2007 British GP

[BoyFerrari]

And so, the SOAP OPERA continues: Alonso: McLaren favour Hamilton win

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/030720...ilton-win.html

What is it with this cry baby?

[jeff1101]

Hmmm I read the link, and at no point was he whining or being controversial. He was just being truthful. Mclaren is a British Team with Hamilton a British driver and racing in its home Grand Prix so its not unexpected that they will throw they're whole support for Hamilton on this one.

He did mention that Mclaren gave they're full support to him (Alonso) during the Spanish leg of the Grand Prix so at least he's implying its a given for any team to support its national driver.

However of course Ferrari (particularly Massa) may have to say something about that...

[BoyFerrari]

I don't recall being the threadstarter for this Silverstone GP.

Saw at ESPN that Silverstone is already sold out since 2 weeks ago. It's just amusing that there are always a lot of people in red and waving the prancing horse flag even in hostile territories.

[CVT]

FA is still young,- I am sure he will mellow down with age.

Notwithstanding, I'd still prefer that the back-to-back world champion would soon learn how to keep his mouth shut especially on an already controversial issue that he himself has started, because not everyone would interpret it his way. He will just earn the ire of some of his believers. IMO, bad move for an F1 icon.

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[diesoline]

I don't recall being the threadstarter for this Silverstone GP.

afaik this thread's title is not what it was yesterday. tuloy parang OT na mga posts.

[jeff1101]

I don't recall being the threadstarter for this Silverstone GP

You didnt start this thread!?? Hmmm, well serves you right for straying off topic! (j/k only)

[mazdamazda]

Errr... I moved BoyFerrari's post to a new thread since that said topic pertains to the upcoming race in Britain.

[cardo]

I am anticipating a strong ferrari performance in the next race...

[jeff1101]

I am anticipating a strong ferrari performance in the next race...

Who had the fastest laps during practice? Was it Ferrari or Mclaren? But then again practice performance is not worth its weight in salt. Teams may be purposely trying to hold back to hide an advantage.

Anyway, even with the feud (imagined or otherwise) between Hamilton and Alonso, Hamilton still needs Alonso to jockey for position between the 2 Ferraris at the start of the race.

Notice how Hamilton's 2nd place quickly crumbled at the race start when he doesnt have the point man to back him up. If Alonso qualified at a better position, he could have at least prevented Raikkonen from stealing 2nd.

[kimpOy]

look out for massa im pretty sure he was pissed at france he..he

[CVT]

look out for massa im pretty sure he was pissed at france he..he

If I were FM,- I would exactly feel the same.....

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[squatt3r]

pano nyan wala nang insider info si McLaren......go Ferrari!

[jeff1101]

pano nyan wala nang insider info si McLaren......go Ferrari!

The thing is Ferrari can be beaten. Renault and FA has proven this not once but twice. And at no point when Renault and Michelin were ruling the roost (so to speak) was any controversy regarding cheating or technology stealing broke out. Renault/Michelin took on Mclaren/Ferrari fair and square and won on technical merit alone.

It must pain Mclaren to have been in F1 this long and have theyre thunder stolen from beneath them. They have to win this year. I think they feel their glory is way overdue them. And in a way it is...

[BoyFerrari]

Watching Wimbledon tennis cancelling more than a dozen matches due to *******ial rain for more than a week now, looks like we will see our first wet race this season.

However, the Wimbledon Finals will be in direct conflict with Race Day. So I'm not sure if British fans will be made to choose between Federer-Nadal duel or Lewis Hamilton-Ferrari duel.

[jeff1101]

OOyy Sir! I see your burning the midnight oil. Same here

Anyway I would think (Correct me if Im wrong) that Wimbledon and Formula 1 are catering to two completely different demographics -- or is there a significant overlap?

[CVT]

We have 3 Sports Channels,- Star Sports, ESPN and Solar. Sana isa sa kanila ay F1 Race ang ipalabas....

Sayang, if we still have the South African Sports Channel (SS21 yata?),- then siguradong iyon F1 Race.....

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[raikkah]

Dati nung sabay din sila, Wimbledon was on starsports and ESPN showed the Formula 1...

Ewan ko lang ngayon...

pero yung mga nasa mainland... CCTV 18... sana Formula 1 ang palabas....

Video lang pakikinabangan mo... mandarin ang commentator...

pati team raadio , meron translation din sila.

[empy]

speaking strictly in business terms, it would be a great coup for Mclaren if Hamilton can win on his home track...this kid is close to becoming the most popular sportsman in the UK right now, in his first year on the big stage, and he could really elevate his standing (and a nice income stream for the team) in this GP.

[CVT]

Here's and update from formula1.com on yesterday's practice. McLaren could be playing some games here.....

Friday analysis - Ferrari leave Toyota and McLaren trailing

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

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[CVT]

It's Wimbledon on Star Sports and Jones Cup on ESPN...

Watching the live timing at formula1.com....

Outside of McLaren and Ferrari, after the second leg of qualifying it's the Toyota of RS.....

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