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Qualifying: Alonso shows his qualifying credentials
Race: The World Champion finally finds his feet
Fernando Alonso took pole position for the German Grand Prix, blitzing the lap record and beating World Champion Baumgartner into 2nd. This is Alonso's 1st of the season and his 4th career pole position in 29 attempts, which is the best strike rate in SR F1.
Alonso was the only driver to go under 1 minute 38 but Baumgartner in 2nd and Sato in 3rd both beat the old lap record mark as well. Barrichello is on a charge with half his points total coming in the last 3 rounds and he starts 4th. De La Rosa and Salo give MG a lockdown of row 3 with 5th and 6th. Montoya has lost momentum in recent races and has lost his 2nd place in the Championship but 7th on the grid and Pizzonia only in 17th will please him. Verstappen completes the top 8.
Full Qualifying Results:
1st Alonso (Jules) 1m37.992 - LAP RECORD
2nd Baumgartner (Grandprix) 1m38.090s - (+0.098s)
3rd Sato (Poopots) 1m38.101s - (+0.109s)
4th Barrichello (Lipe) 1m38.119s - (+0.127s)
5th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) 1m38.119s - (+0.127s)
6th Salo (Biggie Little) 1m38.136s - (+0.144s)
7th Montoya (Afrojoe) 1m38.161s - (+0.169s)
8th Verstappen (Jae) 1m38.215s - (+0.223s)
9th Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) 1m38.248s - (+0.256s)
10th R Schumacher (Clazon) 1m38.268s - (+0.276s)
11th Pantano (Chris) 1m38.277s - (+0.285s)
12th Panis (Foreman) 1m38.317s - (+0.325s)
13th Fisichella (Badgerman) 1m38.378s - (+0.386s)
14th Button (Der Nazi) 1m38.389s - (+0.397s)
15th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) 1m38.391s - (+0.399s)
16th Firman (Notorious Biggles) 1m38.417s - (+0.425s)
17th Pizzonia (Icarus) 1m38.434s - (+0.442s)
18th Karthikeyan (Ortega) 1m38.442s - (+0.450s)
19th Heidfeld (Shadow) 1m38.499s - (+0.507s)
20th Webber (Shelljed) 1m38.501s - (+0.509s)
21st Klien (Figo) 1m38.607s - (+0.615s)
22nd M Schumacher (Vampyr) 1m39.134s - (+1.142s)
Perfect conditions for both qualifying and the race means that the drivers will have to have good cars underneath them to overtake others on a track where overtaking is relatively easy with long straights and big braking zones.
Baumgartner gets the jump past Alonso as they went into the first corner together. Pizzonia was light fueled so he could do some overtaking but he was in trouble early on when he was forced off the track on the first lap.
Pantano ran wide on lap 2 and lost a lot of time and De La Rosa had a scary off on lap 3 while in the points places. Villeneuve had off the track excursions on laps 3 and 4 at the same place on the track. Firman also had a moment on lap 4 when he spun.
The race settled down after that with Barrichello now in 2nd only managing to hold the gap to Baumgartner to around 1-2 seconds. The first round of pit stops then started being made which put Salo in the lead. That didn't last very long as Salo retired on lap 15 when his engine blew up. Just half a lap later, De La Rosa's MG suffered a transmission problem and retired, both MG's suffering failures on the same lap.
Button was the next retirement when he pushed too hard and crashed into the wall on lap 18. Button's race form has deserted him so far this season which must be disappointing considering he was runner up in the Drivers Championship last season.
Alonso started the race in pole position and was on a different strategy. He was sitting in the lead on lap 24 when his right rear wheel worked loose and he was forced into retirement. Karthikeyan had an off on lap 30 but his teammate, Webber, suffered a worse fate when his engine blew on lap 35.
There was a bizarre going on in the Williams pit area when Montoya on lap 21 and Sato on lap 26 both came into the pit lane to retire with no obvious problems.
By this time, any sort of decent form in the race would have been in or around the points. Ralf Schumacher was one of those in the points but he crashed in the same place as Button to retire on lap 38. Fisichella was also comfortably in the points when on lap 41, with just 4 to go, his transmission failed and his race was over.
It was all pretty comfortable at the front for Baumgartner, who had the pace to hold off Barrichello and take his first win of the 2005 season, his 3rd career victory, to get Baumgartner back in the title picture. Barrichello didn't have the pace to get near Baumgartner but 2nd place in Germany gives him 8 points and he is now tied for 2nd in the Drivers Championship. Although Alonso had the quicker McLaren throughout the weekend, Raikkonen was the one to score the points, as he took 3rd place.
Heidfeld has a habit of scoring a lot of points in the second half of the season. He came from 19th on the grid all the way up to 4th place and 5 valuable points. Panis has qualifying troubles for the majority of races in the Toyota but 4 more points for 5th shows steady race pace, something sorely lacking in previous seasons. Verstappen keeps his points tally ticking over with 6th place, Michael Schumacher comes from last on the grid to take 7th place and Pizzonia somehow managed to scrape a point for 8th place and salvage something from the weekend.
