Littledragon
Above The Law
Where Is Yudansha??
Man Yudansha has been gone a long time now! I miss his posts on Schumi..
Man Yudansha has been gone a long time now! I miss his posts on Schumi..
Oops Schummi did it again...
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yudansha
TheGreatOne
Well, he can't win'em all...
... but he's got practically EVERY record that there is for Formula1. Now accomplishing such is something only a legendary kind can do, plus, he's got just as many of his own new records!
Brazil tomorrow! Barrichello starts at pole, and Schummi was dropped to the back of the pack after his crash during Practice - by rules you must race the same chassis and engine the WHOLE weekend without being penalised - so ... Schummi will start from 18th. It still will be exciting.
Button case was solved. The arbitrator said BAR's contract was legit and that Williams (BMW) has no Button for next season. Now, BMW has no secure spot for a second driver next year (perhaps Pizzonia - their test driver - will be featured as the main pilot for the team).
HUGE NEWS!!! - Prospect for 2006: a new F1 team founded from T.O. by a Russian entrepreneur and directed by a man who owns and runs the Nissan World Series as well as other major racing events internationally - the driver for the team is also said to be of a russian descent.
... but he's got practically EVERY record that there is for Formula1. Now accomplishing such is something only a legendary kind can do, plus, he's got just as many of his own new records!
Brazil tomorrow! Barrichello starts at pole, and Schummi was dropped to the back of the pack after his crash during Practice - by rules you must race the same chassis and engine the WHOLE weekend without being penalised - so ... Schummi will start from 18th. It still will be exciting.
Button case was solved. The arbitrator said BAR's contract was legit and that Williams (BMW) has no Button for next season. Now, BMW has no secure spot for a second driver next year (perhaps Pizzonia - their test driver - will be featured as the main pilot for the team).
HUGE NEWS!!! - Prospect for 2006: a new F1 team founded from T.O. by a Russian entrepreneur and directed by a man who owns and runs the Nissan World Series as well as other major racing events internationally - the driver for the team is also said to be of a russian descent.
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Wildfire
No he cant win them all ..but nearly..we shall see what happens next year shant we..really good having an chat with you tonight Yudansha...
Littledragon
Above The Law
yudansha said:
Yes finally Yudansha posts in this thread!!!
yudansha
TheGreatOne
yes, finally i'll post again in this thread
*** (read below for this story) No joke: BORIS YELTSIN JOINS F1 and TURKEY JOINS F1
The 2004 formula1 season may have ended, but there is lots of work done interseasonally.
When Jaguar Racing pulled out (as well as Ford with its Cosworth engine suppliers making Jordan find a new engine supplier - Toyota making the team now the Jordan Toyota; and Minardi will be using the old Cosworth as the deal for a new engine supplier perhaps fell through or they were financially limited), Red Bull racing took over the team! Red Bull was recruiting new potentials to race for F1 but just recently made their final decision on their primary driver (as when he came to test the car, he easily outpaced the other contenders):
Coulthard secures Red Bull seat
David Coulthard will race for Red Bull in 2005, the team have confirmed. The move means the Scot will start his 12th successive season in Formula One racing at the Australian Grand Prix.
Coulthard, whose McLaren contract expires at the end of this year, tested with the Austrian-owned team in Spain recently, easily outpacing Red Bull hopefuls Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi.
According to Austrian news agency APA, Coulthard has signed a one-year deal with the team. An announcement regarding the identity of his team mate is expected to be made sometime early in the New Year.
Coulthard made his Formula One debut with Williams in 1994 following the death of Ayrton Senna. He moved to McLaren in 1996, where he remained until being replaced by Juan Pablo Montoya for 2005. He has won 13 grands prix – more than any other current driver bar Michael Schumacher.
SOCCER FANS read this!!
In other news (we can't go without mentioning Schummi in some way):
Schumacher to face footballing greats
Michael Schumacher will be among the famous names in action at Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium on Tuesday night when he takes part in a charity match featuring some of the world’s best footballers.
Real Madrid players Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane are captains of the two sides and have gathered an all-star line-up for the game, dubbed ‘the match against poverty’, which is taking place in aid of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Schumacher is an accomplished amateur footballer, but even the seven-time Formula One world champion had to admit he was slightly nervous about playing alongside such celebrated professionals.
“I am always a little self-conscious when I’m on the field with people like Ronaldo, Zidane, or the others, but it’s for a good cause,” Schumacher told his official website. “I can promise that I’ll try my best to entertain the crowd at the stadium. And I hope they will keep in mind that I’m a racing driver and not a professional soccer player…"
The match, now in its second year, has the official approval of football’s world governing body, FIFA, and will be overseen by Italian referee Pierluigi Collina.
*** ALSO: update on the new russian team (that will be based out of England) - MIDLAND (that said they will have a russian primary driver):
Yeltsin Junior joins Midland team effort
Boris Yeltsin Jr, grandson of Russia’s first president, has become Russian marketing director for the new Midland team which hopes to join the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2006.
The Russian team, to be based in England, is backed by the Midland Group and plan to use Dallara-built chassis with an as yet unconfirmed engine supply. Alex Shnaider, Midland co-founder and chairman, revealed the Yeltsin appointment along with Russian managing partner Alexander Radunsky on Wednesday.
“Boris Yeltsin junior is the right man for this job, both by his character and talents,” Radunsky told the Kommersant newspaper. “Moreover, Boris Yeltsin is a brand, you can’t help it. And his potential must be used.”
Shnaider also told reporters that the team had reached a preliminary agreement with a Mexican driver for the 2006 season, but refused to reveal his identity. An official presentation by Midland is expected in February 2005.
TURKEY TO HOST A NEW GRAND PRIX SESSION FOR 2005
The 2005 Formula One calendar
Packed calendar to ensure maximum value for fans
The FIA have confirmed an unprecedented 19-race schedule for the 2005 Formula One season. All of the 2004 races have been retained, with Turkey joining the calendar for the first time.
Several changes have been made to the provisional calendar released earlier in the year. The French Grand Prix, originally scheduled for mid April, will now take place on July 3, with the British Grand Prix the following weekend. Germany has also been moved back from July 17 to July 24, and with Hungary just a week later it means no fewer than four races within July.
In fact, between Monaco on May 22 and Hungary on July 31, there will be eight races in the space of ten weeks, with the calendar as a whole featuring six sets of back-to-back Grands Prix, making it the busiest Formula One season in history.
Despite this, the packed schedule still allows the teams a summer break, with a three-week gap between the Hungarian round at the end of July and the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix, which takes place in Istanbul, on August 21.
After a year as the season finale, Brazil moves forward to September, trading slots with China, which, in its second year on the calendar, will form the last round of 2005, and the first-ever 19th round of a Formula One season.
The full 2005 calendar is as follows:
March 06, Australia
March 20, Malaysia
April 03, Bahrain
April 24, San Marino
May 08, Spain
May 22, Monaco
May 29, Europe
June 12, Canada
June 19, USA
July 03, France
July 10, Britain
July 24, Germany
July 31, Hungary
August 21, Turkey --> BRAND NEW CIRCUIT
September 04, Italy
September 11, Belgium
September 25, Brazil
October 09, Japan
October 16, China
SOURCE: f1.com
*** (read below for this story) No joke: BORIS YELTSIN JOINS F1 and TURKEY JOINS F1
The 2004 formula1 season may have ended, but there is lots of work done interseasonally.
When Jaguar Racing pulled out (as well as Ford with its Cosworth engine suppliers making Jordan find a new engine supplier - Toyota making the team now the Jordan Toyota; and Minardi will be using the old Cosworth as the deal for a new engine supplier perhaps fell through or they were financially limited), Red Bull racing took over the team! Red Bull was recruiting new potentials to race for F1 but just recently made their final decision on their primary driver (as when he came to test the car, he easily outpaced the other contenders):
Coulthard secures Red Bull seat
David Coulthard will race for Red Bull in 2005, the team have confirmed. The move means the Scot will start his 12th successive season in Formula One racing at the Australian Grand Prix.
Coulthard, whose McLaren contract expires at the end of this year, tested with the Austrian-owned team in Spain recently, easily outpacing Red Bull hopefuls Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi.
According to Austrian news agency APA, Coulthard has signed a one-year deal with the team. An announcement regarding the identity of his team mate is expected to be made sometime early in the New Year.
Coulthard made his Formula One debut with Williams in 1994 following the death of Ayrton Senna. He moved to McLaren in 1996, where he remained until being replaced by Juan Pablo Montoya for 2005. He has won 13 grands prix – more than any other current driver bar Michael Schumacher.
SOCCER FANS read this!!
In other news (we can't go without mentioning Schummi in some way):
Schumacher to face footballing greats
Michael Schumacher will be among the famous names in action at Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium on Tuesday night when he takes part in a charity match featuring some of the world’s best footballers.
Real Madrid players Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane are captains of the two sides and have gathered an all-star line-up for the game, dubbed ‘the match against poverty’, which is taking place in aid of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Schumacher is an accomplished amateur footballer, but even the seven-time Formula One world champion had to admit he was slightly nervous about playing alongside such celebrated professionals.
“I am always a little self-conscious when I’m on the field with people like Ronaldo, Zidane, or the others, but it’s for a good cause,” Schumacher told his official website. “I can promise that I’ll try my best to entertain the crowd at the stadium. And I hope they will keep in mind that I’m a racing driver and not a professional soccer player…"
The match, now in its second year, has the official approval of football’s world governing body, FIFA, and will be overseen by Italian referee Pierluigi Collina.
*** ALSO: update on the new russian team (that will be based out of England) - MIDLAND (that said they will have a russian primary driver):
Yeltsin Junior joins Midland team effort
Boris Yeltsin Jr, grandson of Russia’s first president, has become Russian marketing director for the new Midland team which hopes to join the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2006.
The Russian team, to be based in England, is backed by the Midland Group and plan to use Dallara-built chassis with an as yet unconfirmed engine supply. Alex Shnaider, Midland co-founder and chairman, revealed the Yeltsin appointment along with Russian managing partner Alexander Radunsky on Wednesday.
“Boris Yeltsin junior is the right man for this job, both by his character and talents,” Radunsky told the Kommersant newspaper. “Moreover, Boris Yeltsin is a brand, you can’t help it. And his potential must be used.”
Shnaider also told reporters that the team had reached a preliminary agreement with a Mexican driver for the 2006 season, but refused to reveal his identity. An official presentation by Midland is expected in February 2005.
TURKEY TO HOST A NEW GRAND PRIX SESSION FOR 2005
The 2005 Formula One calendar
Packed calendar to ensure maximum value for fans
The FIA have confirmed an unprecedented 19-race schedule for the 2005 Formula One season. All of the 2004 races have been retained, with Turkey joining the calendar for the first time.
Several changes have been made to the provisional calendar released earlier in the year. The French Grand Prix, originally scheduled for mid April, will now take place on July 3, with the British Grand Prix the following weekend. Germany has also been moved back from July 17 to July 24, and with Hungary just a week later it means no fewer than four races within July.
In fact, between Monaco on May 22 and Hungary on July 31, there will be eight races in the space of ten weeks, with the calendar as a whole featuring six sets of back-to-back Grands Prix, making it the busiest Formula One season in history.
Despite this, the packed schedule still allows the teams a summer break, with a three-week gap between the Hungarian round at the end of July and the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix, which takes place in Istanbul, on August 21.
After a year as the season finale, Brazil moves forward to September, trading slots with China, which, in its second year on the calendar, will form the last round of 2005, and the first-ever 19th round of a Formula One season.
The full 2005 calendar is as follows:
March 06, Australia
March 20, Malaysia
April 03, Bahrain
April 24, San Marino
May 08, Spain
May 22, Monaco
May 29, Europe
June 12, Canada
June 19, USA
July 03, France
July 10, Britain
July 24, Germany
July 31, Hungary
August 21, Turkey --> BRAND NEW CIRCUIT
September 04, Italy
September 11, Belgium
September 25, Brazil
October 09, Japan
October 16, China
SOURCE: f1.com
ORANGATUANG
Wildfire
I bet that you are counting down to the first grand prix Yudansha?...thanks for the info ..
yudansha
TheGreatOne
You're welcome, Heather.
Actually, I don't have to do the counting. The official F1 site always has an active counter, counting by seconds until the next Grand Prix.
Check it out @ http://f1.com
Actually, I don't have to do the counting. The official F1 site always has an active counter, counting by seconds until the next Grand Prix.
Check it out @ http://f1.com
yudansha
TheGreatOne
You're welcome, Serena. :=)
Yep, it's the same as where it's held every year. The tracks for Grand Prix are extremely expansive to build (e.g. the track where there was a recent Grand Prix debut in China cost over $1 billion USD) and seeing as F1 isn't very popular in North America, it would be financially unwise to build another track. The tracks themselves are constantly maintained however, so that they are in a top-notch shape for the coming Grand Prix (and so that there are no danger risks to the drivers due to the track itself).
