Melbourne Practice Results - SPOILERS

First practice just finished:

Luzzi - 1:25.967
de la Rosa - 1:26.480
Zonta - 1:27.265
JPM - 1:27.425
DC - 1:27.573
Massa - 1:27.971
Webber - 1:28.269
Trulli - 1:28.366
Button - 1:28.632
Klien - 1:28.834
Heidfield - 1:29.172
RB - 1:29.277
RS - 1:29.285
JV - 1:29.332
Doornbos - 1:29.370
Sato - 1:31.364
Monteiro - 1:32.348
Karthikeyan - 1:38.175

Second practice should be pretty good too. I think Luizzi should be one of the drivers and not a tester!

Carol

 

Thank you!

 

Hmmm... No Renault and no MS.

 

No lap times recorded for:

Kimi - 1 lap
MS - 3 laps
Fischella - 2 laps
Alonso - 2 laps

afterall, it's just practice and who knows exactly what they are testing and what "mind games" may being played

Minardi didn't run first practice

Carol

 

For what it's worth, SpeedTV is showing Session 2 live at 10pm Eastern.

 

Thanks Gilles!

 

I was following the practice 1 on F1.com. (live timing)
No much going on except Liuzzi, De la Rosa and Zonta putting on a show.
Liuzzi was flying...
Can't wait for practice 2! I will be able to see it on speed tv.

 

Hate the new 2 race per engine and one race per tyre rules ... basically it means very little running time during the practice sessions as everyone is being cautious about their reliability. Pity people who paid good money to go to the track to see the big guns all do 5 laps or less.

This confirms it ... I am not wasting my money this year around to see a race live. All the money spent and only see a max of 15 laps from my favorite drivers.

Hope you are happy Mr. Max Mosley

 

i thought qulifying was tomorrow night?

 

Yes it is tomorrow night.
The laptimes you see on top of the page is from practice #1.
Practice #2 starts in 2 minutes.

 

Its on Friday night and Saturday evening.

 

cool, thanks for clearing that up.

 

I thought they only had to use the 'race' engine for qualifying and racing ... thus they could use whatever they like for these practice sessions.

Anyway ... the top guys never do much track time in these practice sessions ... even back in the Senna days.

Maybe you should get a WC point for topping any track session ... that would make it interesting

Pete

 

Holy smokes! A third of those names are new 7 unknown, it seems!

 

Karthikeyan - 1:38.175

That's one fast school bus.

 

ahhhhhh it music to my ears.

 

JPM has stuck it to KR so far ... less laps and faster!!!

EDIT: KR went out and one, against JPM ... hehehe, I love this inter team battles!

Pete

 

Second Practice
1 P. de la Rosa McLaren 1:25.376 28
2 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:25.676 15
3 N. Heidfeld Williams 1:25.940 23
4 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:26.081 15
5 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:26.227 14
6 F. Massa Sauber 1:26.357 19
7 F. Alonso Renault 1:26.562 21
8 J. Button BAR 1:26.611 26
9 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1:26.639 14
10 G. Fisichella Renault 1:26.668 23
11 R. Zonta Toyota 1:26.808 31
12 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:27.017 22
13 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:27.162 16
14 J. Trulli Toyota 1:27.195 24
15 M. Webber Williams 1:27.329 19
16 J. Villeneuve Sauber 1:27.513 18
17 C. Klien Red Bull 1:27.544 14
18 T. Sato BAR 1:27.891 20
19 N. Karthikeyan Jordan 1:28.168 29
20 R. Doornbos Jordan 1:28.620 30
21 V. Liuzzi Red Bull 1:28.926 7
22 T. Monteiro Jordan 1:29.671 23

Heidfeld and Massa did a great job.

 

Here are the results for practice #2. What are your predictions?


1. 35 DE LA ROSA McLaren Mercedes M 1'25"376 223.609 Km/h
2. 9 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1'25"676 + 0'00"300
3. 8 HEIDFELD Williams BMW M 1'25"940 + 0'00"564
4. 1 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1'26"081 + 0'00"705
5. 10 MONTOYA McLaren Mercedes M 1'26"227 + 0'00"851
6. 12 MASSA Sauber Petronas M 1'26"357 + 0'00"981
7. 5 ALONSO Renault M 1'26"562 + 0'01"186
8. 3 BUTTON BAR Honda M 1'26"611 + 0'01"235
9. 2 BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 1'26"639 + 0'01"263
10. 6 FISICHELLA Renault M 1'26"667 + 0'01"291
11. 38 ZONTA Toyota M 1'26"808 + 0'01"432
12. 14 COULTHARD RedBull Cosworth M 1'27"017 + 0'01"641
13. 17 R.SCHUMACHER Toyota M 1'27"162 + 0'01"786
14. 16 TRULLI Toyota M 1'27"195 + 0'01"819
15. 7 WEBBER Williams BMW M 1'27"329 + 0'01"953
16. 11 VILLENEUVE Sauber Petronas M 1'27"513 + 0'02"137
17. 15 KLIEN RedBull Cosworth M 1'27"544 + 0'02"168
18. 4 SATO BAR Honda M 1'27"891 + 0'02"515
19. 19 KARTHIKEYAN Jordan Toyota B 1'28"168 + 0'02"792
20. 39 DOORNBOS Jordan Toyota B 1'28"620 + 0'03"244
21. 37 LIUZZI RedBull Cosworth M 1'28"926 + 0'03"550
22. 18 MONTEIRO Jordan Toyota B 1'29"671 + 0'04"295

 

I see a race between Ferrari & McLaren...

 

I would say there are still going to be surprises, let's see how they qualify. Have they made tire choices yet? This tire business seems still too complicated to digest.

 

Exactly.

I will wait till the race is over to make my prediction about who will win.

 

my prediction is that they'll choose black ones.

 

But will they be cubes or cylinders?

 

Oh wait: New Max pronouncement: They'll be gray -- as in granite.

And they have to push them with their feet, a la Fred Flintstone.

("Durn Engeenears -- I'll slow those cars down yet!")