Formula 1 Thread

#101
#101
:rock2:

Can't wait for it. Speed will be televising a practice session tomorrow morning at 8EST.
 
#103
#103
doozer said:
fun to watch if you're there, maybe. other than the fact that it's Monaco and the scenery is amazing, it reminds me of watching a parade. easily the worst circuit for racing, but the best for everything else.

i don't know who will win the race, but my prediction will be who ever makes it to through turn 1 in first. most likely it'll be the polesitter.
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True. It's so challenging being so narrow and everything though. I'd imagine it's quite an accomplishment just to go through the whole race without putting the car in the fence.

What are the best circuits for racing for the F1 cars, in your opinion?
 
#104
#104
doozer said:
fun to watch if you're there, maybe. other than the fact that it's Monaco and the scenery is amazing, it reminds me of watching a parade. easily the worst circuit for racing, but the best for everything else.

i don't know who will win the race, but my prediction will be who ever makes it to through turn 1 in first. most likely it'll be the polesitter.
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First turn very important of course. Fueling strategies and pit stops will be the deciding factor during the race. That is where one second and even less make a big difference.
 
#105
#105
i like to watch the races in:

Montreal
Indy
Silverstone
Nurburg
Italy
Brazil

as for what track has the best racing, that's open for debate, depending who you talk to.

in terms of track with the most opportuniteis to overtake, i don't include Monaco. in fact, it's probably last.
 
#108
#108
doozer said:
i like to watch the races in:

Montreal
Indy
Silverstone
Nurburg
Italy
Brazil

as for what track has the best racing, that's open for debate, depending who you talk to.

in terms of track with the most opportuniteis to overtake, i don't include Monaco. in fact, it's probably last.
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That's what I was actually meaning to ask, not sure why I didn't just ask which tracks are the best for overtaking.

I could've guessed Monaco being last on that list, since it's so narrow and stuff. Still looking forward to watching'em zip around a street course.
 
#109
#109
As if the track wasn't difficult enough to navigate...

It will be sunny with ambient temperature highs of 26 degrees Celsius on Wednesday and Thursday, but we’ll lose two degrees and gain some cloud on Friday, when there will be a greater chance of rain. Saturday and Sunday are both forecast to have highs of 21 degrees and a 60 percent chance of rain.
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The Official Formula 1 Website

The Monaco GP Preview
"I am really looking forward to Monaco,” Hamilton says. For me it is the best circuit of the year, there is nowhere like it for getting the adrenaline going, because the track is so tight and there are no run-off areas, you have to be incredibly precise, there is no room for error and as a driver that makes it all the more exciting.”
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The Official Formula 1 Website
 
#110
#110
Alonso led both practices today in Monaco.

Practice 1: The Official Formula 1 Website
Practice 1 Report: The Official Formula 1 Website
Practice 2: The Official Formula 1 Website
Practice 2 Report: The Official Formula 1 Website

Hamilton was really laying down some fast laps on the harder of the two tires in practice two before he went into turn one just a bit too hot and put it in the fence. Other incidents on the day included Fisichella (did the same thing as Hamilton), Schumacher (clipped the curb and hit the guardrail), and Davidson (same as Schumacher, I believe).
 
#111
#111
FIA president Max Mosley says hold your horses about F1 night races...

According to Mosley, however, the concept has not yet formally been presented to the FIA.

"The thing is, we've not actually had any application yet to run a night race," Mosley told reporters in Monaco.

Mosley also suggested that the FIA might be reluctant to authorise a Formula One night race without testing the concept on another category such as GP2 first.

"I suspect that, as is also usual with new circuits, that we would want to run some sort of other racing that way before we committed the world championship," he added.
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autosport.com - F1 News: Mosley: night racing not yet a reality
 
#112
#112
So they're going without traction control in 2008 and 2009 at least, but it could return in 2011 with the new regulations. :wacko:

However, FIA President Max Mosley said that the reintroduction of driver aids could be an inadvertent by-product of the focus on energy recovery technology that forms the basis of the 2011 proposals.

But while the return of traction control will be discussed, Mosley pointed out that it is not yet an inevitability.

"I've got an open mind," he said. "We're not going to have it next year or the year after, and by then probably a consensus will have emerged.
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autosport.com - F1 News: Traction control debate set to be reopened
 
#114
#114
Another exciting round of knockout qualifying in F1. :rock2:

Pretty much an all McLaren round. Alonso and Hamilton swapped the top spot in every session before Alonso eventually took the pole over Hamilton.

Qualifying Results/Starting Grid: The Official Formula 1 Website

Most notable story of the day was probably Raikkonen breaking the suspension in Q2 and being unable to make it to Q3. He'll start 15th. Should be interesting/fun to see a Ferrari try to navigate his way through the field.

Coulthard made it to Q3, but was penalized for blocking/cutting off Kovalainen in Q2 and was relegated to a 16th on the grid.

Stayed dry for the duration of qualifying... so Sutil's top speed in the practice today in the wet conditions was all for naught as he'll line up 19th.
 
#116
#116
I dunno, the McLarens have looked quicker all weekend.. I believe it'll take a better strategy for Massa or anyone other than Alonso or Hamilton to win it at this point.

Of course if it rains, like they're expecting it to, that'll throw everything up in the air.
 