Getting back to your question, U.S. Grand Prix is held at Indianapolis and the Canadian Grand Prix is held in Montreal - Gilles Villeneuve Circuit (where I'll be the next time it's around).
(There is a new addition to the formula1 schedule for next year: Turkey is having its debut Grand Prix in 2005. In 2006, the russian funded Midland team will try to make its stand in the F1.)
Yep, it's the same as where it's held every year. The tracks for Grand Prix are extremely expansive to build (e.g. the track where there was a recent Grand Prix debut in China cost over $1 billion USD) and seeing as F1 isn't very popular in North America, it would be financially unwise to build another track. The tracks themselves are constantly maintained however, so that they are in a top-notch shape for the coming Grand Prix (and so that there are no danger risks to the drivers due to the track itself).
Getting back to your question, U.S. Grand Prix is held at Indianapolis and the Canadian Grand Prix is held in Montreal - Gilles Villeneuve Circuit (where I'll be the next time it's around).
(There is a new addition to the formula1 schedule for next year: Turkey is having its debut Grand Prix in 2005. In 2006, the russian funded Midland team will try to make its stand in the F1.)
yudansha
TheGreatOne
A Day In History Of Formula1 And Rubens
Rubens Barrichello's finest hour
Hockenheim 2000 - the Brazilian defies the odds
Few victories have been so richly deserved and so warmly received by the Formula One paddock as Rubens Barrichello's first ever Formula One race win at the 2000 German Grand Prix.
In a weekend of changeable weather conditions, Barrichello started from a lowly 18th on the grid, but drove the race of his life, risking all with dry tyres on a wet track, to take the spoils.
At the start, pole-position man David Coulthard got the jump on Michael Schumacher, chopping in front of the Ferrari, replicating a move the German had been employing all season to the frustration of his fellow drivers. Having swallowed his own medicine, Schumacher then saw Mika Hakkinen fly past both himself and Coulthard, the Finn having made one of his best ever starts. As the field ducked and weaved into the first corner, Schumacher cut in front of Giancarlo Fisichella, leaving the Italian nowhere to go but straight into the Ferrari's rear end. For the second race in a row, Schumacher was out at the first corner. Neither he nor Fisichella were amused, and both blamed the other.
That left the McLarens holding P1 and 2, and with Barrichello back in 18th, Ferrari's prospects were not looking good. By the end of the first lap however, Rubens was up to tenth position. The Brazilian was on a charge, and on lap 12 he was up to fourth place. Lap 15 saw him snatch third from Jarno Trulli, before he set about catching the McLarens, who by this point were around 15 seconds up the road.
But the Ferrari had to jump into the pits for fuel, rejoining in sixth position. When Heinz-Harald Frentzen made his stop, Barrichello was up to fifth, with just Pedro de la Rosa, Trulli, and the McLarens ahead. Having passed de la Rosa, he then had just a few seconds to make up to catch Trulli. Realistically, his best hope looked like third place.
Then came the moment that changed the race. A disgruntled former Mercedes employee cut a hole in a fence and walked up the side of the track holding a banner. When he decided to run across the track to avoid capture, the safety car was hastily deployed. Most drivers dived into the pits, but Coulthard, who had not seen the protestor and thought team mate Hakkinen had mistakenly pitted, stayed out. It would prove a costly error.
The safety car period set up a grand finale as Hakkinen's lead was now completely wiped out. With ten laps left, rain started to fall, but only on half the track. Would the rain spread? Nobody knew so gambles were taken. While Hakkinen pitted in for wets, Barrichello took the risk and stayed out on dry tyres. Only four men took the same chance, but Frentzen went out with electrical problems, Ricardo Zonta spun on the wet part of the track, and Coulthard eventually decided that enough was enough and he too would come in for wets. But Barrichello persisted, walking the tightrope on the wet part of the track.
The gamble paid off. After nearly a decade in Formula One, Rubens Barrichello had finally won a race. As he stood on the podium and we heard the Brazilian national anthem played at a Grand Prix for the first time since Ayrton Senna’s final victory in Australia in 1993, his emotions ran away with him. Years of expectancy, self belief and the weight of a nation's dreams erupted inside the much-loved Brazilian and as he wept it was difficult not to well up too. The 2000 German Grand Prix was one of those rare events – a race where absolutely everybody appeared happy with the result.
Source: formula1.com
Rubens Barrichello's finest hour
Hockenheim 2000 - the Brazilian defies the odds
Few victories have been so richly deserved and so warmly received by the Formula One paddock as Rubens Barrichello's first ever Formula One race win at the 2000 German Grand Prix.
In a weekend of changeable weather conditions, Barrichello started from a lowly 18th on the grid, but drove the race of his life, risking all with dry tyres on a wet track, to take the spoils.
At the start, pole-position man David Coulthard got the jump on Michael Schumacher, chopping in front of the Ferrari, replicating a move the German had been employing all season to the frustration of his fellow drivers. Having swallowed his own medicine, Schumacher then saw Mika Hakkinen fly past both himself and Coulthard, the Finn having made one of his best ever starts. As the field ducked and weaved into the first corner, Schumacher cut in front of Giancarlo Fisichella, leaving the Italian nowhere to go but straight into the Ferrari's rear end. For the second race in a row, Schumacher was out at the first corner. Neither he nor Fisichella were amused, and both blamed the other.
That left the McLarens holding P1 and 2, and with Barrichello back in 18th, Ferrari's prospects were not looking good. By the end of the first lap however, Rubens was up to tenth position. The Brazilian was on a charge, and on lap 12 he was up to fourth place. Lap 15 saw him snatch third from Jarno Trulli, before he set about catching the McLarens, who by this point were around 15 seconds up the road.
But the Ferrari had to jump into the pits for fuel, rejoining in sixth position. When Heinz-Harald Frentzen made his stop, Barrichello was up to fifth, with just Pedro de la Rosa, Trulli, and the McLarens ahead. Having passed de la Rosa, he then had just a few seconds to make up to catch Trulli. Realistically, his best hope looked like third place.
