The Motorsport Thread (was the F1 thread)

Well, at least the Aston sports works colours, unlike last year.

How they manage to squeeze 220+ cars and their pitcrews onto that pit lane I have no idea...

Yay, the Apollo is back on track! Probably the craziest car this year.

Now the Aston bites the gravel.


Edited by Visitor13 - May 24 2008 at 12:03

Yeah, you mentioned the works support before, redundant comment about the colours on my part. Dunno who's driving it now, but the lineup looks solid enough.

Looking at other crazy cars this year, there's a few Opel Astra Caravans, Volker Strycek's Manta is back again.
Then there's a Kia and a Fiat 500, and that Lexus. I'd love to see a heavily souped-up Fiat 126 P race there one day. Never gonna happen, but it'd be fun.

Still, it wouldn't be anywhere near as crazy as 1997 (?) when someone raced a Volkswagen... Van. Yes, you heard that right. Slowest thing out there by far, but just so wonderfully random.

I'm unhappy about that result in my opinion Sutil was robbed of what could be the best finish of his career by Kimi.

Actually Monaco in the wet is probably the best place for the lower teams as it has a history of throwing up odd results like Panis winning in the Ligier a few years ago.

Hmm, sounds like it was a fun race after all. I guess I'll catch a re-run.

But now it's time for the 500... and contrary to what I said earlier, I'm more psyched about that one than about the Nordschleife race.

Great race for Massa!
And my bad for the mistake, (no British driver since Hill) although I did hear that from one of the announcers..... Even the experts make mistakes

I might be able to understand forgetting about David Coultard....but Jackie Stewart??


Edited by JJLehto - May 25 2008 at 23:35

^How did the transition teams do?

We've had the Le Mans test day today, Peugeot were, unsurprisingly, fastest but they were 4 seconds up on last years poll time with a 3:22. !

