KL-racer wrote:About time that all 26 race seats are finally filled! So, here's the next step. Pre-season testing at Jerez, it's going to be an one session affair. Here's the basic ground rules
1. You can spend money on upgrades during this time. There are five areas of focus, one area will cost $500k, and two areas will cost you $800K. Yes, it's somewhat similar to Ataxia's F1 management game. Here are the five areas for your information
Engine power: Increases BOTH qualifying and Race engine power outputs, since the engines have to last the whole weekend anyway. Reliability: Decreases the chances of your cars DNFing Qualifying runs: Increases the overall pace of the car in Qualifying Race runs: Increases the overall pace of the car in the races Aerodynamics: Decreases the inconsistencies of the car's handling
And yes, you CAN put a double focus in one area, if you insist!
2. If you have a test driver, you must use him in place of one of your regular racing drivers. If you don't have a tester, disregard this rule.
3. If you want the information on car and driver stats before you make a decision, then you can simply state that and I will send you a PM containing the car/driver stats.
Would you be able to send me the Midland stats? Thanks!
Mitch Hedberg wrote:I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Man, you really like Tide...
After reviewing our stats, Red Bull would like to spend 800k on Engine Power and Aero please.
Professional Historian/Semi-Retired Drag Racer/Whiskey Enthusiast
"When I was still racing, I never once thought 'Oh, I can't damage the car here'." - Jolyn Palmer
Me either Jolyn, maybe that's why we're both out, eh?
Midland will invest in Engine Power and Qualifying.
Mitch Hedberg wrote:I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Man, you really like Tide...
Since no one else is posting upgrade plans, and I finally got done with my college finals. I went ahead and did the Pre-season test at Jerez. Here are the results and some analysis.
1 Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:23.032 2 Jarno Trulli (Midland-Mercedes) +0.118 3 Fernando Alonso (Renault) +0.156 4 Ralf Schumacher (Toyota) +0.585 5 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) +0.767 6 Juan Pablo Montoya (Ferrari) +0.848 7 Jacques Villeneuve (Red Bull-Ferrari) +1.175 8 David Coulthard (Red Bull-Ferrari) +1.309 9 Sebastien Bourdais (McLaren-Mercedes) +1.318 10 Christian Kilen (Honda) +1.512 11 Mark Webber (Honda) +1.520 12 Jenson Button (Williams-Cosworth) +1.690 13 Nico Rosberg (Williams-Cosworth) +1.779 14 Pedro De La Rosa (Prodrive-Cosworth) +1.783 15 Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) +1.826 16 Adrian Sutil (Renault) +2.076 17 Anthony Davidson (Toro Rosso-BMW) +2.365 18 Robert Doornbos (BMW Sauber) +2.411 19 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Toro Rosso-BMW) +2.789 20 Tiago Monterio (Toyota) +2.792 21 Gary Paffett (Carlin-Cosworth V10) +3.321 22 Alexandre Premat (Midland-Mercedes) +3.650 23 Takuma Sato (Super Aguri-Honda) +4.503 24 Markus Winkelhock (Prodrive-Cosworth) +5.395 25 Narain Karthikeyan (Carlin-Cosworth V10) +5.685 26 Yuji Ide (Super Aguri-Honda) +6.799
Many surprises here, most notably Jarno Trulli in 2nd in the Mercedes powered Midland. But if you are Ataxia, he must be worried about Premat’s pace, he only ended up in 22nd. Likewise, Ralf Schumacher turning in a faster time than both Ferrari’s. This must be taken with caution because Monteiro their test driver only ended up 20th, which kind of makes Klon scratch his head. If you are wallio and Red bull, at least they made some good pace progress. Bourdais was not that bad, finishing with the 9th quickest time. Meanwhile, Prodrive is impressed with De La Rosa, he ended up 14th on the timesheet. On the other hand, Sutil in the Renault, is 16th on the timesheet, if you are Phoenix you better are hoping that Vettel is faster than that. And if you are Yuji Ide, and FMecha, the FIA might be reconsidering their decision to grant Ide that SuperLicense already, after the rerun Driver RNG’S. He is 1.1 seconds off 25th place, which is not acceptable according to the safety conscious FIA!
Now posted to PMMF . . . F1 management 2011!
After yet another long intermission . . . I finally posted round 8. What will happen in the second half? Stay Tuned
Professional Historian/Semi-Retired Drag Racer/Whiskey Enthusiast
"When I was still racing, I never once thought 'Oh, I can't damage the car here'." - Jolyn Palmer
Me either Jolyn, maybe that's why we're both out, eh?
So, I decided to use the same calendar and the 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points system as they ran in 2006. Here’s the first round in Bahrain!
