**** 2007 Australian GP ****

[pagani]

Originally Posted by blue8 Originally Posted by pagani \Where is m schumacher?? I hope that question wasn't serious... where have you been ? Basically he retired. Sad but he had to leave eventually. The Ferrari Team will certainly still do well!! 8)

I kown where he been is but i saw jean todt in the ferrari pitbox but not m schumacher that found i very surprising
Schumacher schould be in the ferrari pit box.

[MortyBubba]

Anyone here a little shocked by the results of Hamilton in qualifying, 4th thats really really good for his first time in race qualifying for F1. Also Kubica did a great job getting 5th on the starting grid.

Also great job for the Iceman!!

[deuces]

^^ kubica is a very talented driver so i'm not surprised by that . bully for hamilton as well he did a great job

[ZfrkS62]

Great race! Raikonnen from start to finish without a doubt. A spanish fool chased down by his team mate who's made a hell of a splash in his F1 debut.

Couldn't believe how close Kubica came to getting his bell rung by DC's car :shock: 6 more inches and i think the live feed would have been cut....

Massa only got 3 points, but as long as they get that gear box twitch figured out.

Malaysia in 3 weeks

[Max Power]

Originally Posted by ZfrkS62 Couldn't believe how close Kubica came to getting his bell rung by DC's car :shock:

^u mean Wurz...

Massa is useless from the back...

f1 is back

[blue8]

Originally Posted by pagani Originally Posted by blue8 Originally Posted by pagani \Where is m schumacher?? I hope that question wasn't serious... where have you been ? Basically he retired. Sad but he had to leave eventually. The Ferrari Team will certainly still do well!! 8) I kown where he been is but i saw jean todt in the ferrari pitbox but not m schumacher that found i very surprising Schumacher schould be in the ferrari pit box.

oh...
Well anyway, it was a great race! Glad to see Kimi on top! This should be a very exciting season between Ferrari and McLaren!!

[xecutioner]

just came back from the race

im so happy that kimmi is in a mad car now and winning

he even smiled on the podium infront of us haha havent seen that before

pissed off that alonso the wang finished 2nd

good stuff by massa startin from the back

im just glad f1 is back

[deuces]

i didnt get to see the race :x . how well did kubica do before his gearbox failure?

[blue8]

Originally Posted by xecutioner just came back from the race im so happy that kimmi is in a mad car now and winning he even smiled on the podium infront of us haha havent seen that before pissed off that that spanish foo the wang finished 2nd good stuff by massa startin from the back im just glad f1 is back

He's still incomprehensible though during the press conference

[acmarttin]

Youngest F1 grid ever. Crazy stuff. I'm really happy for Kimi, that guy was scary fast in the Ferrari. Young Lewis Hamilton had an impressive start also. He was lucky he never had to pay for his mistakes, though.

[nejcdolinsek]

Ferrari's pace is scary:

The results of the Australian Grand Prix show that Kimi Raikkonen won the Australian Grand Prix by 7.242s over Fernando Alonso with Lewis Hamilton third in the second McLaren Mercedes.

The margin of Raikkonen's win could well have been a great deal more as he controlled the pace from early on in the race. Looking at the fastest laps of the 58-lap race, Raikkonen's best lap in the new F2007 is a second clear of anyone else. The maths are simple, flat out, Raikkonen could have won the event by a minute, as Felipe Massa spent his race stuck in traffic.

Renault won the Australian Grand Prix in 2005 and 2006 with first Giancarlo Fisichella and then Alonso. This year Fisichella fended off Massa to finish fifth, while Heikki Kovalainen had an erratic race to tenth spot. Fisichella's best lap was 1.6 seconds off the best of Raikkonen and over half a second off Alonso's best in the McLaren Mercedes.

The Ferrari advantage at this stage of the season is huge.

