Bahrain free practice session one

Comments

• forzaminardi

  March 2006

  how so many people stayed in?
  
  you want to get as much track time as possible i would have thought?
  
  am i the only one who can't load f1.com's live timing?
• willie12masters

  March 2006

  F1 Live timing isn't working for me either.
  
  I think I heard that some of the big boys will be saving there engines and not using Fridays. Seems a bit silly. If it's gunna break it's gunna break and you're better off knowing early on in the season and getting the problems sorted.
  
  Can't beleive how close Sato got to the Midlands. Shows that MF1 could be out of pocket come the end of the season if Cucumber can get lucky.
• minardirule

  March 2006

  I think once Aguri get their new car MF1 are in trouble but there seems to be some delay with the car according to grandprix.com may not be ready till silverstone.
• forzaminardi

  March 2006

  f1.com seems to be completely down now
  
  my word what an interesting result so far. Toyota obviously haven't done their homework (without wanting to jump conclusions)! williams look quite strong, as do bar and ferrari (but that was to be expected)
  
  If STR keep up that pace throughout the weekend, people will start to ask questions...
• Neil_s

  March 2006

  These results are not to be taken seriously.
• Telstar

  March 2006

  Steve Matchett, one of the US F1 commentators stuck it to Mosley pretty good regarding the V8 engines. He was talking about the STR's air resitrictor which is basically a $1 peice of carbon fibre compared to the around $1.6 billion in development of the V8 engines. So basically he was saying the teams could acheive the same result as the $1.6 billion with $12, more like $24 because each team has 2 cars. This really shows that Mosley cares about cutting costs.
• Minardus

  March 2006

  BAHRAIN GP - FRIDAY - PRACTICE SESSION 2 RESULTS
  
  
  
  Friday Practice Session 2
  POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT TIRE TIME
  1. Anthony Davidson British Honda 1:31.353
  2. Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari 1:31.751
  3. Alexander Wurz Austria Williams-Cosworth 1:31.764
  4. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari 1:32.175
  5. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault 1:32.538
  6. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:32.703
  7. Robert Doornbos Netherlands Red Bull-Cosworth 1:32.926
  8. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Renault 1:33.215
  9. Jenson Button Britain Honda 1:33.226
  10. Robert Kubica Poland Sauber-BMW 1:33.244
  11. Christian Klien Austria Red Bull-Cosworth 1:33.557
  12. Kimi Raikkonen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.577
  13. Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.726
  14. Nick Heidfeld Germany Sauber-BMW 1:33.848
  15. Neel Jani Switzerland Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:33.900
  16. Scott Speed United States Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:34.284
  17. Mark Webber Australia Williams-Cosworth 1:34.333
  18. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Honda 1:34.384
  19. David Coulthard Britain Red Bull-Cosworth 1:34.432
  20. Tiago Monteiro Portugal MF1-Toyota 1:34.459
  21. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Cosworth 1:34.953
  22. Ralf Schumacher Germany Toyota 1:35.170
  23. Markus Winkelhock Germany MF1-Toyota 1:35.686
  24. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota 1:35.898
  25. Jacques Villeneuve Canada Sauber-BMW 1:36.264
  26. Christijan Albers Netherlands MF1-Toyota 1:36.314
  27. Takuma Sato Japan Super Aguri-Honda 1:37.588
  28. Yuji Ide Japan Super Aguri-Honda 1:39.021
• Murph

  March 2006

  "These results are not to be taken seriously."
  
  'Oh no !!! not to be taken seriously....... 'snif. "Oh the inhumanity.................
  
  Yes, you are correct......dirty circuit, limited running, fuel loads are unknown, tires,......... but I am still pleased to see Massa setting a good time today ! ......as for tomorrow ???
  who knows what the future will bring......
  
  ciao Y'all
  
• vuurmuur

  March 2006

  Steve Matchett, one of the US F1 commentators stuck it to Mosley pretty good regarding the V8 engines. He was talking about the STR's air resitrictor which is basically a $1 peice of carbon fibre compared to the around $1.6 billion in development of the V8 engines. So basically he was saying the teams could acheive the same result as the $1.6 billion with $12, more like $24 because each team has 2 cars. This really shows that Mosley cares about cutting costs.

  I thought it was Mosley or Ecclestone who blamed the manufacturers that they dismissed the idea of restricted V10's, and only they are responsible for the high costs!!!
• Stan

  March 2006

  Isn't Fox a big Kubica fan?
  He seems to be good.
  
  [Edited on 10/3/2006 by Stan]
• Telstar

  March 2006

  
  I thought it was Mosley or Ecclestone who blamed the manufacturers that they dismissed the idea of restricted V10's, and only they are responsible for the high costs!!!

  
  
  I thought at least BMW, Mercedes, and Honda were completely against V8 engines but eventually conceded. I know for sure BMW did not want V8.
• Brooksey

  March 2006

  If only Paul had stayed on for one more year...that could have been a PS06 in the top ten :(
• Petroltorque

  March 2006

  Not a chance. The PS05 was a poor car. The only reason the teams agreed to the V10 option was to keep Minardi on the grid as they knew Minardi was no threat in terms of competitiveness.
• forzaminardi

  March 2006

  hmmm, did str run unrestricted v10s on friday? they're a second behind midland now.... :o
• Minardifan2002

  March 2006

  notice in the times it says Redbull cosworth.
  
  Williams look really good.