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hmmm, might as well sing about it while the going's good.
congrats to another ex-minardi driver for topping indonesia friday practices...
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haven't been to a single race of alex's since his 2003 except for the malaysian races.
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The ligament injury is healing well but I'm avoiding standing, too many stairs, and strenuous exercise till its 100%.
I'll be watching the A1 on TV and following practices on A1GP.com.
You're going? I hope Anthony will be there too. Say Hi to Alex and Ant if you get a chance.
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But still, you need to do it. So well done.
but he hasn't raced there since those days.
so, he does have more experience there other than ananda mikola.
Following were Switzerland, Ireland and Netherlands.
Next for the main event in an hour.
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Jos came through the field nicely; set the the Kiwi up good and proper. Christian Fittipaldi had a bit of a 'mare but he is getting quicker and hasn't been in a single seater for three years - he's warming up for 'his' tracks in the Americas.
Aussies have another new driver - Marcus Marshall?
Robbie Kerr got his first pole but was undone by the Frenchie after one lap who then streaked away - either they are the only people who can set the car up to the optimum or ...
Lapierre and Premat aren't THAT good.
Another Minardi boy, Fittipaldi, was fourth on his debut.
After a great start, GB mucked up the first pitstop; am now unsure about the set-up nous and, indeed, tactical nous of my team.
Nevertheless ... this was another A1 race ruined by safety car periods, generally caused by drivers who are way out of their depth (Indonesia take a bow). I said this would be a problem before the season began and I was right - sometimes today it was like watching the Keystone Cops.
The main thing is: well done Alex and, Jos, it could've been you! I think the bottom line with Jos is he's a bit thick and can only drive one way.
Well done and great to see 3 teams on the podium for the first time.
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Pos. Team Laps Time Gap. F. Gap. P. Pits
1 CANADA 36 55:55.779 - - 2
2 MALAYSIA 36 55:57.710 +1.931 +1.931 1
3 AUSTRALIA 36 56:08.396 +12.617 +10.686 1
4 BRAZIL 36 56:09.779 +14.000 +1.383 1
5 SWITZERLAND 36 56:12.288 +16.509 +2.509 2
6 NETHERLANDS 36 56:17.625 +21.846 +5.337 1
7 NEW ZEALAND 36 56:17.998 +22.219 +0.373 1
8 FRANCE 36 56:18.477 +22.698 +0.479 1
9 USA 36 56:22.092 +26.313 +3.615 1
10 GREAT BRITAIN 35 55:18.609 1 Lap 1 Lap 1
11 SOUTH AFRICA 35 55:25.951 1 Lap +7.342 1
12 GERMANY 35 55:54.309 1 Lap +28.358 2
13 CZECH REPUBLIC 34 55:18.588 2 Laps 1 Lap 2
14 INDIA 34 55:35.150 2 Laps +16.562 3
15 INDONESIA 34 55:42.685 2 Laps +7.535 2
16 ITALY 31 49:31.272 5 Laps 3 Laps 2
17 PORTUGAL 31 50:00.185 5 Laps +28.913 2
18 AUSTRIA 24 40:20.709 12 Laps 7 Laps 2
19 IRELAND 20 55:48.248 16 Laps 4 Laps 2
20 MEXICO 18 28:32.060 18 Laps 2 Laps 1
21 CHINA 11 41:45.051 25 Laps 7 Laps 3
22 LEBANON 7 11:20.446 29 Laps 4 Laps
http://www.pitstop.com.my/forum/default.asp
http://racingformalaysia.blogspot.com/
Leaders France scored a total of 13 and Switzerland 12.
Jos picked up 9 overall after going off tryin to overtake Alex in the 3rd last lap.
The Canadians and Aussies would be pleased to have scored so well with the podium and 10 points and 8 for the day respectively. GB took 2nd in the Sprint and tenth in the Main Event so also scored 10 overall.
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well, alex said jos was cool about it.
my view is that jos, being a racer he is would probably had done the same alex did to ANYother driver.
anyway below are their views of the driver and team principal jan lammers.
http://www.crash.net/news_view~t~Jos-feisty-again-~cid~83~id~125260.htm
"In the last race I really had a superb start," said Jos. "It's a shame with those safety cars, otherwise I could have driven on the first set of tyres longer. That would have also been advantageous for our second set and handling of the car in the end. And the incident with Yoong, I tried to defend, but he hit me on the right rear tyre and then I spun. Luckily I was able to go on track again. I can be pleased with sixth place in the end, considering what happened."
Despite not witnessing a podium result, Lammers was happy with progress. "We all want those positions back that we lost with that spin, but we have to be satisfied with this," said the Dutch racing veteran. "But considering the problems we had in qualifying we got maximum result here, apart from that spin. The incident between Alex Yoong and Jos just was a racing incident, I would have also gone for it."
Well done Sean, Alex, Marcus and Jos!