Full Race Results:
1st Baumgartner (Grandprix) 1h15m57.458s - (Up 1)
2nd Barrichello (Lipe) +3.806s - (Up 2)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) +7.394s - (Up 6)
4th Heidfeld (Shadow) +25.970s - (Up 15)
5th Panis (Foreman) +29.420s - (Up 7)
6th Verstappen (Jae) +29.725s - (Up 2)
7th M Schumacher (Vampyr) +30.636s - (Up 15)
8th Pizzonia (Icarus) +35.020s - (Up 9)
9th Firman (Notorious Biggles) +37.657s - (Up 7)
10th Klien (Figo) +39.255s - (Up 11)
11th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) +45.777s - (Up 4)
12th Pantano (Chris) +1m15.940s - (Down 1)
13th Karthikeyan (Ortega) +1m22.146s - (Up 5)
DNF
Fisichella (Badgerman) Transmission
R Schumacher (Clazon) Crashed
Webber (Shelljed) Engine
Sato (Poopots) Pit Lane
Alonso (Jules) Loose Wheel
Montoya (Afrojoe) Pit Lane
Button (Der Nazi) Crashed
De La Rosa (Virtuoso) Transmission
Salo (Biggie Little) Engine
Drivers Championship
1st Pizzonia 50pts
2= Fisichella 38pts
2= Barrichello 38pts - (Up 2)
4th Montoya 33pts - (Down 1)
5th Baumgartner 31pts - (Up 4)
6th Firman 28pts - (Down 1)
7th Pantano 27pts - (Down 1)
8th Alonso 26pts - (Down 1)
9th R Schumacher 25pts - (Down 1)
10th Raikkonen 20pts - (Up 4)
11th Salo 18pts - (Down 1)
12th Panis 17pts - (Up 3)
13= Villeneuve 16pts - (Down 2)
13= Webber 16pts - (Down 2)
15= Klien 15pts - (Down 2)
15= Verstappen 15pts - (Up 1)
17th De La Rosa 11pts
18= Sato 10pts
18= M Schumacher 10pts - (Up 2)
20= Button 9pts
20= Heidfeld 9pts - (Up 2)
22nd Karthikeyan 6pts - (Down 1)
Constructors Championship
1st Renault 88pts
2nd Jordan 66pts
3= Minardi 46pts - (Up 4)
3= McLaren 46pts - (Up 1)
5th Williams 43pts - (Down 2)
6th Toyota 42pts - (Down 1)
7th B.A.R 36pts - (Down 1)
8th MG F1 29pts
9th Ferrari 26pts
10th Sauber 24pts - (Up 1)
11th Red Bull 22pts - (Down 1)
Fastest Lap: Button - 1m39.050s
PREDICTION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
8 predictors this week, so normal points system applies and no bonus points for being closest to the tie breaker. Here are the results:
1st Shadow 10pts - (19pts - +0.313s)
2nd Ineedsleep 8pts - (18pts - +0.633s)
3rd Biggie Little 6pts - (16pts - +0.780s)
4th Clazon 5pts - (13pts - +0.123s)
5th Shelljed 4pts - (12pts)
6th Badgerman 3pts - (7pts - +0.060s)
7th Jae 2pts - (7pts - +0.459s)
8th Chris 1pt - (5pts - +0.385s)
Here is the table after Round 12:
1st Chris 71pts (4 wins)
2nd Shadow 65pts (3 wins)
3rd Ineedsleep 63pts (2 wins)
4th Badgerman 48pts (1 win)
5th Shelljed 43pts (1 win)
6th Jae 37pts (1 win)
7th Icarus 33pts
8th Biggie Little 14pts
9= Foreman 12pts
9= Jules 12pts
11= Notorious Biggles 5pts
11= Clazon 5pts
Round 12 of 19 completed and Pizzonia increases his lead slightly from 11 points to 12, but the challengers are increasing the pressure. Renault have it slightly more comfortable as their 9 point haul has increased their lead from 13 to 22 points. The big change was in the Prediction Championship as Shadow takes his 3rd win, cutting Chris' 15 point lead to just 6, with just Ineedsleep just 2 points further back. We also welcome Clazon into the Championship.
Round 13 is in Hungary with more crucial points at stake.
Here are the list of drivers and teams required for the predictions: [URL]http://www.freewebs.com/gpsr/srf1.htm[/URL]
PREDICTION DEADLINE: 20th JULY
PLEASE CHECK YOUR PREDICTIONS FOR ERRORS AS IT CAN LOSE YOU POINTS!
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
Which driver 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 be the fastest race lap? (The lap record is 1m14.570s)
Thanks for reading!
Race: The World Champion finally finds his feet
Fernando Alonso took pole position for the German Grand Prix, blitzing the lap record and beating World Champion Baumgartner into 2nd. This is Alonso's 1st of the season and his 4th career pole position in 29 attempts, which is the best strike rate in SR F1.
Alonso was the only driver to go under 1 minute 38 but Baumgartner in 2nd and Sato in 3rd both beat the old lap record mark as well. Barrichello is on a charge with half his points total coming in the last 3 rounds and he starts 4th. De La Rosa and Salo give MG a lockdown of row 3 with 5th and 6th. Montoya has lost momentum in recent races and has lost his 2nd place in the Championship but 7th on the grid and Pizzonia only in 17th will please him. Verstappen completes the top 8.
Full Qualifying Results:
1st Alonso (Jules) 1m37.992 - LAP RECORD
2nd Baumgartner (Grandprix) 1m38.090s - (+0.098s)
3rd Sato (Poopots) 1m38.101s - (+0.109s)
4th Barrichello (Lipe) 1m38.119s - (+0.127s)
5th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) 1m38.119s - (+0.127s)
6th Salo (Biggie Little) 1m38.136s - (+0.144s)
7th Montoya (Afrojoe) 1m38.161s - (+0.169s)
8th Verstappen (Jae) 1m38.215s - (+0.223s)
9th Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) 1m38.248s - (+0.256s)
10th R Schumacher (Clazon) 1m38.268s - (+0.276s)
11th Pantano (Chris) 1m38.277s - (+0.285s)
12th Panis (Foreman) 1m38.317s - (+0.325s)
13th Fisichella (Badgerman) 1m38.378s - (+0.386s)
14th Button (Der Nazi) 1m38.389s - (+0.397s)
15th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) 1m38.391s - (+0.399s)
16th Firman (Notorious Biggles) 1m38.417s - (+0.425s)
17th Pizzonia (Icarus) 1m38.434s - (+0.442s)
18th Karthikeyan (Ortega) 1m38.442s - (+0.450s)
19th Heidfeld (Shadow) 1m38.499s - (+0.507s)
20th Webber (Shelljed) 1m38.501s - (+0.509s)
21st Klien (Figo) 1m38.607s - (+0.615s)
22nd M Schumacher (Vampyr) 1m39.134s - (+1.142s)
Perfect conditions for both qualifying and the race means that the drivers will have to have good cars underneath them to overtake others on a track where overtaking is relatively easy with long straights and big braking zones.
Baumgartner gets the jump past Alonso as they went into the first corner together. Pizzonia was light fueled so he could do some overtaking but he was in trouble early on when he was forced off the track on the first lap.
Pantano ran wide on lap 2 and lost a lot of time and De La Rosa had a scary off on lap 3 while in the points places. Villeneuve had off the track excursions on laps 3 and 4 at the same place on the track. Firman also had a moment on lap 4 when he spun.
The race settled down after that with Barrichello now in 2nd only managing to hold the gap to Baumgartner to around 1-2 seconds. The first round of pit stops then started being made which put Salo in the lead. That didn't last very long as Salo retired on lap 15 when his engine blew up. Just half a lap later, De La Rosa's MG suffered a transmission problem and retired, both MG's suffering failures on the same lap.
Button was the next retirement when he pushed too hard and crashed into the wall on lap 18. Button's race form has deserted him so far this season which must be disappointing considering he was runner up in the Drivers Championship last season.
Alonso started the race in pole position and was on a different strategy. He was sitting in the lead on lap 24 when his right rear wheel worked loose and he was forced into retirement. Karthikeyan had an off on lap 30 but his teammate, Webber, suffered a worse fate when his engine blew on lap 35.
There was a bizarre going on in the Williams pit area when Montoya on lap 21 and Sato on lap 26 both came into the pit lane to retire with no obvious problems.
By this time, any sort of decent form in the race would have been in or around the points. Ralf Schumacher was one of those in the points but he crashed in the same place as Button to retire on lap 38. Fisichella was also comfortably in the points when on lap 41, with just 4 to go, his transmission failed and his race was over.
It was all pretty comfortable at the front for Baumgartner, who had the pace to hold off Barrichello and take his first win of the 2005 season, his 3rd career victory, to get Baumgartner back in the title picture. Barrichello didn't have the pace to get near Baumgartner but 2nd place in Germany gives him 8 points and he is now tied for 2nd in the Drivers Championship. Although Alonso had the quicker McLaren throughout the weekend, Raikkonen was the one to score the points, as he took 3rd place.
Heidfeld has a habit of scoring a lot of points in the second half of the season. He came from 19th on the grid all the way up to 4th place and 5 valuable points. Panis has qualifying troubles for the majority of races in the Toyota but 4 more points for 5th shows steady race pace, something sorely lacking in previous seasons. Verstappen keeps his points tally ticking over with 6th place, Michael Schumacher comes from last on the grid to take 7th place and Pizzonia somehow managed to scrape a point for 8th place and salvage something from the weekend.
Full Race Results:
1st Baumgartner (Grandprix) 1h15m57.458s - (Up 1)
2nd Barrichello (Lipe) +3.806s - (Up 2)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) +7.394s - (Up 6)
4th Heidfeld (Shadow) +25.970s - (Up 15)
5th Panis (Foreman) +29.420s - (Up 7)
6th Verstappen (Jae) +29.725s - (Up 2)
7th M Schumacher (Vampyr) +30.636s - (Up 15)
8th Pizzonia (Icarus) +35.020s - (Up 9)
9th Firman (Notorious Biggles) +37.657s - (Up 7)
10th Klien (Figo) +39.255s - (Up 11)
11th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) +45.777s - (Up 4)
12th Pantano (Chris) +1m15.940s - (Down 1)
13th Karthikeyan (Ortega) +1m22.146s - (Up 5)
DNF
Fisichella (Badgerman) Transmission
R Schumacher (Clazon) Crashed
Webber (Shelljed) Engine
Sato (Poopots) Pit Lane
Alonso (Jules) Loose Wheel
Montoya (Afrojoe) Pit Lane
Button (Der Nazi) Crashed
De La Rosa (Virtuoso) Transmission
Salo (Biggie Little) Engine
Drivers Championship
1st Pizzonia 50pts
2= Fisichella 38pts
2= Barrichello 38pts - (Up 2)
4th Montoya 33pts - (Down 1)
5th Baumgartner 31pts - (Up 4)
6th Firman 28pts - (Down 1)
7th Pantano 27pts - (Down 1)
8th Alonso 26pts - (Down 1)
9th R Schumacher 25pts - (Down 1)
10th Raikkonen 20pts - (Up 4)
11th Salo 18pts - (Down 1)
12th Panis 17pts - (Up 3)
13= Villeneuve 16pts - (Down 2)
13= Webber 16pts - (Down 2)
15= Klien 15pts - (Down 2)
15= Verstappen 15pts - (Up 1)
17th De La Rosa 11pts
18= Sato 10pts
18= M Schumacher 10pts - (Up 2)
20= Button 9pts
20= Heidfeld 9pts - (Up 2)
22nd Karthikeyan 6pts - (Down 1)
Constructors Championship
1st Renault 88pts
2nd Jordan 66pts
3= Minardi 46pts - (Up 4)
3= McLaren 46pts - (Up 1)
5th Williams 43pts - (Down 2)
6th Toyota 42pts - (Down 1)
7th B.A.R 36pts - (Down 1)
8th MG F1 29pts
9th Ferrari 26pts
10th Sauber 24pts - (Up 1)
11th Red Bull 22pts - (Down 1)
Fastest Lap: Button - 1m39.050s
PREDICTION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
8 predictors this week, so normal points system applies and no bonus points for being closest to the tie breaker. Here are the results:
1st Shadow 10pts - (19pts - +0.313s)
2nd Ineedsleep 8pts - (18pts - +0.633s)
3rd Biggie Little 6pts - (16pts - +0.780s)
4th Clazon 5pts - (13pts - +0.123s)
5th Shelljed 4pts - (12pts)
6th Badgerman 3pts - (7pts - +0.060s)
7th Jae 2pts - (7pts - +0.459s)
8th Chris 1pt - (5pts - +0.385s)
Here is the table after Round 12:
1st Chris 71pts (4 wins)
2nd Shadow 65pts (3 wins)
3rd Ineedsleep 63pts (2 wins)
4th Badgerman 48pts (1 win)
5th Shelljed 43pts (1 win)
6th Jae 37pts (1 win)
7th Icarus 33pts
8th Biggie Little 14pts
9= Foreman 12pts
9= Jules 12pts
11= Notorious Biggles 5pts
11= Clazon 5pts
Round 12 of 19 completed and Pizzonia increases his lead slightly from 11 points to 12, but the challengers are increasing the pressure. Renault have it slightly more comfortable as their 9 point haul has increased their lead from 13 to 22 points. The big change was in the Prediction Championship as Shadow takes his 3rd win, cutting Chris' 15 point lead to just 6, with just Ineedsleep just 2 points further back. We also welcome Clazon into the Championship.
Round 13 is in Hungary with more crucial points at stake.
Here are the list of drivers and teams required for the predictions: [URL]http://www.freewebs.com/gpsr/srf1.htm[/URL]
PREDICTION DEADLINE: 20th JULY
PLEASE CHECK YOUR PREDICTIONS FOR ERRORS AS IT CAN LOSE YOU POINTS!
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
Which driver 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 be the fastest race lap? (The lap record is 1m14.570s)
Thanks for reading!
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Qualifying: Alonso shows his qualifying credentials
Race: The World Champion finally finds his feet
Fernando Alonso took pole position for the German Grand Prix, blitzing the lap record and beating World Champion Baumgartner into 2nd. This is Alonso's 1st of the season and his 4th career pole position in 29 attempts, which is the best strike rate in SR F1.
Alonso was the only driver to go under 1 minute 38 but Baumgartner in 2nd and Sato in 3rd both beat the old lap record mark as well. Barrichello is on a charge with half his points total coming in the last 3 rounds and he starts 4th. De La Rosa and Salo give MG a lockdown of row 3 with 5th and 6th. Montoya has lost momentum in recent races and has lost his 2nd place in the Championship but 7th on the grid and Pizzonia only in 17th will please him. Verstappen completes the top 8.
Full Qualifying Results:
1st Alonso (Jules) 1m37.992 - LAP RECORD
2nd Baumgartner (Grandprix) 1m38.090s - (+0.098s)
3rd Sato (Poopots) 1m38.101s - (+0.109s)
4th Barrichello (Lipe) 1m38.119s - (+0.127s)
5th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) 1m38.119s - (+0.127s)
6th Salo (Biggie Little) 1m38.136s - (+0.144s)
7th Montoya (Afrojoe) 1m38.161s - (+0.169s)
8th Verstappen (Jae) 1m38.215s - (+0.223s)
9th Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) 1m38.248s - (+0.256s)
10th R Schumacher (Clazon) 1m38.268s - (+0.276s)
11th Pantano (Chris) 1m38.277s - (+0.285s)
12th Panis (Foreman) 1m38.317s - (+0.325s)
13th Fisichella (Badgerman) 1m38.378s - (+0.386s)
14th Button (Der Nazi) 1m38.389s - (+0.397s)
15th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) 1m38.391s - (+0.399s)
16th Firman (Notorious Biggles) 1m38.417s - (+0.425s)
17th Pizzonia (Icarus) 1m38.434s - (+0.442s)
18th Karthikeyan (Ortega) 1m38.442s - (+0.450s)
19th Heidfeld (Shadow) 1m38.499s - (+0.507s)
20th Webber (Shelljed) 1m38.501s - (+0.509s)
21st Klien (Figo) 1m38.607s - (+0.615s)
22nd M Schumacher (Vampyr) 1m39.134s - (+1.142s)
Perfect conditions for both qualifying and the race means that the drivers will have to have good cars underneath them to overtake others on a track where overtaking is relatively easy with long straights and big braking zones.
Baumgartner gets the jump past Alonso as they went into the first corner together. Pizzonia was light fueled so he could do some overtaking but he was in trouble early on when he was forced off the track on the first lap.
Pantano ran wide on lap 2 and lost a lot of time and De La Rosa had a scary off on lap 3 while in the points places. Villeneuve had off the track excursions on laps 3 and 4 at the same place on the track. Firman also had a moment on lap 4 when he spun.
The race settled down after that with Barrichello now in 2nd only managing to hold the gap to Baumgartner to around 1-2 seconds. The first round of pit stops then started being made which put Salo in the lead. That didn't last very long as Salo retired on lap 15 when his engine blew up. Just half a lap later, De La Rosa's MG suffered a transmission problem and retired, both MG's suffering failures on the same lap.
Button was the next retirement when he pushed too hard and crashed into the wall on lap 18. Button's race form has deserted him so far this season which must be disappointing considering he was runner up in the Drivers Championship last season.
Alonso started the race in pole position and was on a different strategy. He was sitting in the lead on lap 24 when his right rear wheel worked loose and he was forced into retirement. Karthikeyan had an off on lap 30 but his teammate, Webber, suffered a worse fate when his engine blew on lap 35.
There was a bizarre going on in the Williams pit area when Montoya on lap 21 and Sato on lap 26 both came into the pit lane to retire with no obvious problems.
By this time, any sort of decent form in the race would have been in or around the points. Ralf Schumacher was one of those in the points but he crashed in the same place as Button to retire on lap 38. Fisichella was also comfortably in the points when on lap 41, with just 4 to go, his transmission failed and his race was over.
It was all pretty comfortable at the front for Baumgartner, who had the pace to hold off Barrichello and take his first win of the 2005 season, his 3rd career victory, to get Baumgartner back in the title picture. Barrichello didn't have the pace to get near Baumgartner but 2nd place in Germany gives him 8 points and he is now tied for 2nd in the Drivers Championship. Although Alonso had the quicker McLaren throughout the weekend, Raikkonen was the one to score the points, as he took 3rd place.
Heidfeld has a habit of scoring a lot of points in the second half of the season. He came from 19th on the grid all the way up to 4th place and 5 valuable points. Panis has qualifying troubles for the majority of races in the Toyota but 4 more points for 5th shows steady race pace, something sorely lacking in previous seasons. Verstappen keeps his points tally ticking over with 6th place, Michael Schumacher comes from last on the grid to take 7th place and Pizzonia somehow managed to scrape a point for 8th place and salvage something from the weekend.
Full Race Results:
1st Baumgartner (Grandprix) 1h15m57.458s - (Up 1)
2nd Barrichello (Lipe) +3.806s - (Up 2)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) +7.394s - (Up 6)
4th Heidfeld (Shadow) +25.970s - (Up 15)
5th Panis (Foreman) +29.420s - (Up 7)
6th Verstappen (Jae) +29.725s - (Up 2)
7th M Schumacher (Vampyr) +30.636s - (Up 15)
8th Pizzonia (Icarus) +35.020s - (Up 9)
9th Firman (Notorious Biggles) +37.657s - (Up 7)
10th Klien (Figo) +39.255s - (Up 11)
11th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) +45.777s - (Up 4)
12th Pantano (Chris) +1m15.940s - (Down 1)
13th Karthikeyan (Ortega) +1m22.146s - (Up 5)
DNF
Fisichella (Badgerman) Transmission
R Schumacher (Clazon) Crashed
Webber (Shelljed) Engine
Sato (Poopots) Pit Lane
Alonso (Jules) Loose Wheel
Montoya (Afrojoe) Pit Lane
Button (Der Nazi) Crashed
De La Rosa (Virtuoso) Transmission
Salo (Biggie Little) Engine
Drivers Championship
1st Pizzonia 50pts
2= Fisichella 38pts
2= Barrichello 38pts - (Up 2)
4th Montoya 33pts - (Down 1)
5th Baumgartner 31pts - (Up 4)
6th Firman 28pts - (Down 1)
7th Pantano 27pts - (Down 1)
8th Alonso 26pts - (Down 1)
9th R Schumacher 25pts - (Down 1)
10th Raikkonen 20pts - (Up 4)
11th Salo 18pts - (Down 1)
12th Panis 17pts - (Up 3)
13= Villeneuve 16pts - (Down 2)
13= Webber 16pts - (Down 2)
15= Klien 15pts - (Down 2)
15= Verstappen 15pts - (Up 1)
17th De La Rosa 11pts
18= Sato 10pts
18= M Schumacher 10pts - (Up 2)
20= Button 9pts
20= Heidfeld 9pts - (Up 2)
22nd Karthikeyan 6pts - (Down 1)
Constructors Championship
1st Renault 88pts
2nd Jordan 66pts
3= Minardi 46pts - (Up 4)
3= McLaren 46pts - (Up 1)
5th Williams 43pts - (Down 2)
6th Toyota 42pts - (Down 1)
7th B.A.R 36pts - (Down 1)
8th MG F1 29pts
9th Ferrari 26pts
10th Sauber 24pts - (Up 1)
11th Red Bull 22pts - (Down 1)
Fastest Lap: Button - 1m39.050s
PREDICTION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
8 predictors this week, so normal points system applies and no bonus points for being closest to the tie breaker. Here are the results:
1st Shadow 10pts - (19pts - +0.313s)
2nd Ineedsleep 8pts - (18pts - +0.633s)
3rd Biggie Little 6pts - (16pts - +0.780s)
4th Clazon 5pts - (13pts - +0.123s)
5th Shelljed 4pts - (12pts)
6th Badgerman 3pts - (7pts - +0.060s)
7th Jae 2pts - (7pts - +0.459s)
8th Chris 1pt - (5pts - +0.385s)
Here is the table after Round 12:
1st Chris 71pts (4 wins)
2nd Shadow 65pts (3 wins)
3rd Ineedsleep 63pts (2 wins)
4th Badgerman 48pts (1 win)
5th Shelljed 43pts (1 win)
6th Jae 37pts (1 win)
7th Icarus 33pts
8th Biggie Little 14pts
9= Foreman 12pts
9= Jules 12pts
11= Notorious Biggles 5pts
11= Clazon 5pts
Round 12 of 19 completed and Pizzonia increases his lead slightly from 11 points to 12, but the challengers are increasing the pressure. Renault have it slightly more comfortable as their 9 point haul has increased their lead from 13 to 22 points. The big change was in the Prediction Championship as Shadow takes his 3rd win, cutting Chris' 15 point lead to just 6, with just Ineedsleep just 2 points further back. We also welcome Clazon into the Championship.
Round 13 is in Hungary with more crucial points at stake.
Here are the list of drivers and teams required for the predictions: [URL]http://www.freewebs.com/gpsr/srf1.htm[/URL]
PREDICTION DEADLINE: 20th JULY
PLEASE CHECK YOUR PREDICTIONS FOR ERRORS AS IT CAN LOSE YOU POINTS!
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
Which driver 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 be the fastest race lap? (The lap record is 1m14.570s)
Thanks for reading!
Race: The World Champion finally finds his feet
Fernando Alonso took pole position for the German Grand Prix, blitzing the lap record and beating World Champion Baumgartner into 2nd. This is Alonso's 1st of the season and his 4th career pole position in 29 attempts, which is the best strike rate in SR F1.
Alonso was the only driver to go under 1 minute 38 but Baumgartner in 2nd and Sato in 3rd both beat the old lap record mark as well. Barrichello is on a charge with half his points total coming in the last 3 rounds and he starts 4th. De La Rosa and Salo give MG a lockdown of row 3 with 5th and 6th. Montoya has lost momentum in recent races and has lost his 2nd place in the Championship but 7th on the grid and Pizzonia only in 17th will please him. Verstappen completes the top 8.
Full Qualifying Results:
1st Alonso (Jules) 1m37.992 - LAP RECORD
2nd Baumgartner (Grandprix) 1m38.090s - (+0.098s)
3rd Sato (Poopots) 1m38.101s - (+0.109s)
4th Barrichello (Lipe) 1m38.119s - (+0.127s)
5th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) 1m38.119s - (+0.127s)
6th Salo (Biggie Little) 1m38.136s - (+0.144s)
7th Montoya (Afrojoe) 1m38.161s - (+0.169s)
8th Verstappen (Jae) 1m38.215s - (+0.223s)
9th Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) 1m38.248s - (+0.256s)
10th R Schumacher (Clazon) 1m38.268s - (+0.276s)
11th Pantano (Chris) 1m38.277s - (+0.285s)
12th Panis (Foreman) 1m38.317s - (+0.325s)
13th Fisichella (Badgerman) 1m38.378s - (+0.386s)
14th Button (Der Nazi) 1m38.389s - (+0.397s)
15th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) 1m38.391s - (+0.399s)
16th Firman (Notorious Biggles) 1m38.417s - (+0.425s)
17th Pizzonia (Icarus) 1m38.434s - (+0.442s)
18th Karthikeyan (Ortega) 1m38.442s - (+0.450s)
19th Heidfeld (Shadow) 1m38.499s - (+0.507s)
20th Webber (Shelljed) 1m38.501s - (+0.509s)
21st Klien (Figo) 1m38.607s - (+0.615s)
22nd M Schumacher (Vampyr) 1m39.134s - (+1.142s)
Perfect conditions for both qualifying and the race means that the drivers will have to have good cars underneath them to overtake others on a track where overtaking is relatively easy with long straights and big braking zones.
