2006 USA Grand Prix - Race 10/18 *** Spoilers ***

rpstewart

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Looks like Flibster's otherwise engaged again so I'll step up to the plate for this weekend.

Current Standings
2006 Drivers Championship

Code: 
Pos Driver                    Points 
1    Fernando Alonso           84 
2    Michael Schumacher        59 
3    Kimi Räikkönen            39 
4    Giancarlo Fisichella      37 
5    Felipe Massa              28 
6    Juan Pablo Montoya        26 
7    Jenson Button             16 
8    Rubens Barrichello        13 
9    Nick Heidfeld             12 
10   Ralf Schumacher            8 
11   David Coulthard            8 
12   Jacques Villeneuve         7 
13   Mark Webber                6 
14   Nico Rosberg               4 
15   Jarno Trulli               3 
16   Christian Klien            1 
17   Scott Speed                0 
18   Vitantonio Liuzzi          0 
19   Christijan Albers          0 
20   Tiago Monteiro             0 
21   Takuma Sato                0 
22   Yuji Ide                   0 
23   Franck Montagny            0

2006 Constructors Championship

Code: 
Pos Constructor          Points 
1    Renault             121 
2    Ferrari             87 
3    McLaren/Mercedes    65 
4    Honda               29 
5    BMW Sauber/BMW      19 
6    Toyota              11 
7    Williams/Cosworth   10 
8    Red Bull/Ferrari     9 
9    Toro Rosso/Cosworth  0 
10   Midland/Toyota       0 
11   Super Aguri/Honda    0
 
Could quite possibly be a good race if the Renault's struggle there like they have done in the past.
I'd even go as far as to tip Coulthard being 'Ferrari' powered into some big points this weekend...
 
Zip said:
Is it just me that has already lost interest in F1 this season? :confused: :(
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It's not the best season ever, usually you know the winner after 5 laps.
Normally I watch every single race, lap, pre build up, post race stuff etc but this year I'm just not interested.

Role on 2008 :)
 
A few background decisions have really destroyed this season, it could have been much closer.

In saying that, there are still plenty of races left for things to happen :).
 
Friday Practice, Session 1 times
Code: 
Pos  No  Driver               Team              Laps  Time
             
1    36  Anthony Davidson     Honda             27    1:12.083    
2    5  Michael Schumacher    Ferrari           3     1:12.458    
3    38  Robert Kubica        Sauber-BMW        31    1:13.008    
4    11  Rubens Barrichello   Honda             5     1:13.090    
5    12  Jenson Button        Honda             6     1:13.189    
6    40  Neel Jani            STR-Cosworth      24    1:13.710    
7    39  Giorgio Mondini      MF1-Toyota        33    1:14.654    
8    35  Alexander Wurz       Williams-Cosworth 38    1:14.745    
9    21  Scott Speed          STR-Cosworth      8     1:14.791    
10   37  Robert Doornbos      RBR-Ferrari       22    1:15.018    
11   18  Tiago Monteiro       MF1-Toyota        8     1:15.091    
12   20  Vitantonio Liuzzi    STR-Cosworth      8     1:15.532    
13   19  Christijan Albers    MF1-Toyota        10    1:15.647    
14   22  Takuma Sato          Super Aguri-Honda 17    1:15.971    
15   41  Sakon Yamamoto       Super Aguri-Honda 31    1:16.116    
16   23  Franck Montagny      Super Aguri-Honda 17    1:16.489    
17   8  Jarno Trulli          Toyota            2
18   7  Ralf Schumacher       Toyota            2
19   2  Giancarlo Fisichella  Renault           3
20   1  Fernando Alonso       Renault           1
21   15  Christian Klien      RBR-Ferrari       1 
22   3  Kimi Räikkönen        McLaren-Mercedes  1      
23   14  David Coulthard      RBR-Ferrari       1 
24   4  Juan Pablo Montoya    McLaren-Mercedes  1      
25   16  Nick Heidfeld        Sauber-BMW        1
26   17  Jacques Villeneuve   Sauber-BMW        2
27   6  Felipe Massa          Ferrari           
28   9  Mark Webber           Williams-Cosworth        
29   10  Nico Rosberg         Williams-Cosworth

Usual test session from the third drivers and limited running from the racers. Very unusual to see MS that far up the times this early - laying down a marker perhaps?
 
Very limited running from the main drivers but then the drag round the section is the hardest section of any track on the engines, so they will be taking things easy.
 
