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Toronto
06-09-2005, 03:43 PM
I will not be here to post any updates because I will be @ the race :P
please update this thread


Friday 10 Jun 2005
Practice 1 11:00 - 12:00
Practice 2 14:00 - 15:00
Saturday 11 Jun 2005
Practice 1 09:00 - 09:45
Practice 2 10:15 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00
Sunday 12 Jun 2005
Race 13:00

|Nuno|
06-09-2005, 03:47 PM
Ha, lucky bastard. Don't forget to take many pics, and have fun! :D

5vz-fe
06-09-2005, 03:52 PM
Hey Toronto, don't forget to take more action and f1babes pics for us with ur new camaera :wink: ...... I will be here in Toronto envying u

|Nuno|
06-10-2005, 12:15 PM
Free Practise 1 Results:


Pos No Driver Team

1 35 Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.415

2 38 Ricardo Zonta Toyota 1:16.584

3 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.677

4 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:16.710

5 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:16.872

6 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.945

7 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:17.281

8 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:17.458

9 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:17.497

10 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:17.541

11 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:17.739

12 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:18.049

13 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:18.138

14 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:18.252

15 37 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing 1:18.499

16 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:18.732

17 15 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1:19.212

18 14 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:19.694

19 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:19.791

20 20 Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:21.990

21 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:22.452

22 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:23.152

23 5 Fernando Alonso Renault *No Time*

|Nuno|
06-10-2005, 05:39 PM
Free Practise 2 Results


Pos No Driver Team

1 35 Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.662

2 38 Ricardo Zonta Toyota 1:14.858

3 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:15.376

4 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.625

5 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.679

6 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:15.846

7 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:16.190

8 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:16.313

9 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:16.364

10 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:16.459

11 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.638

12 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:16.661

13 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:16.718

14 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:16.727

15 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:16.826

16 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:17.200

17 14 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:17.299

18 15 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1:17.922

19 20 Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:18.115

20 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:18.234

21 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:18.463

22 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:19.186

23 37 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing 1:19.270

ViperASR
06-10-2005, 06:45 PM
Go scott speed!!

ae86_16v
06-11-2005, 04:28 AM
Damn, come on Michael, you gotta turn it on here. If the two Ferrari's don't finish in the top three the season might be over for them.

|Nuno|
06-11-2005, 10:32 AM
Saturday Practise 1 Results


Pos No Driver Team

1 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:15.582

2 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:15.758

3 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.826

4 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:16.109

5 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:16.386

6 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:16.463

7 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:16.538

8 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:16.569

9 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.749

10 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:16.816

11 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:16.999

12 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:17.441

13 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:17.469

14 15 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1:17.595

15 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:17.908

16 14 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:17.992

17 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:18.338

18 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:18.710

19 20 Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:21.031

20 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:21.882

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Saturday Practise 2 Results


Pos No Driver Team

1 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.232

2 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:14.670

3 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.745

4 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:14.746

5 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:14.883

6 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:15.280

7 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:15.282

8 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:15.316

9 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:15.723

10 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:15.894

11 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:15.995

12 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:16.020

13 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.063

14 14 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:16.341

15 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:16.355

16 15 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1:16.355

17 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:17.215

18 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:17.618

19 20 Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:17.621

20 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:17.725

ViperASR
06-11-2005, 12:45 PM
Damn, come on Michael, you gotta turn it on here. If the two Ferrari's don't finish in the top three the season might be over for them.

Not to burst your bubble, but i think that the season is almost over for Ferrari.

|Nuno|
06-11-2005, 02:13 PM
Qualifying Results

P Driver Team Time

1 J. Button BAR 1:15.217
2 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:15.475
3 F. Alonso Renault 1:15.561
4 G. Fisichella Renault 1:15.577
5 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:15.669
6 T. Sato BAR 1:15.729
7 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:15.923
8 J. Villeneuve Sauber 1:16.116
9 J. Trulli Toyota 1:16.201
10 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:16.362
11 F. Massa Sauber 1:16.661
12 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:16.890
13 N. Heidfeld Williams 1:17.081
14 M. Webber Williams 1:17.749
15 C. Albers Minardi 1:18.214
16 C. Klien Red Bull 1:18.249
17 N. Karthikeyan Jordan 1:18.664
18 T. Monteiro Jordan 1:19.034
19 P. Friesacher Minardi 1:19.574
20 R. Barrichello Ferrari *no time*

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BAR seems to be running very light, but still it's a great time by Jenson.

