Rosberg has my respect, the effort he shew all the way through after his incident on lap 1

Schumacher and Alonso at klast pit stop - great viewing

Button at first corner too great moves

the rev limited v10's of the RBR team!!

 

Totally agree with you there mate, wicked GP, loved every minute, loads and loads of overtaking going on all through the race!

Simply mesmerising drive from Raikkonen again, going from 22nd to 3rd!

Shame about McLaren's reliability issue's really, that guy could be a double world champion already if he had a more reliable car!

 

great race today promises to be a great season very open between the big 3 teams

the look of the new mclarens is pure sex love the chrome colour scheme

roll on 2006 season

 

top bannana, what a great race loved it. Welcome back F1.

That cossie engine has got a bit of grunt

 

Yeah, forgot about that with everything going on! Great to see Cosworth back properly competing IMO!

 

Very good show from the Cosworth engine. Should be a cracking season as its already very competitive

 

Agreed on all points

Looked good and deffo very promising. Just wish they'd stop trying to slow it down!

 

I think Raikkonen deserves the title this year after how he's driven over the past few years!

Button is another nearly man like Coulthard!

 

anyone miss minardi?

 

that cossie engine looks like one of the most powerfull on the grid and looks like nico is guna be bootin webbers arse !!

 

hmmmm, miss Minardi or the team they are now - wouldn't miss them at all?!

 

No!

 

aaarrrrrrrr come on lads manardi always turned up with a good spirit just to be to compete, some one has to be the winner and sum after be the loosers

 

2nd place is the first loser

 

PMSL @ "the button spot" he was just drilling people into that braking zone in the 1st corner almost as if he had an extra set of brakes fitted to the car somewhere

Rosberg's williams has a handy Cosworth engine in it doesnt it. I heard it from on board camera on down the main straight at the end of the race where he was trying to overtake coulthard and you could hear that he had wound the revs up MUCH higher to overtake on the main straight. They say that Cosworth can get that V8 to rev to 20,000 rpm for qualifying and overtaking in the race.

Schumacher's ferrari is quicker this year but IMO takes ALOT to drive it fast. On Sch's qualifying laps you could see he was adjusting the brake balance and diff settings for every corner and i reckon it was a brake balance adjustment that Massa forgot to make that caused him to spin at the end of the main straight.

Also did anyone see that graphic showing the throttle and brake use in real time for Alonso and Schumacher? The Ferrari has a very smart auto throttle blip on the down change of gears and you could see it on the green throttle useage graphic on screen but the Renault wasnt doing this

All in all a cracking start to F1 this year

 

Yeah I saw that mate, wondered what was going on actually! Veryy cool!

 

was a good race shame jenson couldn't make a decent start to hold 3rd place, but a good start to the season

what is it with you norfolk inbreds? the word is 'showed'. i've got some customers from lotus who say shew

i also saw that, but thought that maybe it was schumi doing it, which wouldn't surprise me as he is a driving legend. depends where the data is generated, throttle pedal or throttle plate.

 

raikonen looked pissed off,and he gained 19 sodding places,what will he be happy with!
and ive NEVER rated button,he's the same as coulthard "il do it next year,promise!"yawn....
good race tho,great overtaking,and qualifying was cool

 

Absolutely awesome race. Best I have seen in years. Reminded me of back in the 90's with a lot of overtaking and nail biting times.

Best part is even out here we get the ITV commentry as our oz guys dont go to the rounds except here so I still get the ever enthusiastic boys

Rosburg definately something in the making and a great drive from Kimi

Superb, looking forward to the Melbourne round and also the rest of this season

 

If anyone missed it I played with my DVD-Recorder today and have it on DVD

 

was watching it today on me projector,,,,,,,, now thats how all sports should be watched


was even sitting in my cossie recaro seat too

gonna be a good season i feel


whats the new quilifying rule then,i missed em as i was at work

 

3 sessions

2 of them 15 mins each, the slowest 6 out of each session get knocked out and they don't get the chance to get a better qualifying lap in

so the ones that are in the top 10 of the first two sessions get through the the final session

This is 20 mins and they have to put in race fuel (the amount they would start the race with) they can either go round and round wasting fuel so the car is light and then get new tyres for a one lap fast lap

The Honda teams opted to chase set-up and used 2 new sets of tyres which they can use in the race if they want

so basically the last session is a free for all and you can do what you liek (like it used to be ages ago)

 

that means we an enjpy wathing qualifying again

 

missed it JR as i was at work

 

Anyone know if it's repeated tonight and if so what time?

 

didnt watch it as i was at work but was told it was good... bet it was still no senna and mansell driving tho

 

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=35141


Monday 13 March 0010-0110 Highlights

bit late for me seeing as i am up at 5

 

Nice one mate. Much appreciated

 

some good battles in there today

 

raikonen is the best driver for me ....another storming drive ...shame about he car (again) can't blame him if the rumours are true about him already signing for ferrari next year

what's with button ..good drive ,but is it the tatics or does his car not have it at full race distance..how many times did he have to overtake montoya,he was very good under braking at the first corner ...but seemed to be doing it to overtake people he'd already overtook in the first place ?????

qualifying was an improvement over last year as well.....burning off fuel in the last session was a bit daft ,it was just putting miles on engines and tyres,but overall a very good first race of the season...

 

Glad you enjoyed it guys - i was heartbroken when we found out Rubens Barrichello's car had shat 3rd gear - but fair play to him for finishing and not retiring.

Genuine racing today - not a procession

 

Not a bad race. i spose the ferarri blip on downchange gives them a bit of extra braking.

Jenson buttock should give it up already.

 

Sorry but I agree!

 

i strongly disagree. he had a good race with some excellent overtakes. the car is maybe still not quite there yet, but i think his first win will come this season. coulthard also had a good race.

 

nice to see some of you lot relly sticking behind jenson thats typical english people