*** 2006 Chinese Grand Prix ***

[Toronto]

Friday 29 Sep 2006
Practice 1 11:00 - 12:00
Practice 2 14:00 - 15:00
Saturday 30 Sep 2006
Practice 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00
Sunday 01 Oct 2006
Race 14:00

Qual
Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3

1 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:44.128 1:43.951 1:44.360
2 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:44.378 1:44.336 1:44.992
3 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:47.072 1:45.288 1:45.503
4 12 Jenson Button Honda 1:45.809 1:44.662 1:45.503
5 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:44.909 1:45.622 1:45.754
6 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:47.366 1:45.660 1:45.775
7 4 Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:44.808 1:45.095 1:45.877
8 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 1:46.249 1:45.055 1:46.053
9 17 Robert Kubica Sauber-BMW 1:46.049 1:45.576 1:46.632
10 15 Robert Doornbos RBR-Ferrari 1:46.387 1:45.747 1:48.021
11 21 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth 1:46.222 1:45.851
12 14 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari 1:45.931 1:45.968
13 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:47.231 1:45.970
14 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 1:45.564 1:46.172
15 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:48.560 1:46.413
16 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:47.535 1:47.419
17 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:48.894
18 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:49.098
19 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:49.542
20 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:49.903
21 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:50.326
22 23 Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda 1:55.560

RACE
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[5vz-fe]

For the first time ever I am hoping that it will not rain. The intermediate tires of bridgestone are not as good as Michellins

[nejcdolinsek]

This is the wrong time for rain... :(

If it dries until tomorrow, then MS may have a chance. If not.... :?

[Mattk]

Damn, Schumacher is behind Alonso, with Massa way back. Still, anything can happen.

[saadie]

Hah ... schumacher hates this new chinese track :D :D

[Mattk]

^Yeah, he's had a terrible record both times this track has been used for F1.

[pagani]

Let it rain let it rain
1 2 for renault.
Good results for renault bye bye ferrari.
:D :o

[5vz-fe]

F**K....I guess I jinxed it....

[saadie]

even if alonso wins this ..... the next 2, brazillian and japaneese will be very hard to win. hopefully :lol:

[sameerrao]

Superb effort by Michael - he was the only Bridgestone runner to make it to Q3 in a tyre that was quite inferior to the Michelin.

[TopGearNL]

Go Schumi! :mrgreen:

Oh and Doornbos too! 10th Place for him isn't bad at all :shock: :!:

[bmagni]

schumi truly is the rain master, can't believe he made it to 6th position... the rain really fucked it all up...

[nthfinity]

schumi truly is the rain master, can't believe he made it to 6th position... the rain really fucked it all up...

and it is clearly evident when comparing lap times between him and his teammates that he has lost nothing over the years, and perhaps only gained time...

lets see what happens in about 9 or 10 hours

[nejcdolinsek]

schumi truly is the rain master, can't believe he made it to 6th position... the rain really fucked it all up...

and it is clearly evident when comparing lap times between him and his teammates that he has lost nothing over the years, and perhaps only gained time...

lets see what happens in about 9 or 10 hours

I pray that this weather report is correct :|

http://weather.cnn.com/weather/forecast.jsp?locCode=ZSSS

[McLaren4eVa]

^^^ It says showers for sunday, I personally hope it does rain because i'm a macca man myself and they're on michelens

[Mattk]

Yeah, down with Renault! Someone with a moustache like Alonso doesn't deserve to win.

[saadie]

^^ haha ... he has a mustache ? :lol:

[Mattk]

Yeah, well I saw a recent picture of him with one.

[saadie]

LOL .. you were looking at his mustache .....
you sick sick man :mrgreen:

yesterdays pic \/

http://formula1.com/photos/597x478/sutton/2006/d06chn914.jpg

[Mattk]

^yeah, you look at his face, you kinda see it all.

He must have shaved it off.

[saadie]

you made me stare at his face lol ....
you sick man :o :lol:

[Max Power]

i think he looks like dirty sanchaz :lol:

[Max Power]

whose staying up for the race?

[ZfrkS62]

it's only an hour and a half away

i might just watch it :D

[Toronto]

whose staying up for the race?

REAL fans ;)

[nthfinity]

it's only an hour and a half away

i might just watch it :D

i'm debating between live timing, and tomarrow @ noon.....


yeh, both :(

[5vz-fe]

FUCKING AMAZING!!! ... Schumi wins! I must say...what a race...

