2005 Spanish Grand Prix

Emlyn_Dewar · 7 May 2005 at 13:47

Hey, sorry for the lack of practise 3 times and the lateness of the quali results, just got home and have had no sleep, damn...
Anyway, I'll just get something to eat and get the sector times and speed trap info for quali1 done.

Gojira · 7 May 2005 at 13:48

Hmm, exactly a second covering the top 10, and 1.2 sec down to 12th. Is it just me, or is that rather closer than sometimes?

Obviously there is tomorrows qualifying to go, but it may yet be an interesting race!

Alan Woodford

Emlyn_Dewar · 7 May 2005 at 14:01

It's a track a lot of teams test on and it is getting quite close, really should be an exciting race, at last!
Interesting to point out that a few of these laps are faster than last years pole time... So much for slowing the cars down!

Emlyn_Dewar · 7 May 2005 at 14:26

http://195.147.246.45/BAR_FIA_Submission.pdf

Here's a good read...

Richard T · 7 May 2005 at 14:29

Gojira said:
Hmm, exactly a second covering the top 10, and 1.2 sec down to 12th. Is it just me, or is that rather closer than sometimes?

Obviously there is tomorrows qualifying to go, but it may yet be an interesting race!

Alan Woodford

yeah it makes a change.... lets hope the actual race is ok

Richard T · 7 May 2005 at 14:34

Emlyn_Dewar said:
It's a track a lot of teams test on and it is getting quite close, really should be an exciting race, at last!
Interesting to point out that a few of these laps are faster than last years pole time... So much for slowing the cars down!

as its a real aero track the drivers will have major problems getting anywhere near the back of the car in front until the tyres wear or the driver in front makes a mistake

here's hoping for an exciting race with REAL overtaking and none of this in the pits crap

Duke · 7 May 2005 at 15:18

Well we all know he will come top 3 by passing the upper field in the pits

but then if no cars are drivable when close to the car infront, there isn't much else they can do

clv101 · 7 May 2005 at 15:24

Emlyn_Dewar said:
Interesting to point out that a few of these laps are faster than last years pole time... So much for slowing the cars down!

A lot of people have been talking about that... however last year they never ran as light as they have today with new tires. Qualifying was with fuel and during the race once the fuel was gone, the tires were already badly worn.

Richard T · 7 May 2005 at 16:12

Duke said:
Well we all know he will come top 3 by passing the upper field in the pits but then if no cars are drivable when close to the car infront, there isn't much else they can do

I asume you're talking about shuey....

If you are I agree as he seems not to be able to overtake on the track!

Joe T · 7 May 2005 at 16:26

Emlyn_Dewar said:
http://195.147.246.45/BAR_FIA_Submission.pdf

Here's a good read...

Is that supposed to be in the public domain? Just owndering...

Its quite interesting, and it shows that BAR may have a case.

Gojira · 7 May 2005 at 16:43

Joe T said:
Is that supposed to be in the public domain? Just owndering...

Its quite interesting, and it shows that BAR may have a case.

Somewhat surprisingly, yes it is. There's a link to it from BAR's website, and they certainly told the beeb they were making it public.

The bits I've read make Max Moseley's comments seem harsh.

Certainly sounds like there is some weasel-room in the regs :eek:

Alan Woodford

Richard T · 7 May 2005 at 17:17

think I'll have to have a read of this!

clv101 · 7 May 2005 at 17:23

An excellent read, ignoring this case, there's lots of interesting info in there. However, I don't think we can make any judgement from this document, it's only one side of the story! If you read just the prosecution or just the defence statements from any case it's very easy to come away thinking they are guilty or innocent respectively.

Emlyn_Dewar · 7 May 2005 at 17:33

Everything's always available from the FIA website, heaps of interesting stuff. Quite a lot of drivel aswell though... Paul Stoddart's massive whine to Max Mosely was a legendary read.

leaskovski · 7 May 2005 at 18:42

LOL! 103 pages. No chance. Im an F1 fan, but not that much of a fan....

clv101 · 7 May 2005 at 18:58

Lots of picture, blank pages and it's double line spaced... It's more like a 40-50 pager.

Richard T · 7 May 2005 at 19:21

clv101 said:
Lots of picture, blank pages and it's double line spaced... It's more like a 40-50 pager.

Still a biggie tho :rolleyes:

Fr0dders · 7 May 2005 at 20:38

iirc i read somewhere that the only reason that BAR didnt appeal was that they wouldnt be able to get an authorative body to preside over the appeal in time. The only country that would be able to do it would be France apparently.

just what i read in the papers tho, so i dont fully understand it.

Emlyn_Dewar · 8 May 2005 at 02:21

Right... this post needs to be first page... Anyway, I am very rubbish! Drunk and wrong! Dunno about live commentary, sigh...
Need to build tv computer, or else I'm trashed or something... But it's the thought that counts!

Hiann · 8 May 2005 at 07:51

Calling all Northern Ireland F1 fans......

Ok, anybody ever watched qualy via Setanta Sports Ireland? Looks like its £12.99 per month & subscription line only opens at 8am. It is meant to the Republic of Ireland only channel, yet it tells you how to subscribe if you are in Northern Ireland...... Has anyone done this and what's the quality of the service like?