2005 Australian Grand Prix - Time and most likely spoilers later. :D

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 02:35

SKILL said:
Damn you, making me hungry

As for the F1, Raikkonen and Montoya must be praying the rain holds off

Will be breaking out the Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream tomorrow.

SKILL · 5 Mar 2005 at 02:36

I spoke too soon it would appear, guess Fisi will be provisional pole for this session

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 02:44

SESSION RED FLAGGED

Standings at red flag.

Fisichella - 1:33.171
Trulli - 1:35.270
Webber - 1:36.717
Villeneuve - 1:36.984
Klien - 1:37.486
Coulthard - 1:38.320
Heidfeld - 1:39.717
Button - 1:41.512
Karthikeyan - 1:44.357
Monteiro - 1:46.846
Albers - 1:49.230
Friesacher - 1:50.864
Mi. Schumacher - 1:57.931
Massa - Did not finish his lap
Sato - Boogered his car on his out lap- suspension front and rear and nose cone broken.

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 02:46

Very wet - very windy.

Sato's mess is cleared. Pit lane open again.

R.Schumacher on the track.

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 02:47

Fisichella - 1:33.171
Trulli - 1:35.270
Webber - 1:36.717
Villeneuve - 1:36.984
Klien - 1:37.486
Coulthard - 1:38.320
Heidfeld - 1:39.717
Button - 1:41.512
Karthikeyan - 1:44.357
Raikkonen - 1:44.997
Montoya - 1:45.325
Barrichello - 1:45.481
Monteiro - 1:46.846
Alonso - 1:47.708
Albers - 1:49.230
Friesacher - 1:50.864
R. Schumacher - 1:51.495
M. Schumacher - 1:57.931
Massa - Did not finish his lap
Sato - Boogered his car on his out lap- suspension front and rear and nose cone broken.

Ralf looked very unwilling to drive that Toymota at any speed.
Alonso is certainly faster than most of the wet runners. hell..he's still on the track which is a start.

The cars look abysmal in the wet. Not just the lower cars - all of them. The look like they're handling like Mondeo's with crates under the rear wheels...

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 03:10

Qualifying 1.

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Time[/b]
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			1:33.171
2	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			1:35.270
3	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		1:36.717
4	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		1:36.984
5	15	Christian Klien		Red Bull Racing		1:37.486
6	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		1:38.320
7	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		1:39.717
8	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		1:41.512
9	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		1:44.357
10	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	1:44.997
11	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:45.325
12	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			1:45.481
13	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		1:46.846
14	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			1:47.708
15	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	1:49.230
16	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	1:50.864
17	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			1:51.495
18	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			1:57.931
19	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		No Time	
20	4	Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		No Time

Sector Times - Qualifying 1

Code:

[b]Sector 1[/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	31.260 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		31.710 
3	7	Mark Webber		32.141 
4	11	Jacques Villeneuve	32.308 
5	15	Christian Klien		32.454 
6	14	David Coulthard		32.767 
7	8	Nick Heidfeld		33.207 
8	3	Jenson Button		34.764 
9	19	Narain Karthikeyan	35.009 
10	2	Rubens Barrichello	35.694 
11	9	Kimi Räikkönen		35.806 
12	18	Tiago Monteiro		36.612 
13	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	36.741 
14	5	Fernando Alonso		36.924 
15	21	Christijan Albers	37.019 
16	20	Patrick Friesacher	37.649 
17	12	Felipe Massa		37.652 
18	17	Ralf Schumacher		38.167 
19	1	Michael Schumacher	40.191 
20	4	Takuma Sato		46.027

Code:

[b]Sector 2 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	25.622 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		25.663 
3	15	Christian Klien		25.929 
4	7	Mark Webber		25.977 
5	3	Jenson Button		26.115 
6	14	David Coulthard		26.236 
7	8	Nick Heidfeld		26.348 
8	11	Jacques Villeneuve	26.464 
9	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	27.035 
10	12	Felipe Massa		27.122 
11	19	Narain Karthikeyan	27.338 
12	9	Kimi Räikkönen		27.426 
13	2	Rubens Barrichello	27.486 
14	18	Tiago Monteiro		27.785 
15	21	Christijan Albers	28.259 
16	20	Patrick Friesacher	28.419 
17	5	Fernando Alonso		28.463 
18	17	Ralf Schumacher		29.524 
19	1	Michael Schumacher	31.387

Code:

[b]Sector 3 [/b]
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time[/b]
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	36.289 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		37.897 
3	11	Jacques Villeneuve	38.212 
4	7	Mark Webber		38.599 
5	15	Christian Klien		39.103 
6	14	David Coulthard		39.317 
7	8	Nick Heidfeld		40.162 
8	12	Felipe Massa		40.211 
9	3	Jenson Button		40.633 
10	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	41.549 
11	9	Kimi Räikkönen		41.765 
12	19	Narain Karthikeyan	42.010 
13	2	Rubens Barrichello	42.301 
14	5	Fernando Alonso		42.321 
15	18	Tiago Monteiro		42.449 
16	17	Ralf Schumacher		43.804 
17	21	Christijan Albers	43.952 
18	1	Michael Schumacher	44.011 
19	20	Patrick Friesacher	44.796