Then came the moment that changed the race. A disgruntled former Mercedes employee cut a hole in a fence and walked up the side of the track holding a banner. When he decided to run across the track to avoid capture, the safety car was hastily deployed. Most drivers dived into the pits, but Coulthard, who had not seen the protestor and thought team mate Hakkinen had mistakenly pitted, stayed out. It would prove a costly error.
The safety car period set up a grand finale as Hakkinen's lead was now completely wiped out. With ten laps left, rain started to fall, but only on half the track. Would the rain spread? Nobody knew so gambles were taken. While Hakkinen pitted in for wets, Barrichello took the risk and stayed out on dry tyres. Only four men took the same chance, but Frentzen went out with electrical problems, Ricardo Zonta spun on the wet part of the track, and Coulthard eventually decided that enough was enough and he too would come in for wets. But Barrichello persisted, walking the tightrope on the wet part of the track.
The gamble paid off. After nearly a decade in Formula One, Rubens Barrichello had finally won a race. As he stood on the podium and we heard the Brazilian national anthem played at a Grand Prix for the first time since Ayrton Senna’s final victory in Australia in 1993, his emotions ran away with him. Years of expectancy, self belief and the weight of a nation's dreams erupted inside the much-loved Brazilian and as he wept it was difficult not to well up too. The 2000 German Grand Prix was one of those rare events – a race where absolutely everybody appeared happy with the result.
Source: formula1.com
yudansha
TheGreatOne
you gotta do what you gotta do ... to get your share of adrenaline
Quite interesting ... to any sports fan.
Formula One driver psychology
How the very best use mind power to their advantage
It is said the emotional highs are higher and the lows lower in Formula One racing than in any other sport. Drivers engage in a constant psychological struggle to counteract a mental turmoil of anxiety, disappointment, despair, anger, jealousy, resentment, sorrow and fear. Small wonder then, that many believe drivers to have elements of schizophrenia, paranoia and/or various other personality disorders within their mental make-up.
Indeed, a strong case can be made for the concept that some emotions and character traits normally regarded as antisocial – rage, hate, greed, lust, revenge, ruthlessness, and so on – may be necessary to fuel competitive fires to the levels necessary to excel in Formula One racing, hence the old adage ‘nice guys finish last’. It may also pay off for a driver to be paranoid, feeling that the whole world is against him, which, in fact, all his rivals are.
Nigel Mansell was just one example of a driver who seemed to parlay paranoia into success on the track. “We’ve always had bad losers – Nigel Mansell is a bad winner,” is how Keke Rosberg, the 1982 champion with Williams, characterised the man who, with the same team, lifted the title ten years later.
Mansell excelled in adversarial situations, in fact needed them to perform at his best, and if they didn’t exist he seemed to go out of his way to create difficulties which invariably raised his aggression levels even higher. He was continually at war with the track and everything on it, he fought with his team, his team-mates, the media, the FIA, and anyone he thought stood in his way. But the embattled Mansell was also one of the most exciting drivers of all time and when he retired he became a well-adjusted civilian.
So did Jody Scheckter, the 1979 champion, who as a driver also had a love-hate relationship with the sport and sometimes failed to keep the potentially destructive emotion of anger under control. Scheckter: “I’ve been crazy as hell and felt so mad I could have jumped out of the car at 200mph. I’ve changed gears without taking my foot off the accelerator, wanting to destroy the engine. I used to get really upset in practice and qualifying; that was the worst time. The races were more about controlled aggression. But when you’re really desperate and there’s only a few laps left you get angry and it gets really dangerous. But you just don’t care. You hold your foot down.”
After he retired (because, he admits, he became fearful for his life) Scheckter tried to convince his good friend Gilles Villeneuve that anger could be his downfall. But Scheckter’s advice, given to Villeneuve a few days before the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix, was tragically ignored by one of the most passionate of all drivers.
In the previous race Villeneuve’s team-mate Didier Pironi had overtaken him, against Ferrari team orders, and won. Villeneuve’s deeply felt sense of betrayal caused him such mental anguish that he vowed never to speak to Pironi again and, come what may, he would beat him in Belgium. There, when Pironi had set a faster qualifying time, Villeneuve came upon Jochen Mass’s slower car, refused to lift off and suffered the horrible accident that took his life. While Villeneuve undoubtedly took more risks than any driver in his era, most people believe he died because his dangerously confused state of mind interfered with his sense of judgement.
Three-time world champion Jackie Stewart believes the ability to control the mind (a skill Villeneuve arguably lacked) is what makes the difference between a very good driver and a great driver. “The mind is everything,” says the Scot. “All the boys in Formula One today have gifts from God and there’s 20 of them. Then there’s the top six, then the extraordinary three. But the genius is the one who takes it to another level. That is Michael Schumacher today, just as there once was Fangio, Clark, Lauda, Prost, Senna – the absolute multiple champions. And it’s always the head that took them there.”
All of which supports the strong and growing body of evidence that rather than running madly off in all directions in pursuit of physical fitness, today’s Formula One drivers may find it more productive to have their heads examined…
From F1 official site's source.
I hope at least someone read this. Otherwise, I don't know why I'm posting it.
Quite interesting ... to any sports fan.
Formula One driver psychology
How the very best use mind power to their advantage
It is said the emotional highs are higher and the lows lower in Formula One racing than in any other sport. Drivers engage in a constant psychological struggle to counteract a mental turmoil of anxiety, disappointment, despair, anger, jealousy, resentment, sorrow and fear. Small wonder then, that many believe drivers to have elements of schizophrenia, paranoia and/or various other personality disorders within their mental make-up.
Indeed, a strong case can be made for the concept that some emotions and character traits normally regarded as antisocial – rage, hate, greed, lust, revenge, ruthlessness, and so on – may be necessary to fuel competitive fires to the levels necessary to excel in Formula One racing, hence the old adage ‘nice guys finish last’. It may also pay off for a driver to be paranoid, feeling that the whole world is against him, which, in fact, all his rivals are.
Nigel Mansell was just one example of a driver who seemed to parlay paranoia into success on the track. “We’ve always had bad losers – Nigel Mansell is a bad winner,” is how Keke Rosberg, the 1982 champion with Williams, characterised the man who, with the same team, lifted the title ten years later.
Mansell excelled in adversarial situations, in fact needed them to perform at his best, and if they didn’t exist he seemed to go out of his way to create difficulties which invariably raised his aggression levels even higher. He was continually at war with the track and everything on it, he fought with his team, his team-mates, the media, the FIA, and anyone he thought stood in his way. But the embattled Mansell was also one of the most exciting drivers of all time and when he retired he became a well-adjusted civilian.