Melbourne - 18/03/2007
1 . K. Raikkonen - Ferrari F2007 - 1:25.235 (+ 0.000 ) - Lap 41
2 . F. Alonso - McLaren Mercedes MP4-22 - 1:26.314 (+ 1.079 ) - Lap 20
3 . L. Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes MP4-22 - 1:26.351 (+ 1.116 ) - Lap 20
4 . R. Kubica - BMW Sauber F1.07 - 1:26.642 (+ 1.407 ) - Lap 19
5 . N. Rosberg - Williams Toyota FW29 - 1:26.721 (+ 1.486 ) - Lap 40
6 . N. Heidfeld - BMW Sauber F1.07 - 1:26.722 (+ 1.487 ) - Lap 37
7 . G. Fisichella - Renault R27 - 1:26.892 (+ 1.657 ) - Lap 18
8 . F.
Massa - Ferrari F2007 - 1:27.044 (+ 1.809 ) - Lap 28
9 . M. Webber - Red Bull Renault RB3 - 1:27.501 (+ 2.266 ) - Lap 21
10 . H. Kovalainen - Renault R27 - 1:27.592 (+ 2.357 ) - Lap 44
11 . D. Coulthard - Red Bull Renault RB3 - 1:27.706 (+ 2.471 ) - Lap 44
12 . R. Schumacher - Toyota TF107 - 1:27.796 (+ 2.561 ) - Lap 42
13 . J. Trulli - Toyota TF107 - 1:28.034 (+ 2.799 ) - Lap 45
14 . R. Barrichello - Honda RA107 - 1:28.098 (+ 2.863 ) - Lap 17
15 . V. Liuzzi - Toro Rosso Ferrari STR2 - 1:28.282 (+ 3.047 ) - Lap 44
16 . A. Wurz - Williams Toyota FW29 - 1:28.303 (+ 3.068 ) - Lap 24
17 . J. Button - Honda RA107 - 1:28.387 (+ 3.152 ) - Lap 42
18 . T. Sato - Super Aguri Honda SA07 - 1:28.487 (+ 3.252 ) - Lap 20
19 . A. Sutil - Spyker Ferrari F8-VII - 1:28.687 (+ 3.452 ) - Lap 40
20 . A. Davidson - Super Aguri Honda SA07 - 1:28.849 (+ 3.614 ) - Lap 41
21 . S. Speed - Toro Rosso Ferrari STR2 - 1:28.953 (+ 3.718 ) - Lap 22
22 . C. Albers - Spyker Ferrari F8-VII - 1:30.899 (+ 5.664 ) - Lap 9


.... I'm not complaining! FORZA FERRARI!

[xecutioner]

yeh i think everyone can see kimmi + ferrari = scarey

great stuff i see

gonna take alot to stop this man

blue8 lol hes interviews are still the same tho

nuthing but mumbles but great to see him smile for once lol

[blue8]

From Motor Authority:
Ferrari dominates Oz F1 with McLaren close behind


Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen took top honors at Sunday’s inaugural F1 race in Melbourne, despite having no radio contact with the pit crew and racing under the legendary marque for the first time. His pace was excellent throughout the day, leading from the start and leaving a score of fastest laps behind him.

The day also turned out favorable for McLaren’s new drivers, with 22-year old Lewis Hamilton holding off current world champion Fernando Alonso in second place for much of the race before succumbing to his teammate and ending in third. With both Alonso and Hamilton finishing on the podium, McLaren are leading the constructors’ championship while Raikkonen’s in charge of the driver standings.

The BMWs were quick off the start and both drivers, Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica, were poised to finish in the top ten. Heidfeld managed to come in fourth position but unfortunately Kubica failed to finish because of mechanical problems. Giancarlo Fisichella came in fifth, edging out Raikkonen’s teammate Felipe Massa who finished just 0.3seconds after the Renault driver. This was an amazing feat for Massa considering he started right at the back of the grid due to penalties.

Toro Rosso’s Scott Speed went off the road in spectacular fashion along with Christijan Albers who crashed his Spyker early on. David Coulthard and Alex Wurz also suffered a nasty crash towards the end of the race.

[bultaco_metralla]

Great Race of Kimi and Ferrari!! Hattrick in his debut!! NICE!! Alonso 2º GOOOOD!! Hamilton awesome with his podium, including the overtake at the start of the race, i had been watching live timing and Alonso is faster... But anyway Hamilton made a great JOB!!! Also Massa from last to 6º !!! Poor Kubica, he deserves more than a gearbox failure !!! And whatabout Renault... no comment ...

fuck ... three weeks for next race....

[blue8]

Transcript from the press conference:
http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/18032007/...ence-part.html
http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/18032007/...e-part-ii.html
Very helpful!