Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

[jamesb]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Next stop is the scene of the most farcical race of 2005 and all time, Indianapolis

on one of the most farcical tracks. the infield is so mickey mouse it is a disgrace it is allowed to be used for F1.

Leguna Seca would get my vote for US GP

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Yup and that is where MotoGP will be staged in 2 weeks time. But motorcycle racing aside (and World Cup too), here they are, better late then never, the US GP results.

US GP Top 8
1: M.Schumacher (Usual Ferrari tactics and good Bridgstone tyres aid Michael to victory)
2: Massa (Career best result, what chance a Brazilian GP victory later in the year? Well if the title fight is still going by then, none)
3: Fisichella (Top Michelin runner, outpaced Alonso all weekend)
4: Trulli (Driver of the day after pit-lane start)
5: Alonso (Struggled all weekend with understeer and oversteer, prehaps he should see Martin Brundle on how to nip that in the bud )
6: Barrichello (Scores Hondas 1st points since Monaco)
7: Coulthard (More points for Red Bull)
8: Liuzzi (Beats Rosberg to score Toro Rossos 1st point)

Retirements
10: R.Schumacher (Wheel bearing failure)
11: Albers (Lost drive)
12: Villeneuve (Engine blow up)
13: Monteiro (Damage from being hit by Sato)
14: Sato (Hit Monteiro)
15: Button (Retired with damage from Turn 2 chaos with Montoya)
16: Raikkonen (Hit by Montoya)
17: Heidfeld (Thrown into a triple roll by Button who in turn got hit by Montoya)
18: Montoya (Hit Raikkonen, Button & Speed)
19: Webber (Caught up in Turn 1 incident)
20: Speed (Hit by Button who in turn was hit by Montoya)
21: Klien (Hit by Montagny)
22: Montagny (Hit Klien)

F1 Drivers Chmapionship (Round 10/1
1: Alonso (8
2: M.Schumacher (69)
3: Fisichella (43)
4: Raikkonen (39)
5: Massa (36)
6: Montoya (26)
7=: Barrichello & Button (16)
9: Heidfeld (12)
10: Coulthard (10)
11=: R.Schumacher & Trulli (
13: Villeneuve (7)
14: Webber (6)
15: Rosberg (4)
16=: Klien & Liuzzi (1)

F1 Constructors (Round 10/1
1: Renault (131)
2: Ferrari (105)
3: McLaren (65)
4: Honda (32)
5: BMW (19)
6: Toyota (16)
7: Red Bull (11)
8: Williams (10)
9: Toro Rosso (1)

Next stop, Magny Cours next weekend, yup in the middle of France but in terms of where in France, nowhere.

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

BIG F1 NEWS!! Juan Pablo Montoya has left F1, the Columbian announced on Sunday he was leaving for the NASCAR Nextel Cup in 2007 but after disscussions with boss Ron Dennis, a mutual agreement was made and Montoya split with the team to get in practice for his next stop in motorsport. McLaren test driver and former Arrows & Jaguar driver Pedro de la Rosa will replace Montoya for the rest of the season as of Magny Cours this weekend, de la Rosa hoping to convince McLaren to sign him as Alonsos team-mate for next season over fellow tester Gary Paffett and GP2 frontrunner Lewis Hamilton. So as Montoya heads back to the States where he made his name before racing in F1 (he tested in F1 before going to the States), heres a run down of Montoyas F1 career.