So did Jody Scheckter, the 1979 champion, who as a driver also had a love-hate relationship with the sport and sometimes failed to keep the potentially destructive emotion of anger under control. Scheckter: “I’ve been crazy as hell and felt so mad I could have jumped out of the car at 200mph. I’ve changed gears without taking my foot off the accelerator, wanting to destroy the engine. I used to get really upset in practice and qualifying; that was the worst time. The races were more about controlled aggression. But when you’re really desperate and there’s only a few laps left you get angry and it gets really dangerous. But you just don’t care. You hold your foot down.”
After he retired (because, he admits, he became fearful for his life) Scheckter tried to convince his good friend Gilles Villeneuve that anger could be his downfall. But Scheckter’s advice, given to Villeneuve a few days before the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix, was tragically ignored by one of the most passionate of all drivers.
In the previous race Villeneuve’s team-mate Didier Pironi had overtaken him, against Ferrari team orders, and won. Villeneuve’s deeply felt sense of betrayal caused him such mental anguish that he vowed never to speak to Pironi again and, come what may, he would beat him in Belgium. There, when Pironi had set a faster qualifying time, Villeneuve came upon Jochen Mass’s slower car, refused to lift off and suffered the horrible accident that took his life. While Villeneuve undoubtedly took more risks than any driver in his era, most people believe he died because his dangerously confused state of mind interfered with his sense of judgement.
Three-time world champion Jackie Stewart believes the ability to control the mind (a skill Villeneuve arguably lacked) is what makes the difference between a very good driver and a great driver. “The mind is everything,” says the Scot. “All the boys in Formula One today have gifts from God and there’s 20 of them. Then there’s the top six, then the extraordinary three. But the genius is the one who takes it to another level. That is Michael Schumacher today, just as there once was Fangio, Clark, Lauda, Prost, Senna – the absolute multiple champions. And it’s always the head that took them there.”
All of which supports the strong and growing body of evidence that rather than running madly off in all directions in pursuit of physical fitness, today’s Formula One drivers may find it more productive to have their heads examined…
From F1 official site's source.
I hope at least someone read this. Otherwise, I don't know why I'm posting it.
yudansha
TheGreatOne
Countdown to Melbourne on March 6 has long begun.
FIA confirm ten-team 2005 entry list
[Five unconfirmed] race seats still up for grabs for new season (when this article was published, the number was 7 unconfirmed race seats)
As expected, the Formula One grid will again boast ten teams in 2005, according to the official entry list released by the FIA.
Only six teams have confirmed their full driver line-ups for next season, with three of the remaining four having yet to name a single driver. Teams have until March 3, 2005 to nominate and/or change their drivers.
Red Bull are officially entered as Jaguar Racing, following their last-minute purchase of the team ahead of last month’s entry deadline. A change of name has been applied for.
And following their recent engine agreement with Toyota, for the purposes of the 2005 constructors’ championship, Jordan will be known as Jordan Toyota. Minardi are the only squad not to confirm a finalised team name ([one driver has been confirmed, the 1999 German F3 Champion, Dutchman Christijan Albers]) or engine supplier on the entry list, though they are expected to run with Cosworth power.
The full line-up is as follows (TBA = To Be Announced):
1. Michael Schumacher, Ferrari
2. Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari
3. Jenson Button, BAR Honda
4. Takuma Sato, BAR Honda
5. Fernando Alonso, Renault
6. Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault
7. Mark Webber, BMW Williams
8. TBA, BMW Williams (the chances are that it will be the Brazillian, Antonia Pizzonia, the current successful Williams tester, who will become Webber's teammate in the upcoming 2005 F1 season)
9. Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes
10. Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren Mercedes
11. Jacques Villeneuve, Sauber Petronas
12. Felipe Massa, Sauber Petronas
14. TBA, Jaguar Racing --> it's been confirmed, that the primary driver will be the current most senior and the most experienced (bar Michael Schumacher) pilot currently in Formula1, the Scottish David Coultahrd
15. TBA, Jaguar Racing (name change applied for)
16. Jarno Trulli, Toyota
17. Ralf Schumacher, Toyota
18. TBA, Jordan Toyota --> the team was holding try outs for the F1 newcoming 'future stars' (who knows what'll happen out of this venture)
19. TBA, Jordan Toyota
20. TBA, Minardi TBA --> very recently, Minardi named its first Dutchman to drive in Formula One since Jos Verstappen (who left Minardi at the end of the 2003 season), the 1999 German F3 champion, Christijan Albers: "I know I have to work hard and stay focused, it has always been my dream to be a Formula One driver."
21. TBA, Minardi TBA
Source: F1 official
FIA confirm ten-team 2005 entry list
[Five unconfirmed] race seats still up for grabs for new season (when this article was published, the number was 7 unconfirmed race seats)
As expected, the Formula One grid will again boast ten teams in 2005, according to the official entry list released by the FIA.
Only six teams have confirmed their full driver line-ups for next season, with three of the remaining four having yet to name a single driver. Teams have until March 3, 2005 to nominate and/or change their drivers.
Red Bull are officially entered as Jaguar Racing, following their last-minute purchase of the team ahead of last month’s entry deadline. A change of name has been applied for.
And following their recent engine agreement with Toyota, for the purposes of the 2005 constructors’ championship, Jordan will be known as Jordan Toyota. Minardi are the only squad not to confirm a finalised team name ([one driver has been confirmed, the 1999 German F3 Champion, Dutchman Christijan Albers]) or engine supplier on the entry list, though they are expected to run with Cosworth power.
The full line-up is as follows (TBA = To Be Announced):
1. Michael Schumacher, Ferrari
2. Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari
3. Jenson Button, BAR Honda
4. Takuma Sato, BAR Honda
5. Fernando Alonso, Renault
6. Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault
7. Mark Webber, BMW Williams
8. TBA, BMW Williams (the chances are that it will be the Brazillian, Antonia Pizzonia, the current successful Williams tester, who will become Webber's teammate in the upcoming 2005 F1 season)
9. Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes
10. Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren Mercedes
11. Jacques Villeneuve, Sauber Petronas
12. Felipe Massa, Sauber Petronas
14. TBA, Jaguar Racing --> it's been confirmed, that the primary driver will be the current most senior and the most experienced (bar Michael Schumacher) pilot currently in Formula1, the Scottish David Coultahrd
15. TBA, Jaguar Racing (name change applied for)
16. Jarno Trulli, Toyota
17. Ralf Schumacher, Toyota
18. TBA, Jordan Toyota --> the team was holding try outs for the F1 newcoming 'future stars' (who knows what'll happen out of this venture)
19. TBA, Jordan Toyota
20. TBA, Minardi TBA --> very recently, Minardi named its first Dutchman to drive in Formula One since Jos Verstappen (who left Minardi at the end of the 2003 season), the 1999 German F3 champion, Christijan Albers: "I know I have to work hard and stay focused, it has always been my dream to be a Formula One driver."
21. TBA, Minardi TBA
Source: F1 official
yudansha
TheGreatOne
For the 84th time...
I haven't seen Seagal's latest so here's a different sort of review:
Guys and gals, I am here to tell you the 'news' - he finally did it (this season)! Oh boy that Schummi just couldn't be stopped at Indianapolis! Minardi and Jordan tried, but couldn't. LOL
Ok, in order to understand the humour in that, you need to be told that Jordan and Minardi are in a league of their own when it comes to F1 teams. Minardi always struggles for cash, and because of that has the cheapest aerodynamics on the field (too bad as the car is quite fast in a straight and comparable to others ... that Cosworth engine, which we’re probably seeing for the final season in Formula1, is very dynamic). The Toyota powered Jordan on the other hand has some financial backing, but due to it being a new team (bought off of Eddie Jordan by my comrade billionaire magnate Alex Schnaider this past year), it is only in its beginning "puberty" stage for the soon to be renamed Jordan team (into Midland F1 – as per Schneider’s Midland enterprise that he runs) - it's quickly growing in other words (there are contracts in the talks for a Russian aerodynamics and chassis team for next season). Anyways, now that you know a bit about those two teams, the other part of the joke needs to be explained.
During the practice leading to a qualifying match for the U.S. Grand Prix, Toyota saw its test-driver Ricardo Zonta spin while at banked turn 13 (the only banked turn leading to the longest straight out of any F1 circuits - meaning the pilots are on full throttle for the longest time of the season per lap). Following Zonta, it was Toyota's Ralf Schumacher (Schummi's brother) who deja vu'ed while spinning through that same turn 13 and crashing into a safe-wall just as he did last season while racing for Williams BMW (and suffering back problems which saw Ralf miss out on practically half the season). The problem was in the tires. Toyota and 6 other teams (out of the total 10) use Michelin as the tire supplier. After the two incidents, Michelin released a warning to all of its 7 clients warning them that their composite tire provided for the United States Grand Prix was not safe for them to use in order to commence the race. Going into turn 13, tires fall under tremendous pressure and as the forces rise, the tire cannot withstand such and breaks down as the result. It is the fastest corner due to its, unique to Formula1, banked nature, and by the end of the straight, the F1 machines reach speeds of over 210mph (over 340km/h).
Hence lied the problem. The proposed solution by Michelin teams was to add a chicane at turn 13 to make the cars slow down going into the straight over the bank (since otherwise, to remain safe, the Michalin drivers would have to slow down and give a speeding advantage to the 6 Bridgestone pilots). However, FIA denied all such requests by stipulating the faults of Michelin, and also the unfairness to Bridgestone teams – especially Ferrari who’ve struggled at the beginning of the season due to their tire problems (who were never “reimbursed” in any such way). The rules state that the tire supplier may bring up to 2 different composite sets of tires for the race, such that in case there was a problem with the race type tire, the second set, of lower performance could be used in proper time for the race. Michelin did no such thing. Too bad for the fans (the marketers, promoters, retailers, and the Formula1 business in the United States in general) … those sane ones at least (some were idiotic enough as to throw filled beverage cans onto the track as the remaining 3 Bridgestone teams were trying to hold a race going … consequently, Ferrari suffered some tire wear due to a water bottle thrown, by a frustrated fan, parts of which got stuck inside the wheel well as the pilots made their turns trying to avoid direct contact).
Results? Ferrari jumped from 5th up to 2nd in the constructor’s title fight (tied with West McLaren-Mercedes and behind the leading Renault) as Schummi jumped up to 3rd (3 points from Mercedes’s Reikonnen in 2nd behind Renault’s Fernando Alonso), and Rubens Barrichello is currently in 4th leading Toyota’s Jarno Trulli and Williams-BMW’s Nick Heidfeld and Mark Webber). In addition, Jordan’s well deserved 3rd and 4th placements for Portugal’s Tiago Monteiro and India’s Narain Karthikeyan respectively, earned the team its 11 points putting them ahead of Minardi, whose 7 points by the Dutch Christijan Albers and the Austrian Patrick Friesacher put them ahead of Takuma Sato’s and Jenson Button’s BAR Honda who still haven’t scored any points this season due to a long list of bizarre events (one major event being the team’s disqualification from Formula1 for a period of time as they were caught “cheating” as it was called … it really was a misunderstanding of the new rules that were not clear enough to begin with).
So there you go ladies and gentlemen … an “eventful” ending to such a promising weekend.
P.S. and it doesn’t really help things much that Michelin is a French company.
(oh those French … please don’t be offended
)
As always, from Canada with love,
this is Yudansha reporting.
Take it easy everyone.
I haven't seen Seagal's latest so here's a different sort of review:
Guys and gals, I am here to tell you the 'news' - he finally did it (this season)! Oh boy that Schummi just couldn't be stopped at Indianapolis!
Minardi and Jordan tried, but couldn't. LOLOk, in order to understand the humour in that, you need to be told that Jordan and Minardi are in a league of their own when it comes to F1 teams. Minardi always struggles for cash, and because of that has the cheapest aerodynamics on the field (too bad as the car is quite fast in a straight and comparable to others ... that Cosworth engine, which we’re probably seeing for the final season in Formula1, is very dynamic). The Toyota powered Jordan on the other hand has some financial backing, but due to it being a new team (bought off of Eddie Jordan by my comrade billionaire magnate Alex Schnaider this past year), it is only in its beginning "puberty" stage for the soon to be renamed Jordan team (into Midland F1 – as per Schneider’s Midland enterprise that he runs) - it's quickly growing in other words (there are contracts in the talks for a Russian aerodynamics and chassis team for next season). Anyways, now that you know a bit about those two teams, the other part of the joke needs to be explained.