Baumgartner gets the jump past Alonso as they went into the first corner together. Pizzonia was light fueled so he could do some overtaking but he was in trouble early on when he was forced off the track on the first lap.
Pantano ran wide on lap 2 and lost a lot of time and De La Rosa had a scary off on lap 3 while in the points places. Villeneuve had off the track excursions on laps 3 and 4 at the same place on the track. Firman also had a moment on lap 4 when he spun.
The race settled down after that with Barrichello now in 2nd only managing to hold the gap to Baumgartner to around 1-2 seconds. The first round of pit stops then started being made which put Salo in the lead. That didn't last very long as Salo retired on lap 15 when his engine blew up. Just half a lap later, De La Rosa's MG suffered a transmission problem and retired, both MG's suffering failures on the same lap.
Button was the next retirement when he pushed too hard and crashed into the wall on lap 18. Button's race form has deserted him so far this season which must be disappointing considering he was runner up in the Drivers Championship last season.
Alonso started the race in pole position and was on a different strategy. He was sitting in the lead on lap 24 when his right rear wheel worked loose and he was forced into retirement. Karthikeyan had an off on lap 30 but his teammate, Webber, suffered a worse fate when his engine blew on lap 35.
There was a bizarre going on in the Williams pit area when Montoya on lap 21 and Sato on lap 26 both came into the pit lane to retire with no obvious problems.
By this time, any sort of decent form in the race would have been in or around the points. Ralf Schumacher was one of those in the points but he crashed in the same place as Button to retire on lap 38. Fisichella was also comfortably in the points when on lap 41, with just 4 to go, his transmission failed and his race was over.
It was all pretty comfortable at the front for Baumgartner, who had the pace to hold off Barrichello and take his first win of the 2005 season, his 3rd career victory, to get Baumgartner back in the title picture. Barrichello didn't have the pace to get near Baumgartner but 2nd place in Germany gives him 8 points and he is now tied for 2nd in the Drivers Championship. Although Alonso had the quicker McLaren throughout the weekend, Raikkonen was the one to score the points, as he took 3rd place.
Heidfeld has a habit of scoring a lot of points in the second half of the season. He came from 19th on the grid all the way up to 4th place and 5 valuable points. Panis has qualifying troubles for the majority of races in the Toyota but 4 more points for 5th shows steady race pace, something sorely lacking in previous seasons. Verstappen keeps his points tally ticking over with 6th place, Michael Schumacher comes from last on the grid to take 7th place and Pizzonia somehow managed to scrape a point for 8th place and salvage something from the weekend.
Full Race Results:
1st Baumgartner (Grandprix) 1h15m57.458s - (Up 1)
2nd Barrichello (Lipe) +3.806s - (Up 2)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) +7.394s - (Up 6)
4th Heidfeld (Shadow) +25.970s - (Up 15)
5th Panis (Foreman) +29.420s - (Up 7)
6th Verstappen (Jae) +29.725s - (Up 2)
7th M Schumacher (Vampyr) +30.636s - (Up 15)
8th Pizzonia (Icarus) +35.020s - (Up 9)
9th Firman (Notorious Biggles) +37.657s - (Up 7)
10th Klien (Figo) +39.255s - (Up 11)
11th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) +45.777s - (Up 4)
12th Pantano (Chris) +1m15.940s - (Down 1)
13th Karthikeyan (Ortega) +1m22.146s - (Up 5)
DNF
Fisichella (Badgerman) Transmission
R Schumacher (Clazon) Crashed
Webber (Shelljed) Engine
Sato (Poopots) Pit Lane
Alonso (Jules) Loose Wheel
Montoya (Afrojoe) Pit Lane
Button (Der Nazi) Crashed
De La Rosa (Virtuoso) Transmission
Salo (Biggie Little) Engine
Drivers Championship
1st Pizzonia 50pts
2= Fisichella 38pts
2= Barrichello 38pts - (Up 2)
4th Montoya 33pts - (Down 1)
5th Baumgartner 31pts - (Up 4)
6th Firman 28pts - (Down 1)
7th Pantano 27pts - (Down 1)
8th Alonso 26pts - (Down 1)
9th R Schumacher 25pts - (Down 1)
10th Raikkonen 20pts - (Up 4)
11th Salo 18pts - (Down 1)
12th Panis 17pts - (Up 3)
13= Villeneuve 16pts - (Down 2)
13= Webber 16pts - (Down 2)
15= Klien 15pts - (Down 2)
15= Verstappen 15pts - (Up 1)
17th De La Rosa 11pts
18= Sato 10pts
18= M Schumacher 10pts - (Up 2)
20= Button 9pts
20= Heidfeld 9pts - (Up 2)
22nd Karthikeyan 6pts - (Down 1)
Constructors Championship