Great lap by Michael too, but Rubens bad luck continues - another gearbox problem... :?

5vz-fe
06-11-2005, 02:16 PM
I thought they change the gear box in the morning........I guess only to Schumi's car then.......... Ferrari should stop giving different treatment to Rubens, coz really he's a great driver.

|Nuno|
06-11-2005, 02:20 PM
I thought they change the gear box in the morning........I guess only to Schumi's car then.......... Ferrari should stop giving different treatment to Rubens, coz really he's a great driver.

Hmm... No different treatment here, mate. They only changed Michael's gearbox because he had a problem with it in the morning.

Ruben's gearbox, on the other hand, was fine in the morning, that's why they didn't change it.

5vz-fe
06-11-2005, 02:23 PM
I thought they change the gear box in the morning........I guess only to Schumi's car then.......... Ferrari should stop giving different treatment to Rubens, coz really he's a great driver.

Hmm... No different treatment here, mate. They only changed Michael's gearbox because he had a problem with it in the morning.

Ruben's gearbox, on the other hand, was fine in the morning, that's why they didn't change it.

But why can't they just change it for the sake of "just in case". It is a well known issue that Ferrari's gearbox is not as reliable as last year's.

|Nuno|
06-11-2005, 02:32 PM
I thought they change the gear box in the morning........I guess only to Schumi's car then.......... Ferrari should stop giving different treatment to Rubens, coz really he's a great driver.

Hmm... No different treatment here, mate. They only changed Michael's gearbox because he had a problem with it in the morning.

Ruben's gearbox, on the other hand, was fine in the morning, that's why they didn't change it.

But why can't they just change it for the sake of "just in case". It is a well known issue that Ferrari's gearbox is not as reliable as last year's.

I don't even know for sure if they do it between the Practise Sessions, but they should know better than us, right? :)

Plus, the gearbox is designed to last a certain amount of time - by changing it "just in case" doesn't mean there are less possibilities of a breakdown, specially in Ferrari's case, since the gearbox problems aren't wear related.

Ah, and another thing: this new gearbox takes a shitload of time to fabricate, so they can't be changing it all the time. :wink:

5vz-fe
06-11-2005, 02:40 PM
It's all about the money isn't it.......argh!! It just hurts me to see it is Rubens who got all the letters (i.e. DNF, NA, no time), but of course, I would rather be Rubens than Schumi....hmmm what the hell am I bit*hing about then, maybe I should shut up by now LOL

|Nuno|
06-11-2005, 02:58 PM
It's all about the money isn't it.......argh!! It just hurts me to see it is Rubens who got all the letters (i.e. DNF, NA, no time), but of course, I would rather be Rubens than Schumi....hmmm what the hell am I bit*hing about then, maybe I should shut up by now LOL

Lol, unfortunately Rubens never was a lucky guy, inside or outside Ferrari. A shame really... :? I just hope that at least Michael's gearbox holds up tomorrow.


P.S.: In this case it's not the money, it's really just the time.

Max Power
06-11-2005, 07:32 PM
This better be for real, Shumi better not have a gearbox failure, tire failure, accident or any sort of crap...I WANT to see Ferrari at number 1 dammit

sameerrao
06-11-2005, 08:06 PM
Good lap from Villeneuve finally!

The lap from Christijan Albers was amazing - he was inches from the wall in Sector 2 on his run. :shock: Montoya also came pretty close to the wall as well.

Williams are really suffering. Steve Matchett, a respected commentator on Speed was speculating that the BMW unit was lower on power compared to its rivals and as a result they were forced to run with low downforce settings to compensate. Hence the car was looking quite way-ward in the twisty bits. Interesting keeping mind all the dispring comments made by BMW on the quality of the Williams chassis. It looks liek teh ball has been dropped by BMW this time.

Good to Schumi on P2 after a long time (Bahrain was the last I believe). I hope he has sufficient fuel onboard compared to the guys around him. I think Alonso is carrying more fuel along with Kimi.

