F1: Australian GP

mehro

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Saturday Practice
1 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 1:35.335
2 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-BMW 1:36.281
3 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 1:36.373
4 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:36.414
5 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:36.445
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.506
7 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:37.332
8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:37.481
9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:37.492
10 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth 1:37.852
11 Christian Klien RBR-Ferrari 1:37.947
12 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:38.036
13 Jenson Button Honda 1:38.505
14 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari 1:38.683
15 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:39.401
16 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:39.515
17 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:39.654
18 Yuji Ide Super Aguri-Honda 1:40.261
19 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:41.448
20 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:44.350
21 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.284
22 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota

Predictions:

Qualifying: M Schumi, Fisichella, Button

Race: Kimi, Alonso, M Schumi
 
Dramatic start.
Montoya spinning out on the formation lap
Fisichella stalling on the grid.
Alonso with a great challenge at the start.
 
Big crash for Michael. What a bad day for Ferrari!
 
1. F Alonso (Renault)
2. K Raikkonen (McLaren)
3. R Schumacher (Ferrari)

No surprise who the winner was going to be.

But Button looking at 5th blows his car virtually right on the final line.
 
Shows how much it is habit to think Ferrari after Schumacher... I've made that same mistake mentally on two occasions already this morning and have then had a few seconds confusion thinking about his crash :) Poor old Ralf will never be remembered in years to come as anything other than Michael's little brother.

Bit of a crazy race, ruined by the weather. Why on earth the race was run at this time of year beats me. Running that cold makes a mockery of the event. I can understand them not wanting to clash wirth the Commonwealth Games, but surely they should have brought the race forward a week or three, or returned it for one year to its old October date.

I'm unconvinced Honda deserve the slating the ITV boys gave them for stopping Button (not that I think he had much choice truth be told). He would have got three points maximum, and the car hasn't shown the pace to carve through the field at Imola, but it has shown it can compete at the front. If he started in the bottom half he'd do well to get more than another three points imo, if he starts up the front he should be in the hunt for a podium.
 
ManUinOz said:
It was 30C last week and probably as warm in Melb today as Silverstone will be in July
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Which is why Silverstone is such a high speed circuit. Try running modern F1 cars on the old Brands Hatch indy circuit and you'd get an equally farcical situation.
 
Giancarlo Fisichella should be ashamed of himself, that was utterly pathetic driving.

Is it me (perhaps it is, I don't know, and it's been brought more sharply to my attention here in the past few grand prix) or has the JB sycophantic treatment definitely been turned up a notch this season? All this "it really isn't his fault/let's look at Honda's mistakes because Jenson can't possibly be in the wrong" treatment...
 
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