The TriniTuner 2008 F1 Season Thread

[Richard]

in Q2 Massa set the second fastest lap at that track 1:19..something, with fuel the Reds could not get it done though

Those Mercedes wukking boi

[Maserati]

What a race.

Massa with a sweet pass on Hamilton at the start to take 1st..then Hamilton got a flat and dropped back to 5 or 6th...

Last 2 or 3 laps Massa in the lead then the prancing horse engine goes boom and he is out.

So Heikki take the lead, and timo glock is in second!! kimmi after having a quiet race takes 3 after being behind alonso for most of the race..hammy comes second

but wow got to feel sorry for massa really tough luck.

[Maserati]

[Richard]

What a great piece of driving by Massa at the start he did what we had to do...the car did'nt

[Tsuchiya]

[quote="Maserati"]

this image says it all...hard luck dey Massa. put on a spectacular effort and even catered for other changes in strategy...really tuff one

[eLEVated CVT]

What a great piece of driving by Massa at the start he did what we had to do...the car did'nt

phew...sometimes I wonder if I'm the only Massa supporter around these parts Some say he buckles under pressure but that first lap pass was really gutsy...especially considering the driver he did it to... expect lots of great things from Glock in the future too..

[Maserati]

Yup that track is hard to pass on, good to see he made his move from the very start.
really a shame for him.
so close to the end and them boom

[MG Man]

one of the announcers was sayin they should put Massa on suicide watch

[Monk BANzai]

TIff was tuning Massa's car...thias why d engine blow up.....i hate TIff

[Maserati]

lol I would have let my helmet fly at the ferrari in anger.
kimmi slowed his pace alot after massa engine blew.

[Rory Phoulorie]

lol I would have let my helmet fly at the ferrari in anger.
kimmi slowed his pace alot after massa engine blew.

I am sure that Ferrari on many an occasion may have wanted to pelt Massa with their car. That's how the sport is...you have to give and take.

[Monk BANzai]

lol I would have let my helmet fly at the ferrari in anger.
kimmi slowed his pace alot after massa engine blew.

I am sure that Ferrari on many an occasion may have wanted to pelt Massa with their car. That's how the sport is...you have to give and take.

ah like that.......alot of those manufacturers eithar want to do that or in the case of renault, give Alonso a refund for their shiddy efforts thus far....

[Richard]

DRIVER STANDINGS
01 Lewis Hamilton 62
02 Kimi Räikkönen 57
03 Felipe Massa 54
04 Robert Kubica 49
05 Nick Heidfeld 41
06 Heikki Kovalainen 38
07 Jarno Trulli 22
08 Fernando Alonso 18
09 Mark Webber 18
10 Timo Glock 13

CONSTRUCTOR STANDINGS
01 Ferrari 111
02 McLaren-Mercedes 100
03 BMW Sauber 90
04 Toyota 35
05 Renault 31
06 Red Bull-Renault 24
07 Williams-Toyota 16
08 Honda 14
09 STR-Ferrari 8
10 Force India-Ferrari 0

[Maserati]

is Valencia, Spain in like just under 3 weeks.

how come Spain get two races?

[Rory Phoulorie]

is Valencia, Spain in like just under 3 weeks.

how come Spain get two races?

One is the Spanish GP and the other is the European GP. Both are being held at different tracks. This has happened in the past where, for example, Germany has held two GPs in a year.

[Silvermike]

Can't wait for the new street circuit... looks like it will be fast on the back straight.

[Rory Phoulorie]

Can't wait for the new street circuit... looks like it will be fast on the back straight.

Ten Things You Should Know About Valencia

Monday 18th August 2008

The F1 circus heads to the new Valencia circuit this weekend for the European GP and PF1 brings you ten facts about the track that you should know...



1. Valencia is in Spain. Why is this important? Well a while back Bernie Ecclestone dropped the San Marino GP because it was actually held in Italy and he also cancelled one of Germany's two F1 races, stating that no country should hold more than one F1 grand prix. However, on June 1 last year he announced that Spain would be allowed to have two races, the Spanish GP and the European GP at Valencia. Go figure...

2. The deal for Valencia to host a grand prix, though, landed Ecclestone in hot water with the Valencian Electoral Commission. According to reports the deal was conditional on the People's Party winning regional elections on 27 May 2007, prompting Ecclestone to clear up previous comments by stating: "I said I wouldn't formalise a contract until after the elections because I didn't know who I would be signing it with." The Valencian Electoral Commission cleared the F1 supremo of influencing the elections.

3. The Valencia circuit is a street circuit that will run through the roads of the Spanish port city. And like most authentic street circuits the way will be lined with concrete barriers although there are some run-off for safety reasons.

4. However, unlike traditional Formula 1 street circuits, whose tight and twisting configurations place a premium on qualifying at the front, the Valencia track is fast, sweeping and wide, and offers several potential opportunities for passing. From what we've heard, there are three viable overtaking spots on the circuit.

5. The track is 5.4 km long and incorporates a total of 25 turns - 11 right-handers and 14 left-handers.

6. According to McLaren, simulations have estimated a top speed of 200mph at the end of the main straight and an estimated lap time around the 1:37s bracket. With an estimated average speed of 125mph, Valencia should be on a par with a venue such as Bahrain (average speed of 128mph) and far higher than Monte Carlo (94mph).

