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  • #46
    I've stopped watching around when Montoya was considered a new purchase and was exciting (yet disappointing).

    Used to cheer for "crybaby" Mika Hakkinen, but now that he's gone, and since I dislike Ferrari, I find it somewhat boring. I also haven't time to watch...

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    • #47
      Malaysia GP comments:

      Alonso Superior in both qualifing, smashing in race. Nobody was even near. Renault the best again.

      Trulli Impressive as Toyota. And he was able to run fast all the race!!!

      Heidfel: Good job. Williams seems OK

      Ralf: Some more point for Toyota

      Montoya: Acceptable, his teamate was quickest. McClaren must work harder.

      Raikkonen: Was doing well until his tyre blew out. Can somebody has so bad luck or is this guy doing something bad?

      This time M. Schumacher at least got a couple of points. Barrichelo out. Ferraris mediocre once again.

      Fisichella. Very slow compared with his teammate, out in an incident with webber. Clearly Fisichela´s fault IMO.

      BAR made KABOOOOM!!!
      Ich bin der Zorn Gottes. Wer sonst ist mit mir?

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      • #48
        Yes, Alonso did an impressive job both in qualifying and in race. Well deserved victory.

        I don't think that Fisichella was that bad. He clearly had tyre problems and when he crashed into Webber I think that he was just following his instinct as a competitive pilot: he thought that he could regain his position from Webber, but his tyres were clearly in bad shape. A racing incident by all means.

        Ferrari will have to work hard. Schumi and Barrichello could not do anything better than what they did.

        I'm still disappointed with McLaren. Montoya's 4th place just fell on his lap when others had trouble, he did not pass anyone on the track. Raikkonen was better, but he was unfortunate when he lost one of his rear tyres.

        Good work from Toyota and Red Bull, and this is certainly a surprise to me...

        All in all, a very interesting championship fight: Alonso has 16 points, Fisico has 10, and Trulli, Barrichello, Montoya and Coulthard are all fighting for the third place with 8 points each.
        I watched you fall. I think I pushed.

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        • #49
          Yes, I think this year it is going to be a funny season.

          About Fisi i think he is a great driver, better that trulli (in race at least) and well capable of challenging Alonso, but he hardly could have done a worse race today. And if the car was so bad how could he do the third better time in quali, with same tyres and setup? About the incident i think Webber give him a lot of space to pass but Fisichella was going too fast in that curve an crashed with Webber. Pedro de la Rosa, third McClaren driver and comentarist in spanish TV said it was Fisi fault without a doubt.


          Resuming, for me it was a slightly boring race excpeting the fight among both Williams and Fisico.
          Ich bin der Zorn Gottes. Wer sonst ist mit mir?

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          • #50
            In parts this was a great race. The first stint was pretty boring, but in the second one things really heated up. There was some really good fights. The incident regarding Webber and Fisichella was a genuine racing incident. Both were a bit too eager and it resulted in a collision.

            Alonso however made an amazing race, leading from start to finish in an almost Schumi-like fashion. Viva España, Vive la France

            BAR made an abyssmal performance Honda has better get their act together or BAR will fail miserably this season.

            Ferrari was also remarkably bad, it seems Bridgestone is the inferior tyre when it comes to racing in tropical conditions. If so there won´t be much to hope for Ferrari in Bahrain in two weeks either.

            Red Bull continues to deliver world class racing, amazing for such a new team. Third in the standings, 1 point ahead of Ferrari!

            Toyota is also heading for their best season to date. Let´s hope they can keep it up. Ralf and Jarno is really showing their true qualities this season

            McLaren also had a really dissapointing race. Raikkonnen continues to be dogged by misfortune. The race gods clearly has taken a disliking to the finn Montoyas preformance was also lackluster at best.

            Oh, I can hardly wait to the Bahrain race
            I love being beaten by women - Lorizael

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            • #51
              In parts this was a great race. The first stint was pretty boring, but in the second one things really heated up. There was some really good fights. The incident regarding Webber and Fisichella was a genuine racing incident. Both were a bit too eager and it resulted in a collision.
              Yep, I think it was a racing incident too and there is nobody to be punished of course. It is only that In the heat of battle Fisichella lost completely the braking point. This is the sort of things that happens when racers are racing.
              Ich bin der Zorn Gottes. Wer sonst ist mit mir?

