Formula One 2005 season thread

[jarmo]

1. Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren 
2. Fernando Alonso Renault 
3. Kimi R?ikk?nen McLaren
4. Jenson Button BAR
5. Michael Schumacher Ferrari
6. Giancarlo Fisichella Renault
7. Ralf Schumacher Toyota
8. Jarno Trulli Toyota




/jarmo

[John Daniels]

1. Kimi R?ikk?nen
2. Juan Pablo Montoya
3. Fernando Alonso
4. Jenson Button
5. Giancarlo Fisichella
6. Michael Schumacher
7. Takuma Sato
8. Jarno Trulli



This is quite a optimistic prediction what comes to Kimi's position but it could happen...

[Ignatius]

Kimi is gonna win, but since I didn' take part in last grand prix I have to take some risks...

My picks are:

1.- Fernando Alonso
2.- Kimi R?ikk?nen
3.- Juan Pablo Montoya
4.- Michael Schumacher
5.- Jarno Trulli
6.- Jenson Button
7.- Ralf Schumacher
8.- Giancarlo Fisichella.

[Graciela]

1. Kimi
2. Alonso
3. Montoya
4. Trulli
5. Barrichelo
6. Button
7. Fisichella
8. M. Schumacher

[Pinball Wizard]

1.Alonso
2.Kimi
3.Montoya
4.Button
5.Trulli
6.Michael
7.Rubens
8.Massa

[Ignatius]

Fuck!

I'm gonna miss the race (again). I forgot it's my mom's birthday...gotta eat out with the folks 

[jarmo]

And the race is over for Kimi thanks to an extra pit stop.

I guess the championship is over too.....





/jarmo

[GypsySoul]

Well that was BIGTIME sucky!!!?

Question:? If 75% of the drivers are using the same type tires, how come Kimi and Juan Pablo seem to be the only ones with serious tire issues??

[jarmo]

Question:? If 75% of the drivers are using the same type tires, how come Kimi and Juan Pablo seem to be the only ones with serious tire issues??

Because they're the only ones driving for McLaren.



Italian GP top 8:

1. Juan Pablo Montoya? ?McLaren? ?
2. Fernando Alonso? ? ? Renault? ? ? ?
3. Giancarlo Fisichella Renault? ? ?
4. Kimi R?ikk?nen? ? ? ?McLaren? ? ?
5. Jarno Trulli? ? ? ? ?Toyota? ? ? ?
6. Ralf Schumacher? ? ? Toyota? ? ? ?
7. Antonio Pizzonia? ? ?Williams? ? ?
8. Jenson Button? ? ? ? BAR? ? ? ? ?

Points:

Jarmo 2
Ignatius 1
Pinball Wizard 1
Graciela 0
GypsySoul 0
John Daniels 0


The HTGTH F-1 Fantasy League Ranking [After Italian GP]

Pinball --- 9 points
Gypsy --- 8 points
Jarmo --- 8 points
Ignatius --- 7 points
Graciela --- 6 points
John Daniels --- 4 points
Kiki --- 4 points
Drew --- 0 points



/jarmo

[Shoco]

Well that was BIGTIME sucky!!! 

Question:  If 75% of the drivers are using the same type tires, how come Kimi and Juan Pablo seem to be the only ones with serious tire issues? 

yeah its to do with mclaren, just look at williams from the last race, its something to do with the car

renault suggested it was mclarens suspension set up that did it

[Ignatius]

Just got back...

So, what happened to Kimi? the F-1 site has not posted the recap yet.

[Shoco]

he got stuck behind Villeneuve for ages at the start of the race

he had a tyre proble shortly after his pit stop and had to pit again from 5th place which cost him badly, montoya had a similar problem with 4 laps to go but stayed out to win

[Ignatius]

So I guess my predictions didn't turn out to be true then...oh well.

27 points now with 4 races to go...hmmm...very difficult for Kimi. Alonso has it 

[Shoco]

he can officially win it next week at SPA

[John Daniels]

So I guess my predictions didn't turn out to be true then...oh well.

it didn't but you were right. Kimi had one pitstop, if he woudn't have had the extra pitstop 'cause of the tyre problem I think he would have won the race. He was the quickest driver of this GP. He was about fourth before the extra pitstop about 6 seconds (about that, can't really remember exact time) behind Montoya who was leading the race.. definetely he would have been second most surely the first. If Maclaren can fix the reliability problems, next year will be Kimi's and Montoya's.

good driving from Alonso, only too bad the quickest driver of this season won't win the championchip what would be only right.

[jarmo]

good driving from Alonso, only too bad the quickest driver of this season won't win the championchip what would be only right.

The most consistent driver will win. He scores points and finishes races on the podium.

Renault has done everything right. They had a tyre problem in Monaco but that seems to be it.

Compare that to all the problems Kimi/McLaren has had.... Engine change after engine change.


McLaren has been fastest and unreliable while Renault is fast enough and reliable. That's how you get points and win a championship.




/jarmo

[John Daniels]

well, I agree..sort of.. all the credit for Renault and team, they should win team championchip..

[Shoco]

its just a pity kimis problems arent of his own making

[Pinball Wizard]

Question:  If 75% of the drivers are using the same type tires, how come Kimi and Juan Pablo seem to be the only ones with serious tire issues? 

Because they're the only ones driving for McLaren.



Italian GP top 8:

1. Juan Pablo Montoya   McLaren   
2. Fernando Alonso      Renault       
3. Giancarlo Fisichella Renault     
4. Kimi R?ikk?nen       McLaren     
5. Jarno Trulli         Toyota       
6. Ralf Schumacher      Toyota       
7. Antonio Pizzonia     Williams     
8. Jenson Button        BAR         

Points:

Jarmo 2
Ignatius 1
Pinball Wizard 1
Graciela 0
GypsySoul 0
John Daniels 0


The HTGTH F-1 Fantasy League Ranking [After Italian GP]

Pinball --- 9 points
Gypsy --- 8 points
Jarmo --- 8 points
Ignatius --- 7 points
Graciela --- 6 points
John Daniels --- 4 points
Kiki --- 4 points
Drew --- 0 points



/jarmo

Wow!! I'm in first!!!

I didn't saw the whole race because when it was with 15 laps to go I had something to do and I missed the end of the race...

But there's no way kimi can win the championship...

[Ignatius]

Kimi R?ikk?nen.

No, not biased at all.

It's just a dream, McLaren will fuck up again I'm sure.....

/jarmo

Just browsing old posts from this thread....

Funny how right you were!