F1 Manager 2004 Season
Posted by Chris2k6
We expected a little more out of qualifying, the track wasn't as good as we hoped for. But we will strike back in the race!
If you are racing, keep on racing and get some points!
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GPG Super League S11 | Driver #41 | Team-manager | Snake Motorsports Racing Group | Next Race: Emmeloord - Flevoland GP | Constructors: 10th | Best Race Finish: 1st
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Once again its disappointing to see us at the back of the grid. Hope we can do well in the race.
Nick is well set in 10th but i'm disappointed with Frentzen's performance
ROUND 11 - BRITISH GRAND PRIX - RACE
Welcome to Northamptonshire where the roar of F1 engines are present as you join us for round 11 of the 2003 season. Qualifying saw Trulli take a surprise pole as Renault looked to step up their season. But Ferrari are wanting to push on and win the title so the pressure is on. The sun has been shining all weekend but forecasts suggest rain is likely for the start of the race. Let's get on with the start of the race
60/60 No rain yet as Trulli and Coulthard battle for the lead into the first corner but it's Trulli who comes out on top. Alonso passes Barrichello to take 3rd, what a start for Renault!
59/60 Raikkonen passes R Schumacher to take 6th
58/60 Raikkonen's pushing too hard and goes off wide, he's down to 10th
57/60 Renault's fabulous start is over as Trulli makes a mistake into the first corner, he spins off but manages to keep it away from the barriers. But he's now dead last after leading. Montoya passes Button to take 6th. Further back Yoong makes a mistake and goes off dropping him a place and right infront of Trulli. Trulli begins his fight back but hits Yoong and they both spin
56/60 Raikkonen begins his comeback and passes Fisichella for 8th
52/60 A few laps later and Raikkonen is past Button and into 7th. Button seems rattled and goes off wide, as he moves back onto the racing line he hits Heidfeld ending Button's race while Heidfeld will have to pit for a new front wing. Bad news for R Schumacher as well as he retires from 5th with a loose wheel
50/60 A look at the top 8 after 10 laps. Just after that M Schumacher makes a mistake sending him from 4th to 17th. That's a blow for the championship leader
49/60 Frentzen passes Panis for 9th
46/60 Montoya passes Barrichello to take 3rd
45/60 Panis is next to make a mistake, dropping him down to 18th. Barrichello drops another place as Raikkonen passes him. As you can see the weather is changing
44/60 The track is getting wet in certain parts and that has caused teams to bring drivers in slightly earlier. That destroys Barrichello, M Schumacher and Wilson strategies as they have to move from 1 stop strategies onto 2 stop strategy. McLaren have stacked their drivers causing Raikkonen to lose valuable time and positions
42/60 A look at the top 8 after those pit stops. Raikkonen isn't waisting any time and passes Frentzen for 7th. He knows he has a good chance to score good points while M Schumacher is out of the points
41/60 Sato is having a decent drive and passes Zonta to move into 9th
40/60 Wilson spins off infront, slides back onto track and into the way of Pizzonia, they will both have to pit for new front wings
38/60 Alonso nearly gets caught off guard as he nearly hits Pizzonia who is leaving the pits, that caused him some time
35/60 Raikkonen's stepping it up a gear as he passes Webber to take 6th from the Australian
33/60 Barrichello is also on the move, knowing he's the only Ferrari driver in the points he passes Montoya for 3rd
28/60 Renault are throwing this away, Alonso is in the pits with an electrical problem. That drops him down 6th and they havn't filled him up till the end. Sato moves into the points after passing Frentzen for 8th
26/60 M Schumacher makes a move on Zonta for 10th but hits him and they both go off! They're running 17th and 16th now. Raikkonen moves into 4th after passing Fisichella
24/60 Second stops begin and drivers are sticking slicks on, the track is drying but is it dry enough?
17/24 Alonso and M Schumacher are the only pair yet to stop still. They are still on Inters and are running 2-3 seconds faster then the rest of the drivers! Sato and other drivers who pitted earlier have obvisouly lost out, changing on to slicks to early but they had no choice as they were running out of fuel and needed to pit
13/60 Salo's day comes to an end in 14th as he retires with a water leak. All the drivers have made their final stops so lets look at the top 8
10/60 Drama up front as Coulthard goes off! He gets back on track but it's right in front of Barrichello and Montoya! The go 3 wide, as it settles down Montoya moves behind DC and nudges him, sending them both into a spin and off they go. Barrichello takes the lead! Unbelievable! Montoya is 3rd with Coulthard in 4th
8/60 Another twist to the race, as Ferrari now face a race without any points as Barrichello pulls out with a brake issue. Alonso now leads the race! Sato moves into 8th as a result. Wilson retires with a water leak
6/60 Raikkonen passes Fisichella again to take 4th. Sato's points finish looks doubtful as Trulli takes 8th from him
3/60 It's usually mechanical problems that hit Jaguar towards the end of the race but this time it's Webber going off! He's now 8th and infront of Sato and M Schumacher
2/60 M Schumacher passes Sato to take 9th and has Webber in his sights. Oh no! Alonso has went off exactly where his team mate did throwing the lead away also. Montoya takes the lead of the race as Alonso rejoins in 2nd!
