Official Spanish GP thread
Practice Fri, May 7 8am LIVE
Qualifying Sat, May 8 8am LIVE
Spanish Grand Prix Sun, May 9 7:30am LIVE
All times EST.
Will MS make it 5 in a row?
Will Honda win a race?
Will Ralf punt someone off again and JPM complain about aggressive drivers and then knock his teammate off the next corner. Above all will Williams show some form?
Will McLaren get over their engine issues?
Will the dark horses Renault show form like they did last year?
Qualifying Sat, May 8 8am LIVE
Spanish Grand Prix Sun, May 9 7:30am LIVE
All times EST.
Will MS make it 5 in a row?
Will Honda win a race?
Will Ralf punt someone off again and JPM complain about aggressive drivers and then knock his teammate off the next corner. Above all will Williams show some form?
Will McLaren get over their engine issues?
Will the dark horses Renault show form like they did last year?
Originally Posted by sinthetiq
shouldnt u be studying
h:This is hilarious... Ralf tells JPM to shut the hell up. Me thinks Ralf and JPM are gonna get into a tangle at the race.
From www.f1-live.com
Juan Pablo Montoya has called for the FIA to improve the way they judge and penalise bad driving as he prepared for the Spanish Grand Prix. Montoya launched a verbal tirade against Michael Schumacher at the end of the last race in San Marino after his Williams was hit by his world champion rival on the opening lap of the race.
After reviewing video evidence of the incident following his initial comments, he suggested in the Barcelona paddock that the Ferrari driver had deliberately rammed into him after breaking the 'rules of combat' by blocking him twice. Montoya now believes it is time for the FIA to review their judging process and install regular stewards at each race meeting to improve consistency and end an illegal bias towards Ferrari.
Juan Pablo Montoya clearly underestimates his defensive tactics seconds later as he almost took out team-mate Ralf Schumacher in a move that looked far more aggressive than anything Michael Schumacher tried on with Juan Pablo.
"You need more consistency," said Montoya clearly still unhappy. "We have been pushing to have the same stewards every weekend. I think everybody believes that would be a good thing. It's about how the things are handled. You are meant to do one move on the straight and after the first chicane he went all the way to the left and all the way to the right, so how do you handle that? That's two moves. We need to know what we are and are not allowed to do. I don't mind closing the door and things like that but I do mind when you actually hit someone off the circuit. You look at his hands, the way they went, you can't do anything."
Montoya and Schumacher have a history of colliding with each other and the Colombian admitted that "the same thing will probably happen" if they are faced with a similar situation. And, while calling for clarification on the rules of overtaking, he claimed the fact that Schumacher's actions went unpunished leaves drivers questioning how anyone can overtake at all.
"People complain there is no overtaking, it is boring, but you try to do some overtaking and when you are taken off the circuit nothing happens," said Montoya. "How do you allow overtaking when you make moves like that? What are you allowed to do and what are you not allowed to do. I think it needs to be clearer. But we have to have some sort of rules. If it is out of hand like this with rules, then without rules it would be outrageous."
Montoya's team-mate Ralf Schumacher has little sympathy, however, and sided with his brother Michael. He claimed that Montoya should not have launched his public tirade on the World Champion and suggested that continued complaints from drivers like Montoya are damaging the sport.
"The problem is these complaints that are going on from several drivers," Ralf stated. "But at the end of the day, this is racing... I have never complained about any driver but we have some guys in the field they scream at other people the moment they feel... like Juan. In my view, it was the wrong thing to do in the press conference. That sort of comment puts the FIA under pressure and they try to clarify things. I don't have a solution. But now the FIA should come out and give us a clear line on what we can and can't do."
Free 3: Button and Trulli top two
Free 4: Sato and M Schumacher top two
Qualifying 1 was crazy...
1. MONTOYA
2. FISICHELLA
3. MASSA
4. R.SCHUMACHER
5. TRULLI
6. PANIS
7. WEBBER
8. RAIKKONEN
9. M.SCHUMACHER
10. SATO
11. BUTTON
12. COULTHARD
13. BARRICHELLO
14. DA MATTA
15. ALONSO
16. HEIDFELD
17. KLIEN
18. PANTANO
19. BRUNI
20. BAUMGARTNER
Sauber did better than Ferrari :eek3:
Qualifying 2 is on right now...
1. M.SCHUMACHER
2. MONTOYA
3. SATO
4. TRULLI
5. BARRICHELLO
6. R.SCHUMACHER
7. PANIS
8. ALONSO
9. WEBBER
10. COULTHARD
11. DA MATTA
12. FISICHELLA
13. RAIKKONEN
14. BUTTON
15. HEIDFELD
16. KLIEN
17. MASSA
18. BRUNI
19. PANTANO
20. BAUMGARTNER
Should be an interesting race.
Free 4: Sato and M Schumacher top two
Qualifying 1 was crazy...
1. MONTOYA
2. FISICHELLA
3. MASSA
4. R.SCHUMACHER
5. TRULLI
6. PANIS
7. WEBBER
8. RAIKKONEN
9. M.SCHUMACHER
10. SATO
11. BUTTON
12. COULTHARD
13. BARRICHELLO
14. DA MATTA
15. ALONSO
16. HEIDFELD
17. KLIEN
18. PANTANO
19. BRUNI
20. BAUMGARTNER
Sauber did better than Ferrari :eek3:
Qualifying 2 is on right now...
1. M.SCHUMACHER
2. MONTOYA
3. SATO
4. TRULLI
5. BARRICHELLO
6. R.SCHUMACHER
7. PANIS
8. ALONSO
9. WEBBER
10. COULTHARD
11. DA MATTA
12. FISICHELLA
13. RAIKKONEN
14. BUTTON
15. HEIDFELD
16. KLIEN
17. MASSA
18. BRUNI
19. PANTANO
20. BAUMGARTNER
Should be an interesting race.
I definitely wish I had Speed Channel back now so I can watch this. I'm really excited to see the progress that BAR Honda has made in the last couple of races and in practice earlier this week.


