Looks like they're all going to win it tomorrow :p

DC with his current girlfriends :p

Practice 3 - Times


1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:30.788

2 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:31.093

3 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:31.395

4 17 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-BMW 1:31.531

5 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:31.584

6 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:31.807

7 12 Jenson Button Honda 1:32.104

8 15 Christian Klien RBR-Ferrari 1:32.197

9 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 1:32.290

10 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.320

11 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:32.459

12 21 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth 1:32.505

13 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:32.534

14 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:32.711

15 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 1:32.773

16 14 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari 1:32.779

17 4 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.989

18 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:33.120

19 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:33.744

20 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:34.469

21 23 Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda 1:35.706

22 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:36.082

Times - Quali


1 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:31.138 1:30.336 1:29.819

2 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:31.235 1:30.013 1:30.028

3 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:31.921 1:30.732 1:30.407

4 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:31.671 1:30.469 1:30.754

5 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.263 1:30.203 1:30.933

6 12 Jenson Button Honda 1:31.420 1:30.755 1:30.940

7 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:31.809 1:30.733 1:31.419

8 17 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-BMW 1:31.545 1:30.865 1:31.542

9 4 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.774 1:30.671 1:31.880

10 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:31.712 1:30.892 1:33.405

11 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:31.470 1:30.944

12 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:32.053 1:31.194

13 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:31.574 1:31.197

14 14 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari 1:31.742 1:31.227

15 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 1:31.457 1:31.422

16 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 1:32.621 1:31.728

17 15 Christian Klien RBR-Ferrari 1:32.901

18 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:32.936

19 21 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth 1:32.992

20 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:33.658

21 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:35.239

22 23 Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda 1:46.505

Alonso crushes rivals with awesome pole


Fernando Alonso will start from pole position for the time this season in Sunday's European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.

The world champion came out top of a cracking duel with Ferrari's Michael Schumacher to take his 10th career pole as the German lost a little time in the middle sector of his best lap.

Alonso best lap was eventually two tenths faster than Schumacher, who on home ground, looks set to continue his duel with the Spaniard on Sunday.

Felipe Massa put in an impressive effort to go third fastest in the second Ferrari. He will start the race alongside fellow Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, who for the first time this season outqualified his Honda team-mate Jenson Button.

Kimi Raikkonen was fifth fastest for McLaren, closer to the ultimate pace than he has been all weekend, while Button took his worst position of the season so far in sixth.

Jarno Trulli was seventh for Toyota ahead of a brilliant performance from Jacques Villeneuve.

Juan Pablo Montoya and Mark Webber completed the top ten.

Phase 2:

Giancarlo Fisichella has been knocked out of the Top Ten shoot-out for the second grand prix running.

The Italian was furious with Jacques Villeneuve, who he accused of blocking him and ruining his fastest lap by 0.7s (according to Renault's telemetry).

The Renault driver marched down to the BMW garage and remonstrated to the Canadian his displeasure at having been bumped out.

Villeneuve, ironically, put in a stunning final lap to earn a place in the top ten in the dying moments of the session.

Michael Schumacher ended the session fastest, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso and an impressive Rubens Barrichello.

Juan Pablo Montoya was fifth ahead of Ferrari's Felipe Massa.

Jenson Button seemed unhappy with has car's handling but dragged his car back in to the top ten in eighth, behind Jarno Trulli.

Villeneuve and Mark Webber are the final drivers to make it through to the final phase.

Ralf Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Fisichella, David Coulthard, Nick Heidfeld and Tonio Liuzzi all got knocked out.


Phase 1 - update:

The FIA has now issued a revised set of times which now has Jacques Villeneuve seventh in the order.

This means that after that timing glitch his lap speed has been justified.

Christian Klien has remained in the drop zone however, to the annoyance of Red Bull.

The official list of drivers out of Phase 2 is now Klien, Albers, Speed, Monteiro, Sato and Montagny who spun at the first corner on his quick lap.

Meanwhile Fisichella moved up to second fastest behind team-mate Alonso, who stayed on top.


Phase 1:

Confusion reigned in the pitlane after the first 15-minute phase of qualifying after a "phantom" red flag was thrown because of a timing glitch with 3.28 minutes remaining in the session.

Both Christian Klien and Jacques Villeneuve were on hot laps at the time, but thanks to the clock being stopped, they both backed off and lost their best laps.

At the moment, they have been bumped out along with Scott Speed, Tiago Monteiro, Takuma Sato and Franck Montagny.

There has now been a ten minute delay will an enquiry is going on into what happened.