Qualifying Results 1 Kimi Raikkonen 1:30.251 2 Jarno Trulli +0.041 3 Fernando Alonso +0.205 4 Ralf Schumacher +0.728 5 Juan Pablo Montoya +0.805 6 Michael Schumacher +0.900 7 Jacques Villenueve +1.282 8 David Coulthard +1.491 9 Christian Klien +1.699 10 Mark Webber +1.746 11 Sebasiten Bourdais +1.823 12 Jenson Button +1.917 13 Nick Heidfeld +1.953 14 Nico Rosberg +2.091 15 Pedro De La Rosa +2.119 16 Felipe Massa +2.378 17 Sebastian Vettel +2.423 18 Anthony Davidson +2.675 19 Vitantonio Liuzzi +3.272 20 Gary Paffett +3.836 21 Alexander Wurz +4.073 22 Alexandre Premat +4.505 23 Takuma Sato +5.195 24 Giorgio Mondini +5.537 25 Narain Karthikeyan +6.584 26 Yuji Ide +8.249
Race Summary: At the start, Premat lost his front wing heading into turn 4 on lap 1. Meanwhile, Villenueve got a great start getting up to 2nd after lap 1. The day ended very early for Webber, his engine let go on the back straight on the very next lap. On Lap 6, Paffett had a puncture, but he made it back to the pits in time. However, Kimi wasn’t so lucky, he suffered a tire failure at turn 11 on lap 13 while leading Trulli by 3.5 seconds and his race was done. For Karthikeyan, he suffered an Engine blowup just as he was coming out of the pits on lap 15, his race was also done. Meanwhile, Schumacher got spun around at Turn 10 while he was trying an overtaking move on lap 19, he was able to continue but he dropped all the way down to 12th. On Lap 23, Alonso makes his 1st pit stop while he was leading the race, but his engine let go one lap later afterwards on the front straight and while this was happening, Davidson suffered a suspension failure at Turn 6, ending his race. A few moments later, Heidfeld had to retire due to a blown engine. Getting the theme here, Bahrain will cause engines to blow up due to the heat! De La Rosa had to retire due to a suspension problem while he was in 8th on lap 31. Liuzzi suffered brake failure at Turn 13, and crashed into the wall, ending his race. The next event happened on lap 35, Ide suffered a transmission failure, having the transmission stuck in 4th, ending his f1 debut. Just as the Trulli gets into the pits for a tire change from the lead, Ralf Schumacher’s Engine failed on him on the front straight on lap 40 while he was about to take the lead from Trulli. With 10 laps to go, Wurz suffered a tire failure at the exit of turn 3, and it’s a double DNF for Prodrive. Meanwhile, towards the end, there was a healthy scrap for 6th place between M. Schumacher and Bourdais and for the final point in 8th between Vettel and Rosberg. In the end, M. Schumacher got 6th ahead of Bourdais, and Vettel hanged on for the final point by finishing 8th ahead of Rosberg. At the end of the day, Midland pulled off a mini-brawn GP, by winning their first ever race by 53 seconds over second place Villeneuve in the red bull, and Coulthard rounds off the podium. To finish it off, JPM and Klien finished 4th and 5th respectfully. In the end only 13 cars finished the race.
Race results 1 Jarno Trulli 1:30:29.966 2 Jacques Villeneuve +53.014 3 David Coulthard +1:11.684 4 Juan Pablo Montoya +1:15.383 5 Christian Klien +1:24.511 6 Micheal Schumacher +1:31.315 7 Sebastien Bourdais +1:34.839 8 Sebastian Vettel 1 lap 9 Nico Rosberg 1 lap 10 Felipe Massa 1 lap 11 takuma Sato 3 laps 12 Alexandre Premat 3 laps 13 Gary Paffett 3 laps DNF Alexander Wurz Puncture DNF Ralf Schumacher Engine DNF Yuji Ide Transmission DNF Pedro De La Rosa Suspension DNF VItantonio Liuzzi Accdient DNF Giorgio Mondini Transmission DNF Nick Heidfeld Engine DNF Fernando Alonso Engine DNF Anthony Davidson Accident DNF Narain Karthikeyan Engine DNF Kimi Raikkonen Puncture DNF Jenson Button Transmission DNF Mark Webber Engine
Fastest Lap: Ralf Schumacher 1:32.947
ROTR: Toro Rosso, they not only scored a Double-DNF but did it in pretty amazing style as well!
NOTE: Current Drivers and teams standings will be in the first post updated after every race!
Now posted to PMMF . . . F1 management 2011!
After yet another long intermission . . . I finally posted round 8. What will happen in the second half? Stay Tuned
Meanwhile, I finally got my BA degree yesterday night and my relatives came to celebrate. So, back to the series itself, after a surprise podium at the opening round composing of Trulli for Midland-Mercedes and both Ferrari powered Red Bull’s, can this race put the establishment on its head again in Sepang?
Qualifying Results
1 Kimi Raikkonen 1:34.521 2 Jarno Trulli +0.088 3 Fernando Alonso +0.145 4 Michael Schuamcher +0.937 5 Ralf Schumacher +0.945 6 Jacques Villeneueve +1.344 7 Juan Pablo Montoya +1.382 8 David Coulthard +1.556 9 Sebastien Bourdais +1.788 10 Jenson Button +1.819 11 Mark Webber +1.860 12 Nick Heidfeld +2.031 13 Nico Rosberg +2.036 14 Sebastian Vettel +2.222 15 Christian Klien +2.265 16 Pedro De La Rosa +2.392 17 Felipe Massa +2.402 18 Anthony Davidson +2.826 19 Vitantonio Liuzzi +3.333 20 Gary Paffett +3.942 21 Alexandre Premat +4.168 22 Alexander Wurz +4.302 23 Takuma Sato +5.185 24 Giorgio Mondini +5.542 25 Narain Karthikeyan +6.476 26 Yuji Ide +7.844
Race summary:
Once again, Kimi had an early puncture but this time, he got lucky and made it back to the pits safely on lap 3. After Sato and Ide retired from engine and transmission failures before the first set of pit stops. On Lap 21, Trulli decided to pit a couple laps earlier than scheduled. While this was happening, Rosberg and Karthikeyn’s races were over due to mechanical failures. By halfway through, it was Alonso leading over Trulli by 10 seconds. Button suffered from a brake failure at the final turn on lap 39. Webber suffered a water leak a couple laps later. It was a shame that Montoya made a mental error late in the race by spinning his Ferrari out of the final corner. In the end, Alonso’s gap was too much for Trulli to catch up, and Alonso won by 6 seconds. Michael Schumacher rounds off the podium.
