F1 Manager - 2006 Season - Season Finale! - Results PG38

Renault F1 Team
The new qualifying system doesn't seem to like us.

Honda
Absolutely delighted with Anthony's performance!

Toyota

Solid job from Ralf to be p10,Don't know whats up with Da Matta he is way slow!..disappointing

Just as an FYI whilst we wait for the European GP to be published. I can confirm that, in the interest of speed, the Spanish GP has also been run and won and that we also have a pole sitter in Monaco.

As a result, should any of the managers wish to alter their driver lineups in any way, the earliest this can be done is at the British GP

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The pics for the coverage have been sorted, but I can't upload them before friday when I'm back home, as it would take a lot of my limited bandwidth to upload +200 pics.

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kedy89 Wrote:
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> The pics for the coverage have been sorted, but I
> can't upload them before friday when I'm back
> home, as it would take a lot of my limited
> bandwidth to upload +200 pics.

No worries man, take your time

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knacki012 Wrote:
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> Can i be a Manager?

Unfortunately at the present time all spots are currently taken, but I can add you to the waiting list if you wish

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GPGSL Test Debut: Melbourne, S9 | GPGSL Race Debut: Sepang, S9
First Pole: Australia/Melbourne, Season 9
First Race Won: Australia/Melbourne, Season 9

2006 Grand Prix of Europe - Race part 1

Welcome everyone to the 5th round of the 2006 F1 season. Championship leader Robert Kubica will start from pole position today, alongside his teammate Raikkonen. It's sunny outside, and the weather reports say that it'll stay like this for the whole race. The cars have lined up on the grid, the race is about to start now, so lets go straight to the track.

The lights are off, go go go!


Very good start for Davidson and Alonso


Davidson goes for the lead


Massa up in third, Raikkonen dropped back to 4th




Both Super Aguris have lost some positions




Michael Schumacher in 21st


His teammate Villeneuve did better, he's in 7th


Places 8 to 13


Both McLarens might have a chance to overtake at the end of the straight


Kubica brakes hard to avoid a collision




And he has spun!


Luckily he didn't hit Davidson


This mistake puts him in last place


Standings after lap 1






Raikkonen passes Massa in the Dunlop


Ralf Schumacher close to Verstappen


He spins off the track!


He keeps the engine running, but he's in last now


Webber in a ToroRosso sandwich


Going into the first corner Coulthard overtakes Lotterer


Webber too has been passed by Montagny


Vettel passes Frentzen in the Dunlop




Coulthard with the fastest lap


Frentzen loses another position


Heidfeld right behind Glock


Coulthard and Verstappen side by side on the way to turn 1




Good job by Verstappen, he defends his position


Raikkonen has closed up to Davidson


Tries to pass him


And he goes for the lead


Coulthard still right behind Verstappen


Kubica has passed daMatta, the Toyotas now in 21st and 22nd


Verstappen still defending 8th against Coulthard


Lotterer now has closed up to them


He's alongside Coulthard now


And gets past


Leinders tries to pass Webber in turn 1


There's contact, and Leinders spins


No damage to the car, but he's in last place now


Lotterer now also passes Verstappen, great job




Coulthard takes this opportunity and gets past, too


Ralf Schumacher bumps in the back of his teammate, luckily no damage to the cars



With this we make our first break, we'll be back soon!

2006 Grand Prix of Europe - Race part 2

We're back again, watching Button in 11th place


Kubica fighting back through the field after his mistake in lap 1


Coulthard takes 8th from Lotterer


Button tries to get 10th from Verstappen


In the back Montagny passes his teammate


Verstappen not giving up so easily




But Button has the better line and gets past


Now it's Glock against Verstappen


And he too passes the Dutchman


Schumacher and Kubica side by side


Kubica passes him and is in 17th now


Standings after 11 laps






The two BMWs now fighting for 7th


And Coulthard passes his teammate in turn1


Heidfeld gets back 13th from his teammate




Kubica now against Webber


And he gains another position


Missed by the cameras Leinders has passed da Matta


Coulthard now trying to pass Villeneuve






Gets past the Williams and is in 6th now


Kubica meanwhile has passed the second Red Bull of Vettel


Schumacher's Toyota is on fire! An oil leak ends his race


Montagny is the next one who has been passed by Kubica


Coulthard too late on the brakes, bumps in the back of Kovalainen


He can keep the car on track


But Coulthard has the better line through Veedol and gets past


Villeneuve too wants to profit from the situation


But Kovalainen defends hard


and keeps his position


Alonso is the first one to pit


followed by Lotterer


Kubica alongside Heidfeld




Good job by the German to keep his position


Davidson coming in for his stop


As do Coulthard, Button, Verstappen and Kubica








Schumacher is off the track! He retires with a broken suspension


Raikkonen comes in the pits


That puts Massa in the lead


Glock, Heidfeld, Vettel and Leinders also in for their stops








Massa pits one lap later


Kovalainen now leading the race


Villeneuve, Montoya, Frentzen and da Matta are the next ones to come in








And Massa gets out just ahead of Alonso


Villeneuve back out in 9th


Montoya in 13th


Kovalainen leads, but he hasn't stopped yet


Montagny and Webber in the pits




Heidfeld is off at Veedol, he was too late on the brakes


This drops him back to 19th


The current standings, everyone except Kovalainen has stopped






Montagny tries to pass Verstappen for 12th


Successfully


Kovalainen finally comes in for his first stop



We too make a stop now, stay tuned!

