Monza qualifying

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

You can get DivX from www.divx.com for free. The videos arent big at all, only a meg or two.

[nichosnz 0]

I'm not worried about the Vids I have zip disks for that, more about DivX.

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

You can download the driver from that site, a small file!

[nichosnz 0]

How small though, I wasn't kidding when I said my Harddrive is full.

[nichosnz 0]

I'll check it out but I think JPM has probably obtained another record most poles on a season without winning.  He only has 2 races to avoid that, if he is indeed heading there.

Is that so? Amazing that JPM hasn't won considering the amount of poles hes racked up...

I have sifted through all the years and yes, JPM does now hold that record. It was previously Rene Arnoux (Renault) with 4 in 1981.

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

I dont think that he will win at Indy or Suzuka. He may get another pole but I think victory isn't a chance. I mean Ralf won at Malaysia, but hasn't come close to a win since then. Montoya hasn't really challenged either except at Canada before his engine blew.

[nichosnz 0]

In Canada he was only in that position because MS had a problem, wihtout he wouldn't have even challenged there.

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

It is funny to think that even if MS has a problem he still wins the race! He has that form of 'luck' like how when he spins he always seems to come back on track facing the right direction straight from the spin!

[nichosnz 0]

One of the reasons for this is he senses the spin, and assess whether it is catchable of not, if it isn't he don't try to most drivers do anyway. Instead when possible he concentrates on trying to control the spin as best he can. But luck does help him a lot also.

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

Every driver has a certain amount of luck, such as when the car blows up or not. Hakkinen and Raikkonen seem to have real bad luck with reliability, while Badoer was never reliability's friend either. Schumi and Alesi, maybe even Coulthard seem to be reliability's best friends

[nichosnz 0]

Reliability, good or bad, does seem to follow some drivers. Andrea de Cesaris retired from every race in 1987, they weren't all reliability though.

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

I never saw him race, but knew he was called Andrea de Crasheris as a joke

[nichosnz 0]

Although in 1991 (Jordans debut year) he nearly scored Jordans fist win but it was a tech problem that stopped him.

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

Is that so? Wasnt he Schumachers teammate that year at Spa?

[nichosnz 0]

Yes but only for Spa, and that is the race I was refering to. He was chasing down an ailing Senna and his radiator went with almost 4 laps to go, Senna just holding on to win.

A mighty effort often overlooked because it was Schumachers debut race.

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

Wasn't Schumi's race at Spa that year a c##Kup? That would have been nice to see de Cesaris win, stuff it right in MS nose

[nichosnz 0]

Sort of he tryed something using the cluch that hadn't been tryed before, and it would have worked if there hadn't been an aborted start, so the cluch was already overused.

So it was a driver encouraged technical problem.

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

Yep, its always good to try new things in testing or free practice, not in the important sessions.

[nichosnz 0]

It was something to do with a passing attempt at Eau Rouge Lap 1, spur of the moment kind of thing. But yes it is embarassing when an idea (brilliant or ridiculous)is tryed and fails in a race or qualifing.

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

It is though forgivable for a rookie in his first race. Funny how such a horrid first race turned into such an amazing career.

[nichosnz 0]

I think a lot of his potential seen by Benetton on that day, was the fact he was willing to try somthing different, and that he qualified 7th on debut, which equalled the best Jordan had to date. That was acheived by a driver already in his 12 season.

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

He got snatched up right away by Flavio, he really does know who is going to be good.

[nichosnz 0]

Actually, I beleive it was Tom Walkingshaw how insisted to Flav to sign Schumacher.

[daz 0]

All I know is that must have being the signing of the decade .

Could you imagine what F1 would have being without Schumie???

[TotalF1 Jens 0]

Actually, I can. Hill would have taken his righteous championship in 94, Villeneuve would have won 97 by a big gap, and Mika would now be at least a three time champion.