Wow, it's Thursday again, British GP time

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So it is GP time again, this time at Silverstone. This is one of my favoured tracks, it should be a decent race.

Many of the teams tested here not too long ago and McLaren showed alot of pace, I'm pretty much expecting Kimi to get pole and walk away with it, with Alonso in toe.

Predictions
Kimi
Alonso
Button
Rubens
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Blake
 
Wow, no replies!

I really would like to see Button do well on his home GP. But I think he will struggle to get on the podium, 4th or 5th is more likley.

Who reckons he will go real light on fuel to get on the front of the grid?
 
Haven't posted anything on F1 threads lately so here goes

McLaren showed pretty good pace in France and Kimi's pit-strategy was great. I hope Kimi wins this round, because it's pretty difficult to catch Alonso in championship points if he keeps finishing before Kimi :dunce:

Well, gotta wait till the free practice to see what's going on
 
I want to see a great battle between Alonso and Raikonnen, something that seems to have been avoided so far.

So Blake, getting fed up of making threads most weekends? :D
 
I wonder how things are gonna go with this whole london episode.
 
im gonna go WAY out on a limb here and take a guess that kimi dominates again. i think montoya finally puts an entire race together and i expect one of the toyotas to have an strong race.
 
Kimi should win, providing that he has no reliablility problems, hopefully Alonso finishes down the order so the championship will come close again. And i really really hope that williams will hurry up and get their act together so Webber can get some results.

1.Kimi
2.JPM (hopefully)
3.Alonso
 
katana87
i'm eatingnb excuse my bad typing typing onen firnger stupid hot dophg
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Congrats 👍

I'm hoping that Alonso gets caught in traffic or something that puts him down the order a bit so the championship can be a bit closer. Williams are still having horrible troubles, they were doing well for a short while but it's going down the drain for them again.

Blake
 
Blake
Congrats 👍

I'm hoping that Alonso gets caught in traffic or something that puts him down the order a bit so the championship can be a bit closer. Williams are still having horrible troubles, they were doing well for a short while but it's going down the drain for them again.

Blake
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yep, the triumph of monaco and nurburgring seem so long ago now
 
Friday Practice 1

1 P. de la Rosa McLaren 1:19.205 21
2 R. Zonta Toyota 1:20.139 30
3 J. Button BAR 1:20.211 10
4 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:20.411 9
5 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:21.080 6
6 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:21.091 5
7 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.453 9
8 T. Sato BAR 1:21.582 10
9 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1:22.216 9
10 F. Massa Sauber 1:22.350 11
11 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:22.403 8
12 C. Klien Red Bull 1:22.456 8
13 V. Liuzzi Red Bull 1:22.615 22
14 J. Villeneuve Sauber 1:23.370 7
15 M. Webber Williams 1:23.394 8
16 N. Heidfeld Williams 1:24.321 9
17 N. Karthikeyan Jordan 1:24.581 10
18 T. Monteiro Jordan 1:25.488 17
19 R. Doornbos Jordan 1:25.560 12
20 C. Albers Minardi 1:25.897 16
21 P. Friesacher Minardi 1:27.246 7
22 G. Fisichella Renault no time 2
23 F. Alonso Renault no time 2
24 J. Trulli Toyota no time 1

Pedro dominates beating the field by almost a second!

Blake
 
yeh did you see that comment Button made. Something like "I dont think anyone has got a chance except Mclaren here, I think they will walk away with it, but the rest of us should put on a good show."

Thats kinda like admitting defeat.
 
Mclaren_Man
yeh did you see that comment Button made. Something like "I dont think anyone has got a chance except Mclaren here, I think they will walk away with it, but the rest of us should put on a good show."

Thats kinda like admitting defeat.
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"I don’t think anyone’s got a chance compared to McLaren here," he said, "from what we’ve seen of testing." It isn’t all bad news for Britain’s main hope, however. "I think that we can still have a good race," he added, of his BAR Honda team. "I think we will probably be a bit closer to the Renaults here and Ferrari will be very good competition and you never know what’s going to happen with Red Bull and Williams. It’s going to be a competitive race, and I’m sure we can put on a very good show, but it’s just what the end result is. Definitely I think that McLaren are going to walk it. I don’t really want to say that, but I think it’s true."

