Funny you should say that. Kimi crashed his car in the practice session heavily because of the rain

1) Massa Ferrari 1:21.506 103
2)Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:21.804 95
3) Trulli Toyota 1:22.309 107
4) Kovalainen Renault 1:22.378 121
5) Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.579 73
6) Kubica BMW Sauber 1:22.653 83
7) Button Honda 1:22.765 114
8) Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:23.027 112
9) Speed Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:23.713 96
10) Albers Spyker-Ferrari 1:24.870 63
11) Rosberg Williams no time

Red Bull, they give you wings

The honda elephant wing. They think they are what? Dumbo?

Times
01. Coulthard Red Bull 1:21.066 59 laps
02. de la Rosa McLaren 1:21.267 58 laps
03. Massa Ferrari 1:21.483 38 laps
04. Fisichella Renault 1:21.876 63 laps
05. Kubica BMW 1:22.098 55 laps
06. R.Schumacher Toyota 1:22.359 49 laps
07. Klien Honda 1:22.807 80 laps

New Layout

The chicane will mean that the final corner will now be taken in 3rd gear instead of fifth during teh old layout. Slow enough to get the car bunched up but fast enough for the chasing car to get a toe through the finish straight

From what i hear, slicks might be coming back with the new concorde agreement. Less winglet = less rear downforce = more the teams develp the rear wing to maximise the downforce as possible = more turbulent air. See where I'm going here?

Times
01. Hamilton McLaren 1:21.880
02. Alonso McLaren 1:22.268
03. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:22.291
04. Kubica BMW 1:22.446
05. Massa Ferrari 1:22.565
06. Davidson Super Aguri 1:22.665
07. Trulli Toyota 1:22.740
08. R.Schumacher Toyota 1:22.843
09. Rosberg Williams 1:23.048
10. Button Honda 1:23.114
11. Wurz Williams 1:23.131
12. Heidfeld BMW 1:23.170
13. Sato Super Aguri 1:23.316
14. Kovalainen Renault 1:23.322
15. Fisichella Renault 1:23.397
16. Coulthard Red Bull 1:23.428
17. Webber Red Bull 1:23.444
18. Barrichello Honda 1:23.479
19. Sutil Spyker 1:23.954
20. Liuzzi Toro Rosso 1:24.104
21. Speed Toro Rosso 1:24.179
22. Albers Spyker 1:24.396

anyways.... Money makes the Formula 1 world goes round. I wonder whats the GPDA's view on this. I forsee them not wanting it to be done after the first practice. for one, street circuit needs to use super soft tyre because of the none grippy nature. And now they need ultra super soft because it's harder to get them up to temperature at night..

hmm, why are there no times for 2nd practice?

okaaaaaaaaaayy.... How the hell the Renault ends so high up?

lol, true. More viewers=more revenue=more money to him

Ironically, I disagree with Raikkonen. I think McLaren made the same mistake that they did in Malaysia qualifying, 1 lap too much fuel, which lost him pole. But I forsee him longer than Massa on fuel. Lewis is definately very heavy on fuel

According to him, he has the best strategy of all the 4 drivers. He should be the last person to stop for fuel, and if he can squeeze past kimi, he should be in a good shape for another podium.

Ah, finally mah PC is back up again
What I see during the Grand Prix

On Star Sports
- Star Sports needs to get better commentator. They are so sure that Fernando was light fuelled that I think they were cursing he pitted at the same lap as Massa.
- They obviously never met captain Obvious
- Commercial at the wrong time meant we never see Kimi broke his car.

On The Race
- the chicane was the most useless thing in Spain since David Beckham
- they need to adjust the pit lane entry. That right hand kink leading to a wall is dangerous as DC nearly collided there
- First corner incident damages the McLaren's undertray more than the commentator's think. look at the replay and see the debris flying from under the car
- Massa should have let go at that incident. Fernando had already got the line and the place.
- This was Massa's 3rd bad start in a row. Fortunately for him the straight at Bahrain and Spain was not long enough for a repeat of Sepang
- Massa's bad start means that Kimi was squeezed into Lewis and loses his place
- The marshall needs to buck up. They did not clear up Wurz's mess and led to Speed's tyre blow out

The Teams
- there are no team orders at both Ferrari and McLaren. Let see how long that will last
- Kimi retired due to "electrical". Over the years it's always either "electrical" or "hydraulics". It's never the engine

I saw gravel, and I saw bit's of carbon fibres also. And he DID go in the gravel very fast as he was nudged quite severly by massa.

I forsee another smoking Ferrari.

Lol, I wonder if Kimi thinks that he has a jinx with all the cars that he drove. also if shumacher had anything to do with it. Contrary to what ppl said, Schumacher and Kimi don't have a good relation. He even told Jean Todt to "shut that phone off" when Schumacher called him on winning the Aussie GP

Lewis stars in Paul Ricard test


Stewart questions Kimi`s commitment


STR deny 2007 race-seat for Senna



and on the 10 conclusion, I do not agree on Fernando is struggling. It's more on him not suited to the car the way he liked. The McLaren is vastly different from the Renault, and Martin Whitemarsh himself said that it would be a difficult car for Fernando who was accustomed to the Renault. It's the same with Kimi, and like I've said before, it's not a suprise to see Massa and Lewis faster than Fernando or Kimi. Massa having developed the Ferrari himself during the season, and Lewis has no prior F1 drive, thus he's more adaptable.

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Added on May 16, 2007, 7:51 pmyes, and you could say that to schumacher when he drove into the wall under pressure with hill steaming up behind him, and what did he do? he went straight into hill to make sure hill retired, thus winning the 1994 world championship. And like he said, Hill should have make way for him, ironically he had broken his suspension at the time and was due to retire anyway.
While you can say what you want watching from the outside, can you say the same when you are in the cockpit? even on the onboard shot of the McLaren, it looked like he gave massa enough room, and Massa still barge into him. Massa could have taken that corner without barging, and that's what Fernando was angry about as it could have ruined both of the cars, not mentioning causing a pile up.

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: May 16 2007, 07:51 PM

Or mrs senna? Yes, massa is good, but not THAT good.