I know a few care about this besides me. Vinylbandit, where are you?

First race today in Bahrain. Scott Speed, the first American in Formula One in 13 years finished in 13th place. Not bad considering he's in the former Minardi (now called Toro Rosso) and he did nothing stupid. Plus, he beat the overrated Ralf Schumacher. The Toyotas were terrible. It looks like Midland and Super Aguri will be worse than Toro Rosso.

Both Williams finished in the points while both B.M.W.s did not, with one going out by engine fire. If you follow F1 enough to know what that means, that's kinda funny.

Speaking of the Willliams, Nico Rosberg, son of former World Champion Keke, looked awesome in his first ever race after getting his nose cut off early in the race. He had the overall fastest race lap...in a car that is not the fastest car.

In his first race for Ferrari, Felipe Massa looked terrible, and almost spun out into eventual winner Alonso early on.

Raikkonen came from last on the grid (22nd this year) to finish third.

1.) Fernando Alonso (Spain) - Renault - 10 points
2.) Michael Schumacher (Germany) - Ferrari - 8 points
3.) Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) - McLaren-Mercedes - 6 points
4.) Jenson Button (England) - Honda - 5 points
5.) Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia) - McLaren-Mercedes - 4 points
6.) Mark Webber (Australia) - Williams-Cosworth - 3 points
7.) Nico Rosberg (Finland) - Williams-Cosworth - 2 points
8.) Christian Klien (Austria) - Red Bull-Ferrari - 1 point
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9.) Felipe Massa (Brazil) - Ferrari
10.) David Coulthard (Scotland) - Red Bull-Ferrari
11.) Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) - Toro Rosso-Cosworth
12.) Nick Heidfeld (Germany) - B.M.W. Sauber - 1 lap down
13.) Scott Speed (United States) - Toro Rosso-Cosworth
14.) Ralf Schumacher (Germany) - Toyota
15.) Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) - Honda
16.) Jarno Trulli (Italy) - Toyota
17.) Tiago Monteiro (Portugal) - Midland-Toyota - 2 laps down
18.) Takuma Sato (Japan) - Super Aguri-Honda - 4 laps down

retired:

Yuji Ide (Japan) - Super Aguri-Honda
Jacques Villenueve (Canada) - B.M.W. Sauber
Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) - Renault
Christijan Albers (Netherlands) - Midland-Toyota

[Edited on March 12, 2006 at 5:18 PM. Reason : .]

3/12/2006 5:16:04 PM

was an awesome race, looks like there are going to be quite a few competitive teams and drivers this year.

3/12/2006 5:30:37 PM

I know most of you don't care.. but
bttt

Monaco GP Results;

1 Fernando Alonso (Lenaut) 1:43'43.116 78 150.707 -
2 J-P Pablo Montoya (Mclaren Mercedez) 0:00'14.567 78 0.000 -
3 David Coulthard (Ferrari) 0:00'52.298 78 0.000 -
4 Rubens barrichello (Honda) 0:00'53.337 78 0.000 -
5 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) 0:00'53.830 78 0.000 -
6 Giancarlo Fisichella (Lenaut) 0:01'02.072 78 0.000 -
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Scott Speed (STR Cosworth) 1laps 77 0.000 -
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Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren Mercedez) 28laps 50 0.000 - (DNF)

5/28/2006 11:01:07 AM

you fucking asshole, the race hasn't aired yet and you posted the results.

5/28/2006 11:18:45 AM

Oops.. I didn't even know F1 airs on tv in the States.. Sorry..

It is on tv in Japan now.

Raikkonen, are you really going to Ferrari next year?

5/28/2006 11:27:26 AM

cbs has the rights to air 4 or 5 races this year, monaco being the 3rd so far. cbs is doing a same day tape delay on all but the usgp so we couldn't watch the race until 12:30 this afternoon. That being said, the race just ended.

I can't believe mark and kimi blew up that close together. Michael really lucked out today with so many cars ahead of him wrecking/blowing up. Fucking cheater.

5/28/2006 2:24:57 PM

^^Alonso is supposedly heading to McLaren next year too.

