2006 San Marino Grand Prix - Race 4/18

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[b]2006 San Marino Grand Prix Qualifying Results[/b]

[b]Pos	Driver			Session 1	Session 2	Session 3[/b]
1	M.Schumacher		1:24.598	1:22.579	1:22.795
2	Button			1:24.480	1:23.749	1:22.988
3	Barrichello		1:24.727	1:23.760	1:23.242
4	Massa			1:24.884	1:23.595	1:23.702
5	Alonso			1:23.536	1:23.743	1:23.709
6	R.Schumacher		1:24.370	1:23.565	1:23.772
7	Montoya			1:24.960	1:23.760	1:24.021
8	Raikkonen		1:24.259	1:23.190	1:24.158
9	Trulli			1:24.446	1:23.727	1:24.172
10	Webber			1:24.992	1:23.718	1:24.795
11	Fisichella		1:24.434	1:23.771
12	Villeneuve		1:25.081	1:23.887
13	Rosberg			1:24.495	1:23.966
14	Coulthard		1:24.849	1:24.101
15	Heidfeld		1:25.410	1:24.123
16	Liuzzi			1:24.879	1:24.520
17	Klien			1:25.410
18	Speed			1:25.437
19	Monteiro		1:26.820
20	Albers			1:27.088
21	Sato			1:27.609
22	Ide			1:29.282
 
The Mclarens may well be so full of fuel that the suspension is creaking, unless they really are that slow round Imola. Could be an interesting strategy, and one that has worked for them in the past.
 
Byron5184 said:
What a self centred arrogant SOB that Michael, the reporter mentioned Senna's record TWICE and Michael didnt even give a **** about Senna or his record, was all me me me, would have been a decent thing to talk about the record and maybe how hes proud to break the record at imola of all places or something along those lines but noooo.
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:rolleyes:

Hm, there may be a reason Schuey doesnt want to speak about it.

If you remember what happened a few years back when he equalled/beat Sennas win record, he broke down in the press conference and had Mika giving him support. The fact he has Rubens next time him probably doesnt help (just remember what happened to him 12 years ago).

There is such a thingy as dignity.
 
Byron5184 said:
What a self centred arrogant SOB that Michael, the reporter mentioned Senna's record TWICE and Michael didnt even give a **** about Senna or his record, was all me me me, would have been a decent thing to talk about the record and maybe how hes proud to break the record at imola of all places or something along those lines but noooo. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
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Oh do be quiet....

So he didn't want to talk about Senna. You ever consider that it might be a painful subject for him? F1 had gone a long time without anyone dying (Elio De Angelis in a testing crash in '86 I believe was the last before that weekend), and a great deal of work was done to ensure that no-one died since. I doubt that the drivers really want any reminders about who and what they lost that day at Imola.
 
Current Odds...

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M Schumacher	2.37
F Alonso	3.50
K Raikkonen	8.50
J Button	8.50
R Barrichello	17.00
J P Montoya	17.00
F Massa		17.00
R Schumacher	26.00
G Fisichella	26.00
J Trulli	41.00
M Webber	51.00
N Rosberg	67.00
J Villeneuve	81.00
N Heidfeld	101.00
V Liuzzi	151.00
D Coulthard	151.00
C Klien		201.00
S Speed		251.00
T Monteiro	301.00
C Albers	301.00
Y Ide		501.00
T Sato		501.00
 
Qualifying Results.
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[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Session 1	Session 1	Session 3[/b]
1	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			1:24.598	1:22.579	1:22.795	
2	12	Jenson Button		Honda			1:24.480	1:23.749	1:22.988	
3	11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda			1:24.727	1:23.760	1:23.242	
4	6	Felipe Massa		Ferrari			1:24.884	1:23.595	1:23.702	
5	1	Fernando Alonso		Renault			1:23.536	1:23.743	1:23.709	
6	7	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			1:24.370	1:23.565	1:23.772	
7	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:24.960	1:23.760	1:24.021	
8	3	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	1:24.259	1:23.190	1:24.158	
9	8	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			1:24.446	1:23.727	1:24.172	
10	9	Mark Webber		Williams-Cosworth	1:24.992	1:23.718	1:24.795	
11	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			1:24.434	1:23.771		
12	17	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-BMW		1:25.081	1:23.887		
13	10	Nico Rosberg		Williams-Cosworth	1:24.495	1:23.966		
14	14	David Coulthard		RBR-Ferrari		1:24.849	1:24.101		
15	16	Nick Heidfeld		Sauber-BMW		1:25.410	1:24.129		
16	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	STR-Cosworth		1:24.879	1:24.520		
17	15	Christian Klien		RBR-Ferrari		1:25.410			
18	21	Scott Speed		STR-Cosworth		1:25.437			
19	18	Tiago Monteiro		MF1-Toyota		1:26.820			
20	19	Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota		1:27.088			
21	22	Takuma Sato		Super Aguri-Honda	1:27.609			
22	23	Yuji Ide		Super Aguri-Honda	1:29.282

