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"SR F1 Championship - Australian GP Preview"

A new 17 race championship is nearing the start and after last season's close finish, everyone has a chance to win. The F1 merry-go-round has been in full swing so let's update everyone with the changes.

Ferrari (Previous: 0 wins, 0 poles, 19 points)
M Schumacher (Previous: 0 wins, 0 poles, 9 points) = SHADOW
Barrichello (Previous: 0 wins, 0 poles, 10 points) = UNBELIEVER

Williams (Previous: 3 wins, 1 pole, 59 points)
Montoya (Previous: 2 wins, 1 pole, 33 points) = AFROJOE
R Schumacher (Previous: 1 win, 0 poles, 26 points) = ABSOLUT NEO

McLaren (Previous: 1 win, 1 pole, 31 points)
Coulthard (Previous: 1 win, 1 pole, 14 points) = REYNOLDS
Raikkonen (Previous: 0 wins, 1 pole, 17 points) = INEEDSLEEP

Jordan (Previous: 2 wins, 1 pole, 37 points)
Fisichella (Previous: 0 wins, 1 pole, 14 points) = BADGERMAN
Firman (Previous: NA) = DW

Sauber (Previous: 0 wins, 1 pole, 31 points)
Heidfeld (Previous: 0 wins, 1 pole, 16 points) = SYLPHETIC
Frentzen (Previous: 2 wins, 1 pole, 45 points) = FIGO

Minardi (Previous: 2 wins, 4 poles, 41 points)
Wilson (Previous: NA) = MIKEALL
Verstappen (Previous: NA) = JERICHO15

Jaguar (Previous: 1 win, 1 pole, 23 points)
Webber (Previous: 2 wins, 1 pole, 22 points) = EVIL DARK
Pizzonia (Previous: NA) = REDDY 2003

Renault (Previous: 1 win, 2 poles, 27 points)
Trulli (Previous: 1 win, 0 poles, 14 points) = ANT
Alonso (Previous: NA) = RANDOM HERO

BAR (Previous: 4 wins, 2 poles, 80 points. Current Constructors Champions)
Villeneuve (Previous: 2 wins, 2 poles, 34 points) = HAMMOND
Button (Previous: 0 wins, 2 poles, 13 points) = PARANOID IDIOT

Toyota (Previous: 1 win, 0 poles, 31 points)
Panis (Previous: 2 wins, 0 poles, 46pts. Current World Champion) = FOREMAN
Da Matta (Previous: NA) = GRANDPRIX

Senna GP (Previous: 2 wins, 3 poles, 63 points)
Irvine (Previous: 0 wins, 0 poles, 2 points) = CRUNK DOW
De La Rosa (Previous: 1 win, 1 pole, 21 points) = EXPLETIVE DELETED

As you can see, no less than 6 drivers will be making their debuts this season. Last years champion, Panis, has joined Toyota and last years runner-up, Frentzen, has joined Sauber. Arrows, last years runner-up in the Constructors championship were bought out and were renamed after the late great Ayrton Senna.

We start off the season in Australia, where we saw how close the season would be last season.

Last season saw the entire 22 cars split by just over 3 tenths of a second, the top 6 being within a tenth of each other. It was Alex Yoong in the Minardi that got pole last season with a time of 1m26.818s. Yoong's strength last season was qualifying, snatching 3 pole positions. Unfortunately for Yoong this time round, he won't be making it 2 in a row as he doesn't have a drive for this season. Panis will be hoping to improve on 6th place on the grid this time round as he tries to defend his title.

Qualifying was bone dry last year but the race was a wash out. There were cars spinning all over the place but it was Mark Webber who came out on top with a flawless drive to win for Minardi. Mark Webber made it a Minardi race but making the fastest lap of 1m36.956s. Can Webber make it 2 Australian Grand Prix wins in a row?

Top 6 finishs last season (Qualifying position in brackets):

1st Webber (4th)
2nd Bernoldi (5th)
3rd Button (8th)
4th Yoong (1st)
5th Raikkonen (11th)
6th Trulli (9th)

Lap records:

Qualifying - 1m26.818s - A Yoong
Race - 1m36.956s - M Webber

I hope everyone will enjoy the new season ahead of us!

(If you want to know how your driver did in this race last season, ask me.)

Hehe, go Trulli!

Ah! Thank you for that mate :)

Hope all goes well when it starts!

Webber stayed fourth off the grid. Two cars in front of him pitted due to bad tyre choices, it was a wet race. Webber took his team mate and kept a nice lead. Webber won by 6 seconds ahead of Bernoldi completing the race with a time of 1h37m57.536s.

Grandprix wrote:
> Ev][L~Dark wrote:
>
> So i'm guessing that each 'win' is counted on by the Race lap times?
> (This is just a check, I need to know before everything starts) I'm
> sort of confused in that area of winning etc.
>
> Races are run over a certain number of laps. The fastest lap doesn't
> mean a lot. I don't know if that is what you are asking here.

Well, Clever about that :) But say Webber 'Won' once Last season, I'm asking how did he achive his win in a race.

Yeah, the one I had last year... I think he'll win it this time though.

Bernoldi was mine last season.

Was much better than I thought he'd be.

And now I've picked Montoya, who'll probably do terribly, knowing my luck.

Really looking forward to this :-D


Come on Grandprix, we can beat them all. :-P

The qualifying should be up tomorrow or Thursday and the race should be this weekend if I can find the time. I have a busy weekend for once.

Thanks for the info, when is the first race.

Michael Schumacher qualified 15th and finished 9th.