Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

[ewan]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Twas awesome stuff, go Button!

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

A DQ is in the air........& thankfully its not Button. Ironically though its F1 debutant Kubica, his BMW Sauber was found to be 2kg underweight therefore his exclusion promotes Felipe Massa to 7th and Michael Schumacher, who retired with 3 laps to go, is given the final point. Heres the revised standings. Poor Kubica

F1 Drivers Championship (Round 13/1
1: Alonso (100)
2: M.Schumacher (90)
3: Massa (52)
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 (142)
3: McLaren (85)
4: Honda (52)
5: BMW (2
6: Toyota (26)
7: Red Bull (16)
8: Williams (10)
9: Toro Rosso (1)

Next stop: Istanbul in 3 weeks time. GP2 results later, I promise

[jamesb]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

alonso gets 2 second penalty.
schumacher copies him.
alonso retires.
schumacher copies him.
humm..... lol.

well done JB (great initials them)
maybe Kubica left more car in that tyre wall than he thought? dont forget he needed a new nose, so Im guessing thats where his 2kg went. Wonder what kimis mclaren weighed in at in the end

In all seriousness though, what was schuey doing? He should have pitted for slicks with everyone else, sure, hed have lost 30 seconds or so, but it cost him 4 seconds a lap for 18 laps (well, 15, he didnt do the last 3) and that collision in the end??? stupid!
Schumey is a hero of mine, but he can be so dumb sometimes, and deserves to loose all those points. He threw away 8 easy points today if you ask me, but hey, hes 7 times world champ, and I am watching it all from the sofa, so I guess he knows best

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Yep, it was great to see Jenson finally on the top step of the podium at last. Anyway heres the GP2 results, also at the Hungaroring. Lewis Hamilton endured a tough 1st race finishing 10th from last on the grid.

Race 1 Top 8
1: Nelson Piquet Jnr (Piquet)
2: Timo Glock (iSport)
3: Giorgio Pantano (FMS)
4: Ernesto Viso (iSport)
5: Xandi Negrao (Piquet)
6: Alex Premat (ART)
7: Adam Carroll (Racing Engineering)
8: Jose Maria Lopez (Super Nova)
Fastest Lap: Piquet Jnr (1m30.711s)

Race 2 Top 6 (Torrential rain in this one)
1: Piquet Jnr (Piquet)
2: Lewis Hamilton (ART)
3: Premat (ART)
4: Viso (iSport)
5: Glock (iSport)
6: Ferdinando Monfardini (DAMS)
Fastest Lap: Piquet Jnr (1m51.716s)

Drivers Championship (Round 9/11)
1: Hamilton (87)
2: Piquet Jnr (76)
3: Premat (56)
4: Glock (50)
5: Viso (42)
6: Gianmaria Bruni (33)
7: Lopez (30)
8: Pantano (2
9: Carroll (26)
10=: Michael Ammermuller & Nicolas Lapierre (25)
12=: Negrao & Piccione (12)
14: Hiroki Yoshimoto (9)
15: Franck Perera (
16: Adrian Valles (7)
17=: Tristan Gommendy & Monfardini (6)
19: Felix Porteiro (5)
20=: Lucas di Grassi & Andreas Zuber (4)
22: Luca Filippi (2)
23: Sergio Hernandez (1)

GP2 Teams Championship (Round 9/11)
1: ART (143)
2: iSport (93)
3: Piquet Sports (8
4: Arden (50)
5: Trident (37)
6=: FMS & Super Nova (30)
8: Racing Engineering (26)
9=: BCN & DAMS (14)
11=: Campos & DPR (12)
13: Durango (5)

Now Jenson has his 1st win, who else could win their 1st grand prix soon? I reckon de la Rosa will be next to score his maiden win, what do you guys think?

(Message edited by Tom B on August 07, 2006)

[armadrillo]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

BMW have terminated Villeneuves contract for the rest of the season by mutual consent. BMW said that after Hungary they wanted to evaluate options for next year (Kubica). Villeneuve was not happy with BMW showing no commitment towards him.

Big shame. So that means 2 of the biggest caracters in F1 are gone. Cant see JV getting a drive next year.

GO JENSON GO

[ewan]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Im absolutely against an engine development freeze and green image for F1 - it just doesnt work. Max Mosley should foff in my opinion.

[armadrillo]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

I dont like the engine freeze either, it going against F1 being at the front of engine technology. However i do think F1 could be greener so i agree with that idea.

