2006 Bahrain Grand Prix - Race 1/18

Flibster · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:12

2006 Driver Championship standing - subject to conformation

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[b]Pos	Driver		Points[/b]
1	Alonso		10
2	M.Schumacher	8
3	Raikkonen	6
4	Button		5
5	Montoya		4
6	Webber		3
7	Rosberg		2
8	Klien		1

//Mike · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:14

I still don't know why champagne isn't used at the end of the race. Bahrain isn't dry.

Alibaba99 · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:14

JRS said:
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Good drive from Alonso, excellent work by his pit crew. They really ought to have a seperate championship for the crews, they seem to do a lot of the work these days

I believe that the IRL does infact do this.

Stormrider · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:14

Bring on next weekend!

Flibster · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:14

2006 Constructors Championship

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[b]Pos	Team		Points[/b]
1	Renault		10
3	McLaren		10
2	Ferrari		8
4	Honda		5
6	Williams	5
8	Red Bull Racing	1

//Mike · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:15

Stormrider said:
Bring on next weekend!

I know, it's my birthday!

Flibster · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:16

//Mike said:
I still don't know why champagne isn't used at the end of the race. Bahrain isn't dry.

Technically it is - It's an islamic country so it's a no-no.

Stormrider · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:16

//Mike said:
I know, it's my birthday!

nice - congrats

Joe T · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:16

//Mike said:
It certainly does bode well for the rest of the season .

Thanks guys for some great company yet again .

Agreed.

Cheers guys, esp you, Flib.

JRS · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:17

Alibaba99 said:
I believe that the IRL does infact do this.

Yep, I think they do. And NASCAR has a competition for the least amount of time spent on pit road. It'd be nice to see the pit crew work rewarded with more than the thanks from the driver (which was nice to hear as well, props to Alonso for that).

One More Solo · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:17

Why does Schumacher blip his throttle on change downs but Alonso appears not to?

JRS · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:18

One More Solo said:
Why does Schumacher blip his throttle on change downs but Alonso appears not to?

Different programming on the gearbox?

Stellios · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:18

One More Solo said:
Why does Schumacher blip his throttle on change downs but Alonso appears not to?

Something he is used to doing from the Bennetton days?

//Mike · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:18

Flibster said:
Technically it is - It's an islamic country so it's a no-no.

Well you are legally allowed to purchase alcohol in licenced premesis in Bahrain -this tends to be hotels only though.

JRS · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:19

//Mike said:
Well you are legally allowed to purchase alcohol in licenced premesis in Bahrain -this tends to be hotels only though.

Maybe the track doesn't have a license to serve alcohol

SKILL · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:19

A good start to the season, good reliability as well

Great drive from Raikkonen and Rosberg, hopefully Raikkonen doesn't suffer from mechanical problems much more

Stormrider · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:19

JRS said:
Different programming on the gearbox?

different gearbox even?
Though I thought Ferarri had a seamless shift [edited out:shiftless] gearbox

//Mike · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:19

JRS said:
Maybe the track doesn't have a license to serve alcohol

Certainly possible, although I'm sure that it gets into the VIP suite somehow

TinkerBell · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:20

Woooo gotta love Kimi, I just wish McLaren would sort out the cars so he could win the races

Type_R · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:20

Excellent Race - Nico Rosberg driver of the day without a doubt!