F1 Predictions?

[M|x]

mclaren is the most sucky suckers who ever sucked.

[VJ]

Poor Montoya... A nice drive throughtout the race, but 4 laps from the end he got engine problems, resulting in a drop from 3rd to 13th... (his final lap took over 2 minutes)

Some great manoeuvres throughout the race... BAR proved to have both the reliability and the speed (sort of) to become a serious contender...


Jörg

[Fat Tone]

@TP - what's most interesting - the finish or the race?

Sure, if you know nothing about the sport and just see the winners name in a headline you may think it's boring. BUT, watch the race, get to know the teams, understand the dynamics, the rivalrys, those going up, those going down, the friendships, the relationships, the strategies, the contentious issues, the atmosphere, the technology etc etc etc...

[Indiana]

Besides, there's more to a race than just the winner. Sometimes it's more interesting what's going on behind the first two cars.
There are more than the "three big teams" driving...

[Goc]

Pity is that most of us that aren't blessed with digital TV can't change the camera to see what's going on behind those three cars.
*note to myself * Must get digital sat-tv...

[Fat Tone]

Where can you do that in F1, Goc? In the UK it is shown on ITV with no interactive options. I have to say the coverage is generally pretty good though, with a lot of inside access and info.

[VJ]

In Belgium, Canal+ allowed for this... But I'm not sure if they still have the broadcastrights for F1... (perhaps it now is with Eurosport)


Jörg

[Fat Tone]

Well after 4 races, re-reading this thread was quite interesting.

Yup, Shu wins again, but Button gets 2nd place (WTF happened on his middle stint???) and is now only 1 point from being 2nd in the drivers champsionship.

Poor poor old Raikonnen.
David who?
Renault? Weren't they supposed to do well this year? Jaguar...anyone seen a Jaguar lately?

Edit: I take that back about Renault, esp, with them being 2nd in the constructor's championship! They just seem a little more anonymous than I was expecting.

[Fat Tone]

Drivers' championship after round 4, San Marino

Driver Team Points

1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 40
2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 24
3 Jenson Button BAR 23
4 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams 18
5 Fernando Alonso Renault 16
6 Jarno Trulli Renault 15
7 Ralf Schumacher Williams 9
8 Takuma Sato BAR 4
9 David Coulthard McLaren 4
10 Felipe Massa Sauber 1
11 Mark Webber Jaguar 1
12 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren 1
13 Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber 0
14 Cristiano da Matta Toyota 0
15 Olivier Panis Toyota 0
16 Christian Klien Jaguar 0
17 Giorgio Pantano Jordan 0
18 Gianmaria Bruni Minardi 0
19 Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi 0
20 Nick Heidfeld Jordan 0

[Fat Tone]

Constructors' championship after round 4, San Marino

Constructor Points

1 Ferrari 64
2 Renault 31
3 BAR - Honda 27
4 Williams - BMW 27
5 McLaren - Mercedes 5
6 Sauber - Petronas 1
7 Jaguar - Cosworth 1
8 Toyota 0
9 Jordan - Ford 0
10 Minardi - Cosworth 0

[Fat Tone]

Guess who this girl supports (and who is supporting this girl! !

[Taz]

Originally posted by Fat Tone
...but Button gets 2nd place (WTF happened on his middle stint???)

Reading between the lines it appears they turned his engine performance down to make sure he'd get second place. Rather than pushing for first, which they didn't think they'd get anyway, and blowing up the engine they'd take the safe points

[Fat Tone]

Maybe, but they also told Jenson to back off when Sato's engine blew up. He over-did this intially and lost 7 seconds in one lap, but then got the balance right. 8 laps in would be very early to deliberately stop trying to win, especially after the initial pace.

At the very bottom of a report on the BBC web site, Jenson is quoted as saying 'the wind changed direction and the car was very nervous'. I'm not sure if he was speaking figuratively or just tossing a bone or what.

[Goc]

Anyway, congrats to Jenson... Well performed!

[The PIT]

Briefly I hoped the someone else would win. But as expected when I looked it up Schu won. Guess he'll win the next one and then the next one unless his engine blows up.