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Qualifying: Pizzonia on pole position puts the pressure on the pack
Race: First career win, but can anyone stop Pizzonia?
It was perfect conditions for racing in Monaco for both qualifying and the race but the rest of the field were left pondering how they can stop this run of Pizzonia. Pizzonia took pole position, only his 2nd in his career, ahead of Championship rival Fisichella.
Right behind them on the second row was the McLarens of Raikkonen and Alonso with the only close challenger to Pizzonia, Montoya, in 5th. Montoya's teammate, Sato, qualified right behind him on the grid in 7th with MG's of Salo and De La Rosa in 6th and 8th.
Full Qualifying Results:
1st Pizzonia (Icarus) 1m17.244s
2nd Fisichella (Badgerman) 1m17.301s (+0.057s)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) 1m17.330s (+0.086s)
4th Alonso (Jules) 1m17.330s (+0.086s)
5th Montoya (Afrojoe) 1m17.341s (+0.097s)
6th Salo (Biggie Little) 1m17.341s (+0.097s)
7th Sato (Poopots) 1m17.347s (+0.103s)
8th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) 1m17.364s (+0.120s)
9th Verstappen (Jae) 1m17.377s (+0.133s)
10th Klien (Figo) 1m17.415s (+0.171s)
11th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) 1m17.437s (+0.193s)
12th Baumgartner (Grandprix) 1m17.448s (+0.204s)
13th M Schumacher (Vampyr) 1m17.456s (+0.212s)
14th Button (Der Nazi) 1m17.462s (+0.218s)
15th Webber (Shelljed) 1m17.482s (+0.238s)
16th Barrichello (Lipe) 1m17.486s (+0.242s)
17th Karthikeyan (Ortega) 1m17.514s (+0.270s)
18th R Schumacher (N/A) 1m17.523s (+0.279s)
19th Panis (Foreman) 1m17.524s (+0.280s)
20th Heidfeld (Shadow) 1m17.533s (+0.289s)
21st Pantano (Chris) 1m17.543s (+0.299s)
22nd Firman (Notorious Biggles) 1m17.608s (+0.364s)
As is usually the norm in Monaco, it's difficult to overtake and if you play your strategy wrong, points places are lost. As it's a dry race, accidents are few, so this race will be won and lost in the pit lane.
Pizzonia started slow off the line which in turn held up Raikkonen, allowing Fisichella into the lead and Alonso into 2nd place. The race then settled into a typical Monaco style, close lapping and tightly bunched packs but little opportunity and cutting edge to overtaking.
The main action started around lap 30 when the pit stops began. Two stops may be quicker on paper but with overtaking a problem, it's easy to slip many places. Fisichella was comfortably leading but his transmission failed on lap 36. Whether he would have gone on to win was anyone's guess as his fuel load was unknown.
Baumgartner was the next retirement a lap later when an oil leak caused the engine to go up in a burst of flames. Sato was the only one caught on live camera to graze the wall and lose a place on lap 42. He probably wasn't the only one.
The race hit another lull as the pit stops worked themselves out. Alonso was the leader and managed to hold on to the lead as the pit stops bunched the top 3. Firman ended a pretty miserable race where he was scrapping for the last few places when his engine blew on lap 59.
Big changes in the points happened on the last few laps. De La Rosa was in 5th place when a water leak cost him and MG F1 valuable points on lap 72. Verstappen was the last retirement when a right front puncture from a very comfortable 4th place on lap 75, only 4 laps from the end.
Alonso came through to win, his first career win, followed by Pizzonia, who seems incapable of putting a foot wrong so far this season. Raikkonen completed a McLaren 1-3 with 3rd place, an excellent result for McLaren.
Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher were running close together for the entire race and finished together with 4th and 5th places respectively. Webber adds 3 points to his tally with 6th, Panis gets his first points of the campaign with 7th and Barrichello collects the last point for 8th.