1/60 Well this race has been thrilling and it continues to surprise us as Alonso passes Montoya to retake the lead. Montoya has smoke pouring out the back of the car, can he make it to the end? M Schumacher passes Webber to take 8th
0/60 Alonso crosses the line to take Renault's first win of the season! Who would have expected that? Montoya crawls over the line in 2nd before his engine lets go
Race Results
Great Britain - Silverstone
(60 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Fernando Alonso 1h 28m 47.830s
Renault-
2nd Juan Pablo Montoya +5.319s
Williams-BMW
3rd David Coulthard +8.429s
McLaren-Mercedes
4th Kimi Raikkonen +13.465s
McLaren-Mercedes
5th Giancarlo Fisichella +18.348s
Jordan-Ford
6th Heinz-Harald Frentzen +31.500s
Sauber-Petronas
7th Jarno Trulli +39.167s
Renault-
8th Michael Schumacher +44.023s
Ferrari-
9th Mark Webber +45.396s
Jaguar-Cosworth
10th Takuma Sato +46.590s
BAR-Honda
11th Nick Heidfeld +1m 08.783s
Sauber-Petronas
12th Jos Verstappen +1m 13.008s
Minardi-Cosworth
13th Satoshi Motoyama +1m 16.608s
Jordan-Ford
14th Olivier Panis +1m 23.387s
Toyota-
15th Ricardo Zonta -1 Lap
Toyota-
16th Antonio Pizzonia -1 Lap
Jaguar-Cosworth
17th Alex Yoong -1 Lap
Arrows-Cosworth
18th Rubens Barrichello Brakes
Ferrari-
19th Justin Wilson Water Leak
Minardi-Cosworth
20th Mika Salo Water Leak
Arrows-Cosworth
21st Ralf Schumacher Loose Wheel
Williams-BMW
22nd Jenson Button Didn't Finish
BAR-Honda
Fastest Lap - Alonso - 1m21.164
DOTD - Fisichella - Got the most out of that Jordan while his team mate was nowhere to be seen
Welcome to Northamptonshire where the roar of F1 engines are present as you join us for round 11 of the 2003 season. Qualifying saw Trulli take a surprise pole as Renault looked to step up their season. But Ferrari are wanting to push on and win the title so the pressure is on. The sun has been shining all weekend but forecasts suggest rain is likely for the start of the race. Let's get on with the start of the race
60/60 No rain yet as Trulli and Coulthard battle for the lead into the first corner but it's Trulli who comes out on top. Alonso passes Barrichello to take 3rd, what a start for Renault!
59/60 Raikkonen passes R Schumacher to take 6th
58/60 Raikkonen's pushing too hard and goes off wide, he's down to 10th
57/60 Renault's fabulous start is over as Trulli makes a mistake into the first corner, he spins off but manages to keep it away from the barriers. But he's now dead last after leading. Montoya passes Button to take 6th. Further back Yoong makes a mistake and goes off dropping him a place and right infront of Trulli. Trulli begins his fight back but hits Yoong and they both spin
56/60 Raikkonen begins his comeback and passes Fisichella for 8th
52/60 A few laps later and Raikkonen is past Button and into 7th. Button seems rattled and goes off wide, as he moves back onto the racing line he hits Heidfeld ending Button's race while Heidfeld will have to pit for a new front wing. Bad news for R Schumacher as well as he retires from 5th with a loose wheel
50/60 A look at the top 8 after 10 laps. Just after that M Schumacher makes a mistake sending him from 4th to 17th. That's a blow for the championship leader
49/60 Frentzen passes Panis for 9th
46/60 Montoya passes Barrichello to take 3rd
45/60 Panis is next to make a mistake, dropping him down to 18th. Barrichello drops another place as Raikkonen passes him. As you can see the weather is changing
44/60 The track is getting wet in certain parts and that has caused teams to bring drivers in slightly earlier. That destroys Barrichello, M Schumacher and Wilson strategies as they have to move from 1 stop strategies onto 2 stop strategy. McLaren have stacked their drivers causing Raikkonen to lose valuable time and positions
42/60 A look at the top 8 after those pit stops. Raikkonen isn't waisting any time and passes Frentzen for 7th. He knows he has a good chance to score good points while M Schumacher is out of the points
41/60 Sato is having a decent drive and passes Zonta to move into 9th
40/60 Wilson spins off infront, slides back onto track and into the way of Pizzonia, they will both have to pit for new front wings
38/60 Alonso nearly gets caught off guard as he nearly hits Pizzonia who is leaving the pits, that caused him some time
35/60 Raikkonen's stepping it up a gear as he passes Webber to take 6th from the Australian
33/60 Barrichello is also on the move, knowing he's the only Ferrari driver in the points he passes Montoya for 3rd
28/60 Renault are throwing this away, Alonso is in the pits with an electrical problem. That drops him down 6th and they havn't filled him up till the end. Sato moves into the points after passing Frentzen for 8th
26/60 M Schumacher makes a move on Zonta for 10th but hits him and they both go off! They're running 17th and 16th now. Raikkonen moves into 4th after passing Fisichella
24/60 Second stops begin and drivers are sticking slicks on, the track is drying but is it dry enough?
