when i went to melbourne for a "Jesuit School Sporting Carnival" we went to the swimming centre which is down at turn 3. (where all the car park are).....i think i was the only one there that was pumped they were crossing the road of an official in use F1 track. although i do live in Adelaide have been ALL over the current V8supercar track.......(where the F1 use to be) ah well, thats my story :P
The adrenaline is starting to fill my veins, I can hardly wait for saturday! I am hoping that Massa wins, I want Massa to be champ and not Kimi, I want another brazilian champion!
A lot of you are on Ferrari's side eh? Hopefully its a 1-2 for the Prancing HorsesNapster06
Im on no ones side, but you cant deny that Ferrari looks like the team to beat (at the moment). I think Massa will win, but I wouldnt put money on it though.
sorry guys was planning to be active again on tuesday, but coursework took longer than i thought :? anyway......how about we build up the hype a bit eh? this place is deadly quiet considering the 1st GP weekend starts 2moro!!! PM's FTW!!! :P
[QUOTE="BlaZe_irl"]any1 gettin up for live qualy?cm_gamer-2
You bet, I havent missed a live qualy/race ever since I first started watching back 1996. That reminds me, I'll have to set my alarm clock. thats wat u call a true fan :P:D *salutes* alarm clocks....dont trust em! mines didnt go off last year so i missed the start of the chinese GP! :evil: lucky enuf i managed to watch the re-run without knowing the result :D so ill be doing an all nighter 8)
I can remember getting up last year but for Shangai I slept in and missed the race. I am quite tired at the moment and it does not help that I am a very deep sleeper but I have 4 alarm clocks going off:P! Â
well imo it dosent feel much different....we're gonna here james allen say things like, "this is the first (insert country here) race that will be contested without michael schumaher....." and "for the eagle eyed among you, you may notice michael schumacher isnt with us this weekend"....which will be a pain in the rear :P However, it *should* be more competitive without him, even though it would of been classic to see him go head to head against kimi.
I think it will be an interesting race but, if testing is anything to go by, this may be a two-horse race... and those two horses are Kimi and Felipe. Not sure Renault has the pace and I'll believe McLaren reliability when I see it. That said, it will be interesting to see how Massa and Raikkonen compare to one another, and how well Ferrari reacts to the pair of them racing one another.
I think it will be an interesting race but, if testing is anything to go by, this may be a two-horse race... and those two horses are Kimi and Felipe. Not sure Renault has the pace and I'll believe McLaren reliability when I see it. That said, it will be interesting to see how Massa and Raikkonen compare to one another, and how well Ferrari reacts to the pair of them racing one another.BrianEk
partially agree - how many times have we heard "this will be the most open season in years" only to have to endure a 2 horse race. Although I do believe Mclaren will be competitive this year, with both good performance and reliability. However, if things go the way u have stated, ie another ferrari dominating season (which i certainly hope it dosent) I believe massa will have the upper hand, in the first quarter of the season at least. He has 1 years experience at ferrari, while Kimi appears to be still adapting. But im sure the kimi massa battles will be the best we've seen in a long time. Provided they're allowed to race
[QUOTE="BrianEk"]I think it will be an interesting race but, if testing is anything to go by, this may be a two-horse race... and those two horses are Kimi and Felipe. Not sure Renault has the pace and I'll believe McLaren reliability when I see it. That said, it will be interesting to see how Massa and Raikkonen compare to one another, and how well Ferrari reacts to the pair of them racing one another.BlaZe_irl
partially agree - how many times have we heard "this will be the most open season in years" only to have to endure a 2 horse race. Although I do believe Mclaren will be competitive this year, with both good performance and reliability. However, if things go the way u have stated, ie another ferrari dominating season (which i certainly hope it dosent) I believe massa will have the upper hand, in the first quarter of the season at least. He has 1 years experience at ferrari, while Kimi appears to be still adapting. But im sure the kimi massa battles will be the best we've seen in a long time. Provided they're allowed to race Do you think McLaren has settled their reliability issues?
1. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1:27.353 2. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1:27.750 3. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.829 4. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Renault 1:27.941 5. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 1:27.970 6. Alexander Wurz (Austria) Williams-Toyota 1:27.981 7. Fernando Alonso (Spain) McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.040 8. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams-Toyota 1:28.055 9. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 1:28.281 10. David Coulthard (Britain) RedBull-Renault 1:28.495 11. Anthony Davidson (Britain) Super Aguri-Honda 1:28.727 12. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 1:28.921 13. Takuma Sato (Japan) Super Aguri-Honda 1:29.009 14. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 1:29.066 15. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 1:29.542 16. Ralf Schumacher (Germany) Toyota 1:29.574 17. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull-Renault 1:29.801 18. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Renault 1:30.097 19. Scott Speed (U.S.) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:30.383 20. Christijan Albers (Netherlands) Spyker-Ferrari 1:31.108 21. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Spyker-Ferrari 1:31.175 22. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:31.693
Source: BBC Source: F1
A very interesting result I must say, we got five teams all up there. Exciting stuff. Davidson and Sato are doing well in there Honda's, uhm I mean Aguri's. The bottom half of the list was sort of expected but quite encouraging to see DC in the top ten. I really cant wait for the real action to start.
Hi guys, sorry for not being around lately, but I had a lot of university work. :)
I woke up at 7 AM today to watch the testing session. It was good, and you could clearly see that Ferrari have the edge so far with Mclaren not too far behind, but Renault are really out of pace. Looks like it's going to be a Ferrari-Mclaren duel on sunday, with Massa having the overall edge.
Things look very interesting so far, this season might really be the season we've been waiting for!
And yes I'll wake up early in the morning to watch the qualifying session, otherwise I wouldn't deserve the leader position at a Formula One union! :P
does any1 know wat the weathers like in melbourne? most of the pics ive seen of fri practice had the cars fitted with inters. Is there a chance of a wet qualy or even wet race?
OH MY GOD!!!!! qualy is in like 8 hours time!!!! :shock::shock::shock::shock::shock: BlaZe_irl
Time to go to bed already :P Final predictions anyone ? I think it will be Ferrari on row one, McLaren on two, after that anything is possible. I expect Wurz, BMW and Davidson to do well, Renault will probably get row three at max. Just my thoughts.
[QUOTE="BlaZe_irl"]OH MY GOD!!!!! qualy is in like 8 hours time!!!! :shock::shock::shock::shock::shock: cm_gamer-2
Time to go to bed already :P Final predictions anyone ? I think it will be Ferrari on row one, McLaren on two, after that anything is possible. I expect Wurz, BMW and Davidson to do well, Renault will probably get row three at max. Just my thoughts. naw man cant sleep, too excited!!! hmm i duno, i dont expect ferrari to lock out the frontrow... they mite of dominated practice but im sure mclaren and possibly renault can challenge for the frontrow if not pole
damn, massa had a gearbox failure, guess my vision f1 prediction are going ruined. Here is a round up of final qualy
Final qualifying result for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne:
1 K Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1mins 26.072secs 2 F Alonso (Spn) McLaren 1:26.493 3 N Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:26.556 4 L Hamilton (GB) McLaren 1:26.755 5 R Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:27.347 6 G Fisichella (Ita) Renault 1:27.634 7 M Webber (Aus) Red Bull 1:27.934 8 J Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:28.404 9 R Schumacher (Ger) Toyota 1:28.692 10 T Sato (Jpn) Super Aguri 1:28.871 11 A Davidson (GB) Super Aguri 1:26.909 12 N Rosberg (Ger) Williams 1:26.914 13 H Kovalainen (Fin) Renault 1:26.964 14 J Button (GB) Honda 1:27.264 15 A Wurz (Aut) Williams 1:27.343 16 F Massa (Brz) Ferrari no time* 17 R Barrichello (Bra) Honda 1:27.679 18 S Speed (USA) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:28.305 19 D Coulthard (GB) Red Bull 1:28.579 20 V Liuzzi (Ita) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:29.267 21 A Sutil (Ger) Spyker 1:29.339 22 C Albers (Ned) Spyker 1:31.932
A brilliant qualifying session and it was certainly worth to stay up for it. All the way through it looked between Ferrari, McLaren and BMW! Massa was unlucky and it seems that Ferrari are not so reliable as previous years.
I am so happy that Sato got into the top 10, hopefully the SA can get a point or two this race. I am guessing Raikkonen is fueling a little shorter than Hamilton and Alonso but only be a couple of laps. I am not sure how much fuel Heidfeld is carrying as he is normally not that fast but this year the car is very good so I will just have to wait and see.
^^ agree wit that, some very good performances from both BMW drivers, Raikkonen, both Mclaren drivers.....and well every1 who made it into the top 10 basicaly! :P Masa was unfortunate and Honda getting beat by their B team....well that 1 speaks for itself :lol:
It was sooooooo worth staying up for. Raikkonen is definetly being fueled shorter than the McLarens. And the other thing i noticed, Fernando and Lewis were on par with each other throughout the sessions.
It was sooooooo worth staying up for. Raikkonen is definetly being fueled shorter than the McLarens. And the other thing i noticed, Fernando and Lewis were on par with each other throughout the sessions.
More of this action for the race please :P kipi19
yeh who knows....we mite even see some dare i say it....OVERTAKING :shock::shock::shock: did any1 else notice that while we were onboard with alonso during one of his flying laps, james allen referred to him as raikkonen, not once, but TWICE? kin ell lol
[QUOTE="Khoo1992"]Massa is down!!! :cry: BlaZe_irl
.....but not out. hes a very good driver in a very quick car. With a bit of luck who knows were he mite end up. I think he'll be in the top 5, if not 3rd, to say the least. For now, Raikkonen gonna nick it with 10 points.
Don't count your chickens just yet. Ferrari have IMO Reliability issus to keep in mind, Massa's gearbox yesterday. is a showing of that. Schumi's engine in Japan, last year. and i know some of you will say. "but thats last year". it doesn't matter. Ferrari had managed to keep their cars invincible for 4 years, and now i think cracks are showing.
well mclaren have shown unreliabilty for the past 6 years so im more worried about their reliabilty than ferraris.. well lads its st. patricks day so if off to get rote!!! 8) *puts on overly large green hat with shamrock on it and saunters off*
The qualifying session was nice to watch. Nice performance from the top drivers, but it's such a shame that Massa had a gear-box problem. Looks like the race is gonna be interesting, now I just need to sleep early and wake up at 6 AM! :?
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