My GP3 Career : 1996 - ????
Posted by Ajayrious
Round 15 : Luxembourg - Nurburgring
Qualifying
After the misery of Austria a good qualifying session in which i took pole by half a second and could have gone even faster but ran out of fuel coming back to the pits and sat out the rest of the session.
Race
Got a great start and led into turn one whilst behind me Mika and Fisichella got together and both crashed out of the race. I managed to pull away from Frentzen whilst to my good fortune Schumacher developed an Electrical problem and had to make an early pitstop.
I led until the first pitstop when i came out in 3rd and enjoyed a nice battle with Irvine before he pitted. I then managed to pull away and easily win the race with Michael making it back up to 3rd with the help of a dodgy engine blow up for Irvine. Jean Todt been pressing his buttons again? :P.
Race Results
Luxembourg - Nürburgring 1997
(67 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Andrew Jones 1h 34m 47.068s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Heinz-Harald Frentzen +33.482s
Williams-Renault
3rd Michael Schumacher +1m 22.817s
Ferrari-Ferrari
4th Jean Alesi -1 Lap
Benetton-Renault
5th Ralf Schumacher -1 Lap
Jordan-Peugeot
6th Gianni Morbidelli -2 Laps
Sauber-Petronas
Championship Standings
I now have a 7 point lead over Schumacher going into the penultimate race at Suzuka which i will try and film using Fraps though it proved problematic when i tried to do it for Austria.
Silly Season
Mclaren have re-signed both drivers for 1998 ending speculation that world championship leader Andrew Jones may leave the woking team for Williams.
Qualifying
After the misery of Austria a good qualifying session in which i took pole by half a second and could have gone even faster but ran out of fuel coming back to the pits and sat out the rest of the session.
Race Starting Grid
Luxembourg - Nürburgring 1997
(67 Laps)
Pole 1
Andrew Jones
1m 22.061s 2
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Row 2 3 1m 22.541s
Eddie Irvine
1m 22.542s 4
Jacques Villeneuve
Row 3 5 1m 22.578s
Michael Schumacher
1m 22.719s 6
Giancarlo Fisichella
Row 4 7 1m 22.745s
Jean Alesi
1m 22.754s 8
Mika Hakkinen
Row 5 9 1m 23.235s
Johnny Herbert
1m 23.330s 10
Ralf Schumacher
Row 6 11 1m 23.532s
Shinji Nakano
1m 23.637s 12
Olivier Panis
Row 7 13 1m 23.693s
David Coulthard
1m 23.816s 14
Gerhard Berger
Row 8 15 1m 23.983s
Rubens Barrichello
1m 24.011s 16
Damon Hill
Row 9 17 1m 24.281s
Gianni Morbidelli
1m 24.373s 18
Jarno Trulli
Row 10 19 1m 25.057s
Pedro Diniz
1m 25.106s 20
Jos Verstappen
Row 11 21 1m 25.157s
Mika Salo
1m 25.297s 22
Ukyo Katayama
1m 26.202sRace
Got a great start and led into turn one whilst behind me Mika and Fisichella got together and both crashed out of the race. I managed to pull away from Frentzen whilst to my good fortune Schumacher developed an Electrical problem and had to make an early pitstop.
I led until the first pitstop when i came out in 3rd and enjoyed a nice battle with Irvine before he pitted. I then managed to pull away and easily win the race with Michael making it back up to 3rd with the help of a dodgy engine blow up for Irvine. Jean Todt been pressing his buttons again? :P.
Race Results
Luxembourg - Nürburgring 1997
(67 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Andrew Jones 1h 34m 47.068s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Heinz-Harald Frentzen +33.482s
Williams-Renault
3rd Michael Schumacher +1m 22.817s
Ferrari-Ferrari
4th Jean Alesi -1 Lap
Benetton-Renault
5th Ralf Schumacher -1 Lap
Jordan-Peugeot
6th Gianni Morbidelli -2 Laps
Sauber-Petronas
Championship Standings
I now have a 7 point lead over Schumacher going into the penultimate race at Suzuka which i will try and film using Fraps though it proved problematic when i tried to do it for Austria.
Silly Season
Mclaren have re-signed both drivers for 1998 ending speculation that world championship leader Andrew Jones may leave the woking team for Williams.
Haha mate good choice don't join Williams with the Mechachrome engines
Races: 163 - Wins: 23 - Pole Positions: 24 - Fastest Laps: 22
Season 9: Constructors' Champions
Races: 163 - Wins: 23 - Pole Positions: 24 - Fastest Laps: 22
Season 9: Constructors' Champions
Very very nice reports!
I'm asking what skill levels you are using in your careers, replayced drivers'?
Quick answer please and I could start mine career
I'm asking what skill levels you are using in your careers, replayced drivers'?
Quick answer please and I could start mine career
VilkkuFM Wrote:
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> Very very nice reports!
>
> I'm asking what skill levels you are using in your
> careers, replayced drivers'?
>
> Quick answer please and I could start mine career
>
I am driving on Pro skill level.