1st Renault 88pts
2nd Jordan 66pts
3= Minardi 46pts - (Up 4)
3= McLaren 46pts - (Up 1)
5th Williams 43pts - (Down 2)
6th Toyota 42pts - (Down 1)
7th B.A.R 36pts - (Down 1)
8th MG F1 29pts
9th Ferrari 26pts
10th Sauber 24pts - (Up 1)
11th Red Bull 22pts - (Down 1)
Fastest Lap: Button - 1m39.050s
PREDICTION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
8 predictors this week, so normal points system applies and no bonus points for being closest to the tie breaker. Here are the results:
1st Shadow 10pts - (19pts - +0.313s)
2nd Ineedsleep 8pts - (18pts - +0.633s)
3rd Biggie Little 6pts - (16pts - +0.780s)
4th Clazon 5pts - (13pts - +0.123s)
5th Shelljed 4pts - (12pts)
6th Badgerman 3pts - (7pts - +0.060s)
7th Jae 2pts - (7pts - +0.459s)
8th Chris 1pt - (5pts - +0.385s)
Here is the table after Round 12:
1st Chris 71pts (4 wins)
2nd Shadow 65pts (3 wins)
3rd Ineedsleep 63pts (2 wins)
4th Badgerman 48pts (1 win)
5th Shelljed 43pts (1 win)
6th Jae 37pts (1 win)
7th Icarus 33pts
8th Biggie Little 14pts
9= Foreman 12pts
9= Jules 12pts
11= Notorious Biggles 5pts
11= Clazon 5pts
Round 12 of 19 completed and Pizzonia increases his lead slightly from 11 points to 12, but the challengers are increasing the pressure. Renault have it slightly more comfortable as their 9 point haul has increased their lead from 13 to 22 points. The big change was in the Prediction Championship as Shadow takes his 3rd win, cutting Chris' 15 point lead to just 6, with just Ineedsleep just 2 points further back. We also welcome Clazon into the Championship.
Round 13 is in Hungary with more crucial points at stake.
Here are the list of drivers and teams required for the predictions: [URL]http://www.freewebs.com/gpsr/srf1.htm[/URL]
PREDICTION DEADLINE: 20th JULY
PLEASE CHECK YOUR PREDICTIONS FOR ERRORS AS IT CAN LOSE YOU POINTS!
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
Which driver 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 be the fastest race lap? (The lap record is 1m14.570s)
Thanks for reading!
Thanks GP.
Result if I can beat NB or anyone above him.
:D
Result if I can beat NB or anyone above him.
:D
Hmm... Not a bad race for Verstappen but crap predictions by me. Again. :D
Perhaps final query:
EG.
1st Shadow 10pts - (19pts - +0.313s)
What's the stuff in brackets for?
EG.
1st Shadow 10pts - (19pts - +0.313s)
What's the stuff in brackets for?
Damn you Shadow :(
:D
...but YEY Raikkonen. Hopefully this is not a flash in the pan but a late run of form :)
:D
...but YEY Raikkonen. Hopefully this is not a flash in the pan but a late run of form :)
Clazon wrote:
> Perhaps final query:
>
> EG.
>
> 1st Shadow 10pts - (19pts - +0.313s)
>
> What's the stuff in brackets for?
The stuff in brackets is your prediction score and how close you are to the tie breaker. If you look at the prediction questions, you will see how many points are up for grabs for each question. Usually, the harder the question, the more points on offer.
> Perhaps final query:
>
> EG.
>
> 1st Shadow 10pts - (19pts - +0.313s)
>
> What's the stuff in brackets for?
The stuff in brackets is your prediction score and how close you are to the tie breaker. If you look at the prediction questions, you will see how many points are up for grabs for each question. Usually, the harder the question, the more points on offer.
Another failure.
Montoya sucks.
Montoya sucks.
Grandprix wrote:
> The stuff in brackets is your prediction score and how close you are
> to the tie breaker.
A) Damn there being no tie-breaker. *second would have given me a reason to moan, so I may aswell use it up like this*
:D
B) Why is the number of points in the brackets disregarded, and the one outside used? I don't see the points inside the brackets going anywhere?
> The stuff in brackets is your prediction score and how close you are
> to the tie breaker.
A) Damn there being no tie-breaker. *second would have given me a reason to moan, so I may aswell use it up like this*
:D
B) Why is the number of points in the brackets disregarded, and the one outside used? I don't see the points inside the brackets going anywhere?
The points in the brackets are only to determine the round winner. In this case, Shadow scored 19 points beating Ineedsleep on 18 points. That means Shadow gets 10 points for winning the round, Ineedsleep 2nd and gets 8 points, 3rd gets 6 points and so on.
Oh I seeeeeeee.
I get it now.
Predictions will come later!
I get it now.
Predictions will come later!
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