2005 Australian Grand Prix - Time and most likely spoilers later. :D

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 00:34

Saturday Free Practice 1.

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Time[/b]
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			1:40.540    
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			1:41.933    
3	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	1:43.526    
4	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		1:45.641    
5	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			1:45.687    
6	4	Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		1:46.768    
7	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		1:48.369    
8	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	1:48.566    
9	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			1:49.623    
10	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		1:51.364    
11	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		1:53.457    
12	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	1:53.507    
13	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas        
14	15	Christian Klien		Red Bull Racing        
15	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas        
16	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes        
17	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW        
18	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW        
19	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault        
20	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault

Sector Times - Saturday Free Practice 1

Code:

[b]Sector 1[/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	1	Michael Schumacher	33.899 
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	34.312 
3	9	Kimi Räikkönen		34.961 
4	17	Ralf Schumacher		35.403 
5	19	Narain Karthikeyan	35.405 
6	4	Takuma Sato		35.662 
7	14	David Coulthard		35.971 
8	16	Jarno Trulli		36.411 
9	18	Tiago Monteiro		37.879 
10	3	Jenson Button		37.960 
11	20	Patrick Friesacher	38.104 
12	21	Christijan Albers	38.910 
13	12	Felipe Massa		42.292 
14	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	42.873 
15	5	Fernando Alonso		43.079 
16	11	Jacques Villeneuve	47.136 
17	15	Christian Klien		48.322 
18	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	50.349 
19	7	Mark Webber		53.236 
20	8	Nick Heidfeld		55.894

Code:

[b]Sector 2 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	2	Rubens Barrichello	26.401 
2	1	Michael Schumacher	26.514 
3	9	Kimi Räikkönen		27.288 
4	17	Ralf Schumacher		27.583 
5	19	Narain Karthikeyan	27.754 
6	8	Nick Heidfeld		27.917 
7	14	David Coulthard		27.921 
8	4	Takuma Sato		27.977 
9	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	27.989 
10	12	Felipe Massa		28.082 
11	16	Jarno Trulli		28.821 
12	3	Jenson Button		29.036 
13	20	Patrick Friesacher	29.410 
14	7	Mark Webber		29.443 
15	18	Tiago Monteiro		29.759 
16	21	Christijan Albers	30.149 
17	5	Fernando Alonso		30.660 
18	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	31.344 
19	11	Jacques Villeneuve	33.022 
20	15	Christian Klien		33.779

Code:

[b]Sector 3 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	1	Michael Schumacher	40.127 
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	41.000 
3	9	Kimi Räikkönen		41.277 
4	19	Narain Karthikeyan	42.333 
5	17	Ralf Schumacher		42.701 
6	4	Takuma Sato		43.129 
7	16	Jarno Trulli		43.433 
8	14	David Coulthard		43.484 
9	21	Christijan Albers	43.862 
10	3	Jenson Button		44.368 
11	18	Tiago Monteiro		45.819 
12	20	Patrick Friesacher	45.993 
13	7	Mark Webber		63.339 
14	8	Nick Heidfeld		66.330 
15	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	210.896 
16	12	Felipe Massa		268.608 
17	11	Jacques Villeneuve	439.594 
18	5	Fernando Alonso		653.534

Speed Trap

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time		Speed[/b]
1	19	Narain Karthikeyan	9:44:06		263.9 
2	1	Michael Schumacher	9:41:55		254.1 
3	20	Patrick Friesacher	9:44:08		252.2 
4	21	Christijan Albers	9:34:35		249.4 
5	17	Ralf Schumacher		9:44:28		248.2 
6	14	David Coulthard		9:42:00		237.3 
7	2	Rubens Barrichello	9:38:55		234.5 
8	4	Takuma Sato		9:43:25		233.5 
9	9	Kimi Räikkönen		9:25:50		232.4 
10	16	Jarno Trulli		9:42:05		227.6 
11	18	Tiago Monteiro		9:24:13		226.7 
12	7	Mark Webber		9:30:21		204.3 
13	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	9:44:24		199.4 
14	8	Nick Heidfeld		9:37:21		191.1 
15	3	Jenson Button		9:40:55		190.7 
16	12	Felipe Massa		9:42:59		185.5 
17	5	Fernando Alonso		9:44:31		184.1 
18	15	Christian Klien		9:03:44		178.7 
19	11	Jacques Villeneuve	9:41:51		169.7 
20	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	9:08:44		140.2

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 00:39

Saturday Free Practice 2.

