F1 2007 Brittish Grand Prix! *spoilers inside!*
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/7/6422.html
Kimi Raikkonen set the pace as the only man to dip into the 1m 20s bracket at Silverstone on Friday, pushing his Ferrari round in 1m 20.639s to dominate the day's second practice session for the British Grand Prix.
Like everyone else, the Finnish driver found the wind, especially in that session, made things difficult on the limit and had a couple of off-track moments at Copse corner as a result.
But like team mate Felipe Massa, second in the afternoon on 1m 21.138s, he felt that they had worked through the planned programme, obtained a decent balance, and are in very good shape thus far. Unusually, the red cars covered a lot more mileage than normal in practice.
Interposing ahead of McLaren, Toyota had Ralf Schumacher third (1m 21.381s) and Jarno Trulli fifth (1m 21.467s), building on a strong performance here at the test in June. Both TF107s were reliable and quick, though there is inevitably a question mark over the fuel load they were running.
McLaren weren’t too worried about joint third and sixth-fastest times (1m 21.381s and 1m 21.616s) in the afternoon (especially as Lewis Hamilton’s morning time was second fastest overall). The Englishman was very happy with his car’s pace, and said neither he nor Fernando Alonso had been going for fast times in the afternoon, but were rather following the planned schedule.
Williams also had their tail up, with Nico Rosberg seventh (1m 21.619s) and Alex Wurz eighth (1m 21.650s), the final runners below 1m 22s. Rosberg in particular believes there is more to come from the FW29 on Saturday.
Mark Webber was pleased to have a reliable Red Bull again today, and with his ninth fastest time (1n 22.137s) in the afternoon, but while celebrating re-signing for 2008 David Coulthard struggled with oversteer under braking in his RB3 and went off the track and was only 14th (1m 22.428s).
Anthony Davidson completed the top 10 for Super Aguri with 1m 22.143s and was happy with that despite an undisclosed technical problem that affected him with 20 minutes to go, but Takuma Sato was down in 16th (1m 22.487s), despite lapping only three-tenths of a second slower than his team mate. Once again the midfield times were very close, as the Renaults, the BMW Saubers and Coulthard were squeezed between the two Super Aguris.
Giancarlo Fisichella complained mainly of traffic but was happy with his R27 (12th on 1m 22.257s), as was Heikki Kovalainen (11th on 1m 22.189s), who said the basic balance was good. While Robert Kubica was quite happy with his F1.07 and said he had quite an easy day (13th on 1m 22.372s), BMW Sauber team mate Nick Heidfeld (15th on 1m22.486s) was much less satisfied as his car became progressively more difficult to drive. He, at least, had no back problems, but the same could not be said of Jenson Button who was 15th in the morning (1m 23.517s) before surrendering his car to Honda reserve driver Christian Klien for the afternoon. Team mate Rubens Barrichello said he had a standard Friday on his way to 17th overall (1m 22.511s) and was happy with the balance, while Klien (18th on 1m 23.833s) inevitably struggled a little but focused more on long runs rather than times.
Scott Speed was happier with his Toro Rosso than Tonio Liuzzi was with his, as they took 19th and 20th fastest times (1m 22.840s and 1m 23.105s) on a circuit on which they had been expected to do well, but both ran high fuel loads all day. Liuzzi’s problem was getting a decent balance on his STR02. At Spyker, Christijan Albers’ experience paid off, although he wasn’t that happy with his F8-VII’s balance (21st on 1m 23.113s), while Adrian Sutil (22nd on 1m 23.720s) struggled on Bridgestone’s harder tyre and then found set-up changes promoting too much understeer. Subsequently he crashed at Copse.
The forecast is for similar conditions on Saturday, but if the wind persists it will continue to tax engineers as they try to set-up their cars for what amounts to a moving target.
Kimi Raikkonen set the pace as the only man to dip into the 1m 20s bracket at Silverstone on Friday, pushing his Ferrari round in 1m 20.639s to dominate the day's second practice session for the British Grand Prix.
Like everyone else, the Finnish driver found the wind, especially in that session, made things difficult on the limit and had a couple of off-track moments at Copse corner as a result.
But like team mate Felipe Massa, second in the afternoon on 1m 21.138s, he felt that they had worked through the planned programme, obtained a decent balance, and are in very good shape thus far. Unusually, the red cars covered a lot more mileage than normal in practice.
Interposing ahead of McLaren, Toyota had Ralf Schumacher third (1m 21.381s) and Jarno Trulli fifth (1m 21.467s), building on a strong performance here at the test in June. Both TF107s were reliable and quick, though there is inevitably a question mark over the fuel load they were running.
McLaren weren’t too worried about joint third and sixth-fastest times (1m 21.381s and 1m 21.616s) in the afternoon (especially as Lewis Hamilton’s morning time was second fastest overall). The Englishman was very happy with his car’s pace, and said neither he nor Fernando Alonso had been going for fast times in the afternoon, but were rather following the planned schedule.
Williams also had their tail up, with Nico Rosberg seventh (1m 21.619s) and Alex Wurz eighth (1m 21.650s), the final runners below 1m 22s. Rosberg in particular believes there is more to come from the FW29 on Saturday.
