Posted by ashleigh on
June 10, 2006
JPM get’s let off
David Coulthard had asked the stewards to look into an incident in the second qualifying session between himself and Juan Pablo.
The stewards have looked into it and it seems that they believe JPM did little wrong. The stewards have released this statement, "The Stewards after hearing the explanation of both drivers, heard from the respective competitors' team managers, considered the data evidence and timesheets produced decided that the matter requires no further action."
So then, it seems that DC was mistaken, and JPM just made a mistake.
Posted by ashleigh on
June 10, 2006
F1 Fanatic
Our friends over at F1 Fanatic have some shot's up from today's Silverstone outing.
There are some good shot's of the BMW Sauber display.
Pop along and have a look.
Posted by ashleigh on
June 10, 2006
Qualifying results and thoght’s
Qualifying for the British GP has finished with some strange and possibly controversial things going on.
First off we have Button back in 19th position, Honda are blaming being called into the weigh bridge for the troubles, apparently they did not have time to get back out and do another fast lap (although it looks like they actually did have just about enough time).
The other Brit in the grid David Coulthard is sat in 11th, not too bad as he out-performed his team mate, but he believes his last fast lap was blocked by Juan Pablo Montoya and we will have to see if the stewards agree.
Kimi Raikonen proved the McLaren does have pace, by setting a stunning out lap, then a brilliant flying lap on tyres that where not treated nicely on the out lap. McLaren may also be running a touch more fuel in Kimi's car than the people around him.
Fernando as usual proved to be calm, collected and above all fast! Michael too looks to be pacey and up for the challenge.
Without a shadow of a doubt though, my shock of the day driver is Rubens Barrichello who sit's in 6th just 6 tenths of a second behind pole, the Honda may just show some pace during the race, this adds a little hope for Jenson.
Times after the jump
Posted by ashleigh on
June 9, 2006
O2 to launch BMW Sauber Phone
News from Modaco.
BMW Sauber and O2 are launching a special version of the XDA Neo for German customers, the phone will come with a 1Gb SD card, some F1 video's, and F1 game and the BMW engine as a ringtone.
Not so sure about the paint job myself, but if your a BMW Sauber fan then see if you can get one on ebay (unless you live in Germany).
As a side note it's nice to see all the networks going Windows Mobile crazy, there seems to be a new HTC (the manufacturer of all the Orange, O2, T-Mobile and Vodafone devices) on the market every day.
Posted by ashleigh on
June 8, 2006
Honda and Toyota on the Engine Freeze
ITV-F1 are running an article along similar line to my earlier one about the engine freeze in 2008.
They go further with interviews with Nick Fry from Honda, "The message that we and other manufacturers would convey is that while we have submitted entries for the 2008 championship, there are still no guarantees that we will be there, We are not compelled to be in Formula 1. Most car manufacturers do other things, whether it’s rallying, DTM or whatever. F1 is important to us, but the world will not come to an end if we stop doing it. People need to understand that.”
Toyota are said to be feeling the same way, and have apparetly stated that they will not continue in F1 unless 'certain core values' remain.
Max has said, At the moment [the engines] are all on more or less the same level. Therefore we have to freeze them as quickly as possible. If we give them time, than the people with a lot of money will have the opportunity to pull out a bit of a lead.”