Mark Webber has agreed a deal to race for Red Bull next year, partnering David Coulthard in Adrian Neweys first fully designed Red Rull car.

[leorcc]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Even though at the time I was supposed to be a fan of Jos Verstappen (being Dutch and all) I always thought that Pedro de la Rosa was the better driver of the two. That doesnt mean that Verstappen was a bad driver, not at all, but de la Rosa was just one step better as i see it.

So now that Pedro finally has a seat in a somewhat more competitive car, it will be nice to see how far het gets now.

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Grand Prix Masters at Silverstone tommorrow. Yup, the masters series for the aged-over-45 ex-F1 drivers. Heres a run-down of the grid for the race (Sky Sports 2, 1300 UK time).

1: Christian Danner
2: Stefan Johansson
3: Derek Warwick
4: Riccardo Patrese
5: Jan Lammers
6: Eddie Cheever
7: Andrea de Cesaris
8: Emerson Fittipaldi
9: Hans Stuck
10: Eliseo Salazar
11: Patrick Tambay
12: Rene Arnoux
13: Nigel Mansell (Only driver not to set a time after hydraulics failure resulted in a 170mph spin)

But the old boys dont seem impressed by their McLaren Nicholson (no reletion to the McLaren F1 team) engines with 32 changes throughout the weekend. For goodness sakes, get a car manufacturer to provide the engines!!

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

The WRC was back in action this week in Germany & no prizes for guessing who won?

Rally Deutschland Top 8 + Matthew Wilson
1: Sebastien Loeb (Kronos Citroen) 3h28m34.1s (Matches Sainzs record of 26 WRC wins)
2: Dani Sordo (Kronos Citroen) +33.8s (Another strong showing from Sainzs protege)
3: Marcus Gronholm (Ford) +2m19.2s (No doubt looking forward to Finland)
4: Toni Gardemeister (Astra Citroen) +2m33.8s (Another good outing in the Xsara on his 3rd outing of the season, he needs a works seat)
5: Manfred Stohl (OMV Peugeot) +4m25.9s (Big beneficiery from Hirvonens problems to scoop 5th)
6: Andreas Aigner (Red Bull Skoda) +5m42.6s (Best WRC outing and best-ever finish)
7: Jan Kopecky (Skoda) +5m45.8s (Another good outing for the Czech driver)
8: Chris Atkinson (Subaru) +7m25s (Best tarmac outing since Monaco)
12: Matthew Wilson (Stobart VK Ford) +18m34.9s (Slow start on day 1 but picked up the pace to finish 12th)

WRC Drivers Championship (Round 9/16)
1: Loeb (84)
2: Gronholm (51)
3: Sordo (41)
4: Stohl (24)
5: Hirvonen (21)
6: P.Solberg (20)
7: Gardemeister (16)
8=: Galli, H.Solberg & Pons (11)
11=: Atkinson & Bengue (9)
13=: Carlsson, Kopecky & Sarrazin (6)
16=: Duval, Radstrom & Valimaki (4)
19=: Aigner, Katajamaki, MacHale & Sohlberg (3)
23: Wilson (1)

WRC Manufacturers Championship (Round 9/16)
1: Kronos Citroen (114)
2: Ford (91)
3: Subaru (63)
4: OMV Peugeot (41)
5: Red Bull Skoda (22)
6: Stobart VK Ford (17)

Next WRC Round: Rally Finland next week

By the way, James, you know you said Kubicas 2kg loss was through the nose. It was actually running on the same tyres for 51 of the 70 laps.

(Message edited by Tom B on August 13, 2006)

[jamesb]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

humm... interesting
2kg of rubber is a lot to loose, wonder how legal they were at the end? schumachers were balder than right said fred. As far as I know, nobody has been disqualified recently for overbald tyres. (overbald??)
thanks for the info, very surprised but makes perfect sence.

