Button and Barrichello now 1 and 2....with 41mins to go.....
OK - reporting times like this is getting boring now.....
Dribs - tell us all a joke would ya? Cheers, mate.
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 03:35 AM
Macca at the pointy end of the time sheets...Hammy #1, Button #2 (+0.11), Barrichello #3, Kovi #4, Webber #5......Ferrari outside the top 10....and very bad graining on their cars especially Massa.
Could this be the first step on the ladder back to the podium for McLaren?
Could this be the first step on the ladder back to the podium for McLaren?
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 04:16 AM
Dribs et al are all asleep.
Lunch break's just started here so I can peruse the times for P1...
1 Lewis Hamilton 1:37.334
2 Jenson Button 1:37.450
3 Rubens Barrichello 1:37.566
4 Heikki Kovalainen 1:37.672
5 Mark Webber 1:37.752
6 Jarno Trulli 1:37.764
7 Nico Rosberg 1:37.860
8 Timo Glock 1:37.894
9 Fernando Alonso 1:38.089
10 Sebastien Bourdais 1:38.195
11 Kimi Rikknen 1:38.223
12 Sebastian Vettel 1:38.274
13 Sebastien Buemi 1:38.307
14 Adrian Sutil 1:38.319
15 Felipe Massa 1:38.418
16 Nick Heidfeld 1:38.456
17 Giancarlo Fisichella 1:38.460
18 Robert Kubica 1:38.463
19 Kazuki Nakajima 1:38.730
20 Nelsinho Piquet 1:38.825
Not that we should read too much into P1 times...
But if we did, it seems McLaren might have done well to forsee the court case outcome early and got cracking on their version of the diffuser before the other non-diffuser teams.
Agree handy - whichever teams go easy on their super softs will be able to make more advantagious pit strategies.
Lunch break's just started here so I can peruse the times for P1...
1 Lewis Hamilton 1:37.334
2 Jenson Button 1:37.450
3 Rubens Barrichello 1:37.566
4 Heikki Kovalainen 1:37.672
5 Mark Webber 1:37.752
6 Jarno Trulli 1:37.764
7 Nico Rosberg 1:37.860
8 Timo Glock 1:37.894
9 Fernando Alonso 1:38.089
10 Sebastien Bourdais 1:38.195
11 Kimi Rikknen 1:38.223
12 Sebastian Vettel 1:38.274
13 Sebastien Buemi 1:38.307
14 Adrian Sutil 1:38.319
15 Felipe Massa 1:38.418
16 Nick Heidfeld 1:38.456
17 Giancarlo Fisichella 1:38.460
18 Robert Kubica 1:38.463
19 Kazuki Nakajima 1:38.730
20 Nelsinho Piquet 1:38.825
Not that we should read too much into P1 times...
But if we did, it seems McLaren might have done well to forsee the court case outcome early and got cracking on their version of the diffuser before the other non-diffuser teams.
Agree handy - whichever teams go easy on their super softs will be able to make more advantagious pit strategies.
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 04:40 AM
adamstrags, on Apr 17 2009, 04:16 PM, said:
Dribs et al are all asleep.
True - all those pansy pommies not hard enough to get up during the night to watch F1....do ya think we should organise a petition to Bernie for them to change the time of the GP's so they can watch them all during daylight after 10am sipping their cups of tea and a scone with jam and whipped cream?
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adamstrags, on Apr 17 2009, 04:16 PM, said:
Not that we should read too much into P1 times...
But if we did, it seems McLaren might have done well to forsee the court case outcome early and got cracking on their version of the diffuser before the other non-diffuser teams.
But if we did, it seems McLaren might have done well to forsee the court case outcome early and got cracking on their version of the diffuser before the other non-diffuser teams.
McLaren always had the curvy bit in the middle of the diffuser similar to Brawn and Toyota - just it was blanked off, and they never had the "double deck". The curved center part is now hollow, and they have added an interim "wing" over the diffuser. If this "wing" is all that is needed, maybe some of the less financed teams will adopt this to at least make up some gains without sacrificing the rear ends of their cars like Ferrari will now do.
Certainly Hamilton had the least amount of tyre problems with that new wing too - so things are on the up for Macca, whilst Ferrari seems to lurch from bad to worse (making me get all sentimental about the Ferrari of the 90's and earlier)...maybe Kimi can turn to driving an icecream truck instead since he likes his icecreams and paddle-pops
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 07:08 AM
The Brawns are still looking great on low fuel. The Ferrari's look all at sea, as do the BMW's. Toyota look bolted to the floor, I don't think they have shown their hand yet.
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 08:20 AM
Are Renault running the diffuser too? I read that they were but they seem way off the pace still!