[nthfinity]

FUCKING AMAZING!!! ... Schumi wins! I must say...what a race...

can't wait to see it at noon tomarrow LOL

by the read, it sounded like the best race of the year by far!

[5vz-fe]

yeah...it's a good race......the result of course for me is good (for u know why).....but also becoz the championship is down to the wire........I was eating the breakfast for 2 hours LOL

[Toronto]

great race.
http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/5c9294b595.jpg

[zondamaniac]

Great race, all hail Schuey the World Drivers Champ leader!

the look on Alonso's face = priceless :lol: :mrgreen:

[5vz-fe]

Great race, all hail Schuey the World Drivers Champ leader!

the look on Alonso's face = priceless :lol: :mrgreen:

To be fair, it wasn't his fault. I would say why...but I don't wanna ruin Nth's enjoyment..... :wink:

[nthfinity]

Great race, all hail Schuey the World Drivers Champ leader!

the look on Alonso's face = priceless :lol: :mrgreen:

To be fair, it wasn't his fault. I would say why...but I don't wanna ruin Nth's enjoyment..... :wink:

oh, i already know that Alonso screwed being in 1rst by only changing his front tires and getting badly warn rears.... because him/the team are stupid... kinda "DUHHHHH" type situation, of course its going to ruin your handling balance.

I "read it" on live timing, and i'm going to record it in about 8 hours lol

but seriously....

how much passing didn't happen in the pits this race? It was anincredible "read" LOL

even with the "inferior" bridgstone's... that was none the less incredible from start right through the last lap!

[saadie]

fantastic race .. i must say ... havnt seen such action for some time now ....
kimi's luck is just pathetic lol :lol: :?
alonso did really good and shoed his potential
schumacher also did great

8) 8)

[5vz-fe]

fantastic race .. i must say ... havnt seen such action for some time now ....
kimi's luck is just pathetic lol :lol: :?
alonso did really good and shoed his potential
schumacher also did great

8) 8)

Yep, Alonso did very well on damage limitation. Kimi's luck should change by next year.

Nth: Yeah, for the first time most of the passing are actually on the track, that makes it more exciting. This is one race worth taping :)

[numerouno]

Awesome race! and viva Schumi!!!

[Mattk]

This is great! The leaderboard is tied, and Schumacher has all the momentum. Down with Alonso!

[DeMoN]

good thing i decided not to watch this BS race. Once more KIMI is out. If I could, i'd curse Schumi so he loses his last carreer run. I just hate him.

[Mattk]

Why? He's good, and better him than Alonso.

[nejcdolinsek]

FUCK! The most exciting GP of the year and I missed it!!!!!!!! :x :x :x :x :x :x

I really hope we get a highlight video for this race.... :wink:

[sameerrao]

Fantastic race ... I was on the edge of my seat throughout. Michael did a superlative drive - his performance this weekend underlines why he is unquestionably the best driver in the world. The only Bridgestone runner to qualify in the Top 13 and an amazing drive to clinch the win.

Excellent timing on the pit stops by Ferrari - it all worked to perfection. Hopefully we will get a repeat in Suzuka and this time perhaps Felipe to gather decent points too.

Good job by Scott Speed in the first part of the race but I dont know why he went backwards after the first third of the race.

[5vz-fe]

Alonso pushes very hard on various stages of the race, I wonder if his engine will go boom boom for Japan :mrgreen:

[sameerrao]

^^ Interesting thought ... but I don't think they were pushing the engines that hard any way because of the damp conditions. Alonso's fastest lap was about 2 secs a lap slower than dry/damp weather pace on Friday when the track was very green.

Actually Alonso got a good break - in the last three races including today's race, Alonso has 2 fresh engines to work with - this race and Brazil while Michael get a fresh lump in Suzuka only. A fresh engine in Suzuka will help as it is a power circuit. I think Brazil is not that demanding from the engine side albeit the uphill drive towards the last two corners taxes every hp available. :)

[TopGearNL]

Well I can only say Bravo to Schumacher, superb victory of the one race he'd never won before! Another record for the books :mrgreen:

The front tyre change and 2nd Pitstop from Alonso cost him the race, but nevertheless a very good and action packed race!