I guess im replacing Coulthard although i moved him to Stewart.
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> Very very nice reports!
>
> I'm asking what skill levels you are using in your
> careers, replayced drivers'?
>
> Quick answer please and I could start mine career
>
I am driving on Pro skill level.
I guess im replacing Coulthard although i moved him to Stewart.
Result
Europe - Jerez 1997
(69 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Andrew Jones 1h 38m 39.229s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Eddie Irvine +7.897s
Ferrari-Ferrari
3rd Jacques Villeneuve +17.690s
Williams-Renault
4th Jean Alesi +37.861s
Benetton-Renault
5th Shinji Nakano -1 Lap
Prost-Mugen-Honda
6th Jarno Trulli -2 Laps
Minardi-Hart
15th Michael Schumacher Transmission
Ferrari-Ferrari
Championships
Europe - Jerez 1997
(69 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Andrew Jones 1h 38m 39.229s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Eddie Irvine +7.897s
Ferrari-Ferrari
3rd Jacques Villeneuve +17.690s
Williams-Renault
4th Jean Alesi +37.861s
Benetton-Renault
5th Shinji Nakano -1 Lap
Prost-Mugen-Honda
6th Jarno Trulli -2 Laps
Minardi-Hart
15th Michael Schumacher Transmission
Ferrari-Ferrari
Championships
1998
Having chosen to stay at McLaren for another year hopes are high at repeating 1997's success.
Round One : Australia - Melbourne
The Season starts as always at Albert Park, Melbourne, home of the Australian Grand Prix.
Qualifying
In Qualifying it was clear from the off that Michael Schumacher was the man to beat, and he took pole position with his first time of the session. Mika Hakkinen joined him on the front row albeit half a second behind the German.
Meanwhile I was struggling. Despite finding the Melbourne circuit a pleasure to drive it has never been one i was particularly fast at, qualifying 9th last season and 4th in 1996. I could match Schumacher in the 1st sector, but was hemoridging time in the 2nd sector, even though it only had 2 corners in it. After being 12th for most of the session, in the last seconds i managed to take 3rd, nearly a second behind Schumacher.
Race
I got past Hakkinen at the first corner, but a quick starting Jacques Villeneuve got past both of us. Schumacher started to pull away at an alarming rate whilst i busied myself with getting past Jacques. Just as i got past him his engine blew and he was out of the race. But try as i might i couldnt get anywhere near Michaels pace.
As the first round of pitstops came close, Hakkinen was only a couple of seconds behind me as i struggled with understeer. When i pitted Hakkinen continued on a one stopper along with Irvine. Worse still Schumacher despite his pace was also on a one stopper. Leaving my pace questionable. When i made my 2nd stop i came out 30 seconds behind Irvine, and in pushing to catch him went off which allowed Schumacher to lap me and put Wurz on my tail. I was able to pick up my pace again and pull away from Wurz to secure 4th, but after the highs of 97, the first race of 98 had brought me right back down to earth.
Thankfully its Interlagos next, where i lapped the field last season so hopefully things will be better.
Race Results
Australia - Melbourne
(58 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Michael Schumacher 1h 31m 23.633s
Ferrari-Ferrari
2nd Mika Hakkinen +32.871s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Eddie Irvine +1m 09.022s
Ferrari-Ferrari
4th Andrew Jones -1 Lap
McLaren-Mercedes
5th Alexander Wurz -1 Lap
Benetton-Playlife
6th Giancarlo Fisichella -1 Lap
Round Two : Brazil - Interlagos
Qualifying
Back on form, easily took pole position on my first lap.
Race
Got a good start, as did Ralf Schumacher and the two Ferrari's who all passed Hakkinen. I was able to pull away whilst Ralf and Mika passed the one stopping Ferrari's and had a 15 second lead going into the first round of pitstops. The same pattern followed to my 2nd stop. I came out behind Mika who made his 2nd stop 10 laps later. When he came out he was 35 seconds behind.
Then as usual i lost concentration and spun, which cut my lead down to just 15 seconds. Mika on much fresher tyres was set the fastest lap of the race and began to close at the rate of a second a lap. I tried to counter but the car was starting to slide on worn tyres and Mika caught me with 2 laps to go...
Result
Brazil - Interlagos 1998
(72 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Mika Hakkinen 1h 38m 02.733s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Andrew Jones +0.035s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Ralf Schumacher +25.158s
Jordan-Mugen
4th Michael Schumacher +51.846s
Ferrari-Ferrari
5th Eddie Irvine +53.018s
Ferrari-Ferrari
6th Damon Hill -1 Lap
Jordan-Mugen
Championships
Having chosen to stay at McLaren for another year hopes are high at repeating 1997's success.
Round One : Australia - Melbourne
The Season starts as always at Albert Park, Melbourne, home of the Australian Grand Prix.
Qualifying
In Qualifying it was clear from the off that Michael Schumacher was the man to beat, and he took pole position with his first time of the session. Mika Hakkinen joined him on the front row albeit half a second behind the German.
