The Formula 1 Season 2006 Thread (13 Viewers)

[Cronios]

give it a couple of yrs and bmw will be a massive force, even taking over mclaren and possibly renault

BMW??

LOL thats what they said about Toyota too
and they still keep spending more money than BMW just to keep an averagee position

 

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[Badass J Elkann]

BMW??

LOL thats what they said about Toyota too
and they still keep spending more money than BMW just to keep an averagee position

bmw have the far better technology and more resources than toyota, and besides its not like they've had any decent drivers, or any prospects like kubica, bmw have by far been the most improved team of the season. top 3-4 constructor next season, trust me

 

[WΏΏdy?]

welcome to ferrari kimi
the only sensible move in ur history of shitty decisions

 

[JuveAdam]

An ecstatic Michael Schumacher moved to the top of the world championship table with his 91st career victory in the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday – confirming that the title battle will go down to the wire in Brazil.

Schumacher’s win means that he and Alonso are all square at the top of the table, but the German leads by virtue of having won more races than his rival over the season to date (7-6).

And now la scuderia are closing in on 2 more titles.

forza Schumi
forza Ferrari

Also good luck to Alonso, he has the F1 equivalent of becoming Juve's next number 10 when he takes the legends seat at Ferrari next year.

forza la scuderia

 

[Desmond]

It was an excellent race all round, its been increasingly rare in recent years to see the leading trio of a race separated by no more than 2 seconds up till beyond the halfway mark. Some great driving by Fisichella I must say, he had to walk the tightrope of feathering his throttle behind a faltering Alonso and containing Schumi by taking the inside lines of every hairpin for 3 laps or so, hats off to Schumi and Ferrari overall as well.

 

[sateeh]

bmw have the far better technology and more resources than toyota, and besides its not like they've had any decent drivers, or any prospects like kubica, bmw have by far been the most improved team of the season. top 3-4 constructor next season, trust me

BMW had soo many problems this year and years before.Completely wasted a great talent in Mark Webber.
If they had a better car technically then things would've been different.

 

[V]

i didn't catch the race, but i heard alonso put on quite a drive after his problems. coming second from 6th place cutting schummi's advantage rapidly, going so fast some said if there were 4,5 more laps left he would have even passed schummacher and won the race. jeeks can you confirm that?

 

[JCK]

i didn't catch the race, but i heard alonso put on quite a drive after his problems. coming second from 6th place cutting schummi's advantage rapidly, going so fast some said if there were 4,5 more laps left he would have even passed schummacher and won the race. jeeks can you confirm that?

I can confirm, the key to the race is wet track. When the track was wet, Alonso dropped to sixth place while Schumi took a comfortable lead. After the second third of the race, Schumacher didn't change tires, stayed on the wet tyres just to gain advangtage by not entering the pits. Alonso changed to dry composure and since the track had dried, he was able to take the advantage.

I can tell you, NO ONE and I mean ABSOLUTELY NO ONE can drive the way Schumi drives on wet tracks.

I hope it rains showers in the coming two races.

 

[V]

i know schummacher's ability on the wet track, but i don't think that was the key to this race as alonso was going good but had technical difficulties(stayed 20 secs in the pit stop) which resulted in his drop to 6th place. that was the turning point of the race, seems alonso good luck is leaving him in the crucial moments...

so you don't think alonso would have won the race had there been like 4,5 more laps, cause of scumacher dominance on wet surfaces?

i heard differently.

 

[JCK]

Alonso might have won the race but we all know how difficult is to overtake these days, especially overtaking Michael.

Why would he have won? Because the track was dry, Alonso had dry tyres and Schumi had wet composure, this is how he Alonso took the advantage.

 

[V]

Alonso might have won the race but we all know how difficult is to overtake these days, especially overtaking Michael.

Why would he have won? Because the track was dry, Alonso had dry tyres and Schumi had wet composure, this is how he Alonso took the advantage.

staying on wet tyres was schummi's choice and his team's estimation of the situation, and it proved to be right. it's all part of the game so had there been more time i wouldn't think of that as a excuse schummi had lost, he made a bad call and it costed him. but that's all could-have, would have from me.

just asking for your opinion. i heard opinions from 2 die hard schummi fans and one mclaren fan and they all agreed alonso was brilliant and had there been more time he could have overtaken schummi. i guess i'm just looking for some recognition for the poor fella from your side. but you're a hard case to crack.

 

[JCK]

How many overtakings did you see this season? And last season?

Ok, I rephrase, how many overtakings did you see this season and last season with drivers in the top six spots without any of the drivers having problems?

Thank you, that was what I was talking about.

 

[V]

so just because it doesn't happen lately it couldn't have happened this time around? come on jeeks, alonso had a great race and had he had more luck on his side he would have won this race.

 

[JCK]

I will not continue in this discussion, you are bringing something that might have happened had the race been several laps longer and you are assuming it might happen for the first time in two years.

 

[V]

I will not continue in this discussion, you are bringing something that might have happened had the race been several laps longer and you are assuming it might happen for the first time in two years.

i said it's all could have-would have from my side.
but fact is i read on 3 different sites, one of them official f1, and all of them are saying this should have been alonso's race but obviously it's not like that for some.

 

[JCK]

The headline on the official site was this was Alonso's race but he didn't win.

I can bring you many headlines saying it was X's race but Alonso won it.

 

[V]

here's a fact. alonso, for such a lucky driver that he is, had terrible luck yesterday and scumacher had wonderful luck. alonso was leading the race confortably when he started having technicač problems, scumacher overtook in the lead and alonso spent 20 seconds in the pit stop. alonso changed the tires to dry ones, which is always a gamble on a rainy day, schumacher decided to stay on wet ones and finish the race as soon as possible. the fact that alonso was taking off more than 1.5 second per lap off of scumahcer's lead and finished the race at 3 secs behind says volumes of what could have and would have happened. alonso made the better call and drove a great race and the whole world feels it should have been his race.

but you're right schummi in the end did won and that's all that matters. we can all be thankful for that cause we got an amazing end of a season.

 

[JCK]

The better end of the season is not to see any driver with car #1 next season

 

[V]

The better end of the season is not to see any driver with car #1 next season

for me it's enough that it's not a red one.

 

[JCK]

for me it's enough that it's not a red one.

If Schumacher wins the title, no one would have #1, the Ferraris will have #0 and #2. This is what I am hoping for.