I'm going with

1: Raikkonen
2: Alonso
3: Heidfeld

I was going to put one of the Renaults in 3rd..... maybe next time out..    

Massa
Raikonnen
Hamilton

Raikonnen
Hamilton
Heidfeld

Massa
Alonso
Hamilton

wow, I bet that accident hurt. The schumacher S claims its first victim.
I hope lewis is okay, but the ambulance looking like its carting him off isn't good. reminicent of Michaels crash at silverstone in 2000

Unfortunatly he found the part of the barrier angled towards his direction. watching it again in slow-mo he was lucky the car didn't jump up a little later or he would have cleared the barrier.

There is always the idea of the oval style catch fences around the high speed areas of the track, not ideal for the head-on parts though. It'll just mean we're going to end up with more tilke style circuits with 5 mile concrete runoffs and the crowds at the corners being too far back to see any action even with the hubble telescope.

P.S. Still sticking with your selection?

I only heard about Lewis crashing out on the radio 'cos I was in my work van, I hope he's OK to race tomorrow. If he does race it will be good to see how he copes with starting in the midfield. 

P.S. Murray on the radio was much better than Allen on the TV.

Make...note...of....Bjorns...selections 

Looks like Lewis will race, subject to medical confirmation in the morning. Ron Dennis seems confident he'll pass the medical test.

itevn.. better late than never.. 

At least Hamilton should have 2 or 3 laps more fuel. If he makes a few places at the start (as normal) and takes a few places in the first stint - and Massa, Kimi and Alonso keep each other honest (maybe), or take each other out (preferable! ), then he has a decent chance of a podium finish. Mind you, I think he has anyway from 10th.

Craig. wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2007 at 7:09am:


Well, we've seen what he did last year in GP2, and it's not like he hasn't shown he can overtake this year!

What a start from Hamilton. Shame about the BMWs...

JB in 9th too!

AAAAAAAhhh, it great! Marcus Winkelhock leading!

Oh dear, now it's getting daft...

Its a boat race.. this is hillarious.

Charlie wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2007 at 8:12am:

definitly
I am loving this

Craig. wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2007 at 8:13am:


Liuzzi was a bit lucky. Red flag should be interesting. Lewis hopefully can have a good start again...

What a start by Lewis though. 10th to 4th...

Craig. wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2007 at 8:17am:


Mind you, I think they should just man-up put wets on and get one with it. So what if they're going really slow. Rain's a great leveller, so they can't just wait for it to stop.

Looking at the weather, I think we're going to be on drys within 5 laps.

I can see chaos at the first corner almost now, slow spyker, two fast cars behind it, first time race driver with 2 laps of experience on a wet track.

Donnington 93 all over again from the sound of the weather reports. Lets see who is the next rain master. Its senna/schumacher/???

sorry bbut thats the dumbest rule ever. Lewis getting a lap back then using a fast lap to gain a pit advantage is wrong.

But explain how its fair? If he hadn't pitted he still got a lap back without earning it.

too true.
Looks like the ferraris are chewing up the mclaren of Alonso though.

damn

Mictheslik wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2007 at 9:52am:

hamiltons in for a few points and not alot more
been an interesting race... you know its chaos when culthard is in first for a minute or two

wow, what a race Now bring on spa and more rain

Craig. wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2007 at 10:19am:


Shame for them it was the old bloke presenting the trophies, not the "other one", who had one of his better results...

could get even stranger. The race over ran the time limit by 6 minutes and 23 seconds. Alonso passed massa either just as the time expired or on the lap after the time expired. If it was just as then the results stand as far as 1-2 stand, if it was the lap after then there could be some controversy.

Nope, the FIA rule book states that the clock will not be stopped during a red flag/ abandoned start situation. Alonso's final race time was 2.06:26.358
Thats the whole point of the 2 hour limit, in the event of a stoppage, your not racing till midnight if the delays stupidly long.
I dont think the differances in positions would be too differant, not sure why you think Hamilton would get a point? When did he pit?

I'm not 100% concerned, and quite frankley another thing against mclaren might have people starting to think theres a conspiracy against the team. But if they are going to pursue the rules, they at least need to clarify the situation. If it is a case of letting it go the distance because of a small differance between the end of the two, then thats fine.

Results:

Mictheslik          15
BMan1113VR     10
Charlie             10
Craig                10
itevn                 10
Bjorn                 5
Charlottesdad     5
eno                    5
cspyro21            0

Mic has his first win, cspyro gets his first wooden spoon!

5.3 The distance of all races, from the start signal referred to in Article 38.11 to the chequered flag, shall be
equal to the least number of complete laps which exceed a distance of 305 km (Monaco 260km). However,
should two hours elapse before the scheduled race distance is completed, the leader will be shown the
chequered flag when he crosses the control line (the Line) at the end of the lap during which the two hour
period ended. However, should the race be suspended (see Article 41) the length of the suspension will be
added to this period.
I think that clears up the time thing for me, but its still a little confusing.

Massa coming second gave you 10 and Alonso finishing on the podium gave you 5 as you picked him to go 3rd.

I kept hoping someone would cue up some cartoon sound effects/music while they were all sliding off the corner.

I bet when Hamilton pulled up to his grid position today, he looked around and said "Toyota has an F-1 team?"