F1 Manager - 2004 Main Season Thread - Season Over!

Jordan Statement

Bad luck for Andre, he did a great job till he got the puncture. Kimi has to improve his qualy-performance, at the pre-season tests and the free practices he already showed how fast he can go. We've still got a lot of work to do.

Minardi statement:

Both drivers showed great fight today. The reason I hired 2 experienced drivers is to push up the grid, and they did so today.

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Jaguar Statement

Again a nice job from Webber to pick up points for the second time in 2 races. Also a great Drive by McNish. He is showing some really good potential.

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BAR Statement

Disappointing to see that no driver got points this race. We have the reliable car, but not the speed. Hopefully they will do better next race.

Drivers open for contract offers until the end of round 4

Massa 23 £8m
Gene 30 £4m
Kubica 21 £5m
Paffett 24 £4m
Coulthard 33 £9m
Frentzen 36 £6m
Bruni 23 £2m
Heidfeld 27 £8m

Please see the 2005 signings thread for your teams budget.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/10/2011 10:04AM by Twigster151.

Williams on top once again
There were no surprises once again as Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya set a blistering lap time in Friday free practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix which put him half a second ahead of the rest of the field. Michael Schumacher did give the Tifosi hope after holding the fastest time for most of the session before being bumped back down the 4th place. Robert Doornbos showed some of his talent putting his Ferrari second just 5 thousandths ahead of Klien in the other Williams in third. Further down the field a superb performance from Anthony Davidson in the Minardi saw him clock a time that was both good enough for 13th place and over a second quicker than his testing team mate Heinz-Harald Frentzen, meanwhile recently demoted race driver Fernando Alonso struggled once again as he finished the session 15th, although he did beat his former team mate Button in 16th.

Montoya setting the pace


Bahrain GP Free Practice Offical Standings
1. Juan Pablo Montoya - Williams - 1:30.761
2. Robert Doornbos - Ferrari - +0.513
3. Christian Klien - Williams - +0.518
4. Michael Schumacher - Ferrari - +0.806
5. David Coulthard - Renault - +0.887
6. Gianmaria Bruni - Renault - +0.905
7. Ryan Briscoe - Toyota - +1.012
8. Jacques Villenueve - Toyota - +1.206
9. Mark Webber - Jaguar - +1.348
10. Alexander Wurz - Sauber - +1.459
11. Nick Heidfeld - Sauber - +1.565
12. Franck Montagny - Jaguar - +1.589
13. Anthony Davidson - Minardi - +1.637
14. Bas Leinders - BAR - +1.686
15. Fernando Alonso - McLaren - +1.706
16. Jenson Button - McLaren - +1.799
17. Kimi Raikkonen - Jordan - +1.891
18. Ralf Schumacher - BAR - +1.999
19. Satoshi Motoyama - Jordan - +2.020
20. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - Minardi - +2.648
21. Ricardo Zonta - Arrows - +2.938
22. Jarno Trulli - Arrows - +3.137

Setup Reward
1. Renault +0.022
2. McLaren +0.093
3. Sauber +0.106
4. Jordan +0.129
5. Toyota +0.194
6. Arrows +0.199

Terrible again :@

That was a nice positive free practise session! Around the same time and high enough to look like getting a decent qualifying position again

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Montoya makes it three in a row for Williams
Juan Pablo Montoya will be starting from pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix for the second time this season after pulling out a blisteringly quick lap time which was nearly a second quicker than Michael Schumacher in second place. However it was not all celebrations in the Williams garage as championship leader Rubens Barrichello had a terrible session by his recent standards and only managed to put his car 8th on the grid as Jos Verstappen rounded out the top three. Further down the field Button enjoyed a slightly better session after placing his McLaren 9th on the grid and will be looking to continue his point scoring run whilst his new team mate, Bjorn Wirdheim, ended up 14th. Also Cristiano Da Matta pulled out an impressive 6th place with his team mate Villenueve just behind him in 7th in what looks like a very competitive Toyota and Andre Lotterer trounced his team mate Kimi Raikkonen by over 6 tenths.

Montoya securing pole position


Bahrain GP Qualifying Official Standings
1. Juan P Montoya - Williams - 1:30.135
2. Michael Schumacher - Ferrari - +0.900
3. Jos Verstappen - Ferrari - +0.995
4. David Coulthard - Renault - +1.057
5. Giancarlo Fisichella - Renault - +1.386
6. Cristiano Da Matta - Toyota - +1.422
7. Jacques Villenueve - Toyota - +1.761
8. Rubens Barrichello - Williams - +1.826
9. Jenson Button - McLaren - +1.909
10. Nick Heidfeld - Sauber - +1.931
11. Mark Webber - Jaguar - +1.948
12. Timo Glock - Sauber - +2.078
13. Takuma Sato - BAR - +2.083
14. Bjorn Wirdheim - McLaren - +2.100
15. Andre Lotterer - Jordan - +2.113
16. Allan McNish - Jaguar - +2.138
17. Ralf Schumacher - BAR - +2.386
18. Kimi Raikkonen - Jordan - +2.789
19. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - Minardi - +2.799
20. Pedro de la Rosa - Minardi - +2.936
21. Jarno Trulli - Arrows - +3.466
22. Justin Wilson - Arrows - +3.856

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Its great to see this series up and running again. Can I please be added to the reserve managers list.

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My Mclaren team are positively awful.

Renault
Great work from David and Giancarlo with 4th and 5th on the grid.

bad result for us

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Dissapointing sessions for Arrows. Back of the grid and 0.5 and 0.9 secs off the pace

CaptinFranko Wrote:
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> Its great to see this series up and running again.
> Can I please be added to the reserve managers
> list.

Yes you can

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Toyota Statement

Another excellent qualifying session for us in 6th an 7th,building on our great work from malaysia..Puts us in good position to score some more points..Great Stuff!

Great to be 2nd and 3rd! However the gap with the man on pole is huge! We suspect Montoya has cut the track somewhere!

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MDBSnake Wrote:
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> Great to be 2nd and 3rd! However the gap with the
> man on pole is huge! We suspect Montoya has cut
> the track somewhere!

It is at the moment, although there is a mid-season test session coming up for those who still have some cash left in their testing budgets

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BAR Statement

The speed clearly isn't there unfortunately, hopefully we'll win some points on our good reliability. Unfortunately, like us, other teams have improved their reliability and we can't gain as much from it as in 2003.

well... thats not too shabby is it! We can see some points coming up, or at least a fight with the big boys McLaren

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