Full Race Results:
1st Alonso (Jules) 1h43m53.328s (Up 3)
2nd Pizzonia (Icarus) +3.781s (Down 1)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) +7.736s (No Change)
4th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) +39.665s (Up 7)
5th M Schumacher (Vampyr) +41.082s (Up 8)
6th Webber (Shelljed) +41.627s (Up 9)
7th Panis (Foreman) +46.536s (Up 12)
8th Barrichello (Lipe) +47.256s (Up 8)
9th Salo (Biggie Little) +47.909s (Down 3)
10th Pantano (Chris) +49.031s (Up 11)
11th Button (Der Nazi) +49.731s (Up 3)
12th Klien (Figo) +51.762s (Down 2)
13th Heidfeld (Shadow) +57.392s (Up 7)
14th Karthikeyan (Ortega) +59.167s (Up 3)
15th R Schumacher (N/A) +1m00.510s (Up 3)
16th Montoya (Afrojoe) +1m01.362s (Down 11)
17th Sato (Poopots) +1m02.096s (Down 10)
DNF
Verstappen (Jae) Puncture
De La Rosa (Virtuoso) Water Leak
Firman (Notorious Biggles) Engine
Baumgartner (Grandprix) Engine
Fisichella (Badgerman) Transmission
Drivers Championship
1st Pizzonia 46pts
2nd Montoya 33pts
3rd Fisichella 22pts
4= Alonso 16pts
4= Villeneuve 16pts
4= Webber 16pts
7th Barrichello 15pts
8th R Schumacher 14pts
9th Baumgartner 13pts
10= Raikkonen 12pts
10= Pantano 12pts
12= Klien 11pts
12= De La Rosa 11pts
14th Sato 10pts
15th Verstappen 9pts
16th Firman 7pts
17th M Schumacher 4pts
18= Heidfeld 2pts
18= Panis 2pts
20= Button 1pt
20= Karthikeyan 1pt
Constructors Championship
1st Renault 61pts
2nd Williams 43pts
3rd Jordan 29pts
4th McLaren 28pts
5th Minardi 22pts
6th Ferrari 20pts
7th Red Bull 17pts
8th Toyota 16pts
9= Sauber 13pts
9= B.A.R 13pts
11th MG F1 11pts
Fastest Lap: 1m18.111s - Sato
PREDICTION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
6 people entered predictions so here's the scoring system for this round: 10 for 1st, 6 for 2nd, 4 for 3rd, 3 for 4th, 2 for 5th, 1 for 6th. Also, 1 point for the closest to the tie breaker. Here are the results:
1st Ineedsleep 10pts (19pts - +10.385s)
2nd Shelljed 6pts (14pts - +3.724s)
3rd Chris 4pts + 1pt(11pts - +0.586s) - THE CLOSEST
4th Shadow 3pts (11pts - +1.043s)
5th Badgerman 2pts (11pts - +10.981s)
6th Icarus 1pt (9pts - +12.260s)
The table now looks like this after Round 7:
1st Chris 46pts (3 wins)
2nd Shelljed 36pts (1 win)
3= Shadow 35pts (1 win)
3= Ineedsleep 35pts (1 win)
5th Icarus 28pts
6th Badgerman 23pts
7th Jae 21pts (1 win)
8= Foreman 12pts
8= Jules 12pts
10th Biggie Little 8pts
11th Notorious Biggles 5pts
Round 7 of 19 complete and the Championship leaders continue to have an edge over the chasing pack. Pizzonia increases his lead over Montoya to 13 points and a massive 24 points ahead of Fisichella in 3rd. Renault double their advantage from 9 to 18 points. Chris has a bad prediction round and still manages to increase his lead from 9 points to 10.
Round 8 is in Canada and it's getting near desperation time for the chasing pack, who are trying to hunt out the seemingly invincible Pizzonia. Here is the current driver lineup: [URL]http://www.freewebs.com/gpsr/srf1.htm[/URL]
PREDICTION DEADLINE: 29th MAY
Who will qualify in pole position? (10 points)
Which team will qualify in pole position? (5 points)
Who will be last on the grid? (10 points)
Which team will be last on the grid? (5 points)
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Who will make up the most positions in the race? (8 points)
Which team will score the most points in the race? (5 points)
Who will win the race? (12 points)
Who will be the first retirement? (10 points)
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be? (Last season, the total race time was 1h29m50.451s)
Thanks for reading.
Race: First career win, but can anyone stop Pizzonia?
It was perfect conditions for racing in Monaco for both qualifying and the race but the rest of the field were left pondering how they can stop this run of Pizzonia. Pizzonia took pole position, only his 2nd in his career, ahead of Championship rival Fisichella.
Right behind them on the second row was the McLarens of Raikkonen and Alonso with the only close challenger to Pizzonia, Montoya, in 5th. Montoya's teammate, Sato, qualified right behind him on the grid in 7th with MG's of Salo and De La Rosa in 6th and 8th.
