2005 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

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

SaBBz · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:42

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

Must be true - power is an aphrodisiac

I was wondering exactly the same thing!

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.

Stormrider · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:49

Cracking lap

Stormrider · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:50

Flibster said:
Trulli is out - can he do it again?

Yup

SaBBz · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:50

Brilliant lap from Trulli: 1:29.993

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

SaBBz · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:52

Alonso with an awesome lap too! 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

Coco · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:55

Trulli is so brilliant at qualifying, team mate Ralf over a second slower :|
And great work by Alonso, shaping up for another fantastic race

SaBBz · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:57

Coco said:
Trulli is so brilliant at qualifying, team mate Ralf over a second slower :|

Not quite a second! And Ralf made quite a bad mistake under braking.

Coco · 2 Apr 2005 at 11:59

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?

Coco · 2 Apr 2005 at 12:00

SaBBz said:
Not quite a second! And Ralf made quite a bad mistake under braking.

Well spotted!
I take it all back! Hehe

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

Coco · 2 Apr 2005 at 12:17

Haha, DC in an RB without TC, he's gonna end up in KO.

As for Ross, Ferrari looked in great detail as to how they could save money this year and as such have impossed a ban on him visiting the Ferrari Restaurant, thus looking distinctly thinner.
Similar to how Frank Williams is suddenly finding more & more money now that Montoya isn't eating all of the pies after sending him on his bike. Which he later fell off

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: