**** 2007 Australian GP ****
Yeaahhhh Baby! The F1 racing season is on again. The wait has been painful for all the fans including me.
This season should be awesome due to so many drivers changing steeds, pesonnel changes, etc. Hopefully we will get a dynamite season like 2003, 2005 and 2006. Also hopefully Kimi will get his first WDC - there isn't a more deserving guy out there. First a moment of silence for the absence of Michael Schumacher for the first time since 1991. It will a touch difficult to watch the first few races and not see the red helmet guiding the Ferrari aggressively to a pole or a victory. We miss you Michael! You are one the best of all time! Have a wonderful retirement! 8) 8) 8) On to Australia: Circuit info: 2006 Race Results 1 Fernando Alonso 2 Kimi Raikkonen 3 Ralf Schumacher 4 Nick Heidfeld 5 Giancarlo Fisichella 6 Jacques Villeneuve 7 Rubens Barrichello 8 David Coulthard Melbourne has become a firm favourite of the Formula 1 fraternity since it took over from Adelaide as the home of the Australian Grand Prix in 1996. The switch caused consternation, for Adelaide had been hugely popular as both a venue and a racetrack. In its end-of-season position, it played host to two unforgettable championship climaxes: Nigel Mansell’s spectacular tyre blow-out in 1986 and Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill’s controversial clash in ’94. For 1996 the race not only moved to Melbourne and a spectacular new lakeside track in Albert Park, but to the other end of the calendar, becoming the season opener. Melbourne soon proved that it could match Adelaide for thrills and spills, as the inaugural race saw Jacques Villeneuve take pole position for his first GP, and ITV’s Martin Brundle escape a massive first-lap crash in which his Jordan flew into a terrifying sequence of barrel rolls. As the first chance to see where the balance of power lies at the start of the new season, Melbourne is always eagerly awaited. Its high-speed layout punctuated by chicanes and dusty surface often leads to unpredictable and dramatic races, and punishes the slightest mistake with a trip into one of the ever-present concrete walls. The safety car traditionally gets a lot of mileage in Melbourne… Weather forecast: Quote:
http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?T...al&PO_ID=38643 Thursday press conference: http://www.formula1.com/race/news/5771/770.html I'll add more info tonight :) |
Hope Massa and Kimi can pull of a 1-2 :D
All Kimi has been missing these past years was a reliable car so hopefully Ferrari has accomplished that again this year. |
feels so weird not seeing Michael Schumacher on the grid :|
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MASSA KIMI 1-2!!!!!!
FORZA FERRARI!!!!! |
i definitely wanna see massa and kimi tear it up...but look out for kubica!!! :wink:
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Gonna watch it in hospital with my dad, for sure hope its going to be a great race! :D
My money is on Massa! |
does anyone know of a way to watch the race on the internet, even if its just uploaded after it happens? unfortunately i don't get the speed channel in the dorm which means i don't get the race, so i've never had to deal with this before. any ideas?
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Another possibility - There is a software called "tvuplayer" that allows you to catch TV broadcasts from Asia. Go to the Star Sports channel - they should be broadcasting F1 there. You will get a blurry and small image but hey it is free and better than no image. Google for the link - her is one random source: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Interne...VUPlayer.shtml |
^^ sounds good thanks a lot :D
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This will be a very interesting race. Alonso is in a new team, no Michael Schumacher, Raikonnen in a reliable machine...the playing field is levelling.
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Friday Practice 1 times
1 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:29.214 2 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:30.707 3 35 Sebastian Vettel BMW 1:30.857 4 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.878 5 7 Jenson Button Honda 1:31.162 6 38 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:31.401 7 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:31.528 8 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1:31.571 9 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:31.661 10 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:31.737 11 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:31.782 12 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:32.011 13 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 1:32.194 14 20 Christijan Albers Spyker-Ferrari 1:34.043 15 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 1:34.627 16 21 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 1:35.055 17 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:37.249 18 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:39.221 19 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:39.242 20 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:39.550 21 19 Scott Speed STR-Ferrari 1:41.763 22 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:44.130 Report Quote:
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