The Monaco *SPOILER*

OK and first off: Ralf Schumacher has had an engine change and will drop 10 places on the grid for Sundays race.

From BBC Sport:

Ferrari's Michael Schumacher posted the quickest time in first free practice for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.
The German, who has won all five races this season, clocked one minute 16.502 seconds, more than half a second faster than nearest rival Takuma Sato, of BAR.

Briton Jenson Button had the third best time of the session, which was delayed when Mark Webber's Jaguar caught fire.

Webber was forced to stop as he exited the chicane on a flying lap 32 minutes into the hour-long practice run.

The Australian got out of his car unhurt and grabbed a fire extinguisher from a marshal to help put out the flames.

Jaguar also saw test driver Bjorn Wirdheim stop on the circuit.

But McLaren fared better with David Coulthard and Kimi Raikkonen both making it into the top ten.

Ralf Schumacher, meanwhile, saw his hopes of repeating last year's Monaco pole position vanish when his Williams needed a new engine.

Under new rules, drivers can only have one engine per race, each replacement costing them 10 places on the grid.

Schumacher failed to complete a timed lap.

TIMES from Practice Session One:

1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1m16.502s
2 Takuma Sato BAR 1m17.279s
3 Jenson Button BAR 1m17.339s
4 Ricardo Zonta Toyota 1m17.426s
5 David Coulthard McLaren 1m17.524s
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 1m17.686s
7 Anthony Davidson BAR 1m17.791s
8 Jarno Trulli Renault 1m17.856s
9 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams 1m17.937s
10 Kimi Raikkonen McLaren 1m17.952s
11 Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber 1m18.338s
12 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1m18.621s
13 Cristiano da Matta Toyota 1m18.889s
14 Olivier Panis Toyota 1m19.218s
15 Mark Webber Jaguar 1m19.261s
16 Felipe Massa Sauber 1m19.335s
17 Christian Klien Jaguar 1m19.487s
18 Giorgio Pantano Jordan 1m20.528s
19 Timo Glock Jordan 1m20.534s
20 Bjorn Wirdheim Jaguar 1m20.680s
21 Nick Heidfeld Jordan 1m21.141s
22 Gianmaria Bruni Minardi 1m21.201s
23 Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi 1m22.203s
24 Bas Leinders Minardi 1m23.361s
25 Ralf Schumacher Williams




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I think the top 4 for practice 2 were

1. M. Schumacher
2. Davidson
3. Barrichello
4. Button

Schumie was more than 5 tenths quicker than Davidson, and there was about 1 tenth back to button

that davidson has been looking good in practice all season, i hope he gets a race seat for next year

Hmm, interesting to say the least. Its only practice, but how can he be that fast?

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> Hmm, interesting to say the least. Its only
> practice, but how can he be that fast?


Whislt Jenson and Takuma have to run practice to get race setups and fuel loads, Davidson can run an optimized setup


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the times in the 2nd session were a lot quicker than those in the 1st, thats something that hasnt been seen for a while. was soooo frustrating tho, ferrari in 9th and 10th with 3 mins to go, then they both do great laps. feel sorry for webber with engine change, but couldnt give a s**t about ralf cos he is a w****r (see his latest comments about villeneuve, how arrogant!!)

i remember certain people here slagging davidson off after his 2 minardi outings,

but he always was quick and was the closest driver to webber he has ever had.

i hope he also gets a race seat. he is a quick good driver.

ps: schuey is in an absolute class of his own.

The full second practice times:

1 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:14.741
2 A. Davidson BAR 1:15.141
3 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1:15.319
4 J. Trulli Renault 1:15.472
5 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:15.479
6 J. Button BAR 1:15.520
7 T. Sato BAR 1:15.664
8 R. Zonta Toyota 1:15.690
9 F. Alonso Renault 1:15.701
10 JP. Montoya Williams 1:16.097
11 D. Coulthard McLaren 1:16.229
12 R. Schumacher Williams 1:16.556
13 C. Da Matta Toyota 1:16.743
14 G. Fisichella Sauber 1:16.748
15 O. Panis Toyota 1:17.007
16 G. Pantano Jordan 1:17.309
17 F. Massa Sauber 1:17.422
18 T. Glock Jordan 1:17.756
19 N. Heidfeld Jordan 1:17.873
20 C. Klien Jaguar 1:17.988
21 G. Bruni Minardi 1:18.822
22 Z. Baumgartner Minardi 1:18.829
23 B. Leinders Minardi 1:20.370
24 B. Wirdheim Jaguar 0.000
25 M. Webber Jaguar 0.000

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jesus, four tenths.

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*yawn* not gonna be watching that gp then....

boring yawn

we dont know what the fuel loads are though. i must say bar look good so i wouldnt discount them out yet. it takes one small mistake like schumi did at imola and jenson ot sato could be on pole and then romp away at the start of the gp so lets nort prejudge anything yet. and we know scumi makes mistakes under pressure.

If you remember Thursday last year the Ferraris were stupidly fast but by the Saturday with extra rubber down everyone caught them up.
Still though it seems Bridgestone have finally learnt from their mistakes in Monaco and produced super-soft tyres for qualifying. Can't see anyone but Michael winning this one, yawn, he is due one in the principality.

we know scumi makes mistakes under pressure.

wheres the pressure?

If you remember Thursday last year the Ferraris were stupidly fast but by the Saturday with extra rubber down everyone caught them up.

thats because on friday they got busted and had to use legal tyres for the rest of the season

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I don't think you need a "spoiler" sign on this message.

I think it's a good idea and the spoiler should stay. :P

It is not so vital now, but as a marked spoiler, it can be used on sat/sun without the need for loads of posts.

And I thought in the past that the spoiler began on the Friday practice - which of course is thursday here.



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So who will get pole tomorrow, do you think?



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lets hope it rains in qualy on saturday, it might throw up a topsy-turvy grid, and hopefully an exciting race. rain on sunday morning or during th erace would also be nice. otherwise if MS gets pole or is near the front, he'll probably run away with it after the stops.

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JB for pole.

2nd - Monty
3rd - Kimi
4th - MS
5th - DC
6th - FA
7th - TSato
8th - OPanis