During the practice leading to a qualifying match for the U.S. Grand Prix, Toyota saw its test-driver Ricardo Zonta spin while at banked turn 13 (the only banked turn leading to the longest straight out of any F1 circuits - meaning the pilots are on full throttle for the longest time of the season per lap). Following Zonta, it was Toyota's Ralf Schumacher (Schummi's brother) who deja vu'ed while spinning through that same turn 13 and crashing into a safe-wall just as he did last season while racing for Williams BMW (and suffering back problems which saw Ralf miss out on practically half the season). The problem was in the tires. Toyota and 6 other teams (out of the total 10) use Michelin as the tire supplier. After the two incidents, Michelin released a warning to all of its 7 clients warning them that their composite tire provided for the United States Grand Prix was not safe for them to use in order to commence the race. Going into turn 13, tires fall under tremendous pressure and as the forces rise, the tire cannot withstand such and breaks down as the result. It is the fastest corner due to its, unique to Formula1, banked nature, and by the end of the straight, the F1 machines reach speeds of over 210mph (over 340km/h).
Hence lied the problem. The proposed solution by Michelin teams was to add a chicane at turn 13 to make the cars slow down going into the straight over the bank (since otherwise, to remain safe, the Michalin drivers would have to slow down and give a speeding advantage to the 6 Bridgestone pilots). However, FIA denied all such requests by stipulating the faults of Michelin, and also the unfairness to Bridgestone teams – especially Ferrari who’ve struggled at the beginning of the season due to their tire problems (who were never “reimbursed” in any such way). The rules state that the tire supplier may bring up to 2 different composite sets of tires for the race, such that in case there was a problem with the race type tire, the second set, of lower performance could be used in proper time for the race. Michelin did no such thing. Too bad for the fans (the marketers, promoters, retailers, and the Formula1 business in the United States in general) … those sane ones at least (some were idiotic enough as to throw filled beverage cans onto the track as the remaining 3 Bridgestone teams were trying to hold a race going … consequently, Ferrari suffered some tire wear due to a water bottle thrown, by a frustrated fan, parts of which got stuck inside the wheel well as the pilots made their turns trying to avoid direct contact).
Results? Ferrari jumped from 5th up to 2nd in the constructor’s title fight (tied with West McLaren-Mercedes and behind the leading Renault) as Schummi jumped up to 3rd (3 points from Mercedes’s Reikonnen in 2nd behind Renault’s Fernando Alonso), and Rubens Barrichello is currently in 4th leading Toyota’s Jarno Trulli and Williams-BMW’s Nick Heidfeld and Mark Webber). In addition, Jordan’s well deserved 3rd and 4th placements for Portugal’s Tiago Monteiro and India’s Narain Karthikeyan respectively, earned the team its 11 points putting them ahead of Minardi, whose 7 points by the Dutch Christijan Albers and the Austrian Patrick Friesacher put them ahead of Takuma Sato’s and Jenson Button’s BAR Honda who still haven’t scored any points this season due to a long list of bizarre events (one major event being the team’s disqualification from Formula1 for a period of time as they were caught “cheating” as it was called … it really was a misunderstanding of the new rules that were not clear enough to begin with).
So there you go ladies and gentlemen … an “eventful” ending to such a promising weekend.
P.S. and it doesn’t really help things much that Michelin is a French company.
(oh those French … please don’t be offended
)As always, from Canada with love,
this is Yudansha reporting.
Take it easy everyone.
Littledragon
Above The Law
yudansha said:I haven't seen Seagal's latest so here's a different sort of review:
Guys and gals, I am here to tell you the 'news' - he finally did it (this season)! Oh boy that Schummi just couldn't be stopped at Indianapolis!
Ok, in order to understand the humour in that, you need to be told that Jordan and Minardi are in a league of their own when it comes to F1 teams. Minardi always struggles for cash, and because of that has the cheapest aerodynamics on the field (too bad as the car is quite fast in a straight and comparable to others ... that Cosworth engine, which we’re probably seeing for the final season in Formula1, is very dynamic). The Toyota powered Jordan on the other hand has some financial backing, but due to it being a new team (bought off of Eddie Jordan by my comrade billionaire magnate Alex Schnaider this past year), it is only in its beginning "puberty" stage for the soon to be renamed Jordan team (into Midland F1 – as per Schneider’s Midland enterprise that he runs) - it's quickly growing in other words (there are contracts in the talks for a Russian aerodynamics and chassis team for next season). Anyways, now that you know a bit about those two teams, the other part of the joke needs to be explained.
During the practice leading to a qualifying match for the U.S. Grand Prix, Toyota saw its test-driver Ricardo Zonta spin while at banked turn 13 (the only banked turn leading to the longest straight out of any F1 circuits - meaning the pilots are on full throttle for the longest time of the season per lap). Following Zonta, it was Toyota's Ralf Schumacher (Schummi's brother) who deja vu'ed while spinning through that same turn 13 and crashing into a safe-wall just as he did last season while racing for Williams BMW (and suffering back problems which saw Ralf miss out on practically half the season). The problem was in the tires. Toyota and 6 other teams (out of the total 10) use Michelin as the tire supplier. After the two incidents, Michelin released a warning to all of its 7 clients warning them that their composite tire provided for the United States Grand Prix was not safe for them to use in order to commence the race. Going into turn 13, tires fall under tremendous pressure and as the forces rise, the tire cannot withstand such and breaks down as the result. It is the fastest corner due to its, unique to Formula1, banked nature, and by the end of the straight, the F1 machines reach speeds of over 210mph (over 340km/h).
Hence lied the problem. The proposed solution by Michelin teams was to add a chicane at turn 13 to make the cars slow down going into the straight over the bank (since otherwise, to remain safe, the Michalin drivers would have to slow down and give a speeding advantage to the 6 Bridgestone pilots). However, FIA denied all such requests by stipulating the faults of Michelin, and also the unfairness to Bridgestone teams – especially Ferrari who’ve struggled at the beginning of the season due to their tire problems (who were never “reimbursed” in any such way). The rules state that the tire supplier may bring up to 2 different composite sets of tires for the race, such that in case there was a problem with the race type tire, the second set, of lower performance could be used in proper time for the race. Michelin did no such thing. Too bad for the fans (the marketers, promoters, retailers, and the Formula1 business in the United States in general) … those sane ones at least (some were idiotic enough as to throw filled beverage cans onto the track as the remaining 3 Bridgestone teams were trying to hold a race going … consequently, Ferrari suffered some tire wear due to a water bottle thrown, by a frustrated fan, parts of which got stuck inside the wheel well as the pilots made their turns trying to avoid direct contact).
