Formula One 2005 season thread

[Ignatius]

I think the most likely system will be like a competition. Basically with the slowest five cars eliminated in different stages until you have a winner.

As far as I remember, it'll be like the old times when there can be a lot of cars on the track.

A lot of cars? well, that should then be in favor for the most skilled pilots then. I like the idea.

[jarmo]

And luck!

Imagine getting trapped behind the slower cars....



/jarmo

[jarmo]

Surprise surprise, Kimi has had his engine replaced and will get dropped 10 places on the grid.

At least this time it's not affecting his own championship fight. Way to go Mercedes and good luck winning that team championship!




/jarmo

[John Daniels]

Kimi said that overtaking is quite hard in this gp although he revealed that there is this one possible place to do that. He also said that it's a hard to win the race when you have to give atleast 10 positions advantage.

[Pinball Wizard]

Japan Grid - 2005

1? Ralf Schumacher (Toyota) 1:46.106
2? Jenson Button (BAR) 1:46.141
3? Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) 1:46.276
4? Christian Klien (Red Bull) 1:46.464
5? Takuma Sato (BAR) 1:46.841
6? David Coulthard (Red Bull) 1:46.892
7? Mark Webber (Williams) 1:47.233
8? Jacques Villeneuve (Sauber) 1:47.440
9? Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) 1:48.248
10? Felipe Massa (Sauber) 1:48.278
11? Narain Karthikeyan (Jordan) 1:48.718
12? Antonio Pizzonia (Williams) 1:48.898
13? Christijan Albers (Minardi) 1:50.843
14? Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) 1:52.676
15? Robert Doornbos (Minardi) 1:52.894
16? Fernando Alonso (Renault) 1:54.667
17? Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren) 2:02.309*

Without time
18? J-P. Montoya (McLaren)
19? Jarno Trulli (Toyota)
20? Tiago Monteiro (Jordan)

* Changed engine


What a crazy classification!!!! I won't miss this race for anything in this fuckin' world! It's gonna be just awsome!!!

[GypsySoul]

that qualifying thing was no help .... oh fuckin' well ... here's my Japan race picks:

1. Raikkonen
2. Montoya
3. Alonso
4. R. Schumacher
5. Fisichella
6. M. Schumacher
7. Button
8. Barrichello

[John Daniels]

my list



1. Giancarlo Fisichella
2. Jenson Button
3. Ralf Schumacher
4. Rubens Barrichello
5. Kimi Raikkonen
6. Fernando Alonso
7. J-P. Montoya
8. David Coulthard

[Ignatius]

Japan Picks:


Very, very hard to tell. I don't think Alonso is gonna take too much risk. Yes the constructors championship is still undecided (and while McLaren has two more points, it looks like Renault has had more luck in the qualifying), but I doubt he will do anything crazy to win a few extra points for his team. Besides, it looks like it's gonna rain tomorrow so the course will be more dangerous.

1.- Fisicho
2.- Ralf Schumacher
3.- Kimi Raikkonen
4.- Jenson Button
5.- JP Montoya
6.- Fernando Alonso
7.- Mark Webber
8.- Takuma Sato

[jarmo]

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






/jarmo

[Graciela]

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

[Pinball Wizard]

1. Fisichella
2. Ralph
3. Kimi
4. Alonso
5. Montoya
6. Rubens
7. Massa
8. Monteiro

[jarmo]

That was the race of the season!

Wow!



/jarmo

[Rasputin]

DAMN!!
Interesting qualifications....nice fuckin race!
good fer Kimi!

hey..
sorry if this has already been brought up but i didnt see it and i dont want to read 25 pages just to avoid a previously asked question..
but does anyone know what happened with West???
noone on the McLaren team is wearin West and even tho Marlboro and Lucky Strick and every other tobacco is on the cars, West isnt!? i looked fer info..nothing..? does anyone know whats up?


ok, nevermind the last question, i think i found it....
weird tho, i never heard em say nothin!!

[Ignatius]

Can you believe that I missed it?

Went to bed late, but set up the alarm clock at 7. I guess I heard it and switched it off, to then wake up at 9 and the race was over?

Any recap guys? it looked like a very close race between Fisicho and Kimi...

Edit.- Kimi overtook Fisichella in the very last lap? Man...

[jarmo]

but does anyone know what happened with West???
noone on the McLaren team is wearin West and even tho Marlboro and Lucky Strick and every other tobacco is on the cars, West isnt!? i looked fer info..nothing..? does anyone know whats up?


ok, nevermind the last question, i think i found it....
weird tho, i never heard em say nothin!!

I think they did mention it back when the switch happened... 

Any recap guys? it looked like a very close race between Fisicho and Kimi...

Here's a recap: Best race of the year. 

Lots of overtaking....



/jarmo

[jarmo]

Japanese GP results

1. Kimi R?ikk?nen? ? ? ?McLaren? 1.29.02,212? ?
2. Giancarlo Fisichella Renault? ? ? + 1,633? ?
3. Fernando Alonso? ? ? Renault? ? ?+ 17,456?
4. Mark Webber? ? ? ? ? Williams? ? + 22,274? ?
5. Jenson Button? ? ? ? BAR? ? ? ? ?+ 29,507?
6. David Coulthard? ? ? Red Bull? ? + 31,601?
7. Michael Schumacher? ?Ferrari? ? ?+ 33,879? ?
8. Ralf Schumacher? ? ? Toyota? ? ? + 49,548? ?


HTGTH Japan GP Standings:

Gypsy --- 2 points
the rest --- nothing

HTGTH Official Standings (After Japan) are:


Gypsy --- 13 points
Pinball --- 11 points
Ignatius --- 11 points
Graciela --- 10 points
Jarmo --- 9 points
John Daniels --- 6 points
Kiki --- 4 points
Drew --- 0 points




/jarmo

[John Daniels]

well that gp was just awesome!! Kimi did fantastic job as did Alonso who could have propably won that race if it wouldn't have been the penalty that caused seven seconds lost.

And what's wrong with Fisico!? He quite frankly took the credit from Kimi saying just that Kimi was just more faster than him in the straight, that's all....well Kimi was more faster but he almost shitted in his pants when he made that overtook, I mean that was so on the edge overtake than it could possibly be. Kimi said that his seventh gear was a bit short so the limiter was banging on the edge but he could overtake just with the inches because Fisico made few errors in shikans. I bet Alonso could have given better fight than Fisico without any talks after race. 

Damn I suck in this game.. only 6 points 

[Ignatius]

I saw the highlights today. Sucks that I missed such a great race 

All the credit to Kimi. Quite honestly, I thought the big three (JP,Fernando and Kimi) didn't have a chance as they were so far back on the grid. I guess they proved me wrong again. There's a huge gap between Renault & McLaren and the other teams.

I read Alonso was pissed cause he thought his car was more competitive than McLarens for this race. He said Renault chose the wrong strategy again, as he had to overtake Schumacher and Klein twice (as he had lost his position in the pits).

Anyway, I'll make sure I won't miss the China GP.

On a side note. Gypsy is looking strong, but as the say it ain't over till is over.

[Shoco]

fissi really blew it by going so defensive in the chicane, i would have liked to see him have one the race cos of all the stick hes getting

[GypsySoul]

Even though I shouldn't play with youze any more because youze all tried to cheat me by not telling me why youze all thought Fisichella was gonna have such a good race last week? ?

Here's my China picks:

1.? Raikkonen
2.? Montoya
3.? Alonso
4.? M. Schumacher
5.? R. Schumacher
6.? Fisichella
7.? Trulli
8.? Barrichello