well.....

here's this bit of opinion.

Schumacher came onto the scene, and was stupid fast with Benneton.

Back in the day, telemetry was basically knowing the stop watch, and sector times... you could see he was fast, but not where he was fast.

modern telemetry lets you see the speed everywhere, the throttle/brake position, steering lock, stability control etc. All this was in its infancy when Schui started.

He wins for Beneton, and they have all this info, and low and behold Flavio knows what to search for in a new driver... and even how to train a new driver to match the telemetry results that schui had.

Its said that drivers are nearly equal... they are fast into the corner, and fast out. Where Michael stood out was mid-corner speed, and that is where he made up so much time over the others.

low and behold, Alonso is very fast... much faster then his teammate most of the time...

^ Interesting analysis nthinity.

well done Michael, but Massa didn't succeed to keep Alonso behind him :mrgreen:



here's a short preview of my amazing trip to Magny-Cours
to make it short: I work in a company which uses composite materials, this compyny ACG is also a partner of McLaren-MB and since my collegue didn't want to go, I was happy (you may call my lucky-SOB or similar :mrgreen:) to get his invitation to spend the friday (note: low level VIP) as a guest of Mercedes


track seen from the starting line
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stunning '63 AMG
http://img155.imagevenue.com/loc456/...1706_456lo.jpg

view from Paddock Club MB-lounge and close up in Pit-Lane
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several training sessions
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driver parking (Massa & MSC in 4porte, Kimi and De la Rosa in the S class
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Saturday I was sneaking in the circuit and followed the 3rd training at the Adelaide curve
http://img22.imagevenue.com/loc586/t...2116_586lo.jpg

it was my first time to see them live :shock: :D :P , it was a blast!!
:shock: loud, powerful, amazing
:shock: breaking is incredible
the hospitality in the Paddock Club is not bad either :wink:

More to come asap ...

Just got done watching the race.... A bit boring in the second half. But the first part of the race was a lot of fun.

Fastest Lap

1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 46 15:03:27 205.931 1:17.111

2 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 18 14:26:54 205.851 1:17.141

3 4 Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 34 14:48:27 204.568 1:17.625

4 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 30 14:42:43 204.325 1:17.717

5 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 23 14:33:29 204.186 1:17.770

6 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 19 14:28:03 204.084 1:17.809

7 17 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-BMW 56 15:18:37 203.830 1:17.906

8 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 16 14:24:06 203.490 1:18.036

9 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 20 14:29:46 203.435 1:18.057

10 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 54 15:16:10 202.957 1:18.241

11 12 Jenson Button Honda 47 15:06:44 202.262 1:18.510

12 21 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth 66 15:31:43 201.840 1:18.674

13 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 62 15:27:14 201.527 1:18.796

14 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 48 15:07:35 201.494 1:18.809

15 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 34 14:48:37 201.366 1:18.859

16 15 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 56 15:18:44 201.089 1:18.968

17 14 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 56 15:18:16 201.063 1:18.978

18 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 67 15:33:58 200.105 1:19.356

19 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 16 14:24:49 198.262 1:20.094

20 23 Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda 53 15:16:47 198.215 1:20.113

21 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 8 14:14:14 194.452 1:21.663

So Schu scored the hat-trick for the 22nd time, double that of the next driver :lol:

Great stuff.

Not crying, not bitching, just an observation. You just keep whining how Alonso should break his legs and shit, and don't forget to change your daiper every now and then....

I'm pretty sure he was just kidding around, not whining about it...