[5vz-fe]

Interesting Quote From Button:


"It was a really weird race because in the first few laps we were very strong, staying with (Giancarlo) Fisichella and Kimi (Raikkonen) and then after eight laps the tyres destroyed themselves," he said.

"It's really unusual and so different to what I have experienced before with these tyres. So I had to pit early, I pitted in lap 14, which is nine or 10 laps before we are supposed to pit. It was so early.

"I pitted, came out and again it was the same problem. The tyres had destroyed themselves again very, very quickly and I was five seconds off the pace and I really didn't know what was going on. We were back to 10th position.

"But as soon as the track started drying out and the tyres were pretty much slick, we were pretty quick. We were quicker than (Fernando) Alonso at that point when the circuit was dry.
http://www.planet-f1.com/News/Story_Page/0,15909,3210_3213_1560233,00.html

[TopGearNL]

Weird race indeed, Schumacher and Fisichella just kept driving on their Intermediates until they were slicks :shock:

Good idea though!

[Jabba]

FUCK! The most exciting GP of the year and I missed it!!!!!!!! :x :x :x :x :x :x

I really hope we get a highlight video for this race.... :wink:

It will be up later tonight for sure, what a damn awesome race though, those last few laps couldnt end quick enough for me, especially as it had just started to rain.

[sameerrao]

FUCK! The most exciting GP of the year and I missed it!!!!!!!! :x :x :x :x :x :x

I really hope we get a highlight video for this race.... :wink:

It will be up later tonight for sure, what a damn awesome race though, those last few laps couldnt end quick enough for me, especially as it had just started to rain.

Me too .. I was like "Dont rain ... plllllllleease" :)

[Jabba]

The lap counter seemed to take ages to go down at the end, despite me screaming at it like a damn lunatic.

[TopGearNL]

Me too, but I was thinking about Schumi and his bridgestones, had it began to rain 8 laps for the finish Schumi would have been in deep deep shit :|

[nthfinity]

The lap counter seemed to take ages to go down at the end, despite me screaming at it like a damn lunatic.

chatting with a mutual friend last night, i was reading the "live timing" and him watching the race... i'd comment "wow, alonso sure is slow" then a response "thats because he only changed his front tires, and of course that would affect the handling balance"

then later "I bet schui is going to pass Alonso any second"
then
"SWEET, he just passed him"

and it went back and forth like that a bit... kinda interesting... but yeah, as i saw Schui's lap times on the slicks falling, and alonso kept rocketing at the end; i was a bit nervous LOL.

[ZfrkS62]

i thought fo sure schumi was in trouble watching the start of the race...right up until BMW put Kubica out on slicks :lol: Once that happend i knew who would end up out in front in no time :D

but once the gap to alonso dropped from 12 to 8 seconds, i started to nibble at my nails...and that was before the shot of the rain drops in the puddle...(side not: do the SPEED announcers just pass a bottle of booze around during the race? cuz the longer the race goes on the nuttier they seem to get)

Alonso looked fucking pissed standing on the podium :lol: and just to further prove Michael is better at everything, he bungles up the champagne drop :lol: :lol:

Alonso is going to end up handing Michael the championship on a silver platter if he keeps this attitude up.

[nthfinity]

side not: do the SPEED announcers just pass a bottle of booze around during the race? cuz the longer the race goes on the nuttier they seem to get)


my favorite

premise: radio comes on, and DC says "I have a problem with turn in" after the contact with Massa which retired him.

Speed TV commentator (steve Matchet?) says
"you should turn the wheel harder"

:lol:

[Jabba]

side not: do the SPEED announcers just pass a bottle of booze around during the race? cuz the longer the race goes on the nuttier they seem to get)


my favorite

premise: radio comes on, and DC says "I have a problem with turn in" after the contact with Massa which retired him.

Speed TV commentator (steve Matchet?) says
"you should turn the wheel harder"

:lol:

LOL 8)

[ZfrkS62]

side not: do the SPEED announcers just pass a bottle of booze around during the race? cuz the longer the race goes on the nuttier they seem to get)


my favorite

premise: radio comes on, and DC says "I have a problem with turn in" after the contact with Massa which retired him.

Speed TV commentator (steve Matchet?) says
"you should turn the wheel harder"

:lol:

yeah, i can just picture matchet with a bottle of scotch in front of him :lol:

after they showed the rain drops:

Rain drops keep fallin on my head.. oops..right, sorry, no singing..