^Speed has it most of the time. They're much better than the CBS guys. Once Kimi dropped out, Alonso was just in a class of his own. I don't know if Webber would have been able to keep up for the rest of the race before he blew up, but it was good to see that team have a quality run while it lasted. And yeah, I know you mentioned Michael lucking out today, but how about David Coulthard getting the final podium position, as well as Rubens finishing 4th.

5/28/2006 4:48:19 PM

I know speed usually carries the races, they have MUCH better coverage. DC did have a great run, but I'm not expecting to see them get more than 1 more podium this year. Rubens, well, he's a pretty good driver getting used to a not so great car. I think it is really showing that STR can't advance the chassis and engine combo like the other teams can. Their drivers are better than their finishing positions are showing.

5/28/2006 7:08:31 PM

The Ferrari's are so fast this year, they'll be hard to stop. The McLaren's looked fast to me too but that was just to the naked eye, i didn't have any stats or anything

5/28/2006 7:53:21 PM

michael has been fast at some tracks but overall the ferrari hasn't been up there with alonso and the renault. Massa has been much better than fisichella (who probably does have a better car) but they haven't been able to complete all of the races. Mclaren can be fast, not as fast as last year, but still top 3. Problem is they aren't reliable.

5/28/2006 8:02:54 PM

well check my pictures and you'll see I'm into F1 for sure

now wtf is up with Kimi. He WILL win a race this year but my god alonso is unstoppable w/ renault but already signed with mclaren!!! um you know he's like oh shit

5/29/2006 12:01:44 AM

Quote :

"I know speed usually carries the races, they have MUCH better coverage."

Yeah, Speed is much better than CBS. And I think I was letting DieselShirt know about Speed.

I think Ferrari is using strategy to their advantage over speed. I think Michael's win at Imola was strategy based. He knew the best place to run, where Alonso would run, as well as the pit strategy. Alonso used his stuff up by the time the race was over. I think if Alonso would have passed Michael in that race, Alonso would have just pulled away. Whether it was strategy or accident in qualifying this week, it didn't work out for Michael. However, a little luck doesn't hurt.

I'm also wondering about Alonso's decision to go to McLaren. With the engine and mechanical failures that team has had (as well as a loss of some speed), you have to wonder what the future of that team will be.

5/29/2006 12:28:36 AM

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"Yeah, Speed is much better than CBS. And I think I was letting DieselShirt know about Speed. "

I've been a big fan of F1 since I was in high school or so, but I didn't get to see the race much in the States because I didn't know when/where the race was aired. Now I am back in Japan, so I get to see all the races on tv.

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"I can't believe mark and kimi blew up that close together. Michael really lucked out today with so many cars ahead of him wrecking/blowing up. Fucking cheater."

Schumacher was really lucky, I think. Did you all see the preliminary race? What did you think about Schumacher at the corner? (His machine stopped without being able to turn.) I thought he did it on purpose, so I was kinda relieved when the official decided to put him on the last grid. But also I was surprised that he had to do this to get the pp.

Raikkonen and Webber retired because their machine's wire got damaged and heat-resistant shield burnt up. The same thing happened to Raikkonen on the first day in Monaco, too.

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"The McLaren's looked fast to me too but that was just to the naked eye, i didn't have any stats or anything "

McLaren did a better job last season than this season. This season, its body is fine, but the engine is not. The machine can't come with Raikkonen's racing skill. Well, I don't really have stats to support this, but it is kinda apparent to me and my friends by watching almost all races.

I was really shocked that Alonso announced to join McLaren for 2007 season before 2006 season! Raikkonen hasn't said anything about his transfer to a new team, but most of people think he is going to Ferrari whether or not Schumacher stays next season. I want him to go to a team that can build a machine to bring out his ability.

I don't like Alonso because he's been really arrogant. It is good to be confident but NOT arrogant!!!