I think (and hope) he's right 👍 ... just as long as there are no reliability issues.

Blake
 
Friday Practice 2

1 P. de la Rosa McLaren 1:18.530 37
2 R. Zonta Toyota 1:18.964 31
3 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:20.252 17
4 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:20.384 15
5 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:20.602 23
6 J. Trulli Toyota 1:20.816 27
7 F. Alonso Renault 1:20.990 21
8 V. Liuzzi Red Bull 1:21.004 33
9 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:21.034 19
10 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.044 21
11 J. Button BAR 1:21.186 28
12 M. Webber Williams 1:21.235 20
13 G. Fisichella Renault 1:21.279 15
14 C. Klien Red Bull 1:21.323 21
15 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1:21.519 21
16 F. Massa Sauber 1:21.577 28
17 J. Villeneuve Sauber 1:22.180 19
18 N. Heidfeld Williams 1:22.500 19
19 T. Sato BAR 1:22.795 12
20 R. Doornbos Jordan 1:22.812 20
21 C. Albers Minardi 1:23.390 22
22 T. Monteiro Jordan 1:23.629 22
23 N. Karthikeyan Jordan 1:23.891 26
24 P. Friesacher Minardi 1:24.594 21

Blake
 
Pedro taking his usual spot at the top of practice.

He is always top. Does he prefer being a test driver than racing for a different team?

Have any other teams approached him?

I would be suprised if they hadn't.
 
the run the 3rd car harder. higher engine revs lower fuel and the driver is always much more aggressive. hes there for test purposes, he doesnt have a ride for a reason.
 
DQuaN
Pedro taking his usual spot at the top of practice.

He is always top. Does he prefer being a test driver than racing for a different team?

Have any other teams approached him?

I would be suprised if they hadn't.
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Dont you remember in Bahrain? Hes fast, but useless in overtaking. He needs more practice.
 
Slick Rick
Dont you remember in Bahrain? Hes fast, but useless in overtaking. He needs more practice.
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Useless in overtaking? What'cha talking about? He was the one who made the race and made great passes!

Or I've been high on something that day.
 
RSCosworth
Useless in overtaking? What'cha talking about? He was the one who made the race and made great passes!

Or I've been high on something that day.
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It was the brilliant Mclaren that saved him. He lost time making foolish overtaking moves, the Mclaren got it back for him. And the mistakes he made were in the same places.
Im not saying hes a bad driver though, just useless at overtaking
 
Slick Rick
It was the brilliant Mclaren that saved him. He lost time making foolish overtaking moves, the Mclaren got it back for him. And the mistakes he made were in the same places.
Im not saying hes a bad driver though, just useless at overtaking
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Ah, ok then.
 
Not necessarily true, but you really need a good car to get close enough to overtake, so overtaking skills aren't exhibited as much, but you still need them, especially in the first few laps. ;)

Blake
 
Slick Rick
Dont you remember in Bahrain? Hes fast, but useless in overtaking. He needs more practice.
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Friday drivers are unlimited in what they run. The team can run and push those cars hard with no concern for reliability or consequences. Friday drivers SHOULD be tops of the charts, by at least a full second....even mid pack cars should be faster.

Short and sweet, my prediction

Kimi
JPM
Alonso
Trulli
Button
 
It is kind of lucky that Mclaren did so bad last year, becasue now they can use their test cars on fridays which IMO is giving them a huge advantage. Mclaren will win unless they have 2 engine failures which seems unlikely, but stranger things have happened. (Indy)

edit: im just reading Kimis comments and he is still unhappy with the car set up, said he was getting understeer!
 
You can never be happy with the way the car in handling at Silverstone :indiff:

Blake
 
I am surprised to see that nobody votes for M Schumacher anymore 👍 👍 👍
 
kikie
I am surprised to see that nobody votes for M Schumacher anymore 👍 👍 👍
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the ferrari(weather its the tires or the car) just isnt on par this season.

and doesnt that just make us all too sad? :rolleyes:
 

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