As to freezing engine specs...
How about capping revs and introducing air restrictors? By far the best way to cap power and reduce costs (cost increases exponentially with revs) oh wait, toro rosso have this alread. What was wrong with rev limited v10s and restrictors i dont know, they must be cheaper than 20,000rpm v8s

(Message edited by jamesb on August 13, 2006)

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

GP Masters results and sadly no British walk-over :sad: but a new winner: EDDIE CHEEVER

GP Masters Silverstone
1: Eddie Cheever
2: Eric van der Poele
3: Christian Danner
4: Hans Stuck
5: Alex Caffi
6: Riccardo Patrese
7: Pierluigi Martini
8: Emerson Fittipaldi (1 lap down)
9: Rene Arnoux (1 lap down)
10: Andrea de Cesaris (2 laps down)
11: Patrick Tambay (3 laps down)
12: Stefan Johansson (4 laps down)
Retirements
13: Jan Lammers
14: Eliseo Salazar
15: Derek Warwick
16: Nigel Mansell (how embarrasing)

My apologies too, I missed out van der Poele, Caffi & Martini from the grid line-up. The next GP Masters race is where it started last year, Kyalami in November, see http://www.gpmasters.comwww.gpmasters.com for more details.

(Message edited by Tom B on August 13, 2006)

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Well another WRC event down and another event closer to Wales Rally GB. Ive got tickets for the Friday and it should be fun, ill be in support of the big names and the top Brit in the field, Matthew Wilson. But enough about that, Marcus Gronholm won his 6th Rally of Finland in 7 years, heres the results plus a little info on the Stobart VK Ford team, see Matthew Wilsons result for more.

Rally Finland Top 8 (+ Matthew Wilson)
1: Marcus Gronholm (Ford) 2h52m50.3s (6th win at home from last 7 years)
2: Sebastien Loeb (Kronos Citroen) +1m6.7s (Strong result to maintain his championship lead but believes 2nd is a bummer: D )
3: Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) +1m34.5s (Achieves boyhood dream of being on the podium at home)
4: Henning Solberg (OMV Peugeot) +3m57.8s (Matches his career best result from Cyprus last year)
5: Gigi Galli (Pirelli Peugeot) +5m39.9s (Extra outing for the likable Italian brings more points)
6: Janne Tuohino (PH Sport Citroen) +6m5.0s (1st points of the season for the ex-Ford & Skoda driver)
7: Jussi Valimaki (Mitsubishi) +6m55.4s (Another haul of points, what chance a Mitsubishi M2 squad seat next season, if the plan goes ahead?)
8: Jan Kopecky (Skoda) +10m15.0s (Another good showing from the young Czech)
10: Matthew Wilson (Stobart VK Ford) +14m47.4s (Steady showing from the 19-year old on his last run in a Ford Focus WRC 04. As of the next round in Japan, Stobart VK Ford will be given 2 Ford Focus WRC 06s from the works Ford camp. It€™ll be interesting to see how quick Matthew & teammate Luis Perez Companc will be. I€™m looking forward to supporting Matthew at Wales Rally GB on Friday December 1st.)

WRC Driver€™s Championship (Round 10/16)
1: Loeb (92)
2: Gronholm (61)
3: Sordo (41)
4: Hirvonen (27)
5: Stohl (24)
6: P.Solberg (20)
7=: H.Solberg & Gardemeister (16)
9: Galli (15)
10: Pons (11)
11=: Atkinson & Bengue (9)
13: Kopecky (7)
14=: Carlsson, Sarrazin & Valimaki (6)
17=: Duval & Radstrom (4)
19=: Aigner, Katajamaki, MacHale, Sohlberg & Tuohino (3)
24: Wilson (1)

WRC Manufacturer€™s Championship (Round 10/16)
1. Kronos Citroen (122)
2. Ford (107)
3. Subaru (65)
4. OMV Peugeot (50)
5. Stobart VK Ford (24)
6. Red Bull Skoda (22)

Next WRC Event: Rally Japan (September 1st-3rd).

A few questions for you guys to think about ahead of next weekend. Will Jenson Button add another F1 race winners trophy to his cabinet? Will Lewis Hamilton sew the GP2 title before Nelson Piquet Jnr catches him? All the answers and more in Turkey next week.

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Well Istanbul saw a new winner in both F1 & GP2 but while the new winner, Felipe Massa, celebrates, plenty of thought is afoot on Schueys future. Also the GP2 title looks like it will go to the final round at Monza but who will take it, Lewis Hamilton or Nelson Piquet Jnr?