Meanwhile I was struggling. Despite finding the Melbourne circuit a pleasure to drive it has never been one i was particularly fast at, qualifying 9th last season and 4th in 1996. I could match Schumacher in the 1st sector, but was hemoridging time in the 2nd sector, even though it only had 2 corners in it. After being 12th for most of the session, in the last seconds i managed to take 3rd, nearly a second behind Schumacher.
Race Starting Grid
Australia - Melbourne 1998
(58 Laps)
Pole 1
Michael Schumacher
1m 31.864s 2
Mika Hakkinen
Row 2 3 1m 32.418s
Andrew Jones
1m 32.757s 4
Jacques Villeneuve
Row 3 5 1m 32.799s
David Coulthard
1m 33.076s 6
Eddie Irvine
Row 4 7 1m 33.708s
Alexander Wurz
1m 33.910s 8
Giancarlo Fisichella
Row 5 9 1m 34.021s
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
1m 34.043s 10
Johnny Herbert
Row 6 11 1m 34.085s
Ralf Schumacher
1m 34.254s 12
Damon Hill
Row 7 13 1m 34.324s
Jean Alesi
1m 34.696s 14
Rubens Barrichello
Row 8 15 1m 34.786s
Pedro Diniz
1m 35.116s 16
Toranasuke Takagi
Row 9 17 1m 35.500s
Mika Salo
1m 35.585s 18
Jarno Trulli
Row 10 19 1m 35.668s
Ricardo Rosset
1m 35.825s 20
Olivier Panis
Row 11 21 1m 36.910s
Shinji Nakano
1m 37.182s 22
Esteban Tuero
1m 37.771sRace
I got past Hakkinen at the first corner, but a quick starting Jacques Villeneuve got past both of us. Schumacher started to pull away at an alarming rate whilst i busied myself with getting past Jacques. Just as i got past him his engine blew and he was out of the race. But try as i might i couldnt get anywhere near Michaels pace.
As the first round of pitstops came close, Hakkinen was only a couple of seconds behind me as i struggled with understeer. When i pitted Hakkinen continued on a one stopper along with Irvine. Worse still Schumacher despite his pace was also on a one stopper. Leaving my pace questionable. When i made my 2nd stop i came out 30 seconds behind Irvine, and in pushing to catch him went off which allowed Schumacher to lap me and put Wurz on my tail. I was able to pick up my pace again and pull away from Wurz to secure 4th, but after the highs of 97, the first race of 98 had brought me right back down to earth.
Thankfully its Interlagos next, where i lapped the field last season so hopefully things will be better.
Race Results
Australia - Melbourne
(58 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Michael Schumacher 1h 31m 23.633s
Ferrari-Ferrari
2nd Mika Hakkinen +32.871s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Eddie Irvine +1m 09.022s
Ferrari-Ferrari
4th Andrew Jones -1 Lap
McLaren-Mercedes
5th Alexander Wurz -1 Lap
Benetton-Playlife
6th Giancarlo Fisichella -1 Lap
Round Two : Brazil - Interlagos
Qualifying
Back on form, easily took pole position on my first lap.
Race Starting Grid
Brazil - Interlagos 1998
(72 Laps)
1 Pole
Andrew Jones
2 1m 17.696s
Mika Hakkinen
1m 18.325s 3 Row 2
Michael Schumacher
4 1m 18.797s
Eddie Irvine
1m 18.933s 5 Row 3
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
6 1m 19.284s
Alexander Wurz
1m 19.823s 7 Row 4
Damon Hill
8 1m 19.824s
Ralf Schumacher
1m 19.831s 9 Row 5
David Coulthard
10 1m 19.844s
Jacques Villeneuve
1m 20.129s 11 Row 6
Johnny Herbert
12 1m 20.173s
Jean Alesi
1m 20.437s 13 Row 7
Giancarlo Fisichella
14 1m 20.639s
Olivier Panis
1m 20.684s 15 Row 8
Pedro Diniz
16 1m 20.690s
Mika Salo
1m 20.776s 17 Row 9
Jarno Trulli
18 1m 20.891s
Ricardo Rosset
1m 21.553s 19 Row 10
Rubens Barrichello
20 1m 21.595s
Esteban Tuero
1m 22.756s 21 Row 11
Toranasuke Takagi
22 1m 23.038s
Shinji Nakano
1m 23.413sRace
Got a good start, as did Ralf Schumacher and the two Ferrari's who all passed Hakkinen. I was able to pull away whilst Ralf and Mika passed the one stopping Ferrari's and had a 15 second lead going into the first round of pitstops. The same pattern followed to my 2nd stop. I came out behind Mika who made his 2nd stop 10 laps later. When he came out he was 35 seconds behind.
Then as usual i lost concentration and spun, which cut my lead down to just 15 seconds. Mika on much fresher tyres was set the fastest lap of the race and began to close at the rate of a second a lap. I tried to counter but the car was starting to slide on worn tyres and Mika caught me with 2 laps to go...