Mark Webber was pleased to have a reliable Red Bull again today, and with his ninth fastest time (1n 22.137s) in the afternoon, but while celebrating re-signing for 2008 David Coulthard struggled with oversteer under braking in his RB3 and went off the track and was only 14th (1m 22.428s).
Anthony Davidson completed the top 10 for Super Aguri with 1m 22.143s and was happy with that despite an undisclosed technical problem that affected him with 20 minutes to go, but Takuma Sato was down in 16th (1m 22.487s), despite lapping only three-tenths of a second slower than his team mate. Once again the midfield times were very close, as the Renaults, the BMW Saubers and Coulthard were squeezed between the two Super Aguris.
Giancarlo Fisichella complained mainly of traffic but was happy with his R27 (12th on 1m 22.257s), as was Heikki Kovalainen (11th on 1m 22.189s), who said the basic balance was good. While Robert Kubica was quite happy with his F1.07 and said he had quite an easy day (13th on 1m 22.372s), BMW Sauber team mate Nick Heidfeld (15th on 1m22.486s) was much less satisfied as his car became progressively more difficult to drive. He, at least, had no back problems, but the same could not be said of Jenson Button who was 15th in the morning (1m 23.517s) before surrendering his car to Honda reserve driver Christian Klien for the afternoon. Team mate Rubens Barrichello said he had a standard Friday on his way to 17th overall (1m 22.511s) and was happy with the balance, while Klien (18th on 1m 23.833s) inevitably struggled a little but focused more on long runs rather than times.
Scott Speed was happier with his Toro Rosso than Tonio Liuzzi was with his, as they took 19th and 20th fastest times (1m 22.840s and 1m 23.105s) on a circuit on which they had been expected to do well, but both ran high fuel loads all day. Liuzzi’s problem was getting a decent balance on his STR02. At Spyker, Christijan Albers’ experience paid off, although he wasn’t that happy with his F8-VII’s balance (21st on 1m 23.113s), while Adrian Sutil (22nd on 1m 23.720s) struggled on Bridgestone’s harder tyre and then found set-up changes promoting too much understeer. Subsequently he crashed at Copse.
The forecast is for similar conditions on Saturday, but if the wind persists it will continue to tax engineers as they try to set-up their cars for what amounts to a moving target.
Cheers Bob
.Oh man this is awesome! I'm defo gonna compete for that.
Now thats over with, how is everyone getting on with their pace and setups?
It was the only word I could think of, to describe you, but if you took that the wrong way, tough titties. I wasn't implying you that way in a negative manner.
I've seen enough, could a mod kindly close this topic to prevent further hassle please?
I expected matured opinions, but with "karters" involved, things have heated up, and its not good for any of us.
Please close this topic mods, much appreciated.
I expected matured opinions, but with "karters" involved, things have heated up, and its not good for any of us.
Please close this topic mods, much appreciated.
Considering 6 drivers is a big challenge in the SGPS? *pats Lep on shoulder* And here I always thought you can take on all of us. Thanks for proving me wrong
.Could we stick to the topic in hand, not to see your fetish of male ballet dancers. Some things are just meant to be kept to yourself.
If you don't have an decent statement to make regarding to the debate, don't make one at all.
McLaren have their work cut out this weekend.
F1 2007 French Grand Prix *Spoilers inside*
Good job on making friends and making yourself look like a right ned.
*gives Senna a cookie*
This is probably a low blow, but faster111 can drive more cleanly.
Oi don't use my name without my permisson! "End" is copyrighted!
Good job trying to insult the members, that will get them behind your backs.
Whats the point of making a name and shame post, where its going to completely backfire on you? Its an incident, you should have dealt with it more appropriately, than try to make yourself look like a tool once again.
Why do I get the feeling that you were pleading not to be banned before you knew what was coming?
It was as if you knew that you were in the wrong, tried to blame it on others, not yourself and tried to play innocent.
There is CLEAN racing for a reason, it stops you from getting banned.
Its still not working
, any other possibilities?Yeah, I just uninstalled the Alcohol program, and reinstalling the TDU game again as we speak.
Hey LFS Racers. I recently bought this game a few hours ago at my local GAME store. Installing wasn't a problem whatsoever under any circumstance. But after the installation, I would get a message saying that the CD/DVD has timed out after trying to load the game up, with this message. *see attachment*
Shot at 2007-06-28
http://www.securom.com/message.asp?m=analysis&l=en
I have done what the mesage has instructed, but I am still getting the same problem.
What I don't understand, is that if I was able to load up the CD and install the game, how come it doesnt read it again when I want to play TDU?
Can anyone assist please?
Shot at 2007-06-28
http://www.securom.com/message.asp?m=analysis&l=en
I have done what the mesage has instructed, but I am still getting the same problem.
What I don't understand, is that if I was able to load up the CD and install the game, how come it doesnt read it again when I want to play TDU?
Can anyone assist please?
Franky you are a tight fisted git!! Where are those Minis that you were gonna give us?! :P
FGED GREDG RDFGDR GSFDG