1 8 LMP1 M Team Peugeot Total LAMY P./SARRAZIN S./WURZ A. Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 3:22.222
2 9 LMP1 M Peugeot Sport Total MONTAGNY F./KLEIN C./ZONTA R. Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 3:26.641
3 1 LMP1 M Audi Sport North America BIELA F./PIRRO E./WERNER M. Audi R10 TDI 3:26.678
4 7 LMP1 M Team Peugeot Total GENE M./MINASSIAN N./VILLENEUVE J. Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 3:27.248
5 3 LMP1 M Audi Sport Team Joest LUHR L./PREMAT A./ROCKENFELLER M. Audi R10 TDI 3:28.359
6 17 LMP1 M Pescarolo Sport PRIMAT H./TINSEAU C./TRELUYER B. Pescarolo Judd 3:33.939
7 16 LMP1 M Pescarolo Sport COLLARD E./BOULLION J.C./DUMAS R. Pescarolo Judd 3:35.443
8 5 LMP1 M Team Oreca Matmut AYARI S./DUVAL L./GROPPI L. Courage-Oreca Judd 3:36.264
9 10 LMP1 M Charouz Racing System MUCKE S./ENGE T./CHAROUZ J. Lola Aston Martin 3:36.426
10 2 LMP1 M Audi Sport North America CAPELLO R./KRISTENSEN T./McNISH A. Audi R10 TDI 3:37.011
11 11 LMP1 M Dome Racing Team ITO D./TACHIKAWA Y./KATAOKA T. Dome Judd S102 3:38.773
12 12 LMP1 M Charouz Racing System PICKETT G./GRAF K./LAMMERS J. Lola Judd 3:39.584
13 18 LMP1 D Rollcentre Racing BARBOSA J/ICKX V./GREGOIRE S. Pescarolo Judd 3:40.214
14 34 LMP2 M Van Merksteijn Motorsport VAN MERKSTEIJN P./VERSTAPPEN J./BLEEKEMOLENPorsche RS Spyder 3:42.191
15 31 LMP2 D Team Essex ELGAARD C./NIELSEN J./MAASSEN S. Porsche RS Spyder 3:43.736
16 32 LMP2 M Barazi Epsilon BARAZI J./VERGERS M./MOSELEY S. Zytek 07S 3:43.920
17 45 LMP2 M Embassy Racing HUGHES W./KANE J./FOSTER J. WF01 Zytek 3:44.166
18 25 LMP2 M RML ERDOS T./NEWTON M./WALLACE A. Lola MG 3:44.678
19 14 LMP1 D Creation AIM HALL S./MOWLEM J./GOOSSENS M. Creation Aim 3:45.049
20 35 LMP2 M Saulnier Racing RAGUES P./LAHAYE M./CHENG CONG F. Pescarolo Judd 3:48.414
21 6 LMP1 M Team Oreca Matmut PANIS O./DUVAL L./PAGENAUD S. Courage-Oreca Judd 3:49.304
22 24 LMP1 M Terramos TERADA Y./TAKAHASHI K./KATOH H. Courage Mugen 3:50.684
23 19 LMP1 D Chamberlain Synergy EVANS G./BERRIDGE B./STRETON A. Lola AER 3:51.551
24 26 LMP2 D Bruichladdich Radical ROSTAN M./DEVLIN B./THOMAS P. Radical AER 3:52.800
25 009 LMGT1 M Aston Martin Racing BRABHAM D./GARCIA A./TURNER D. Aston Martin DBR9 3:53.531
26 41 LMP2 M Trading Performance OJJEH K./GOSSELIN C.Y./SHARPE A. Zytek 07S 3:53.893
27 50 LMGT1 M Larbre Competition BOUCHUT CH./BORNHAUSER P./SMET D. Saleen S7R 3:55.383
28 64 LMGT1 M Corvette Racing GAVIN O./BERETTA O./PAPIS M. Corvette C6.R 3:55.520
29 63 LMGT1 M Corvette Racing FELLOWS R./OCONNELL J./MAGNUSSEN J. Corvette C6.R 3:55.877
30 007 LMGT1 M Aston Martin Racing FRENZEN H-H./PICCINI A./WENDLINGER K. Aston Martin DBR9 3:58.817
31 72 LMGT1 M Luc Alphand Aventures ALPHAND L./MOREAU G./POLICAND J. Corvette C6.R 4:00.633
32 4 LMP1 M Saulnier Racing NICOLET J./FAGGIONATO M./HEIN R. Pescarolo Judd 4:00.907
33 59 LMGT1 M Team Modena FITTIPALDI C./BORCHELLER T./MENTEN J. Aston Martin DBR9 4:01.021
34 53 LMGT1 M Vitaphone Racing Team HARDMAN P./LEVENTIS N./NEGRAO A. Aston Martin DBR9 4:01.065
35 20 LMP1 M Epsilon Euskadi BURGUENO A./GOUNON J.M./VALLES A. Epsilon Euskadi Judd 4:01.508
36 33 LMP2 M Speedy Racing Team Sebah POMPIDOU X./BELICCHI A./ZACCHIA S. Lola Judd 4:02.692
37 55 LMGT1 M IPB Spartak Racing RUSINOV R./KOX P./HEZEMANS M. Lamborghini 4:03.404
38 82 LMGT2 M Risi Competizione MELO J./SALO M./BRUNI G. Ferrari F430 GT 4:05.561
39 80 LMGT2 M Flying Lizard Motorsports NEIMAN S./BERGMEISTER J./VAN OVERBEEK J. Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 4:05.590
40 97 LMGT2 P BMS Scuderia Italia MALUCELLI M./RUBERTI P./BABINI F. Ferrari F430 GT 4:06.894
41 96 LMGT2 D Virgo Motorsport BELL R./MULLEN T./SUGDEN T. Ferrari F430 GT 4:07.090
42 78 LMGT2 M AF Corse SRL VILANDER T./BIAGI T./MONTANARI C. Ferrari F430 GT 4:08.520
43 76 LMGT2 M Imsa Performance Matmut NARAC R./LIETZ R./LONG P. Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 4:10.898
44 73 LMGT1 M Luc Alphand Aventures BLANCHEMAIN J.L./GOUESLARD P./PASQUALI L. Corvette C6.R 4:11.258
45 44 LMP2 D Kruse Schiller Motorsport de POURTALES J./NODA H./YVON JF. Lola Mazda 4:11.830
46 40 LMP2 D Quifel ASM Team AMARAL M./PLA O./SMITH G. Lola AER 4:12.644
47 77 LMGT2 M Team Felbermayr-Proton DAVISON A./HENZLER W./FELBERMAYR H. Sen Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 4:12.879
48 99 LMGT2 M JMB Racing AUCOTT B./FERTE A./DAOUDI ST. Ferrari F430 GT 4:16.572
49 83 LMGT2 M Risi Competizione KROHN T./JONSSON N./VAN DE POELE E. Ferrari F430 GT 4:17.177
50 30 LMP2 D Racing Box CECCATO A./FRANCIONI F./GERI F. Lucchini Judd 4:24.058
51 22 LMP1 Y Tokai University YGK KUROSAWA H./KAGEYAMA M./SUZUKI T. Courage Oreca YGK 4:24.300
52 23 LMP1 D Autocon LEWIS M./WILLMAN B./McMURRY C. Creation Judd 4:25.439
53 90 LMGT2 D Farnbacher Racing EHRET P./KAFFER P./NIELSEN L-E. Ferrari F430 GT 4:26.756
54 94 LMGT2 M Speedy Racing Team CHIESA A./LEUENBERGER B./ALEXANDER-DAVID I. Spyker C8 Laviolette 4:28.882
55 85 LMGT2 M Snoras Spyker Squadron DUMBRECK P./KELLENERS R./VASILIEV A. Spyker C8 Laviolette 4:32.336

The Pug of Marc Gene had a bad crash though. Its another example of an LMP taking off, the fourth time this year (a Creation, Audi and ORECA-Courage all flew at Monza). As far as I know, Gene is OK

http://www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans/actu/2008-06-01_CF_3048_fr.html


Edited by sleeper - June 01 2008 at 15:37

Practice times from Canada. Kubica's looking good.

1.  HAMILTON      McLaren       1m15.752s
2.  KUBICA        BMW           1m16.023s

3.  RAIKKONEN     Ferrari       1m16.093s
4.  KOVALAINEN    McLaren       1m16.331s

5.  MASSA         Ferrari       1m16.413s

6.  HEIDFELD      BMW           1m16.589s

7.  WEBBER        Red Bull      1m16.604s

8.  ROSBERG       Williams      1m16.767s

9.  VETTEL        Toro Rosso    1m17.019s

10. TRULLI        Toyota        1m17.068s

11. NAKAJIMA      Williams      1m17.242s

12. COULTHARD     Red Bull      1m17.334s

13. BARRICHELLO   Honda         1m17.462s

14. FISICHELLA    Force India   1m17.508s

15. GLOCK         Toyota        1m17.549s

16. BOURDAIS      Toro Rosso    1m17.559s

17. ALONSO        Renault       1m17.644s

18. SUTIL         Force India   1m17.813s

19. BUTTON        Honda         1m17.842s

20. PIQUET        Renault       1m18.076s

I do love when they're in North America because these races are on at normal times! 
What a qualifying, thought Kubica had it...but Hamilton nabbed it at the last moment

Also, Alonso and Rosberg in the top 5


Edited by JJLehto - June 07 2008 at 14:17