General Discussion: Sport

[[Racing king]]

It hasnt worked though has it. Honda fire Jeff Willis. 2007 car is fundamentally flawed. Gil De Ferran quits. Red Bull snap up Jeff Willis. Look out Honda. Unless they sort themselves out they are going to be overtaken by redbull, who as a team push in one direction.

there is a strong chance of that, but they will just pass them again when there gearbox blow itself up

[CJ101]

European Grand Prix, Free practice session one times

1. HAMILTON McLaren 1m32.515s
2. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m32.751s
3. ALONSO McLaren 1m32.932s
4. HEIDFELD BMW 1m32.975s
5. KUBICA BMW 1m33.205s
6. MASSA Ferrari 1m33.605s
7. SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m33.825s
8. BUTTON Honda 1m33.936s
9. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m34.062s
10. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m34.142s
11. TRULLI Toyota 1m34.152s
12. WURZ Williams 1m34.345s
13. ROSBERG Williams 1m34.563s
14. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m34.567s
15. WEBBER Red Bull 1m34.683s
16. SATO Super Aguri 1m34.708s
17. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m34.907s
18. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m34.921s
19. FISICHELLA Renault 1m35.077s
20. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m35.643s
21. SUTIL Spyker 1m36.340s
22. WINKELHOCK Spyker 1m37.116s

Main points to note. A good start by Lewis Hamilton. Looks like he maybe in with a shot this weekend. Ralf Schumacher is answering critics well, by once again out performing his blisteringly quick team mate Trulli. Excellent job by both Honda boys Button & Barrichello. Looks like their working hard. Finally DC once again out performs his widely considered faster team mate Webber. Good performances this year have earned DC his seat at Red Bull next year, so good work.

[[WelshDragon]]

So much for Renault challenging BMW! BMW are right with Ferrari and McLaren though. This is gonna cause headaches for one of the teams. Good midfield scrap developing between Honda, Red Bull Toyota and Williams though. Good job to the Aguris for beating Renault BTW

[CJ101]

European GP free practice session two times


1. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m33.339s
2. HAMILTON McLaren 1m33.487s
3. MASSA Ferrari 1m33.590s
4. ALONSO McLaren 1m33.637s
5. SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m33.668s
6. TRULLI Toyota 1m33.746s
7. ROSBERG Williams 1m33.845s
8. BUTTON Honda 1m33.880s
9. HEIDFELD BMW 1m34.146s
10. KUBICA BMW 1m34.221s
11. WEBBER Red Bull 1m34.235s
12. WURZ Williams 1m34.264s
13. SATO Super Aguri 1m34.357s
14. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m34.411s
15. FISICHELLA Renault 1m34.431s
16. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m34.446s
17. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m34.504s
18. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m34.554s
19. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m35.320s
20. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m35.653s
21. SUTIL Spyker 1m36.527s
22. WINKELHOCK Spyker 1m37.319s

Well its honours even between Kimi and Lewis over the two sessions, so they have got to be the two to look out for. Ralf put in yet another great performance, is he beginning to turn his season around? A great lap by Button at the death to propel the struggling Honda to eighth again, actually ahead of both BMW's, which I dont think I have seen done at any time this season. Also as noted by Walesracer the Renaults struggle again. Despite making encouraging noises in the press, are they slipping backwards?

[[WelshDragon]]

Well again this session is showing a promising midfeild battle. Mind you Ralf is definatly going to be a headache for Alonso. 0.031 seconds of a Mclaren, Toyota have majorly improved and Ralf has silenced his critics possibly keeping him at Toyota next season.
McLaren sure have upped their game so the battle is still on.
This seems to be the catagories for the race if they stay this way
McLaren + Ferrari
BMW+Toyota
Honda+Williams+Red Bull
Super Aguri+Renault
Spyker+Toro Rosso

[[Racing king]]

Well again this session is showing a promising midfeild battle. Mind you Ralf is definatly going to be a headache for Alonso. 0.031 seconds of a Mclaren, Toyota have majorly improved and Ralf has silenced his critics possibly keeping him at Toyota next season.
McLaren sure have upped their game so the battle is still on.
This seems to be the catagories for the race if they stay this way
McLaren + Ferrari
BMW+Toyota
Honda+Williams+Red Bull
Super Aguri+Renault
Spyker+Toro Rosso
the only thing he has to do now is get out of Q1

any1 else noticed hamilton has an incredibly white race suit compared to alonso.
keep an eye out for it

[CJ101]

Yep i've noticed. I rember Martin Brundle saying something about the Mclaren drivers put a new set on when they go into the press conference, so that the sponsors are all nice and shiny. Maybe Fernando forgot???? The first time I noticed it, he had been following Lewis all race so I thought it might have just been dirt. Will check again this weekend.

Ralf got into final quali at Silverstone...... Believe me I was there. Had to keep rubbing my eyes, thought I was seeing things. Too much sun probably.

[[Racing king]]

he always has the white suit, i noticed at the 2nd or 3rd race of the season
have you ever seen hamilton after the race or quilly? first thing he does is throw a big silver watch (must be from the sponsers) and he always rubs his forehead and flicks his ear with his watch hand, just to get it into shot.

[[WelshDragon]]

Just realised that the Friday sessions were done in wet/damp/green conditions. Might explain why some people are higher up than they should be. However we'll see by Saturdaypractice

[[Racing king]]

did any1 watch the qualifying?
hamilton had a massive smash in q3, the wheel nuts wasnt tight and the wheel blew-out at top speed, he is uninjured and if he starts it will be in 10th

and to top that off rain is forcast for tomorrow !