Fernando Alonso set the fastest lap of the session ahead of Michael Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen, Jenson Button, Nick Heidfled and Giancarlo Fisichella.

Christijan Albers is on the bubble at the moment in his most impressive performance yet for Midland.

Red Bull's Christian Horner believes Klien lapped faster than the Dutchman and is waiting to see if there will be a change in the order.


itv.com

DC with his current girlfriends :p
******* :p

DC with his current girlfriends :p
Damn thats one big square jaw!

Ummm, why on earth has this thread been moved. Im sure it was due to little mans change of perspective on a-ss kissing.
You know who you are!

Bit of a PITA, its really an Aussie only thread because we get everything after everyone else :( and hence want to talk about results when we get them :(.

Schumacher and Ferrari do it again


Michael Schumacher drove his Ferrari to his remarkable 86th career victory in front of his home fans at the Nurburgring this after, turning what had initially appeared to be a nip and tuck race into a rout of Fernando Alonso and Renault after the second pit stops.
Content to trail the series leaders for the first 38 laps, the former champion swept into the lead when Alonso refuelled for the second time on lap 38, and was still ahead of the Renault when he rejoined after his own second and final stop three crucial laps later. When Kimi Raikkonen refuelled his leading McLaren on lap 44, Schumacher went back ahead and was thereafter never threatened as Alonso had fallen more than seven seconds behind.

As Michael cruised to the flag, Alonso, who had seemingly settled for second place and another eight points, was obliged to speed up a little as he responded to pressure from Felipe Massa and a recovering Raikkonen, but though the three of them finished nose to tail there was no stopping the jubilant German. Making it a great day for Ferrari, Massa celebrated the first podium finish of his burgeoning career.

Fifth place was the focus of an equally intense battle between Honda’s Rubens Barrichello, Renault’s Giancarlo Fisichella and Williams’ Nico Rosberg. They crossed the line nose-to-tail too. Jacques Villeneuve, who had earlier held his BMW Sauber ahead of qualifying nemesis Fisichella, brought the car home eighth for the final point.

Jenson Button lasted only 28 laps, his Honda appearing to blow its engine going past the pits as he lay fifth; Juan Pablo Montoya lost ninth place when his McLaren stopped on lap 53, and Ralf Schumacher lost sixth when his Toyota blew its engine at the same time.

Jarno Trulli’s TF106 was a lapped ninth ahead of Nick Heidfeld’s BMW Sauber, Scott Speed’s Toro Rosso and the battling Midlands of Tiago Monteiro and Christijan Albers.

Tonio Liuzzi was a first-corner casualty after tangling with Red Bull stable mate David Coulthard. Liuzzi got his damaged Toro Rosso as far as Turn 10 where it spun to a halt as the right rear tyre was off the rim. That brought out the safety car for the first two laps. Coulthard later pulled off after a first-lap stop for repairs. Making it a bad day for Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz, Christian Klien stopped on lap 29, while battling Heidfeld for 13th.

Mark Webber also pulled off track, having run strongly from the back of the field with a full fuel load. Neither of the Super Aguris made it home either; Franck Montagny’s engine broke on lap 31 and briefly set the back of the SA05 alight, while Takuma Sato, having made a brilliant start to run 14th at the end of the first lap, pulled straight into his garage on lap 43.

“A great race, great strategy and great performance all the way through,” Schumacher beamed after his victory. “I’ve had no doubt all season that we would be in a position to fight for the championship, and this proves it.”

The result puts Schumacher a little closer to Alonso, 44 points to 31, but Renault still have a sizeable advantage in the constructors’ stakes with 62 points to Ferrari’s 46 and McLaren’s 39. With Barcelona coming up next week, Alonso believes that Renault and Michelin will be very strong there, but Michael Schumacher also believes that Ferrari will be just as good as they were here. The Championship is well and truly hotting up.

Race - Results


1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 60 1:35:58.765 2 10

2 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 60 +3.7 secs 1 8

3 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 60 +4.4 secs 3 6

4 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 60 +4.8 secs 5 5

5 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 60 +72.5 secs 4 4

6 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 60 +74.1 secs 11 3

7 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 60 +74.5 secs 22 2

8 17 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-BMW 60 +89.3 secs 9 1

9 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 59 +1 Lap 7

10 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 59 +1 Lap 13

11 21 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth 59 +1 Lap 17

12 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 59 +1 Lap 18

13 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 59 +1 Lap 16

Ret 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 52 +8 Lap 10

Ret 4 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 52 +8 Lap 8

Ret 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 45 +15 Lap 20

Ret 23 Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda 29 +31 Laps 21

Ret 12 Jenson Button Honda 28 +32 Laps 6

Ret 15 Christian Klien RBR-Ferrari 28 +32 Laps 15

Ret 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 12 Hydraulics 19

Ret 14 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari 2 +58 Laps 12

Ret 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 0 +60 Laps 14

Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher 1:32.099

Go JV!!!:smile:

DC with his current girlfriends :p

He is such a pimp. I heard JV a long time ago talk about how he and DC used to go out during race weekends together and hit the local scene. Crazy and amazing stuff. I sure hope he writes a book with that stuff in it!!!:p

Great news for all JV fans!!!:D

http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/10052006/13/bmw-praise-resurgent-villeneuve.html

I am excited!!!!:)

Weeelcome back thread :).

I've missed you thread...

Welcome back :D I thought I've wandered into the wrong section or something when I spotted this...:D

Welcome home little thread :D

who hoo it's back

-Dan

ah, your back home little thread :D Now, don't you ever go running away from home like that again - ya hear??? :D

Cars are now on the grid ready to head off

-Dan

Cars are now on the grid ready to head off

-Dan

Sorry I didn't join you guys last night, I didn't even watch the race - I needed some serious shut-eye!! Hopefully will be here for the next one.

I crashed and burnt too, worked Arvo shift last night

The Best race of all time.
Monaco 2006 GP

Thursday practice times:
1 35 Alexander Wurz Williams-Cosworth 1:15.907

2 36 Anthony Davidson Honda 1:16.075

3 4 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.138

4 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.221

5 37 Robert Doornbos RBR-Ferrari 1:16.292

6 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.707

7 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:16.721

8 14 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari 1:16.870

9 12 Jenson Button Honda 1:16.903

10 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:17.251

11 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:17.325

12 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:17.439

13 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:17.456

14 39 Giorgio Mondini MF1-Toyota 1:17.497

15 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:17.603

16 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 1:17.638

17 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:17.744

18 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:17.793

19 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:17.845

20 17 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-BMW 1:17.874

21 15 Christian Klien RBR-Ferrari 1:18.123

22 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 1:18.257

23 21 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth 1:18.420

24 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:18.430

25 23 Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda 1:18.731

26 38 Robert Kubica Sauber-BMW 1:19.273

27 40 Neel Jani STR-Cosworth 1:19.445

28 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:19.803

But more importantly, and somewhat more insightful.
Speed Trap:
1 2 Giancarlo Fisichella 15:01:55 283.3

2 6 Felipe Massa 14:25:06 282.5

3 3 Kimi Räikkönen 14:44:27 282.2

4 5 Michael Schumacher 15:05:35 281.3

5 1 Fernando Alonso 15:06:14 280.3

6 9 Mark Webber 15:09:26 279.2

7 14 David Coulthard 14:45:42 278.7

8 35 Alexander Wurz 14:57:29 278.2

9 37 Robert Doornbos 14:57:17 278.2

10 4 Juan Pablo Montoya 15:04:41 278.1

11 11 Rubens Barrichello 15:07:08 277.1

12 8 Jarno Trulli 15:03:46 276.4

13 23 Franck Montagny 14:13:39 276.2

14 36 Anthony Davidson 14:04:20 276.2

15 38 Robert Kubica 14:09:04 276.2

16 15 Christian Klien 15:07:56 276.0

17 22 Takuma Sato 14:41:31 275.9

18 17 Jacques Villeneuve 14:33:08 275.2

19 16 Nick Heidfeld 14:09:56 275.0

20 12 Jenson Button 15:03:06 274.6

21 10 Nico Rosberg 14:51:15 274.5

22 19 Christijan Albers 14:46:18 274.0

23 21 Scott Speed 14:40:59 273.9

24 18 Tiago Monteiro 14:42:09 273.8

25 7 Ralf Schumacher 14:58:20 273.7

26 39 Giorgio Mondini 14:55:26 273.2

27 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi 14:24:39 271.6

28 40 Neel Jani 14:08:00 270.9

Can't wait :D

should be good.... and a mate is there with grandstand seats on the last corner onto the main straight - $600 per seat for sunday only (!!!!!!)

Webber no No. 2 o the GRID....
http://formula-1.updatesport.com/news/article/1148764037/formula_one/F1headlines/Schumacher-sent-to-the-back/view.html

13 minutes until the start of Monaco

not on TV until 10.30 though.... and I think BB ran late, so probably later than that :(

As usual, I am watching the live timing on the net... have it on in the background

They have completed the parade lap... about to start

-Dan