F1- Australia Latest News (Practice 4)

[ALBundy]

F1 was more fun watching in the older days where turbo engines rulez. IT was difficult to drive without traction controls, fly by wire technology and a massive 1500hp engine at your rear. To do well, the driver really have to have the skills to tame the beast.

I disagree with slowing F1 cars, there are the ultimate racing machines. Cost cutting with 1 engine for 2 races? Maybe in the construction cost but in terms of R&D, I think real cost may actually escalate.

 

[flash]

Hope they will go all out in the 2nd round...

 

[mctnesh]

Originally posted by flash@Mar 7 2005, 05:12 PM
Hope they will go all out in the 2nd round...

Yeah...if not i'll be zzzzzz..... again

 

[ALBundy]

Hopefully it will and it should be as they need not conserve their engines for the next race (third race) since they will be using a new engine.

 

[bimmerman]

Originally posted by ALBundy@Mar 7 2005, 05:01 PM
F1 was more fun watching in the older days where turbo engines rulez. IT was difficult to drive without traction controls, fly by wire technology and a massive 1500hp engine at your rear. To do well, the driver really have to have the skills to tame the beast.

I disagree with slowing F1 cars, there are the ultimate racing machines. Cost cutting with 1 engine for 2 races? Maybe in the construction cost but in terms of R&D, I think real cost may actually escalate.

Yeah! Remember further back then with the weird ground effects F1 car which sucked the car down to the ground with fans? And the crazy Elf 6-wheeler F1 car? Those were the days man!

 

[Juan Powerblow]

[07/03/05 - 15:05]

'Rambo' Schumacher under fire for Heidfeld crash
Not a good start for the Ferrari driver





Who is to blame? Or is it just a race incident?


Germany's seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is usually the darling of the domestic media but he was in the firing line after clashing with compatriot and BMW Williams driver Nick Heidfeld in the Melbourne Grand Prix on Sunday.

With 15 laps until the chequered flag Ferrari ace Schumacher, 36, refused to allow countryman Heidfeld to pass and the pair collided before spinning off onto the grass.

"Rambo Schumi," headlined Bild daily. "Heidfeld was quicker but Schumi just edged him onto the grass. Then he offered no apology."

Schumacher insisted neither driver was to blame claiming it was just part and parcel of motor racing.

"I saw him behind me just as I came out the pits and made it clear I was going to defend my position," said Schumacher. "It is optimistic of Nick to think I am going to just let him pass inside me."

But the win-at-all-costs attitude of the Ferrari driver prompted Bild to ask: "Is Schumacher really that bad of a loser?"

Bild, Germany's most popular tabloid, was not alone in asking questions about the behaviour of the former Benetton driver.

"Schumacher on the stocks," read Sport 1. "His actions crown a miserable weekend."

"Relaxed Schumi has no conscience," added the Frankfurter Allgemeine.

Formula One chiefs have confirmed that no action will be taken against Schumacher or Heidfeld after watching television replays of the incident.

Source AFP

 

[flash]

Originally posted by ALBundy@Mar 7 2005, 05:44 PM
Hopefully it will and it should be as they need not conserve their engines for the next race (third race) since they will be using a new engine.

That is one "stoopid" ruling that I do not understand... 1 engine to last for 2 races with the aim of reducing costs. NOT! The engineers will have to spend more money on R&D and better materials so that their engines can perform at the level of performance expected for 2 races instead of one! So what do they mean by reducing costs????

 

[eddiefiola]

ayoyo, u guys still watching f1??? what a boring thing to do.
lemme tell u who is the winner of f1 in 2005:
driver: michael schumacher (1st place). barrichello (2nd place)
constructor: ferrari
last place for constructor: minardi

so, now u know the results. don't watch it.
watch motogp, the best there is for motorsports. or if u like 4 tires, watch wrc.......