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So, who saw the first session live then? I did, I'm THAT sad. Anyway, it was quite bizarre, but interesting. First off there was no quiet periods, it was action all the way through.
Second, I feel th epecking order for this year will be different to last year. From what I've seen, I think Barrichello will be a bigger challenge to Schumacher this year. McLaren seem in second, but I think BAR will be taking over third - Villenueve put in a fantastic lap considering he'd only done 5 laps in the morning, and had practically no setup. Button was only a few tenths back in 5th, so it seems BAR may finally have a season worth shouting about.
Renault were kind of where they were last season, floating about in the wrong half of the top ten. Then comes Toyota, with Da Matta doing a fantastic lap, up until the last sector, where he just seemed to lose it. Not sure what's "Da Matta" there... (ho ho...) Williams, it seems, weren't sand-bagging at all. They really do have a rubbish car.
Sauber seem to have taken a small step backwards this season, and the Jaguars and Minardi bring up the rear of the field. With Ralf "the boy" Schumacher in 16th. This is mainly down to him cocking up at the first corner, rather than the Williams being rubbish.
Here's the full list:
1 BARRICHELLO Ferrari 1m26.372s
2 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes 1m26.551s
3 VILLENEUVE BAR Honda 1m26.832s
4 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m27.103s
5 BUTTON BAR Honda 1m27.159s
6 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes 1m27.242s
7 ALONSO Renault 1m27.255s
8 PANIS Toyota 1m27.352s
9 TRULLI Renault 1m27.411s
10 MONTOYA Williams BMW 1m27.450s
11 DA MATTA Toyota 1m27.478s
12 HEIDFELD Sauber Petronas 1m27.510s
13 FRENTZEN Sauber Petronas 1m27.563s
14 FISICHELLA Jordan Ford 1m27.633s
15 WEBBER Jaguar 1m27.675s
16 R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW 1m28.266s
17 FIRMAN Jordan Ford 1m29.977s
18 VERSTAPPEN Minardi Cosworth 1m30.053s
19 PIZZONIA Jaguar 1m30.092s
20 WILSON Minardi Cosworth 1m30.479s
Second, I feel th epecking order for this year will be different to last year. From what I've seen, I think Barrichello will be a bigger challenge to Schumacher this year. McLaren seem in second, but I think BAR will be taking over third - Villenueve put in a fantastic lap considering he'd only done 5 laps in the morning, and had practically no setup. Button was only a few tenths back in 5th, so it seems BAR may finally have a season worth shouting about.
Renault were kind of where they were last season, floating about in the wrong half of the top ten. Then comes Toyota, with Da Matta doing a fantastic lap, up until the last sector, where he just seemed to lose it. Not sure what's "Da Matta" there... (ho ho...) Williams, it seems, weren't sand-bagging at all. They really do have a rubbish car.
Sauber seem to have taken a small step backwards this season, and the Jaguars and Minardi bring up the rear of the field. With Ralf "the boy" Schumacher in 16th. This is mainly down to him cocking up at the first corner, rather than the Williams being rubbish.
Here's the full list:
1 BARRICHELLO Ferrari 1m26.372s
2 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes 1m26.551s
3 VILLENEUVE BAR Honda 1m26.832s
4 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m27.103s
5 BUTTON BAR Honda 1m27.159s
6 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes 1m27.242s
7 ALONSO Renault 1m27.255s
8 PANIS Toyota 1m27.352s
9 TRULLI Renault 1m27.411s
10 MONTOYA Williams BMW 1m27.450s
11 DA MATTA Toyota 1m27.478s
12 HEIDFELD Sauber Petronas 1m27.510s
13 FRENTZEN Sauber Petronas 1m27.563s
14 FISICHELLA Jordan Ford 1m27.633s
15 WEBBER Jaguar 1m27.675s
16 R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW 1m28.266s
17 FIRMAN Jordan Ford 1m29.977s
18 VERSTAPPEN Minardi Cosworth 1m30.053s
19 PIZZONIA Jaguar 1m30.092s
20 WILSON Minardi Cosworth 1m30.479s
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It was always the fastest time over the two days. Aggregate times have never been attempted.
Aggregate times appeared in Grand PRix 2, which was based on the '94 season. I didn't start watching F1 'til '96 though, so I don't know.
I don't think aggregate times have ever been attempted. There has always been talk of aggregate times but it's never happened.
Nice to see the BARs doing well- shame to see Firman way down the grid. Apparently he had trouble with understeer. My prediction of the top 8 drivers after session 2:
1- BARRICHELLO
2- RAIKONNEN
3- M. SCHUMACHER
4- COULTHARD
5- VILLENEUVE
6- BUTTON
7- MONTOYA
8- FISICHELLA
(I hope).
1- BARRICHELLO
2- RAIKONNEN
3- M. SCHUMACHER
4- COULTHARD
5- VILLENEUVE
6- BUTTON
7- MONTOYA
8- FISICHELLA
(I hope).
Your Honour wrote:
> Ant, it was 1 lap for each driver in the first session as well.
Yeah, but the second session means more. {:)
> Ant, it was 1 lap for each driver in the first session as well.
Yeah, but the second session means more. {:)
That's what they used to do, back in th '93-'94 seasons.
Don't really know why they scrapped it to be honest...
Don't really know why they scrapped it to be honest...
I thought the Friday session just made my idea of qualifying pretty intriguing. To think that most of the cars had only one hour of running and there were a lot of mistakes, what about having no running and having the time go towards the grid?
The Saturday session doesn't really look that interesting because there will be differing fuel loads. In my opinion, pole position is only going to mean something if everyone behind it is on the same fuel load. Still, there is a chance of rain, so who knows?
As for the positions, B.A.R looked pretty good. I'm not sure if the rivalry there is healthy but Villeneuve and Button did an amazing job. Renault are still missing a really good engine and is down a little on power. Minardi do look a little way back in terms of speed. Toyota looked pretty good and Da Matta looked great in the first 2 sectors but the last sector looked pedestrian.
I'm standing by my aggregate theory. The more I think about it, the more it seems to work.
The Saturday session doesn't really look that interesting because there will be differing fuel loads. In my opinion, pole position is only going to mean something if everyone behind it is on the same fuel load. Still, there is a chance of rain, so who knows?
As for the positions, B.A.R looked pretty good. I'm not sure if the rivalry there is healthy but Villeneuve and Button did an amazing job. Renault are still missing a really good engine and is down a little on power. Minardi do look a little way back in terms of speed. Toyota looked pretty good and Da Matta looked great in the first 2 sectors but the last sector looked pedestrian.
I'm standing by my aggregate theory. The more I think about it, the more it seems to work.
Ant, it was 1 lap for each driver in the first session as well.
Not sure if I'll bother watching the first session from now on, I only did for this one because it's the first race.
Not sure if I'll bother watching the first session from now on, I only did for this one because it's the first race.
I couldn't be bothered with this session, but I will be watching the next...one lap for each driver, eeexcellent.
Bit dissapointed with Williams, thought they'd be a bit more of a challenge this year - but still long way to go.
Barrichello will do well as long as he is given every chance to by his Ferrari mentors, they still regard Michael as their main man, which may prove to be decisive later on in the season.
Barrichello will do well as long as he is given every chance to by his Ferrari mentors, they still regard Michael as their main man, which may prove to be decisive later on in the season.
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