wearyraven41 said:Just one of Bernie's little pieces of trash. I can't stand the guy. He thinks he’s actually going to run the Gilles Villeneuve circuit? Absolute joke... 😠
Give me a break... what's his problem? It's not his fault if the Canadian government decides to ban tobacco advertising.
mistybear87 said:Not yet, Bernie mentioned the calendar isn't set in stone and they’re still weighing whether Canada stays on the schedule...
Bernie’s already looked at the situation with Canada, and honestly, it looks like Canada is definitely getting dropped from next season's lineup; whether they ever make a comeback in 2005 is anyone's guess.
1. Why is Montoya capitalized like he's royalty, while "mihajlo's worthy rival" stays in lowercase? 😛
only Montoya is a worthy rival for mihajlo
2. Actually, it’s pretty interesting. Even under the old scoring system, the point gap between the leader, Schumacher, and Montoya in second place remains exactly the same.
During Thursday's press conference, Normand Legault, the director of the Canadian Grand Prix, announced that we won't be seeing a race in Canada next year at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit.
The whole reason the Canadian Grand Prix is getting scrapped comes down to a new law taking effect this November that bans tobacco advertising.
Normand Legault made it clear, too, that the organizers aren't planning to appeal the cancellation, nor are they going to lobby the government for any legal loopholes just to keep Formula 1 on the schedule in Canada.
1 3 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:15.167 * 2 4 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:15.185 * 3 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:15.488 * 4 7 Jarno Trulli Renault 1:15.679 * 5 6 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.874 * 6 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:15.898 * 7 20 Olivier Panis Toyota 1:16.034 * 8 8 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.483 * 9 21 Cristiano da Matta Toyota 1:16.550 * 10 5 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.666 * 11 14 Mark Webber Jaguar -Cosworth 1:16.775 * 12 11 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Ford 1:16.831 * 13 16 Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 1:17.090 * 14 10 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Petronas 1:17.169 * 15 9 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 1:17.557 * 16 15 Justin Wilson Jaguar -Cosworth 1:18.021 * 17 17 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:18.085 * 18 12 Ralph Firman Jordan-Ford 1:18.341 * 19 19 Jos Verstappen Minardi-Cosworth 1:19.023 * 20 18 Nicolas Kiesa Minardi-Cosworth 1:19.174 *
2003 US Grand Prix Results Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 67 1:28:48.769 1 10 2 5 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 67 +65.4 secs 10 8 3 7 Jarno Trulli Renault 67 +69.0 secs 4 6 4 8 Fernando Alonso Renault 67 +69.3 secs 8 5 5 20 Olivier Panis Toyota 66 +1 Lap 7 4 6 21 Cristiano da Matta Toyota 66 +1 Lap 9 3 7 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 66 +1 Lap 6 2 8 17 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 66 +1 Lap 17 1 9 16 Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 65 +2 Lap 13 10 9 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 65 +2 Lap 15 11 14 Mark Webber Jaguar -Cosworth 64 +3 Lap 11 12 18 Nicolas Kiesa Minardi-Cosworth 62 +5 Lap 20 13 11 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan-Ford 60 +7 Lap 13
Ret 19 Jos Verstappen Minardi-Cosworth 23 +44 Laps 19 Ret 15 Justin Wilson Jaguar -Cosworth 6 +61 Laps 16 Ret 4 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1 +66 Laps 2 Ret 10 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Petronas 1 +66 Laps 14 Ret 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 0 +67 Laps 3 Ret 6 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 0 +67 Laps 5 Ret 12 Ralph Firman Jordan-Ford 0 +67 Laps 18
2003 US GRAND PRIX DRIVERS' STANDINGS
1 Michael Schumacher 71 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 65 3 Kimi Räikkönen 62 4 Ralf Schumacher 53 5 Rubens Barrichello 49 6 Fernando Alonso 44 7 David Coulthard 41 8 Jarno Trulli 22 9 Mark Webber 12 10 Jenson Button 12 11 Giancarlo Fisichella 10 12 Christiano Da Matta 8 13 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 7 14 Olivier Panis 6 15 Jacques Villeneuve 3 16 Nick Heidfeld 2 17 Ralph Firman 1
2003 US GRAND PRIX CONSTRUCTORS' STANDINGS
Pos Team POINTS 1 Scuderia Ferrari 120 2 Williams BMW 118 3 Team McLaren Mercedes 103 4 Renault 66 5 BAR Honda 15 6 Toyota 14 7 Jaguar 12 8 Jordan 11 9 Sauber 9
"The sudden decision by Jaguar Racing not to let me continue as a full-time Formula One driver for the team came as a complete shock to me," Antonio Pizzonia told ESPN.