7. The track was first used in last weekend of July 2008, as the circuit hosted round of Spanish F3 Championship and International GT Open.

8. Valencia, though, is not the first circuit to play host to the European GP. In fact it's the fifth. Brands Hatch, the Nürburgring, Donington Park and Jerez have all hosted the European GP since its inception in 1983.

9. The last time F1 had a European GP was in 2006 when the Nurburgring hosted the event. It was won by Fernando Alonso.

10. This year's European GP at Valencia takes place on August 24th which just so happens to be the day that PF1's editor, Michelle, made her arrival into this world.

Michelle Foster

Planet F1

[Driven]

1. Valencia is in Spain. Why is this important? Well a while back Bernie Ecclestone dropped the San Marino GP because it was actually held in Italy and he also cancelled one of Germany's two F1 races, stating that no country should hold more than one F1 grand prix. However, on June 1 last year he announced that Spain would be allowed to have two races, the Spanish GP and the European GP at Valencia. Go figure...

2. The deal for Valencia to host a grand prix, though, landed Ecclestone in hot water with the Valencian Electoral Commission. According to reports the deal was conditional on the People's Party winning regional elections on 27 May 2007, prompting Ecclestone to clear up previous comments by stating: "I said I wouldn't formalise a contract until after the elections because I didn't know who I would be signing it with." The Valencian Electoral Commission cleared the F1 supremo of influencing the elections.

bwtmc

[Maserati]

sounds like a pretty nice circuit that looking forward to sunday

[Rory Phoulorie]

Toyota European Grand Prix Preview

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[boom]

Valencia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Monk BANzai]

@4:30.....that MAD!! a Bump Simulator!! so you know exactly wher the bumps are on the track!! ...MADNESSSS!!!!

[Rory Phoulorie]

@4:30.....that MAD!! a Bump Simulator!! so you know exactly wher the bumps are on the track!! ...MADNESSSS!!!!

The seven-post rig is a suspension tuning tool that helps in many aspects of a Formula 1 car's development. It can be used to experiment with different suspension layouts to get the right compromise between rigidity and flex. But, for most of the year, it puts the finished car through accurate simulations of real tracks so that the team arrives at each grand prix with a good 'baseline' set-up: the combination of roll-bar, spring and damper settings and ballast placement that will yield decent lap times from the off.

[Maserati]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsp ... 576360.stm

Kimi Raikkonen was fastest as Ferrari outpaced McLaren in Friday practice for the European Grand Prix in Valencia.

The world champion beat Renault's Fernando Alonso by 0.020 seconds in the afternoon session after Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel topped the first.

Jenson Button's uncompetitive Honda was third, underlining how little times in practice can be used to gauge competitiveness for Sunday's race.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa was fourth, with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton next up.

[Rory Phoulorie]

European GP Qualifying Results



Formula 1

[Maserati]

looking forward to this

[Rory Phoulorie]

European GP Race Results



Formula 1

[Maserati]

kimmi engine went boom. and some dramas in the pits for ferrari
congrats to Massa.

[Rory Phoulorie]

Massa keeps wins after controversy in Valencia

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa celebrated his 100th Grand Prix and made up for his late-race disappointment in Hungary by dominating Sunday’s European Grand Prix at Valencia from start to finish.

However, his victory was only confirmed once stewards had investigated his second pit stop on lap 37, in which he was deemed to have been released unsafely into the path of Force India’s Adrian Sutil. It resulted in a reprimand and a hefty €10,000 fine for the Brazilian.

It became clear almost immediately that McLaren and Lewis Hamilton would not be able to challenge the Ferrari this time, but he boosted his world championship points lead to 70 with a solid second-place finish, 5.6 seconds in arrears. Robert Kubica failed to get by Hamilton’s McLaren at the start, but brought his BMW Sauber home third ahead of Heikki Kovalainen’s McLaren, Jarno Trulli’s Toyota and Sebastian Vettel, who continued Toro Rosso’s strong practice form with a good sixth place.

In a race remarkable for the dearth of serious overtaking, two incidents stood out: the first came on the 43rd lap when Kimi Raikkonen was released from his pit stop before the refuelling hose had been detached from his F2008. A mechanic was struck by the red car’s rear wing in the melee, and as he was being stretchered to the medical centre, the second incident occurred when Raikkonen’s engine apparently exploded as he went into his 46th lap.

That leaves Massa back in second place in the title chase with 64 points, while Kubica is back in the hunt, on Raikkonen’s tail, with 55 points to the Finn’s 57.

The final points went to Toyota’s Timo Glock and Williams’ Nico Rosberg, who led home BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld, Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Bourdais and Renault’s Nelson Piquet, with Red Bull’s Mark Webber, Honda’s Jenson Button, Renault’s Giancarlo Fisichella, William’s Kazuki Nakajima, Honda’s Rubens Barrichello and Red Bull’s David Coulthard a lap down.

Nakajima was not popular with the Spanish fans after colliding with local hero Fernando Alonso’s Renault on the opening lap and wiping off its rear wing. To the intense chagrin of the crowd, the Spaniard’s car was too badly damaged to continue.

Besides Raikkonen, the only other non-finisher was Sutil, who crashed on lap 42.

Formula 1

[JWT]

now that track sweet

i am looking forward to the nite race in Singapore first for F1