*** 2006 Monaco GP ***

[RAMMIUS]

Go, go Schumi

Too bad of the last lap when he made that mistake :bah:

The romanian TV reporter that has something against him , it`s saying he did it on purpose to block Alonso

[saadie]

Great Job Schumi ...............


blah .. rosberg held back Kimi ...... but its ok i guess .. they were both on flying laps

[Ghostbat]

Originally Posted by RAMMIUS Go, go Schumi Too bad of the last lap when he made that mistake :bah: The romanian TV reporter that has something against him , it`s saying he did it on purpose to block Alonso

Of course he did. Schumi doesn't make mistakes like that.

[Max Power]

haha, Flavio was mad pissed....hopefully its not gonna backfire for Shumi...

[Max Power]

Schumi's in car vid

[sameerrao]

Qualifying was exciting to watch!!!

Great lap by Michael to take pole. It was clear to me that his "brake failure" was delibrate. A driver of Michael's calibre doesnt make such mistakes. His speed wasn't that fast into the corner anyway to cause him to go wide. His voice in the post race interview was a clear giveaway. He was visibly nervous and voice sounded a bit strangled. Hopefully a pissed off Alonso will not try to nerf him off into Ste. Devote on Lap 1. Hopefully there are no penalties.... AFAIK both Alonso and Schumi are on similar fuel strategies - so it might be a good dice tomorrow. Idiot Massa - he killed it on his out lap :roll:

Excellent job by Mark Webber and Trulli. Mark Webber is an invisible man for some reason - you rarely get to see him on TV coverage. Looks like the Hondas are really suffering here.

I think the tires would be really suffering with 45 degree C track temps. The engines would have it okay as the air temps are 24 degrees only.

[sameerrao]

Qualifying times: Source: ( http://www.formula1.com/race/result/757/24.html )

Pos No Driver Team First Second Third
1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:15.118 1:13.709 1:13.898
2 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:14.232 1:13.622 1:13.962
3 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:14.305 1:13.728 1:14.082
4 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:13.887 1:13.532 1:14.140
5 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:14.614 1:13.647 1:14.396
6 4 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.483 1:14.295 1:14.664
7 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:14.766 1:14.312 1:15.804
8 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:14.883 1:14.211 1:15.857
9 14 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari 1:15.090 1:13.687 1:16.426
10 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:14.888 1:13.909 1:16.636
11 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:14.412 1:14.398
12 15 Christian Klien RBR-Ferrari 1:14.489 1:14.747
13 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 1:15.314 1:14.969
14 12 Jenson Button Honda 1:15.085 1:14.982
15 17 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-BMW 1:15.316 1:15.052
16 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 1:15.324 1:15.137
17 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:15.598
18 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:15.993
19 21 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth 1:16.236
20 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:17.276
21 23 Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda 1:17.502
22 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari No time

[sameerrao]

