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30 Apr 2009, 01:57 (Ref:2452531) | #51 | |||
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I'm sure it will Bella, most of last year's crop were pretty spectacular going through there sideways over the bump, Karthikeyan, Carroll and Kerr highly ! I'm sure that this year's crop will be just as entertaining and let's hope that 'speedy' Dan C find a bit of pace at his home circuit too . I hope that the series gets another 'full' season after this year's disaster, I'll be watching if it does making sure I stay away from all the politics though. |
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30 Apr 2009, 08:47 (Ref:2452677) | #52 | |||
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Anyway, I will be there at Brands and I hope it survives beyond this weekend. The concept is good and it is fun to watch, so it would be a huge shame. |
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30 Apr 2009, 18:30 (Ref:2453097) | #53 | ||
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I see that the timetable has changed now for tomorrow, there is no rookie practice in the morning. There are now however three sessions from 12.40-13.10 and 13.30-14.00 (both labelled practice 1 ?) and a strangely late 16.40-17.40 (practice 2). Will have to change my itinerary now !
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30 Apr 2009, 21:26 (Ref:2453228) | #54 | ||
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The first 'two' sessions are actually the rookie session split in two as normal and the session at the end of the day is P2 when the big boys start to play.
If I were cynical, heaven forbid , I'd say the reason for the revision is the delay in getting everything ready for the weekend, but let's hope it goes ahead as planned now. |
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30 Apr 2009, 22:04 (Ref:2453251) | #55 | ||
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Yeah I thought that sounded about right, still surprised at the late practice 2 time though.
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1 May 2009, 06:13 (Ref:2453372) | #56 | ||
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In Kyalami, the practices turned out to be exceedingly late too, and then they admitted it was a "logistical problem". Here, no such admittance, they only say the cars will be out on track later.
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1 May 2009, 11:33 (Ref:2453537) | #57 | ||
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This is (I think) the final driver list:
AUS: Martin BRA: Guimaraes CHN: Cheng / Tung FRA: Prost GER: Ammermuller GBR: Clarke / Steele INA: Hermanto IND: Karthikeyan / Sureshwaren IRL: Carroll / Quinn ITA: Liuzzi LEB: Morad / Auby MAL: Lim MEX: Duran MON: Piccione / Bahlsen NED: Bleekemolen / Retera NZL: Bamber POR: Albuquerque RSA: van der Merwe / Morgado SUI: Jani / Imperatori USA: Hildebrand Bold = Race driver Red = Rookie driver Italics = Reserve driver |
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1 May 2009, 15:22 (Ref:2453656) | #59 | ||
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Liuzzi isn't eligable for rookie sessions as he has F1 experience, but an exception was made in Portugal for some reason.
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1 May 2009, 16:03 (Ref:2453674) | #60 | ||
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I was going by this Ghinzani quote in Team Italy's preview:
"We have already registered Liuzzi at the rookie session in order to gain time in the car preparation." |
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1 May 2009, 16:58 (Ref:2453692) | #61 | ||
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Not sure then. There was a regulation at the start of the season revising the definition of a rookie as someone who had not yet got to GP2 kind of level (cannot remember the exact details) but perhaps that has been forgotten.
Going by practice two results Team USA should keep this Hildebrand chap in the car next season. Advantage Adam Carroll so far in the championship showdown, with Kartikeyan doing well. Netherlands have been so strong recently and top again today with Bleekemolen. |
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1 May 2009, 18:13 (Ref:2453738) | #62 | ||
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Times from Practice 2. I don't know what the Dutch have found with their car, but I'm sure the other teams would love to know. After Doornbos's fine showing in Portugal, Bleekemolen was flying today, 2 seconds under the lap record, set with the old cars, obviously.