17/24 Alonso and M Schumacher are the only pair yet to stop still. They are still on Inters and are running 2-3 seconds faster then the rest of the drivers! Sato and other drivers who pitted earlier have obvisouly lost out, changing on to slicks to early but they had no choice as they were running out of fuel and needed to pit
13/60 Salo's day comes to an end in 14th as he retires with a water leak. All the drivers have made their final stops so lets look at the top 8
10/60 Drama up front as Coulthard goes off! He gets back on track but it's right in front of Barrichello and Montoya! The go 3 wide, as it settles down Montoya moves behind DC and nudges him, sending them both into a spin and off they go. Barrichello takes the lead! Unbelievable! Montoya is 3rd with Coulthard in 4th
8/60 Another twist to the race, as Ferrari now face a race without any points as Barrichello pulls out with a brake issue. Alonso now leads the race! Sato moves into 8th as a result. Wilson retires with a water leak
6/60 Raikkonen passes Fisichella again to take 4th. Sato's points finish looks doubtful as Trulli takes 8th from him
3/60 It's usually mechanical problems that hit Jaguar towards the end of the race but this time it's Webber going off! He's now 8th and infront of Sato and M Schumacher
2/60 M Schumacher passes Sato to take 9th and has Webber in his sights. Oh no! Alonso has went off exactly where his team mate did throwing the lead away also. Montoya takes the lead of the race as Alonso rejoins in 2nd!
1/60 Well this race has been thrilling and it continues to surprise us as Alonso passes Montoya to retake the lead. Montoya has smoke pouring out the back of the car, can he make it to the end? M Schumacher passes Webber to take 8th
0/60 Alonso crosses the line to take Renault's first win of the season! Who would have expected that? Montoya crawls over the line in 2nd before his engine lets go
Race Results
Great Britain - Silverstone
(60 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Fernando Alonso 1h 28m 47.830s
Renault-
2nd Juan Pablo Montoya +5.319s
Williams-BMW
3rd David Coulthard +8.429s
McLaren-Mercedes
4th Kimi Raikkonen +13.465s
McLaren-Mercedes
5th Giancarlo Fisichella +18.348s
Jordan-Ford
6th Heinz-Harald Frentzen +31.500s
Sauber-Petronas
7th Jarno Trulli +39.167s
Renault-
8th Michael Schumacher +44.023s
Ferrari-
9th Mark Webber +45.396s
Jaguar-Cosworth
10th Takuma Sato +46.590s
BAR-Honda
11th Nick Heidfeld +1m 08.783s
Sauber-Petronas
12th Jos Verstappen +1m 13.008s
Minardi-Cosworth
13th Satoshi Motoyama +1m 16.608s
Jordan-Ford
14th Olivier Panis +1m 23.387s
Toyota-
15th Ricardo Zonta -1 Lap
Toyota-
16th Antonio Pizzonia -1 Lap
Jaguar-Cosworth
17th Alex Yoong -1 Lap
Arrows-Cosworth
18th Rubens Barrichello Brakes
Ferrari-
19th Justin Wilson Water Leak
Minardi-Cosworth
20th Mika Salo Water Leak
Arrows-Cosworth
21st Ralf Schumacher Loose Wheel
Williams-BMW
22nd Jenson Button Didn't Finish
BAR-Honda
Fastest Lap - Alonso - 1m21.164
DOTD - Fisichella - Got the most out of that Jordan while his team mate was nowhere to be seen
Ferrari
This hasn't been our lucky afternoon, Rubens again got car trouble and Michael making a few unfortunate mistakes causing only to score 1 point, happily we are still in the lead in both championships.
