quietly confident that the way in which their MP4-22 can ride the kerbs in the numerous chicanes will be one of the keys to success this weekend. “Monza is not like any other track we race on, it is all about high speeds,†says Alonso, who has unhappy memories of last year’s race after being accused of (inadvertently) impeding Massa’s Ferrari during the final stages of qualifying. “The cars always feel so different, very light and not always under control, to be honest! That is because of the low downforce we use to get the high speeds. The wings are the thinnest we run and there will be a lot of Monza-specific parts on the car. “With this small amount of downforce, you then have to adapt areas such as braking stability and mechanical balance to get good grip in the corners, because the lack of downforce means the car has very little. We spent time testing these on the track last week, and we had some good feedback so I feel positive going into the race. Last year did not give me any good memories, but it is a track that I would really like to win at, so hopefully we can make that happen.†McLaren team mate Hamilton harbours happier memories of 2006 after clinching his GP2 championship success here, and is determined to extend his lead in the 2007 points table. “I remember it is not an easy track to get a good set-up at, so the test last week was very useful. It is really tough on the cars, and you have to use the kerbs a lot to get quick lap times. Because of this we have a softer suspension package to make the car ride over them better so we can use them more, and in a bid to avoid any damage. Slowing the cars down with the incredibly low downforce is not easy, and the balance under braking is key. This was another area we worked on in the test.†Teams use their lowest downforce settings here, and you can get some idea of the punishment the engine gets from the fact that the pit straight demands more than 16 seconds of full-throttle running. Every lap the cars ran under full throttle in four sections, reaching speeds of around 340 km/h. Inevitably, that is followed by very heavy braking for the chicanes, which have high kerbs that mete out further punishment to the machinery. Last year BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica took third place on merit, and the Swiss-German team is definitely the dark horse this weekend after some very fast lappery in the test last week. If they have a real shot at winning a race in 2007, it will be here. The Pole’s team-mate Nick Heidfeld, in particular, is on a roll at present. “I think we'll put in a good performance at Monza,†the German says. “It's a circuit where a good low-downforce package is important, and we're normally pretty strong in that area. The other thing you need is bags of engine power, and I think we'll be okay in that department as well. We were right up there at Monza in 2006. I was 'only' third in qualifying, but that was with a heavy fuel load. If we had all been carrying the same amount of fuel, I would most likely have been on pole.†Everyone hopes for a fresh roll of the dice here, because of the way in which the low-downforce set-ups can make things a bit of a lottery, but none more so this time around than Spyker, whose B-specification F8-VII will race for the first time having now passed its mandatory FIA rear-end crash test. Failure in that test, due to a batch of faulty materials, forced postponement of the planned debut in Turkey. “There are two new main areas where the B-spec car differs to the A-spec,†explains chief technical officer, Mike Gascoyne. “The first is mechanical, the second is aerodynamic. Mechanically, we have revised the rear suspension geometry, specifically replacing the rotary dampers with linear ones. The gearbox is also a new design targeted at complying with the new 2008 gearbox rules where each box must be used for four races. Although we won't be running it for four races this year, it does ensure that we can get lots of data for next year when the rules come into play. “The engine installation has also been reviewed to make cooling resources lighter, more compact and much more efficient. The other major update is the aero package. Apart from the chassis and nosebox, every other area has been revised. The front wing flap, endplate, barge boards, sidepod inlets, radiator outlets, rear wings, floor and diffuser are all new and the bodywork has been modified.†Bridgestone will bring the same medium and soft compound Potenzas to Monza that they will use at Spa-Francorchamps and Fuji, and since a pit stop here requires 25 seconds, the Italian Grand Prix is often a single-stop race. Thanks to the nature of the circuit, and the way in which some cars are faster in a straight-line and more stable than others under heavy braking, there are several overtaking opportunities around the lap
Brainy Posted 8 September 2007 Author Posted 8 September 2007 Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps 1 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.718 1:21.356 1:21.997 17 2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.956 1:21.746 1:22.034 17 3 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:22.309 1:21.993 1:22.549 17 4 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:23.107 1:22.466 1:23.174 18 5 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:22.673 1:22.369 1:23.183 21 6 10 Robert Kubica BMW 1:23.088 1:22.400 1:23.446 18 7 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1:23.505 1:23.134 1:24.102 24 8 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:23.333 1:22.748 1:24.382 24 9 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:23.724 1:23.107 1:24.555 24 10 7 Jenson Button Honda 1:23.639 1:23.021 1:25.165 23 11 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:23.575 1:23.166 13 12 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:23.474 1:23.176 13 13 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 1:23.739 1:23.209 11 14 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:23.646 1:23.274 12 15 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:23.559 1:23.325 13 16 19 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:23.578 1:23.351 15 17 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:23.749 5 18 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:23.787 7 19 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 1:23.886 6 20 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:24.019 6 21 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 1:24.699 10 22 21 Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari 1:25.084 8
Brainy Posted 9 September 2007 Author Posted 9 September 2007 Italian Grand Prix Result 1 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 53 Winner 1 10 2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 53 +6.0 secs 2 8 3 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 53 +27.3 secs 5 6 4 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 53 +56.5 secs 4 5 5 10 Robert Kubica BMW 53 +60.5 secs 6 4 6 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 53 +65.8 secs 8 3 7 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 53 +66.7 secs 7 2 8 7 Jenson Button Honda 53 +72.1 secs 10 1 9 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 53 +75.8 secs 11 10 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 53 +76.9 secs 12 11 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 53 +77.7 secs 9 12 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 52 +1 Lap 15 13 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 52 +1 Lap 13 14 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 52 +1 Lap 14 15 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 52 +1 Lap 18 16 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 52 +1 Lap 17 17 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 52 +1 Lap 19 18 19 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 52 +1 Lap 16 19 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 52 +1 Lap 21 20 21 Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari 52 +1 Lap 22 Ret 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 10 +43 Laps 3 Ret 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1 +52 Laps 20
dandannieldanok Posted 9 September 2007 Posted 9 September 2007 And Sorry Dan, I thought Liuzzi had gone straight away. Looks like you're stuck with him for the rest of the season. <_<
Brainy Posted 9 September 2007 Author Posted 9 September 2007 Drivers Championship Standings: potter3 92 pts Tommeh 89 Maybes 70 Turtles-Head 64 lildave3 48 sparky 29 Walkers 21 Standupandsing 14 callglombarddirect 7 mat_j101 5 Manwell_Pablo -2 City_4_Life -3 isaidno -3 Bert -3 JoeB -5 Flynny -7 Brummie-FOX -8 Isle Of Wight Fox -10 Sergio -11 bigneville -14 Joe. -19 dandannieldanok -20
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