2001 (Debuted Australia)
Team: Williams BMW
No. of Pole Positions: 3 (Hockenheim, Spa & Monza)
No. of Wins: 1 (Monza)
No. of Fastest Laps: 4 (Nurburgring, Hockenheim, Indianapolis and Suzuka)
Championship Score: 31 points (6th)

2002
Team: Williams BMW
No. of Pole Positions: 7 (Interlagos, Monaco, Montreal, Nurburgring, Silverstone, Magny Cours & Monza)
No. of Wins: N/A, Best Result 2nd (Albert Park, Sepang, Catalunya & Hockenheim)
No. of Fastest Laps: 3 (Sepang, Interlagos and Montreal)
Championship Score: 50 points (3rd)

2003
Team: Williams BMW
No. of Pole Positions: 1 (Hockenheim)
No. of Wins: 2 (Monaco & Hockenheim)
No. of Fastest Laps: 3 (Magny Cours, Hockenheim & Hungaroring)
Championship Score: 82 points (3rd)

2004
Team: Williams BMW
No. of Pole Positions: N/A, Best Grid Slot 2nd (Catalunya, Hockenheim, Monza & Interlagos)
No. of Wins: 1 (Interlagos)
No. of Fastest Laps: 2 (Sepang & Interlagos)
Championship Score: 58 points (5th)

2005
Team: McLaren Mercedes
No. of Pole Positions: 2 (Monza & Spa)
No. of Wins: 3 (Silverstone [I wuz there], Monza & Interlagos)
No. of Fastest Laps: 1 (Istanbul)
Championship Score: 60 points (4th)

2006
Team: McLaren Mercedes
Best Grid Slot: 4th (Monaco)
Best Result: 2nd (Monaco)
No. of Fastest Laps: N/A
Championship Score: 26 points (6th*)

*Position subject to change later in the season

[jamesb]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

it would be nice if Lewis Hamilton progresses with this turn of events. Hes been groomed for a Mclaren role for years now, so it would be great to see JPM leaving giving Lewis a shot. Lets face it, JPM arriving is what set Jenson back for years, so maybe the overated, and frankly annoying columbian can help a british drivers career by leaving the sport.

I said it when he went to the states from F3/3000, and Ill say it again, montoya is a brute, and has no finese in his style at all. he is a dirty driver, and almost as overated as Webber, in my humble opinion. There are much better drivers ready to take his place, like Pedro, but for the longer term i hope Lewis is given a shot.

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Grid for tommorrows French GP as follows.

Magny Cours Grid
1: M.Schumacher
2: Massa
3: Alonso
4: Trulli
5: R.Schumacher
6: Raikkonen
7: Fisichella
8: de la Rosa
9: Coulthard
10: Webber
11: Heidfeld
12: Klien
13: Barrichello
14: Speed
15: Albers
16: Liuzzi
17: Villeneuve
18: Button
19: Rosberg
20: Monteiro
21: Montagny
22: Sato

Shame bout Button but Honda are letting him down. Ah well, HAPPY 19TH TO ME!!

(Message edited by Tom B on July 15, 2006)

[jamesb]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

happy 19th tom

how about that banter between alonso and schumi? racing and overtaking in qualifying? if that becomes habit ill not bother watching the race, qualifying is more entertaining

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Ha ha, cheers James. Yeah it was exciting to watch that sledging (cricket term for banter), gawd knows if theyll do that to each other next time out at Hockenheim.

Magny Cours Top 8
1: M.Schumacher (8th victory at Magny Cours, led from start to finish)
2: Alonso (Unable to stop Schuey)
3: Massa (Another podium but missed out on 2nd with Alonso passing)
4: R.Schumacher (Top Toyota, driving to the end unlike team-mate Trulli)
5: Raikkonen (Unable to challenge for the podium)
6: Fisichella
7: de la Rosa (Good start to another McLaren drive but will he be in the car next time at Hockenheim?)
8: Heidfeld (Beats DC to final point)

Retirements
17: Button (Honda engine problems)
18: Webber (Tyre problems, same sort as Istanbul last year)
19: Trulli (Unknown, dont wine Jarno )
20: Barrichello (Engine problems)
21: Monteiro (Hydraulics problem and going air-borne in one corner)
22: Sato (Likely to be gearbox problems)

