Posted by ashleigh on
June 18, 2007
Is it all over for Ralf?
My Monday morning question surrounds Ralf Schumacher. Is it time for Toyota to throw him out, and get someone more hungry into the team?
My reasoning goes something like this. Yes he may be the brother of Michael, but he sure as heck does not have his talents (any of them). Toyota brought him on board hoping that the ‘Schumacher influence’ would rub off on the team, as it did with Ferrari. But this has not happened.
Instead the Toyota team pay him one of the largest wages on the grid, and for what? He is consistently out performed by his team mate, in both Qualifying and Races.
Toyota need someone who can help develop the car, and that is not Ralf.
Who could they buy in though?
Jarno Trulli seems to be doing a sterling job, so if they have their ‘old hand’ it would seem they need some young blood, someone to give the testing and development some fresh insight.
Posted by ashleigh on
June 17, 2007
Lewis makes it 2 in a row
Hot on the heals of his win in Canada, Lewis Hamilton has followed other illustrious British drivers like Damon Hill, and Nigel Mansel to win two in a row after their maiden win.
Lewis qualified on the pole position, and used it to his advantage in the 
first stint of the race. Fernando Alonso tried to overtake on the first lap, but could not manage it. Lewis then seemed to be the quicker driver and pulled away from his twice world champion team mate.
After the stops Fernando seemed to be the quicker McLaren, and caught Lewis up. From their he hassled his younger team mate all the way round until the second stop 
(he ran wide on lap 46, just before the stops).
After the second stop, Lewis managed to hold off his team mate again on the harder tyres, then it seemed with 12 laps to the end, it seemed the team called a halt to the challenge. And that is how the McLaren’s finished the race.
Posted by ashleigh on
June 16, 2007
McLaren get the front again
The McLaren team have put both of their drivers on the front row for the American GP. Lewis Hamilton once again managed to get the best out of the McLaren at the required time giving him the pole position.
It’s not all good news for Hamilton though. His twice world champion team mate Alonso has been faster at the track all weekend, and seems to like the McLaren better than the Renault’s he used to drive at the Indianapolis track.
The Ferrari’s again seemed to struggle, with Kimi again being outpaced by his more junior team mate. They only just seemed to hold off the BMW Sauber and Renault behind them.
Nick Heidfeld once again showed that he is enjoying the improving pace in the BMW Sauber car. With his rookie temporary team mate Sebastien Vettel.
Heikki is obviously riding high on his Canadian performance. The rumors that he was on the verge of being replaced by the Renault test driver (Piquet Jnr) will be quashed if he keeps this performance up.
Posted by ashleigh on
May 12, 2007
Massa gets another pole
Filipe Massa has taken another great pole in Spain. The Ferrari team showed there true colour’s in qualifying after sandbagging all weekend.
The Spanish were happy though as Alonso popped his McLaren onto the second spot of the grid, just a few hundredths of a second behind Massa.
Kimi Raikkonen dropped the second Ferrari into third, with the second McLaren of young Lewis Hamilton popping into the fourth spot.
It seems that the fuel strategy between the teams has been split amongst the drivers. Massa and Alonso seem to have short fueled with Raikkonen and Hamilton going slightly longer.
Behind the front four are the BMW of Robert Kubica and the Toyota of Jarno Trulli. Jarno is the surprise of the group in the top 10, Toyota have been slow all weekend.
Fourth row has the second BMW of Nick Heidfeld and the Renault of Heikki Kovalainen.
Fifth row has the much improved Red Bull of David Coulthard and the second Renault of Giancarlo Fisichella.
Posted by ashleigh on
September 29, 2006
All change at GPDA
The current leaders in the GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers Association) are to step down from the front line.
Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard and Jarno Trulli are to make way for Ralf Schumacher, Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber.
Ralf will be taking up the Chairman position on the new look GPDA, taking over from current Chairman Jarno Trulli.