Full Qualifying Results:
1st Pizzonia (Icarus) 1m17.244s
2nd Fisichella (Badgerman) 1m17.301s (+0.057s)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) 1m17.330s (+0.086s)
4th Alonso (Jules) 1m17.330s (+0.086s)
5th Montoya (Afrojoe) 1m17.341s (+0.097s)
6th Salo (Biggie Little) 1m17.341s (+0.097s)
7th Sato (Poopots) 1m17.347s (+0.103s)
8th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) 1m17.364s (+0.120s)
9th Verstappen (Jae) 1m17.377s (+0.133s)
10th Klien (Figo) 1m17.415s (+0.171s)
11th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) 1m17.437s (+0.193s)
12th Baumgartner (Grandprix) 1m17.448s (+0.204s)
13th M Schumacher (Vampyr) 1m17.456s (+0.212s)
14th Button (Der Nazi) 1m17.462s (+0.218s)
15th Webber (Shelljed) 1m17.482s (+0.238s)
16th Barrichello (Lipe) 1m17.486s (+0.242s)
17th Karthikeyan (Ortega) 1m17.514s (+0.270s)
18th R Schumacher (N/A) 1m17.523s (+0.279s)
19th Panis (Foreman) 1m17.524s (+0.280s)
20th Heidfeld (Shadow) 1m17.533s (+0.289s)
21st Pantano (Chris) 1m17.543s (+0.299s)
22nd Firman (Notorious Biggles) 1m17.608s (+0.364s)
As is usually the norm in Monaco, it's difficult to overtake and if you play your strategy wrong, points places are lost. As it's a dry race, accidents are few, so this race will be won and lost in the pit lane.
Pizzonia started slow off the line which in turn held up Raikkonen, allowing Fisichella into the lead and Alonso into 2nd place. The race then settled into a typical Monaco style, close lapping and tightly bunched packs but little opportunity and cutting edge to overtaking.
The main action started around lap 30 when the pit stops began. Two stops may be quicker on paper but with overtaking a problem, it's easy to slip many places. Fisichella was comfortably leading but his transmission failed on lap 36. Whether he would have gone on to win was anyone's guess as his fuel load was unknown.
Baumgartner was the next retirement a lap later when an oil leak caused the engine to go up in a burst of flames. Sato was the only one caught on live camera to graze the wall and lose a place on lap 42. He probably wasn't the only one.
The race hit another lull as the pit stops worked themselves out. Alonso was the leader and managed to hold on to the lead as the pit stops bunched the top 3. Firman ended a pretty miserable race where he was scrapping for the last few places when his engine blew on lap 59.
Big changes in the points happened on the last few laps. De La Rosa was in 5th place when a water leak cost him and MG F1 valuable points on lap 72. Verstappen was the last retirement when a right front puncture from a very comfortable 4th place on lap 75, only 4 laps from the end.
Alonso came through to win, his first career win, followed by Pizzonia, who seems incapable of putting a foot wrong so far this season. Raikkonen completed a McLaren 1-3 with 3rd place, an excellent result for McLaren.
Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher were running close together for the entire race and finished together with 4th and 5th places respectively. Webber adds 3 points to his tally with 6th, Panis gets his first points of the campaign with 7th and Barrichello collects the last point for 8th.
Full Race Results:
1st Alonso (Jules) 1h43m53.328s (Up 3)
2nd Pizzonia (Icarus) +3.781s (Down 1)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) +7.736s (No Change)
4th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) +39.665s (Up 7)
5th M Schumacher (Vampyr) +41.082s (Up 8)
6th Webber (Shelljed) +41.627s (Up 9)
7th Panis (Foreman) +46.536s (Up 12)
8th Barrichello (Lipe) +47.256s (Up 8)
9th Salo (Biggie Little) +47.909s (Down 3)
10th Pantano (Chris) +49.031s (Up 11)
11th Button (Der Nazi) +49.731s (Up 3)
12th Klien (Figo) +51.762s (Down 2)
13th Heidfeld (Shadow) +57.392s (Up 7)
14th Karthikeyan (Ortega) +59.167s (Up 3)
15th R Schumacher (N/A) +1m00.510s (Up 3)
16th Montoya (Afrojoe) +1m01.362s (Down 11)
17th Sato (Poopots) +1m02.096s (Down 10)
DNF
Verstappen (Jae) Puncture
De La Rosa (Virtuoso) Water Leak
Firman (Notorious Biggles) Engine
Baumgartner (Grandprix) Engine
Fisichella (Badgerman) Transmission
Drivers Championship
1st Pizzonia 46pts
2nd Montoya 33pts
3rd Fisichella 22pts
4= Alonso 16pts
4= Villeneuve 16pts
4= Webber 16pts
7th Barrichello 15pts
8th R Schumacher 14pts
9th Baumgartner 13pts
10= Raikkonen 12pts
10= Pantano 12pts
12= Klien 11pts
