A1 Grand Prix (4 Viewers)

[Cape]

Silly Germans are half way down the field. I should be used to that after this year

There was a huge crash though. Anyone see it? I'll watch 10 tonight, and see if they have time for motorsport

 

[Komit]

I've been watching EuroSportNews all morning. They haven't shown anything as yet.

 

[Cape]

hmm. I probably watch sports tonight, see if they put anything on other than football If not, it should be on rpm tomorrow.

Wow! 5 red flags ... crazy drivers!

 

[Komit]

1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr 2.30.789
2 New Zealand Matt Halliday 2.31.117
3 France Alexandre Premat 2.31.206
4 Australia Will Power 2.31.388
5 Great Britain Robbie Kerr 2.31.714
6 Switzerland Neel Jani 2.31.729
7 Mexico Salvador Duran 2.32.307
8 Pakistan Adam Khan 2.32.596
9 Malaysia Alex Yoong 2.32.632
10 Japan Ryo Fukuda 2.32.689
11 Portugal Alvaro Parente 2.32.705
12 Ireland Michael Devaney 2.32.811
13 Germany Timo Scheider 2.32.981
14 Netherlands Jos Verstappen 2.33.075
15 South Africa Stephen Simpson 2.33.086
16 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 2.33.232
17 USA Scott Speed 2.33.317
18 Indonesia Ananda Mikola 2.33.424
19 India Karun Chandhok 2.34.126
20 Czech Republic Jan Charouz 2.34.786
21 Canada Sean McIntosh 2.36.656
22 Austria Mathias Lauda 2.36.878
23 Lebanon Khalil Beschir 2.37.104
24 China Tengyi Jiang 2.38.750
25 Russia Alexey Vasiliev 2.41.303


It's going to be interesting.

 

[Cape]

Hmm, do the drivers who qualified drive the races, or are they allowed to switch?

wow! why are all the germans always midfield? Argh, this shucks.

 

[Komit]

They are allowed to switch, as long as the other driver has set a practice lap within 102% of the team's fastest qualifying lap.

 

[Cape]

The sprint race is an interesting concept though. No points are offered, I wonder how many cars will survive til the end of the race

But montoya thinks that the concept of A1GP is good though.

 

[Komit]

The same points are awarded for both the sprint race and feature race, plus a bonus point for the fastest lap out of both these sessions.

Now, the Inaugral A1 Grand Prix......

It was an excellent race with a lot of action and overtaking and Australia finished 2nd, but Brazil (Nelson Piquet Jr) absolutely dominated.

The pit stops added all the more excitement as they are quite unique in the motorsport world.

If there are any problems with the race is the graphics and timing they give on the broadcast and probably giving the inexperienced drivers a revision of the "blue flag" rules. The problem with this is that sometimes the backmarkers are just as quick as the front runners, but the backmarkers shouldn't be closing the door on a front-runner - as Adam Kahn of Pakisatan was doing. These problems, however, aren't that serious and can be fixed.

Overall, it is an excellent concept that has turned into an exciting and successful reality.

 

[Cape]

Oh, RPM was wrong then

What was so unique about the pit stops? Sorry, I haven't seen anything of it.

haha ... Germany got lapped

btw, does anyone know where you get the tickets for the Eastern Creek round??

 

[Komit]

On the commercials they say ticketmaster.

There is one compulsory tyre pit stop during the feature race and the crew have to wait inside the garage until the car comes to a complete stop. When it does, the crew can come out, with only one crew member per tyre.

 

[Cape]

hmm ... sounds interesting.

*waits until sunday*

Do you guys think that its worth going for all 3 days?

 

[Komit]

Yeh, why not?

 

[braad]

i'll go next year

 

[Cape]

Cause sometimes friday and saturday is boring

 

[braad]

it's A1...

how do you know it would be boring?

 

[Cape]

True, I haven't even seen the race yet!

I dunno, its $100 and something for three days. But I have been invited to the Australian GP, and they requires a deposit asap so I can get a seat at turn 1.

Maybe braad would like to lend me some money

 

[braad]

maybe brad wouldnt

i hate me being lazy. and the existence of tv, as i prefer it over being there

but A1...if it was on a better track, i'd be there

 

[Cape]

Please brad ... cat will be nice from now on

Atleast you have fox and you can watch the race. Maybe I could just crash at your house instead. lol. Actually .... no.

braad could come to the race with me! I don't bite, and I'm not an axe murder

 

[braad]

hahaha...nahhh

no money for cat and Fox is ALL MINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNE muahahahaha


and i dont know...we'll see, chances are i'll be busy

 

[Cape]

Brad is evil brad is evil brad is evil

Did I meantion that you are evil.

Haha ... by november you would have broken another finger nail anyway, soooooo you'll be free