Results? Ferrari jumped from 5th up to 2nd in the constructor’s title fight (tied with West McLaren-Mercedes and behind the leading Renault) as Schummi jumped up to 3rd (3 points from Mercedes’s Reikonnen in 2nd behind Renault’s Fernando Alonso), and Rubens Barrichello is currently in 4th leading Toyota’s Jarno Trulli and Williams-BMW’s Nick Heidfeld and Mark Webber). In addition, Jordan’s well deserved 3rd and 4th placements for Portugal’s Tiago Monteiro and India’s Narain Karthikeyan respectively, earned the team its 11 points putting them ahead of Minardi, whose 7 points by the Dutch Christijan Albers and the Austrian Patrick Friesacher put them ahead of Takuma Sato’s and Jenson Button’s BAR Honda who still haven’t scored any points this season due to a long list of bizarre events (one major event being the team’s disqualification from Formula1 for a period of time as they were caught “cheating” as it was called … it really was a misunderstanding of the new rules that were not clear enough to begin with).
So there you go ladies and gentlemen … an “eventful” ending to such a promising weekend.
P.S. and it doesn’t really help things much that Michelin is a French company.
(oh those French … please don’t be offended
As always, from Canada with love,
this is Yudansha reporting.
Take it easy everyone.
Glad to see you back Yudansha, at least for the moment.
Amos Stevens
New Member
HELLO Yudansha..been a while!
Hey, you.yudansha said:I haven't seen Seagal's latest so here's a different sort of review:
Guys and gals, I am here to tell you the 'news' - he finally did it (this season)! Oh boy that Schummi just couldn't be stopped at Indianapolis!
Ok, in order to understand the humour in that, you need to be told that Jordan and Minardi are in a league of their own when it comes to F1 teams. Minardi always struggles for cash, and because of that has the cheapest aerodynamics on the field (too bad as the car is quite fast in a straight and comparable to others ... that Cosworth engine, which we’re probably seeing for the final season in Formula1, is very dynamic). The Toyota powered Jordan on the other hand has some financial backing, but due to it being a new team (bought off of Eddie Jordan by my comrade billionaire magnate Alex Schnaider this past year), it is only in its beginning "puberty" stage for the soon to be renamed Jordan team (into Midland F1 – as per Schneider’s Midland enterprise that he runs) - it's quickly growing in other words (there are contracts in the talks for a Russian aerodynamics and chassis team for next season). Anyways, now that you know a bit about those two teams, the other part of the joke needs to be explained.
During the practice leading to a qualifying match for the U.S. Grand Prix, Toyota saw its test-driver Ricardo Zonta spin while at banked turn 13 (the only banked turn leading to the longest straight out of any F1 circuits - meaning the pilots are on full throttle for the longest time of the season per lap). Following Zonta, it was Toyota's Ralf Schumacher (Schummi's brother) who deja vu'ed while spinning through that same turn 13 and crashing into a safe-wall just as he did last season while racing for Williams BMW (and suffering back problems which saw Ralf miss out on practically half the season). The problem was in the tires. Toyota and 6 other teams (out of the total 10) use Michelin as the tire supplier. After the two incidents, Michelin released a warning to all of its 7 clients warning them that their composite tire provided for the United States Grand Prix was not safe for them to use in order to commence the race. Going into turn 13, tires fall under tremendous pressure and as the forces rise, the tire cannot withstand such and breaks down as the result. It is the fastest corner due to its, unique to Formula1, banked nature, and by the end of the straight, the F1 machines reach speeds of over 210mph (over 340km/h).
Hence lied the problem. The proposed solution by Michelin teams was to add a chicane at turn 13 to make the cars slow down going into the straight over the bank (since otherwise, to remain safe, the Michalin drivers would have to slow down and give a speeding advantage to the 6 Bridgestone pilots). However, FIA denied all such requests by stipulating the faults of Michelin, and also the unfairness to Bridgestone teams – especially Ferrari who’ve struggled at the beginning of the season due to their tire problems (who were never “reimbursed” in any such way). The rules state that the tire supplier may bring up to 2 different composite sets of tires for the race, such that in case there was a problem with the race type tire, the second set, of lower performance could be used in proper time for the race. Michelin did no such thing. Too bad for the fans (the marketers, promoters, retailers, and the Formula1 business in the United States in general) … those sane ones at least (some were idiotic enough as to throw filled beverage cans onto the track as the remaining 3 Bridgestone teams were trying to hold a race going … consequently, Ferrari suffered some tire wear due to a water bottle thrown, by a frustrated fan, parts of which got stuck inside the wheel well as the pilots made their turns trying to avoid direct contact).
Results? Ferrari jumped from 5th up to 2nd in the constructor’s title fight (tied with West McLaren-Mercedes and behind the leading Renault) as Schummi jumped up to 3rd (3 points from Mercedes’s Reikonnen in 2nd behind Renault’s Fernando Alonso), and Rubens Barrichello is currently in 4th leading Toyota’s Jarno Trulli and Williams-BMW’s Nick Heidfeld and Mark Webber). In addition, Jordan’s well deserved 3rd and 4th placements for Portugal’s Tiago Monteiro and India’s Narain Karthikeyan respectively, earned the team its 11 points putting them ahead of Minardi, whose 7 points by the Dutch Christijan Albers and the Austrian Patrick Friesacher put them ahead of Takuma Sato’s and Jenson Button’s BAR Honda who still haven’t scored any points this season due to a long list of bizarre events (one major event being the team’s disqualification from Formula1 for a period of time as they were caught “cheating” as it was called … it really was a misunderstanding of the new rules that were not clear enough to begin with).
So there you go ladies and gentlemen … an “eventful” ending to such a promising weekend.
P.S. and it doesn’t really help things much that Michelin is a French company.
(oh those French … please don’t be offended
As always, from Canada with love,
this is Yudansha reporting.
Take it easy everyone.
I was reading about this online earlier and thought about you. But you've made it MUCH more interesting.
Thanks for the detailed--and quite interesting--explanations, Yudansha. All these new rules are maddening! :smad: Especially the tire ones.
And no offense taken--even though I'm only half French. Great to see your post, Yudansha.
ORANGATUANG
Wildfire
Hi Yudansha ..Yes he won but it didnt take an genius to win there was only six cars in the race..people were complaining and wanted there money back i dont blame them ...If i paid out that kinda money i want my moneys worth...did you see what happened to Michaels brother Ralf?...