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              • #52
                Bahrain = hot weather

                Bridgestone = disaster in hot weather.

                Ferrari's new car = ?

                Let's see what happens in Bahrain. The first free practice sessions start tomorrow...

                Montoya is out - fractured his left shoulderblade... playing tennis! (Now this seems to be a rather nebulous explanation). Anyway, Pedro de La Rosa runs in his place. Poor McLaren. All those money invested in the colombian and now...

                I think that Renault will dominate the weekend once again. I don't really think that Ferrari can be competitive enough with its new car - it needs some more mileage.
                I watched you fall. I think I pushed.

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                • #53
                  I think this will be another disappointment for Ferrari. The F2005 has been rushed (originally meant to premiere at Spains GP) and the tyres are perform badly in the heat so far. I sense another Renault victory

                  Red Bull has also been very fast so far. I think there´s some points waiting for them at Bahrain

                  Too bad for McLaren though, the bad luck streak continues...
                  I love being beaten by women - Lorizael

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                  • #54
                    Damn, 62715 registred members but only 3 real F1 fans?
                    I love being beaten by women - Lorizael

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                    • #55
                      I quit watching, F1 is farked up.

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                      • #56
                        F1 bores me. The rules change every year and it isn't just done to improve competition. More often then not hte rules changes are designed to give some politically connected team an advantage over everyone else. That's not good sportsmanship or good rule making so I won't support F1.
                        Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                        • #57
                          De La Rosa had a great performance yesterday, he almost singlehandedly saved the race from being truly boring.

                          Too bad MSC and Sato had to give up, I was looking forward to agressive driving from them.

                          Alonso

                          De la Rosa

                          Montoya ??

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                          • #58
                            Originally posted by Kamrat X
                            Damn, 62715 registred members but only 3 real F1 fans?
                            We should make this a predictions thread, like they have for football. Perhaps that'll make it a little more interesting for everyone.

                            I'll go first :

                            Imola (24.04)

                            1. Alonso
                            2. Fisichella
                            3. Trulli

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                            • #59
                              I don´t know if you´re serious, but it´s a good idea nevertheless

                              I thought it was a great race, Alonso was on fire! Driving like a bat outta hell But (and I never thought I was going to say this...) it lost some of its excitement when Schumi was forced to withdraw. De la Rosa made a spectacular race, making it two spaniards scoring points. When was the last time that happened?

                              And finally a podium finish for Kimi Raikkonnen Maybe it´s starting to look up for McLaren? Toyota is also showing exceptionally good form

                              Extremely bad luck for Kristian Klien though; making the best qualifying lap in his career, and then not making it off the start grid I don´t know if bad luck is BARs problems. But they certainly have had an abysmal season so far...

                              Alonso and Renault will be hard to stop at Imola, so will Toyota and McLaren. And, of course, Ferrari if they get their **** together...

                              I think a podium of Alonso, Trulli and Raikkonnen/Schumi is what we will se at Imola.
                              I love being beaten by women - Lorizael

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                              • #60
                                The tandem Alonso-Renault was once again a step ahead all the weekend.

                                Trulli and Toyota are begining to impressionate me. This doesnt seem the same Trulli we know of other years.

                                Raikkonen was OK, but in despite that he has said the McLaren is among the fastests cars in the grid since the McLarens made fastest laps in Sepang and Bahrein it is simply he is not at he same pace of Alonso o even Trulli right now.

                                Ralf did a ggod work. It should be clear he is the 2nd driver in Toyota.

                                Thanks to De la Rosa. He was great. Some errors at start maybe due to two years without racing made him finish behind his teammate but he outperformed Raikkonen all the weekend.

                                M. Schumacher was great at the start and Q way ahead of Barrrichelo. F2005 seems fast but unreliable yet. I was a bit disapointed when the was out at lap 11 due to a "mechanical" failure (it was an Schumi error IMO, maybe the pushed too hard trying to reach the Renault) it would have been a funny duel.

                                At Imola:
                                1-Alonso or MS
                                2-MS or Alonso
                                3-Trulli, Raikkonen or De la Rosa
                                Last edited by Thorgal; April 4, 2005, 09:51.
                                Ich bin der Zorn Gottes. Wer sonst ist mit mir?

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