1st Practice from the German GP

[daydreamer]

I'll take my turn to start this obligitory thread .

Points of interest:-

Raikkonen 3rd, Coultard 11th (must try harder)
Button 8th, Sato 16th (where has all the speed gone)
Montoya 9th, Pizzonia 10th (not a bad claim on the seat)

First practice times don't often mean a lot, but I'm sure that DC is scratching his head and Jungle boy is planning the party of the century.

Rich

itv-f1.com said:

1 DAVIDSON BAR 1m15.756s 2 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m15.864s 3 RAIKKONEN McLaren 1m16.318s 4 ZONTA Toyota 1m16.340s 5 FISICHELLA Sauber 1m16.451s 6 PANIS Toyota 1m16.484s 7 BARRICHELLO Ferrari 1m16.493s 8 BUTTON BAR 1m16.544s 9 MONTOYA Williams 1m16.795s 10 PIZZONIA Williams 1m16.845s 11 COULTHARD McLaren 1m16.916s 12 DA MATTA Toyota 1m17.111s 13 ALONSO Renault 1m17.142s 14 MASSA Sauber 1m17.361s 15 TRULLI Renault 1m17.487s 16 SATO BAR 1m17.526s 17 WIRDHEIM Jaguar 1m17.714s 18 HEIDFELD Jordan 1m18.257s 19 GLOCK Jordan 1m18.768s 20 KLIEN Jaguar 1m18.810s 21 BRUNI Minardi 1m19.088s 22 LEINDERS Minardi 1m19.270s 23 BAUMGARTNER Minardi 1m19.959s 24 PANTANO Jordan 1m20.029s

[anonymous-user]

daydreamer said:

Button 8th, Sato 16th (where has all the speed gone)

Perhaps they've put a 15k rev limit on Sato's engine these days to try and stop him blowing the sodding thing up.

[Ahonen]

Who's 'Jungle Boy'?

[mg511]

Ahonen said:

Who's 'Jungle Boy'?

Pizzonia, because he comes from a rural part of Brazil

[mg511]

tuscan_v8 said:

Why there is 3 BAR drivers on the practice?

There are 3 Minardi, Jordan & Jaguar drivers too! There would be 3 Sauber drivers if they could afford to pay a third! The teams that finish in the lower positions in the manufactures championship in the previous year can have 3 cars for Friday testing only (not Saturday). So there won't be 3 BARs next year...

[Murcielago]

Come on BAR

The first practice are usually not anything like the Final Quali times so not to worry.

[FourWheelDrift]

Bad news, Jenson's engine failed at the end of practice 2 so he will lose 10 places on the grid because of a necessary engine change.

[RichB]

daydreamer said:

Button 8th, Sato 16th (where has all the speed gone) 1 DAVIDSON BAR 1m15.756s

Obviously Davidson's got it this weekend Rich...

[The Wiz]

Michael S quickest at end of second practice....

[daydreamer]

RichB said:

Obviously Davidson's got it this weekend Rich...

Mr Davidson always comes out top of the BAR boys on Friday practices, but rarely beats them in testing . Suggests that he gets a few more revs than the race drivers.

Point I was trying to make is that Button and Sato are most probably running the same car - unusual to see so many places between them.

[Murcielago]

.....Oh well..............I bet Michael wins, but it could be Kimi

[jimmyc412t2]

Murcielago said:

.....Oh well..............I bet Michael wins, but it could be Kimi

I'll go with Martin Brundle on this issue. I don't really mind if Schumi wins all the reaces, as long as he's made to fight to the line for them. At least then its interesting to watch, if the outcome is still the same

[ricardo g]

The only race that has been interesting this season was Monaco and Schui wasn't at the finish... tells me something anyway!

[LancsDriver]

Watch the touring cars on MotorsTV if you have it.

Shumi on pole now, so this will be a Ferrari Win again!. Unless theres a Safety car period and the trailing Montoya can take Michael out then theres not much hope for there being much 'racing'.

[daydreamer]

Montoya has a decent chance of taking him out on the first lap too though . Good start and first lap - spot of lunch and watch the post race highlights.

Wonder how much fuel Jenson was carrying - I'd have thought that he'd have brimmed it.

[FourWheelDrift]

daydreamer said:

Wonder how much fuel Jenson was carrying - I'd have thought that he'd have brimmed it.

Might be taking a light fuel load chance and try to make up places in the first few laps, the hairpin is one good overtaking spot. Then gamble that when he comes in for an early stop he comes out on empty track and by the time he catches up the cars in front they will start to pit, giving him some more empty track with which to push. Well that's what I would try to do. Short fill the first stop, more fuel on the second.