axemansean

Practice Fri, May 28 8am LIVE
Qualifying Sat, May 29 8am LIVE
Grand Prix of Europe Sun, May 30 7:30am LIVE

All times EST

The story lines:

1. Ferraris dismal performance at Monaco with MS crashing out. Will they bounce back with vengeance given it is the home GP?
2. Honda... always the bridesmaid but never the bride. Will they win their first race this year. Sato showed power but his BAR engine failed him again. Button is proving to be the next F1 champion.
3. Renault - Trulli was unbeatable at Monaco and so was Alonso until Ralf took him out. What will they do this weekend?
4. McLaren - all that money in the new tech center and they are still doing poorly.
5. Williams - are they doing demoliton derbys?
6. Sauber - Fisichella was going well until the wreck. Will they use the Ferrari powerplant well?
7. Jaguar - might think about winning some races to pay off those diamonds they lost.
8. Toyota - all that money and they still can't get some good results.
9. Jordan and Minardi - not much to say since they are languishing at the bottom. Strange when Jordan was an excellent team a few years back.

Stay tuned for all race info in this thread and a brand new article following the race.

dom93hatch

I miss Jordan's heyday with Frentzen driving. :happysad:

How is the European GP Ferrari's home GP? I thought that was Monza/San Marino.

axemansean

Free 1:

Anthony Davidson test driver for BAR Honda broke the track record for the Nurburgring track with a time of 1.29.447 with the Ferraris coming in 2nd and 3rd, Button and Sato came in 10th and 14th in the morning practice session.

axemansean

Free 2:

Raikonnen breaks Davidsons morning record. Button and Ralf Schumacher come in 2nd and 3rd.

Free 3:

Button on top with Ralf and Sato in 2nd and 3rd

Free 4:

Button breaks Raikonnen's record with a time of 1min 28.827sec. MS and Sato come in 2nd and 3rd.

Qualifying 1:

1. SATO
2. M.SCHUMACHER
3. R.SCHUMACHER
4. COULTHARD
5. BUTTON
6. RAIKKONEN
7. BARRICHELLO
8. ALONSO
9. MONTOYA
10. PANIS
11. DA MATTA
12. FISICHELLA
13. TRULLI
14. WEBBER
15. KLIEN
16. MASSA
17. PANTANO
18. HEIDFELD
19. BAUMGARTNER
20. BRUNI

Buttons Free 4 record falls as Sato goes into the 1min 27.691 zone.

axemansean

Qualifying 2:

1. M.SCHUMACHER
2. SATO
3. TRULLI
4. RAIKKONEN
5. BUTTON
6. ALONSO
7. BARRICHELLO
8. MONTOYA
9. R.SCHUMACHER
10. PANIS
11. DA MATTA
12. WEBBER
13. KLIEN
14. HEIDFELD
15. PANTANO
16. MASSA
17. BRUNI
18. BAUMGARTNER

Note:

Coulthard loses 10 spots for using the T car for qualifying 2
Fisichella loses 10 spots for engine change
Bruni loses 10 spots for using the T car
Webber given 1 second penalty for setting fastest time during yellow flag conditions in practice
Fisichella did not qualify in session 2
Coulthard did not qualify in session 2

All this drama... I have to do some thinking to figure out the grid.

axemansean

Grid for the race:

1. M.SCHUMACHER
2. SATO
3. TRULLI
4. RAIKKONEN
5. BUTTON
6. ALONSO
7. BARRICHELLO
8. MONTOYA
9. R.SCHUMACHER
10. PANIS
11. DA MATTA
12. KLIEN
13. HEIDFELD
14. WEBBER
15. PANTANO
16. MASSA
17. BRUNI
18. BAUMGARTNER
19. COULTHARD
20. FISICHELLA

Daniel

Ok, Sato has been given the chance to redeem himself, I really hope he takes it. It would be horrible to see him throw away another race!

axemansean

Hmm is it me or is Trulli taking his syling tips from Pebbles Flintstone.

dom93hatch

Sean!!! Did you hear about the new qualifying rules?!?!?

Qualifying setup is BACK BABY!

axemansean

:yes: I am so frigging glad that they got it back.