F1 2006 season

Finally a fast but reliable McLaren with the new V8 engine after they scraped the previous V8 (and denying it of course) and later confirming an all new engine. Kimi did 96 laps the best time was 1:15.223 half a second faster then Alonso.

I thought I should throw these in just for loose comparison.

V.Rossi and M.Schumaher =same corner, different cars (rossi f2004, schu F248 '06), different driving lines, different body language etc.etc

Originally Posted by PeterWolf

Meet the new "Minardi" -- Super Aguri. The team created so Takuma Sato can keep crashing into people.

Takuma Sato.....Japan's answer to Andrea deCesaris aka Andrea de Crasharis

Originally Posted by Stori

Takuma Sato.....Japan's answer to Andrea deCesaris aka Andrea de Crasharis

remember Katayama?? but i don't think he was as bad as takuma

Fellow F1 fans.

Just over a week to go As much as it hurts me to say, Renault look to have the strongest all round starting package from what I've watched on Motors TV & ITV in the shape of pre-season programmes.

I also think Williams / Cosworth will provide a few shocks too but once Schui gets out on those replaceable Bridgstones and knocks in a few blinding laps, he & Ferrai will come good. Perhaps not out of the box but give it a few races. After all, there can't be much Ferrari don't know about V8 engines

For me, there is & can only be one winner. For the rest of you, I wish your chosen Pilots the best of luck

PS. AS some of the posts went missing, I still want Sato if I form a UK dodgem team
Cheers,

I'm heartbroken and noone here has complained about it. Change the rules, and do what you want with the cars, but give me Spa. What is a F1 season with Spa? The best track in my opinion and one day I'm going to go over there and drive it myself. On my list of 101 things to do before I die.

Originally Posted by Greygtv6

I'm heartbroken and noone here has complained about it. Change the rules, and do what you want with the cars, but give me Spa. What is a F1 season with Spa? The best track in my opinion and one day I'm going to go over there and drive it myself. On my list of 101 things to do before I die.

I agree with you completely. I was still hopeful that somehow they will put Spa back on the list. But it's not going to happen. And if that's not enough- the track will undergo modifications before coming back to f1. I hope they will not screw it up!!

Originally Posted by PeterWolf

I agree with you completely. I was still hopeful that somehow they will put Spa back on the list. But it's not going to happen. And if that's not enough- the track will undergo modifications before coming back to f1. I hope they will not screw it up!!

Modifications could mean a lot. As you say they could screw it up completely, or make one or two safety improvements. Do you have any idea of the proposals?

Originally Posted by sbaddison

Fellow F1 fans.

Just over a week to go As much as it hurts me to say, Renault look to have the strongest all round starting package from what I've watched on Motors TV & ITV in the shape of pre-season programmes.

I also think Williams / Cosworth will provide a few shocks too but once Schui gets out on those replaceable Bridgstones and knocks in a few blinding laps, he & Ferrai will come good. Perhaps not out of the box but give it a few races. After all, there can't be much Ferrari don't know about V8 engines

For me, there is & can only be one winner. For the rest of you, I wish your chosen Pilots the best of luck

PS. AS some of the posts went missing, I still want Sato if I form a UK dodgem team
Cheers,

Yep I think that they (Renault) look very good indeed (understatement). I also think that Honda is ripe for a win or two.

"Give it a few races" – they don't have the luxury of a few races. They need to be on top from the word go. Challenges will be coming from everywhere. There are a lot of fast cars, hungry drivers and desperate ones as well. It will be great stuff no doubt!!

Originally Posted by Greygtv6

Modifications could mean a lot. As you say they could screw it up completely, or make one or two safety improvements. Do you have any idea of the proposals?

Well I heard that most of the talk is about improving/upgrading infrastructure but somehow I'm paranoid that they'll do much more then that. It’s a shame anyway you look it at.

FRIDAY PRACTICE TIMES

Bahrain free practice session two results


1. DAVIDSON Honda 1m31.353s
2. M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m31.751s
3. WURZ Williams 1m31.764s
4. MASSA Ferrari 1m32.175s
5. ALONSO Renault 1m32.538s
6. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m32.703s
7. DOORNBOS Red Bull 1m32.926s
8. FISICHELLA Renault 1m33.215s
9. BUTTON Honda 1m33.226s
10. KUBICA BMW 1m33.244s
11. KLIEN Red Bull 1m33.557s
12. RAIKKONEN McLaren 1m33.577s
13. MONTOYA McLaren 1m33.726s
14. HEIDFELD BMW 1m33.848s
15. JANI Toro Rosso 1m33.900s
16. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m34.284s
17. WEBBER Williams 1m34.333s
18. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m34.384s
19. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m34.432s
20. MONTEIRO Midland 1m34.459s
21. ROSBERG Williams 1m34.953s
22. R.SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m35.170s
23. WINKELHOCK Midland 1m35.686s
24. TRULLI Toyota 1m35.898s
25. VILLENEUVE BMW 1m36.264s
26. ALBERS Midland 1m36.314s
27. SATO Super Aguri 1m37.588s
28. IDE Super Aguri 1m39.021s

Bahrain free practice session one results

1. KUBICA BMW 1m32.170s
2. WURZ Williams 1m32.184s
3. RAIKKONEN McLaren 1m33.388s
4 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m33.469s
5. KLIEN Red Bull 1m34.800s
6. JANI Toro Rosso 1m34.831s
7. MONTOYA McLaren 1m34.887s
8. MASSA Ferrari 1m34.925s
9. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m35.017s
10. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m35.083s
11. DOORNBOS Red Bull 1m35.203s
12. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m35.371s
13. MONTEIRO Midland 1m36.542s
14. ALBERS Midland 1m36.930s
15. WINKELHOCK Midland 1m37.918s
16. SATO Super Aguri 1m38.190s
17. IDE Super Aguri 1m40.782s
18. DAVIDSON Honda no time
19. ALONSO Renault no time
20. FISICHELLA Renault no time
21. R.SCHUMACHER Toyota no time
22. TRULLI Toyota no time
23. WEBBER Williams no time
24. ROSBERG Williams no time
25 BARRICHELLO Honda no time
26. BUTTON Honda no time
27. HEIDFELD BMW no time
28. VILLENEUVE BMW no time

Poor Kimi. Nothing has changed for him. Still needs a push from the stewards He will never buy a Mercedes and the free mercs that he may have he'll give them to people that he doesnt like as gifts. The most ominous sign for everyone is that the champs(Renault) did only 13 laps each good enough for fifth and eight(Alonso/fisi).

Honda/ferrari did the same with not many laps on their sunday "race" machines but ferrari ran in both sessions and Honda/Renault/williams only in the second session. And Williams are just playing cat and mouse out loud with just a few laps done 5 each. It will be mayhem sat practice and qualifying. Can’t wait anymore!!!

MacLaren does look great though

Looking forward to Qualy, I think I understand it

Well we the fans voted for this particular qualifying format so it better be good But I don't like the fact that they will still actually qualify with race fuel on board.

May be of interest to Australian F1 fans....
If you haven't already noticed, it seems that Channel 10 is televising the Qualifying to Sundays F1 race at 1.25 am .

Hopefully they continue to do so, as normally, apart from the Australian GP , we do not see the Qualifying.

Look @ the livery of Squadra Torro Rosso
http://kunden.seso.at/tororosso/wall...01/800_600.jpg
How to turn a yellow Prancing Horse into a raging Red Bull