Pole at Imola: TGF does it Again, Results (Merged)

[EERO]

San Marino: Qualifying session
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P. No Driver Team - Engine Tyres Times Ave/Gaps laps
1. 1 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1'21"091 218.998 Km/h 12
2. 2 BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 1'21"155 + 0'00"064 8
3. 5 R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW M 1'21"473 + 0'00"382 11
4. 6 MONTOYA Williams BMW M 1'21"605 + 0'00"514 12
5. 4 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1'22"104 + 0'01"013 11
6. 3 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes M 1'22"490 + 0'01"399 10
7. 7 HEIDFELD Sauber Petronas B 1'22"767 + 0'01"676 12
8. 14 TRULLI Renault M 1'22"833 + 0'01"742 10
9. 15 BUTTON Renault M 1'22"857 + 0'01"766 10
10. 11 VILLENEUVE BAR Honda B 1'23"116 + 0'02"025 10
11. 8 MASSA Sauber Petronas B 1'23"681 + 0'02"590 12
12. 12 PANIS BAR Honda B 1'23"821 + 0'02"730 10
13. 20 FRENTZEN Arrows Cosworth B 1'23"862 + 0'02"771 12
14. 10 SATO Jordan Honda B 1'24"050 + 0'02"959 10
15. 9 FISICHELLA Jordan Honda B 1'24"253 + 0'03"162 11
16. 24 SALO Toyota M 1'24"328 + 0'03"237 12
17. 25 MCNISH Toyota M 1'24"331 + 0'03"240 12
18. 16 IRVINE Jaguar Cosworth M 1'24"579 + 0'03"488 12
19. 23 WEBBER Minardi Asiatech M 1'24"790 + 0'03"699 10
20. 21 BERNOLDI Arrows Cosworth B 1'24"808 + 0'03"717 11
21. 17 DE LA ROSA Jaguar Cosworth M 1'24"852 + 0'03"761 12
22. 22 YOONG Minardi Asiatech M 1'27"241 + 0'06"150 11


107% time : 1'26"767
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Unofficial results - Information: http://www.f1-live.com


TGF comes through at the last minute. Upsets but Raikkonen, Sato. If its wet tomorrow, expect Fisichella and Frentzen to claw their ways forward.

[rdjones]

I hate TGP he take pole in the dieing seconds AGAIN ! ! !

[DNQ]

Poor Fisichella. Gotta feel sorry for the bloke. To be honest, that 1-2-3 is easily the worst I could imagine from my point of view, but there you go...

Just wanna wish JPM good luck for the race - clam down this time

[Kex]

Poor old Yoong, just too slow....

Yeah both Fisichella and Trulli seem to have bad luck at most races. Feel a bit sorry for Rubens, losing pole to Schumi. I'd prefer Rubens on pole.

[TeddyG]

wow look at Heidfeld in 7th ahead of the Renault's! Pretty amasing.....and Villenueve in 10th isn't too bad at all for the BAR.. looks like the Honda improvement did help a little as they are getting a bit closer to the Renault's...you could tell he was really pushing the car

[calais]

this is going to be a very predictable race.
TFG wont do his chop, because poor rubens is next to him, he'll make a good getaway, and rubens will act as his rear gunner.
how boring!!!!!!!!

[Sato san]

that was avery good good lap by Micheal at the end , he deserved pole , but it was good to see Rubens push him so close . A good start from Juan tomorrow should bring the race alive .

But i just hope that Ferrari let Rubens race , and not make him play shotgun to Micheal .

[EERO]

Well at least I earned a point in the Predictions competition!


My question is whether Schumacher will chop Rubens and let JPM around on the outside?? Expect another messy start tomorrow.

[Valve Bounce]

This might keep JPM out of trouble in the first lap. It will be interesting what pit stop strategy Rubens will get: 3, 2, 1 or zero.
I hope Fuel will see that Mark Webber qualified ahead of two cars with works engines.
Neilap will be happy to see all the Hondas ahead of Toyota.
Personally, rain or shine, I think MSch will romp away with this race.

[Kex]

The only way this race will be exciting is if there is a first lap crash; Montoya taking the lead (so that Schuey can chase after him) or the Ferraris and Williams' failing to finish.

[z2252314]

I heard from another forum that Michael had to use the T-car during the qualifying session. Is this true?