Sector Times - Qualifying

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[b]Sector 1[/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	5	Michael Schumacher	23.260	
2	6	Felipe Massa		23.434	
3	12	Jenson Button		23.485	
4	3	Kimi Räikkönen		23.516	
5	1	Fernando Alonso		23.593	
6	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	23.596	
7	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	23.634	
8	7	Ralf Schumacher		23.640	
9	17	Jacques Villeneuve	23.667	
10	8	Jarno Trulli		23.685	
11	11	Rubens Barrichello	23.697	
12	9	Mark Webber		23.784	
13	16	Nick Heidfeld		23.790	
14	10	Nico Rosberg		23.793	
15	14	David Coulthard		23.818	
16	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	23.870	
17	21	Scott Speed		24.153	
18	15	Christian Klien		24.361	
19	19	Christijan Albers	24.764	
20	22	Takuma Sato		24.832	
21	18	Tiago Monteiro		24.891	
22	23	Yuji Ide		25.687

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[b]Sector 2 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	5	Michael Schumacher	26.788	
2	3	Kimi Räikkönen		27.006	
3	1	Fernando Alonso		27.105	
4	12	Jenson Button		27.135	
5	6	Felipe Massa		27.136	
6	11	Rubens Barrichello	27.144	
7	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	27.187	
8	9	Mark Webber		27.237	
9	17	Jacques Villeneuve	27.293	
10	8	Jarno Trulli		27.296	
11	16	Nick Heidfeld		27.321	
12	7	Ralf Schumacher		27.329	
13	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	27.351	
14	10	Nico Rosberg		27.356	
15	14	David Coulthard		27.462	
16	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	27.554	
17	21	Scott Speed		27.946	
18	15	Christian Klien		28.017	
19	19	Christijan Albers	28.187	
20	18	Tiago Monteiro		28.252	
21	22	Takuma Sato		28.463	
22	23	Yuji Ide		28.708

Code: 
[b]Sector 3 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	12	Jenson Button		32.368	
2	11	Rubens Barrichello	32.401	
3	5	Michael Schumacher	32.479	
4	7	Ralf Schumacher		32.591	
5	1	Fernando Alonso		32.595	
6	3	Kimi Räikkönen		32.668	
7	9	Mark Webber		32.697	
8	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	32.729	
9	8	Jarno Trulli		32.746	
10	10	Nico Rosberg		32.807	
11	16	Nick Heidfeld		32.816	
12	14	David Coulthard		32.821	
13	6	Felipe Massa		32.864	
14	17	Jacques Villeneuve	32.927	
15	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	32.950	
16	15	Christian Klien		33.032	
17	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	33.096	
18	21	Scott Speed		33.219	
19	18	Tiago Monteiro		33.677	
20	19	Christijan Albers	34.041	
21	22	Takuma Sato		34.314	
22	23	Yuji Ide		34.843

Speed Trap

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[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time		Speed[/b]
1	5	Michael Schumacher	14:28:21	295.1	
2	6	Felipe Massa		14:54:45	294.0	
3	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	14:27:30	291.8	
4	1	Fernando Alonso		14:28:35	291.2	
5	17	Jacques Villeneuve	14:08:47	290.3	
6	10	Nico Rosberg		14:28:34	288.3	
7	16	Nick Heidfeld		14:09:35	288.2	
8	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	14:28:50	288.2	
9	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	14:04:07	288.1	
10	14	David Coulthard		14:08:47	288.1	
11	3	Kimi Räikkönen		14:27:38	287.0	
12	7	Ralf Schumacher		14:02:49	286.8	
13	9	Mark Webber		14:10:42	285.8	
14	11	Rubens Barrichello	14:55:15	285.6	
15	23	Yuji Ide		14:04:21	284.8	
16	8	Jarno Trulli		14:13:21	284.8	
17	22	Takuma Sato		14:03:18	284.4	
18	12	Jenson Button		14:27:47	283.3	
19	21	Scott Speed		14:04:34	283.2	
20	15	Christian Klien		14:13:03	282.4	
21	19	Christijan Albers	14:02:52	280.5	
22	18	Tiago Monteiro		14:11:00	280.1
 
Ferrari chief denies Raikkonen contract

Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo denied at Imola today that the Italian team have already signed Kimi Raikkonen for next year. Raikkonen is rumoured to be on his way out of McLaren to their rivals, and Italian di Montezemolo admitted that they were interested in a driver of the calibre of the 26-year-old Raikkonen.

But when asked if Raikkonen had signed a contract with the Maranello-based team, di Montezemolo said: "Why do you assume that a deal has been done? It is not like this."

While Ferrari have made no secret of their desire to keep seven-time drivers' world champion Schumacher next year, di Montezemolo suggested that a bid for Raikkonen could be on the cards.

Di Montezemolo added: "I haven't got any kind of contact, unfortunately, with a fantastic driver like Raikkonen. Talking to potential drivers) is a very intelligent suggestion - not only with Raikkonen.

I think it's important to have a spare tie in your pocket - Mr Ferrari told me that."

Di Montezemolo, who is credited with rescuing Ferrari's Formula One team from the doldrums in the mid-1970s, also said that there would be no deadline set for Schumacher to agree a new deal with the Scuderia. "Michael has no pressure from us," he added. "He knows that if he will continue with us we will be extremely pleased and if he will retire then we will be disappointed but also we understand that in a life there comes an end for all of us."
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Happy Barrichello thankful to Honda

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello was thankful to his Honda team after he seemed to make a breakthrough in performance in qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix.

"It is very nice," said the Brazilian after posting the third quickest time at Imola.

"I want to thank the whole team, they did a great job in testing, they improved the car to my liking, the braking is much better. I want to thank anyone for their effort."

Barrichello, who has joined the Japanese squad after six years at Ferrari, had struggled to get to grips with his new car, and had failed to match his teammate Jenson Button's performances.

"There were some problems for me adapting to the car, and I am a little bit happier," Barrichello added.

"Imola is a good place for improvement and most of it, after the problems we had in Australian, we had to improve the car on race pace and tomorrow is a good test, so I am really looking forward to it."

Barrichello will still start behind his teammate Button, who secured another front row start with second place.

"We have done a lot of work overnight and during the day, and we have really improved it," said Button. "We needed to and we were quite a long way off yesterday, not just over one lap in the long runs.

"We did a reasonably long run and this is a good position to be in."
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Heidfeld rues qualifying mistake

Nick Heidfeld was left lamenting his driving error during the second session of today's qualifying at Imola.

The BMW driver lost control of his car with around a minute remaining in the second part of qualifying, crashing heavily and forcing the session to be yellow-flagged.

Although Heidfeld escaped unscathed, he missed the top 10 and hence the final shoot-out.

"I really wanted to make it into the top ten and tried everything I knew, but lost the rear of the car and went into the tyres, which unfortunately has damaged the car quite badly," explained Heidfeld.

"All in all qualifying was disappointing, especially as I felt good after the results of the three free practice sessions yesterday and today.

"With new tyres I just could not get the necessary grip, but the positive side is I fell well again yesterday after my stomach problems yesterday."

Heidfeld will start tomorrow's race from 15th position, two places behind teammate Jacques Villeneuve, who was disappointed after failing to make it into the top ten.

The Canadian believes he had the speed to be in the top five.

"I am very disappointed because less than two tenths of a second was P5 and I know there was that time in the car," he said. "The second lap was quick, but the yellow flags caught us out.

"That really does your race and finishing P5 or P12 in the session means the difference between finishing on the podium or not. It is a little bit rough but we are at the wrong end of the tenths today big time."
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Byron5184 said:
removed, so much for freedom of speech and the right to voice my own opinion on these so called forums.
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Aw come on....no need to pout about it for God's sake. :p Besides which, if you have a right to express your opinion then I have a right to disagree with it!
 