It's still only practice so these times although useful don't give us a true idea of whats going to happen in the race!!!
It's still only practice so these times although useful don't give us a true idea of whats going to happen in the race!!!
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No - the renaults have not got them on the car yet....maybe for FP2 or saturday??? Oh....and they have Nelshino.....
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HandyNZL, on Apr 17 2009, 05:40 AM, said:
True - all those pansy pommies not hard enough to get up during the night to watch F1....do ya think we should organise a petition to Bernie for them to change the time of the GP's so they can watch them all during daylight after 10am sipping their cups of tea and a scone with jam and whipped cream?
Whats the NZL alternative then? And considering your nation has always been Britain's b*tch, you're not really in a position to go making fun of us my friend!
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 02:08 PM
wich teams a running new diffusers? Ferrari is out of the picture and BMW seems complicated too. It will be a Brawn vs. Toyota vs. Williams race again.
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Particular plaudits must go to Heikki Kovalainen, though, after the Finn's fourth fastest morning time came without the addition of either the new front wing or the diffuser changes, before then trying out the wing in the afternoon. "I'm very impressed by the performance upgrades for this race," he confirmed. "We still need to do more work to find the best balance, but our car definitely feels more stable here."
http://f1.gpupdate.n...st-for-mclaren/
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Bernie Ecclestone, on Apr 17 2009, 04:22 PM, said:
Particular plaudits must go to Heikki Kovalainen, though, after the Finn's fourth fastest morning time came without the addition of either the new front wing or the diffuser changes, before then trying out the wing in the afternoon. "I'm very impressed by the performance upgrades for this race," he confirmed. "We still need to do more work to find the best balance, but our car definitely feels more stable here."
http://f1.gpupdate.n...st-for-mclaren/
http://f1.gpupdate.n...st-for-mclaren/
Let's hope Heikki's good practice & quali form this season finally carries over to the race too. I think he's quite capable of surprising many who have been demanding him to be replaced.
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Ikyrotz, on Apr 17 2009, 03:57 PM, said:
Let's hope Heikki's good practice & quali form this season finally carries over to the race too. I think he's quite capable of surprising many who have been demanding him to be replaced.
He should hurry up and prove it then.
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You can't rush genius, Steve. Or Kovalainen.
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Ikyrotz, on Apr 17 2009, 11:57 AM, said:
Let's hope Heikki's good practice & quali form this season finally carries over to the race too. I think he's quite capable of surprising many who have been demanding him to be replaced.
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He's better than his showing so far but I don't expect greatness from him.
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Lewis fastest in FP1! The diffuser seems to help!
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Yeah. Got him all the way up to 13th in FP2. Behind Heikki........... Still, Heikki will do the right thing and fall off before the end of lap 1 so we shouldn't worry too much.
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 06:23 PM
My friend Heikki was 4th in FP1 without the new front wing or diffuser. Wonder if they had any other changes on the car?
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 06:30 PM
I assume there's lots of tinkering going on. Maybe they gave him a bit more travel on the throttle pedal. You know, like amps that go up to 11.
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TF109_Diffuser, on Apr 17 2009, 03:15 PM, said:
Lewis fastest in FP1! The diffuser seems to help!
Not too much: see P2 results!
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I thnik Sutil was fastest in FP2, until the other cars went out.
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dribbler, on Apr 17 2009, 10:02 PM, said:
I thnik Sutil was fastest in FP2, until the other cars went out.
I usually watch FP on a prerecorded broadcast and it has like a scroll to fast forward and select the bits where something actually happens,and you get a comment below the video whenever something happens. I'm really used to reading: 'Sutil offtrack again'
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Not too much: see P2 results!
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 08:18 PM
TF109_Diffuser, on Apr 17 2009, 09:14 PM, said:
F*ck me sideways, 13th!
*f*cks you sideways* there happy?
13th, wow thats unlucky
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TF109_Diffuser, on Apr 15 2009, 09:49 PM, said:
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*f*cks you sideways* there happy?
13th, wow thats unlucky
13th, wow thats unlucky
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Nando only managed to be faster than one of the Force Indias yet he said that he is "optimistic" about the qualy and race.
What did they do to him??????? That's not like Alosno at all! Did they beat him on the head with a cricket bat?
What did they do to him??????? That's not like Alosno at all! Did they beat him on the head with a cricket bat?
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 08:56 PM
Rob Smedley, on Apr 17 2009, 09:52 PM, said:
Nando only managed to be faster than one of the Force Indias yet he said that he is "optimistic" about the qualy and race.
What did they do to him??????? That's not like Alosno at all! Did they beat him on the head with a cricket bat?
What did they do to him??????? That's not like Alosno at all! Did they beat him on the head with a cricket bat?
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