Race results 1 Fernando Alonso 1:36:30.629 2 Jarno Trulli +6.109 3 Michael Schumacher +36.025 4 Ralf Schumacher +36.506 5 Kimi Raikkonen +1:00.269 6 David Coulthard +1:17.248 7 Jacques Villeneuve +1:17.288 8 Sebastien Bourdais 1 lap 9 Christen Klien 1 lap 10 Nick Heidfeld 1 lap 11 Sebastian Vettel 1 lap 12 Pedro De la Rosa 1 lap 13 Felipe Massa 1 lap 14 Anthony Davidson 1 lap 15 Juan Pablo Montoya 2 laps 16 Gary Paffett 2 laps 17 Vitantonio Liuzzi 3 laps 18 Alexandre Premat 3 laps 19 Alexander Wurz 3 laps 20 Giorgio Mondini 3 laps DNF Mark Webber water leak DNF Jenson Button brakes DNF Nico Rosberg suspension DNF Narain Karthikeyan engine DNF Takuma Sato engine DNF Yuji Ide transmission
Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso 1:35.210
ROTR: Juan Pablo Montoya, for doing a spin out of the final turn while running in the top 5 and within 10 laps to the finish!
Now posted to PMMF . . . F1 management 2011!
After yet another long intermission . . . I finally posted round 8. What will happen in the second half? Stay Tuned
After a few days off from this, I decided to do the next round in Melbourne today despite no one on here commenting on the previous race. Here’s the recap
Round 3 Melbourne
Qualifying results
1 Kimi Raikkonen 1:24.101 2 Jarno Trulli +0.098 3 Fernando Alonso +0.224 4 Ralf Schumacher +0.469 5 Michael Schumacher +0.788 6 Juan Pablo Montoya +0.933 7 Jacques Villenueve +1.084 8 David Coulthard +1.320 9 Christian Klien +1.405 10 Mark Webber +1.491 11 Jenson Button +1.539 12 Sebastien Bourdais +1.681 13 Pedro De La Rosa +1.681 14 Nico Rosberg +1.730 15 Nick Heidfeld +1.825 16 Sebastian Vettel +2.101 17 Felipe Massa +2.151 18 Anthony Davidson +2.391 19 VItantonio Liuzzi +2.897 20 Gary Paffett +3.547 21 Alexander Wurz +3.975 22 Alexandre Premate +4.121 23 Takuma Sato +4.720 24 Giorgio Mondini +5.197 25 Narian Kathikeyan +5.943 26 Yuji Ide +7.865
Race Summary
After an accident free first lap, Gary Paffett suffered an oil leak on lap 2. On Lap 9, JPM suffered an Engine blowup on the run to turn 3. While this drama was going on, Bourdais and Rosberg got blinded by the heavy smoke and ran into the back of Montoya’s Car as it stopped on the back straight. Both cars had to go to the pits for a new front wing. On the very next lap, Webber had yet another engine blowup but unlike JPM he did pull off safely. Heidfeld had to park the car on lap 29, transmission problems on the Sauber were to blame. Jacques Villeuenve suffered a big puncture at turn 7 on lap 34, and eventually had to retire the car at turn 12. On lap 41, Button had to retire from 7th due to a transmission failure. Premat’s day ended on lap 45 due to transmission failure. Mondini also had to retire his Toyota due to an oil leak. At the end of the day, Kimi won by 18 seconds over Trulli in 2nd and Alonso rounds off the podium. The biggest take away is Pedro De La Rosa scoring Prodrive’s First ever F1 points by finishing 7th!
Race Results
1 Kimi Raikkonen 1:24:40.891 2 Jarno Trulli +18.433 3 Fernando Alonso +28.471 4 Ralf Schumacher +37.809 5 Michael Schumacher +1:09.198 6 Christian Klien 1 lap 7 Pedro De La Rosa 1 lap 8 Sebastien Bourdais 1 lap 9 David Coulthard 1 lap 10 Felipe Massa 1 lap 11 Sebastian Vettel 1 lap 12 Nico Rosberg 1 lap 13 Anthony Davidson 2 laps 14 Vitantonio Liuzzi 2 laps 15 Alexander Wurz 3 laps 16 Takuma Sato 3 laps 17 Narain Karthikeyan 4 laps 18 Yuji Ide 5 laps DNF Alexandre Premat Transmission DNF Giorgio Mondini Oil Leak DNF Jenson Button Transmission DNF Jacques Villeneuve Water Leak DNF Nick Heidfeld Water Leak DNF Mark Webber Oil Leak DNF Juan Pablo Montoya Engine DNF Gary Paffett Oil Leak
Fastest Lap: Jarno Trulli 1:24.234
ROTR: Juan Pablo Montoya, for the second race of the row he did something rejectful by keeping going on a blown engine and causing at least half of the field to get pissed at him!
Paddock News:
The FIA has given 2 penalty points on Montoya’s Superlicense!
The FIA has decided to give JPM 2 penalty points for his actions of not pulling over to the side right away after his engine blew up, which resulted in two drivers losing their front wings in the heavy smoke. The FIA also reminded all of the other drivers that if anyone has earned 5 penalty points, then they will have to sit out a race, and afterwards one penalty point would be removed for every race that they completed without violation.
