Nurburgring Race Day

[Sato san]

Juan Pablo is very slow in the warm up this morning again ,He is in 17th place and 3.3 secs off the fastest time , i would normally be concerned , but this often seems to be the case , so maybe its not a big drama for him although he didnt look to pleased when he got out the car .

Everyone seems to be talking about a first corner pile up , afterall it only takes one driver to break very late at the first corner and end up taking out 4 or 5 cars .

[Red]

Well, the Willies are usually slow in the warm-up session; they usually do some tyre-scrubbing. What's worrying for Pablo (he had problems at his car) is that he only managed to do 5 laps as opposed to 12-14 as everyone else.

The times from the morning session are quite interesting. I'd say that Arrows, Jordans and BARs are on 2 stoppers; same might apply to Ferrari. I mean you gotta hope for that, because 1.5 seconds faster than Macs on the same strategy definitelly does not look good. (I mean yes it does. To ME!) Here are the full results:

 P. No  Pilote        Team - Moteur    Pneus     Temps       Moyenne Tours  
 1.  2  BARRICHELLO   Ferrari             B   1'32"671  199.830 Km/h  12    
 2.  1  M.SCHUMACHER  Ferrari             B   1'32"987    + 0'00"316  14    
 3.  3  COULTHARD     McLaren Mercedes    M   1'34"143    + 0'01"472  14    
 4.  4  RAIKKONEN     McLaren Mercedes    M   1'34"324    + 0'01"653  12    
 5. 20  FRENTZEN      Arrows Cosworth     B   1'34"461    + 0'01"790  13    
 6. 10  SATO          Jordan Honda        B   1'34"804    + 0'02"133  14    
 7.  9  FISICHELLA    Jordan Honda        B   1'34"914    + 0'02"243  12    
 8. 11  VILLENEUVE    BAR Honda           B   1'34"969    + 0'02"298  14    
 9. 12  PANIS         BAR Honda           B   1'35"145    + 0'02"474  12    
10.  8  MASSA         Sauber Petronas     B   1'35"460    + 0'02"789  15    
11. 21  BERNOLDI      Arrows Cosworth     B   1'35"545    + 0'02"874  12    
12.  7  HEIDFELD      Sauber Petronas     B   1'35"550    + 0'02"879  16    
13. 23  WEBBER        Minardi Asiatech    M   1'35"614    + 0'02"943  14    
14.  5  R.SCHUMACHER  Williams BMW        M   1'35"615    + 0'02"944  13    
15. 17  DE LA ROSA    Jaguar Cosworth     M   1'35"656    + 0'02"985  13    
16. 15  BUTTON        Renault             M   1'35"749    + 0'03"078   9    
17.  6  MONTOYA       Williams BMW        M   1'35"978    + 0'03"307   5    
18. 24  SALO          Toyota              M   1'36"146    + 0'03"475  14    
19. 25  MCNISH        Toyota              M   1'36"200    + 0'03"529  11    
20. 14  TRULLI        Renault             M   1'37"370    + 0'04"699  10    
21. 16  IRVINE        Jaguar Cosworth     M   1'37"598    + 0'04"927  11    
22. 22  YOONG         Minardi Asiatech    M   1'38"060    + 0'05"389  13

[R]

If yesterday's F3000 race is anything to go by, this could be a very exciting race. The new layout means that the first corner is in reality a hairpin. It should provide for some excellent overtaking opportunities later in the race, but could be a problem on the first lap. There was no first lap pile-up in yesterday's F3000 race though, thankfully. Let's hope for a good clean start and everyone safe through the first corner.

JPM's problems are worrying though.

[Red]

Yep, I agree. I already love the first corner and I didn't even see the quals on TV. I also don't think of a first corner pile-up. It's far enough of the startline; by that time they already had enough time to sort the things out or calm the adrenaline.

[f1manoz]

Webber in 13th. Good job son!

[mac]

Originally posted by f1manoz
Webber in 13th. Good job son!

Hear, hear.

[R]

Yeah, Webber's efforts in the Minardi are commendable.

[Crash and Burn]

Watch out for the first corner pile up on Sunday...

[DNQ]

Webber faster than Ralf
Good Stuff Mark...lol