US F1 round

[p9o1r1sche]

Well, the first practice is over and I'm smelling a Ferrari front row on Sunday.

[jcsaleen]

Originally Posted by p9o1r1sche

Well, the first practice is over and I'm smelling a Ferrari front row on Sunday.

Nice I'm goin to I'll keep every1 posted as long as my either net card doesnt fail. Gona have 3 digital cameras with me.

[c32b1 NSX]

Originally Posted by p9o1r1sche

Well, the first practice is over and I'm smelling a Ferrari front row on Sunday.

my hondas are right behind the ferraris a$$3s. if takuma sato dint twitch the rear like that he would be in pole possition.

[nismo man]

So who do you think will win the US GP either barrichello or micheal
how bout takuma. personally i'm pullin for barrichello or takuma.
BAR BAR BAR BAR!!!!!!!!!!

[Veyron]

Ferrari should win easily with the super reliability and superior chassis.

I hope to see a good battle between Williams, Renault and BAR.

Hoping for a little rain to add interest to the race.

[Veyron]

Montoya! WTF!

[ales]

So much going on on the first few laps, and Ralf had a heavy heavy crash into the wall, still in the car. Took a bloody long time for the safety crews to get to him too!

Ralf removed from the car with his neck in braces, immediately onto the stretcher. Does not look good at all.

[ales]

Eventful race in the end. Everyone who finished, got into the points, which included Baugartner in a Minardi who finished 8th and last. We saw 78th win for Schumacher, huge accident for Ralf, who, according to Theissen is conscious and in the medical centre, which was all he wanted to say. Other reports indicate that he's doing ok. Sam Michael says the accident was not driver error, but probably debris that caused a tyre to fail. We also saw a black flag for Montoya, which, according to Michael was because they didn't get him out of his race car before the 15-second to start point. So yet another 0 weekend for Williams. Mclaren got both cars into the points the second time in succession, and Sato became the second Japanese driver after Aguri Suzuki who got the podium 14 years ago.

[Oleigh]

good race in my opinion, crazy amount of crashes though. I was also pulling for a top 5 finish for both the BAR's but it was a good watch none the less.

[cruisey]

Wow! What a race that was.

but hell Minardi was in the points and thats all that matters.
Lets go Minardi....were on a come back!!

[crayzayjay]

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=30498

Originally Posted by ITV-F1 Sport

Michelin have blamed Ralf Schumacher’s tyre failure on debris from the incident at the first corner of the US Grand Prix.

Schumacher and fellow Michelin runner Fernando Alonso both crashed out of the race after suffering high-speed punctures.

Michelin competitions boss Pierre Dupasquier said the incidents had not been caused by any flaw in the tyres’ construction.

He said: “As far as the two accidents early in the race are concerned, Fernando Alonso and Ralf Schumacher suffered deflated right and left rear tyres respectively.

“We have examined the tyres and it is clear that both were damaged by debris that had been picked up from the track, probably in the wake of the multiple pile-up at the first corner.”

Gianmaria Bruni, Felipe Massa, Christian Klien and Giorgio Pantano were all eliminated in the accident, which was triggered when Klien ran into the back of Cristiano da Matta's Toyota.

Michelin had a clear advantage over Bridgestone all weekend but Ferrari still emerged as victors, much to the frustration of Dupasquier and colleague Pascal Vasselon.

Dupasquier said: “This was a race any one of several Michelin drivers could definitely have won, but the two safety car periods and other circumstances contrived to thwart us.

“It’s a shame, because our tyres have performed extremely well all weekend. They have been fast and consistent in equal measure, and we have had absolutely no blistering problems despite the fierce heat.”

Vasselon, Michelin’s F1 programme manager, added: “This has been a weekend of mixed emotions.

“It is very satisfying that our tyres showed a clear technical advantage, but frustrating that reasons beyond our control prevented us from capitalising on the situation. That’s motor racing.”

Looked like an extremely painful accident. Hopefully Ralf will make a full recovery but he's likely to miss the French GP. They sure took their time getting to him once he'd crashed, didnt they!?!

[Doug E Fresh]

Woohoo I was there! Walked the pits thursday, went to all practices and prequali/quali, and then the race. Many pics to come. For a couple practice sessions and qualification and prequali I was up on the turn 9/10 terrace. For the first saturday practice I was seated directly next to the pits and saw Montoya flip off Trulli, which was interesting. During the first friday practice I was across from the pits. For the race I was seated by turn 1, and I could see all the way to turn six and saw some nasty crashes. What exactly happened to Alonso? I was watching him and suddenly I saw little pieces of aero stuff fly off of his car, and then he slid into the wall. Also heard Jense's gearbox blow on a nasty downshift. Anyway, many pics to come as I took hundreds, I will do my best to pic out the best pictures. Some nice pics from the pit walking as well.

[Layla's Keeper]

Not bad for Zsolt. He did his job, stayed out of the way, and kept the car clean.

And Takuma, well, he's just proven what he can do if the car holds together. I'm not afraid to say that even if he's not a future champion, he's definitely an up and coming winner.

[NSX]

ah...poor button.

If both BARs could finish consistently, they could give Renault a run for their money.

Cheers to Toyota too!

[ales]

Toyota was a huge surprise. Panis set the fourth (!) fastest lap of the race and was one of the 4 drivers (together with Sato and the Ferraris) to go under 1:11 in the race.