Sport The Formula 1 Thread

[JohnC]

Complain all you want about the ITV commentators, but they were fucking gods compared to the shit commentary we had on RTÉ and now Setanta since they got the rights.

[ryodi]

I hope when Coulthard retires they take him on a pundit / commentator. He seemed very knowledgeable and not at all irritating when he did some interviews for them last year. James Allen is incredibly irritating and I hope with the change of people presenting the show it won't be ButtonTV anymore.

[Burai]

YES!

NO!

Blundell is still on the team. Tony Jardine has been dropped sadly.

[ryodi]

So the team is now Steve Ryder, James Allen, Martin Brundle, Louise Goodman and the other person whose name I cannot remember but is pretty good with the pit updates.

[Nick_L]

So the team is now Steve Ryder, James Allen, Martin Brundle, Louise Goodman and the other person whose name I cannot remember but is pretty good with the pit updates.

Ted Kravitz ?

Steve Ryder used to present the F1 when it was on BBC IIRC.

he SHOULD be able to do a much BETTER job, than the COMEDY RANDOM LOUD WORDS style of Jim Rosenthal

[Benny Blanco]

While I don't think BMW will reign supreme, being a massive fanboy, I'm going to be rooting for them all the way. Good to see them going from simply providing engines to getting full on. I've never understood why they've not made the leap before. I'll be keeping a close eye on Honda too to see how they play things.

I missed every F1 race last year. I don't plan on letting that happen again. I can't wait to see how the new regs along with the V8s make things pan out.

[Nick_L]

Id like to see BMW and Villeneuve do well. Not sure why, but part of me still thinks that Villeneuve is really good for some reason

Anyone apart from me getting to any of the races this year ?

[zxcvbnm]

Eddie Irvine would probably make the best commentator - he knows what he's talking about and doesn't mind upsetting people with what he says.

And he fucked Ronan Keatings missus.

[SteveH]

I wouldn't mind Ted Kravitz replacing James Allen to be honest. Ted can be a little "stiff" at times, but he is likeable and knowledgable, without spouting forth statistic after statistic every few seconds like James Allen does.

In fact I'd rather a turd did the commentating than James Allen.

Oh and would drivers (I'm looking at you Jenson Button and Coulthard in particular) please stop pretending you fancy Louise Goodman. She's old enough to be their granny nevermind their bloody mother.

[Aardvark]

Oh and would drivers (I'm looking at you Jenson Button and Coulthard in particular) please stop pretending you fancy Louise Goodman. She's old enough to be their granny nevermind their bloody mother.

Maybe they aren't pretending.

[Nick_L]

Oh and would drivers (I'm looking at you Jenson Button and Coulthard in particular) please stop pretending you fancy Louise Goodman. She's old enough to be their granny nevermind their bloody mother.

Johnny Herbert was far worse when he was still in F1

[zxcvbnm]

Just imagine the sound of Louise Goodman wanking you off. With all those bangles it'd be like banging two dustbin lids together.

I think of these things so you don't have to.

[JohnC]

Just imagine the sound of Louise Goodman wanking you off. With all those bangles it'd be like banging two dustbin lids together.

I think of these things so you don't have to.

But then you post them and make us think of them anyway...

[zxcvbnm]

...and thats the end of that chapter.

[Nick_L]

and on another note, evern this years Safety Car is looking a bit tasty :

More Here

[Sidewaysbob]

Johnny Herbert was far worse when he was still in F1

He's the technical director at Midland F1 now. How the mighty have fallen

[Kagemusha.]

I got the Guardian yesterday, I ain't too fussed about F1 to be honest.

If anyone wants the guide from it PM me and I will send it to you. Gratis.

Still nobody want this Guardian guide sent to them for nothing?

It is only going to get slung otherwise

[mexos]

He's the technical director at Midland F1 now. How the mighty have fallen

he's a PR monkey at midland. not even midland are desparate enough to appoint the cheecky chappie technical director. would be funny if they did tho

[Sidewaysbob]

right you are. I saw him woundering around the pits during testing and assumed he was "advising" rather than free loading.

Still, nice bloke. Hes' won Le Mans you know.

Still nobody want this Guardian guide sent to them for nothing?

It is only going to get slung otherwise

PM sent dude.

[Kagemusha.]

Guardian guide sent to john0 he was the first to say he wanted it.

sorry sidewaysbob you missed it by a whisker

[mexos]

Still, nice bloke. Hes' won Le Mans you know.

yeah he is. met him when i used to do some work for jaguar racing. his niceness was amplified due to the pressence of one edmund irvine, who is in contrast, a twunt.

[SaintM]

Guardian guide sent to john0 he was the first to say he wanted it.

sorry sidewaysbob you missed it by a whisker

I created a thread in the wanted forum yesterday because i missed the guide and no-one has responded.