[Edited on May 29, 2006 at 9:50 AM. Reason : boooo]

5/29/2006 9:45:29 AM

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"Schumacher was really lucky, I think. Did you all see the preliminary race? What did you think about Schumacher at the corner? (His machine stopped without being able to turn.) I thought he did it on purpose, so I was kinda relieved when the official decided to put him on the last grid. But also I was surprised that he had to do this to get the pp."

I saw that live Saturday morning and immediately thought it was on purpose. He took the wrong line going into the corner, turned in way early, locked up, released the brakes, turned in to get through the corner correctly, THEN straightened out the wheel to go toward the wall, then stopped inches from the wall.



posted from the speedtv message boards

5/29/2006 10:24:01 AM

that is great. He would have won the race starting second even, most likely. Is it me, or is Schumacher always in the controversy shit in F1? At least this time it was against him. Montoya is the only one who said it might be a case where it was an accident, but only *might* have been.

Regardless I still have my Mclaren jacket and Kimi diecast cars all over the place.

If anybody goes to the USGP, here is my advice- sit in the infield section (general admission) and not in the grandstands. You can move around and you will see much more action. I sat there during practice and qualifying and on the straight during the race, and it was much better in the grass sections. Of course during practice and qualifying you can sit wherever you want, so you will still see the pit area during the weekend.

The pictures in my gallery were taken when I had a 2mp camera with only 2X optical zoom, so if i go again I will have much better pictures this time.

[Edited on May 31, 2006 at 9:29 AM. Reason : camera]

5/31/2006 9:27:52 AM

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"He would have won the race starting second even, most likely."

I think Alonso would still have won the race if Schumacher had started at the second grid because It is difficult to overtake other cars at a tight circuit in Monaco unless he does good job on pit-in strategy.

Some people say car racing is not sports, but it is definitely sports, especially F1! Have you heard drivers breathing while driving? They breathe so heavily on straight and stop breathing at corner to hold heavy Gs from the side.

I have bever been to any F1 race. I wish!!! Next year, Fuji Speedway will have a F1 race, so I hope I will get to see the race. Fuji Speedway is way closer than Suzuka Circuit to me.

^^ it is funny. haha.

5/31/2006 11:46:16 AM

dude just look at Alonso's neck muscles. I mean damn. You have to hold your head up against all those g's in a turn! Racing may not be a sport but holy smokes those guys are atheletes. In the Indycar series I know Tony Kannaan is a triathelte. In F1 the only reason why 36 year old Schumacher can still drive so well is only because of his training regimine.

5/31/2006 10:16:17 PM

Since we're just off Monaco, thought some here might like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah_FbT25K1Q&search=carareok%20senna

"On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit and you go for this limit and you touch this limit and you think, ok, this is the limit. As soon as you touch this limit, something happens and you realise that you can suddenly go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and your experience as well, you can fly very high."

6/1/2006 7:44:31 AM

^ It looked slower than I thought, but it is still cool.

Quote :

"dude just look at Alonso's neck muscles."

Please call me dudette.

I can't wait to see the race at Silverstone. June 11 is my birthday, so I hope Raikkonen will win the race for me

6/1/2006 10:14:20 AM

Senna!

6/1/2006 10:20:04 PM

[Edited on June 1, 2006 at 10:44 PM. Reason : ]

6/1/2006 10:44:16 PM

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"Please call me dudette. "

You're the first American female F1 fan I've ever heard of. Just fyi.

6/1/2006 10:49:57 PM

i had a dream last night that i won a ferrari f1 car from around 2001 and it was cool but i couldn't drive it so it just sat in the front yard red neck style

6/2/2006 8:52:39 AM

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"You're the first American female F1 fan I've ever heard of. Just fyi. "

Unfortunately, I am not an American

^ haha redneck style.. haha

6/3/2006 12:47:50 AM

i've read a few articles latley on driver fitness. um yeah holy smokes

OK Jenson Button- greatest waste ever? I think he should get bought by Renault to get British fans loyal again.

6/4/2006 10:55:28 PM

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"OK Jenson Button- greatest waste ever? I think he should get bought by Renault to get British fans loyal again. "

I don't think he is the greatest waste ever, but he hasn't achieved as much as we expected when he started F1. Everyone has huge expectations in him at first.

