2005 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Flibster · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:40

How the hell does someone like Jean Toad get a bond girl as a Fiance???

Must be true - power is an aphrodisiac

Flibster · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:41

15 down - 5 to go.

Code:

M.Schumacher	Ferrari			1:30.237
Fisichella	Renault			1:30.445
Webber		Williams-BMW		1:30.592
Raikkonen	McLaren-Marcedes	1:30.594
Klien		Red Bull-Cosworth	1:30.646
De La Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.725
Massa		Sauber-Petronas		1:30.933
Button		BAR-Honda		1:30.957
Sato		BAR-Honda		1:31.113
Barrichello	Ferrari			1:31.826
Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		1:32.318
Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		1:33.190
Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota		1:33.424
Albers		Minardi-Cosworth	1:34.005
Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	1:34.848

Flibster · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:42

Coulthard out on track.
Does a 1:31.211
Woo...much slower than Klien

Flibster · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:45

Ralf on track.
Woah - nearly lost it. Lets see where he recovers too

1:30.952

Flibster · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:48

Heidfeld on track - that Williams is gettign uglier with every race..more flipups and winglets and other crap sprouting from the bodywork

Looks a tidy lap though.

1:30.390

Very nice lap.

Flibster · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:49

Trulli is out - can he do it again?
Up on MS after the second sector
And finishes 1:29.993

Toyota have arrived I think now.

Flibster · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:51

Alonso out now - hell of a target for him.

He's flying :eek:

That Renault is superb.

1:29.848

Flibster · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:54

As always - subject to official conformation.

Code:

1	Alonso		Renault			1:29.848
2	Trulli		Toyota			1:29.993
3	M.Schumacher	Ferrari			1:30.237
4	Heidfeld	Williams-BMW		1:30.390
5	Fisichella	Renault			1:30.445
6	Webber		Williams-BMW		1:30.592
7	Raikkonen	McLaren-Marcedes	1:30.594
8	Klien		Red Bull-Cosworth	1:30.646
9	De La Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.725
10	Massa		Sauber-Petronas		1:30.933
11	R.Schumacher	Toyota			1:30.952
12	Button		BAR-Honda		1:30.957
13	Sato		BAR-Honda		1:31.113
14	Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:31.211
15	Barrichello	Ferrari			1:31.826
16	Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		1:32.318
17	Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		1:33.190
18	Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota		1:33.424
19	Albers		Minardi-Cosworth	1:34.005
20	Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	1:34.848

Flibster · 2 Apr 2005 at 12:02

Is it me - or is Ross Brawn losing a fair bit of weight? Looking much trimmer. Good for him.

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 2 Apr 2005 at 12:04

Coco said:
I cant believe im going to say this, but im pretty gutted DC is down the table! I feel like i'm really rooting for the guy & RedBull to do well this season, especially as they've started off so well. Is it a down force issue he's suffering?

Partly braking and partly the traction control is pulling power away from the wheels at every accelleration point

Suppose he could always switch the TC off..

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 2 Apr 2005 at 12:17

Oh...and an interesting news item from the FIA

FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

The Technical Regulations will remain unchanged for 2005, 2006 and 2007. However, a proposal for change, unanimously supported by the Teams, would be considered by the WMSC.

The current rule which places no limit on the number of tyre manufacturer's competing in the Championship would remain in force at least until 2008.

The Teams would be invited to discuss the 2008 Formula One Technical Regulations in a meeting on April 15, 2005, with further meetings during the summer if necessary. In accordance with the requirements of the Concorde Agreement, the new regulations would be published by the FIA no later than December 31, 2005.

So the tech regs are going to remain the same for the next 2 seasons. Yeah...right.

I'll believe this when it happens. :rolleyes:

Flibster · 2 Apr 2005 at 12:45

Qualifying 1

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Time[/b]
1	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			1:29.848		
2	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			1:29.993		
3	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			1:30.237		
4	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		1:30.390		
5	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			1:30.445		
6	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		1:30.592		
7	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.594		
8	15	Christian Klien		Red Bull Racing		1:30.646		
9	10	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.725		
10	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		1:30.933		
11	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			1:30.952		
12	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		1:30.957		
13	4	Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		1:31.113		
14	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		1:31.211		
15	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			1:31.826		
16	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		1:32.318		
17	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		1:33.190		
18	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		1:33.424		
19	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	1:34.005		
20	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	1:34.848

Sector Times - Qualifying 1

Code:

[b]Sector 1[/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	5	Fernando Alonso		28.658 
2	1	Michael Schumacher	28.728 
3	9	Kimi Räikkönen		28.829 
4	12	Felipe Massa		28.905 
5	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	28.916 
6	16	Jarno Trulli		28.917 
7	15	Christian Klien		28.954 
8	10	Pedro de la Rosa	28.969 
9	17	Ralf Schumacher		29.007 
10	7	Mark Webber		29.043 
11	8	Nick Heidfeld		29.083 
12	11	Jacques Villeneuve	29.112 
13	4	Takuma Sato		29.143 
14	3	Jenson Button		29.201 
15	14	David Coulthard		29.215 
16	19	Narain Karthikeyan	29.436 
17	21	Christijan Albers	29.640 
18	2	Rubens Barrichello	29.758 
19	18	Tiago Monteiro		29.861 
20	20	Patrick Friesacher	30.070

Code:

[b]Sector 2 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	5	Fernando Alonso		38.813 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		39.023 
3	9	Kimi Räikkönen		39.217 
4	1	Michael Schumacher	39.221 
5	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	39.246 
6	8	Nick Heidfeld		39.247 
7	10	Pedro de la Rosa	39.343 
8	7	Mark Webber		39.363 
9	3	Jenson Button		39.413 
10	15	Christian Klien		39.455 
11	14	David Coulthard		39.487 
12	2	Rubens Barrichello	39.504 
13	4	Takuma Sato		39.583 
14	12	Felipe Massa		39.744 
15	17	Ralf Schumacher		39.749 
16	11	Jacques Villeneuve	39.897 
17	18	Tiago Monteiro		40.538 
18	19	Narain Karthikeyan	40.579 
19	21	Christijan Albers	41.128 
20	20	Patrick Friesacher	41.601

Code:

[b]Sector 3 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	16	Jarno Trulli		22.053 
2	8	Nick Heidfeld		22.060 
3	7	Mark Webber		22.186 
4	17	Ralf Schumacher		22.196 
5	15	Christian Klien		22.237 
6	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	22.283 
7	12	Felipe Massa		22.284 
8	1	Michael Schumacher	22.288 
9	3	Jenson Button		22.343 
10	5	Fernando Alonso		22.377 
11	4	Takuma Sato		22.387 
12	10	Pedro de la Rosa	22.413 
13	14	David Coulthard		22.509 
14	9	Kimi Räikkönen		22.548 
15	2	Rubens Barrichello	22.564 
16	19	Narain Karthikeyan	22.820 
17	11	Jacques Villeneuve	22.851 
18	18	Tiago Monteiro		23.025 
19	20	Patrick Friesacher	23.177 
20	21	Christijan Albers	23.237

Speed Trap

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time		Speed[/b]
1	10	Pedro de la Rosa	13:02:09	331.1 
2	12	Felipe Massa		13:31:14	330.5 
3	9	Kimi Räikkönen		13:33:18	330.1 
4	18	Tiago Monteiro		13:24:02	329.2 
5	5	Fernando Alonso		13:50:48	329.2 
6	1	Michael Schumacher	13:37:29	328.5 
7	19	Narain Karthikeyan	13:29:16	328.3 
8	15	Christian Klien		13:35:12	328.2 
9	11	Jacques Villeneuve	13:10:33	327.5 
10	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	13:18:04	327.5 
11	14	David Coulthard		13:42:51	326.9 
12	21	Christijan Albers	13:22:04	323.9 
13	2	Rubens Barrichello	13:20:13	323.7 
14	20	Patrick Friesacher	13:06:21	323.3 
15	4	Takuma Sato		13:04:20	323.0 
16	16	Jarno Trulli		13:48:51	322.2 
17	17	Ralf Schumacher		13:44:51	321.3 
18	3	Jenson Button		13:08:35	321.2 
19	7	Mark Webber		13:16:08	321.0 
20	8	Nick Heidfeld		13:46:53	319.5

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 08:27

Qualifying 2 results - as I get them. Again - hidden until the ITV show starts. *Now revealed*

It's getting on the warm side there already:
Track is at 45°C and climbing
Air temp is at 38°C and climbing
Nice breeze though - 3.5m/s

Running order:
Friesacher
Albers
Monteiro
Karthikeyan
Villeneuve
Barrichello
Coulthard
Sato
Button
R.Schumacher
Massa
De La Rosa
Klien
Raikkonen
Webber
Fisichella
Heifdeld
M.Schumacher
Trulli
Alonso

Friesacher on track - front end all over the place - generally untidy - no big problems though.
Albers on track - unremarkable lap - clean
Monteiro on track - see above
Karthikeyan - untidy - very untidy
Villeneuve - Locking up at t9 - untidy.
Barrichello - was well up in s2 - pulled off the track just after the pit lane exit - oh dear
Coulthard - well up on RB. Much better than yesterdays lap.
Sato - His first Q2 session of the year.