Bob Varsha comes back

Please no more...

:lol:

[bmagni]

Great race !!! I was in a club and decided to come back home to see it and I don't regret it !!! I came back by the time Schu was 4th and saw the most exciting part of it !!!

Alonso's face - priceless !!!!!

[Mattk]

Alonso read too much his own publicity last year and now he has a bad attitude. Loser.

[JoeHahn]

Am I the only one who saw Fisichella attempt to run Schumacher off the road after he'd just come out of the pits? If Schumacher had done that manouver it would have been branded 'unethical' and all other kinds of bullshit :roll:

[ZfrkS62]

^he did push his car over a little knowing very well Schumi was there, but right now it doesnt matter. but no one has mentioned that, but someone I think if it had been Schumi doing it, the press would be all over it!!

I think the fact that Schumi stayed on track is what is keeping people quiet about it. Had he actually been run off the road and out of the race, there would be an absolute field day against renault.

Anyone see the bump fest for 8th on the last lap? Barrichello just plowed through heidfeld :lol:

does anyone know if that one bmw mechanic is alright after being run over by kubica?

[5vz-fe]

Look look...potty mouth is out talking again

http://www.planet-f1.com/News/Story_Page/0,15909,3210_3213_1566627,00.html


"They wanted us to finish second and third because they do not want me to take the number 'one' to a different team," he told Spanish newspaper AS.

"They are not helping me as much as they could."

[TopGearNL]

Look look...potty mouth is out talking again

http://www.planet-f1.com/News/Story_Page/0,15909,3210_3213_1566627,00.html


LMAO reading that.

He's such a bad loser now that he can't blame Ferrari he's started to blame is own team :lol:

[5vz-fe]

No kidding, if I were his race engineer, I would really give him the stick in Japan. This guy is just spoiled

[ZfrkS62]

Look look...potty mouth is out talking again

http://www.planet-f1.com/News/Story_Page/0,15909,3210_3213_1566627,00.html


"They wanted us to finish second and third because they do not want me to take the number 'one' to a different team," he told Spanish newspaper AS.

"They are not helping me as much as they could."

that statement matches his face from the podium to the press confrence: "I'm a spoiled little bitch and everything i say is right cuz daddy says so" :lol: :lol: :lol:

[bmagni]

cry baby !

and how does he expect Renault to react after this ???

[ZfrkS62]

cry baby !

and how does he expect Renault to react after this ???

i would laugh my ass off if they suddenly thrust Giancarlo into the spotlight and left Alonso out to dry :lol:

[McLaren4eVa]

He does have a point, what good is to renault if he wins the drivers but if he wins the constructors for them then its fine. I will agree very much that his comments are getting LAME big time. He seriously needs to focus on driving rather than making comments. I have to say my admiration for him has dropped after seeing the spoilt side to hime, still hope he's FABULOUS at macca, supposing the give him a car to be fabulous in.

[ZfrkS62]

He does have a point, what good is to renault if he wins the drivers but if he wins the constructors for them then its fine. I will agree very much that his comments are getting LAME big time. He seriously needs to focus on driving rather than making comments. I have to say my admiration for him has dropped after seeing the spoilt side to hime, still hope he's FABULOUS at macca, supposing the give him a car to be fabulous in.

You think his outbursts are bad now, wait til he blows up 3 engines in a row :lol:

[saadie]

^^ haha ...

btw ... the incident .. that didnt take place at turn 1 ... :lol: .... fisi turned into schumacher ....
he didnt turn in delibretly .... fif's car was sliding .. and micheal was in his blind zone ...

[zondamaniac]

^^ haha ...

btw ... the incident .. that didnt take place at turn 1 ... :lol: .... fisi turned into schumacher ....
he didnt turn in delibretly .... fif's car was sliding .. and micheal was in his blind zone ...

the 1st turn down the straight is call turn 2? :shock:

[saadie]

lol .... what i mean is ..... the incident didnt happen ..... schumi didnt crash into fisi :lol: ....

[zondamaniac]

ouch...my bad....u...gotta...reduce...the....use...of...peri od....or....use....them...when...needed...

[saadie]

if i reduce the .... ... that sentence would make just as much sence as it dose right now ...... .. :lol: :wink: :P

[saadie]

haha .... sure thing :lol: