2006 European Grand Prix - Race 5/18

Great final qually battle there
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Anyone notice Alonso's final lap? He put in one final 1.34 lap after his pole effort. Ok he may have initially stayed on it in case his pole lap was beaten and he needed to try again but once it was obvious this wasn't going to happen he decided to put in a relatively slow lap rather than just come in, as the fuel credit for the lap would work in his favour tomorrow. Smart thinking and makes me wonder just how light the Renaults were in their efforts to keep up with Ferrari.
 
Vertigo1 said:
Anyone notice Alonso's final lap? He put in one final 1.34 lap after his pole effort. Ok he may have initially stayed on it in case his pole lap was beaten and he needed to try again but once it was obvious this wasn't going to happen he decided to put in a relatively slow lap rather than just come in, as the fuel credit for the lap would work in his favour tomorrow. Smart thinking and makes me wonder just how light the Renaults were in their efforts to keep up with Ferrari.
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I still think it's more the other way round - the Ferrari's are trying to keep up with the Renaults.
 
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Fisichella hopes Villeneuves gets penalty

Giancarlo Fisichella believes that Jacques Villeneuve should lose his best qualifying time for the European Grand Prix for blocking him during the second session on Saturday, as the two drivers await the stewards' decision on the matter.

The Renault driver missed out on making it through to Q3 after getting baulked by Villeneuve during Q2 - and he angrily stormed down to the BMW garage straight afterwards to express his frustration at the situation.

Villeneuve came to speak to Fisichella following qualifying but, after failing to apologise, the Renault driver remains furious at the situation. The pair have been to see the race stewards and Fisichella wants Villeneuve's best time deleted. A ruling is expected after this afternoon's GP2 race.

Article 116B of Formula One's sporting regulations warns that the race stewards will delete the times of any driver who they believe has 'impeded' another driver during qualifying.

The rule states: "If, in the opinion of the stewards, a driver deliberately stops on the circuit or impedes another driver in any way during the qualifying practice session his times will be cancelled."

Fisichella believes that the stewards should make an example of Villeneuve to prevent a repeat of the situation in the future.

"If there is a rule where one driver slows down another driver you have to stick to the rule, so he has to lose his time," explained Fisichella. "Otherwise it will happen again."

Speaking about the incident, Fisichella said: "It is unacceptable. He knows how much you lose when we are behind another car, even from 100m. You lose a lot of downforce, a lot of grip. It is unacceptable even more because he was on his out lap.

"I'm really disappointed and angry. There are rules and we have to respect the rules. There is a code between drivers and he didn't respect that. There is a rule that if you slow down another driver you lose your time.

"Now I'm 13th fastest. He slowed me down and stopped me being in the top 10. My team-mate is on pole. I don't say I would have been on pole but I could have been second, third or fourth. There would have been the possibility to race to win. Now back in 13th there is not the possibility to even get on the podium."

Fisichella claimed he was angrier about the situation now because Villeneuve refused to apologise for what happened.

Referring to his walk down to the BMW pits, Fisichella said: "I said what did you do, what have you done? I was so angry. And I am more angry because he didn't say sorry.

"I spoke already with him and didn't say sorry, so for me it is finished.

"He said that he was trying to keep his tyres warm and that I was not too close. But I was so close, already from Turn 9. I was showing with my arms that I wanted to get by from the middle of the circuit.

"He knows that, and he knows the effect. It is unacceptable, what he said. It was very unprofessional."
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Qualifying Results.
Code: 
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Session 1	Session 2	Session 3[/b]
1	1	Fernando Alonso		Renault			1:31.138	1:30.336	1:29.819
2	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			1:31.235	1:30.013	1:30.028
3	6	Felipe Massa		Ferrari			1:31.921	1:30.732	1:30.407
4	11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda			1:31.671	1:30.469	1:30.754
5	3	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	1:31.263	1:30.203	1:30.933
6	12	Jenson Button		Honda			1:31.420	1:30.755	1:30.940
7	8	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			1:31.809	1:30.733	1:31.419
8	17	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-BMW		1:31.545	1:30.865	1:31.542
9	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:31.774	1:30.671	1:31.880
10	9	Mark Webber		Williams-Cosworth	1:31.712	1:30.892	1:33.405
11	7	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			1:31.470	1:30.944		
12	10	Nico Rosberg		Williams-Cosworth	1:32.053	1:31.194		
13	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			1:31.574	1:31.197		
14	14	David Coulthard		RBR-Ferrari		1:31.742	1:31.227		
15	16	Nick Heidfeld		Sauber-BMW		1:31.457	1:31.422		
16	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	STR-Cosworth		1:32.621	1:31.728		
17	15	Christian Klien		RBR-Ferrari		1:32.901			
18	19	Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota		1:32.936			
19	21	Scott Speed		STR-Cosworth		1:32.992			
20	18	Tiago Monteiro		MF1-Toyota		1:33.658			
21	22	Takuma Sato		Super Aguri-Honda	1:35.239			
22	23	Franck Montagny		Super Aguri-Honda	1:46.505

