2005 United States Grand Prix

vanpeebles · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:35

laughable

//Mike · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:35

He said if MSC did his victory jump, he'd go over and punch him.

kicks66 · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:35

probably the most boring gp ever, and the most pointless. i i only saw 5 laps of it. a real let down

nick

Gilly · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:35

duc999 said:
Schumacher , and I quote Brundle , "took his apex , as he is entitled to do"

Take it back 2 seconds. What was said?

//Mike said:
He said if MSC did his victory jump, he'd go over and punch him.

Hehe, I'm putting it back on

mmj_uk · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:35

Well it's been while since we had no retirements.

xyphic · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:35

Dolph said:
I'm trying to work out why some people are saying the rules of a sport should be changed for entertainment purposes......

For the simple reason that they don't want the sport to die. The thing that keeps people coming back to F1 is the entertainment value - if that is removed, then why should the fans fork out ridiculous amounts of money to see it? With the fans gone, the sponsors would be out of there sharpish and it'd be bye-bye F1.

I'm not saying it will get that far. I believe that F1 will recover from this. However, it's going to be a lot harder to recover than if the FIA had made some concessions for the sake of keeping the fans happy.

Byron5184 · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:36

//Mike said:
He said if MSC did his victory jump, he'd go over and punch him.

AHAHAHAHAHA now THAT would be worth watching this farce to see

//Mike · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:39

Actually, another point for Dolph. Why is it then that they are always changing the rules at the start of the season, for virtually every sport? It wouldn't be for entertainment value the vast majority of the time would it?

Surely you must agree with the changing of some rules?

MTA99 · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:39

xyphic said:
.................I'm not saying it will get that far. I believe that F1 will recover from this. However, it's going to be a lot harder to recover than if the FIA had made some concessions for the sake of keeping the fans happy.

I don't think it will recover. Come the end of 2007 everyone but Ferrari (at this stage) are taking their ball and going home (to start a new champoinship).

This has put Ferrari and the FIA even further in the doghouse with the other teams!

Oh well!

Cheers

Gezzard · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:40

Yay, Minardi have 7 points, now in front of BAR \o/

//Mike · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:41

MSC looks very smug...

KiNgPiN83 · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:42

So....

..Who's watching topgear then?

stu4691 · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:42

//Mike said:
Actually, another point for Dolph. Why is it then that they are always changing the rules at the start of the season, for virtually every sport? It wouldn't be for entertainment value the vast majority of the time would it?

Surely you must agree with the changing of some rules?

Its one thing to change the rules at the start of the season when the teams are given a chance to react, quite another to change them a day/hour/minutes before a race.

//Mike · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:42

Glad to see them not spraying champagne

, except for Monteiro.

KiNgPiN83 · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:43

//Mike said:
MSC looks very smug...

Probably because he just earnt the 10 easiest points he'll ever earn.

//Mike · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:44

stu4691 said:
Its one thing to change the rules at the start of the season when the teams are given a chance to react, quite another to change them a day/hour/minutes before a race.

Changing them several hours before the race would have given everyone ample time to react. From what I can understand, the teams were willing for the chicane to go in.. even Ferrari who said it was down to the FIA (the rule makers).

And why did the rules need to be altered in the first place? Surely allowing the Michelin runners to change tyres on grounds of safety (which is allowed in the rules) would suffice?

Byron5184 · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:45

//Mike said:
Glad to see them not spraying champagne , except for Monteiro.

He doesnt yet grasp the seriousness of the situation, agreed it was his first podium and wanted to have a bit of fun, but at least he didnt go mental like they normally do, as soon as he realised he was alone up there he promptly left the podium. Later tonight he'll probably start thinking "did i deserve it?".

Fire 1 · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:46

Why did paul stoddart allow his cars to finish the race and score seven valuable points?

goreblast · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:47

press-conference could be intersting

vanpeebles · 19 Jun 2005 at 20:47

Fire 1 said:
Why did paul stoddart allow his cars to finish the race and score seven valuable points?

he said he had to run them because of jordan or something?