Wow, it's Thursday again, British GP time

[Blake]

Saturday Practice 1

1 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:20.975 7
2 F. Alonso Renault 1:21.402 9
3 J. Button BAR 1:21.996 6
4 G. Fisichella Renault 1:22.331 9
5 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:22.377 5
6 T. Sato BAR 1:22.389 12
7 F. Massa Sauber 1:22.413 14
8 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:22.496 8
9 C. Klien Red Bull 1:22.645 6
10 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:22.775 7
11 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:23.026 8
12 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1:23.182 8
13 J. Villeneuve Sauber 1:23.191 12
14 J. Trulli Toyota 1:23.458 4
15 N. Heidfeld Williams 1:23.480 7
16 M. Webber Williams 1:23.705 5
17 T. Monteiro Jordan 1:23.820 13
18 N. Karthikeyan Jordan 1:24.230 8
19 C. Albers Minardi 1:25.007 13
20 P. Friesacher Minardi 1:25.696 15

Blake

 

[Blake]

Saturday Practice 2

1 F. Alonso Renault 1:20.077 14
2 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:20.128 13
3 J. Trulli Toyota 1:20.449 13
4 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:20.524 12
5 J. Button BAR 1:20.763 14
6 G. Fisichella Renault 1:20.798 11
7 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:20.893 12
8 M. Webber Williams 1:21.004 11
9 N. Heidfeld Williams 1:21.052 8
10 C. Klien Red Bull 1:21.064 9
11 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1:21.371 10
12 J. Villeneuve Sauber 1:21.476 14
13 F. Massa Sauber 1:21.704 11
14 T. Sato BAR 1:21.931 16
15 T. Monteiro Jordan 1:22.036 18
16 N. Karthikeyan Jordan 1:22.634 8
17 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:23.165 5
18 C. Albers Minardi 1:23.444 16
19 P. Friesacher Minardi 1:23.586 17
20 K. Räikkönen McLaren no time 2

Blake

 

[ExigeEvan]

Raikonnen and Alonso are looking good.

Schumacher looking terrible though.

 

[RSCosworth]

Any info why Kimi didn't run in the second saturday practise?

Looking fast in the first one though, yay.

 

[westwood]

Any info why Kimi didn't run in the second saturday practise?

Looking fast in the first one though, yay.

he always skips a practice, it helps save his car.

 

[Blake]

He stopped on the track on his 2nd lap ... I'm hoping it's not another engine failure

Blake

 

[Blake]

he always skips a practice, it helps save his car.

You're thinking of Alonso ... Kimi stopped on track , mechanical issue, doesn't look like it's engine related though.

Blake

 

[RSCosworth]

He stopped on the track on his 2nd lap ... I'm hoping it's not another engine failure

Blake

Oh noes, I just read about it on a finnish site, they say it might be the gearbox!

edit: They're chancing Kimi's engine again. Crap.

 

[DQuaN]

shouldn't Quali be on soon?

 

[Solid Lifters]

shouldn't Quali be on soon?

Qualifying starts here in 50 more minutes.

Can't wait!

 

[amp88]

shouldn't Quali be on soon?

Yep, should be on in about 2 or 3 minutes

http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsS....jsp&jspError=/jsp/error.jsp&listingsFormat=G

 

[Blake]

Yeah in just under an hour.

Damnit Mercedes! Make a reliable engine, your new spec engine was no good last week, your old spec engine is apparantly no good this week. Because of Mercedes this championship is slipping away from Kimi. They should just de-tune the engine if it keeps having these problems, there is alot of speed in the McLaren chassis.

Damn!

Blake

 

[amp88]

Yeah in just under an hour.

Damnit Mercedes! Make a reliable engine, your new spec engine was no good last week, your old spec engine is apparantly no good this week. Because of Mercedes this championship is slipping away from Kimi. They should just de-tune the engine if it keeps having these problems, there is alot of speed in the McLaren chassis.

Damn!

Blake

They could always buy customer engines from a reliable team...

 

[Solid Lifters]

They could always buy customer engines from a reliable team...

Renault?

 

[amp88]

Renault?

I was thinking Ferrari...they already supply Sauber

 

[amp88]

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=nn12&ll=52.071590,-1.016021&spn=0.029762,0.040525&t=k&hl=en

Satellite view of Silverstone (not real time obviously)

 

[amp88]

They've just said Kimi's going 10 places back again, another engine problem.

 

[Blake]

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=nn12&ll=52.071590,-1.016021&spn=0.029762,0.040525&t=k&hl=en

Satellite view of Silverstone (not real time obviously)

Nice 👍

And amp88 we've established that already. ****ing Mercedes!

Blake

 

[Appie]

too bad

 

[amp88]

Max Mosely just said there on the interview on ITV that we'd be going back to full slicks in 2008, but that we'd need to reduce the downforce. Putting emphasis on mechanical grip rather than aero grip is something I'd really like to see, sooner rather than later.

 

[Blake]

Max Mosely just said there on the interview on ITV that we'd be going back to full slicks in 2008, but that we'd need to reduce the downforce. Putting emphasis on mechanical grip rather than aero grip is something I'd really like to see, sooner rather than later.

Yeah - https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=66789

Blake

 

[amp88]

Yeah - https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=66789

Blake

I had a wee look through there when you posted it, but I couldn't see anything saying we were going back to full slicks...

It's good to hear it from the horse's mouth though

 

[[FPV]Rusty]

Button seem's to have fueled light in an attempt to take pole, but has been thwarted by an amazing lap by Alonso, he and Kimi both did 1.19's, Alonso looks like he might run away with it tomorrow, however, it may be worth noting his team mate Fisichella was over 2 seconds slower, so its quite possible ALonso is light too.

 

[Mclaren_Man]

Well what a difference a day makes, kimi's engine blows, now he is starting in 12th and all of a sudden the Renault (Alonso's anyway) is the car to beat. Interesting how Fisi is over a second down on Alonso, that isnt just bad luck.
Button is light and tried to go for glory..... but it didn't work!

BTW Mercedes is definetly not on my Christmas card list at the moment!

 

[Blake]

Kimi qualifying 2nd, impressive, pity he'll fall back to 12th. He'll pull the same tricks as last week and come away with 2nd. It's a shame too, he has been obviously faster all weekend.

Saturday Qualifying

1. F. Alonso - 1:19.905
2. K. Raikkonen - 0.027 (Penalty)
3. J. Button - 0.302
4. J. Pablo Montoya - 0.477
5. J. Trulli - 0.554
6. R. Barrichello - 1.001
7. G. Fisichella - 1.105
8. T. Sato - 1.209
9. R. Schumacher - 1.286
10. M. Schumacher - 1.370
11. J. Villenueve - 1.447
12. M. Webber - 2.092
13. D. Coulthard - 2.203
14. N. Heidfeld - 2.212
15. C. Klien - 2.302
16. F. Massa - 2.590
17. N. Karthikeyan - 3.678
18. C. Albers - 4.671
19. P. Friesacher - 5.661
20. T. Monteiro - no time

Blake

 

[RSCosworth]

Well, gotta hope the pit strategy works for Räikkönen as well as it worked in France.

 

[westwood]

Kimi qualifying 2nd, impressive, pity he'll fall back to 12th. He'll pull the same tricks as last week and come away with 2nd. It's a shame too, he has been obviously faster all weekend.

Saturday Qualifying

1 F. Alonso Renault 1:19.905
2 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:19.932
3 J. Button BAR 1:20.207
4 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:20.382
5 J. Trulli Toyota 1:20.459
6 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1:20.906
7 G. Fisichella Renault 1:21.010
8 T. Sato BAR 1:21.114
9 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:21.191
10 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.275
11 J. Villeneuve Sauber 1:21.352
12 M. Webber Williams 1:21.997
13 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:22.108
14 N. Heidfeld Williams 1:22.117
15 C. Klien Red Bull 1:22.207
16 F. Massa Sauber 1:22.495
17 N. Karthikeyan Jordan 1:23.583
18 C. Albers Minardi 1:24.576
19 P. Friesacher Minardi 1:25.566
20 T. Monteiro Jordan no time

Blake

yep definately looks to be a repeat. hopefulyl kimi can get through the field quicker and give us a show this time.

 

[Blake]

Yeah, I suspect it will be an interesting battle between Kimi and Michael Schumacher in the first stint.

Blake

 

[livemusic]

I expect a good race for Rubens tomorrow. Too bad Fisi is by his side on the grid, the Renault will pwn him on the start.

 

[zoxxy]

Dont you remember in Bahrain? Hes fast, but useless in overtaking. He needs more practice.

Just like Sato. Except Sato isn't fast. I love when he tries to overtake, braking to late and going for a trip in the pad. It's hilarious!