Drivers Championship (Round 11/1
1: Alonso (96)
2: M.Schumacher (79)
3: Fisichella (46)
4: Raikkonen (43)
5: Massa (42)
6: Montoya (26)
7=: Barrichello & Button (16)
9=: Heidfeld & R.Schumacher (13)
11: Coulthard (10)
12: Trulli (
13: Villeneuve (7)
14: Webber (6)
15: Rosberg (4)
16: de la Rosa (2)
17=: Klien & Liuzzi (1)

Constructors Championship (Round 11/1
1: Renault (142)
2: Ferrari (111)
3: McLaren (71)
4: Honda (32)
5: Toyota (21)
6: BMW (20)
7: Red Bull (11)
8: Williams (10)
9: Toro Rosso (1)

Also GP2 returned to action and saw some new winners.

GP2
Race 1 Top 8
1: Timo Glock (iSport)
2: Alex Premat (ART)
3: Jose Maria Lopez (Super Nova)
4: Nelson Piquet Jnr (Piquet Sports)
5: Xandi Negrao (Piquet Sports)
6: Giorgio Pantano (FMS)
7: Lucas di Grassi (Durango)
8: Ferdinando Monfardini (DAMS)
Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton (ART) 1m27.418s

Race 2 Top 6
1: Pantano (FMS)
2: Piquet Jnr (Piquet Sports)
3: Premat (ART)
4: Glock (iSport)
5: Lewis Hamilton (ART)
6: di Grassi (Durango)
Fastest Lap: Lopez (Super Nova) 1m26.513s

GP2 Drivers Championship (Round 7/11)
1: Hamilton (70)
2: Piquet Jnr (56)
3: Premat (4
4: Glock (2
5: Ernest Viso (26)
6=: Michael Ammermuller & Nicolas Lapierre (25)
8: Adam Carroll (21)
9: Gianmaria Bruni (20)
10: Lopez (19)
11: Pantano (16)
12: Clivio Piccione (11)
13: Hiroki Yoshimoto (9)
14=: Negrao & Franck Perera (
16: Adrian Valles (7)
17: Tristan Gommendy (6)
18=: Ferdinando Monfardini & Felix Porteiro (5)
20=: di Grassi & Andreas Zuber (4)
22: Luca Filippi (2)
23: Sergio Hernandez (1)

Teams Championship (Round 7/11)
1: ART (11
2: Piquet Sports (64)
3: iSport (55)
4: Arden (50)
5: Trident (24)
6: Super Nova (19)
7: FMS (1
8: BCN (14)
9=: DAMS & Racing Engineering (13)
11: Campos (12)
12: DPR Direxiv (11)
13: Durango (5)

More F1 & GP2 at Hockenheim in 2 weeks time.

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Grid for tommorrows German GP at Hockenheim.

1: Raikkonen
2: M.Schumacher
3: Massa
4: Button
5: Fisichella
6: Barrichello
7: Alonso
8: R.Schumacher
9: de la Rosa
10: Coulthard
11: Webber
12: Klien
13: Villeneuve
14: Rosberg
15: Heidfeld
16: Liuzzi
17: Sato
18: Monteiro
19: Motoyama
20: Speed
21: Trulli
22: Albers

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Another great race & another Schuey win. Im thinking its a strong return of Schuey to championship winning strength. I found the race as exciting as the British Touring Cars at Donnington Park afterwards which had everything. But the BTCC just nailed it for excitement. More on that later.

German GP Top 8
1: M.Schumacher (Another strong win)
2: Massa (Good in defence, his pace brings hope of a potential new race winner. I hope he scoops a maiden win soon)
3: Raikkonen (Handicapped by McLaren thinking everyone would be on 3-stop strategies but they were wrong but Kimi breaks his Hockenheim jinx to beat Button to last podium place)
4: Button (1st points since Catalunya in early May)
5: Alonso (Losing pace to Ferrari & M.Schumacher, can he turn it around?)
6: Fisichella (Lost race pace later)
7: Trulli (Strong recovery from engine penalty to collect 2 points)
8: Klien (1st point since season opener in Bahrain)