12= De La Rosa 11pts
14th Sato 10pts
15th Verstappen 9pts
16th Firman 7pts
17th M Schumacher 4pts
18= Heidfeld 2pts
18= Panis 2pts
20= Button 1pt
20= Karthikeyan 1pt
Constructors Championship
1st Renault 61pts
2nd Williams 43pts
3rd Jordan 29pts
4th McLaren 28pts
5th Minardi 22pts
6th Ferrari 20pts
7th Red Bull 17pts
8th Toyota 16pts
9= Sauber 13pts
9= B.A.R 13pts
11th MG F1 11pts
Fastest Lap: 1m18.111s - Sato
PREDICTION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
6 people entered predictions so here's the scoring system for this round: 10 for 1st, 6 for 2nd, 4 for 3rd, 3 for 4th, 2 for 5th, 1 for 6th. Also, 1 point for the closest to the tie breaker. Here are the results:
1st Ineedsleep 10pts (19pts - +10.385s)
2nd Shelljed 6pts (14pts - +3.724s)
3rd Chris 4pts + 1pt(11pts - +0.586s) - THE CLOSEST
4th Shadow 3pts (11pts - +1.043s)
5th Badgerman 2pts (11pts - +10.981s)
6th Icarus 1pt (9pts - +12.260s)
The table now looks like this after Round 7:
1st Chris 46pts (3 wins)
2nd Shelljed 36pts (1 win)
3= Shadow 35pts (1 win)
3= Ineedsleep 35pts (1 win)
5th Icarus 28pts
6th Badgerman 23pts
7th Jae 21pts (1 win)
8= Foreman 12pts
8= Jules 12pts
10th Biggie Little 8pts
11th Notorious Biggles 5pts
Round 7 of 19 complete and the Championship leaders continue to have an edge over the chasing pack. Pizzonia increases his lead over Montoya to 13 points and a massive 24 points ahead of Fisichella in 3rd. Renault double their advantage from 9 to 18 points. Chris has a bad prediction round and still manages to increase his lead from 9 points to 10.
Round 8 is in Canada and it's getting near desperation time for the chasing pack, who are trying to hunt out the seemingly invincible Pizzonia. Here is the current driver lineup: [URL]http://www.freewebs.com/gpsr/srf1.htm[/URL]
PREDICTION DEADLINE: 29th MAY
Who will qualify in pole position? (10 points)
Which team will qualify in pole position? (5 points)
Who will be last on the grid? (10 points)
Which team will be last on the grid? (5 points)
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Who will make up the most positions in the race? (8 points)
Which team will score the most points in the race? (5 points)
Who will win the race? (12 points)
Who will be the first retirement? (10 points)
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be? (Last season, the total race time was 1h29m50.451s)
Thanks for reading.
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Qualifying: Pizzonia on pole position puts the pressure on the pack
Race: First career win, but can anyone stop Pizzonia?
It was perfect conditions for racing in Monaco for both qualifying and the race but the rest of the field were left pondering how they can stop this run of Pizzonia. Pizzonia took pole position, only his 2nd in his career, ahead of Championship rival Fisichella.
Right behind them on the second row was the McLarens of Raikkonen and Alonso with the only close challenger to Pizzonia, Montoya, in 5th. Montoya's teammate, Sato, qualified right behind him on the grid in 7th with MG's of Salo and De La Rosa in 6th and 8th.
Full Qualifying Results:
1st Pizzonia (Icarus) 1m17.244s
2nd Fisichella (Badgerman) 1m17.301s (+0.057s)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) 1m17.330s (+0.086s)
4th Alonso (Jules) 1m17.330s (+0.086s)
5th Montoya (Afrojoe) 1m17.341s (+0.097s)
6th Salo (Biggie Little) 1m17.341s (+0.097s)
7th Sato (Poopots) 1m17.347s (+0.103s)
8th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) 1m17.364s (+0.120s)
9th Verstappen (Jae) 1m17.377s (+0.133s)
10th Klien (Figo) 1m17.415s (+0.171s)
11th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) 1m17.437s (+0.193s)
12th Baumgartner (Grandprix) 1m17.448s (+0.204s)
13th M Schumacher (Vampyr) 1m17.456s (+0.212s)
14th Button (Der Nazi) 1m17.462s (+0.218s)
15th Webber (Shelljed) 1m17.482s (+0.238s)
16th Barrichello (Lipe) 1m17.486s (+0.242s)
17th Karthikeyan (Ortega) 1m17.514s (+0.270s)
18th R Schumacher (N/A) 1m17.523s (+0.279s)
19th Panis (Foreman) 1m17.524s (+0.280s)
20th Heidfeld (Shadow) 1m17.533s (+0.289s)
21st Pantano (Chris) 1m17.543s (+0.299s)
22nd Firman (Notorious Biggles) 1m17.608s (+0.364s)
As is usually the norm in Monaco, it's difficult to overtake and if you play your strategy wrong, points places are lost. As it's a dry race, accidents are few, so this race will be won and lost in the pit lane.
