F1 season 2005

Very interesting indeed. Lets see what will happen with... the (in)famous tires!

If Schumacher does not win tomorrow he may as well retire

He should have done that last year. That would be the perfect strategy.

Originally Posted by Toronto Spider

European tires can't turn American corners. BWWAA HAAA HAAA


Oh, and (Sorry but after all the American bashing that goes on around here, my reaction is totally justified. )
--Toronto

It's good that the Canadians are finally accepting their 51st state of the USA position Only Joking

I assume that all teams with Michelin are having similar problems. Very strange considering that these types of problems do not seem to have occurred recently especially after so few laps (as far as I can remember).
If the FIA do not allow a replacement type it will definitely be an "Exciting" race one way or the other

I should know all about Michelin tyre problems. I once had a lovely Fiat 128 3p and crashed it into a wall - I blame those Michelins - no wet grip.

What has this got to do with F1 season 2005 - I was practising to become a F1 star at the time - thanks to Michelin my full potential was never realised

Originally Posted by Toronto Spider

European tires can't turn American corners. BWWAA HAAA HAAA

Sorry, now that I've got that off my chest, here are today's (afternoon practice) lap times -- at least as officially reported. We're on a tape delay broadcast, and the show has just started.

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points

1 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:10.643

2 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:10.844

3 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:10.920

4 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:11.203

5 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:11.324

6 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:11.375

7 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:11.457

8 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:11.574

9 17 Ricardo Zonta Toyota 1:11.760

10 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:11.794

11 15 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1:11.806

12 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:11.875

13 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:11.915

14 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:12.080

15 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:12.186

16 14 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:12.914

17 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:13.024

18 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:13.051

19 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:13.161

20 20 Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:13.501

Ralph is out -- he crashed yesterday, and it sounds like he can't get a medical pass to drive. The doc says no, announcers say he got carbon shards in his eye, and he says he's perfectly fine.

Michelin is talking about having to fly in enough tires to re-equip every one of its teams, since one corner seems to be giving them loads of grief -- enough that drivers have been told to drive through the pit lane, and avoid the corner as much as possible.

Apparently there is much crying and scheming and negotiating going on about how to get around that silly tire rule.

Oh, and (Sorry but after all the American bashing that goes on around here, my reaction is totally justified. )
--Toronto

Strange things are happening to Ralf, same corner and it seems similar tire defect compared to last year when he fractured his back. Scary stuff. And i've mentioned the stuped tire regulation before AS STUPED and it's becoming a safety issue yet again. So they should avoid the corner througout the race if they don't come up with a solution before the race Amazing.

I feel sorry for Ralf this will leave some mental scars for sure together with the crash last year.

Top speed should be limited to 200km/h.

Still not clear if we are going to race with 20 cars or with only 6 cars (the ones with Bridgetone tyres).

All 20 cars are on the grid right now, but it is still possible that 14 of them only do the formation lap.

Six cars are running. The rest aren't.

I'm watching the race now and can't believe what I'm seeing. Can someone explain how a multi-national tyre company can screw up like this. Apparantly the tyre construction was against five of the FIA rules...wtf????

wrinx

WHAT?!?!

I can't see the race since the PT television decided not to show it! Bistards!


Guys, please tell me what's going on. Even the F1.com website seems to be down!

Originally Posted by Toronto Spider

European tires can't turn American corners. BWWAA HAAA HAAA

--Toronto

...are the CART cars still afraid of the rain?

wrinx

Hugo, three teams, six cars are running and the assembled fans are leaving the track.

I'd like to get hold of the idiots throwing water and beer on a track meaning the cars running are hitting wet patches

Reasons are that Michelin have screwed up and supplied tyres that are usafe for the high speed banking on the oval. Complete crap!! There was apparantly a suggestion that a chicane was put in to slow the strack down near the dander area but several teams (Bridgstone runners) have said something along the lines of....we haven't screwed up so we'll run although they seem to be making other excuses now. Anyway, the chicane couldn't be built or something so only six cars run now!!

They are Ferrari, Jordan and Minardi.

Very sad day for the sport!

wrinx

Bloody hell!!! That means Tiago on the Jordan can get 3rd place!

No, this is a joke, this really sounds out of this world!

Found some Live Time: http://www.eurosport.com/home/pages/...tc100806.shtml

It was a complete farce


no more US GP