Retirements
15: Webber (Water leak denies Webber of possible podium)
16: Sato (Gearbox failure)
17: Villeneuve (Unusual crash at final turn)
18: Barrichello (Engine fire)
19: Heidfeld (Collision damage)
20: de la Rosa (Technical problem)
21: Yamamoto (Clutch problems)
22: Rosberg (Crash in stadium complex)

Drivers Championship (Round 12/1
1: Alonso (100)
2: M.Schumcaher (89)
3: Massa (50)
4=: Fisichella & Raikkonen (49)
6: Montoya (26)
7: Button (21)
8: Barrichello (16)
9=: Heidfeld & R.Schumacher (13)
11=: Coulthard & Trulli (10)
13: Villeneuve (7)
14: Webber (6)
15: Rosberg (4)
16=: de la Rosa & Klien (2)
18: Liuzzi (1)

Constructors Championship (Round 12/1
1: Renault (149)
2: Ferrari (139)
3: McLaren (77)
4: Honda (37)
5: Toyota (23)
6: BMW (20)
7: Red Bull (12)
8: Williams (10)
9: Toro Rosso (1)

GP2 saw drama and tension as British driver and championship leader Lewis Hamilton increased his chances of winning the title whilst title rival Nelson Piquet Jnr faltered with a late retirement in race 1 and early retirement in race 2 with suspension troubles (and before the start too. It was 7 laps into the race before Piquet Jnr threw in the towel and he was still in the pits)

Race 1 Top 8
1: Gianmaria Bruni (Trident)
2: Lewis Hamilton (ART)
3: Timo Glock (iSport)
4: Ernesto Viso (iSport)
5: Giorgio Pantano (FMS)
6: Adam Carroll (Racing Engineering)
7: Jose Maria Lopez (Super Nova)
8: Clivio Piccione (DPR, no Direxiv anymore)
Fastest Lap: Alex Premat (ART) 1m23.774s

Race 2 Top 6
1: Glock (iSport)
2: Lopez (Super Nova)
3: Hamilton (ART)
4: Viso (iSport)
5: Pantano (FMS)
6: Bruni (Trident)
Fastest Lap: Lucas di Grassi (1m24.477s but not elligible. Bonus point to Lopez)

GP2 Drivers Championship (Round 8/11)
1: Hamilton (82)
2: Piquet Jnr (56)
3: Premat (49)
4: Glock (40)
5: Viso (34)
6: Bruni (33)
7: Lopez (29)
8=: Michael Ammermuller & Nicolas Lapierre (25)
10: Carroll (24)
11: Pantano (22)
12: Piccione (12)
13: Hiroki Yoshimoto (9)
14=: Xandi Negrao & Franck Perera (
16: Adrian Valles (7)
17: Tristan Gommendy (6)
18=: Ferdinando Monfardini & Felix Porteiro (5)
20=: Andreas Zuber & di Grassi (4)
22: Luca Filippi (2)
23: Sergio Hernandez (1)

GP2 Teams Championship (Round 8/11)
1: ART (131)
2: iSport (75)
3: Piquet Sports (64)
4: Arden (50)
5: Trident (37)
6: Super Nova (29)
7=: FMS & Racing Engineering (24)
9: BCN (14)
10: DAMS (13)
11=: Campos & DPR (12)
13: Durango (5)

More on my earlier statement on why the BTCC at Donnington was more exciting then the German GP. Im gonna take a rest.

[jamesb]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

i may have to rethink my comments about webber earlier on this thread.
he was awesome until he want bang.

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Right, why was the BTCC at Donnington more exciting then yesterdays German GP? Well yesterdays races were filled with excitement, drama, controversy and mayhem.