P.S I think Ralfs confidence may be growing after the last 2 races. Perhaps JPM now has something more to worry about other than just Michael.

[Mr V]

Originally posted by z2252314
I heard from another forum that Michael had to use the T-car during the qualifying session. Is this true?

not true.......rubens used it!

[z2252314]

not true.......rubens used it!

Ok, sorry. The broadcasters from Sky Tv must have made a mistake. Thanks for clearing the confustion.

[Gt_R]

Well...Michael just goes about showing why he is just that good...to come all the way down back up to pole in the last few seconds...got me to the edge of the seat,that lap, i must admit..i almost thing its a goner...phew.

Good stuff by Rubens...his recent forms have showed that he is also a very good driver on merit too. Wish him all the best for tomorrow.

[Mr V]

it was mentioned by rubens in the press conference!

[Valve Bounce]

If Ralf wants to be ahead of Rubens, he must go straight and stay on the faster line of the grid and follow MSch. I can't see MSch swerving to cut Rubens off. I can't see JPM tangling with MSch, maybe with Rubens.

[z2252314]

it was mentioned by rubens in the press conference!

I was not disagreeing with you, merely thanking you for the clarification. I'm from Australia, we dont get any of saturdays session here (except for 2 sec clips of the top 3 crossing the finsih line). I heard that on the live qualifying session from atlasf1.com. Sorry to all members for the confusion.

[Mr V]

Originally posted by z2252314


I was not disagreeing with you, merely thanking you for the clarification.

sorry if i made it sound like you were Z! i thought that you'd seen it on sky, which is what i was watching, and that maybe you'd missed the press conference!

[Lee Janotta]

I'm worried Juan'll take out 3 or 4 cars at the launch. He's got to be _so_ eager to get a win by now, and he'll have to get around Rubens, who'll be intentionally blocking, and Ralf, who'll be blocking because he couldn't pass a city bus! If Juan can get clear, though, he should be able to take a secure second. It'll take blistering hot conditions to get the Michelins working, though, or rain to make it a race of driver skill.

Is the 107% rule _ever_ going to be enforced? Alex Yoong clearly does not belong on an F1 grid!

[Mr V]

Originally posted by Lee Janotta
It'll take blistering hot conditions to get the Michelins working

don't think this is going to happen lee, just checked the forecast for tomorrow, and it's given as 57-58 degrees f (or 14 deg cel) with a humidity of 72 % which makes for a high chance of rain!

[Sato san]

John Kettley eat ya heart out !

[Jonny Apex]

Originally posted by EERO

TGF comes through at the last minute. Upsets but Raikkonen, Sato. If its wet tomorrow, expect Fisichella and Frentzen to claw their ways forward.

I don't know why Raikkonen in 5th you find to be an upset. He's the highest of the rest in a car that's good enough for 5th at best. To me, he's making the most of what he's got - I don't think, save for Shuey, any of the other top four could have squeezed much more from the McLaren. The reason it's not Coulthard in 5th is that Raikkonen is better than him. Plain and simple.

Coulthard is nothing more than a solid number two driver.

[RT]

Originally posted by z2252314

P.S I think Ralfs confidence may be growing after the last 2 races. Perhaps JPM now has something more to worry about other than just Michael.

I agree, Juan has not proven to be any kind of "conquering hero". He's so far failed to establish himself as an Nr 1 in the BMW-Williams team in spite of all the little mind games that Patrick head has played to favour Juan .

Go Ralf

[Mania]

Great session. The hero of the day had to be Rubens. It was wonderful to see him actually rattling Schumachers cage for a bit. Pity he lost out - I think he deserved to be on pole. Im not a fan of Barrichelos but he was easily the star of the session today.

Ralf was great - as always. 3rd on the grid - same position as last year and same result hopefully.

Though I gotta tell you guys - Im pretty sure we're going to have some sort of trouble on the first lap. Imola is not a place for over taking and all the top 4 know it very well. They'll be trying to make up a position before the first corner and its quite possible we'll see both Ferraris weaving all over the place - especially Rubens since he will be desperate to hold onto 2nd.

[Super Tourer]

Could be an explosive start, hasn't MS been a bit tardy off the line of late? JPM will do his usual blast off the line (what's the chances of him tangling with Ralf?).

There could be a lot of weaving and dust flying so expect the Mac's and Renault's to make up some ground on the first lap.....