Adam Carroll and Narain Karthikeyan were next up, NK being famously a Brands expert. |
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2 May 2009, 13:02 (Ref:2454132) | #63 | ||
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Sprint Race Qualifying:
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Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Adam Carroll Ireland 1m11.615s 2. Salvador Duran Mexico 1m11.653s +0.038 3. Jeroen Bleekemolen Netherlands 1m11.992s +0.377 4. JR Hildebrand USA 1m11.994s +0.379 5. Fiipe Albuquerque Portugal 1m12.040s +0.425 6. Earl Bamber New Zealand 1m12.108s +0.493 7. Narain Karthikeyan India 1m12.109s +0.494 8. Neel Jani Switzerland 1m12.212s +0.597 9. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia 1m12.658s +1.043 10. John Martin Australia 1m12.745s +1.130 11. Daniel Morad Lebanon 1m12.889s +1.274 12. Nicolas Prost France 1m13.011s +1.396 13. Dan Clarke Great Britain 1m13.019s +1.404 14. Clivio Piccione Monaco 1m13.260s +1.645 15. Michael Ammermuller Germany 1m13.329s +1.714 16. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy 1m13.549s +1.934 17. Felipe Guimaraes Brazil 1m13.584s +1.969 18. Aaron Lim Malaysia 1m13.686s +2.071 19. Alan van der Merwe South Africa 1m13.854s +2.239 20. Franky Cheng China 1m13.861s +2.246 Code:
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Adam Carroll Ireland 1m10.902s 2. Clivio Piccione Monaco 1m11.085s +0.183 3. Jeroen Bleekemolen Netherlands 1m11.146s +0.244 4. Neel Jani Switzerland 1m11.338s +0.436 5. Nicolas Prost France 1m11.543s +0.641 6. Earl Bamber New Zealand 1m11.633s +0.731 7. John Martin Australia 1m11.930s +1.028 8. Cheng Cong Fu China 1m12.180s +1.278 9. Filipe Albuquerque Portugal 1m12.270s +1.368 10. Narain Karthikeyan India 1m12.397s +1.495 11. JR Hildebrand USA 1m12.662s +1.760 12. Alan van der Merwe South Africa 1m12.730s +1.828 13. Salvador Duran Mexico 1m12.740s +1.838 14. Dan Clarke Great Britain 1m12.756s +1.854 15. Daniel Morad Lebanon 1m12.766s +1.864 16. Michael Ammermuller Germany 1m12.797s +1.895 17. Felipe Guimaraes Brazil 1m13.048s +2.146 18. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy 1m13.131s +2.229 19. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia 1m13.560s +2.658 20. Aaron Lim Malaysia 1m14.203s +3.301 |
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2 May 2009, 18:43 (Ref:2454212) | #65 | ||
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Sooooo... did Switserland attempt to do a Schuhmacher and try to entice a red flag?
I'd say they did... but that is my opinion. Neel Jani rarely, if ever, makes mistakes... convinient he had to do that now wasn't it? Glad that didn't work, but basically angered he is not yet punished for it |
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2 May 2009, 20:31 (Ref:2454243) | #66 | ||
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I sadly agree Richard.
However I was very impressed with Adam Carroll i'll be behind them Sunday. |
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2 May 2009, 21:09 (Ref:2454253) | #67 | ||
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If they did, they did a damn sight better job at making it look convincing than schumey ever did.
Im heading down there tomorrow, cant wait! Notable performance for me was JR Hilderbrand. Just another in the coffin of Marco's F1 dream... |
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3 May 2009, 13:33 (Ref:2454574) | #68 | |||
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Fantastic sprint race podium from my point of view, could hardly be better. Report and results here. |
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3 May 2009, 13:58 (Ref:2454594) | #69 | ||
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congfu cheng suits china. ho pin tung rip. astromega rip.
byebye a1 gp season 4. hope china say byebye to astromega. |
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3 May 2009, 15:12 (Ref:2454620) | #70 | ||
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Well done Team Ireland - Nice win
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4 May 2009, 20:25 (Ref:2455430) | #71 | ||
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The racing was rather boring but have to admit I'm very, VERY happy with the outcome! Go Team Ireland!
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5 May 2009, 03:25 (Ref:2455569) | #72 | ||
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I found on Sunday morning that Star Sports has been dropped from the satellite package that is beamed into China, therefore I missed the race.
If anyone knows where I can source a copy of the coverage then please let me know. |
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5 May 2009, 07:05 (Ref:2455618) | #73 | ||
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There was no end-of-season ball yesterday as it seems .
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and how do you think they'd manage to organise it in the week or so they had between deciding it would be the final round of the season and the sunday night? i would expect any prizegiving to be after the planned mexico date...
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It was, at one time, the planned final round, so.....
Appearantly, I seem to credit the A1GP management with skills they don't have. |
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