Sector Times

Code: 
[b]Sector 1[/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	5	Michael Schumacher	29.428	
2	1	Fernando Alonso		29.523	
3	12	Jenson Button		29.651	
4	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	29.715	
5	6	Felipe Massa		29.730	
6	3	Kimi Räikkönen		29.757	
7	14	David Coulthard		29.770	
8	8	Jarno Trulli		29.786	
9	9	Mark Webber		29.791	
10	17	Jacques Villeneuve	29.895	
11	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	29.919	
12	7	Ralf Schumacher		29.926	
13	10	Nico Rosberg		29.931	
14	11	Rubens Barrichello	29.940	
15	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	29.982	
16	16	Nick Heidfeld		29.985	
17	15	Christian Klien		30.238	
18	19	Christijan Albers	30.332	
19	18	Tiago Monteiro		30.522	
20	21	Scott Speed		30.604	
21	22	Takuma Sato		31.298	
22	23	Franck Montagny		40.515

Code: 
[b]Sector 2 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	1	Fernando Alonso		37.236	
2	3	Kimi Räikkönen		37.343	
3	6	Felipe Massa		37.414	
4	11	Rubens Barrichello	37.419	
5	5	Michael Schumacher	37.447	
6	8	Jarno Trulli		37.565	
7	7	Ralf Schumacher		37.584	
8	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	37.650	
9	12	Jenson Button		37.671	
10	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	37.689	
11	9	Mark Webber		37.757	
12	17	Jacques Villeneuve	37.766	
13	10	Nico Rosberg		37.868	
14	16	Nick Heidfeld		37.870	
15	14	David Coulthard		37.958	
16	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	37.992	
17	21	Scott Speed		38.675	
18	19	Christijan Albers	38.676	
19	18	Tiago Monteiro		39.250	
20	15	Christian Klien		39.593	
21	22	Takuma Sato		39.603	
22	23	Franck Montagny		39.882

Code: 
[b]Sector 3 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	1	Fernando Alonso		23.060	
2	5	Michael Schumacher	23.064	
3	6	Felipe Massa		23.097	
4	3	Kimi Räikkönen		23.103	
5	11	Rubens Barrichello	23.110	
6	17	Jacques Villeneuve	23.204	
7	7	Ralf Schumacher		23.241	
8	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	23.269	
9	9	Mark Webber		23.344	
10	12	Jenson Button		23.351	
11	8	Jarno Trulli		23.382	
12	14	David Coulthard		23.386	
13	10	Nico Rosberg		23.395	
14	16	Nick Heidfeld		23.405	
15	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	23.412	
16	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	23.537	
17	18	Tiago Monteiro		23.886	
18	19	Christijan Albers	23.928	
19	21	Scott Speed		23.975	
20	23	Franck Montagny		24.293	
21	15	Christian Klien		24.305	
22	22	Takuma Sato		24.338

Speed Trap

Code: 
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time		Speed[/b]
1	5	Michael Schumacher	14:37:43	295.6	
2	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	14:42:29	295.4	
3	6	Felipe Massa		14:38:49	294.4	
4	1	Fernando Alonso		14:40:29	293.7	
5	16	Nick Heidfeld		14:41:53	292.2	
6	3	Kimi Räikkönen		14:36:26	289.3	
7	17	Jacques Villeneuve	15:04:57	288.9	
8	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	14:37:12	287.9	
9	8	Jarno Trulli		14:42:19	287.0	
10	10	Nico Rosberg		14:01:28	287.0	
11	9	Mark Webber		14:40:36	285.7	
12	7	Ralf Schumacher		14:42:53	285.4	
13	11	Rubens Barrichello	14:38:10	285.2	
14	12	Jenson Button		14:41:47	283.9	
15	21	Scott Speed		14:10:10	282.2	
16	23	Franck Montagny		14:09:48	281.9	
17	22	Takuma Sato		14:03:08	281.9	
18	14	David Coulthard		14:41:51	281.6	
19	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	14:41:39	280.3	
20	18	Tiago Monteiro		14:03:15	279.7	
21	19	Christijan Albers	14:05:05	278.7	
22	15	Christian Klien		14:02:34	276.1
 
Klien furious at Sato

Red Bull driver Christian Klien was furious at Super Aguri's Takuma Sato, claiming the Japanese driver ruined his qualifying.