Yuji Ide demoted to Test driver at Super Aguri?
The FIA also made a suggestion that could affect Super Aguri moving forward, the FIA has suggested to Aguri Suzuki that they should move Yuji Ide from #2 driver to their tester and sign someone else for Imola onwards on the grounds of safety. Super Aguri will have 3 days to decide whether to heed their suggestion or not given that their money situation is somewhat bad to begin with.
Spyker considering an entry or supply engines for 2007?
Spyker Automobile is in the process of entering the F1 grid next year, either as an engine maker, with Audi/Porsche helping them build the engine and supplying one customer for 2007, or if a team falters at the end of the season, creating a new entry with Lola as their chassis maker with their engine. Exact power specifications of the Spyker unit remains a secret.
A Toyota Platoon happening?
There are rumors flying around that Tiago Montiero might get a few races in the Toyota TF106 in relief of Giorgio Mondini, who has been disappointing so far. The likely rumor would be that Montiero will race in Canada and the USA in place of Mondini. Last year, Montiero scored a podium finish in the infamous 6-car USA GP and Toyota hasn’t commented on the matter yet.
As a friendly reminder there would be an in-season test after the next race at Imola, so be prepared with your upgrade plans!
Now posted to PMMF . . . F1 management 2011!
After yet another long intermission . . . I finally posted round 8. What will happen in the second half? Stay Tuned
Okay, I am a little feeling under the weather yesterday but today I feeling much better so much that I decided to run Round 4 at Imola. Before we start, some news to pass around, the FIA has indeed approved Tagliani of a super license for the remainder of the season, because he has shown consistency and a quick enough pace in Champ Car. Here’s the recap!
Qualifying Results
1 Kimi Raikkonen 1:23.783 2 Fernando Alonso +0.223 3 Ralf Schumacher +0.346 4 Jarno Trulli +0.528 5 Michael Schumacher +0.549 6 Sebastien Bourdais +0.572 7 Juan Pablo Montoya +0.609 8 Jacques Villenueve +0.788 9 David Coulthard +0.910 10 Felipe Massa +1.004 11 Nick Heidfeld +1.076 12 Mark Webber +1.215 13 Jenson Button +1.341 14 Pedro De La Rosa +1.559 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi +1.586 16 Christian Kilen +1.608 17 Nico Rosberg +1.861 18 Sebastian Vettel +1.864 19 Alexandre Premat +2.414 20 Anthony Davidson +2.453 21 Gary Paffett +2.639 22 Alexander Wurz +3.366 23 Takuma Sato +3.575 24 Giorgio Mondini +3.581 25 Alex Tagliani +4.134 26 Narain Karthikeyan +4.617
Very careful observers will note that the gap from the pole time to the last place time has decreased by around 3 seconds since last round! A couple reasons why could this be, first off we are back in Europe and second off, Imola is a well-known circuit for F1 and their set-ups seems to be better up and down the grid! The F1 newcomer Tagliani, qualified 25th.
Race summary
At the end of the first lap, Webber got up to 4th. Meanwhile on Lap 7, Button suffered a problem with the electronics on his steering wheel. They had to pit for repairs. On the same lap, Alonso suffered a transmission failure while trying to close in on race leader Kimi. On Lap 12, Jarno Trulli spun out at the turn 6 haripin, dropping him all the way down to 24th! After the initial batch of pitstops, on Lap 20, Rosberg suffered an Engine Problem. Meanwhile, another engine blew up on the next lap, this one was the Midland-Mercedes of Premat. On Lap 27, Coulthard had to retire the Red Bull. On Lap 33, Tagliani’s f1 debut was over due to a transmission failure. On Lap 40, Sato’s engine failed on him. On Lap 50, Jacques Villenueve suffered a Water leak while running 6th. On the very next lap, Klien Suffered an Engine Problem in Turn 8. With 4 laps left to go, Ralf suffered a severe puncture at turn 11, and had to retire from 2nd place. On the very next lap, Bourdais also had to retire from 2nd with an Engine failure. This means both Ferraris would be on the podium if it stands. At the same time, Mondini, in the sister Toyota retired with suspension failure at the hairpin. As an epic fail to end the race, Liuzzi was 9th but his throttle pedal became falty and had to pit on the very last lap and he fell down 3 places as a result.
Meanwhile, Kimi won by close to 40 seconds over the two Ferraris with Montoya finishing Runner-Up and M. Schumahcer finishing 3rd. Webber is finally on the score board with a 4th and BMW sauber is on the board as well with a 5th by Heidfeld. Trulli managed to salvage 6th place points, Vettel finished 7th and Massa rounds off the points paying positions.
Race Results
1 Kimi Raikkonen 1:32:16.125 2 Juan Pablo Montoya +39.708 3 Michael Schumacher +44.431 4 Mark Webber +1:08.183 5 Nick Heidfeld +1:08.437 6 Jarno Trulli +1:25.789 7 Sebastian Vettel 1 lap 8 Felipe Massa 1 lap 9 Pedro De La Rosa 1 lap 10 Anthony Davidson 1 lap 11 Jenson Button 1 lap 12 Vitantonio Liuzzi 2 laps 13 Gary Paffett 2 laps 14 Alexander Wurz 2 laps 15 Narain Karthikeyan 3 laps DNF Sebastien Bourdais Engine DNF Ralf Schumacher Puncutre DNF Giorgio Mondini Suspension DNF Jacuqes Villeneuve Water Leak DNF Christian Klien Engine DNF Takuma Sato Engine DNF Alex Tagliani Transmission DNF David Coulthard Suspension DNF Alexandre Premat Engine DNF Nico Rosberg Engine DNF Fernando Alonso Transmission
Fastest Lap: Fernando Alonso 1:26.317
ROTR: Vitantonio Liuzzi, obviously for having to pit on the last lap of the race!
However, before we move any further, we are still staying at Imola for an In-Season test! Now it’s the time for you guys to post your upgrade plans for this test. Just in case you forgot, here’s the five areas you could work on, with one area costing $500K and two areas costing $800K.
Engine Power Reliability Qualifying Runs Race Runs Aerodynamics
Of Course, I will give you a decent amount of time to think about it, I will give you guys until the end of the day on 5/31/14 to post your plans and allow the other guys that haven't been posting on here to catch up on what has happened so far.
Now posted to PMMF . . . F1 management 2011!
After yet another long intermission . . . I finally posted round 8. What will happen in the second half? Stay Tuned
Midland will pursue Engine Power and Aerodynamics updates.
Mitch Hedberg wrote:I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Man, you really like Tide...
Carlin won't bring any new parts to the test, but will use it to give test driver Chanoch Nissany some time in the car. Also, we would like to ask Pastor Maldonado if he would pay 250 000 for doing the test for Carlin. Otherwise, Paffett will drive the second car.
pasta_maldonado wrote:The stewards have recommended that Alan Jones learns to drive.
Meanwhile, I just got all gold on the Ayrton Senna Tribute challenges in GT6 today. And also, I did the In-Season test at Imola. Here are the results
1 Jarno Trulli 1:23.227 2 Fernando Alonso +0.172 3 Kimi Raikkonen +0.214 4 Michael Schumacher +0.827 5 Juan Pablo Montoya +0.945 6 Ralf Schumacher +0.949 7 Jacques Villeneuve +1.462 8 David Coulthard +1.509 9 Sebastien Bourdais +1.545 10 Christian Klien +1.552 11 Mark Webber +1.648 12 Sebastian Vettel +1.724 13 Jenson Button +1.808 14 Nick Heidfeld +1.898 15 NIco Rosberg +2.028 16 Pedro De La Rosa +2.106 17 Tiago Monteiro +2.714 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi +2.885 19 Felipe Massa +3.109 20 Alexandre Premat +3.189 21 Alexander Wurz +3.755 22 Takuma Sato +4.017 23 Alex Tagliani +4.229 24 Pastor Maldonado +6.294 25 Chanoch Nissany +7.340 26 Anthony Davidson +16.729 (Engine Problems)
Guess that Trulli is a serious contender for Driver's champion after all, He posted the fastest time at the test. Premat looked slightly faster today, and Monteiro looks he should get a few races replacing Mondini, if Toyota were smart enough! Meanwhile, Pastor Maldonado got the test in place of Paffett at Carlin and he was two seconds off Tagliani's time in the Super Aguri. Things at Toro Rosso-BMW isn't looking that promising with Davidson's car experiencing Engine problems throughout the day.
Paddock News:
Super Aguri looking for pay drivers/extra money?
There is a serious possibility that Super Aguri will not make it through the 2006 season unless they get some extra money either through a pay driver like Pastor Maldonado, who tested for Carlin at Imola, and brings right around $12 million in sponsorship, however it would require cutting test driver Yuji Ide at a cost of $50,000. Another option is to sell half of the team to an investor of some sorts. Regarding a recent rumor, Aguri Suzuki stated that he will not consider trading Sato to Williams in exchange for money because Honda's CEO wants Sato to drive for the whole season.
Spyker visits Williams for an informal talk regarding engines for 2007
Some Spyker staff visited the Williams factory for some informal talk regarding their engine for 2007. A top Williams official has stated that they are open to the possibility to sign a deal with Spyker, who is building their engine with the feedback from Porsche. As of right now, Williams are using the Cosworth V8, which also powers the new for 2006 Prodrive team. However, Williams still hasn't scored a point yet this season and Prodrive already has scored their first F1 points.
Now posted to PMMF . . . F1 management 2011!
After yet another long intermission . . . I finally posted round 8. What will happen in the second half? Stay Tuned
So, I can’t believe it is round 5 already! Here’s the recap from the Nurburgring.
Qualifying Results
1 Kimi Raikkonen 1:31.876 2 Jarno Trulli +0.218 3 Fernando Alonso +0.221 4 Ralf Schumacher +0.758 5 Juan Pablo Montoya +0.965 6 Michael Schumacher +1.021 7 Jacques Villeneuve +1.335 8 Christian Klien +1.631 9 David Coulthard +1.689 10 Nick Heidfeld +1.769 11 Mark Webber +1.778 12 Sebastien Bourdais +1.914 13 Jenson Button +2.047 14 Nico Rosberg +2.183 15 Felipe Massa +2.223 16 Sebastien Vettel +2.230 17 Pedro De La Rosa +2.357 18 Anthony Davidson +2.931 19 Vitantonio Liuzzi +3.369 20 Gary Paffett +4.177 21 Alexandre Premat +4.181 22 Alexander Wurz +4.707 23 Takuma Sato +5.202 24 Alex Tagliani +5.459 25 Giorgio Mondini +5.465 26 Narain Karthikeyan +6.715
Race Summary
On Lap 10 Liuzzi and Wurz had mechanical issues, Liuzzi with a blown engine and Wurz with an Oil leak down the front straight. On Lap 20, Massa had to make a pit stop for a puncture. He did rejoin the race. A couple laps later, Mondini Suffered an Oil leak. On lap 24, Jacques Engine let go on the back stretch. On the very next lap, Trulli had to retire from 2nd due to a transmission failure at turn 1 and Rosberg’s engine also let go while this was happening. On lap 35, Button also had to retire, making yet another Double DNF for Williams. Klien had to retire to a blown engine on lap 41. On Lap 51, Paffett suffered front wing damage and had to pit. Otherwise, Kimi managed to control the pace for the most part, winning with ease over Alonso and R. Schumacher.
Race Results
1 Kimi Raikkonen 1:37:10.224 2 Fernando Alonso +9.743 3 Ralf Schumacher +39.970 4 Juan Pablo Montoya +50.744 5 Michael Schumacher +53.734 6 David Coulthard 1 lap 7 Mark Webber 1 lap 8 Sebasiten Bourdais 1 lap 9 Sebastian Vettel 1 lap 10 Nick Heidfeld 1 lap 11 Pedro De La Rosa 1 lap 12 Anthony Davidson 1 lap 13 Felipe Massa 2 laps 14 Alexandre Premat 2 laps 15 Gary Paffett 3 laps 16 Takuma Sato 3 laps 17 Alex tagliani 3 laps 18 Narain Karthikeyan 4 laps DNF Christian Klien Engine DNF Jenson Button Suspension DNF Nico Rosberg Engine DNF Jarno Trulli Transmission DNF Jacuqes Villeneuve Engine DNF Giorgio Mondini Oil Leak DNF Alexander Wurz Oil Leak DNF VItantonio Liuzzi Engine
Fastest Lap: Fernando Alonso 1:34.648
ROTR: Williams for yet another double DNF!
Paddock News:
Montiero to race the second half of the season for Toyota?
After earning some seat time at the Imola test, Toyota has been disappointed in Mondini so far, that he could lose his seat to Reserve driver Tiago Monteiro starting from the USA GP onwards in the latest press rumors.
BMW reconsidering supplying Toro Rosso Engines for 2007
Meanwhile, Toro Rosso has been somewhat rejectful this season, by winning ROTR twice so far this season. That infamous honor has BMW answering tons of questions about the possibility of them stopping supply of BMW V8’s to the Toro Rosso Team for 2007, which by the way used to be the Minardi team! Meanwhile, the BMW works team, the Sauber team, has scored a few points so far which puts more pressure on Toro Rosso to get on the points board.
Now posted to PMMF . . . F1 management 2011!
After yet another long intermission . . . I finally posted round 8. What will happen in the second half? Stay Tuned
So, here we are, about to finish the first third of the season, and we are at Catalunya for the Spanish GP. Here’s the recap!
Qualifying Results:
1 Fernando Alonso 1:21.818 2 Michael Schumacher +0.313 3 Kimi Raikkonen +0.556 4 Juan Pablo Montoya +0.745 5 Jarno Trulli +0.990 6 Mark Webber +1.088 7 Nick Heidfeld +1.174 8 Ralf Schumacher +1.453 9 Pedro De La Rosa +1.457 10 Jenson Button +1.489 11 Sebastien Bourdais +1.617 12 Jacques Villenueve +1.626 13 Christian Klien +1.697 14 David Coulthard +1.928 15 Felipe Massa +2.050 16 Sebastian Vettel +2.147 17 Nico Rosberg +2.281 18 Anthony Davidson +2.284 19 Vitantonio Liuzzi +2.804 20 Alexandre Premat +3.259 21 Takuma Sato +3.554 22 Gary Paffett +4.067 23 Alexander Wurz +4.564 24 Alex Tagliani +4.772 25 Giorgio Mondini +5.186 26 Narain Karthikeyan +6.723
Obviously, Webber in 6th and Pedro qualifying in 9th was kind of a big deal, but the red bulls were off their usual pace, oddly enough. Give respect to Sato for the Super Aguri team for qualifying up in 21st.
Race Summary:
JPM got the holeshot but lost it to Alonso down the front straight at the end of the first lap. On Lap 8, Coulthard had to do a pit stop for a puncture. He will continue on but dropped all the way down to 24th. On the next lap, Sato got wing damage and also had to go to the pits. Evenutally, Coulthard had an Engine blowup at turn 1 on lap 16, his race was done. Meanwhile, a couple laps later Alonso spun off exiting turn 9, while leading the race and damaged his front wing off and he had to pit for repairs. On Lap 23, the other Red Bull of Villenueve had to retire due to Transmission issues on the front straight. On Lap 30, M. Schumacher’s Ferrari motor blew up on the back stretch. At the halfway point, Karthikeyan had Transmission failure at turn 3 and that ended his race. And Liuzzi also had transmission failure at the final corner. At this juncture, Kimi was leading from Webber and JPM. Meanwhile, Ralf had to retire his Toyota due to Engine problems at Lap 35. On the very same Lap, Button had to retire the Williams again, but this time he was in the points in 6th when this happened. On Lap 39, De La Rosa’s Cosworth engine let go while he was in 8th. On the very same time, Sato’s Honda engine finally gave up the ghost with an Oil leak. On Lap 60, Trulli suffered a Left-rear puncture and had to pit. With 4 laps left, Massa’s BMW engine suffered an oil leak and had to retire the car from 8th. Furthermore, Tagliani retired due to transmission failure. At the end of the day, Kimi won by 13 seconds over JPM and Webber. Alonso did an amazing job to salvage 4th after an unforced error and Trulli despite a puncture late in the race, remained in 6th after all.
