Fisichella totals his car!

[Osella]

..whoops!


http://www.eurosport.com/home/pages/...2_Spo224.shtml

[E46]

it was a big accident and the worst qualifying of ever for Autodelta, with Larini and Tarquini without times.

[Dani Filth]

what the F happends downthere ...?????

[touringlegend]

Big whoops proves it doesn't matter how much dosh you throw at it it still can go wrong..

[Dani Filth]

so . are they gonna start or no ...

[E46]

Larini and Tarquini yes of course, they only spun off. Fisichella surely won´t run, he said in Eurosport car is destroyed.

[Dani Filth]

i was scared cause you said .. they were without times ...
too bad for Fisichella . i was hoping him and Zanardi to do well ..

[FIRE]

So Alfa will lose the title on their homeground?

[SFonseca]

Giancarlo Fisichella and Nicola Larini both experienced violent shunts before championship challenger Gabriele Tarquini saw his hopes disappear when he dumped his 156 Gta in the gravel. At least Tarquini will start...

[E46]

Larini seems to have heavy damages in his car also, and maybe it could lose warm up even.

[touringlegend]

Qualifying times..

2003 FIA European Touring Car Championship - QUALIFYING
POS NO CL DRIVER NAT CAR TIME LAPS GAP KPH
1 42 Jorg MULLER GER BMW 320i 2:00.454 10 173.13
2 43 Dirk MULLER GER BMW 320i 2:00.467 10 0.013 173.11
3 5 Roberto COLCIAGO ITA Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 2:00.613 10 0.159 172.90
4 56 James THOMPSON GBR Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 2:00.786 11 0.332 172.65
5 21 I Duncan HUISMAN NED BMW 320i 2:00.928 11 0.474 172.45
6 2 Antonio GARCIA ESP BMW 320i 2:01.093 10 0.639 172.22
7 11 Andy PRIAULX GBR BMW 320i 2:01.250 12 0.796 171.99
8 16 I Paolo RUBERTI ITA Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 2:01.270 13 0.816 171.97
9 20 I Tom CORONEL NED BMW 320i 2:01.410 12 0.956 171.77
10 15 I Fabio FRANCIA ITA Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 2:01.441 11 0.987 171.72
11 33 Alessandro ZANARDI ITA BMW 320i 2:01.612 10 1.158 171.48
12 30 Yvan MULLER FRA SEAT Toledo Cupra 2:01.979 11 1.525 170.97
13 12 I Andre COUTO MAC Honda Civic Type-R 2:01.992 10 1.538 170.95
14 9 Jordi GENE ESP SEAT Toledo Cupra 2:02.217 11 1.763 170.63
15 1 Fabrizio GIOVANARDI ITA BMW 320i 2:02.576 10 2.122 170.13
16 10 Frank DIEFENBACHER GER SEAT Toledo Cupra 2:02.839 10 2.385 169.77
17 24 I Alessandro BALZAN ITA Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 2:02.919 11 2.465 169.66
18 19 I Tomas ENGSTROM SWE Honda Civic Type-R 2:03.684 11 3.230 168.61
19 26 I Adriano DE MICHELI ITA Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 2:04.081 10 3.627 168.07
20 61 I Sandro SARDELLI ITA Volvo S60 2:04.115 7 3.661 168.02
Qualification Maxima 2:08.885
3 Nicola LARINI ITA Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 12:44.253 2 10:43.799 27.28
4 Gabriele TARQUINI ITA Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 33:00.022 1 30:59.568 10.53


I hope Jimmy T causes some controversy tomorrow should stir things up and best of luck to Priaulx I say he's got to get past him!!

[kmchow]

Wow, it seems the gremlins really are giving Alfa a hard time. OTOH, I guess this makes the season finale (or still one more race?) an exciting race!
OTOH, if Alfa can pull off a win, they really deserve it?

[Portello]

Larini missed breaking point in Ascari. Fisico crashed heavily and Tarquini probably lost the championship before the race is on. Sad day for Alfa Romeo, best chances for BMW. That's motorsport.

[touringlegend]

By the way...where's Rickard Rydell disappeared to ?

[FIRE]

Rickard’s engine had a major problem in Estoril, and it was not possible to repair it in time, due to lack of some critical components,” explained Volvo Motorsport chief Olle Odsell. “The only available spare engine is a test engine, that is not fully competitive.”

source: http://www.eurostc.com



Conclusions:
a) They have a small budget.
b) Rydell's last race in the Volvo.

[adstubbs]

Fisi certainly made a mess of that Alfa - on a lighter note, nice to see Zanardi qualifying in 11th, he's clearly still got that immense talent we saw in Champ Cars in the late 90's

[adstubbs]

Fisi certainly made a mess of that Alfa - on a lighter note, nice to see Zanardi qualifying in 11th, he's clearly still got that immense talent we saw in Champ Cars in the late 90's

[Craig]

Indeed. And good to see Yvan outqualify his two team-mates too...

[FIRE]

Giovanardi has a very difficult season in the BMW.

[BootsOntheSide]

What a shame the ALfas ahve gone so badly. Looks like Colcagio and Thompson will be upholding their honour entirely. great effort from james consdiering that he's not used to the cars.

As for Zanardi qualifying mid-pack, I'm grinning from ear to ear. Well done mate.

[FIRE]

Maybe the other Alfa men can give Muller and Priaulx some "kisses" to shove them into the gravel.

Very good result of indepentdant driver Huisman.

[Portello]

[i]Originally posted by BootsOntheSide
What a shame the ALfas ahve gone so badly.
[/B]

Yes, all in Ascari during their warm up-laps, very strange. Colciago and Thompson are one and 3/100 of a second away from pole, so the GTA in fact is "competitive". To be realistic: BMW should win under these circumstances.

[SPARK Msport]

just a quick one, what time is the race tomorrow?

And well done Alex on his return, shame for Fisi, maybe he was a little bit excited by being in a car that can finish higher then 10th lol

[speedy king]

anyone got a photo of this mashed up car of Fisichellas that everyone is talkign about?

[FIRE]

Originally posted by SPARK Msport
just a quick one, what time is the race tomorrow?

I think 14.00h CET (according to Eurosport).