Controversial pole for Schumacher 27 May 2006 Michael Schumacher took pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix, while his Ferrari was stationary at the Rascasse corner. The former champion appeared to have out-fumbled himself going into the corner immediately after setting the fastest time of 1m 13.898s in the final session of qualifying. He understeered wide and just managed to miss the outer wall before coming to a halt. The presence of the Ferrari meant that nobody else could maximise their speed through the yellow flag area, so his fastest time remained unbeatable. Fernando Alonso did manage to improve in his Renault, to 1m 13.962s, but it was not quite enough. “I had just a touch too much speed coming into Rascasse, and couldn’t make it round,” Schumacher said after taking his best qualifying position here since 2000. “I checked with the guys where did we end up and they said P1. I couldn’t believe it!” Initially he kept the engine running, but then it stalled and he had to be pushed away by marshals. That did not sit well with Alonso, who was clearly not happy, having set the fastest first sector time at the beginning of his spoiled lap. “We should have been on pole,” the champion said. “The previous lap I had been three-tenths faster in the last corner, so for sure we could have been on pole. I did my maximum with the car and today was okay, the car was performing really well and we have a fantastic tyre for race performance, but after dominating all weekend, to lose pole on the last lap through somebody else’s accident is not a good moment.” Mark Webber put in his best qualifying performance of the season for Williams to take third on the grid in 1m 14.082s, but also lost out through Schumacher’s error. Kimi Raikkonen was fourth on 1m 14.140s for McLaren, with Renault’s Giancarlo Fisichella (1m 14.396s) and Juan Pablo Montoya (1m 14.664s) in the second McLaren sharing the third row. Currently, however, the stewards are to review ‘incidents’ involving cars 2, 5 and 14 - Fisichella, Schumacher and Red Bull’s David Coulthard - so these positions remain provisional. Rubens Barrichello was Honda’s only survivor from the second session after Jenson Button twice aborted what seemed to be laps fast enough to have left him in the vital top 10. The Brazilian lapped in 1m 15.804s for seventh in the final session, chased by Toyota’s Jarno Trulli on 1m 15.857s, Coulthard on 1m 16.426s and Williams’ Nico Rosberg, who spoiled a good lap and lost out at the end. He had to be satisfied with 1m 16.636s. Earlier on the second session had weeded out Toyota’s Ralf Schumacher (1m 14.398s), Red Bull’s Christian Klien (1m 14.747s), Toro Rosso’s Tonio Liuzzi (1m 14.969s) and Button, who didn’t better 1m 14.982s. Neither of the BMW Saubers got through, either. Jacques Villeneuve was 15th on 1m 15.052s, while Nick Heidfeld was 16th after stopping in Turn 8 with a mechanical problem before he could improve on 1m 15.137s. The two Midlands will be next on the grid. Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro lapped in 1m 15.598s and 1m 15.993s respectively, and were the fastest runners not to make it through from the first session. Scott Speed looked good for much of it, running just ahead of Liuzzi, but didn’t go fast when it mattered and had to be content with 1m 16.236s for 19th. The two Super Aguris were 20th and 21st, Takuma Sato recording 1m 16.276s and Franck Montagny 1m 17.502s. While one Ferrari was at the front, the other was at the back. On his first flying lap Felipe Massa got out of shape on the right-hand section of Casino Square and drilled into the opposite tyre wall. The Brazilian was unhurt, but the front end of his 248 F1 looked less healthy. If the grid remains the same, depending on the results of the stewards’ deliberations, the prospects remain for a gripping start to Sunday’s race.

Source: http://www.formula1.com/news/4426.html

[5vz-fe]

Even tho I am a Schumi fan, it does look abit fishy

[03200165]

Isn't this what it is all about, man what a brilliant action of MSC. And what a first lap it will be tomorrow, Alonso will be pissed

[sameerrao]

Originally Posted by 5vz-fe Even tho I am a Schumi fan, it does look abit fishy

I am a Schumi fan too along with Alonso and Raikkonen and I feel it is definitely fishy.

[McLaren4eVa]

The thought that michael did that delibarately did come to mind. I can't see how sato can keep his super aguri on the road and michael an 7 times world champion, also a 5 time monaco winner can't keep one of the best cars on the grid on the road at 40mph. Just seems wierd.

[McLaren4eVa]

Originally Posted by Max Power Schumi's in car vid

Looking at this shot it looks like schumi had plent of turn in time. Just have to wait and see, very unsportsman like of him if he did to it delibarately, reminds me of his coyness in the damon hill days.

[Max Power]

whatta hell do u mean by meant to park the car...he said the engine stalled...don't listen to all that bs by Flavio...he was an idiot for pitting both Renaults with 2 min left...and now Fisi is gonna pay for blocking DC...

plus u r all judging this incident on whether or not MS benefited from the f-up...if he gained something than its 'obvious' it was intentional...if he didn't benefit, like say Massa (what if he did that in the last qualy), than it was legit...

[McLaren4eVa]

Originally Posted by Max Power whatta hell do u mean by meant to park the car...he said the engine stalled...don't listen to all that bs by Flavio...he was an idiot for pitting both Renaults with 2 min left...and now Fisi is gonna pay for blocking DC... plus u r all judging this incident on whether or not MS benefited from the f-up...if he gained something than its 'obvious' it was intentional...if he didn't benefit, like say Massa (what if he did that in the last qualy), than it was legit...

He did gain something from it, he safeguarded his pole position. And it is not renault fault for pitting that late, alonso could seriously without doubt taken pole.