Race results
1 Kimi Raikkonen 1:37:24.962 2 Juan Pablo Montoya +13.398 3 Mark Webber +20.533 4 Fernando Alonso +22.562 5 Nick Heidfeld +37.169 6 Jarno Trulli +55.356 7 Sebastien Bourdais +1:22.156 8 Christian Klien 1 lap 9 Sebastian Vettel 1 lap 10 Nico Rosberg 1 lap 11 Anthony Davidson 1 lap 12 Alexandre Premat 2 laps 13 Alexander Wurz 3 laps 14 Gary Paffett 3 laps 15 Giorgio Mondini 4 laps DNF Felipe Massa Oil Leak DNF Alex Tagliani Transmission DNF Pedro De La Rosa Engine DNF Takuma Sato Oil Leak DNF Jenson Button Transmission DNF Ralf Schumacher Transmission DNF Vitantonio Liuzzi Transmission DNF Michael Schumacher Engine DNF Narain Karthikeyan Transmission DNF Jacques Villenueve Transmission DNF David Coulthard Engine
Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso 1:25.456
ROTR: Red Bull, they were relatively off the pace in qualifying and scored a Double DNF in the race, hopefully this is not a downward spiral for them!
Paddock News:
FIA: Any violations of Safety at Monaco will not be tolerated
Of Course, with Monaco being the next race, the FIA has issued a press release to all drivers, teams and pit crews that any safety violations will not be tolerated by anyone, especially from drivers and pit crews. Given that this is the only street circuit on the calendar, the FIA will take a harder than usual stance on all violations at the streets of Monaco.
Now posted to PMMF . . . F1 management 2011!
After yet another long intermission . . . I finally posted round 8. What will happen in the second half? Stay Tuned
Since Carlin are very far off the pace anyway, I might just as well save even more money for next year. So if he can come up with $3 million, Pastor Maldonado will take the place of Gary Paffett for the rest of the season.
pasta_maldonado wrote:The stewards have recommended that Alan Jones learns to drive.
Well, there was a couple changes since last round. Pastor Maldonado did indeed bring $3 million to race for Carlin for the rest of the season. The other change was Markus Winkelhock replacing Alexander Wurz at Prodrive. So, here’s the recap
Qualifying results
1 Kimi Raikkonen 1:18.490 2 Jarno Trulli +0.079 3 Fernando Alonso +0.133 4 Ralf Schumacher +0.584 5 Michael Schumacher +0.733 6 Juan Pablo Montoya +0.776 7 Jacques Villenueve +1.044 8 David Coulthard +1.235 9 Christian Lien +1.362 10 Mark Webber +1.450 11 Jenson Button +1.471 12 Pedro De la Rosa +1.506 13 Nick Heidfeld +1.586 14 Sebastien Bourdais +1.604 15 Nico Rosberg +1.642 16 Felipe Massa +1.833 17 Sebastian Vettel +1.970 18 Anthony Davidson +2.141 19 Vitantonio Liuzzi +2.655 20 Alexandre Premat +3.723 21 Alex Tagliani +4.230 22 Takuma Sato +4.309 23 Giorgio Mondini +4.677 24 Markus WInkelhock +5.182 25 Narain Karthikeyan +5.545 26 Pastor Maldonado +5.784
Race summary
On Lap 8, Villenueve suffered an Electrical problem but on the way to pit lane, he blocked Kilen and damaged his front wing, so Villeneuve will receive one penalty point on his super license for blocking. On the next lap, Button’s engine let go at Casino Square. On Lap 11, Ralf had to pit for a new front wing. On lap 26, Rosberg retired. On Lap 41, Mondini had a puncture and had to retire, On lap 55, Pedro De La Rosa also succumbed to a puncture. On lap 62, Tagliani had an oil leak and finally on lap 66, Alonso had to retire from 3rd to a puncture. In the end, Kimi won by 25 seconds over Trulli and M. Schumacher rounds off the podium.
Race Results:
1 Kimi Raikkonen 1:50:05.502 2 Jarno Trulli +25.846 3 Michael Schumacher +46.094 4 Juan-Pablo Montoya +1:01.291 5 Mark Webber 1 lap 6 Sebastien Bourdais 1 lap 7 Nick Heidfeld 1 lap 8 Sebastian Vettel 1 lap 9 Ralf Schumacher 1 lap 10 Felipe Massa 1 lap 11 David Coulthard 1 lap 12 Jacques Villeneuve 2 laps 13 Anthony Davidson 2 laps 14 Christian Kilen 3 laps 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi 3 laps 16 Alexandre Premat 3 laps 17 Takuma Sato 3 laps 18 Markus Winkelhock 5 laps 19 Pastor Maldonado 5 laps 20 Narain Karthikeyan 5 laps DNF Fernando Alonso Puncture DNF Aelx Tagliani Oil Leak DNF Pedro De La Rosa Puncture DNF Giorgio Mondini Puncture DNF Nico Rosberg Transmission DNF Jenson Button Engine
Fastest Lap: Jarno Trulli 1:21.438
ROTR: Carlin, for being so ridiculously slow and off the pace. No wonder they canned this season already!
Paddock news:
FIA has decided to remove the 2 penalty points off Montoya’s super license
The FIA has decided that Juan Pablo Montoya has done a great job not making mistakes to justify removing the 2 penalty points on his super license. Regarding the decision, Max Mosley stated that since Montoya is considered to be a long shot for the driver’s championship, we feel that it’s best to do this right now instead of waiting after the race at Silverstone to do it as originally planned.
