Douglas Mann wrote:Well, unfortunately, Pippa and I had a bit of a misunderstanding on the first lap which put her out and me 2 laps down. The rest of the race saw me regain one of those laps, and if the race was just a bit longer, I could have unlapped myself. But I had a brilliant view of that incredibly close finish and I had absolutely no way of telling who had won. Magnificent stuff!
Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:Reminds you a bit of Silverstone last year, eh?
Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:Douglas Mann wrote:Well, unfortunately, Pippa and I had a bit of a misunderstanding on the first lap which put her out and me 2 laps down. The rest of the race saw me regain one of those laps, and if the race was just a bit longer, I could have unlapped myself. But I had a brilliant view of that incredibly close finish and I had absolutely no way of telling who had won. Magnificent stuff!Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:Reminds you a bit of Silverstone last year, eh?
Pity I was a lap down this time though. 
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
Damon Cannon wrote: Well, that was another wasted opportunity. I held onto third for the first 20 laps, and managed to switch to intermediates just as it started to bucket down. I was closing on Phillipe when my engine decided to become a grenade big time coming out of the Curva do Sol on lap 24. The blow up was comparable in scale to that of Douglas Mann's blow-up at the Nurburgring last season. I apologise for indirectly ruining Daniel Melrose's race, as he powered out of the pits a few seconds later, hit my oil and spun out into the barrier.
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
Philippe Nicolas wrote:YEEAAAHHH!!! WOOHOO!! This is just so absolutely fantastic! I want to give a big thank you to the entire team, to Eddie Jordan for putting the faith in me, and the design team for giving me such a fantastic car! The pit crew for putting me on inters and all! This is super super fantastic! It feels wonderful! Climbing up the field after such a terrible quali was very very good! The pass on Padraig, I did not expect, but he made a mistake, and I took it, I think our engine power won the day! Merci beaucoup!!!
John Zimmer wrote:Yeah, podium! Finally! We switched to inters at just the right time, and had a brilliant battle with Cannon (till his engine went kablooie) and Mori. Fortunately, the McLaren this year is awesome, much better than that shitbox Sauber.
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14:03 RaikkonenPlsCare There's some water in waterThomas De Bock wrote:Putain de transmission de merde!
kevinbotz wrote:Cantonese is a completely nonsensical f*cking alien language masquerading as some grossly bastardised form of Chinese
Gonzo wrote:Wasn't there some sort of communisim in the East part of Germany?
Ed Kevin wrote:Well, nothing hugely exciting for me there, in contrast to the rest of the field. Still, nice to come away with a point, John got a solid podium also, so clearly the pace is there, hopefully we can build on this throughout the season.
David Koczo wrote:It wasn't a really good race, but it's very important that we could reach the finish line with two cars after the disastrous first race. Currently we're far from the points, but I'm sure that we'll make some progress in Europe.
tommykl wrote:Thomas De Bock wrote:Putain de transmission de merde!
For your own safety, don't translate the sentence above.
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
dr-baker wrote:tommykl wrote:Thomas De Bock wrote:Putain de transmission de merde!
For your own safety, don't translate the sentence above.
Unfortunately, I don't need to...
Still, that's pretty much what I would have said (turning into a James Huntesque guy).kevinbotz wrote:Cantonese is a completely nonsensical f*cking alien language masquerading as some grossly bastardised form of Chinese
Gonzo wrote:Wasn't there some sort of communisim in the East part of Germany?
tommykl wrote:dr-baker wrote:tommykl wrote:For your own safety, don't translate the sentence above.
Unfortunately, I don't need to...
Woops, forgot I wasn't the only French speaker here.
Nobody can go through life and be totally isolated from language like that! No offence taken. 
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
Daniel Melrose wrote:I was effectively leading the race by about half a minute whilst leaving the pits after my final pitstop before the car hit a patch of oil and speared me off into the nearest barrier. The pace is definitely there as Phillipe showed in scoring a brilliant debut victory but we need to build an early gap to make defending the title easier.
Biscione wrote:"Some Turkemenistani gulag repurposed for residential use" is the best way yet I've heard to describe North / East Glasgow.
James Davies wrote:Well, that was thoroughly disappointing. I had a brilliant start, jumping Padraig and leading early. I was focusing on building up a gap, pulling away a couple tenths to half a second a lap, when on lap 17 the suspension collapsed in the middle part of the lap, forcing me out. I suppose I should be tankful it occurred there and not into the Senna S like with Jeroen, but 3 suspension failures already is putting us well behind the 8-ball at this point. I'm not sure why these problems have suddenly appeared - perhaps it's just that Melbourne and Interlagos had a bad effect on the suspension, but regardless, we have to go and sort this before this problems eliminates us from contention.
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing, I wouldn't be in Formula 1
Daniel Martins wrote:After that podium in my first race and having the car shown such promise it is really disappointing to DNF in this race after a bad qualifying session. Worst, Hagane finished outside of the points. We have to find out quickly why our car doesn't like fast corners otherwise we are going to have a difficult season. Since the beginning of the weekend that I felt the car was going to struggle but I did not expected to be this behind. It is a strong battle in the midfield and the guys are working hard, so we had already some updates on the line for the next race anyway. Hopefully we can turn around this flaw and improve the car overall.
