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Round of Malaysia (John takes the lead!)
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:44 am
by 8 n Pole Admin
The Malaysian Grand Prix is on the 19th of March. Pick submissions close on the 17th of March prior to the start of the 1st Friday practice session at 11:00 AM local time (3:00 AM GMT)
Go ahead and submit your picks
here then come back and paste your picks on this thread with some explanation why you think this pick is the right one.
Good luck!
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:34 am
by BlinkyBill
This is my top 8. I might change the order, but not the people on the list.
1: FA - It wont be easy, but hard to tip against.
2: MSchumi - He is back and will be up here
3: JPM - Will out drive Kimi
4: MW - Fastest car, will qualify well, but be a bit conservative on the engine in the heat. He is setting himself up for a big one in Oz.
5: Kimi - good racer, will have a great tussle with MW but lose.
6: Nico - Will set the fastest lap again, but will make the odd mistake.
7: Massa - Good car. Just keep out of trouble Filippe.
8: Button - #$@#$ cant blame the clutch this time.
Pole: Schumi. He'll run light to make sure he gets the record.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:40 am
by BlinkyBill
A bit of trivia for you all.
In 2005, I compared the fastest lap time with the 10th fastest lap time throughout the season.
The smallest gap between p1 and p10 was actually Australia where the gap was 0.944 seconds. The average difference over the whole year is 1.490 seconds and Bahrain was 1.640 seconds.
In Bahrain the gap between p1 and p10 was 0.804! Half that of last year.
The Williams, Ferrari, Honda, and Mclaren are closely matched. Good times!
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:08 am
by Snowy
Winner: Jenson Button
Second: Kimi Raikkonen
Third: Fernando Alonso
Fourth: Michael Schumacher
Fifth: Juan Pablo Montoya
Sixth: Felipe Massa
Seventh: Nico Rosberg
Eighth: Rubens Barrichello
Pole: Jenson Button
I don't believe it
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:34 am
by Julian Mayo
Pole
Kimi
Winner Kimi
Alons0
Mark
Nico
Schuey
JPM
Barrichello
Button
I just cant put Fisi in, with his luck he will get hit by a falling piano as he leaves the hotel,
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:38 am
by mlittle
Here are my picks for Malaysia.......
1st}Michael Schumacher{I'm back..........
}
2nd}Kimi Raikkonen(who do I see about making the car reliable for qualifying.......
)
3nd}Fernando Alonso(can't win 'em all........
)
4th}Jenson Button(still 0-for-......I forget, how many races is it now?)
5th)Juan Pablo Montoya(at least I got some more pts. for Mclaren)
6th}Rubens Barrichello(at least I'll score a few points today)
7th}Mark Webber(still can't get to the podium....oh well, it's only round 2)
8th}Nico Rosberg(2 races, 2 points-paying finishes.....life is good so far!)
And for pole in Malaysia.......Michael Schumacher(shame they don't award points for qual. P1!!!)
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:45 am
by Julian Mayo
Snowy wrote:Winner: Jenson Button
Second: Kimi Raikkonen
Third: Fernando Alonso
Fourth: Michael Schumacher
Fifth: Juan Pablo Montoya
Sixth: Felipe Massa
Seventh: Nico Rosberg
Eighth: Rubens Barrichello
Pole: Jenson Button
I don't believe it
i cannot BELIEVE it
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:26 pm
by mlittle
Julian Mayo wrote:Snowy wrote:Winner: Jenson Button
Second: Kimi Raikkonen
Third: Fernando Alonso
Fourth: Michael Schumacher
Fifth: Juan Pablo Montoya
Sixth: Felipe Massa
Seventh: Nico Rosberg
Eighth: Rubens Barrichello
Pole: Jenson Button
I don't believe it
i cannot BELIEVE it
Neither can I.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:15 pm
by Bundy
mlittle wrote:Julian Mayo wrote:Snowy wrote:Winner: Jenson Button
Second: Kimi Raikkonen
Third: Fernando Alonso
Fourth: Michael Schumacher
Fifth: Juan Pablo Montoya
Sixth: Felipe Massa
Seventh: Nico Rosberg
Eighth: Rubens Barrichello
Pole: Jenson Button
I don't believe it
i cannot BELIEVE it
Neither can I.
It'll never happen
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:24 pm
by Bundy
Winner: Fernando Alonso - Just can't go past him
Second: Michael Schumacher - Should be another close one. MS definitely has the pace
Third: Kimi Raikkonen - Is still the quickest driver on the planet. Using JV's logic if he had of started on pole in Bahrain he would have lapped everyone
Fourth: Mark Webber - Car will be alot healthier after his conservative race.
Fifth: Jenson Button - Has one of the quickest cars on the track
Sixth: Nico Rosberg - I like this kid. Drove his guts out in Bahrain
Seventh: Juan Pablo Montoya - Bahrain was a let down. Can still win races.
Eighth: Giancarlo Fisichella - I'm betting on that Piano narrowly missing him in Malayasia
Pole: Fernando Alonso - I want to pick Kimi but not convinced the McLaren will make it without blowing up.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:09 pm
by Julian Mayo
Williams have stated that they will have new aero bits for Malaysia, which have been throughly tested. Sam reckons the car will be quicker.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:51 pm
by Bundy
They thought that last year as well
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:44 pm
by Julian Mayo
Bundy wrote:They thought that last year as well
They dont have BMW's "help" this year.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:52 pm
by JayVee
BlinkyBill wrote:The Williams, Ferrari, Honda, and Mclaren are closely matched. Good times!
And Renault in front of them all
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:04 pm
by JayVee
Testing advatange for Ferrari is no more. Reality kicks in
My top 8:
Winner: Fernando Alonso
Second: Kimi Raikkonen - takes care of his car this time!
Third: Juan Pablo Montoya - tries to keep up with Raikkonen
Fourth: Giancarlo Fisichella - no problems this time, just a bit slower
Fifth: Jenson Button - struggles with that dreaded clutch again
Sixth: Rubens Barrichello - finds that missing gear!
Seventh: Mark Webber - he'd better beat Nico
Eighth: Felipe Massa - starts to get the hang of the new car
Pole: Fernando Alonso (to me he was on pole in Bahrain given the fuel load
)
Hint: Just go look at last year's results for Malaysia