Klien failed to make the first cut today after Sato blocked him during his final flying lap.

Without time to complete another lap, the Red Bull driver was left out of the second session and had to settle for 17th position.

Klien, who was confused by the red flag which was shown by error during the dying minutes of the first session, admitted he was very angry at Sato.

"I'm massively *piddled* off," said the Austrian. "All weekend I've been quick, I was in the top eight this morning and it was a really good opportunity for me and the team to be in the top ten today. During a timed lap, my engineers told me there was a red flag, so I slowed down and prepared to come back to the pits.

"But I was then told to continue, which was very strange, as that normally can't happen under a red flag. So, I did another lap. My tyres were worn, but I was on for a good time until I came up to Sato. He didn't look in his mirrors and ruined my whole lap and whole qualifying session.

"For me it's a really *poo* day and makes the rest of the weekend pretty complicated."

Klien's teammate David Coulthard enjoyed a slightly better session, finishing in 14th position.

"My last lap was good until I lost some time on the last corner, so there's still some work to be done," he said. "I feel for Christian. It's always disappointing to get caught up in traffic, but it's unusual for such a timing error to occur.

"The red flag happened on my out lap, so we were able to rectify everything before I started my timed lap, but it's very disappointing for Christian, especially as he was going so well this weekend."
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Villeneuve baffled by Fisichella's anger

BMW driver Jacques Villeneuve has claimed he did not think he had blocked Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella during the second part of qualifying for the European Grand Prix.

Fisichella, who had shaken his fist at the Canadian several times as he followed the BMW driver on the track in the penultimate session, clearly blamed the 1997 champion for baulking him.

Standing in the BMW garage in front of Villeneuve's car, with the Canadian still sitting in it, the Renault driver, who missed the second cut, pointed his finger and made his feelings clear.

"Fisichella seemed to be really angry and I am not exactly sure what happened," he said.

"I thought I was ahead of him and I was trying to get out of his way, maybe I slowed him down a little bit but I never thought he was that close to me. I will go and talk to him because it was not done on purpose.

"I don't think I hindered him and don't know why he is furious. I saw him but I thought there was enough space."

Villeneuve admitted he was hoping for more in qualifying, despite a strong performance to eighth place.

"The plan today was to get in the top ten, but we were hoping to be slightly better than P8," said the BMW driver. We concentrated on our qualifying set-up for a change, which enabled us to start further up the grid."

Despite that, the Canadian was still optimistic of fighting for a points finish tomorrow.

"I think we can get in the points, but will have to see how our set-up lives in the race," he said.

Villeneuve finished well ahead of teammate Nick Heidfeld who, after starting from pole position in last year's race, endured a disappointing day to finish only 15th.

The German driver admitted he was unsure about the reason for his lack of pace.

"Of course I'm unhappy with my lap time and my position," he said. "The car was not bad, although in the second half of the lap I had some understeer and the overall grip was not ideal.

"I don't know why I didn't manage to record a better lap time as we definitely didn't have the difficulties today we had here on Friday or in Imola."
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Speed frustrated by traffic

American Scott Speed blamed traffic for failing to make the first cut in qualifying for the European Grand Prix.

"That was really frustrating," admitted Speed. "In Imola we were unlucky with traffic and exactly the same thing happened today in qualifying.

"I think our pace was good but, once again we did not get the chance to show it.

"Hopefully, some time soon, I'll get a clean qualifying lap and someone else will get blocked, but this time, I had to pass Sato on my quick lap and then I got held up by a Midland in the last chicane, as he came into the pits.

"The red flag didn't really affect me. That's what this qualifying format is about this year, so hopefully, we'll get lucky one time," added Speed, who qualified in 19th position.

The American was outqualified by teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi, who made the first cut but failed to advance to the final session.

Liuzzi, 16th quickest, said there was nothing else he could have done.

"We could not really expect more than this today, as we were pretty much at our limit," said Liuzzi. "But the car performed well and I think we have a good set-up for tomorrow's race. With a few cars changing engines, we can move up a few places."
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