Result
Brazil - Interlagos 1998
(72 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Mika Hakkinen 1h 38m 02.733s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Andrew Jones +0.035s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Ralf Schumacher +25.158s
Jordan-Mugen
4th Michael Schumacher +51.846s
Ferrari-Ferrari
5th Eddie Irvine +53.018s
Ferrari-Ferrari
6th Damon Hill -1 Lap
Jordan-Mugen
Championships
Round Three : Argentina - Buenos Aires
Qualifying
Despite my dislike for the circuit i found a groove around the circuit and was able to take pole just ahead of Hakkinen.
Race
I got a good start and led into turn one ahead of Hakkinen. I hen built up a gap of around 2 seconds which i managed to maintain until i started to hit traffic, i managed to get through the traffic better than Hakkinen and had a 7 second lead before my first stop. I came out in 2nd place with Michael already retired. I maintained the gap to Hakkinen to pitted several laps later.
Back in the lead Hakkinen began to eat into my advantage but just as he got close my engine expired and put me out of the race. Hakkinen cruised on to win by a lap.
Race Results
Argentina - Buenos Aires 1998
(72 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Mika Hakkinen 1h 47m 55.906s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Ralf Schumacher -1 Lap
Jordan-Mugen
3rd Rubens Barrichello -1 Lap
Stewart-Ford
4th Eddie Irvine -2 Laps
Ferrari-Ferrari
5th Jacques Villeneuve -2 Laps
Williams-Mecachrome
6th Johnny Herbert -2 Laps
Sauber-Petronas
16th Andrew Jones Engine
McLaren-Mercedes
20th Michael Schumacher Puncture
Ferrari-Ferrari
Round Four : San Marino - Imola
Qualifying
Could have taken pole position but kept running wide at Piratella, and on my last lap got held up in traffic so ended up with only my banker lap counting. 3rd on the grid.
Race
Got a good start and passed Schumacher before turn one. Dropped him quickly and caught Hakkinen after 10 laps and passed him into the final chicane.
All three of us made our first stops together and came out in 5th, passed Fisichella and about to catch and pass Herbert when Transmission failed and put me out of the race.
Race Results
San Marino - Imola 1998
(62 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Michael Schumacher 1h 33m 26.778s
Ferrari-Ferrari
2nd Mika Hakkinen +5.158s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Eddie Irvine +16.320s
Ferrari-Ferrari
4th Giancarlo Fisichella +1m 12.150s
Benetton-Playlife
5th Jean Alesi +1m 26.205s
Sauber-Petronas
6th Heinz-Harald Frentzen -1 Lap
Williams-Mecachrome
16th Andrew Jones Transmission
McLaren-Mercedes
Round Five : Spain - Barcelona
Qualifying
Qualifying was once again hampered by traffic and mistakes from me, but once again managed 3rd behind Hakk and Schu.
Race
Race Results
Spain - Barcelona
(65 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Andrew Jones 1h 30m 14.740s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Mika Hakkinen +1m 00.601s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Michael Schumacher -1 Lap
Ferrari-Ferrari
4th Jean Alesi -1 Lap
Sauber-Petronas
5th Rubens Barrichello -1 Lap
Stewart-Ford
6th Heinz-Harald Frentzen -1 Lap
Williams-Mecachrome
Championships
Qualifying
Despite my dislike for the circuit i found a groove around the circuit and was able to take pole just ahead of Hakkinen.
Race Starting Grid
Argentina - Buenos Aires 1998
(72 Laps)
Pole 1
Andrew Jones
1m 26.783s 2
Mika Hakkinen
Row 2 3 1m 26.941s
Michael Schumacher
1m 27.430s 4
David Coulthard
Row 3 5 1m 28.548s
Ralf Schumacher
1m 28.739s 6
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Row 4 7 1m 28.897s
Jacques Villeneuve
1m 29.161s 8
Rubens Barrichello
Row 5 9 1m 29.193s
Giancarlo Fisichella
1m 29.336s 10
Eddie Irvine
Row 6 11 1m 29.585s
Alexander Wurz
1m 29.585s 12
Johnny Herbert
Row 7 13 1m 29.790s
Mika Salo
1m 30.125s 14
Damon Hill
Row 8 15 1m 30.137s
Pedro Diniz
1m 30.194s 16
Toranasuke Takagi
Row 9 17 1m 30.421s
Olivier Panis
1m 30.435s 18
Jean Alesi
Row 10 19 1m 30.652s
Shinji Nakano
1m 31.280s 20
Jarno Trulli
Row 11 21 1m 31.435s
Ricardo Rosset
1m 31.749s 22
Esteban Tuero
1m 33.071sRace
I got a good start and led into turn one ahead of Hakkinen. I hen built up a gap of around 2 seconds which i managed to maintain until i started to hit traffic, i managed to get through the traffic better than Hakkinen and had a 7 second lead before my first stop. I came out in 2nd place with Michael already retired. I maintained the gap to Hakkinen to pitted several laps later.
