Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

[jamesb]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

thought id get in before tom

alonso won again

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Yup, Alonso won again but it was horrible for the Brits, Button spinning on lap 10 and Coulthard finishing a dismal 11th. But while the F1 Brits were having a tough time, the GP2 Brits were having a good time.

Silverstone Top 8
1: Alonso (Breaks the pole-to-flag curse)
2: M.Schumacher (Unable to catch Fernando)
3: Raikkonen (Mystified by Schumey jumping him in the pit stops)
4: Fisichella (Nibbled at Kimis heels but couldnt get by)
5: Massa (Dropped back)
6: Montoya (Good effort despite damage from lap 1)
7: Heidfeld (Slow 1st pitstop loses some points)
8: Villeneuve (Holds off Rosberg for final point)

Retirements
19: Button (Oil leak on rear tyres while running 12th)
20: Speed (involved in 1st lap tangle with Ralf Schumacher and Webber)
21: R.Schumacher (Hit by Scott Speed)
22: Webber (Collected by R.Schumacher)

F1 Drivers Championship (Round 8/1
1: Alonso (74)
2: M.Schumacher (51)
3: Raikkonen (33)
4: Fisichella (32)
5: Montoya (26)
6: Massa (24)
7: Button (16)
8: Barrichello (13)
9: Heidfeld (10)
10: R.Schumacher (
11=: Coulthard & Villeneuve (7)
13: Webber (6)
14: Rosberg (4)
15: Klien (1)

F1 Constructors Championship (Round 8/1
1: Renault (106)
2: Ferrari (75)
3: McLaren (59)
4: Honda (29)
5: BMW (17)
6: Williams (10)
7=: Red Bull & Toyota (

Next F1 Race: Canada in 2 weeks time

Now the GP2 was great for the Brits, British F3 championship leader Mike Conway subbing for Olivier Pla but finishing 11th in both races. Heres the results.

GP2 Race 1 Top 8
1: Lewis Hamilton (ART)
2: Timo Glock (iSport)
3: Adam Carroll (Racing Engineering)
4: Nelson Piquet Jnr (Piquet Sports)
5: Giorgio Pantano (FMS)
6: Alex Premat (ART)
7: Clivio Piccione (DPR Direxiv)
8: Felix Porteiro (Campos)
Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton (ART) 1m32.505s

GP2 Race 2 Top 6
1: Hamilton (ART)
2: Carroll (Racing Engineering)
3: Piccione (DPR Direxiv)
4: Pantano (FMS)
5: Piquet Jnr (Piquet Sports)
6: Glock (iSport)
Fastest Lap: Hamilton (ART) 1m31.313s

GP2 Drivers Championship (Round 6/11)
1: Hamilton (67)
2: Piquet Jnr (46)
3: Premat (36)
4: Ernest Viso (26)
5=: Michael Ammermuller & Nicolas Lapierre (25)
7: Carroll (21)
8: Gianmaria Bruni (20)
9: Glock (14)
10: Jose Maria Lopez (13)
11: Piccione (11)
12: Hiroki Yoshimoto (9)
13: Franck Perera (
14=: Pantano & Adrian Valles (7)
16: Tristan Gommendy (6)
17: Porteiro (5)
18=: Andreas Zuber, Xandi Negrao & Ferdinando Monfardini (4)
21: Luca Filippi (2)
22=: Sergio Hernandez & Lucas di Grassi (1)

GP2 Teams Championship (Round 6/11)
1: ART (103)
2=: Arden & Piquet Sports (50)
4: iSport (41)
5: Trident (24)
6: BCN (14)
7=: Racing Engineering & Super Nova (13)
9=: Campos & DAMS (12)
11: DPR Direxiv (11)
12: FMS International (9)
13: Durango (2)

Next GP2 Meeting: French GP (July 15-16th, weekend of my birthday)

But with the perfomance of the F1 Brits struggling at the moment, will Hamilton, Carroll or Conway step up to F1 and definately become a F1 champ of the future? Watch this space.

[kevin]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Great job by BMW to get both cars in the points.

[armadrillo]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Has anyone got the same opinion as me that Alonsos dominence is starting to get a bit boring?

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

I dunno but Brundle pointed out that one mistake from Alonso and its all back on Besides it was boring when Schuey dominated for 5 seasons.

Its that time of year in F1, yup, the silly season deciding where F1 drivers race with next year. It was opened early after Christmas last year by Alonsos shock move to McLaren. Heres the latest seats, Im not gonna put in any provisional names cause sometimes I can be wrong.