Pizzonia started slow off the line which in turn held up Raikkonen, allowing Fisichella into the lead and Alonso into 2nd place. The race then settled into a typical Monaco style, close lapping and tightly bunched packs but little opportunity and cutting edge to overtaking.
The main action started around lap 30 when the pit stops began. Two stops may be quicker on paper but with overtaking a problem, it's easy to slip many places. Fisichella was comfortably leading but his transmission failed on lap 36. Whether he would have gone on to win was anyone's guess as his fuel load was unknown.
Baumgartner was the next retirement a lap later when an oil leak caused the engine to go up in a burst of flames. Sato was the only one caught on live camera to graze the wall and lose a place on lap 42. He probably wasn't the only one.
The race hit another lull as the pit stops worked themselves out. Alonso was the leader and managed to hold on to the lead as the pit stops bunched the top 3. Firman ended a pretty miserable race where he was scrapping for the last few places when his engine blew on lap 59.
Big changes in the points happened on the last few laps. De La Rosa was in 5th place when a water leak cost him and MG F1 valuable points on lap 72. Verstappen was the last retirement when a right front puncture from a very comfortable 4th place on lap 75, only 4 laps from the end.
Alonso came through to win, his first career win, followed by Pizzonia, who seems incapable of putting a foot wrong so far this season. Raikkonen completed a McLaren 1-3 with 3rd place, an excellent result for McLaren.
Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher were running close together for the entire race and finished together with 4th and 5th places respectively. Webber adds 3 points to his tally with 6th, Panis gets his first points of the campaign with 7th and Barrichello collects the last point for 8th.
Full Race Results:
1st Alonso (Jules) 1h43m53.328s (Up 3)
2nd Pizzonia (Icarus) +3.781s (Down 1)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) +7.736s (No Change)
4th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) +39.665s (Up 7)
5th M Schumacher (Vampyr) +41.082s (Up 8)
6th Webber (Shelljed) +41.627s (Up 9)
7th Panis (Foreman) +46.536s (Up 12)
8th Barrichello (Lipe) +47.256s (Up 8)
9th Salo (Biggie Little) +47.909s (Down 3)
10th Pantano (Chris) +49.031s (Up 11)
11th Button (Der Nazi) +49.731s (Up 3)
12th Klien (Figo) +51.762s (Down 2)
13th Heidfeld (Shadow) +57.392s (Up 7)
14th Karthikeyan (Ortega) +59.167s (Up 3)
15th R Schumacher (N/A) +1m00.510s (Up 3)
16th Montoya (Afrojoe) +1m01.362s (Down 11)
17th Sato (Poopots) +1m02.096s (Down 10)
DNF
Verstappen (Jae) Puncture
De La Rosa (Virtuoso) Water Leak
Firman (Notorious Biggles) Engine
Baumgartner (Grandprix) Engine
Fisichella (Badgerman) Transmission
Drivers Championship
1st Pizzonia 46pts
2nd Montoya 33pts
3rd Fisichella 22pts
4= Alonso 16pts
4= Villeneuve 16pts
4= Webber 16pts
7th Barrichello 15pts
8th R Schumacher 14pts
9th Baumgartner 13pts
10= Raikkonen 12pts
10= Pantano 12pts
12= Klien 11pts
12= De La Rosa 11pts
14th Sato 10pts
15th Verstappen 9pts
16th Firman 7pts
17th M Schumacher 4pts
18= Heidfeld 2pts
18= Panis 2pts
20= Button 1pt
20= Karthikeyan 1pt
Constructors Championship
1st Renault 61pts
2nd Williams 43pts
3rd Jordan 29pts
4th McLaren 28pts
5th Minardi 22pts
6th Ferrari 20pts
7th Red Bull 17pts
8th Toyota 16pts
9= Sauber 13pts
9= B.A.R 13pts
11th MG F1 11pts
Fastest Lap: 1m18.111s - Sato
PREDICTION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
6 people entered predictions so here's the scoring system for this round: 10 for 1st, 6 for 2nd, 4 for 3rd, 3 for 4th, 2 for 5th, 1 for 6th. Also, 1 point for the closest to the tie breaker. Here are the results:
1st Ineedsleep 10pts (19pts - +10.385s)
2nd Shelljed 6pts (14pts - +3.724s)
3rd Chris 4pts + 1pt(11pts - +0.586s) - THE CLOSEST
4th Shadow 3pts (11pts - +1.043s)
5th Badgerman 2pts (11pts - +10.981s)
6th Icarus 1pt (9pts - +12.260s)
The table now looks like this after Round 7:
1st Chris 46pts (3 wins)
2nd Shelljed 36pts (1 win)
3= Shadow 35pts (1 win)
3= Ineedsleep 35pts (1 win)
5th Icarus 28pts
6th Badgerman 23pts
7th Jae 21pts (1 win)
8= Foreman 12pts
8= Jules 12pts
10th Biggie Little 8pts
11th Notorious Biggles 5pts
Round 7 of 19 complete and the Championship leaders continue to have an edge over the chasing pack. Pizzonia increases his lead over Montoya to 13 points and a massive 24 points ahead of Fisichella in 3rd. Renault double their advantage from 9 to 18 points. Chris has a bad prediction round and still manages to increase his lead from 9 points to 10.
