2005 A1GP Championship - Round 3 - Estoril
- Thread starter Flibster
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Caporegime
Someone tell him this is A1GP not drift racing 
Soldato
Yes, well done France. Despite a slow pitstop, they still won.
Shame about GB in 12th. Hopefully the gearbox trouble wont reoccur in future races.
Shame about GB in 12th. Hopefully the gearbox trouble wont reoccur in future races.
Feature Race results - subject to confirmation
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[b]Pos. Team Laps Time Gap. F. Gap. P. Pits [/b]
1 FRANCE 36 1:01:05.454 - - 1
2 SWITZERLAND 36 1:01:12.971 +7.517 +7.517 1
3 IRELAND 36 1:01:21.387 +15.933 +8.416 1
4 USA 36 1:01:24.477 +19.023 +3.090 1
5 PORTUGAL 36 1:01:32.774 +27.320 +8.297 1
6 AUSTRALIA 36 1:01:40.228 +34.774 +7.454 1
7 ITALY 36 1:01:41.083 +35.629 +0.855 2
8 BRAZIL 36 1:01:41.719 +36.265 +0.636 1
9 CZECH REPUBLIC 36 1:01:43.184 +37.730 +1.465 2
10 AUSTRIA 36 1:01:56.834 +51.380 +13.650 1
11 LEBANON 36 1:02:04.187 +58.733 +7.353 1
12 GREAT BRITAIN 36 1:02:07.401 +1'01.947 +3.214 1
13 INDIA 36 1:02:10.998 +1'05.544 +3.597 1
14 CHINA 36 1:02:16.035 +1'10.581 +5.037 1
15 PAKISTAN 36 1:02:21.971 +1'16.517 +5.936 1
16 NEW ZEALAND 35 1:01:41.368 1 Lap 1 Lap 1
17 RUSSIA 35 1:01:58.369 1 Lap +17.001 1
18 CANADA 20 36:38.206 16 Laps 15 Laps 1
19 NETHERLANDS 18 32:48.786 18 Laps 2 Laps 2
20 GERMANY 17 30:27.881 19 Laps 1 Lap 1
21 MALAYSIA 15 29:00.971 21 Laps 2 Laps 1
22 SOUTH AFRICA 14 24:01.306 22 Laps 1 Lap 1
23 INDONESIA 11 19:06.035 25 Laps 3 Laps 1Caporegime
Really good race that, what sky channel do you need to watch it proper?
Championship standing after Round 3
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[b]
Pos Country Points
1 France 50
2 Brazil 42
3 Switzerland 34
4 New Zealand 29
5 Australia 21
6 Canada 18
=8 Mexico 16
=8 Ireland 16
=10 Netherlands 15
=10 Great Britain 15
11 Malaysia 14
12 Portugal 11
=14 Germany 8
=14 Czech Republic 8
15 USA 7
=17 Japan 6
=17 South Africa 6
18 Indonesia 5
=20 Italy 4
=20 Pakistan 4
21 Austria 1
Associate
This series just isn't "grabbing" me and keeping me interested 
Can't quite put my finger on what's lacking - maybe it's just unfamiliarity (I've followed F1 religiously since 1993), or sometimes I feel it's slightly unprofessional (eg, the pitstops). I don't know...
I can't stand having to listen to John Watson either (Ben Edwards is brilliant though). John Watson and James Allen need to be made allergic to microphones, and quickly.
And the "Gentlemen, please start your engines" speech just iiritates me for some reason.
Can't quite put my finger on what's lacking - maybe it's just unfamiliarity (I've followed F1 religiously since 1993), or sometimes I feel it's slightly unprofessional (eg, the pitstops). I don't know...I can't stand having to listen to John Watson either (Ben Edwards is brilliant though). John Watson and James Allen need to be made allergic to microphones, and quickly.
And the "Gentlemen, please start your engines" speech just iiritates me for some reason.
I know what you mean - it is however superb racing.
I think part of it is knowing that all the cars are the same - there's no innovation like there is in F1 - seeing whats changed from race to race.
Also you can't follow a single driver - there's no guarantee that he will be in the car at the next race.
It also has no history - thats part of the feel of F1 as well.
It's slowly attracting me to it though - just for the racing alone.
I think part of it is knowing that all the cars are the same - there's no innovation like there is in F1 - seeing whats changed from race to race.
Also you can't follow a single driver - there's no guarantee that he will be in the car at the next race.
It also has no history - thats part of the feel of F1 as well.
It's slowly attracting me to it though - just for the racing alone.
Soldato
I must admit I'm getting more and more into it. 
Caporegime
Flibster said:
Cheers Simon, looks like a sky package upgrade is in order, really getting into the A1GP now its fantastic to watch, reminds me of the Clio Cup Racing
Same hereJoe T said:I must admit I'm getting more and more into it.
I've followed F1 for about 10yrs now and have grown used to the lack of overtaking etc.. after see the first few races of the A1 GP though, it really shows F1 up. It's great entertainment watching the cars drifting and sliding, rather than all glueing exactly to the racing line! 
Soldato
Wow, this was the first A1 GP I have seen and it looks very interesting, I like the boost function, slipstreaming and overtaking, slicks, no traction control and no ABS.
Just a shame Jos the Boss is up to his old tricks of crashing the car, Jos, it doesn't mater how fast you are, you need to finish the car you numpty
F1 will get hurt by A1, lets hope they pick up on the good points and make the right decisions for F1 like no more traction control, boost button and slicks
Just a shame Jos the Boss is up to his old tricks of crashing the car, Jos, it doesn't mater how fast you are, you need to finish the car you numpty
F1 will get hurt by A1, lets hope they pick up on the good points and make the right decisions for F1 like no more traction control, boost button and slicks