Chinese Grand Prix

[Omnis]

Haha, yeah, I understand.

So it should be sunny this weekend, meaning not much chance of scrambled grids! I just want this to be race between the two contructors with no interferances!

Also Renault have a special 1 race engine for this weekend – E spec or F spec … I’ve lost count!

Blake

More like Chi-spec.

Hopefully the pacecar won't be a JiangLing Landwind.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Haha, yeah, I understand.

So it should be sunny this weekend, meaning not much chance of scrambled grids! I just want this to be race between the two contructors with no interferances!

Also Renault have a special 1 race engine for this weekend – E spec or F spec … I’ve lost count!

Blake

Dennis V. of Renault said this about the "one time engine."

Denis, the team will introduce its final engine specification of the season in Shanghai. Tell us about it…
The strategy throughout the season – be it with a new engine, or halfway through a two-race cycle – has been to provide our drivers with the best possible compromise between performance and reliability. Obviously, for China, the reliability demands are somewhat different, as the engine only needs to complete a single race weekend, and the specification of the engine takes account of that.

So, the team has developed a special one race engine…
No, that’s not the case – it isn’t a separate part of our technical programme. The idea of a one-race engine implies we have developed a different engine, which certainly isn’t the case. That would have been an inefficient use of resources, given that we couldn’t guarantee it would have been needed…

How do you describe the new E spec then?
Well, when it came to taking the decision on the specification to which the engines would be built, we had certain components that were capable of lasting 700 km – but not yet 1400 km. That meant they were not ready for any other races, but potentially were for China. Some of those parts are major enough to justify a change in its specification code – making it an “E”. But it has not been developed specifically for this race, rather it includes components that are currently appropriate for an engine life of 700 km.

What advantages does it bring?
Well, it gives us a better overall performance package. Which means, not only is it an intrinsically more powerful engine, but it gives us more options in how we use the engine over the race weekend. It will be a concrete step forward in lap-time.

 

[pSI civic]

sounds bad. whats the weather going to be like? its spring in china isnt it?

it would be interesting if a car other then a renault or mclaren could win. if both cars are running new spec engines i could see it happening.

whats bar doing for this race? does one of the cars get a new engine for this race?

 

[Blake]

Apparantly weather will be good.

I haven’t actually heard anything about McLaren using a new engine this weekend. I thought they stopped engine development over a month ago…

BAR are still using the Suzuka engine. Button will be using his one from Suzuka and Sato will get a new one I believe (because he got his first Suzuka one at Brazil). I doubt they’d make a new engine just for Sato, he’s definatly not worth the resources.

Blake

 

[Kylehnat]

sounds bad. whats the weather going to be like? its spring in china isnt it?

Please buy a globe and look at it.

Go Renault!

 

[pSI civic]

whats the temp going to be around?

all i ment was is the other car getting a new engine. i thought it was time for the 2nd car to get one but wasnt sure.

china is on the other side of the earth so i would think it being fall here it would be just getting warm there.

so does sato go out first then?

 

[Blake]

Friday Practice 1

Pos. Driver Team Time Laps
1 P. de la Rosa McLaren 1:33.463 20
2 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1:35.303 13
3 R. Zonta Toyota 1:35.373 24
4 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:35.481 5
5 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:35.494 12
6 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:35.521 9
7 F. Alonso Renault 1:35.521 9
8 M. Webber Williams 1:35.945 13
9 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:36.089 10
10 J. Button BAR 1:36.096 11
11 A. Pizzonia Williams 1:36.208 12
12 T. Sato BAR 1:36.829 11
13 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:36.866 13
14 V. Liuzzi Red Bull 1:37.119 24
15 F. Massa Sauber 1:37.123 11
16 G. Fisichella Renault 1:37.143 5
17 C. Klien Red Bull 1:37.490 8
18 J. Villeneuve Sauber 1:37.688 7
19 J. Trulli Toyota 1:37.764 9
20 N. Karthikeyan Jordan 1:38.308 15
21 T. Monteiro Jordan 1:39.088 11
22 N. Kiesa Jordan 1:39.687 21
23 R. Doornbos Minardi 1:40.724 14
24 C. Albers Minardi 1:40.787 13

Blake

 

[Mclaren_Man]

Why is barichello 2nd when his time is slower MS who is in 5th?

 

[Blake]

Because F1Racing.net wrote 5 instead of 3 … edited

Blake

 

[pSI civic]

well then 24 degrees celcius should be decent. its said it may drop a few but it should still be ok. low 70s.

i like the look of the honda cars for this race. white with blue and yellow.

 

[Blake]

Friday Practice 2

Pos. Driver Team Time Laps
1 P. de la Rosa McLaren 1:32.834 30
2 R. Zonta Toyota 1:32.977 29
3 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:34.092 14
4 F. Alonso Renault 1:34.226 24
5 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:34.541 16
6 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1:34.618 24
7 G. Fisichella Renault 1:34.932 28
8 M. Webber Williams 1:35.035 24
9 J. Button BAR 1:35.072 25
10 F. Massa Sauber 1:35.196 26
11 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:35.201 19
12 V. Liuzzi Red Bull 1:35.306 26
13 T. Sato BAR 1:35.397 24
14 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:35.567 24
15 C. Klien Red Bull 1:35.613 19
16 A. Pizzonia Williams 1:35.709 13
17 J. Villeneuve Sauber 1:35.894 21
18 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:36.051 20
19 J. Trulli Toyota 1:36.079 26
20 N. Kiesa Jordan 1:36.644 25
21 R. Doornbos Minardi 1:36.993 0
22 C. Albers Minardi 1:37.173 21
23 T. Monteiro Jordan 1:37.435 11
24 N. Karthikeyan Jordan 1:37.467 18

Blake

 

[Lee]

Yawn yet another McMerc ownage on the cards...

So what lap we betting the engine goes?

And what did i tell you about Rubens...

 

[Blake]

“At the moment, Michael appears to be a bit slower than Rubens, so we need to understand why that is.”
—Ross Brawn

Oh god, he makes it sound like there’s a problem with the car…

Blake

 

[Lee]

“At the moment, Michael appears to be a bit slower than Rubens, so we need to understand why that is.”
—Ross Brawn

Maybe... Ever so maybe, Rubens is plain faster than MS round this track, how far are Ferrari up MS's ass!?

 

[Blake]

So there are rumours that Button may not be feeling well enough to race. Apparantly he has been sick for the past few days.

Blake

 

[Small_Fryz]

why shouldnt they be?

If it wasnt for MS, ferrari wouldnt be what they are.

 

[Lee]

So there are rumours that Button may not be feeling well enough to race. Apparantly he has been sick for the past few days.

Blake

Ohhhhhh so Sato's plan has come to reality...

why shouldnt they be?

If it wasnt for MS, ferrari wouldnt be what they are.

But its Rubens last race for the team, they could just give them equal rights.... right?

 

[Blake]

Remember, Rubens did win this race last year … while Michael spun like 3 times.

Blake

 

[Lee]

Yeah, for once he was mortal on the track, he started from the pits too.

De La Rosa has finished a good season on top again then, thats good to see, what do you think the chances are that he will get the second seat at Williams or first seat at Midland?

 

[Blake]

Unlikely on both accounts. Though, he definatly has a better chance at Midland.

Blake

 

[Lee]

Well I dunno, Midland would want some kind of experience preferibly, I would have thought De La Rosa would be near the top of their list along with Ant Davidson.

 

[daan]

china is on the other side of the earth so i would think it being fall here it would be just getting warm there.

You need to find out how seasons and the earth works.

China is in the northern hemisphere the same as you are, so they are in the same season that you are. If it was in the southern hemisphere, then it'd be a different matter....

 

[DQuaN]

Yeah, its night time in South Africa right now too!

Only kiddin ya

 

[Lee]

You need to find out how seasons and the earth works.

China is in the northern hemisphere the same as you are, so they are in the same season that you are. If it was in the southern hemisphere, then it'd be a different matter....

Hence why Australian GP is in March, over there it would be the end of summer.

 

[Small_Fryz]

Hence why Australian GP is in March, over there it would be the end of summer.

You mean over here

Will be interesting to see what happens.

Do we know whos in rubens seat next year? i dont know

 

[Lee]

That would be Filipe Massa.

 

[kensei]

You need to find out how seasons and the earth works.

China is in the northern hemisphere the same as you are, so they are in the same season that you are. If it was in the southern hemisphere, then it'd be a different matter....

Wait, isn't China on the moon. It is getting warm there now...

uggh!

You replied to his inane statement more respectfully than I could have!

 

[livemusic]

That would be Filipe Massa.

No, that would be Felipe Massa.

About Ferrari, Rubinho can get better car settings than MS in some tracks, maybe that´s the case.

 

[darkfinal]

I dunno why De la Rosa is being so underrated. He's far better than other drivers on the grid, like Sato, Pizzonia, Villeneuve, Klien (far, far from Klien) and the list goes on. He drove with Minardi & Jaguar in the past, but it doesn't count...

I won't forget 2005 Bahrain..

 

[Slick Rick]

I heard from a friend today that Sato may not be racing this sunday, is it true???