#118
#118
...and a dry and sunny race it was!

***SPOILER*** Don't read any further if you don't want to know how the race went. It will re-air tonight at 7EST on Speed.

Absolutely flawless race by Fernando Alonso. Lewis Hamilton will get his wins, but it was still nice to see the McLaren 1-2 finish. Hamilton chased down Alonso a couple times, but didn't push it and preserved the 1-2 finish to further extend McLaren's lead in the Constructors Championship.

Another tie on top of the Drivers Championship with two teammates, Alonso and Hamilton, tied at 38 after 5 GPs. Massa finished 3rd to fall 5 points behind the lead and Raikkonen now stands 15 points behind 1st after finish 8th.

Monaco GP Results, Drivers Championship, & Constructors Championship Standings:
autosport.com - F1 News: Alonso heads dominant McLaren 1-2
 
#119
#119
Texas? :blink:

Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) owner Eddie Gossage has approached Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone about the possibility of staging a night race in the United States.

With Formula One planning an inaugural night race in Singapore next year, Gossage said he had sent Ecclestone an invitation to attend a night-time oval Indy car race at TMS on June 9, the day before the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.
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autosport.com - the Daily Grapevine: F1: Texas wants to hold an F1 night race

The title seems to be a bit misleading, Gossage never says he wants the race in Texas...
 
#121
#121
The European Grand Prix at Valencia looks set to be part of next year's Formula One calendar after the current government was re-elected on Sunday.

Ecclestone, however, said that the new deal would only be valid if the current president of Valencia's local government, Francisco Camps, was re-elected in yesterday's election.
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autosport.com - F1 News: Valencia race set to get green light
 
#122
#122
Uh oh...

Despite McLaren boss Ron Dennis' insistence that he did the right thing in telling his drivers to hold station in the Monaco Grand Prix, the move drew widespread criticism in the British press on Monday morning.

With world champion Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton in a class of their own around the streets of Monte Carlo, Dennis was determined to make sure the pair did not crash in a battle for the lead.

But with the media having been as keen as Hamilton for him to take his maiden victory last weekend, there was clear anger in their reaction to the events that marred the race.
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Byron Young in the Daily Mirror wrote: "Lewis Hamilton gave his all yesterday for a race he was not allowed to win.

"The 22-year-old's Monte Carlo dream was sabotaged by the man who has done more than any other, apart from father Anthony, to turn him into a Grand Prix sensation. And yesterday that man - McLaren boss Ron Dennis - was unrepentant."

He added: "The only thing as big as McLaren's advantage here at this wonderful annual spectacle of speed and outrageous wealth is the size of the team's misjudgment in preventing two born racers from duking it out.

"They lost more - and the sport lost more - than they ever would have done had both cars been buried in the barriers in a tantalising battle for victory ... we wanted a beautiful street mugging by Hamilton, instead he was the one who was robbed.

"And, more importantly, so were the sport and its fans. Robbed of honour and pride and honesty and fair play."
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autosport.com - F1 News: British media slam McLaren's tactics

Ron Dennis has defended his team against suggestions that McLaren manipulated the Monaco Grand Prix to favour Fernando Alonso.

Alonso started the race carrying five laps less fuel than Hamilton, a decision that Dennis says was made as insurance against the possibility of a safety car.

"Everybody feels, I'm sure, that there is some favouritism or some penalisation that is given to Lewis or Fernando, but we are scrupulously fair at all times in how we run this Grand Prix team," said Dennis after the race.
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Dennis's comments came after a slightly disgruntled-sounding Hamilton had pointed out that his car carried the number 2.

"At the end of the day, I'm a rookie," Hamilton said. "I've come into my first season in Formula One and I have finished second in my first Monaco Grand Prix, so I really can't complain.

"To see that I'm at a similar pace to Fernando is a positive for me, but it's just something I have to live with. I have the number two on my car, and I am the number two driver."
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autosport.com - F1 News: McLaren deny favouring Alonso at Monaco

McLaren are to face an investigation by motor racing's governing body over the team orders they imposed on their drivers at the Monaco Grand Prix.

World champion Fernando Alonso and teammate Lewis Hamilton were ordered to hold position after the first round of pitstops in Monte Carlo - in a move aimed at reducing risks to secure a McLaren 1-2.

And now the FIA has stepped into the situation by announcing that it is to investigate what happened, amid questions about whether the team orders have damaged the reputation of the sport.

A statement issued on Monday said: "The FIA has launched an investigation into incidents involving the McLaren Mercedes team at the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix in light of a possible breach of the International Sporting Code.
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autosport.com - F1 News: McLaren team orders under investigation
 
#123
#123
McLaren-gate update...

The McLaren-Mercedes team did nothing against the sporting regulations at the Monaco Grand Prix, the sport's governing body said on Wednesday.

"Having studied the radio traffic between Vodafone McLaren Mercedes (McLaren) and its drivers, together with the FIA observer's report and data from the team, it is clear that McLaren's actions during the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix were entirely legitimate and no further action is necessary," the FIA said in a statement.
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autosport.com - F1 News: FIA clears McLaren in Monaco investigation
 
#125
#125
I doubt anything would've been made of it had the British media not exploded thinking their boy got wronged. Hamilton didn't exactly try to put the fire out by referring to the fact he's the number two driver on the team.
 
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