Alonso and Raikkonen were not like him. We didn't have such big expectations in them when they came out. In particular, Raikkonen was called 'robot' for a while.

6/5/2006 12:57:39 PM

Button's a victim of the British media's tendency to hype their own beyond reason. (see World Cup)

6/5/2006 1:04:03 PM

BTTT

The results of the qualifying race at British GP;
1. Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2. Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren Mercedes)
3. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
4. Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
5. Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault)
6. Reubens Barrichello (Honda)
7. Ralf Schemacher (Tokyota)
8. Juan Pablo Montoya (McLaren Mercedes)
9. Nick Heidfeld (Sauber BMW)
10. Jacques Villenueve (Sauber BMW)
11. David Coulthard (RBR Ferrari)
12. Nico Rosberg (Williams Cosworth)
13. vitantonio Liuzzi (STR Cosworth)
14. Christian Klien (RBR Ferrari)
15. Scott Speed (STR Cosworth)
16. Tiago Monteiro (MF1 Toyota)
17. Mark Webber (Williams Cosworth)
18. Christijan Albers (MF1 Toyota)
19. Jenson Button (Honda) .. it is your home game, dude!!!
20. Takuma Sato (Super Aguri Honda)
21. Franck Montagny (Super Aguri Honda)
22. Jarno Trulli (Toyota)

[Edited on June 10, 2006 at 10:20 AM. Reason : a]

6/10/2006 10:19:56 AM

British GP is on tv in Japan now... how about in the States?

I know the results though..

6/11/2006 11:11:01 AM

Comes on at 1pm on CBS.. I'm probably not going to watch it so I'm gonna check the results..

6/11/2006 11:14:14 AM

yeah, cbs in 1 hr. don't post results or anything, plz.

6/11/2006 12:03:00 PM

Alonso is going to Mclaren?

6/11/2006 2:50:05 PM

yes he is. he either knows something or is really stupid, we'll find out next year.

gg alonso on tearing the field a new one today, going faster and longer on the first stint.

[Edited on June 11, 2006 at 3:09 PM. Reason : ]

6/11/2006 3:09:22 PM

Renault is supposedly thinking of getting out of F1. Alonso asked them if they could commit long-term and they could not.

6/11/2006 8:08:14 PM

God I hate F1 on CBS. Speed is where it belongs.

6/12/2006 1:44:44 AM

^ Agreed.

Also, I didn't know I had been namechecked in this thread.

6/12/2006 2:10:08 AM

Damn races come on so early I always forget

6/12/2006 12:18:46 PM

damn those dudes are fast

6/12/2006 12:30:46 PM

Is Raikkonen going to Ferrari or Renault??? WHICH ONE!?!?!!?!?!?! I know he doesn't wanna be the 2nd driver... so he may not go to Ferrari if Schumacher stays at Ferrari, but I wanna see Raikkonen as a Ferrari driver rather than Renault one.

6/20/2006 12:13:04 PM

CANADA GP here we come!

6/25/2006 11:20:19 AM

Damn i don't got Speed channel....

6/25/2006 12:04:49 PM

karma's a bitch, isn't it juan.

6/25/2006 1:28:41 PM

i think raikkonen is cursed by McLaren

6/25/2006 8:19:05 PM

yes, yes he is.

6/25/2006 8:30:20 PM

Damn seems like i missed a good race

6/25/2006 10:30:53 PM

AMERICA GP!!!!

when does preliminary race start?? will it be on tv in the states?

7/1/2006 1:13:04 PM

Ferrari owns the front row--SWEET.

http://www.formula1.com/race/result/760/24.html

7/2/2006 12:07:07 AM

Let's go Shumi!

7/2/2006 12:39:00 AM

^ &^^, damn right.

^^^I think it's on Speed. If not, then probably CBS. I'm pretty sure it's on Speed though.

7/2/2006 1:14:22 AM

12:30 on speed



screw ferrari, there's no way alonso is that much slower than fisi, and there's no way fisi is that much slower than massa.

7/2/2006 8:56:42 AM