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Time[/b]
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.297    
2	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			1:27.409    
3	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.256    
4	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			1:28.571    
5	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		1:29.577    
6	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		1:30.299    
7	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			1:30.533    
8	4	Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		1:30.554    
9	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		1:30.645    
10	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			1:30.715    
11	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		1:31.375    
12	15	Christian Klien		Red Bull Racing		1:31.671    
13	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			1:31.701    
14	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		1:31.736    
15	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		1:34.031    
16	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			1:34.924    
17	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	1:35.975    
18	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	1:40.045    
19	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		1:40.802    
20	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		1:40.822

Sector Times - Saturday Free Practice 2

Code:

[b]Sector 1[/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	29.182 
2	5	Fernando Alonso		29.299 
3	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	29.338 
4	9	Kimi Räikkönen		29.469 
5	3	Jenson Button		30.184 
6	16	Jarno Trulli		30.320 
7	7	Mark Webber		30.328 
8	12	Felipe Massa		30.477 
9	15	Christian Klien		30.486 
10	1	Michael Schumacher	30.587 
11	4	Takuma Sato		30.681 
12	14	David Coulthard		30.725 
13	2	Rubens Barrichello	30.873 
14	8	Nick Heidfeld		31.060 
15	11	Jacques Villeneuve	31.310 
16	17	Ralf Schumacher		32.117 
17	20	Patrick Friesacher	33.509 
18	19	Narain Karthikeyan	33.643 
19	18	Tiago Monteiro		34.000 
20	21	Christijan Albers	463.360

Code:

[b]Sector 2 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	5	Fernando Alonso		23.215 
2	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	23.346 
3	9	Kimi Räikkönen		23.402 
4	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	23.582 
5	3	Jenson Button		23.615 
6	7	Mark Webber		23.805 
7	12	Felipe Massa		23.805 
8	4	Takuma Sato		23.869 
9	15	Christian Klien		23.900 
10	2	Rubens Barrichello	23.904 
11	1	Michael Schumacher	23.948 
12	14	David Coulthard		23.996 
13	16	Jarno Trulli		24.011 
14	8	Nick Heidfeld		24.129 
15	11	Jacques Villeneuve	24.636 
16	17	Ralf Schumacher		25.047 
17	20	Patrick Friesacher	25.916 
18	19	Narain Karthikeyan	26.483 
19	18	Tiago Monteiro		26.798 
20	21	Christijan Albers	26.884

Code:

[b]Sector 3 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen		34.426 
2	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	34.728 
3	5	Fernando Alonso		34.844 
4	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	35.332 
5	7	Mark Webber		35.527 
6	3	Jenson Button		35.778 
7	14	David Coulthard		35.921 
8	2	Rubens Barrichello	35.938 
9	1	Michael Schumacher	35.998 
10	4	Takuma Sato		36.004 
11	12	Felipe Massa		36.044 
12	15	Christian Klien		36.059 
13	8	Nick Heidfeld		36.186 
14	16	Jarno Trulli		36.433 
15	17	Ralf Schumacher		37.481 
16	11	Jacques Villeneuve	37.633 
17	18	Tiago Monteiro		39.644 
18	20	Patrick Friesacher	40.081 
19	19	Narain Karthikeyan	40.316 
20	21	Christijan Albers	40.512

Speed Trap

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time		Speed[/b]
1	5	Fernando Alonso		10:59:55	314.9 
2	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	10:59:06	313.9 
3	4	Takuma Sato		10:59:15	310.9 
4	12	Felipe Massa		11:00:30	309.8 
5	9	Kimi Räikkönen		11:00:47	308.1 
6	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	10:59:09	307.5 
7	11	Jacques Villeneuve	11:01:31	305.9 
8	7	Mark Webber		10:56:43	305.2 
9	16	Jarno Trulli		11:00:20	304.2 
10	15	Christian Klien		10:57:27	304.1 
11	1	Michael Schumacher	10:59:38	303.9 
12	8	Nick Heidfeld		10:58:55	301.8 
13	2	Rubens Barrichello	10:58:51	299.9 
14	3	Jenson Button		10:58:36	299.2 
15	14	David Coulthard		10:55:50	298.8 
16	19	Narain Karthikeyan	10:33:14	298.5 
17	21	Christijan Albers	10:56:39	293.2 
18	18	Tiago Monteiro		10:34:07	291.5 
19	17	Ralf Schumacher		10:51:48	287.0 
20	20	Patrick Friesacher	10:47:42	282.7

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 01:24

ITV now has the leadup to Qualifying 1.