Round 8 is in Canada and it's getting near desperation time for the chasing pack, who are trying to hunt out the seemingly invincible Pizzonia. Here is the current driver lineup: [URL]http://www.freewebs.com/gpsr/srf1.htm[/URL]
PREDICTION DEADLINE: 29th MAY
Who will qualify in pole position? (10 points)
Which team will qualify in pole position? (5 points)
Who will be last on the grid? (10 points)
Which team will be last on the grid? (5 points)
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Who will make up the most positions in the race? (8 points)
Which team will score the most points in the race? (5 points)
Who will win the race? (12 points)
Who will be the first retirement? (10 points)
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be? (Last season, the total race time was 1h29m50.451s)
Thanks for reading.
Race: First career win, but can anyone stop Pizzonia?
It was perfect conditions for racing in Monaco for both qualifying and the race but the rest of the field were left pondering how they can stop this run of Pizzonia. Pizzonia took pole position, only his 2nd in his career, ahead of Championship rival Fisichella.
Right behind them on the second row was the McLarens of Raikkonen and Alonso with the only close challenger to Pizzonia, Montoya, in 5th. Montoya's teammate, Sato, qualified right behind him on the grid in 7th with MG's of Salo and De La Rosa in 6th and 8th.
Full Qualifying Results:
1st Pizzonia (Icarus) 1m17.244s
2nd Fisichella (Badgerman) 1m17.301s (+0.057s)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) 1m17.330s (+0.086s)
4th Alonso (Jules) 1m17.330s (+0.086s)
5th Montoya (Afrojoe) 1m17.341s (+0.097s)
6th Salo (Biggie Little) 1m17.341s (+0.097s)
7th Sato (Poopots) 1m17.347s (+0.103s)
8th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) 1m17.364s (+0.120s)
9th Verstappen (Jae) 1m17.377s (+0.133s)
10th Klien (Figo) 1m17.415s (+0.171s)
11th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) 1m17.437s (+0.193s)
12th Baumgartner (Grandprix) 1m17.448s (+0.204s)
13th M Schumacher (Vampyr) 1m17.456s (+0.212s)
14th Button (Der Nazi) 1m17.462s (+0.218s)
15th Webber (Shelljed) 1m17.482s (+0.238s)
16th Barrichello (Lipe) 1m17.486s (+0.242s)
17th Karthikeyan (Ortega) 1m17.514s (+0.270s)
18th R Schumacher (N/A) 1m17.523s (+0.279s)
19th Panis (Foreman) 1m17.524s (+0.280s)
20th Heidfeld (Shadow) 1m17.533s (+0.289s)
21st Pantano (Chris) 1m17.543s (+0.299s)
22nd Firman (Notorious Biggles) 1m17.608s (+0.364s)
As is usually the norm in Monaco, it's difficult to overtake and if you play your strategy wrong, points places are lost. As it's a dry race, accidents are few, so this race will be won and lost in the pit lane.
Pizzonia started slow off the line which in turn held up Raikkonen, allowing Fisichella into the lead and Alonso into 2nd place. The race then settled into a typical Monaco style, close lapping and tightly bunched packs but little opportunity and cutting edge to overtaking.
The main action started around lap 30 when the pit stops began. Two stops may be quicker on paper but with overtaking a problem, it's easy to slip many places. Fisichella was comfortably leading but his transmission failed on lap 36. Whether he would have gone on to win was anyone's guess as his fuel load was unknown.
Baumgartner was the next retirement a lap later when an oil leak caused the engine to go up in a burst of flames. Sato was the only one caught on live camera to graze the wall and lose a place on lap 42. He probably wasn't the only one.
