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yup, a fast track though especially in "Isle of Notre-Dame", an F1 car could reaches 320 km/h. I was so pissed-off when Hockenheim track has changed. Likely we only have 3 fast tracks, Monza, Montreal and Catalunya.
btw last weekend in Mugello MotoGP, Max Biaggi has reached 340 km/h, the highest topspeed ever in MotoGP history but i'm quite sure it will be sharpened again this weekend in Catalunya which has almost 1 km straight track in start/finish line.


hmm.. busy weekend indeed. We'll have F1 and MotoGP races and Euro '04 is starting. damn.. another sleepless nights and now i have to prepare some coffee and cigarettes for it.

News just in:


Michael Schumacher will win again!!!!!!!!!!!

hey guys is it true that gerigio pantano will not drive for jordan tomorrow over a pay dispute??

Yes he apparently is having "agent" issues and its not an issue with Jordan..the press is not being very clear on the issue. Very odd.

Jacques is missed in Montreal but to be honest given his demise with BAR he was less and less watched. Montreal is a RED TOWN (red as in Ferrari) above all. Yes Jacques is a crowd favorite because of his upbringing BUT the buzz around went down when his racing did. Unfortunate but I think he made a bad choice with Pollock (his agent) in getting with BAR.

The qualifications were very cool (I have attended the races on and off since I was a kid and it never ceases to amaze me..the noise is just....arousing!!!)
Anyhow Schumi was having problems but apparently the inside word I got from "sources" (!) was that Ferrari had problems with braking system well into Thursday night as it arrived late..or something.

Originally posted by paolobalde

hey guys is it true that gerigio pantano will not drive for jordan tomorrow over a pay dispute??

quoted from itv.com/f1

'Timo Glock will make his F1 debut this weekend in place of Giorgio Pantano.

Glock steps into the breach because Pantano was unable to settle a dispute between his father and management team.

That meant a payment due to Jordan was not made and so the Italian was not able to take his seat with the team.

A spokeswoman for Jordan said: "Timo is driving for the rest of the weekend.”

Glock is the team’s test driver and has taken part in all Friday practice sessions so far this season.

Nevertheless, a race drive represents a big step up for the 22-year-old German, who has raced in Formula 3 for the past two years.'

and i reckon jenson button will win his first ever gp today,

anyway forza ferrari!

It canot be - Ralf was robbed.
Only when he got more points than jpm he was mugged. It is unfair.

yeah, both Williams and Toyota were disqualified due to the illegal brake cooling ducts. Williams seemed could take it but Toyota want to appeal against it.
So, another 1-2 for Ferrari, great pit-stop strategy though.

poor Ralf, he's done good job this weekend. and also Kimi, he did 5 stops (changing steering wheel twice??? ) and still could reach 5th place (actually 7th).

Final Result of "Grand Prix du Canada 2004" (revised):
1. M. Schumacher / Ferrari
2. R. Barrichello / Ferrari
3. J. Button / BAR-Honda
4. G. Fisichella / Sauber-Petronas
5. K. Raikkonen / McLaren-Mercedes
6. D. Coulthard / McLaren-Mercedes
7. T. Glock / Jordan-Ford (Congrats... You scored in your debut! Welcome to F1 stage)
8. N. Heidfeld / Jordan-Ford

PS: why it's always Sato's engine to blow up and Button's not?

Originally posted by argo


PS: why it's always Sato's engine to blow up and Button's not?

That's pretty enough to describe his driving style. Jenson drives smooth while Sato's completely the opposite. It certainly can effect the overall engines performance on track.

I was hoping Ralf outpacing Montoya this season...

the canadian gp could have been tremendously exciting, if the two best cars on the grid hadn't had problems. i.e. the renaults.
trulli is in the best driving form in his life, and alonso would have made things very difficult for schumi if the drive shaft hadn't failed, it would have been a great battle at the end, but i'm not complaigning, 7 wins in 8 forza schumi.

any usa gp next, lets hope for a more exciting race there.

Originally posted by argo
PS: why it's always Sato's engine to blow up and Button's not?

It is pretty simple to answer. Sato is Honda man. He get's the newest engines from the factory to test. They are more powerful but less reliable. So...
Well, it is not bad to see Sato burning

next: Indianapolis GP

anyway i don't really like this circuit. too fast in a sector but also too slow in the other one.

9th Round, USA GP at Indianapolis on June 20, 2004.

Well..Indy. The Brickyard. The oval one. Mystical, and imposing spectators. Here is the place where all racing-type fans located.

The circuit itself not really notoriously on brakes along 4,168 km in length with this banked oval and infield combination. The degradation won't cost you much, the speed actually becomes factor will come up here nonetheless. Traction becomes important thing as well, particularly by the time you get into to oval part of circuit and engines certainly roars along 22 second through the pit. Reliability; you must need it. This oval part where you could have a chance to make overtaking manoeuvre.

Williams seems highly motivated after brake ducts scandal, but B.A.R Honda represented by Button would like to be a driver who presumably drowning sweet weekend race of world champion.

Schumi did it last year..

USA GP - Qualification
Pilot, Team, Tyres, Time, Gap
1 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:10.223
2 Michael Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:10.400 + 0.177
3 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:10.601 + 0.378
4 Jenson Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:10.820 + 0.597
5 Juanas Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW (M) 1:11.062 + 0.839
6 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW (M) 1:11.106 + 0.883
7 Kimi Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:11.137 + 0.914
8 Olivier Panis Toyota (M) 1:11.167 + 0.944
9 Fernando Alonso Renault (M) 1:11.185 + 0.962
10 Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:11.286 + 1.063
11 Cristiano da Matta Toyota (M) 1:11.691 + 1.468
12 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:12.026 + 1.803
13 Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:12.170 + 1.947
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:12.470 + 2.247
15 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:12.721 + 2.498
16 Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:13.147 + 2.924
17 Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford (B) 1:13.375 + 3.152
18 Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:14.010 + 3.787
19 Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth (B) 1:14.812 + 4.589
20 Jarno Trulli Renault (M) N/A
Congrats to Rubinho with first victory this year in qual...Schumi will take 78th though

I have no wonder that Rubinho got his pole here in Indianapolis b/c he always did great in a sinuous track. took down a curve very quick at the inside.


still waiting for a drama in the 1st corner.
Sato will start from 3rd grid. Juan Pablo and Ralf will start from 5th and 6th grid respectively, hope they don't collide again.


Go SATO Go!!!

what a race!

8 cars finish

ralf in a 180mph crash, but thankfully he is not seriously hurt, just concussed and brusied, nothing broken.

4 cars out in corner 1

alonso crashes out

minardi score their first point

ferrari finish with another 1-2

mclarens get both drivers in the points, shock horror

sato a brilliant drive to finish 3rd

trulli starts 19th 11th by lap 1, 2nd at one point, finished 4th

montoya disqualified again for not rejoining the race within 15 seconds after getting into his spare car,(he was 2 seconds out)

so schumacher wins barrichello second. he won it by overtaking barrichello after the safety car came into the pits. it was only just legal
also must mention the vicious chop on barrichello to protect his lead.

and thats about it. plus many many overtaking manoevers
great great great race. more like tha please f1!

So toast for 78th career win, eh? Well no team order anyway as Ferrari seems to payback their sorrow of 2002.