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 01:27

And have now swapped PC's.

Now posting on the lappy via bluetooth..could be dodgy....

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 01:33

Dear god...I had forgotten how much I hate that eagle nosed prat who hosts the F1...

Someone please get rid of the conky goit...lets go for someone with personality. Please??

Get Brundle, Brundell and Jardine hosting it. They have personality and experience in the sport.

Heh...Anthony Davidson just call the pit wall by what it tends to be known as by the drivers - the prat perch.

Never heard that on tv before.

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 01:36

Oooh...Saturday Practive 2 - Narain Karthikeyan has a cooked engine. Little bit of flamage there.

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 01:41

Oooh...now talking about the Minardi situation...

I'd be so tempted to have a new logo of **** Ferrari down the side.

The 2004/05 modified car parts sound so dodgy...some of the 05 car - some cut up 04 parts...I certainly wouldn't want to drive it. :eek:

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 02:05

Wet qualifying session.

Another downpour expected soon.

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 02:10

Trulli - 1:35.270
Webber - 1:36.717
Klien - 1:37.486
Coulthard - 1:38.320
Heidfeld - 1:39.717
Button - 1:41.512
Karthikeyan - 1:44.357
Monteiro - 1:46.846
Albers - 1:49.230
Friesacher - 1:50.864

Minardi's look HORRIBLE to drive - Jordan doesn't seem much better. Weaving all over the place under braking.

Track is drying out - Higher teams may be able use the Intermediates rather than wets..maybe...

Williams doesn't look too bad. Webber is absolutely flying. BAR doesn't look right...doesn't seem able to to carry the speed through the corner and has to accelerate later.

Circuit is drying all the time - who's going to be the bravest and go on "slicks" instead of Inters...

Coulthard as usual - Slow in single lap qualifying. Will he beat Klien..Nope... He's complaining of oversteer.

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 02:24

Important update: I have found the last of the Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough icecream in the freezer...Don't tell the other half...

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 02:31

First 10 and ad break done with...

Fisichella - 1:33.171
Trulli - 1:35.270
Webber - 1:36.717
Villeneuve - 1:36.984
Klien - 1:37.486
Coulthard - 1:38.320
Heidfeld - 1:39.717
Button - 1:41.512
Karthikeyan - 1:44.357
Monteiro - 1:46.846
Albers - 1:49.230
Friesacher - 1:50.864
Mi. Schumacher - 1:57.931
Massa - Did not finish his lap
Sato - Boogered his car on his out lap- suspension front and rear and nose cone broken.

Villeneuve - Brave person - gone for "slicks". He nearly binned the car in the wall on his out lap.

Fisi also on slicks. Huge black cloud coming though. Could help Fisi.

Villeneuve threw it off the track on his in lap as well. :eek:

******* it down now....Massa on on slicks. Fisi looks like he timed it perfectly. Massa is all over the place. Can't keep it on the track. - 1st sector - 27 seconds down. Damn.

Schumacher has gone out on the Intermediate Bridgestone tyre. Sadly - since then - it's started it hammering it down. He's going sideways round the corners.

Sato has crashed his car on his out lap. Nice one sato. No front wing on it.

Session red flagged.

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 02:35

SKILL said:
Damn you, making me hungry

As for the F1, Raikkonen and Montoya must be praying the rain holds off

Will be breaking out the Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream tomorrow.

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 02:44

SESSION RED FLAGGED

Standings at red flag.

Fisichella - 1:33.171
Trulli - 1:35.270
Webber - 1:36.717
Villeneuve - 1:36.984
Klien - 1:37.486
Coulthard - 1:38.320
Heidfeld - 1:39.717
Button - 1:41.512
Karthikeyan - 1:44.357
Monteiro - 1:46.846
Albers - 1:49.230
Friesacher - 1:50.864
Mi. Schumacher - 1:57.931
Massa - Did not finish his lap
Sato - Boogered his car on his out lap- suspension front and rear and nose cone broken.

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 02:46

Very wet - very windy.

Sato's mess is cleared. Pit lane open again.

R.Schumacher on the track.