San Marino: Qualifying notes - Midland

MF1 Racing's M16s experienced disappointing technical issues that prevented both Tiago Monteiro and Christijan Albers from improving on their practice times from earlier in the morning. The team will focus on resolving these issues and hope to give its racers the best possible opportunity to improve upon their 19th and 20th starting positions.

Tiago Monteiro: "It hasn't been an easy weekend so far, that's for sure. But with the exception of this qualifying session, we had been improving every time we were out on track, closing the gap to the others and trying to improve the car. It's somewhat disappointing, because we solved the tyre issues we had yesterday and we were looking forward to a breakthrough today. Still, I remain confident that if we can make a good start tomorrow, we should have a strong race. The race team has done a great job all weekend and I hope Christijan and I can deliver the results they deserve."

Christijan Albers: "I'm extremely disappointed with our qualifying result today, because I know we could have been so much quicker. It's always frustrating to encounter technical problems, but unfortunately, that's the way it goes sometimes. Now, we have to remain focused on what's important, and that's the race tomorrow. Hopefully, we can fix whatever the problem is and perform at the level we're capable of."
Colin Kolles, Managing Director: "Unfortunately, Christijan Albers had some technical issues with the car, because he showed how quick he was all weekend. We don't know at the moment what caused this problem, but we hope to solve it before tomorrow's race."

Dominic Harlow, Chief Race and Test Engineer: "Qualifying didn't go as well as we'd hoped today. We might have had a small problem with Christijan's car, which we're looking into. In the morning and up until the qualifying session, we were making good progress and we feel that we have closed the gap to our closest competitors. I'm looking forward to the race, because I think we'll be stronger in race conditions."
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San Marino: Qualifying notes - WilliamsF1

Sam Michael, Technical Director, WilliamsF1: "It was obviously a close session. Mark made it through to the third segment and did the best job possible. Unfortunately for Nico, he just missed out on the third segment even though he was only a couple of tenths off the top five. After Nico's accident this morning, the mechanics did a good job changing his chassis by putting his engine into the T-car. Nico's car will be repaired to provide the spare car for tomorrow. Now we're looking to the race to see what strategy everybody is on and what we can achieve."

Mark Webber: "Qualifying was pretty interesting today and, as always, it was pretty fraught in the first two sessions. We managed to get into the last session and although I was fifth, it was very, very tight time-wise. The last session was pretty tricky for us, much as it was in Melbourne, so it will be interesting to see how the strategy will unfold, but the race will be interesting."

Nico Rosberg: "I didn't know what to expect from qualifying today because this morning it didn't go too well for me. I had a crash at the end of the session but prior to the accident, I didn't feel the set-up of my car was quite right. I must say thanks to the mechanics who managed to get the T-car ready for me in time for qualifying. When we got into Q2, it was difficult as the balance of my car had become a bit worse and I made two mistakes going wide, which wasted some valuable tenths The important outcome is that my final time today is not too bad because the pack was bunched quite tightly."

Simon Corbyn, Head of F1 Race Engineering, Cosworth Ltd: "There was no damage to the engine as a result of Nico's incident in morning practice and it was therefore transferred to the spare car for Qualifying. Cosworth had no problems and both drivers did a good job of optimising available engine performance throughout today's sessions."
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San Marino: Qualifying notes - Toro Rosso

Tonio Liuzzi: "We got off to a good start in this morning's practice and you could see we had the pace, with a tenth fastest time. So we were well prepared for qualifying and we expected to do well. This afternoon wasn't too bad, with me ending up eleventh in the first part. The car was responding very well and we had sorted out all the problems we came up against yesterday. But this afternoon, the others seemed to be flying, but we had already reached our maximum. It was a reasonable result but we still need to improve our qualifying pace. Tomorrow should be better as we seem to be stronger over a longer distance."

Scott Speed: "I would have easily made it into the second part of the session but I got held up at the chicane by someone trying to get a good lap. It's unfortunate but that's the nature of qualifying this year and we have to deal with it. The team is improving every day, as the whole set up was new at the start of the year. Now we have three races under our belt and are back close to home the improvement in the way everyone is working is clear to see and there's still more to come. The race? I'm going to be aggressive. I've got nothing to lose."
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