[Nick_L]

Results from todays first practice session :

1. KUBICA BMW 1m32.170s

2. WURZ Williams 1m32.184s

3. RAIKKONEN McLaren 1m33.388s

4 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m33.469s

5. KLIEN Red Bull 1m34.800s

6. JANI Toro Rosso 1m34.831s

7. MONTOYA McLaren 1m34.887s

8. MASSA Ferrari 1m34.925s

9. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m35.017s

10. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m35.083s

11. DOORNBOS Red Bull 1m35.203s

12. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m35.371s

13. MONTEIRO Midland 1m36.542s

14. ALBERS Midland 1m36.930s

15. WINKELHOCK Midland 1m37.918s

16. SATO Super Aguri 1m38.190s

17. IDE Super Aguri 1m40.782s

18. DAVIDSON Honda no time

19. ALONSO Renault no time

20. FISICHELLA Renault no time

21. R.SCHUMACHER Toyota no time

22. TRULLI Toyota no time

23. WEBBER Williams no time

24. ROSBERG Williams no time

25 BARRICHELLO BAR no time

26. BUTTON BAR no time

27. HEIDFELD BMW no time

28. VILLENEUVE BMW no time

Layout isnt the best, but you get the idea.

Only the first session, so doesnt mean too much of course.... But how slow are those Super Aguri's

[roskelld]

Second Practice Times:

1	Anthony Davidson		Honda			1:31.353
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			1:31.751
3	Alexander Wurz		Williams-Cosworth		1:31.764
4	Felipe Massa		Ferrari			1:32.175
5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			1:32.538
6	Vitantonio Liuzzi		STR-Cosworth		1:32.703
7	Robert Doornbos	RBR-Ferrari				1:32.926
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			1:33.215
9	Jenson Button	Honda				1:33.226
10	Robert Kubica	Sauber-BMW			1:33.244
11	Christian Klien	RBR-Ferrari				1:33.557
12	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes			1:33.577
13	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes		1:33.726
14	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-BMW			1:33.848	
15	Neel Jani	STR-Cosworth				1:33.900
16	Scott Speed	STR-Cosworth				1:34.284
17	Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth			1:34.333
18	Rubens Barrichello	Honda				1:34.384
19	David Coulthard	RBR-Ferrari				1:34.432
20	Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota				1:34.459
21	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth			1:34.953
22	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota				1:35.170
23	Markus WinkelhockMF1-Toyota				1:35.686
24	Jarno Trulli	Toyota					1:35.898
25	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-BMW		1:36.264				
26	Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota				1:36.314
27	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda		1:37.588
28	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri-Honda			1:39.021

[TehStu]

Delighted to see Massa keeping up with Schuey there, was quite worried about his abilities tbh, as I know very little about him.

[dino_jr]

Is there no F1 dreamteam this year? The Sun.co.uk has no mention of one.

Whats a good alternative?

[Nick_L]

Nice to see Honda up front !

Those Toro-Rosso's are looking quite handy with their "Restricted" V10.....

Is only the 2nd practice session, so we havent seen anything yet really - I predict much more to come from Renault and McLaren expecially

[Burai]

Those Toro-Rosso's are looking quite handy with their "Restricted" V10...

Not having a pop at you because I don't think you're having a go at them, but I've read so much bullshit today about the restricted V10's and how Toro Rosso are cunts because they aren't at the back of the grid.

Fact is, the resricted V10 is allowed to be as powerful, but no more so, than a competitive V8. There's nothing in the rules that says they have to be slower than the V8's or that Toro Rosso must not be allowed to outperform the Red Bull's. Therefore, it's more than possible that a Toro Rosso can be up the front. With the not-too-shabby RB01 as the basis for the STR01, it's not at all surprising to me that a Toro Rosso can be in the bottom half of the top 10. Just because they bought the Minardi team, doesn't mean they should never be allowed to achieve any more than Minardi ever did.

Dunno why everyone is still hating on the Super Aguri's. Considering they got the car up and running and about 6 seconds off of practice pace within 4 weeks is fucking marvellous in my eyes. Does nobody remember Mastercard Lola? They were 15 seconds off the pace at their first and only race.

[pohleonguk]

Fact is, the resricted V10 is allowed to be as powerful, but no more so, than a competitive V8. There's nothing in the rules that says they have to be slower than the V8's or that Toro Rosso must not be allowed to outperform the Red Bull's. Therefore, it's more than possible that a Toro Rosso can be up the front. With the not-too-shabby RB01 as the basis for the STR01, it's not at all surprising to me that a Toro Rosso can be in the bottom half of the top 10. Just because they bought the Minardi team, doesn't mean they should never be allowed to achieve any more than Minardi ever did.

Well the fact of the matter is Red Bull is a billion dollar company who can easily afford to shove in a Cosworth v8, they are no Minardi. Plus it is regarded that the v10 has more torque which around Sakir gives it better traction out of the slow corners, aparently this is why Liuzzi is getting such great times. Also if the STR01 is faster than a RB02....well then obviously something has to give! Since the STR01 is basically a slightly modified RB01 it therefore in theory should not be faster than a RB02...

Still these are just test times and I reserve my judgement till at the minimum qualifying...

Dunno why everyone is still hating on the Super Aguri's. Considering they got the car up and running and about 6 seconds off of practice pace within 4 weeks is fucking marvellous in my eyes. Does nobody remember Mastercard Lola? They were 15 seconds off the pace at their first and only race.

I think Super Aguri are great, I know they will never win, but as Brits I thought we would love to support the underdogs

[ryodi]

New season, same old problems for Kimi.