As a friendly reminder, after the next round at Silverstone there will be a second in-season test, so plan ahead on your upgrade plans!
Now posted to PMMF . . . F1 management 2011!
After yet another long intermission . . . I finally posted round 8. What will happen in the second half? Stay Tuned
Wow! I just realized that Kimi has won the last five races in a row! Can the iceman make it six in a row? Or can Jarno Trulli or Fernando Alonso win their second race of the season? How about Ferrari or Red Bull, can they spring an upset? Here’s the recap from Silverstone.
Qualifying Results
1 Jarno Trulli 1:25.032 2 Kimi Raikkonen +0.172 3 Fernando Alonso +0.179 4 Ralf Schumacher +0.798 5 Michael Schumacher +0.808 6 Juan Pablo Montoya +0.852 7 Jacques Villeneuve +1.318 8 David Coulthard +1.547 9 Christian Klien +1.590 10 Mark Webber +1.601 11 Nick Heidfeld +1.652 12 Sebastien Bourdais +1.738 13 Jenson Button +1.909 14 Felipe Massa +1.914 15 Nico Rosberg +1.920 16 Sebastian Vettel +2.040 17 Pedro De La Rosa +2.164 18 Anthony Davidson +2.612 19 Vitantonio Liuzzi +3.021 20 Alexandre Premat +3.690 21 Takuma Sato +4.667 22 Alex tagliani +4.706 23 Giorgio Mondini +4.843 24 Markus Winkelhock +5.682 25 Narain Karthikeyan +5.832 26 Pastor Maldonado +6.254
Race Summary:
On the opening lap, Premat had to pit for a Front wing after running into the back of Davidson on the run to turn 1. On Lap 5, De La Rosa’s cosworth V8 let go on the hanger straight. On Lap 7, Klien’s Honda engine also let go down on Hanger Straight. On Lap 12, Tagliani’s Transmission failed. On Lap 18, Trulli’s and Bourdais engines blew up. On the next lap, DC’s transmission failed on the end of the hanger straight. WInkelhock blocked the leader, Alonso coming through the underpass, and the end result was Winkelhock spinning off, but he was able to continue, but WInkelhock will receive 2 penalty points for blocking. On Lap 37, Vettel retired from 8th due to engine problems. On Lap 40, Liuzzi Suffered a Blown BMW engine. On lap 42, Sato’s engine blew up. On Lap 45, Villenueve’s tranny failed, he was running 6th at that time. While this was happing, Premat damaged yet another front wing, this time while trying to pass Davidson again for position. A couple laps later, Premat’s day got from bad to worse, an electrical glitch forced him to make a pit stop! On Lap 53, Button had a water leak. With 4 laps to go, Rosberg retired with a blown engine while running 8th! With two laps, Mondin’s engine failed through becketts. On the final lap Karthikeyan blocked the race leader Kimi heading through the underpass, and Karthikeyan lost control and spun out, but he was able to continue on, however, like Winkelhock, Karthikeyan will receive two penalty points on his super license. In the end, Kimi won his 6th straight race with Alonso only two seconds behind him and Ralf rounding out the podium.
Race Results
1 Kimi Raikkonen 1:30:11.027 2 Fernando Alonso +2.111 3 Ralf Schumacher +32.324 4 Michael Schumacher +42.832 5 Juan Pablo Montoya +45.209 6 Mark Webber +1:27.103 7 Nick Heidfeld 1 lap 8 Felipe Massa 1 lap 9 Anthony Davidson 1 lap 10 Alexandre Premat 4 laps 11 Markus Winkelhock 4 laps 12 Narain Karthikeyan 4 laps DNF Girogio Mondini Engine DNF NIco Rosberg Engine DNF Jesnon Button Water leak DNF Jacques Villeneuve Transmission DNF Takuma Sato Engine DNF VItantonio Liuzzi Engine DNF Sebastian Vettel Engine DNF David Coulthard Transmission DNF Jarno Trulli Engine DNF Sebastien Bourdais Engine DNF Alex Tagliani Transmission DNF Christian Klien Engine DNF Pedro De La Rosa Engine DNF Pastor Maldonado Transmission
Fastest Lap: Fernando Alonso 1:27.634
ROTR: Alexandre Premat, for damaging his front wing twice despite finishing 10th!
Paddock News:
Spyker is on the fast-track for entry into F1.
GIven the problems that Super Aguri has in terms of finances, Spyker has decided that they will enter the 2007 season as a works team and they are just starting on the aero kit for their Lola Chassis, which is about to be crash-tested by the FIA. Their engines are pretty much finished in terms of system checks. Regarding the chance that Super Aguri makes it to 2007, Spyker's CEO said that "we would be on the F1 grid in some capacity no matter what happens to Super Aguri, whatever it would be a new works team or a customer engine to a current F1 team, we will be there when the time comes."
In regards of posting your test plans for the in-season test at Silverstone, if you haven’t posted your plans yet, you have 48 hours from the time of this post to do so.
Now posted to PMMF . . . F1 management 2011!
After yet another long intermission . . . I finally posted round 8. What will happen in the second half? Stay Tuned
As Honda have has quite a few engine failures for the upcoming test we will work on Reliability and Race Runs, The Cars will be driven by Viso and Klien
I'm looking forward to seeing Wurz in the car as well.
Super Aguri will try to swap him with Alex Taligani, if possible 
That's awesome! Bring those points coming.
