2005 A1GP Championship - Round 3 - Estoril

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:02

Australia is struggling to keep the car in a straight line. :eek:

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:03

Australia defending from Italy very nicely - Australia and Italy now have New Zealand behind them.

Firestar_3x · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:03

Someone tell him this is A1GP not drift racing

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:04

Ooof - we're getting the full 36 laps - sadly for Australia - 1 more lap of struggling...

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:05

France wins the Feature race!

Switzerland - 2nd
Ireland - 3rd

Well done France - 4 in a row...

Mic · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:07

First podium for ireland!!
GO ON MY SON!!!

Joe T · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:07

Yes, well done France. Despite a slow pitstop, they still won.

Shame about GB in 12th. Hopefully the gearbox trouble wont reoccur in future races.

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:11

Feature Race results - subject to confirmation

Code:

[b]Pos.	Team		Laps	Time  		Gap. F.  	Gap. P.  	Pits   	[/b]
1    	FRANCE		36   	1:01:05.454  	-  		-  		1   	
2    	SWITZERLAND	36   	1:01:12.971  	+7.517  	+7.517  	1   	
3    	IRELAND		36   	1:01:21.387  	+15.933  	+8.416  	1   	
4    	USA		36   	1:01:24.477  	+19.023  	+3.090  	1   	
5    	PORTUGAL	36   	1:01:32.774  	+27.320  	+8.297  	1   	
6    	AUSTRALIA	36   	1:01:40.228  	+34.774  	+7.454  	1   	
7    	ITALY		36   	1:01:41.083  	+35.629  	+0.855  	2   	
8    	BRAZIL		36   	1:01:41.719  	+36.265  	+0.636  	1   	
9    	CZECH REPUBLIC	36   	1:01:43.184  	+37.730  	+1.465  	2   	
10    	AUSTRIA		36   	1:01:56.834  	+51.380  	+13.650  	1   	
11    	LEBANON		36   	1:02:04.187  	+58.733  	+7.353  	1   	
12    	GREAT BRITAIN	36   	1:02:07.401  	+1'01.947  	+3.214  	1   	
13    	INDIA		36   	1:02:10.998  	+1'05.544  	+3.597  	1   	
14    	CHINA		36   	1:02:16.035  	+1'10.581  	+5.037  	1   	
15    	PAKISTAN	36   	1:02:21.971  	+1'16.517  	+5.936  	1   	
16    	NEW ZEALAND	35   	1:01:41.368  	1 Lap  		1 Lap  		1   	
17    	RUSSIA		35   	1:01:58.369  	1 Lap  		+17.001  	1   	
18    	CANADA		20   	36:38.206  	16 Laps  	15 Laps  	1   	
19    	NETHERLANDS	18   	32:48.786  	18 Laps  	2 Laps  	2   	
20    	GERMANY		17   	30:27.881  	19 Laps  	1 Lap  		1   	
21    	MALAYSIA	15   	29:00.971  	21 Laps  	2 Laps  	1   	
22    	SOUTH AFRICA	14   	24:01.306  	22 Laps  	1 Lap  		1   	
23    	INDONESIA	11   	19:06.035  	25 Laps  	3 Laps  	1

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:11

France got the fastest lap as well - clean sweep for them this weekend.

Firestar_3x · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:12

Really good race that, what sky channel do you need to watch it proper?

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:15

Championship standing after Round 3

Code:

[b]
Pos	Country		Points
1	France		50
2	Brazil		42	
3	Switzerland	34
4	New Zealand	29
5	Australia	21
6	Canada		18
=8	Mexico		16
=8	Ireland		16
=10	Netherlands	15
=10	Great Britain	15
11	Malaysia	14
12	Portugal	11
=14	Germany		8
=14	Czech Republic	8
15	USA		7
=17	Japan		6
=17	South Africa	6
18	Indonesia	5
=20	Italy		4
=20	Pakistan	4
21	Austria		1

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:16

Firestar_3x said:
Really good race that, what sky channel do you need to watch it proper?

Sky Sports - channel varies though

So far has been on Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and Sky Sports Extra

Simon/~Flibster

Tax Evader · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:21

This series just isn't "grabbing" me and keeping me interested

Can't quite put my finger on what's lacking - maybe it's just unfamiliarity (I've followed F1 religiously since 1993), or sometimes I feel it's slightly unprofessional (eg, the pitstops). I don't know...
I can't stand having to listen to John Watson either (Ben Edwards is brilliant though). John Watson and James Allen need to be made allergic to microphones, and quickly.
And the "Gentlemen, please start your engines" speech just iiritates me for some reason.

:confused:

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:26

I know what you mean - it is however superb racing.

I think part of it is knowing that all the cars are the same - there's no innovation like there is in F1 - seeing whats changed from race to race.

Also you can't follow a single driver - there's no guarantee that he will be in the car at the next race.

It also has no history - thats part of the feel of F1 as well.

It's slowly attracting me to it though - just for the racing alone.

Joe T · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:40

I must admit I'm getting more and more into it.

Firestar_3x · 23 Oct 2005 at 19:24

Flibster said:
Sky Sports - channel varies though

So far has been on Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and Sky Sports Extra

Simon/~Flibster

Cheers Simon, looks like a sky package upgrade is in order, really getting into the A1GP now its fantastic to watch, reminds me of the Clio Cup Racing

Duke · 23 Oct 2005 at 20:18

Joe T said:
I must admit I'm getting more and more into it.

Same here

I've followed F1 for about 10yrs now and have grown used to the lack of overtaking etc.. after see the first few races of the A1 GP though, it really shows F1 up. It's great entertainment watching the cars drifting and sliding, rather than all glueing exactly to the racing line!

Dutch Guy · 24 Oct 2005 at 08:17

Wow, this was the first A1 GP I have seen and it looks very interesting, I like the boost function, slipstreaming and overtaking, slicks, no traction control and no ABS.

Just a shame Jos the Boss is up to his old tricks of crashing the car, Jos, it doesn't mater how fast you are, you need to finish the car you numpty

F1 will get hurt by A1, lets hope they pick up on the good points and make the right decisions for F1 like no more traction control, boost button and slicks