The race hit another lull as the pit stops worked themselves out. Alonso was the leader and managed to hold on to the lead as the pit stops bunched the top 3. Firman ended a pretty miserable race where he was scrapping for the last few places when his engine blew on lap 59.
Big changes in the points happened on the last few laps. De La Rosa was in 5th place when a water leak cost him and MG F1 valuable points on lap 72. Verstappen was the last retirement when a right front puncture from a very comfortable 4th place on lap 75, only 4 laps from the end.
Alonso came through to win, his first career win, followed by Pizzonia, who seems incapable of putting a foot wrong so far this season. Raikkonen completed a McLaren 1-3 with 3rd place, an excellent result for McLaren.
Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher were running close together for the entire race and finished together with 4th and 5th places respectively. Webber adds 3 points to his tally with 6th, Panis gets his first points of the campaign with 7th and Barrichello collects the last point for 8th.
Full Race Results:
1st Alonso (Jules) 1h43m53.328s (Up 3)
2nd Pizzonia (Icarus) +3.781s (Down 1)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) +7.736s (No Change)
4th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) +39.665s (Up 7)
5th M Schumacher (Vampyr) +41.082s (Up 8)
6th Webber (Shelljed) +41.627s (Up 9)
7th Panis (Foreman) +46.536s (Up 12)
8th Barrichello (Lipe) +47.256s (Up 8)
9th Salo (Biggie Little) +47.909s (Down 3)
10th Pantano (Chris) +49.031s (Up 11)
11th Button (Der Nazi) +49.731s (Up 3)
12th Klien (Figo) +51.762s (Down 2)
13th Heidfeld (Shadow) +57.392s (Up 7)
14th Karthikeyan (Ortega) +59.167s (Up 3)
15th R Schumacher (N/A) +1m00.510s (Up 3)
16th Montoya (Afrojoe) +1m01.362s (Down 11)
17th Sato (Poopots) +1m02.096s (Down 10)
DNF
Verstappen (Jae) Puncture
De La Rosa (Virtuoso) Water Leak
Firman (Notorious Biggles) Engine
Baumgartner (Grandprix) Engine
Fisichella (Badgerman) Transmission
Drivers Championship
1st Pizzonia 46pts
2nd Montoya 33pts
3rd Fisichella 22pts
4= Alonso 16pts
4= Villeneuve 16pts
4= Webber 16pts
7th Barrichello 15pts
8th R Schumacher 14pts
9th Baumgartner 13pts
10= Raikkonen 12pts
10= Pantano 12pts
12= Klien 11pts
12= De La Rosa 11pts
14th Sato 10pts
15th Verstappen 9pts
16th Firman 7pts
17th M Schumacher 4pts
18= Heidfeld 2pts
18= Panis 2pts
20= Button 1pt
20= Karthikeyan 1pt
Constructors Championship
1st Renault 61pts
2nd Williams 43pts
3rd Jordan 29pts
4th McLaren 28pts
5th Minardi 22pts
6th Ferrari 20pts
7th Red Bull 17pts
8th Toyota 16pts
9= Sauber 13pts
9= B.A.R 13pts
11th MG F1 11pts
Fastest Lap: 1m18.111s - Sato
PREDICTION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
6 people entered predictions so here's the scoring system for this round: 10 for 1st, 6 for 2nd, 4 for 3rd, 3 for 4th, 2 for 5th, 1 for 6th. Also, 1 point for the closest to the tie breaker. Here are the results:
1st Ineedsleep 10pts (19pts - +10.385s)
2nd Shelljed 6pts (14pts - +3.724s)
3rd Chris 4pts + 1pt(11pts - +0.586s) - THE CLOSEST
4th Shadow 3pts (11pts - +1.043s)
5th Badgerman 2pts (11pts - +10.981s)
6th Icarus 1pt (9pts - +12.260s)
The table now looks like this after Round 7:
1st Chris 46pts (3 wins)
2nd Shelljed 36pts (1 win)
3= Shadow 35pts (1 win)
3= Ineedsleep 35pts (1 win)
5th Icarus 28pts
6th Badgerman 23pts
7th Jae 21pts (1 win)
8= Foreman 12pts
8= Jules 12pts
10th Biggie Little 8pts
11th Notorious Biggles 5pts
Round 7 of 19 complete and the Championship leaders continue to have an edge over the chasing pack. Pizzonia increases his lead over Montoya to 13 points and a massive 24 points ahead of Fisichella in 3rd. Renault double their advantage from 9 to 18 points. Chris has a bad prediction round and still manages to increase his lead from 9 points to 10.
