Magny Cours Grand Prix ***SPOILERS***

Massa is having neck pain so he can't do long runs at the moment.

turkey_machine schreef:
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> Practice 2 pace seems representative of qualifying
> IMO. Good to see Renault back on form, but I think
> France is a 1 trick pony for them this season.
> Discount FP1 times completely, because the track
> is far cooler in the morning than any other
> running; see Martin Brundle's book for a good
> explanation. FP3 tomorrow morning is generally a
> throwout because so many different fuel loads and
> testing is done!
>
> It's an incredibly short pitlane here, so don't be
> surprised to see many 3 stops, and I wouldn't put
> it past McLaren to fuel Hamilton on a 4 stop
> strategy like Schumacher in 2004, but only if
> they've got the outright pace, which is touch and
> go at the moment.
>
> For those trying to prove points about the
> strategy 4 years ago: that car was basically
> untouchable for the first 12 races because of the
> car, driver and the bespoke tyres. It will not
> likely happen again until a rival manufacturer
> comes in. I thought it might happen in 2006
> because the tyres were far softer than '04, yet
> could last just as long, but it didn't.

i know from previous grand prix' that practise 3 was always a little indication of how fast ferrari and mclaren where with race fuel (so q3 times) thats why they are almost never on top at practise 3.

Yes! :D Kimi was 3 tenths faster in his final atempt, but as Massa didn't beat his first time Kimi went into the pits to save 1 lap of fuel, woot.

[fanboyism off]

sorry peeps

Heh, good result. Finally Kimi with pole position. Should be a pretty straight forward race tomorrow.

Its probably going to be another boring French GP, I am hoping for rain to spice it up a bit. I was also hoping Alonso was going to get pole, again just to add some action to the gp.

My mind is not able to comprehend how the electricity didn't has any problem from 4 months
and it decides to go off in Q3,this kind of stuff has to stop happening to me

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good result for Kimi. Even better, since he saved some fuel.

The BMW is surprisingly looking uncomfortable in this track. Both their drivers seem to be suffering from a lot of understeer.

Yeh!! Kimi on pole and I think he's heavier than massa too! And if he is he even has extra fuel after aborting his last lap!

Should see some good racing tomorrow.

yes kimi was happy and said that the car is very good on heavy fue load and he even saved fuel so he is again heavier than Felipe just like last year. I hope for dry race!

five spot penalty for kovalainen. not looking good for mclaren now!
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alonso or trulli could get a podium if they're lucky!

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looks like hamilton will be right up kovy's tail at the start. Will he let him past thou.... hope not..

What? Hiekki a penalty and not Nakajima ?????? To me Hiekki looked to get out the way pretty quick!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

Just where was kovy meant to go? he was also held up by the williams yet again seems a bit stupid, yet a ferrari on the racing line not at full speed gets nothing and a car had to move off line to get passed nothing done there at all. No the car was not held up as such but did have to go off line so would have got dirt on his tyres. And kimi held up kubica in australia and nothing was done there either, its just a joke when they hand out penalties. They have got to make them the same for everyone and they are not.

Nakajima gets a penalty for taking kubica out the race in Australia, kimi nothing for taking out Sutil in Monaco.

I dont agree with the Kovy penalty at all, plus it did not affect webber anyway he was already through to the next round

Mclaren had already changed the fuel load for Kovy before quali 3 so I bet he is on a 2 stop now. Lewis is probably on a 3 along with the rest of the top 10. Kovy could still be looking good for a top 3.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/21/2008 07:04PM by marcl.

Webber didnt look affected anyway, he himself slowed down... if he kept it at full speed he would have crossed the line with no time lost imo, he made it look worse than i think it actually was...

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

marcl Wrote:
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> Nakajima gets a penalty for taking kubica out the
> race in Australia, kimi nothing for taking out
> Sutil in Monaco.
>



kimi-sutil accident was debated whole month by you and its time to be quiet about it now. especialy because kimi hit a car that wasn`t even supposed to be there.

chet Wrote:
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> What? Hiekki a penalty and not Nakajima ?????? To
> me Hiekki looked to get out the way pretty quick!


Erm, Nakajima was on a hot lap and tried to pass Kovalainen but didn't have enough room, and then Webber also got slowed because of this.

Heikki penalty? Seriously? That's a joke! Nakajima was unimpeded and Webber chose to slow down himself so he could start a fresh lap!

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Circuit Thermalito

Liverpool Waterfront Circuit (WIP)

And what happens to those drivers with 4 wheels off the track? Sweet f**k all. Great consistency by the stewards.....

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Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10; indeed, it's a common requirement in fairy tales. If the human didn't have to overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld

GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.

especialy because kimi hit a car that wasn`t even supposed to be there

You what?

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Well done to Alonso, the guy deserves his position and i hope Renault can get back to the front cause Alonso is a great talent and we need more teams fighting at the top. I hope for a wet race with Alonso beating both Ferrari's off the line just to make things interesting.