Ran wide at t12 - little untidy
Button - Very tidy - pretty quick too.
R.Schumacher - A clean lap *unlike yesterday* Shows that the Toyota is quick
Massa - slightly messy but slow
De La Rosa - slow in the middle sector
Klien - Very nice lap. Most improved driver I think
Raikkonen - Very tidy but surprisingly slow..couldn't see anywhere where he lost so much time
Webber - Bit of a bobble at T2 - held onto it though.
Fisichella - Untidy through T1 and T2
Heidfeld - Tidy lap
M.Schumacher - Big twitch at T4 - Quick though.
Trulli - Again slow in the middle section - all I can think of is fuel levels.
Alonso - This car is superb. I think Alonso is in with a very good shot at the title this year.

Code:

Alonso		Renault			3:01.902
M.Schumacher	Ferrari			3:02.357
Trulli		Toyota			3:02.660
Heifdeld	Williams-BMW		3:03.217
Webber		Williams-BMW		3:03.262
R.Schumacher	Toyota			3:03.271
Klien		Red Bull-Cosworth	3:03.369
De La Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	3:03.373
Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	3:03.524
Fisichella	Renault			3:03.765
Button		BAR-Honda		3.04.348
Massa		Sauber-Petronas		3:05.202
Sato		BAR-Honda		3:05.563
Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	3:05.844
Barrichello	Ferrari			3:07.693
Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		3:07.983
Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota		3:09.428
Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		3:10.143
Albers		Minardi-Cosworth	3:10.422
Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	3:11.261

I suspect that some of cars are carring some odd levels of fuel.

Ferrari are ripping the rear end of Barrichello's car apart - Still no official news.
Still no news from Ferrari - Apparently the Head of Race engines went up to Ross Brawn when RB's lap started - but they are removing the gearbox from the car though - could be engine or gearbox.

Alonso nailed it. Superbly driven.

Just heard - another gearbox failure for Barrichello - they don't have a spare - will they be able to cobble a gearbox together from the remains of the other 2?

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 08:31

Barrichello's gearbox has been replaced before qualifying 2 without penalty.

Although it's looking like he's buggered it again :eek:

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 09:30

Stormrider said:
5 Live extra reporting that RBs new gearbox has a failure. They are now worried about MSs gearbox.

*cough* Check the hidden text in the above posts...

Does this make Rubens a box muncher now?

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 10:05

Qualifying 2

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Time[/b]
1	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			3:01.902		
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			3:02.357		
3	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			3:02.660		
4	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		3:03.217		
5	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		3:03.262		
6	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			3:03.271		
7	15	Christian Klien		Red Bull Racing		3:03.369		
8	10	Pedro de la Rosa 	McLaren-Mercedes	3:03.373		
9	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	3:03.524		
10	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			3:03.765		
11	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		3:04.348		
12	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		3:05.202		
13	4	Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		3:05.563		
14	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		3:05.844		
15	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			3:07.693		
16	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		3:07.983		
17	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		3:09.428		
18	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		3:10.143		
19	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	3:10.422		
20	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	3:11.261

Sector Times - Qualifying 2

Code:

[b]Sector 1[/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen		29.390 
2	15	Christian Klien		29.437 
3	10	Pedro de la Rosa	29.445 
4	5	Fernando Alonso		29.463 
5	1	Michael Schumacher	29.477 
6	17	Ralf Schumacher		29.515 
7	8	Nick Heidfeld		29.587 
8	16	Jarno Trulli		29.595 
9	7	Mark Webber		29.624 
10	3	Jenson Button		29.731 
11	4	Takuma Sato		29.847 
12	12	Felipe Massa		29.866 
13	2	Rubens Barrichello	30.086 
14	14	David Coulthard		30.186 
15	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	30.243 
16	21	Christijan Albers	30.345 
17	11	Jacques Villeneuve	30.392 
18	20	Patrick Friesacher	30.412 
19	18	Tiago Monteiro		30.498 
20	19	Narain Karthikeyan	30.521

Code:

[b]Sector 2 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	1	Michael Schumacher	39.790 
2	5	Fernando Alonso		39.874 
3	17	Ralf Schumacher		39.939 
4	7	Mark Webber		40.134 
5	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	40.185 
6	15	Christian Klien		40.242 
7	16	Jarno Trulli		40.246 
8	10	Pedro de la Rosa	40.311 
9	9	Kimi Räikkönen		40.372 
10	8	Nick Heidfeld		40.398 
11	3	Jenson Button		40.585 
12	12	Felipe Massa		40.600 
13	4	Takuma Sato		40.881 
14	14	David Coulthard		40.971 
15	2	Rubens Barrichello	41.322 
16	18	Tiago Monteiro		41.757 
17	11	Jacques Villeneuve	41.894 
18	21	Christijan Albers	42.001 
19	20	Patrick Friesacher	42.369 
20	19	Narain Karthikeyan	42.372

Code:

[b]Sector 3 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	5	Fernando Alonso		22.717 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		22.826 
3	8	Nick Heidfeld		22.842 
4	1	Michael Schumacher	22.853 
5	17	Ralf Schumacher		22.865 
6	10	Pedro de la Rosa	22.892 
7	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	22.892 
8	7	Mark Webber		22.912 
9	15	Christian Klien		23.044 
10	3	Jenson Button		23.075 
11	9	Kimi Räikkönen		23.168 
12	11	Jacques Villeneuve	23.379 
13	14	David Coulthard		23.476 
14	12	Felipe Massa		23.523 
15	20	Patrick Friesacher	23.632 
16	4	Takuma Sato		23.722 
17	18	Tiago Monteiro		23.749 
18	19	Narain Karthikeyan	23.936 
19	21	Christijan Albers	24.071 
20	2	Rubens Barrichello	24.459

Speed Trap

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time		Speed[/b]
1	19	Narain Karthikeyan	10:38:09	330.6 
2	5	Fernando Alonso		11:21:23	330.6 
3	1	Michael Schumacher	11:17:23	330.0 
4	15	Christian Klien		11:03:40	328.8 
5	12	Felipe Massa		10:59:46	327.9 
6	14	David Coulthard		10:48:02	327.7 
7	9	Kimi Räikkönen		11:05:41	326.9 
8	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	11:13:14	326.0 
9	10	Pedro de la Rosa	11:01:43	324.6 
10	4	Takuma Sato		10:50:14	324.0 
11	3	Jenson Button		10:52:29	324.0 
12	20	Patrick Friesacher	10:32:04	323.0 
13	16	Jarno Trulli		11:19:27	322.8 
14	21	Christijan Albers	10:34:00	321.2 
15	8	Nick Heidfeld		11:15:14	321.2 
16	17	Ralf Schumacher		10:54:25	320.7 
17	7	Mark Webber		11:07:53	320.6 
18	18	Tiago Monteiro		10:36:06	320.5 
19	2	Rubens Barrichello	10:46:00	316.4 
20	11	Jacques Villeneuve	10:40:13	314.3

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 10:22

Type_R said:
Flibster - cant seen any times in the dark blue boxes...what is going on?

Bahrain GP grid

Please remove the times - I've hidden them deliberately for people who don't want to know.

Same as I've done since I started doing this last year..

highlight the contents of the boxes...it'll show up then. *just reinstalled firefox to try it - works in that as well..now uninstalling it again*

Oh..if anyone wants to know thew codes to do this for the light blue background it's and for the dark blue it's

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 10:56

Stormrider said:
Using firefox here and have never seen any problems (i.e. it should be hidden ).

Edit: doesn't this BB have any spoiler tags?

Dunno...could be a code mod.. :confused:

Oh..and a little bit of fun..An Asiatech V10 powered F1 car warming up..

http://www.flibster.eclipse.co.uk/F1/Other Files/asiatech_v10.mp3

Listen first - then read the below bit.

How it was done..

As we all know, a V10 engine produces five combustions per revolution at a frequency per second of 60/(5 x revs per minute), which equals 12/rpm. Therefore, to work out the revs you need to hit a particular musical note, you multiply the note's frequency by 12.
To play a 440Hz "A", for example, you need 5,280rpm. For "C", use 3,139rpm, for "F" 4,191rpm, and so on. Asiatech's French technicians (the engine, despite its name, is derived from a Peugeot design) simply programmed their engine to run through the various rev/note ranges in the correct sequence

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 11:38

Looks like Rubens is getting the original knackered/repaired gearbox back as well as a new engine.. :confused:

Looks like the new gearbox that was used in the crash test was damaged during the crash test...

errrm...ok..

RB will probably be starting formt he back of the grid or even the pit lane.

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 11:51

Now started on ITV 1 - some nice arty shots going on now..