Speed Trap - Qualifying 1

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Time		Speed[/b]
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	13:33:16	305.7 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		13:23:11	296.6 
3	15	Christian Klien		13:21:15	296.4 
4	11	Jacques Villeneuve	13:31:19	292.3 
5	8	Nick Heidfeld		13:17:01	291.1 
6	7	Mark Webber		13:19:08	289.9 
7	14	David Coulthard		13:26:56	274.1 
8	18	Tiago Monteiro		13:09:02	267.5 
9	19	Narain Karthikeyan	13:06:52	259.7 
10	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	13:57:14	243.6 
11	3	Jenson Button		13:11:24	240.3 
12	21	Christijan Albers	13:02:16	235.5 
13	9	Kimi Räikkönen		13:54:58	233.6 
14	20	Patrick Friesacher	13:04:28	229.2 
15	2	Rubens Barrichello	13:52:41	224.7 
16	1	Michael Schumacher	13:38:06	224.7 
17	5	Fernando Alonso		13:50:21	223.6 
18	12	Felipe Massa		13:35:30	222.3 
19	17	Ralf Schumacher		13:48:10	214.0 
20	4	Takuma Sato		13:38:27	204.4

SoliD · 5 Mar 2005 at 03:15

bloody interesting qualifying session, could tell the love for ferrari when they said about schumi getting his believed to be wets, sayin luckily for schumacher he got the signal just in time

will be a really interesting race and if the renault has no reliability issues from his position fisichella seems where the smart money should go!

Sharknose · 5 Mar 2005 at 03:23

My bet for the race, assuming the car holds together is Kimi. Don't know why. Just have this feeling.

Schumacher Snr though will collect a decent amount of points though I think. Enough for them not to worry too much about using the old car for a few races.

.......... but who knows what will happen. Wonder what the weather will be too.

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 03:26

Yup.

Did I laugh when MS was sliding all over the place. Oh yes.

Oh..he's the rainmaster.

Vielleneuve was just as bad - although he was on a damp track with slicks - but that is no excuse really.

Sato - D'oh!!! What more do I need to say...

Only couple of people I was impressed with this session:
Raikkonen - amazing car control.
Webber - Nailed it. Was lucky - but a fantastic showing for the first session.
Karthikeyan - First qualifying session - it was wet. kept it on the black and even out qualified championchip hopefuls.
Finally - Fisichella. Perfect timing. Fantastic lap, car looked well connected.

Just done a quick bit of guestimation - with the times posted yesterday - MS could be looking at...maybe..16th place...

Buggerritt - time for me to get 3 hours sleep before the missus wakes me up to go do something pointless in town.

Simon/~Flibster

VR46 · 5 Mar 2005 at 09:00

I havent seen any racing atm.

Good Stats flibster - How do you think Trulli is doing? Does he look OK in his Toyota? I've seen his time, but not actually seen him drive the toyota?

Serj · 5 Mar 2005 at 09:12

Nice one Flibster, gives everyone who missed qualifying an idea as to who will be at the front this year

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 09:41

The Toyota looks..difficult. I think It's really a lot slower than the positions indicate. It was on a damp track - on intermediates. If it had coninued to dry he probably would have ended up 10-12th.

The wet/dry/wet track has messed it up a lot. There's no real indication of the real speeds of the cars really.

We will get a better idea later today with the fuel load on board. We'll have a much better idea tomorrow - after the race.

Simon/~Flibster

Byron5184 · 5 Mar 2005 at 11:37

Flibster, your F1 crazy man

Great stats.

I watched it live too, as the comentators said, Macca looked absolutely pathetic out there and i really feel sorry for him. As for schuey, HAHA, proves even the pro's can screw up and that hes human just like everyone else. As for the new comers, i think they did a fantastic job for none of them to spin out. Looking forward to the race tonight now

Gonna be watching it live

DaveyD · 5 Mar 2005 at 11:47

Just watched the Qualifying on my Sky+, too tired to stay up and watch it

Looks like it's going to be a rather interesting Sunday

Felt sorry for Massa, poor guy in the wet

Flibster · 5 Mar 2005 at 12:11

Byron5184 said:
Flibster, your F1 crazy man Great stats.

I watched it live too, as the comentators said, Macca looked absolutely pathetic out there and i really feel sorry for him. As for schuey, HAHA, proves even the pro's can screw up and that hes human just like everyone else. As for the new comers, i think they did a fantastic job for none of them to spin out. Looking forward to the race tonight now Gonna be watching it live

Heh...working in F1 in the past kinda gets it into your veins.

Finally got into bed a 4:40 this morning. Was up again at 8am.

Will be watching the race live and again commentating on it on here. I will be on the tired side I think...got a couple of things to watch on tv today to be totally braindead to *bond films.

*. That'll help me conserve energy.

Simon/~Flibster

Emlyn_Dewar · 5 Mar 2005 at 12:35

I'll have to watch re-run of the quali, figured that after an early morning on friday i'd need my sleep and quali is usually ****. Guess I was wrong!
Can't wait for race tonight though, I'm so excited I may wet my pants...

What did you used to do in f1 simon?

lineaR · 5 Mar 2005 at 12:44

Are they tagging the second qualifying with the re-run of the first?

Emlyn_Dewar · 5 Mar 2005 at 12:55

we dont get to see 2nd quali I don't think, good old shoddy quali setup and ITV's dire ways!

Stellios · 5 Mar 2005 at 13:03

Emlyn_Dewar said:
we dont get to see 2nd quali I don't think, good old shoddy quali setup and ITV's dire ways!

Yeah, i dont think they show it, so we wont find out the actual race postions until the actual race, or you find them on the web. Personally i think its crazy, but it should make qualifying a bit more interesting.

I hope it rains for the race.

andi · 5 Mar 2005 at 14:20

I love the way they've got the fantastically cool new technology of letting us hear the team radios, and then those two pillocks talk all over it :rolleyes: