Ahahaha Button, what a farkin champ!
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Ahahaha Button, what a farkin champ!
thought that was the caseQuote:
Originally Posted by LUD02C
Montoya crashed in practice.
Juan Pablo Montoya had a smashing return to racing on Friday at Barcelona, shunting in the final minute of the day’s second practice session.
Montoya spun off the track at Turn Nine while travelling at a high speed. His car collided with the barriers and suffered heavy damage to the rear wing, engine and other areas.
"The first time I have a shunt whilst driving for this team had to happen today and I'm sorry for the guys who have to repair the damage overnight," he said.
"I don't know what happened but I just lost it."
Luckily, though, Montoya didn’t re-injure his shoulder in the accident.
"I went to see the FIA Medical Delegate afterwards and he said I was absolutely fine. My shoulder has been coping well and until the last lap everything had been going according to plan."
He added: "I'm excited about the rest of the weekend and hopefully we will put on a good show."
However, Mercedes boss Norbert Haug believes Montoya's off was “caused by him pushing a bit too hard" but nonetheless he’s “pleased that Juan Pablo is back and that he is okay."
The Colombian finished Practice Two in tenth place while his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was fourth fastest.
is it just be or is it boring with no BAR as a 'home team' ? :o
i've struggled to keep interest tonight
yeah me too, its been a little dull....I like the old days with tyres and complicated race strategies....whats this I just heard martin or james saying Sauber may switch to BMW engines next year?
I thought it was a pretty good race, though that may have been just coz Fisi was on it :DQuote:
Originally Posted by panda[CRX]
I think the problem with webber is that he can't pass for sh!t. And the fact that his car wasn't that fast is no excuse, people were passing relatively evenly matched cars all race but Webber did his usual thing of
"Bugger, i'm behind someone, well, i'll just sit here and then use this as an excuse for me not performing again rather than try to pass" he never even looked like he was going to pass.
Also, he held up his team mate for 3 or 4 laps who was clearly faster than him and had to stop soon!
And Fisi was robbed of second, no-one was even close to him apart from Raikonnen, fastest lap on the last lap and took like 2 laps to get past webber..... If webber had had the same thing happen to him as happened to fisi he would have finished in 15th or something...
ok, enough ranting about webber...
It's hard when you have a car which is fast through the twisties and crap on the straight. It means you catch really quickly but can't pass. The Renault of Fisi flew past Webber, 'cos he was about 20km/h faster down the straight.
It must really piss him off. Every race so far he's been stuck behind someone slowing him down, 'cos the car was too gutless to pass. That's why he's so damn fast in qualifying!
I liken it to sitting behind some guy in a V8 going up the Black Spur. He slows you down in the corners, holds you up and then floors it down the straight. It only takes you another 2 corners to catch up again and crawl through the corners. Then you get to a straight and he floors it again. It's infuriating!
I too found the race pretty interesting. It would've been better if there was more competition. Kimi had a lot more speed in that car, but there was no point him pushing once he had a 20s lead. It was pretty much the same for everyone. They were either on their own with no reason to push or stuck behind slower cars.
Good to see Kimi get a well deserved win. It's been coming for a long time.
It now seems like anyone can win on their day. Anyone from Renault, Ferrari or McLaren. And the Toyotas and BAR (when they return) can certainly fight for podiums. Really entertaining and I reckon it's the most interesting F1 has been for as many years as I've been watching.
I agree, the season is great, although i'd like to see Ferrari have a bit more luck and actually be in there fightingQuote:
Originally Posted by Vivski
Subjects to talk about.
Webber's performance.
No BAR
The Renaults hot then cold, hot then cold
Bridgestone tyres
Michael's fuel stratergy?
Michaels late pace again.
Kimi, wow kido slow down.
Toyota, come on give them a clap good effort.
Neil Cromptons and both Martin and James's view on BAR Honda
Many more, but I can't hang around to discuss now :(
Wait till later tonight :)
Wow, Kimi was a man on a mission, that Mclaren just looked so solid throughout the race. His pace during the first stint was incredible, and once he realised his gap to alonso he could just nurse the car home. The Renaults looked a tad inconsistent, alonso seemed to be struggling with some tyre issues I believe (they adjusted the pressures during the stop if i recall correctly), however still very good pace and good enough to match the rest of the field. Bridgestones seem shit, the end. As for the Williams cars, now that leaves a bit to be desired. Does anybody else agree with me, in watching their cars, that they just do not look comfortable through corners? It looked like Webber was fighting under and oversteer last night, however I may be wrong. Plus the start was very poor, and with his light fuel load, the rest was pretty much history. For me I think the best achievements of the race were by the Toyota lads again, both ralf and trulli very competitive. The Toyota team have done extremely well this season, and deserve to be where they are.
Kimi was goin bloody quick! good effort, and Toyota! bout time they got some results and good on them too. Weird season still its all over the place...
regarding Neil Crompton's views on BAR...
friend was telling me on 'RPM' his views were quite contrary to wot he said just before the GP was aired on TEN...