Barii Mori wrote:It is good to finish in the points, but Mr Zimmer did drive the widest car for the last few laps, I caught him at about 2 seconds per lap and I could have passed him but everytime he slammed the door in my face, not just shut but slam, so I had to back out or he would have taken us both off the track. Hoping for a Williams win the next race.
John Zimmer wrote:Well Mr Mori, if you had skills you could have found a way through. But you don't, and therefore didn't. You'll never win a race in any top racing series, I fear. But then, neither shall I, so don't worry
Barii Mori wrote:It seems that Mr Zimmer who was racing around the back of the field in his Sauber, did not notice the two race wins I had last season, nor did he notice that I finished 4th in the championship too. Must be getting old. I would have passed him but he was driving like a maniac, it is only because I am so nice that I did not raise a complaint with the stewards over idiotic driving as some of your defending moves could have easily taken us both out/
Barii Mori wrote:It is good to finish in the points, but Mr Zimmer did drive the widest car for the last few laps, I caught him at about 2 seconds per lap and I could have passed him but everytime he slammed the door in my face, not just shut but slam, so I had to back out or he would have taken us both off the track. Hoping for a Williams win the next race.
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
John Zimmer wrote:Well Mr Mori, I said top racing series, and anything that Daniel Melrose wins is not a top series.
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1) James Davies Prost-Renault 1:25.924
2) Daniel Melrose Jordan-Renault 1:26.001
3) Jeroen Krautmeir Prost-Renault 1:26.251
4) Philippe Nicolas Jordan-Renault 1:26.632
5) John Zimmer McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.642
6) Barii Mori Williams-Renault 1:26.695
7) Damon Cannon Arrows-BMW 1:26.809
8) Douglas Mann Williams-Renault 1:27.189
9) Ed Kevin McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.420
10) David Koczo Stewart-Ford 1:27.588
11) Daniel Martins Benetton-Honda 1:27.940
12) Hagane Shizuka Benetton-Honda 1:28.479
13) Thomas de Bock Sauber-Petronas 1:28.481
14) Phoenix McAllister McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.655
15) Pippa Mann Sauber-Petronas 1:28.902
16) Padraig O Connell Ferrari 1:29.921
17) Tristan Jung Prost-Renault 1:30.219
18) Warren Hughes Stewart-Ford 1:30.295
19) Jack Christopherson Jordan-Renault 1:30.983
20) Nathanael Spencer Minardi-Ford 1:31.854
21) Dave McFaste Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:31.940
22) Giovanni Roda Stewart-Ford 1:35.265Douglas Mann wrote:Well, I hope to score my first points of the year from 8th. It's already looking unlikely that I'll challenge for the championship but the season could throw up anything yet... But yeah, points tomorrow would be the target!
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
Damon Cannon wrote:7th on the grid, spliting the two Williams drivers. Last year, I qualified very well here only to be taken off at the first corner, so hopfully that won't happen this time. The Jordans and Prosts look untouchable here, so the plan is to race cleanly and capitalize on any mistakes that might happen. This race should see my first points score of the year. It looks like I'm racing one of my old sparring partners from last year, Douglas Mann. I hope we have a good duel.
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
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14:03 RaikkonenPlsCare There's some water in waterJames Davies wrote:Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. I'm very pleased with myself after that lap - I thought I could crack into the 1:25s here after practice, and I'm glad that I could prove myself right. The car feels very strong here and I'm confident that we can get a good result tomorrow. It looked for a long time like we would lock out the front row, but unfortunately for Jeroen, Daniel put in a great lap and knocked him down to 3rd. Nonetheless, we'll both be starting on the clean side tomorrow, so that's in our favour. The team has put all the effort possible into figuring out our suspension problems, so hopefully that will make a difference in tomorrow's race, and we can both score for once!
Chamionship-wise, well, fortunately for me and Jeroen, nobody has taken an assertive stance in the Drivers' Championship, but we're going to have to hustle in the next couple of races to take the fight to Jordan in the Constructors' Chamionship. I think I'm owed a win after Brazil, so hopefully I can right that wrong, and get my own challenge off the ground with a win tomorrow.
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing, I wouldn't be in Formula 1
MigelNansell wrote:totally outta character I know have I been sacked by Ferrari and no one told me or are we doing musical cars as I'm suddenly driving a Jordan?
East Londoner wrote:Damon Cannon wrote:7th on the grid, spliting the two Williams drivers. Last year, I qualified very well here only to be taken off at the first corner, so hopfully that won't happen this time. The Jordans and Prosts look untouchable here, so the plan is to race cleanly and capitalize on any mistakes that might happen. This race should see my first points score of the year. It looks like I'm racing one of my old sparring partners from last year, Douglas Mann. I hope we have a good duel.
I didn't know Jordan had entered four cars for this race, and Ferrari didn't bother turning up....
Padraig O Connell Wrote:
I had a horrible session I went out early and thought the weather would get worse but it turned out the opposite way and sadly the car had a issue with the gearbox which meant another run was impossible for the rest of the session. Deeply disappointed but I got a chance to jump into a Jordan for a few laps and no one noticed so we can take alot of information back to Ferrari from it
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1) James Davies Prost-Renault
2) Damon Cannon Arrows-BMW +1:09.114
3) Daniel Melrose Jordan-Renault +1:10.103
4) John Zimmer McLaren-Mercedes +1 LAP
5) Barii Mori Williams-Renault +1 LAP
6) Douglas Mann Williams-Renault +1 LAP
7) Padraig O Connell Ferrari +1 LAP
8) Daniel Martins Benetton-Honda +1 LAP
9) David Koczo Stewart-Ford +1 LAP
10) Phoenix McAllister McLaren-Mercedes +2 LAPS
11) Hagane Shizuka Benetton-Honda +2 LAPS
12) Warren Hughes Stewart-Ford +2 LAPS
13) Nathanael Spencer Minardi-Ford +2 LAPS
14) Dave McFaste Tyrrell-Yamaha +3 LAPS
15) Giovanni Roda Stewart-Ford +9 LAPSCode: Select all
1. Daniel Melrose- 14
2. Philippe Nicolas- 10
3. James Davies- 10
4. Padraig O Connell- 9
5. John Zimmer- 7
6. Jeroen Krautmeir- 6
7. Damon Cannon- 6
8. Barii Mori- 5
9. Daniel Martins- 4
10. Ed Kevin- 3
11. Jack Christopherson- 2
12. Pippa Mann- 1
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1. Jordan-Renault - 26
2. Prost-Renault - 16
3. McLaren-Mercedes - 10
4. Ferrari - 9
5. Arrows-BMW - 6
6. Williams-Renault - 6
7. Benetton-Honda - 4
8. Sauber-Petronas - 1Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:Well, it was a 50-50 day for us, or rather, me. At the start, James blasted off into the distance with perhaps the best start I have ever seen in my life. I lost a bit of ground, to Philippe, John and Barii, but by the next lap I was past Philippe and Barii, and on the next I was past John. It was then a matter of catching James, and we traded a few fastest laps, until I got within 3 seconds of him by, lap 9, I think. By lap 12 I was stuck behind him, when my suspension just went 'crack', sending me flying off. It's bloody luck that I didn't hit James, otherwise it would have been mega-disappointing. Obviously I'm upset, because I think I had the pace to overhaul James, but it's great that he's taken victory here, and hopefully we'll go on to do better things in the future. He really was on fire, lapping everybody but Daniel and Damon. Great job mate.
John Zimmer wrote:Well, I'm pleased by that. And this proves my theory that Mori isn't very skilled - if Krautmeir can get past me, why can't you?
Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:Mr. Zimmer, are you implying that I'm not a skillful driver? If so, I'd like to direct you to a replay of last year's Belgian GP.
Barii Mori wrote:Because you do not like me and drive the widest car you can get away with. 5th and 6th is still points I suppose, but we need a win quickly.
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14:03 RaikkonenPlsCare There's some water in waterDaniel Melrose wrote:3rd was a disappointment considering the pace we had before the event but we really couldn't have done much more considering Damon made one of THE starts of the season to go from 7th to 2nd and I spent the entire race behind him even though his car looked like a real handful but was incredibly quick in a straight line. The Prost guys were absolutely on it today so for us it was lucky to an extent that Prost are having reliability problems.
Biscione wrote:"Some Turkemenistani gulag repurposed for residential use" is the best way yet I've heard to describe North / East Glasgow.
Damon Cannon wrote:I would go on record and state that this race was probably my best. HOW did I kept this badly handling Arrows in 2nd position for over 70 laps, with Daniel all over me in a far superior Jordan? Crickey, that Prost has some speed! The race for the win was effectivley over after the first lap. I made a brilliant start as well, but my car is just not at the level of the Prosts and the Jordans at this point in the season. Still, a podium position is welcome to open my 1998 points account
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
James Davies wrote:Yeah! That's more like it! That was probably the best race I've driven in my life. It was a shame the suspension problems cropped up for Jeroen again, because I'm sure we would've gotten a 1-2 had that not happened. He was right behind me when it happened, which led to a pretty scary moment when he slid right past me into the last hairpin, but thankfully I avoided him. It would've been interesting to see who could've won had that not happened though - obviously Jeroen was faster at the time, but I was on a longer first stint, so it would've been a close fought race.
The team has been working frantically back at base to come up with a fix for these problems, and I think they have it sorted, so hopefully come Barcelona, we will not have to worry about these suspension failures and we can concentrate on taking the fight to Jordan. That said, even with Jeroen's retirement, this was a good day for us in the championship as only Daniel managed to score for Jordan, and he was third, so it's still pretty open right now.
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing, I wouldn't be in Formula 1
Douglas Mann wrote:Oh bathplug. Just a single point and lapped. This is not going to be a repeat of last year for me, is it?
Pippa Mann wrote:What a turd of a waste of a race.
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
Ed Kevin wrote:I'd been quietly confident going into the race, and I felt I had a good chance of points, but unfortunately my engine went just after my first pitstop. A pity, but John's result certainly looks promising for the team.