Jaguar decided to offer a testing role to Pizzonia but the Brazilian turned his nose up at the idea. "As has been widely reported, Jaguar has offered me a reserve driver and testing role but I have declined this." said a bitter, clearly frustrated Pizzonia.
Pizzonia used to spend his time as a test driver for Williams, and honestly, nobody knows where he’ll land next. "I now have to reflect on what has happened and decide which is the best course of action for me to take. However, I fully intend to pursue my career in Formula 1."
Black Onyx said:I guess I’m really going to miss Pizzonia... just some driver from a tiny town tucked away in the middle of the Jungle, and they call him Jungle Boy... 😁
You forgot to mention the "tiny town in the middle of the Jungle—Manaus" part... 😁
So, Justin Wilson, the guy driving for Minardi, just jumped ship over to Ford to take over for Antonia Pizzon. Ford actually struck a deal with Minardi to let Wilson finish out the 2003 season with them, while Pizzonia stays on at Ford as a backup and test driver.
Gerald Turner48 said:What kind of nonsense are you talking about?
Nonsense? Let's look at one example: "you can tell because Montoya has practically run over his own mechanics countless times..." I remember you saying that yourself... 😛 If that isn't pure fiction, then go ahead and list those "countless times" for me—give me at least three specific instances... 😉
(I know I’m probably just being pedantic here, but I honestly can't help myself right now)😁
Gerald Turner48 said:Look, if you didn't catch my drift, I was just trying to "poke the bear" with Montoya slightly with that post... there's no need to go on the offensive immediately... 🙄
So, what you're saying is you just make stuff up specifically to get a rise out of the Montoya fans? Figures... 🙄 Arguments are one thing—straight-up fabrications are another...
Gerald Turner48 said:Come on, man... read the whole post first... he only actually pulled that off once...
Sure, once. During a race. But if you want to count how many times he did it during practice sessions... pffft... Anyway, just how many times did Montoya nearly take out his own pit crew? You don't have to give me an exact decimal point here... but a rough estimate would be nice... if it isn't too much trouble...
Gerald Turner48 said:I mean, you can tell a lot by how many times Montoya has nearly run over his own pit crew...
What are you even talking about? If we're going to get pedantic about running over mechanics, Schumacher was the first one in recent memory to go tearing through the pit lane like that... Try looking at the bigger picture for once...
They’re being incredibly cautious about car and driver safety specifically because of what happened with Senna... they really can't afford another tragedy like that one on their hands.
Anđeo said:According to the official report following the race at the United States Grand Prix, Kimi really did lose his brakes during those final laps. www.mclaren.com!
Ah... words, words, words... 🙄 It’s honestly like when people try to pin our failures over the last two races entirely on Bridgestone... 😛
Anđeo said:It’s actually pretty cool to see the progress Ford is making, especially considering Lewis Hamilton is still stuck grinding in the old chassis while everyone else moves up to the new stuff.
Honestly, knowing how things usually go in this sport, Lewis is going to be stuck driving that outdated car for a long, long time. 🙄
Charles Martin78 said:And there's no doubt Montoya isn't exactly thrilled with second place, so we can only sit here and hope Williams keeps this momentum going just long enough to actually prove they belong at the front...