Friday Practice 2 times

Code: 
Pos  Driver        Team                     Time              Laps
 1.  Davidson      Honda               (M)  1:12.013           38
 2.  Kubica        BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:12.809 + 0.796   39
 3.  Fisichella    Renault             (M)  1:12.933 + 0.920   14
 4.  Massa         Ferrari             (B)  1:13.264 + 1.251   26
 5.  Mondini       MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:13.327 + 1.314   33
 6.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari             (B)  1:13.346 + 1.333   18
 7.  Monteiro      MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:13.387 + 1.374   21
 8.  Button        Honda               (M)  1:13.397 + 1.384   16
 9.  Alonso        Renault             (M)  1:13.474 + 1.461   14
10.  Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes    (M)  1:13.554 + 1.541    9
11.  Speed         Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:13.688 + 1.675   26
12.  Webber        Williams-Cosworth   (B)  1:13.691 + 1.678   15
13.  Heidfeld      BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:13.725 + 1.712   14
14.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:13.735 + 1.722   24
15.  Montoya       McLaren-Mercedes    (M)  1:13.825 + 1.812   10
16.  Villeneuve    BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:13.857 + 1.844   17
17.  Jani          Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:13.946 + 1.933   31
18.  Barrichello   Honda               (M)  1:14.011 + 1.998   20
19.  Wurz          Williams-Cosworth   (B)  1:14.050 + 2.037   39
20.  Klien         Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:14.084 + 2.071   15
21.  Albers        MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:14.169 + 2.156   19
22.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:14.391 + 2.378   24
23.  Trulli        Toyota              (B)  1:14.449 + 2.436   16
24.  Rosberg       Williams-Cosworth   (B)  1:14.562 + 2.549   17
25.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:14.676 + 2.663   18
26.  Doornbos      Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:14.839 + 2.826   13
27.  R.Schumacher  Toyota              (B)  1:15.063 + 3.050   10
28.  Yamamoto      Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:15.120 + 3.107   33
29.  Montagny      Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  No time             2

Now this is not a typo as far as I'm aware - Micheal Schumacher is being sandwiched by a pair of MF1s :eek: I can handle Mondini being up there because he's on the unrestricted Friday engine but Montiero? Has last year's podium finish gone to his head?
 
rpstewart said:
Now this is not a typo as far as I'm aware - Micheal Schumacher is being sandwiched by a pair of MF1s :eek: I can handle Mondini being up there because he's on the unrestricted Friday engine but Montiero? Has last year's podium finish gone to his head?
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Scouting for sponsors maybe? It's certainly odd, and probably one of the few times we'll see the MF1s that high up the order this weekend :)
 
Looking at the sector times I think they've wound the wings up. In sector 2 they're 2nd & 3rd behind Davidson. Montiero is almost the slowest out there in the speed trap, almost 15kph down on the best.
 
Zip said:
Is it just me that has already lost interest in F1 this season? :confused: :(
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I'm a die hard F1 fan, will be until i (or f1 :p) snuffs it, but i'm so bored with F1 this season. MotoGP is far more entertaining imo. Good title battle going on there, great scraps, its just better to watch, albeit half the race time of f1.
 
I demand qualifying take place! I want to see what's going on with the Midlands. :eek:

Hopefully this will be a good weekend for Mclaren, I'm getting tired by their bad luck, particularly Montoya's! :(
 
US Grand Prix broadcast times

Live qualifying: Saturday 1 July 1800-1930 ITV4

Qualifying re-run: Sunday 2 July 0000-0145 ITV1

Live race: Sunday 2 July 1700-1950 ITV1

Highlights: Sunday 2 July 2335-0035 ITV1

Highlights re-run: Tuesday 4 July 0315-0415 ITV4
 
Interesting......

We hear from well placed and reliable sources, that Flavio Briatore is currently brokering a deal which will not only provide Red Bull with Renault engines for 2007, but will also fulfil the Austrian team's driver line up.

We understand the Italian is currently negotiating a deal with will see Red Bull receive Renault powerplants next season - without doubt, the most coveted engines in Formula One at present.

However, the deal, which has not yet been concluded, will see both Mark Webber and Heikki Kovalainen join the Milton Keynes-based outfit, which will be bad news for current incumbents David Coulthard and Christian Klien, whose future was in doubt anyway. Kovalainen would join on a 'race only' basis, as he would continue to test for the French team.

We also hear that Toro Rosso, which will use the Ferrari engines originally intended for Red Bull, will retain both Tonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed.
Although stressing that the deal has "not been inked", our sources inform us that it is "progressing nicely", which would indicate that the deal which will see Kimi Raikkonen at Renault has been concluded, though not officially confirmed.

There has been much speculation that the Finn would move to Ferrari, and that a deal was already in place. However, as Pitpass has previously reported, this was dependent on Michael Schumacher retiring and leaving a vacancy within the Maranello outfit. We understand that a Schumacher/Raikkonen line-up was never on the cards.

Therefore we can assume that with Kovalainen, and Webber, heading to Red Bull, Raikkonen is definitely in at Renault, and Michael Schumacher remains at Ferrari.
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http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=28555
 
Zip said:
Is it just me that has already lost interest in F1 this season? :confused: :(
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From the looks of things, I guess it's just my brother in law, couple of friends and I that are still interested?? We watch it all without fail and am loving this season. Maybe I'm biased ;)

For the record, Flibster won't be doing anymore F1 threads. Which is a shame, but we should respect it.
 
Mikol said:
For the record, Flibster won't be doing anymore F1 threads. Which is a shame, but we should respect it.
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:(

Did he give a reason?

The F1 threads were great, gave a whole new level to the sport that you don't usually here about. Its sad to see them go.
 
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