Cypher
06-11-2005, 10:18 PM
What the hell M Schumacher on the front row! He must be running light :P

Mattk
06-12-2005, 06:53 AM
Possibly. Or maybe he's finally found form.

|Nuno|
06-12-2005, 09:36 AM
It seems like spanish newspapers are reporting that Alonso's engine is/was leaking oil and that the team is trying to repair it to avoid an engine change.

Don't know how reliable this information is though, specially since the spanish newspapers tend to dramatize when it comes to Alonso (see Imola).

twboy1999
06-12-2005, 03:04 PM
stupid minardi driver,, MS could have been even closer during teh end of the race, if he didtn block him

Max Power
06-12-2005, 03:10 PM
interesting race, and quite fortunate for Ferrari...Button, JBM, FA, GF all out of the race...not convinced of the ferrari car...MS got blown out at the start and had no answer for the front runners...but very fortunate except where was the rain, could have been Ferrari 1,2...congrats to Kimi. McLaren>Renault...oh yah Montoya is a dumbass

sameerrao
06-12-2005, 03:18 PM
The final results Source: www.formula1.com

2005 Canadian Grand Prix

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 70 Winner 7 10
2 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 70 +1.1 secs 2 8
3 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 70 +40.4 secs 20 6
4 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 70 +55.1 secs 11 5
5 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 70 +55.7 secs 14 4
6 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 69 +1 Lap 10 3
7 14 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 69 +1 Lap 12 2
8 15 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 69 +1 Lap 16 1
9 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 69 +1 Lap 8
10 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 67 +3 Lap 18
11 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 67 +3 Lap 15
Ret 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 62 +8 Lap 9
Ret 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 52 Black flagged 5
Ret 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 46 Accident 1
Ret 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 43 +27 Laps 13
Ret 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 40 +30 Laps 6
Ret 20 Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 39 +31 Laps 19
Ret 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 38 +32 Laps 3
Ret 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 32 +38 Laps 4
Ret 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 24 +46 Laps 17

Montoya was really unlucky - he would have certainly won here if a) They didnt let their golden boy pit first and screw Monty and also b) red light on exit of pit lane.

Looks like McLaren is like the USSR of the past - everyone is equal ... only some are a littme lore equal :D

Good result for Ferrari! Barrichello drove brilliantly to get all the way to the front. Great job by Michael.

Another heart-breaker for Fisi - poor guy cant catch a break!

I am happy in a way that Alonso's car DNF'd - it will reduce the gap between him and Raikkonnen.

|Nuno|
06-12-2005, 04:52 PM
Yes, I heard that before the race... but after watching it, with Alonso being always the fastest until his accident... I doubt it was true.

It seems that they were able to fix it. :)


Good result for Schumacher and Ferrari (Rubens 2nd) but I think they've been too lucky today: Button crash, Montoya black flag (stupid mistake!), Heidfeld, Trulli, both Renaults... somobody had to be second and third!!!

Nah, it was to compensate the bad luck on previous races. :wink: :P

And most of the incidents were drive's fault, so no luck there.

The start by the Renault's and McLaren's was amazing! :shock: And once again, on the first part of the race, Ferrari's pace was rubbish, but a great result overall. :D


BTW... why, when there is a mechanical problem in a Renault, the driver is always Fisichella??? :?

Yeah, kinda makes ya wonder. :? Poor Fisico...
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Fastest Laps Chart


Driver Team Lap Time Of Day Average Speed Time


1:: Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 23 13:33:17 211.061 1:14.384

2:: Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 24 13:34:29 210.518 1:14.576

3:: Fernando Alonso Renault 38 13:52:30 210.092 1:14.727

4:: Michael Schumacher Ferrari 32 13:45:13 209.697 1:14.868

5:: Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 24 13:34:24 209.635 1:14.890

6:: Jenson Button BAR-Honda 30 13:42:34 208.801 1:15.189

7:: Mark Webber Williams-BMW 23 13:33:55 208.214 1:15.401

8:: Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 46 14:03:49 207.996 1:15.480

9:: Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 20 13:29:57 207.249 1:15.752

10:: Ralf Schumacher Toyota 44 14:01:05 207.044 1:15.827

11:: Jarno Trulli Toyota 43 13:59:36 206.922 1:15.872

12:: Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 26 13:38:30 206.723 1:15.945

13::Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 18 13:27:23 206.551 1:16.008

14:: Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 14 13:22:14 206.454 1:16.044

15:: Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 46 14:04:19 205.764 1:16.299

16:: David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 17 13:26:16 205.454 1:16.414

17:: Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 20 13:30:45 203.851 1:17.015

18:: Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 19 13:29:23 202.984 1:17.344

19:: Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 15 13:24:07 200.091 1:18.462

20:: Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 33 13:49:08 199.463 1:18.709

Schwalbe
06-12-2005, 05:28 PM
I will not be here to post any updates because I will be @ the race :P
please update this thread


Me also I was there for the 3 days. :P

Teaser pix:

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Complete coverage very soon in "What you saw today" section. :wink:

5vz-fe
06-12-2005, 06:30 PM
Very Stupid Quote from Jenson:

"I'd rather crash in third than finish fourth..."

http://www.planet-f1.com/news/story_19877.shtml

HeilSvenska
06-12-2005, 08:21 PM
^not good from a person who couldn't even get fourth in this season...so far

and hooray for Kimi. It's a good thing that Renault isn't getting this season too easily.

sikx5
06-12-2005, 10:12 PM
Oh man i missed this gp...i tried my best to stay up, but 2:45AM i was stuffed after working on cars all day, i went to bed 5mins after the race started...Good thing you guys post up decent reviews!

Minardi blocking schui aye...i can just see that too, pricks!

Relieved to see Ferrari up there again..but with those DNF's it seems the place to be.

kksh
06-12-2005, 10:22 PM
A great race! Being a McLaren fan, i can't help but be disappointed at the DQ of JPM. They should have pitted both of them in and have Kimi wait. MS was coming in the same lap anyway and they had what, like 30 secs lead over him. Kimi would have had to wait 15 secs or less behind JPM and still be able to get back out 1-2.

Just wondering why the laptimes of McLaren are all over the place? They were on the softer compound but they were slower against the Renaults on the harder tyres. Then they started catching up. Is it that the harder tyres take the punishment from the get go while the softer tyre runners have to nurse their tyres with the heavy fuel load?

can't wait for Indy!!!! go McLaren!!!!

dingo
06-13-2005, 08:17 AM
Yet another interesting race, this season has definately been the best one for quite some time IMO. :D

Some real hard luck stories in this race, it would have been nice for JPM to finally get another win and poor Fisi can't catch a break. :( The good thing to come out of it was the Ferrari's finally scoring well and Webber getting another top 5 finish after a shit qualifying and race start. :D

It was a good result in terms of the championship, lets hope for a similar scenario in Indy so we have a real battle till the end. :wink:

ahhhhhhhhhh, Ferrari didnt get a 1,2 but a 2,3 with Kimi in front is ok in my books, though i dont like Kimi im hoping he wins over Alonso thats all, which reminds me, what really made my day was the Alonso and Fisi not finishing so beautiful.



Do you actually like any of the drivers? :roll:

Oh man i missed this gp...i tried my best to stay up, but 2:45AM i was stuffed after working on cars all day, i went to bed 5mins after the race started...Good thing you guys post up decent reviews!


VCR's are pretty cheap these days mate. :P

ZfrkS62
06-13-2005, 08:34 AM
i can't believe the action late in the race. Montoya got royally screwed by the safety car. All of them should have known that the pit exit was closed when the pack was coming by. So really the blame for that fuck up goes to everyone in teh McLaren camp.

And what of this hostile relationship between BMW and Williams now? It was said that these two are at each other's throats over what has happened the last two years :shock: I've always thought it was Williams slowing down BMW, but this year the P85 has been showing some weaknesses as well. I hope they can get it straightened out soon, though it would be nice to see BMW stretch out on their own 8)

At the end of the race they said that Kimi was the driver of the day, but i really have to say bullshit to that. Rubens is the one that came from pitlane to 2nd. talk about a damn fight :D granted, dispatching Minardis and Jordans is no difficult task, but higher up the field, i just have to say well done Barrichello :D

irrational_i
06-13-2005, 10:43 AM
A good race indeed. But I can't remember when I last saw so many stupid errors. Alonso hit the wall where I can't remember ever seeing anyone else do that. Button was just over eager. Maybe some pressure. Montoya was just too upset.

In the end the Ferraris where a bit lucky, but then again they also kept their cool.

It was funny how the ITV commentators kept going on about "Button racing Trulli", blissfully ignoring the fact that MS was bearing down on him fast. :roll:

But a good win for Kimi overall. I am a Ferrari fan, but I have been enjoying the good racing recently.

