F-1 Discussion Thread - 2004 Season
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fortunately or unfortunately MS qualified fifth but because Ralphy boy's lump was changed this weekend, junior Schuey actually starts 12th putting big brother 4th and on the second row.
I would absolutely freak if either of the first 3, or Kimi (my 6 year old daughter was trying to convince me his name was Kiwi
) for that matter, were to be on the top step of the podium.
fortunately or unfortunately MS qualified fifth but because Ralphy boy's lump was changed this weekend, junior Schuey actually starts 12th putting big brother 4th and on the second row.
I would absolutely freak if either of the first 3, or Kimi (my 6 year old daughter was trying to convince me his name was Kiwi
) for that matter, were to be on the top step of the podium.
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fortunately or unfortunately MS qualified fifth but because Ralphy boy's lump was changed this weekend, junior Schuey actually starts 12th putting big brother 4th and on the second row.
I would absolutely freak if either of the first 3, or Kimi (my 6 year old daughter was trying to convince me his name was Kiwi ) for that matter, were to be on the top step of the podium.
fortunately or unfortunately MS qualified fifth but because Ralphy boy's lump was changed this weekend, junior Schuey actually starts 12th putting big brother 4th and on the second row.
I would absolutely freak if either of the first 3, or Kimi (my 6 year old daughter was trying to convince me his name was Kiwi
) for that matter, were to be on the top step of the podium.
#59
05-22-2004, 12:46 PM
Hmmm, A notoriously difficult to pass circuit. Long overdue Jarno Trulli on pole, Wonderboy Jenson Button next on the grid with the BAR ( Love their advert decals visible in the in-car-cams: is that Bar F1 or BARF 1??!!) followed by the Future World Champion Fernando Alonso, and then the Weltmeister. This is too good to be true. Looks like any one of them could win it tomorrow. My money's on Schumi, but my heart's with the Renault boys.
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05-23-2004, 08:08 AM
what a shocker of a race!From Panis screwing up the first start to Sato's engine and the Fisichella/Coultard disaster to Alonso being a retard trying to Webber's explosion to Kimi's charge and then park it to pass on the marbles to Michael being retarded randomly locking his brakes and forcing Montoya to run into him to the awesome final lap battle between Button and Trulli....whew, a totally action-packed race! Congrats to the usual backmarkers picking up a few points (Panis, Heidfeld, DaMatta, and Massa). Yikes that Montoya and Rubens were SO far behind the front two!
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One of the best races I've seen in a LONG time and reminded me of the Senna-Mansell battle of '92. A well-earned win for Jarno. I loved listening to him downplay the pressure Jenson was putting on him for the past 10 laps as it was great spin!
Jenson was clearly on a charge and he just had to be worried. Wasn't going to give BAR the satisfaction though.
McLaren really seems lost at sea.
Jenson was clearly on a charge and he just had to be worried. Wasn't going to give BAR the satisfaction though.
McLaren really seems lost at sea.
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This is my first time on this forum, but I ve been a F1 fan for 30 years. This morning was a SPECTACULAR race. Congrats to Renault and Honda (kinda makes me proud of the Renault Dauphine my dad owned back in the 60's).
Question: What do you think would happen if the rules were changed to allow only 3 mechanics to work on the cars during pit stops?
Leaders would drop to the back of the pack after each stop?
More passing?
Better fuel mileage/more efficient engines/less stops
Longer races/more advertising
Completely idiotic idea but worth trying?
Question: What do you think would happen if the rules were changed to allow only 3 mechanics to work on the cars during pit stops?
Leaders would drop to the back of the pack after each stop?
More passing?
Better fuel mileage/more efficient engines/less stops
Longer races/more advertising
Completely idiotic idea but worth trying?
#74
05-23-2004, 06:34 PM
Certainly no lack of action today, eh boys?
Hind sight being 20/20 Barichello's comments about having "black flagged" Sato when it became obvious that there was a serious leak of some sort from his Honda lump could have avoided much of the ensuing chaos. Thank God no one was injured. The track marshals in Monaco either have ***** the size of fighting bulls, or the brains of those bulls. And how about those tunnel wrecks? Fernando Alonso certainly wasn't thinking when he tried to pass Ralf 'round the outside, on marbles and dust at +170 mph; and der Weltmiester was, uh I'm at a loss for words, I mean he was behind the effen safety car at the time. Maybe after locking his front left, and correcting for the skid, he released some pressure on the brakes, got the traction he wanted (not) and promptly turned into JPM. Oh well if you want to blow a perfect season, that's sure a novel way of doing it.
None of this detracts from Jarno Trulli's suberb run today. The gods were drinking Italian wine this week-end!
Hind sight being 20/20 Barichello's comments about having "black flagged" Sato when it became obvious that there was a serious leak of some sort from his Honda lump could have avoided much of the ensuing chaos. Thank God no one was injured. The track marshals in Monaco either have ***** the size of fighting bulls, or the brains of those bulls. And how about those tunnel wrecks? Fernando Alonso certainly wasn't thinking when he tried to pass Ralf 'round the outside, on marbles and dust at +170 mph; and der Weltmiester was, uh I'm at a loss for words, I mean he was behind the effen safety car at the time. Maybe after locking his front left, and correcting for the skid, he released some pressure on the brakes, got the traction he wanted (not) and promptly turned into JPM. Oh well if you want to blow a perfect season, that's sure a novel way of doing it.
None of this detracts from Jarno Trulli's suberb run today. The gods were drinking Italian wine this week-end!
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>>Question: What do you think would happen if the rules were changed to allow only 3 mechanics to work on the cars during pit stops?
>> Leaders would drop to the back of the pack after each stop?
>> More passing?
>> Better fuel mileage/more efficient engines/less stops
>> Longer races/more advertising
>>
>> Completely idiotic idea but worth trying?
This would work if the track supported passing. Most tracks are nothing but a parade. Monaco is the worst offender. I wouldn't cry in the least to see Monaco removed from the calendar. Today's race was exciting but I still think I only saw 1 on track pass for position outside of the start. Need more tracks that encourage passing like Malasia, Bahrain. Even the US GP has a nice passing area at the end of the long straight going into turn 1. Other tracks are passed their time. They need to do something about the passing, the rest isn't important.
Paul
>> Leaders would drop to the back of the pack after each stop?
>> More passing?
>> Better fuel mileage/more efficient engines/less stops
>> Longer races/more advertising
>>
>> Completely idiotic idea but worth trying?
This would work if the track supported passing. Most tracks are nothing but a parade. Monaco is the worst offender. I wouldn't cry in the least to see Monaco removed from the calendar. Today's race was exciting but I still think I only saw 1 on track pass for position outside of the start. Need more tracks that encourage passing like Malasia, Bahrain. Even the US GP has a nice passing area at the end of the long straight going into turn 1. Other tracks are passed their time. They need to do something about the passing, the rest isn't important.
Paul