Back in the lead Hakkinen began to eat into my advantage but just as he got close my engine expired and put me out of the race. Hakkinen cruised on to win by a lap.
Race Results
Argentina - Buenos Aires 1998
(72 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Mika Hakkinen 1h 47m 55.906s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Ralf Schumacher -1 Lap
Jordan-Mugen
3rd Rubens Barrichello -1 Lap
Stewart-Ford
4th Eddie Irvine -2 Laps
Ferrari-Ferrari
5th Jacques Villeneuve -2 Laps
Williams-Mecachrome
6th Johnny Herbert -2 Laps
Sauber-Petronas
16th Andrew Jones Engine
McLaren-Mercedes
20th Michael Schumacher Puncture
Ferrari-Ferrari
Round Four : San Marino - Imola
Qualifying
Could have taken pole position but kept running wide at Piratella, and on my last lap got held up in traffic so ended up with only my banker lap counting. 3rd on the grid.
Race Starting Grid
San Marino - Imola 1998
(62 Laps)
Pole 1
Mika Hakkinen
1m 27.277s 2
Michael Schumacher
Row 2 3 1m 27.279s
Andrew Jones
1m 27.813s 4
Eddie Irvine
Row 3 5 1m 28.031s
Jacques Villeneuve
1m 28.264s 6
Alexander Wurz
Row 4 7 1m 28.719s
Johnny Herbert
1m 28.781s 8
Giancarlo Fisichella
Row 5 9 1m 28.876s
David Coulthard
1m 29.369s 10
Damon Hill
Row 6 11 1m 29.700s
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
1m 29.856s 12
Jean Alesi
Row 7 13 1m 30.030s
Ralf Schumacher
1m 30.333s 14
Mika Salo
Row 8 15 1m 30.678s
Rubens Barrichello
1m 30.699s 16
Toranasuke Takagi
Row 9 17 1m 31.060s
Pedro Diniz
1m 31.266s 18
Esteban Tuero
Row 10 19 1m 31.564s
Olivier Panis
1m 31.986s 20
Jarno Trulli
Row 11 21 1m 32.299s
Shinji Nakano
1m 33.011s 22
Ricardo Rosset
1m 33.817sRace
Got a good start and passed Schumacher before turn one. Dropped him quickly and caught Hakkinen after 10 laps and passed him into the final chicane.
All three of us made our first stops together and came out in 5th, passed Fisichella and about to catch and pass Herbert when Transmission failed and put me out of the race.
Race Results
San Marino - Imola 1998
(62 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Michael Schumacher 1h 33m 26.778s
Ferrari-Ferrari
2nd Mika Hakkinen +5.158s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Eddie Irvine +16.320s
Ferrari-Ferrari
4th Giancarlo Fisichella +1m 12.150s
Benetton-Playlife
5th Jean Alesi +1m 26.205s
Sauber-Petronas
6th Heinz-Harald Frentzen -1 Lap
Williams-Mecachrome
16th Andrew Jones Transmission
McLaren-Mercedes
Round Five : Spain - Barcelona
Qualifying
Qualifying was once again hampered by traffic and mistakes from me, but once again managed 3rd behind Hakk and Schu.
Race Starting Grid
Spain - Barcelona
(65 Laps)
Pole 1
Mika Hakkinen
1m 20.616s 2
Michael Schumacher
Row 2 3 1m 20.796s
Andrew Jones
1m 21.055s 4
Jacques Villeneuve
Row 3 5 1m 21.834s
David Coulthard
1m 21.941s 6
Giancarlo Fisichella
Row 4 7 1m 22.039s
Damon Hill
1m 22.290s 8
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Row 5 9 1m 22.453s
Jean Alesi
1m 22.489s 10
Rubens Barrichello
Row 6 11 1m 22.512s
Eddie Irvine
1m 22.645s 12
Ralf Schumacher
Row 7 13 1m 22.688s
Alexander Wurz
1m 22.702s 14
Mika Salo
Row 8 15 1m 23.208s
Olivier Panis
1m 23.619s 16
Pedro Diniz
Row 9 17 1m 23.827s
Johnny Herbert
1m 24.266s 18
Esteban Tuero
Row 10 19 1m 24.657s
Jarno Trulli
1m 24.739s 20
Toranasuke Takagi
Row 11 21 1m 24.784s
Ricardo Rosset
1m 25.778s 22
Shinji Nakano
1m 25.879sRace
Race Results
Spain - Barcelona
(65 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Andrew Jones 1h 30m 14.740s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Mika Hakkinen +1m 00.601s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Michael Schumacher -1 Lap
Ferrari-Ferrari
4th Jean Alesi -1 Lap
Sauber-Petronas
5th Rubens Barrichello -1 Lap
Stewart-Ford
6th Heinz-Harald Frentzen -1 Lap
Williams-Mecachrome
Championships
Round Six : Monaco - Monte Carlo
Qualifying
A circuit i love to drive on. I dominated here last season in the rain and this season qualified on pole by 1.2 seconds ahead of Mika. Bring on the race.
Race
I went aggressive on strategy so to have the best chance of getting off the line first, making a 2 stop with a short 1st stint.
I did indeed get off the line first and held off Mika for a few laps before getting my rhythm and pulling away comfortabley, so much so that when i came in for my first stop i came out just behind Mika whom i quickly caught as he was having some trouble with backmarkers and soon passed him as he was slow coming out of the chicane behind 2 Jordans (see video).
I then once again pulled away about 10 seconds before Mika made his one and only stop. I responded by putting in the fastest lap of the race before making my 2nd stop a little early in response. Coming out of the pits with a comfortable lead i cruised the last half of the race.
Race Highlights
Race Results
Monaco - Monte Carlo 1998
(78 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Andrew Jones 1h 50m 07.711s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Mika Hakkinen +15.825s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Michael Schumacher +51.309s
Ferrari-Ferrari
4th Eddie Irvine -1 Lap
Ferrari-Ferrari
5th Heinz-Harald Frentzen -1 Lap
Williams-Mecachrome
6th Jacques Villeneuve -2 Laps
Williams-Mecachrome
Championships
Canada next, not one of my favourite tracks.
Qualifying
A circuit i love to drive on. I dominated here last season in the rain and this season qualified on pole by 1.2 seconds ahead of Mika. Bring on the race.
Race Starting Grid
Monaco - Monte Carlo 1998
(78 Laps)
1 Pole
Andrew Jones
2 1m 20.808s
Mika Hakkinen
1m 22.030s 3 Row 2
Giancarlo Fisichella
4 1m 22.616s
Michael Schumacher
1m 22.912s 5 Row 3
David Coulthard
6 1m 22.963s
Eddie Irvine
1m 23.173s 7 Row 4
Jacques Villeneuve
8 1m 23.288s
Alexander Wurz
1m 23.827s 9 Row 5
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
10 1m 23.835s
Pedro Diniz
1m 23.856s 11 Row 6
Ralf Schumacher
12 1m 24.117s
Mika Salo
1m 24.433s 13 Row 7
Damon Hill
14 1m 24.643s
Johnny Herbert
1m 24.707s 15 Row 8
Olivier Panis
16 1m 25.153s
Jean Alesi
1m 25.175s 17 Row 9
Toranasuke Takagi
18 1m 25.223s
Rubens Barrichello
1m 25.249s 19 Row 10
Ricardo Rosset
20 1m 25.673s
Jarno Trulli
1m 25.823s 21 Row 11
Esteban Tuero
22 1m 25.972s
Shinji Nakano
1m 26.135sRace
I went aggressive on strategy so to have the best chance of getting off the line first, making a 2 stop with a short 1st stint.
I did indeed get off the line first and held off Mika for a few laps before getting my rhythm and pulling away comfortabley, so much so that when i came in for my first stop i came out just behind Mika whom i quickly caught as he was having some trouble with backmarkers and soon passed him as he was slow coming out of the chicane behind 2 Jordans (see video).
I then once again pulled away about 10 seconds before Mika made his one and only stop. I responded by putting in the fastest lap of the race before making my 2nd stop a little early in response. Coming out of the pits with a comfortable lead i cruised the last half of the race.
Race Highlights
Race Results
Monaco - Monte Carlo 1998
(78 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Andrew Jones 1h 50m 07.711s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Mika Hakkinen +15.825s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Michael Schumacher +51.309s
Ferrari-Ferrari
4th Eddie Irvine -1 Lap
Ferrari-Ferrari
5th Heinz-Harald Frentzen -1 Lap
Williams-Mecachrome
6th Jacques Villeneuve -2 Laps
Williams-Mecachrome
Championships
Canada next, not one of my favourite tracks.
Round Seven: Canada - Montreal
Qualifying
Started the session very slow. Made changes to the Brake balance and found a way of sliding the car into the corners and took pole by 4 hundredths of a second.
Highlights
Race Results
Canada - Montreal 1998
(69 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Eddie Irvine 1h 35m 42.549s
Ferrari-Ferrari
2nd Mika Hakkinen +13.383s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Michael Schumacher +48.079s
Ferrari-Ferrari
4th Jean Alesi -1 Lap
Sauber-Petronas
5th Ralf Schumacher -1 Lap
Jordan-Mugen
6th Andrew Jones -2 Laps
McLaren-Mercedes
Qualifying
Started the session very slow. Made changes to the Brake balance and found a way of sliding the car into the corners and took pole by 4 hundredths of a second.
Race Starting Grid
Canada - Montreal 1998
(69 Laps)
1 Pole
Andrew Jones
2 1m 20.623s
Mika Hakkinen
1m 20.664s 3 Row 2
Michael Schumacher
4 1m 20.779s
Eddie Irvine
1m 21.297s 5 Row 3
Alexander Wurz
6 1m 21.529s
David Coulthard
1m 21.566s 7 Row 4
Jacques Villeneuve
8 1m 22.444s
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
1m 22.777s 9 Row 5
Giancarlo Fisichella
10 1m 22.942s
Damon Hill
1m 23.094s 11 Row 6
Olivier Panis
12 1m 23.368s
Ralf Schumacher
1m 23.432s 13 Row 7
Johnny Herbert
14 1m 23.443s
Jean Alesi
1m 23.534s 15 Row 8
Jarno Trulli
16 1m 23.617s
Mika Salo
1m 23.650s 17 Row 9
Toranasuke Takagi
18 1m 23.817s
Pedro Diniz
1m 24.133s 19 Row 10
Rubens Barrichello
20 1m 24.162s
Ricardo Rosset
1m 24.593s 21 Row 11
Shinji Nakano
22 1m 24.875s
Esteban Tuero
1m 25.046sHighlights
Race Results
Canada - Montreal 1998
(69 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Eddie Irvine 1h 35m 42.549s
Ferrari-Ferrari
2nd Mika Hakkinen +13.383s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Michael Schumacher +48.079s
Ferrari-Ferrari
4th Jean Alesi -1 Lap
Sauber-Petronas
5th Ralf Schumacher -1 Lap
Jordan-Mugen
6th Andrew Jones -2 Laps
McLaren-Mercedes
Guimengo Wrote:
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> Instead of backing out I think you should have
> "forced" the issue with Irvine at the chicane.
> Sure, you might have end up losing part of your
> wing but he'd have flipped over and barril rolled
> down the straight and possibly have cars behind
> collect him :P (yes, perhaps I do speak from
> experience)
I still would have retired, so it doesn't really matter does it..
But either way I always try not to punt people off, its easy to do, but I prefer the battle to the easy push off the track.
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> Instead of backing out I think you should have
> "forced" the issue with Irvine at the chicane.
> Sure, you might have end up losing part of your
> wing but he'd have flipped over and barril rolled
> down the straight and possibly have cars behind
> collect him :P (yes, perhaps I do speak from
> experience)
I still would have retired, so it doesn't really matter does it.
.But either way I always try not to punt people off, its easy to do, but I prefer the battle to the easy push off the track.
Round Eight: France - Magny Cours
Qualifying
Spent my first three runs going backwards coming out of chicanes, so played it safe with my final run and ended up 2nd.
Race
Race Results
France - Magny Cours 1998
(72 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Mika Hakkinen 1h 35m 02.475s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Andrew Jones +39.813s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Damon Hill +57.428s
Jordan-Mugen
4th Eddie Irvine +1m 09.529s
Ferrari-Ferrari
5th Jacques Villeneuve +1m 15.284s
Williams-Mecachrome
6th Michael Schumacher -1 Lap
Ferrari-Ferrari
Round Nine: Great Britain - Silverstone
Qualifying
Qualifying was held in wet conditions. I went out early and on the right tyres and somehow ended up on pole by 1.4 seconds from Johnny Herbert.
Race
Race started with the track wet, but no rain forecast for the first hour of the race. Never the less i started on Intermediates whilst the rest of the field started on Dry tyres.
I got a good start and led into turn one and started to pull away at over a second a lap from Schumacher who had passed Herbert at the start. I had built a gap of around 20 seconds when suddenly Schumacher started to eat into my gap at over 2 seconds a lap.
Trying to hold him off until a sensible pit window i pushed as hard as my Intermediates would allow but it was not enough and i pitted for dries. Coming out in 4th place i pushed on passing the rest as they made their first stops.
After Schumachers stop he came out right in front of me, and was horrifically slow and i made easy meat of him and he fell back and was being challenged by Herbert and the rest within a couple of laps. Then it started to rain again and as i was forced to stop for wets, it became clear that Schumacher had taken on wets during his first stop.
Knowing Schumacher would have to stop again for fuel i filled the car at my tyre stop, coming out 10 seconds behind the German. But with a heavy car i was unable to keep up and was soon over 30 seconds behind and Schumacher easily kept the lead upon his pit stop.
Once he came out he was still alot quicker, and worse still so was Herbert, my tyres obviously passed their best i made a final stop for a new set of wets coming out in 2nd and was able to cruise to the finish. Unfortunately Herbert retired with a Puncture 10 laps from the end.
Race Results
Britain - Silverstone 1998
(60 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Michael Schumacher 1h 38m 43.793s
Ferrari-Ferrari
2nd Andrew Jones +25.304s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Mika Hakkinen +38.788s
McLaren-Mercedes
4th Jacques Villeneuve +43.116s
Williams-Mecachrome
5th Eddie Irvine +1m 12.015s
Ferrari-Ferrari
6th Alexander Wurz +1m 17.777s
Benetton-Playlife
Championships
Qualifying
Spent my first three runs going backwards coming out of chicanes, so played it safe with my final run and ended up 2nd.
Race Starting Grid
France - Magny Cours 1998
(72 Laps)
Pole 1
Mika Hakkinen
1m 16.028s 2
Andrew Jones
Row 2 3 1m 16.452s
Michael Schumacher
1m 16.919s 4
Damon Hill
Row 3 5 1m 16.975s
Jacques Villeneuve
1m 17.000s 6
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Row 4 7 1m 17.147s
Eddie Irvine
1m 17.271s 8
David Coulthard
Row 5 9 1m 17.699s
Ralf Schumacher
1m 17.938s 10
Alexander Wurz
Row 6 11 1m 18.136s
Giancarlo Fisichella
1m 18.203s 12
Jean Alesi
Row 7 13 1m 18.712s
Rubens Barrichello
1m 19.050s 14
Mika Salo
Row 8 15 1m 19.076s
Pedro Diniz
1m 19.106s 16
Johnny Herbert
Row 9 17 1m 19.372s
Toranasuke Takagi
1m 19.664s 18
Olivier Panis
Row 10 19 1m 19.666s
Jarno Trulli
1m 19.933s 20
Esteban Tuero
Row 11 21 1m 20.101s
Shinji Nakano
1m 21.005s 22
Ricardo Rosset
1m 22.905sRace
Race Results
France - Magny Cours 1998
(72 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Mika Hakkinen 1h 35m 02.475s
McLaren-Mercedes
2nd Andrew Jones +39.813s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Damon Hill +57.428s
Jordan-Mugen
4th Eddie Irvine +1m 09.529s
Ferrari-Ferrari
5th Jacques Villeneuve +1m 15.284s
Williams-Mecachrome
6th Michael Schumacher -1 Lap
Ferrari-Ferrari
Round Nine: Great Britain - Silverstone
Qualifying
Qualifying was held in wet conditions. I went out early and on the right tyres and somehow ended up on pole by 1.4 seconds from Johnny Herbert.
Race Starting Grid
Britain - Silverstone 1998
(60 Laps)
Pole 1
Andrew Jones
1m 40.505s 2
Johnny Herbert
Row 2 3 1m 41.982s
Michael Schumacher
1m 42.174s 4
Mika Salo
Row 3 5 1m 42.880s
Mika Hakkinen
1m 42.930s 6
Rubens Barrichello
Row 4 7 1m 43.680s
Eddie Irvine
1m 43.689s 8
Jacques Villeneuve
Row 5 9 1m 43.712s
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
1m 43.877s 10
Toranasuke Takagi
Row 6 11 1m 44.144s
David Coulthard
1m 44.168s 12
Alexander Wurz
Row 7 13 1m 44.203s
Pedro Diniz
1m 44.481s 14
Damon Hill
Row 8 15 1m 44.500s
Jarno Trulli
1m 46.768s 16
Shinji Nakano
Row 9 17 1m 48.305s
Jean Alesi
1m 49.415s 18
Olivier Panis
Row 10 19 1m 49.888s
Ralf Schumacher
1m 50.119s 20
Giancarlo Fisichella
Row 11 21 1m 50.256s
Ricardo Rosset
1m 52.130s 22
Esteban Tuero
1m 55.322sRace
Race started with the track wet, but no rain forecast for the first hour of the race. Never the less i started on Intermediates whilst the rest of the field started on Dry tyres.
I got a good start and led into turn one and started to pull away at over a second a lap from Schumacher who had passed Herbert at the start. I had built a gap of around 20 seconds when suddenly Schumacher started to eat into my gap at over 2 seconds a lap.
Trying to hold him off until a sensible pit window i pushed as hard as my Intermediates would allow but it was not enough and i pitted for dries. Coming out in 4th place i pushed on passing the rest as they made their first stops.
After Schumachers stop he came out right in front of me, and was horrifically slow and i made easy meat of him and he fell back and was being challenged by Herbert and the rest within a couple of laps. Then it started to rain again and as i was forced to stop for wets, it became clear that Schumacher had taken on wets during his first stop.
Knowing Schumacher would have to stop again for fuel i filled the car at my tyre stop, coming out 10 seconds behind the German. But with a heavy car i was unable to keep up and was soon over 30 seconds behind and Schumacher easily kept the lead upon his pit stop.
Once he came out he was still alot quicker, and worse still so was Herbert, my tyres obviously passed their best i made a final stop for a new set of wets coming out in 2nd and was able to cruise to the finish. Unfortunately Herbert retired with a Puncture 10 laps from the end.
Race Results
Britain - Silverstone 1998
(60 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Michael Schumacher 1h 38m 43.793s
Ferrari-Ferrari
2nd Andrew Jones +25.304s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Mika Hakkinen +38.788s
McLaren-Mercedes
4th Jacques Villeneuve +43.116s
Williams-Mecachrome
5th Eddie Irvine +1m 12.015s
Ferrari-Ferrari
6th Alexander Wurz +1m 17.777s
Benetton-Playlife
Championships
Some nice racing in the video, but I think you're a bit too agressive whilst fighting others (for example the Diniz accident, overtaking M Schumacher,...) It does not only cost those others, but your race is compromised as well. Just stay calm whilst wanting to overtake
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Bring back the racing
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Bring back the racing
Guy, it seems you have a very strong car...
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