2007 Drivers Seats
Renault: Giancarlo Fisichella
McLaren: Fernando Alonso
Ferrari:
Toyota: Ralf Schumacher
Williams: Nico Rosberg (long term)
Honda: Jenson Button & Rubens Barrichello (Button in long term, Barrichello year-by-year basis)
Red Bull:
BMW: Nick Heidfeld
Midland:
Toro Rosso:
Super Aguri:

[armadrillo]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Pretty sure DC will stay with Red Bull next year.

I agree. It was equally boring when Schumi was winning all the time.

[Guest]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Cant remember the programe as it was part of C5s motor morning (wed 1.00am - 6.am aprox).
But there was a race where lots of cars came off the track!!
Due to one putting oil down on the turn into a corner. I know F1 drivers try to get off line if they get a leak, but what if something like that happened at a track like Monaco or Montreal, and they couldnt get out of the way for some reason. Would be interesting!!

[jamesb]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

not seen that in f1 for a while, last time i saw multiple slide off was brazil a year or two ago, but that was rain not oil.

maybe it was gp2 you were waching?

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Na, GP2 is shown either live on Eurosport or a week later on ITV1

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Grid for tommorrows Canadian GP.

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

[jamesb]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

ive a funny feeling jaques villeneuve will go very well today. dont ask me why, but high points, maybe even 4th or 5th? hell, even a podium if fisi and alonso take each other out.

am i the only one who thinks webber if far too overrated? excuses after excuses, whens he going to deliver this promise i keep hearing about? wouldnt be so bad but even newboy nico is killing him regularly. (regardless of nicos talent, webber has years of experience o him, he should not be so far behind all the time)
and when he does have a good day? how many times has webber run people off the track and crashed into others? i will be gutted if great drivers like anthony davidson and alex wurtz still cant get seats while empty promises like webber take up good seats and do noting with them

rant over

[Guest]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Interesting race. Marbles on the hairpin caused some action on the last few laps. My mum thinks that Truli should have his licence suspended as he seems to hold people up a lot. He is the Capt Slow of F1.

[Guest]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

C5 Wed morning from 1.50am.... NASCAR..Indy Car...Race and Rally U.K....Aussie V8s. If you are up to watch it, or set your video.

(Message edited by skybear on June 26, 2006)

[big_nipper]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Some days (Mon-Fri & weekends) I wish people on motorways would get their licence suspended for holding others up. Come to think of it A & B roads as well!

In order for me to get to work in 1 hour I need to average 50mph. Doesnt sound much when 42 miles is motorway, 4 miles at 60mph, 2 miles at 50mph, and 2 miles at 30mph, should be easy. But with all the lane hoggers, site seers and rubberneckers its hard to weave in and out of them quick enough

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Yup, F1 results

Canada Top 8
1: Alonso (1st Canada rostrum and 4th win on the bounce)
2: M.Schumacher (Gifted 2nd when Kimi got caught on the marbles at the hairpin)
3: Raikkonen (Did he feel at home on the marbles on the hairpin?)
4: Fisichella (Drive-thru for jump start puts paid to possible podium)
5: Massa (Concerted 1-stop pays off)
6: Trulli (1st points of the year)
7: Heidfeld (Held it all together)
8: Coulthard (Beat Button to final point)

Retirements
15: Sato (Pushed too hard and hit the wall on last lap)
16: Villeneuve (Tried to lap R.Schumacher at Turn 7 but hit the wall)
17: R.Schumacher (Grip problems saw Ralf 10s a lap slower then fastest lap)
18: Montoya (Hit wall of champions)
19: Barrichello (Engine seized)
20: Montagny (Engine failure)
21: Rosberg (Collided with Montoya and wall on lap 2)
22: Albers (Taken out by team-mate Monteiro)

Drivers Championship (Round 9/1
1: Alonso (84)
2: M.Schumacher (59)
3: Raikkonen (39)
4: Fisichella (37)
5: Massa (2
6: Montoya (26)
7: Button (16)
8: Barrichello (13)
9: Heidfeld (12)
10=: Coulthard & R.Schumacher (
12: Villeneuve (7)
13: Webber (6)
14: Rosberg (4)
15: Trulli (3)
16: Klien (1)

Constructors Championship (Round 9/1
1: Renault (121)
2: Ferrari (87)
3: McLaren (65)
4: Honda (29)
5: BMW (19)
6: Toyota (11)
7: Williams (10)
8: Red Bull (9)

Next stop is the scene of the most farcical race of 2005 and all time, Indianapolis. Bernie Ecclestone recently claimed F1 can do without the USA. Question: Will F1 avoid lasts year shambolic 6-car parade. I hope so, race day on Sunday July 2nd on ITV1 at 5pm.

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