2006 Grand Prix of Europe - Race part 3

We're back again, and Kovalainen has managed to stay ahead of Villeneuve


Kubica with an optimistic attempt to pass Verstappen


There's Verstappen, but where's Kubica?


He's in 13th, that means he really managed to get past


Coulthard is the fastest man on track at the moment, he has closed the gap to Alonso now




And overtakes him in turn 1




Glock in 8th, he gained some places during the pitstops


Here are the current standings






Lotterer locks up his brakes


Montoya in 12, a bad pitstop has cost him some places


Coulthard and Massa side by side on the way to Shell


Great move by Coulthard to get past Massa


Montagny tries to pass Lotterer


But the German shuts the door and stays in front


Kubica alongside Montoya on the way to turn 1


And he gets past the BMW


Villeneuve is off the track. He retires with transmission problems


Montagny tries again to pass Lotterer


This time he makes it


Lotterer goes very wide


And Kubica slips through, too


Verstappens alongside Montoya


And he gets past


Coulthard's car is on fire!


An oil leak ends his race. What a pity, he was closing the gap to Raikkonen and Davidson pretty quickly


Montagny and Button side by side


Montagny gets past, 7th place now for him




Kovalainen is slowly closing the gap to Alonso


Kubica too tries to pass Button now


They're still side by side


And Kubica has the better line and passes the Renault


With the second stops to come soon, lets take a look at the standings






Montagny now against Glock


Good move by the Frenchman


He comes in the pits the same lap


Alonso, Verstappen and Vettel come in one lap later






Kubica tries to get past Glock in turn 1


They touch!


Glock wants to defend his position


Kubica jumps over the curbs as he gets back on track


and loses his position to Button


Button now too late on the brakes, bumps in the back of Glock


and sends him off the track


Kubica profits from the situation and passes both


Leinders and Frentzen in the pits




and Glock has fallen back to 15th as he had to wait for a gap to rejoin


whereas Button sits in 6th now


Massa, Kubica and Button now all in for their final stop






Kovalainen comes in one lap later


He gets back out in 4th


Ahead of Alonso!


Glock, Raikkonen, Montoya, Webber, Heidfeld and da Matta now all in the pits












With everyone having done the second stop, these are the standings







We make our final break now, and will be back soon with the final laps!

2006 Grand Prix of Europe - Race part 4

We're back for the final part of the race. Leinders now in 11th, with a very good stop he managed to gain some places


Now he tries to get 10th from Vettel


And he gets past


Montoya passes Lotterer at the same place, a few seconds later


Kubica too late on the brakes, he bumps in the back of Montagny


who runs off the track!


Luckily no damage to the car, but he lost one place and many seconds


That's Kovalainen off the track!


He crashes into the tyre barrier. A throttle problem caused this retirement


A quiet race for Davidson


Webber now wants to overtake Lotterer


And gets past


Lotterer doesn't want to give up


and takes back 12th place from Webber


Button brakes too late on the way to Veedol, bumps into Verstappen


and sends him off the track


Leinders profits and gets 8th


Webber tries to pass Lotterer on the outside


but he can't find a way past


Verstappen now back on the track again, but he has fallen back to 17th


Montoya right behind Vettel


Both brake too late, with Montoya almost spinning


Heidfeld right behind Frentzen, and he too is too late on the brakes, and bumps into Frentzen




who runs wide


but manages to stay ahead of da Matta


Last lap for Raikkonen


And he wins the European GP!


Second place for Davidson


Massa finishes in third


Alonso crosses the line in 4th place


5th place for Kubica


What happened here? Vettel has lost a wheel, and in the back Montoya is off the track!


Here's a replay, Vettel has run wide at turn 11


and then crashed into Montoya!


Both cars are out of the race






Montagny finishes in 6th place


Button in 7th


And Leinders gets the last point for 8th



Thanks everyone for watching, full results will be up soon.

DOTD: David Coulthard, he was one of the fastest men on track, showed some great overtaking, and could have won the race if he hadn't retired.

Honda

Finally a great result! Couldn't have waited longer, huh?

Midland

It seems we have cemented our place as a midfield team at this juncture, but we're looking to change this. Frentzen had a rather average race, but Lotterer did fairly well. Did some good overtaking, but lost too many positions. Hoping he'll really take his outstanding performances in sports cars and transfers them to great results for him and the team.

Super Aguri

It looked like both drivers could have taken points today, but bad luck kept us from a great result

Toro Rosso
I am delighted with a 3rd consecutive points finish, and a performance by Montagny that showed his determination to keep his seat.
We also showed a pace advantage over our sister team, Red Bull and manufacturer teams like Toyota which is a big boost.
Our big problem seems to be that we're not giving ourselves a chance with our qualifying performance, and with that in mind, I'd like to get both race drivers doing the practice session as soon as possible.

Thanks again Kedy, superb work as always!

ginnerchris Wrote:
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> Our big problem seems to be that we're not giving
> ourselves a chance with our qualifying
> performance, and with that in mind, I'd like to
> get both race drivers doing the practice session
> as soon as possible.

I've made the change to your driver lineup but, as previously mentioned, it will only take effect from Silverstone.

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Twigster151 Wrote:
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> Thanks again Kedy, superb work as always!
>
> ginnerchris Wrote:
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> > Our big problem seems to be that we're not
> giving
> > ourselves a chance with our qualifying
> > performance, and with that in mind, I'd like to
> > get both race drivers doing the practice
> session
> > as soon as possible.
>
> I've made the change to your driver lineup but, as
> previously mentioned, it will only take effect
> from Silverstone.


That's great. Thanks