Round 8 is in Canada and it's getting near desperation time for the chasing pack, who are trying to hunt out the seemingly invincible Pizzonia. Here is the current driver lineup: [URL]http://www.freewebs.com/gpsr/srf1.htm[/URL]
PREDICTION DEADLINE: 29th MAY
Who will qualify in pole position? (10 points)
Which team will qualify in pole position? (5 points)
Who will be last on the grid? (10 points)
Which team will be last on the grid? (5 points)
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Who will make up the most positions in the race? (8 points)
Which team will score the most points in the race? (5 points)
Who will win the race? (12 points)
Who will be the first retirement? (10 points)
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be? (Last season, the total race time was 1h29m50.451s)
Thanks for reading.
Absolutely gutted.
Gosh! Shock! Yey Alonso and Raikkonen :D
You could have put me a big warning sign up to ensure I was sitting down before reading that. The shock nearly put me on the floor :)
You could have put me a big warning sign up to ensure I was sitting down before reading that. The shock nearly put me on the floor :)
Also - YES!!! Go me on the predictions :D
16th.
Muchos disappointment.
Muchos disappointment.
wow I did OK in that race
Who will qualify in pole position? Karthikeyan (10 points)
Which team will qualify in pole position? Red Bull(5 points)
Who will be last on the grid? Klien (10 points)
Which team will be last on the grid? Red Bull (5 points)
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1stKarthikeyan
2ndM Schumaker
3rdBarichello
4thReikonen
5thSalo
6thPanis
7thMontoya
8thR Schumaker
Who will make up the most positions in the race? Redbull (8 points)
Which team will score the most points in the race? Ferrari(5 points)
Who will win the race? Webber(12 points)
Who will be the first retirement? Heidfeld (10 points)
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st Webber
2nd Alonso
3rd Raikkonen
4th Pizzonia
5th M Schumacher
6th Barichello
7th Panis
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be? 1h27.33
Thanks for reading.
Which team will qualify in pole position? Red Bull(5 points)
Who will be last on the grid? Klien (10 points)
Which team will be last on the grid? Red Bull (5 points)
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1stKarthikeyan
2ndM Schumaker
3rdBarichello
4thReikonen
5thSalo
6thPanis
7thMontoya
8thR Schumaker
Who will make up the most positions in the race? Redbull (8 points)
Which team will score the most points in the race? Ferrari(5 points)
Who will win the race? Webber(12 points)
Who will be the first retirement? Heidfeld (10 points)
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st Webber
2nd Alonso
3rd Raikkonen
4th Pizzonia
5th M Schumacher
6th Barichello
7th Panis
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be? 1h27.33
Thanks for reading.
A bit of a poor qualifying for Pantano, but did well to get up to 10th so that's alright. B.A.R aren't doing too good either. :S
Even though I may have not done as well on predictions this time I'm still able to increase my lead by a point, man I'm kicking bum bum on predictions this season.
EDIT - I will have my predictions up some time later.
Even though I may have not done as well on predictions this time I'm still able to increase my lead by a point, man I'm kicking bum bum on predictions this season.
EDIT - I will have my predictions up some time later.
From 16th to 8th...not bad considering it was Monaco :) But now down to 7th in the driver's championship :(
Bah... looks as if I forgot to do my predictions... I'll do them for this race now. :)
Who will qualify in pole position?
Alonso
Which team will qualify in pole position?
Renault
Who will be last on the grid?
Panis
Which team will be last on the grid?
Red Bull Racing
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st Alonso
2nd Pizzonia
3rd Villeneuve
4th Salo
5th Raikonnen
6th Button
7th Montoya
8th Verstappen
Who will make up the most positions in the race?
Fisichella
Which team will score the most points in the race?
Renault
Who will win the race? Webber(12 points)
Alonso
Who will be the first retirement?
Villeneuve
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st Alonso
2nd Pizzonia
3rd Raikkonen
4th Salo
5th Fisichella
6th Button
7th De La Rosa
8th R. Schumacher
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be?
1h32m30s
Who will qualify in pole position?
Alonso
Which team will qualify in pole position?
Renault
Who will be last on the grid?
Panis
Which team will be last on the grid?
Red Bull Racing
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st Alonso
2nd Pizzonia
3rd Villeneuve
4th Salo
5th Raikonnen
6th Button
7th Montoya
8th Verstappen
Who will make up the most positions in the race?
Fisichella
Which team will score the most points in the race?
Renault
Who will win the race? Webber(12 points)
Alonso
Who will be the first retirement?
Villeneuve
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st Alonso
2nd Pizzonia
3rd Raikkonen
4th Salo
5th Fisichella
6th Button
7th De La Rosa
8th R. Schumacher
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be?
1h32m30s
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