If you are racing, keep on racing and get some points!
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This hasn't been our lucky afternoon, Rubens again got car trouble and Michael making a few unfortunate mistakes causing only to score 1 point, happily we are still in the lead in both championships.
GPG Super League S11 | Driver #41 | Team-manager | Snake Motorsports Racing Group | Next Race: Emmeloord - Flevoland GP | Constructors: 10th | Best Race Finish: 1st
GPG Super League Season 9 Testers Champion*
Not the best race ever but atleast Frentzen got points. Am seriously worried about the new season though
Toyota Ready to look to 2004
After announcing Ryan Briscoe as the team's third driver for the 2004 season Toyota team boss Captinfranko seemed all but ready to admit defeat in the 2003 championship. Speaking just after the announcement that saw young Briscoe move for £2m captinfranko had this to say 'There is no doubt that time is against us now for the 2003 season. We have struggled from day 1 to get any pace from the car and in all fairness to Panis, Zonta and DaMatta we really need to start looking forward to 2004. We will have a strong and youthful lineup and should be ready to take a step forward and start fighitng for podiums.'
The announcement of Briscoe's signing was followed by another short statement from Toyota to wish Oliver Panis the best of luck in his new seat at Minardi next year. Although no official word has yet been given on the shape of the 2004 Toyota lineup it is highly expected that Briscoe has signed on to take the role of test driver with Glock and Massa heading up the race seats.
GPGSL - Christel VXR team Boss S6-S8, S12 Onwards
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/21/2010 03:00PM by CaptinFranko.
After announcing Ryan Briscoe as the team's third driver for the 2004 season Toyota team boss Captinfranko seemed all but ready to admit defeat in the 2003 championship. Speaking just after the announcement that saw young Briscoe move for £2m captinfranko had this to say 'There is no doubt that time is against us now for the 2003 season. We have struggled from day 1 to get any pace from the car and in all fairness to Panis, Zonta and DaMatta we really need to start looking forward to 2004. We will have a strong and youthful lineup and should be ready to take a step forward and start fighitng for podiums.'
The announcement of Briscoe's signing was followed by another short statement from Toyota to wish Oliver Panis the best of luck in his new seat at Minardi next year. Although no official word has yet been given on the shape of the 2004 Toyota lineup it is highly expected that Briscoe has signed on to take the role of test driver with Glock and Massa heading up the race seats.
GPGSL - Christel VXR team Boss S6-S8, S12 Onwards
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/21/2010 03:00PM by CaptinFranko.
ROUND 12 - GERMAN GRAND PRIX - FRIDAY PRACTICE AND QUALIFYING
Welcome back to Germany for the 12th round of the F1 season. We saw a lively race from Silverstone and we're hoping for more of the same here today. So let's see how the teams got on in practice and qualifying
Times for Friday Practice
Setup Reward
1. Arrows +0.197
2. BAR +0.035
3. Sauber -0.233
4. Williams -0.246
5. Ferrari -0.249
6. Renault -0.262
Barrichello taking pole
A full run down of the times. Montoya struggled with traffic
Welcome back to Germany for the 12th round of the F1 season. We saw a lively race from Silverstone and we're hoping for more of the same here today. So let's see how the teams got on in practice and qualifying
Times for Friday Practice
Setup Reward
1. Arrows +0.197
2. BAR +0.035
3. Sauber -0.233
4. Williams -0.246
5. Ferrari -0.249
6. Renault -0.262
Barrichello taking pole
A full run down of the times. Montoya struggled with traffic
McLaren Statement
We were extremely pleased with our result in Silverstone especially with Coulthard's podium at both his and our home race and both the team and Kimi were able to make up some points in the race for both championship after Ferrari's issues on race day. We can now also welcome our second signing of the season to the team in the form of Fernando Alonso. Our main aim for 2004 was to have a combination of experience and potential in our driver lineup and we feel that is just what we have with David and Fernando.
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We were extremely pleased with our result in Silverstone especially with Coulthard's podium at both his and our home race and both the team and Kimi were able to make up some points in the race for both championship after Ferrari's issues on race day. We can now also welcome our second signing of the season to the team in the form of Fernando Alonso. Our main aim for 2004 was to have a combination of experience and potential in our driver lineup and we feel that is just what we have with David and Fernando.
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So happy with Nick Heidfeld! 6th on the grid :D Brilliant effort
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