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22 Oct 2003, 00:55 (Ref:758902)
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Qualifier of the year?
It's out of Webber and Alonso. My choice would be Webber, because of the machinery he did it in. Pity about the lack of race pace for the Jag.
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22 Oct 2003, 00:59 (Ref:758904)
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I know i'm bias but i agree as Webber was outstanding in qualifying this year having the Jaguar up higher on the grid than anyone expected.
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22 Oct 2003, 01:30 (Ref:758911)
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Qualifying as in the Friday setup for the Saturday single runs or the Saturday single runs??
Webber probably wins the first bit, but not the second... Surely the Friday Pole for Minardi win them some kudos 
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22 Oct 2003, 01:51 (Ref:758925)
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Pity Friday pole for Minardi reversed on that Saturday. Hmmm Verstappen was on pole that rainy Friday in France.... another JV forum topic coming up????
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22 Oct 2003, 02:39 (Ref:758956)
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If it had to be narrowed down to one performance of the year, then i'd say Alonso at Maylasia, yer, he was running light, but he was also very ill that weekend and along with Hungary (which admittidly suited the Renault) makes him my personal qualifier of the year.
4th place on the grid,at Canada, with a full load that made him the last driver to come in for a pit-stop (of the big boys at least) was also very impressive. |
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22 Oct 2003, 02:44 (Ref:758959)
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I sat Webber because he was along way ahead of his team mateeach time. Alonso was too but had a fewer rear of grid starts.
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22 Oct 2003, 03:01 (Ref:758965)
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Who cares? They were running variable fuel loads, and wiht the new rules, qualifying wasn't so important as the overall race strategy.
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22 Oct 2003, 04:54 (Ref:759004)
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So, if to say Verstappen ran heavy in Saturday qualifying, and he quailfyed dead last, and then went on to finish dead last-strategy counted?? Or if Schumi decided to go heavy in Monaco, or if he made a mistake?? Qualifying DOES matter. |
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22 Oct 2003, 05:06 (Ref:759006)
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i will have to say Both Alonso poles as there both came from no where as he wasn't doing anything special before the main Quilfying.
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22 Oct 2003, 08:12 (Ref:759128)
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I would say Kimi, but if it werent for his Australia, Spain and Canada qualifying blunders....which, also cost him the championship.
I have to say, i was suprised, and stunned by his USA performance, with the pole lap which, well, god knows where he pulled that from, to take up the title challenge, when everyone thought there was no more speed to be had from that McLaren. Not to mention the fact that he was practically the last to pit out of the top guys, and possibly the top 10 guys. |
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22 Oct 2003, 08:24 (Ref:759137)
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From a pure speed point of view, I agree with Jay that friday is the day.
Thus my vote is for Trulli, always the best when the result is useless. |
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22 Oct 2003, 09:06 (Ref:759189)
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And of course, Webber with the car not supposed to be that far up the grid............but who care what i have to say!
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22 Oct 2003, 09:51 (Ref:759228)
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Trulli - he's quick in qualifying year in year out (remember the Jordan and Prost he dragged around by the scruff of their necks?).
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22 Oct 2003, 11:23 (Ref:759319)
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The one I enjoyed most was Monza Schumi V JPM in qually 2.
As someone mentioned variable fuel loads and weather conditions difficult to know what to make of it really. |
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22 Oct 2003, 11:34 (Ref:759331)
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Webber had a quite a few good efforts on Friday, and one or two on Saturday.
Alonso's poles were good as was Trulli on Friday. In fact best qualifying team mates of the year could be Renault's. Kimi in Indy was fantastic, but as twig says there were a few mistakes too. However this is what he had to do to try and get that McLaren at the front. Other than that I'm not sure. BAR had a few good Fridays. My single performance would go to Kimi. Over the season, er, Webber or Alonso. |
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22 Oct 2003, 14:01 (Ref:759569)
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I think Kimi and Alonso were about even for the year, both made mistakes and both bagged pole twice from nowhere. But qualifier of the year for me anyway is hard to say. I guess Barrichello as he was always up there or there abouts.
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22 Oct 2003, 16:07 (Ref:759719)
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if you mean the lap of the year then Id say TGF at MONZA! championship wise he really pulled something out of the bag with that lap!!
The best QULY driver has to be WEBBER!! fantastic speed |
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25 Oct 2003, 11:59 (Ref:762599)
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yeap .. best lap in quali goes to Schu in Monza . expecially coming after hungaroring
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27 Oct 2003, 19:05 (Ref:764903)
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Lap of the Year M.S,great come back from Hungary
Qualifier of the year Trulli,good quali from him shame about the races. |
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27 Oct 2003, 21:28 (Ref:765052)
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Webber. He was always quick on the Friday and could usually follow it up on the Saturday.
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28 Oct 2003, 13:03 (Ref:765686)
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Webber no doubting it
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