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 02:47

Fisichella - 1:33.171
Trulli - 1:35.270
Webber - 1:36.717
Villeneuve - 1:36.984
Klien - 1:37.486
Coulthard - 1:38.320
Heidfeld - 1:39.717
Button - 1:41.512
Karthikeyan - 1:44.357
Raikkonen - 1:44.997
Montoya - 1:45.325
Barrichello - 1:45.481
Monteiro - 1:46.846
Alonso - 1:47.708
Albers - 1:49.230
Friesacher - 1:50.864
R. Schumacher - 1:51.495
M. Schumacher - 1:57.931
Massa - Did not finish his lap
Sato - Boogered his car on his out lap- suspension front and rear and nose cone broken.

Ralf looked very unwilling to drive that Toymota at any speed.
Alonso is certainly faster than most of the wet runners. hell..he's still on the track which is a start.

The cars look abysmal in the wet. Not just the lower cars - all of them. The look like they're handling like Mondeo's with crates under the rear wheels...

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 03:10

Qualifying 1.

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Time[/b]
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			1:33.171
2	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			1:35.270
3	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		1:36.717
4	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		1:36.984
5	15	Christian Klien		Red Bull Racing		1:37.486
6	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		1:38.320
7	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		1:39.717
8	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		1:41.512
9	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		1:44.357
10	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	1:44.997
11	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:45.325
12	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			1:45.481
13	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		1:46.846
14	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			1:47.708
15	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	1:49.230
16	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	1:50.864
17	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			1:51.495
18	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			1:57.931
19	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		No Time	
20	4	Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		No Time

Sector Times - Qualifying 1

Code:

[b]Sector 1[/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	31.260 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		31.710 
3	7	Mark Webber		32.141 
4	11	Jacques Villeneuve	32.308 
5	15	Christian Klien		32.454 
6	14	David Coulthard		32.767 
7	8	Nick Heidfeld		33.207 
8	3	Jenson Button		34.764 
9	19	Narain Karthikeyan	35.009 
10	2	Rubens Barrichello	35.694 
11	9	Kimi Räikkönen		35.806 
12	18	Tiago Monteiro		36.612 
13	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	36.741 
14	5	Fernando Alonso		36.924 
15	21	Christijan Albers	37.019 
16	20	Patrick Friesacher	37.649 
17	12	Felipe Massa		37.652 
18	17	Ralf Schumacher		38.167 
19	1	Michael Schumacher	40.191 
20	4	Takuma Sato		46.027

Code:

[b]Sector 2 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	25.622 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		25.663 
3	15	Christian Klien		25.929 
4	7	Mark Webber		25.977 
5	3	Jenson Button		26.115 
6	14	David Coulthard		26.236 
7	8	Nick Heidfeld		26.348 
8	11	Jacques Villeneuve	26.464 
9	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	27.035 
10	12	Felipe Massa		27.122 
11	19	Narain Karthikeyan	27.338 
12	9	Kimi Räikkönen		27.426 
13	2	Rubens Barrichello	27.486 
14	18	Tiago Monteiro		27.785 
15	21	Christijan Albers	28.259 
16	20	Patrick Friesacher	28.419 
17	5	Fernando Alonso		28.463 
18	17	Ralf Schumacher		29.524 
19	1	Michael Schumacher	31.387

Code:

[b]Sector 3 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	36.289 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		37.897 
3	11	Jacques Villeneuve	38.212 
4	7	Mark Webber		38.599 
5	15	Christian Klien		39.103 
6	14	David Coulthard		39.317 
7	8	Nick Heidfeld		40.162 
8	12	Felipe Massa		40.211 
9	3	Jenson Button		40.633 
10	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	41.549 
11	9	Kimi Räikkönen		41.765 
12	19	Narain Karthikeyan	42.010 
13	2	Rubens Barrichello	42.301 
14	5	Fernando Alonso		42.321 
15	18	Tiago Monteiro		42.449 
16	17	Ralf Schumacher		43.804 
17	21	Christijan Albers	43.952 
18	1	Michael Schumacher	44.011 
19	20	Patrick Friesacher	44.796

Speed Trap - Qualifying 1

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time		Speed[/b]
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	13:33:16	305.7 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		13:23:11	296.6 
3	15	Christian Klien		13:21:15	296.4 
4	11	Jacques Villeneuve	13:31:19	292.3 
5	8	Nick Heidfeld		13:17:01	291.1 
6	7	Mark Webber		13:19:08	289.9 
7	14	David Coulthard		13:26:56	274.1 
8	18	Tiago Monteiro		13:09:02	267.5 
9	19	Narain Karthikeyan	13:06:52	259.7 
10	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	13:57:14	243.6 
11	3	Jenson Button		13:11:24	240.3 
12	21	Christijan Albers	13:02:16	235.5 
13	9	Kimi Räikkönen		13:54:58	233.6 
14	20	Patrick Friesacher	13:04:28	229.2 
15	2	Rubens Barrichello	13:52:41	224.7 
16	1	Michael Schumacher	13:38:06	224.7 
17	5	Fernando Alonso		13:50:21	223.6 
18	12	Felipe Massa		13:35:30	222.3 
19	17	Ralf Schumacher		13:48:10	214.0 
20	4	Takuma Sato		13:38:27	204.4

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 03:26

Yup.

Did I laugh when MS was sliding all over the place. Oh yes.

Oh..he's the rainmaster.

Vielleneuve was just as bad - although he was on a damp track with slicks - but that is no excuse really.

Sato - D'oh!!! What more do I need to say...

Only couple of people I was impressed with this session:
Raikkonen - amazing car control.
Webber - Nailed it. Was lucky - but a fantastic showing for the first session.
Karthikeyan - First qualifying session - it was wet. kept it on the black and even out qualified championchip hopefuls.
Finally - Fisichella. Perfect timing. Fantastic lap, car looked well connected.

Just done a quick bit of guestimation - with the times posted yesterday - MS could be looking at...maybe..16th place...

Buggerritt - time for me to get 3 hours sleep before the missus wakes me up to go do something pointless in town.

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 09:41

The Toyota looks..difficult. I think It's really a lot slower than the positions indicate. It was on a damp track - on intermediates. If it had coninued to dry he probably would have ended up 10-12th.

The wet/dry/wet track has messed it up a lot. There's no real indication of the real speeds of the cars really.

We will get a better idea later today with the fuel load on board. We'll have a much better idea tomorrow - after the race.

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 12:11

Byron5184 said:
Flibster, your F1 crazy man Great stats.

I watched it live too, as the comentators said, Macca looked absolutely pathetic out there and i really feel sorry for him. As for schuey, HAHA, proves even the pro's can screw up and that hes human just like everyone else. As for the new comers, i think they did a fantastic job for none of them to spin out. Looking forward to the race tonight now Gonna be watching it live

Heh...working in F1 in the past kinda gets it into your veins.

Finally got into bed a 4:40 this morning. Was up again at 8am.

Will be watching the race live and again commentating on it on here. I will be on the tired side I think...got a couple of things to watch on tv today to be totally braindead to *bond films.

*. That'll help me conserve energy.

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 14:26

Emlyn_Dewar said:
What did you used to do in f1 simon?

I did suspension.
Worked for a company that supplied at one point that I was there 6 teams in the pit lane with dampers, in some cases uprights and in a couple of cases a complete suspension package - dampers, uprights to the carbon wishbones and pushrods. Pretty much ready to be bolted to the car.

The dampers were my area though. Take a normal roadcar damper - strengthen it to take 10ton near instant loads, and shrink to 7" long. Oh..and increase the cost to around ~2.5 - 5k quid a corner.

I can say I have appeared on TV more than once...sadly virtually always covered in a full fireproof suit and crash helmet - either that or with my head stuck under the car or in the footwell.

Who says F1 is glamorous?

We also did custom systems for various teams. 1 team for a couple of years ran a shrunken version of our Rally car dampers. Did quite well - 2 world championships out of it.

We even developed a way around the Active Suspension rule. We could do it passively. Sold it to a team for a rather large amount of money *in excess of 1 million* they ran it at 1 test - 2 seconds a lap faster. Never ran it again. Apparently it was too heavy?? But they went 2 secs quicker?

We did everything from Formula Ford to F1, From GpN rallycars to Indycars to special jobs for the Royal Navy and one off car conversions for the Sultan of Brunei.

Also did vehicle dynamics and setup when at out home factory. Did some test driving of various new road cars. Some would turn blood red with embarassment or british racing green with sickness if it got out quite how much we did on their cars getting them to handle properly.

Best bit was testing the cars though. Nothing like blasting 800 miles in 1 day in a brand new car - especially if it's before the press have driven it.

Worst bit - having bits fail at ~160mph and finding a concrete wall at the point of impact..

Simon/~Flibster