Can't wait for Indy...

Vansquish
06-13-2005, 12:35 PM
That was a damned good race. As for the stupid errors, yeah, they were there, but all that means is that Alonso, Button etc... were really on the limit through that chicane. The wall there has claimed a lot of racecars over the years and that's part of why the track is so good. If the racing keeps up like this, despite the rate of attrition, we're in for an excellent, though long, season.

I'm going to the US GP next week with some friends, so hopefully we'll have some good pictures and a good race to watch. Cheers!

5vz-fe
06-13-2005, 01:06 PM
Some real hard luck stories in this race, it would have been nice for JPM to finally get another win and poor Fisi can't catch a break. :( The good thing to come out of it was the Ferrari's finally scoring well and Webber getting another top 5 finish after a shit qualifying and race start. :D

Webber tries abit too hard I think, he over done it a few times at the hairpin corner. But I would put some of the responsibility to the car itself.

As for the race, I agree that it is one of the best in this season, but the result again is heavily luck biased. If Alonso, Button didn't crash into the wall, u will see the Ferrari no where in sight and Kimi's Mclaren is wayyy off Renault's pace.

|Nuno|
06-13-2005, 02:30 PM
Check out Flavio's comments towards Fisico at the end of the race:

frustration by tossing his gloves to the floor after getting out of his car.

Briatore seemed unimpressed with the Italian's behaviour.

"We pay [Fisichella] to race, not to get ****ed off. If he doesn't like it he can change teams," Briatore was quoted as saying by Gazzetta dello Sport.

It couldn't get any more explicit than that, if you ask me. And I don't think it was Fisico who threw the gloves, it was one of the mechanics.

"We pay [Fisichella] to race, not to get ****ed off."

Well, kinda hard when his car is always breaking down... :roll:


This reminds me of Truli, last year... Too much favouritism and theater going on at Renault.

phantomfocus
06-13-2005, 04:55 PM
I was severly aggraveted when this grand prix came to a close. Besides the fact that I do like JPM, that whole safety car pitstop debacle is a huge load of crap. If they say the red light was on then fine, but Montoya never should have been placed in that situation. Having only one pitcrew for two teams really ends up screwing one driver or the other under the safety car. Some kind of rule should be made to prevent these sort of senarios. I don't care wether it was JPM or a Minardi, if you are leading a gp when the safty car comes out you should have one of the best if not the best position in the field. Instead it turns out to be one of the most vulnerable spots. The only easy fix I see for this sort of situation is to not allow pitstops under safety car conditions. I will admit that if Montoya did not obide by the red light then he HAS broken a rule. But why should the penalty be a DNF :shock: Drivers get pulled in for a stop and go for rough driving which may have caused damage or even put someone in danger. But in this case it's a freaking red light! :!: I would have understood a lesser penalty, but in this case I don't understand.

On a happier note the championship is tightening up which is fantastic. I just wish Kimi's tire wouldn't have blown at the ring :(

Toronto
06-13-2005, 06:01 PM
^^^ your right, you run a red light on the street it isn't that big a deal, just a slap on the wrist :roll:

novass
06-13-2005, 09:38 PM
^^ agreed, and I am not a huge fan of Montoya, but I would like to see some actual racing and not just bureaucratic bullshit all of the time. I am glad Ferrari got some points this time around tho.

kksh
06-14-2005, 12:34 AM
the whole safety car thing is getting out of hand. There was no need for a safety car for Button's accident. And how do they decide who the leader is when the safety car comes out. Who's the leader he's suppose to collect? And how come RS was right behind the safety car instead of Kimi when JPM pitted.

I agree with all of you on McLaren fucking this one up. But still it should never have come this far at the first place.

5vz-fe
06-14-2005, 01:07 AM
to be honest i dont really hate any of the other drivers, i simply want MS and Ferrari to win. now what has driven me to wanting Alonso to lose is how cocky he and Renault have gotten since the beginning of the season, they act like thier winning has everything to do with only the team and that the new rules in some way havent helped them and the other teams. its pretty funny actually yet so sad.

simply put i dont like the attitude that they have and i dont think they deserve to win just yet.

+1 ..... Renault and Alonso is down right cocky, so is Michelin

(but Michelin is cocky even when they are losing so.....I guess I have less of a problem with them :D )