F1 Top 8 Istanbul
1: Massa (Collects maiden win on start no.67)
2: Alonso (Jumps Schuey at 1st stop and hangs on to 2nd by 1/10th of a second!!)
3: M.Schumacher (Disappointed with the result but will need to win remaining 4 races to steal Alonsos crown)
4: Button (Strong start leads to a quiet but well deserved 4th. Glad to see he trimmed his facial hair!!)
5: de la Rosa (Takes 1 stopper to claim 5th)
6: Fisichella (Recovers from turn 1 spin to claim points)
7: R.Schumacher (Recovers from engine penalty but shouldve been better without 10 place engine penalty)
8: Barrichello (Adds a extra point for Honda)

Retirements
15: Coulthard (Gearbox 3 laps from home)
16: Albers (Strong drive goes unrewarded after crash)
17: Sato (Rejoined after earlier damage)
18: Rosberg (Water pump failure while in 5th ruins hard earned effort for points)
19: Yamamoto (Spun)
20: Liuzzi (Spun)
21: Raikkonen (Tyre problems and turn 1 damage lead to Turkish nightmare for Kimi)
22: Monteiro (Crashed at Turn 1)

F1 Drivers Championship (Round 14/1
1: Alonso (10
2: M.Schumacher (96)
3: Massa (62)
4: Fisichella (52)
5: Raikkonen (49)
6: Button (36)
7: Montoya (26)
8: Barrichello (22)
9: Heidfeld (19)
10: R.Schumacher (1
11=: Coulthard & de la Rosa (14)
13: Trulli (10)
14: Villeneuve (7)
15: Webber (6)
16: Rosberg (4)
17: Klien (2)
18: Liuzzi (1)

F1 Constructors (Round 13/1
1: Renault (160)
2: Ferrari (15
3: McLaren (89)
4: Honda (5
5: Toyota (2
6: BMW (26)
7: Red Bull (16)
8: Williams (10)
9: Toro Rosso (1)

GP2
Race 1 Top 8
1: Nelson Piquet Jnr (Piquet)
2: Lewis Hamilton (ART)
3: Alex Premat (ART)
4: Timo Glock (iSport)
5: Lucas di Grassi (Durango)
6: Adam Carroll (Racing Engineering)
7: Andreas Zuber (Trident)
8: Xandi Negrao (Piquet)
Fastest Lap: Piquet Jnr (1m36.334s)

Race 2 Top 6
1: Zuber (Trident)
2: Hamilton (ART)
3: Carroll (Racing Engineering)
4: Glock (iSport)
5: Piquet Jnr (Piquet)
6: Nicolas Lapierre (Arden)
Fastest Lap: Hamilton (1m36.822s)

Drivers Championship (Round 10/11)
1: Hamilton (101)
2: Piquet Jnr (91)
3: Premat (62)
4: Glock (5
5: Viso (42)
6=: Bruni & Carroll (33)
8: Lopez (30)
9: Pantano (2
10: Lapierre (26)
11: Ammermuller (25)
12: Negrao (13)
13=: Piccione & Zuber (12)
15: Yoshimoto (9)
16=: di Grassi & Perera (
18: Valles (7)
19=: Gommendy & Monfardini (6)
21: Felix Porteiro (5)
22: Luca Filippi (2)
23: Sergio Hernandez (1)

GP2 Teams Championship (Round 10/11)
1: ART (163)
2: Piquet Sports (104)
3: iSport (101)
4: Arden (51)
5: Trident (45)
6: Racing Engineering (33)
7=: FMS & Super Nova (30)
9=: BCN & DAMS (14)
11=: Campos & DPR (12)
13: Durango (9)

Next F1 Round: Monza, Italy in less then 2 weeks time.
Next GP2 Round: Coincidentally the same as above.

[tom_b]

Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

More F1 news, the new provisional 2007 F1 calendar was unveiled today, which saw the Nurburgring & San Marino GP at Imola dropped. But of course, there is an uncertainty as to the venue for the German GP. Therefore no 2nd races in a country next year (potentially) but itll be sad if Imola is dropped, ah well, but another classic returns to the calendar, yup, SPA IS BACK!!

2007 Provisional F1 Calendar
March 18: Albert Park, Australia
April 8: Sepang, Malaysia
April 15: Sakhir, Bahrain
May 13: Catalunya, Spain
May 27: Monaco
June 10: Montreal, Canada
June 17: Indianapolis, USA
July 1: Magnys Cours, France
July 8: Silverstone, Britain
July 22: Hockenheim or Nurburgring, Germany
August 5: Hungaroring, Hungary
August 26: Istanbul, Turkey
September 9: Monza, Italy
September 16: Spa, Belguim
September 30: Shanghai, China
October 7: Mount Fuji, Japan
October 21: Interlagos, Brazil

What are your thoughts to the provisional calendar?