Could be. I also think that the blue and white good guys have started to improve as well. Michael seems a bit less than his confident self in his post practice commentary. I think that this could be the beginning weekend of the end of the evil red empire domination.
Could be. I also think that the blue and white good guys have started to improve as well. Michael seems a bit less than his confident self in his post practice commentary. I think that this could be the beginning weekend of the end of the evil red empire domination.
Does anyone have engine failure stats for this year, by maker. (and is there a convenient place to find that sort of F1 stuff online?) I know Mercedes is really bad this year, but are they the worst in the field so far? I recall sometime around midway through 2003 season (I believe) when the SpeedChannel commentators noted that no Ford engines had finished a race yet--unless I heard them wrong.
The stats there aren't exactly what I was looking for...but close. For example, races finished or laps completed is an indicator of engine reliability, but not entirely. Obviously other things go wrong and s-hit happens.
Thanks, Alex, it's a nice link and a new one for me. :thumbup:
Perhaps a "Favorite F1 site" thread would be in order. Oops have I just hijacked my own thread. :tsk:
Here's to the guys in blue and white: :beerchug: :clap:
Nürburgring is always a special race for me. I had my first car test at Nürburgring, and I went here a lot when I was younger. It's the race closest to my home in Moenchengladbach, and I did a lot of races here in Formula 3, Formula Ford and Formula 3000.
Alex, I like that, "...shooted out of the race." I think, shunted out of the race might be better, but your translation is understandable. Alonso really wants Ralf's butt doesn't he? There's lots of hard feelings I suspect after last week, without two weeks to get over it.
Alonso wants Ralf... Montoya and Michael want each other... Trulli and Button want to win... Kimi wants to finish a damn race... this will be iiiinteresting.
Does anyone have engine failure stats for this year, by maker. (and is there a convenient place to find that sort of F1 stuff online?) I know Mercedes is really bad this year, but are they the worst in the field so far? I recall sometime around midway through 2003 season (I believe) when the SpeedChannel commentators noted that no Ford engines had finished a race yet--unless I heard them wrong.
Sorry, didn't mean to go off, I was rooting for McLaren... I'm a bit annoyed with them is all... I think THIS season they have been really crappy (bottom 3)
Well, I'm a McLaren fan as well and I blame Chrysler. I really don't remember when the two companies merged, but having anything to do with Chryler can't be a good thing. Just kidding of course. I know Chrysler has nothing to do with Ilmor, but I have to blame something. I was really hoping Kimi would take it to Michael this year. I think he is much better suited to race him tight than JPM. Besides, I'm Finnish. That said, McLaren topping the practice time sheets gives me no false hope.
Qualifying is such a misnomer. Not that Michael isn't really the fastest guy out there (yes Alex). Fuel loads make this just a guess. It all sorts out again tomorrow. There has been some recent discussion with Ross (blowhard) Brawn offering that they should tell everyone their fuel loads. I agree with Ross on this, though it may not be so important if they go back to a true qualifying format where they can at least set up the car for qualifying and then make some (including fuel) adjustments for the race. Let's find out who is really fastest.
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