Simviation Forum - F1 GP France: Your predictions

Reply #15 - Jun 21^st, 2008 at 8:57am

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Craig. wrote on Jun 20^th, 2008 at 5:23am:

The Jarno Trulli spin watch has begun. with a spin down at the hairpin. :1 Grin

Another in Q3

Total: 2 Grin

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Reply #16 - Jun 21^st, 2008 at 2:45pm

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Well thats buggerd up my predictions! I felt sure they would fuel Kova lite to get him pole, to then slow down the 'red team', either for Hamilton to get amongst them, or plainly for a Kova win regardless of what Hamilton did......

But Hamilton seems to have made a few mistakes in his 'hot' lap, and Kova never got there and now goes down the grid (but hey hes driving a McLaren, so penalties are to be expected - i didnt think what he did whilst himself getting blocked by a williams deserved that!)

But still, hoping for a bit of rain tomorrow, or its a ferrari one two i fear, unless they stuff it up as they somtimes seem able to do.. with no real competition Angry

Unless Hamilton can do somthing about it, and its not totaly impossible!

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Reply #17 - Jun 21^st, 2008 at 3:29pm

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LOL A cheer went up from me when Jarno went backwards, you could just see it coming.

As for Heikki, Thats a BS penalty, and the poor guy cant catch a break (i'm not saying that because of my predictions)
I really do think someone is out to get the guy.
Alonso's placing was a surprise, as was how slow the Beemers were. I could see a third place for Alonso. It'll now be a case of dry race and no problems for either, and the Ferrari's really will be off down the road fighting amongst themselves.

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Reply #18 - Jun 22^nd, 2008 at 2:18am

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Autosport suggests 'T Storms' today, other sites say sprinkles! Either way there may, just may be some rain....guess the GP2 race will give us a clue this morning!

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Reply #19 - Jun 22^nd, 2008 at 9:47am

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Well done Jarno

I'm a bit annoyed about Kimi's exhaust though.....lost me 5 points Angry

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Reply #20 - Jun 22^nd, 2008 at 9:55am

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great race today. Kind of annoyed that Heikki's penalty cost me the 123 though.
Well driven by Trulli, I give him a lot of stick for his spins but he kept his head brilliantly.

And now Massa is starting to take a grip on the championship. I've not lost faith in him yet. Almost at the start of the season but he's doing it

And shock of all shocks we are not getting the press conference again despite them having 10 minutes free. And the program ending 7 minutes early. Do ITV hate anyone except Lewis winning that much. Angry

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Reply #21 - Jun 22^nd, 2008 at 4:34pm

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Bah! Not quite the race i wanted it to be - but hey, some are going to go that way Cheesy

Needed rain! A few spots just wasnt enough! So what caused Kimis exhaust exit to fall off then? Bizarre - although im not sure it puts Massa in the driving seat for the championship totaly, he 'could' fail to finish Silverstone, Lewis wins and Kimi + Kubica dont score - and its all on its head again!

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Reply #22 - Jun 22^nd, 2008 at 4:59pm

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Kimi was lucky to come away with ANY points, let alone 8..

A good race though, very entertaining.

As has been said, though I'm a big fan of Lewis, even I'm getting sick of the ITV Lewis love in Roll Eyes

Results up soon Cool

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Reply #23 - Jun 22^nd, 2008 at 5:17pm

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LOL the thing I find funny is, now the british press are turning on him, and thats being used by Allen as an excuse for his poor performance. And the sad fact is, Lewis still hasn't learned to just shut his mouth and do the job on track. His little, comment before the race about legends being made from the back of the grid and his quite obvious hint that he would do the same was disrespectful to the guys in front of him. He's not in GP2, 90% of the grid arn't paying to be in a seat that they really dont deserve.
I was highly ticked off that they didn't show the lap of Kimi's as they usually do for the track guide, add in the lack of the press conference despite ending the show 8 minutes early, and the endless commercial breaks, it just seems ITV no longer give a damn, now the BBC have the rights.
I will as always give them their due for the 60 years of Silverstone piece. I was looking forward to this one the most and it didn't dissapoint. I Getting to see the clips of the FW14b and Murray Walker, along with the Belguim gp highlights for schumi, just brought back so many memories of perhaps the best time for F1 in my opinion.

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Reply #24 - Jun 22^nd, 2008 at 6:12pm

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Craig. wrote on Jun 22^nd, 2008 at 5:17pm:

and the endless commercials

Thought I wasn't the only one that noticed that, they were just ridiculous this week.

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Reply #25 - Jun 23^rd, 2008 at 2:52am

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Whatever you think of Lewis though, and it seems plenty dont like him - although i think hes bloody good personaly - his first pass on Alonso at turn 3? Just on the main straight - where they appeared to bang wheels i thought was blooming great! Wether Alonso was heavy or whatever, it was good to watch! Cheesy

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Reply #26 - Jun 23^rd, 2008 at 3:37am

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It would appear that the French director is either an HUGE Lewis or McLaren fan. It seemed like the cameras where on these two the whole race.............Nothing like your car being first on the last lap and the TV coverage is the last half a corner. I bet the sponsors where not too pleased. Still a good race. At Magny-Cours you really do get a feeling of speed when watching. Something that the other tracks don't seem to give.

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Reply #27 - Jun 26^th, 2008 at 1:48pm