Race 1
Richard Marsh sliding his 307, Turner spun by Collard

Race 2
Plato, Pinkney and Chilton ending up in the gravel trap after the Craner Curves & Eoin Murray fighting competitively in the midfield points positions in a old Alfa Romeo and Mike Jordans remark Its like Wacky Races

Race 3
The crash at the start involving 5 cars (most notably Hughes, Collard & Plato) which brought out the red flag, the showers, Eoin Murray in a podium place until he throws it into the gravel after Craner Curves during a short sharp shower, Matt Neal nearly following suit, Giovanardi briefly leading until the final chicane when he and Turkington cut the chicane together.

That was why I found yesterdays BTCC more exciting the German GP. Maybe I should cover the BTCC next year.

[armadrillo]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

News

1 - Kubica is replacing Villeneuve for Hungary as apparently villeneuve not feeling great after crash in Germany.

2 - Webber being dropped by Williams for 2007 and being replaced by Wurz. So Rosberg and Wurz will drive for Williams in 2007.

3 - Strong rumours Raikkonen will partner schmacher at Ferrari for 2007 on equal footing.

[leorcc]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Ferrari without team orders, doubt that very much.

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Grid for tommorrows Hungarian GP

1: Raikkonen
2: Massa
3: Barrichello
4: de la Rosa
5: Webber
6: R.Schumacher
7: Fisichella
8: Trulli
9: Kubica
10: Heidfeld
11: M.Schumacher (2s time penalty for overtaking under red flags in Saturday practice)
12: Coulthard
13: Klien
14: Button (Engine penalty)
15: Alonso (2s time penalty for road rage incident with Robert Doornboos in Friday practice)
16: Monteiro
17: Liuzzi
18: Rosberg
19: Speed
20: Sato
21: Yamamoto
22: Albers

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! HES DONE IT AT LAST!!!! After 113 GP starts, Jenson Button finally has his 1st grand prix (and from 14th on the grid too) but it was a race shaken up by weather conditions and a few stings in the tale for championship protagonists Alonso & M.Schumacher.

Hungarian GP Race Results
1: Button (YES, you read that correctly. Wins from 14th on the grid and benefits from Alonsos troubles to finally score his 1st grand prix win)
2: de la Rosa (1st ever podium in over 60 starts. Should boost his chances of partnering Alonso next year)
3: Heidfeld (BMWs 1st podium since the Sauber takeover)
4: Barrichello (Spirited drive backs up Hondas weekend)
5: Coulthard (Strongest weekend since Monaco)
6: R.Schumacher (Sole Toyota finish in the top 6)
7: Kubica (1st Pole to score F1 points. A talent for the future indeed. Heres hoping that BMW snap him up next year)
8: Massa (Fell backwards off the front row but fights back to clinch last point)

Retirements
9: M.Schumacher (3 laps from home, slowed with suspension damage)
13: Trulli (Engine failure)
15: Alonso (Driveshaft failure slams Alonso into the wall)
16: Raikkonen (Hit Liuzzi while lapping the Italian)
17: Liuzzi (Hit by Raikkonen while being lapped)
18: Rosberg (Electrical problems and slide into the wall)
19: Fisichella (Rear wing damage after collision with the wall)
20: Klien (Spun out in the wet)
21: Webber (Spun in the wet)
22: Yamamoto (More mechanical problems, is he turning into a new Yuji Ide perhaps?)

F1 Drivers Championship (Round 13/1
1: Alonso (100)
2: M.Schumacher (89)
3: Massa (51)
4=: Fisichella & Raikkonen (49)
6: Button (31)
7: Montoya (26)
8: Barrichello (21)
9: Heidfeld (19)
10: R.Schumacher (16)
11: Coulthard (14)
12=: de la Rosa & Trulli (10)
14: Villeneuve (7)
15: Webber (6)
16: Rosberg (4)
17=: Klien & Kubica (2)
19: Liuzzi (1)

F1 Constructors (Round 13/1
1: Renault (149)
2: Ferrari (140)
3: McLaren (85)
4: Honda (52)
5: BMW (2
6: Toyota (26)
7: Red Bull (16)
8: Williams (10)
9: Toro Rosso (1)

Ill bring you the GP2 results later, phew!!