USA GP

Can't believe the thread isn't even up yet—day before the race and nothing...

Michael really went at it right out of the gate:





Looks like some technical glitch sent Michael's car spinning into the wall at the Ferrari curve... it almost caught fire too, but thank god it wasn't any worse...

Do you think they managed to save the engine, or are we looking at a ten-place grid penalty?

I suppose last night's race really threw everyone off their rhythm, didn't it? 🙂

Here are the results from the first qualifying session. Juan Pablo Montoya held onto the top spot for most of the run, though he was eventually edged out by Rubens Barrichello at the very end.

Driver statistics
1. 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 1'09"822 138 miles/h 3
2. 3 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams BMW M 1'09"862 + 0'00"040 3
3. 12 MASSA Sauber Petronas B 1'09"930 + 0'00"108 3
4. 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 1'10"192 + 0'00"370 3
5. 4 R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW M 1'10"258 + 0'00"436 3
6. 10 SATO BAR Honda M 1'10"373 + 0'00"551 3
7. 5 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes M 1'10"418 + 0'00"596 3
8. 6 Kimi Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes M 1'10"440 + 0'00"618 3
9. 11 FISICHELLA Sauber Petronas B 1'10"467 + 0'00"645 3
10. 16 TRULLI Toyota M 1'10"478 + 0'00"656 3
11. 9 BUTTON BAR Honda M 1'10"607 + 0'00"785 3
12. 8 Fernando Alonso Renault M 1'10"637 + 0'00"815 3
13. 7 Jacques Villeneuve Renault M 1'10"708 + 0'00"886 3
14. 14 WEBBER Jaguar Cosworth M 1'11"230 + 0'01"408 3
15. 17 ZONTA Toyota M 1'11"315 + 0'01"493 3
16. 18 Nick Heidfeld Jordan Ford B 1'11"394 + 0'01"572 3
17. 15 KLIEN Jaguar Cosworth M 1'11"912 + 0'02"090 3
18. 19 GLOCK Jordan Ford B 1'12"242 + 0'02"420 3
19. 20 BRUNI Minardi Cosworth B 1'12"916 + 0'03"094 3
20. 21 BAUMGARTNER Minardi Cosworth B 1'13"032 + 0'03"210 3

Well, they're forecasting about 0.6 inches of rain for tomorrow (whatever that actually means 🙂)))

Michael Schumacher

IMO, that was a pretty nasty collision, but he seems to have walked away from it unscathed 😲

http://www.aon.at/jet2web/FE/LayoutT...0608-1,00.html

When even Schumacher loses his touch.. 😁 😁

Congratulations to Rubens Barrichello on taking pole position..

I have a feeling this race is going to be a real nail-biter.

urbanmoose3 said:When Schumacher doesn't know how to drive... 😁 😁

Congratulations to Barrichello on the pole position!

Ahem, ahem... let's not go down that particular road, shall we?

This could actually get interesting👍

I just want Barrichello to finally grab that win in the USA. Go Rubens!👍

Even though we all know it won't last long—it's still pretty awesome seeing Felipe out in the lead👍

Raymond Palmer8 said:I really desire Barrichello to finally win that USA race. Go Rubens!👍

heh, if there was a world championship for being useless, he'd take second place... just cuz he's so bad... 😁

Hey there! What a way to wrap up the season!
I’m genuinely happy for Juan Pablo Montoya, though I bet the guys over at McLaren are celebrating even harder.
That was some top-tier comedy when the commentator claimed Michael Schumacher was the king of wet weather right before he spun off!

And now everyone is looking at Jacques Villeneuve;
If you were just listening to our commentators or watching the broadcast without checking the data, you’d probably be saying Jacques Villeneuve disappointed again. But that’s just not the case, even if he did get lapped. I was keeping an eye on the live timing over at ESPN, and it showed that Villeneuve was actually getting faster and faster as the race went on. Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso had to push like crazy at the end just to hold his position, while during those same moments, Villeneuve was pulling laps that were nearly a second faster!
Looks like Sauber didn't mess up as badly as people think...👍

Ferrari completely botched the strategy😢 , but whatever, they're still solid. Rubens finally crossed the line, and Schumacher went from 18th up to 7th.👍

Renault had a killer strategy at first, then they overfilled the tank and totally blew it. Jacques is screwed (as usual)

Mercedes is only just catching up to the competition now, but the real kicker is that this was the last race...

Anyway, what can you even say.... man, screw a race where Montoya takes the win😁

The celebrations were absolutely deafening once Lewis Hamilton took the lead.
It all started so promisingly—Hamilton jumps up five spots immediately, but then you look at the standings and suddenly none of the Fords are even within the top 18.
Once it became clear that Toto Wolff had finally cracked the code, there was Lewis, sitting pretty in first place.

I’m going to fast-forward through the bulk of the race and jump straight to the finish line.
Hamilton ended up over 45 seconds behind the winner.

I have to give credit where it's due: kudos to the Ford team and Toto Wolff for their incredible ability to completely dismantle everything they built during the early stages of the race.

But honestly, what really leaves me feeling deflated is the realization that as we approached the end of the season, our pace just couldn't keep up with the rest of the field.

Oh yeah, totally forgot to mention the director😠

Man, damn it, I sat through the whole race and didn't see a single thing worth watching🙄

Hehe, the second Sebastian Vettel takes a win, suddenly everyone on this forum goes dead silent.
I really think it’s about time some people started owning up to certain things, don't you? 🙂

Anyway, massive congratulations to our top three finishers today.

That teaser for next season was absolutely killer, wasn't it? 🙂

mistybear87 said:Absolute insanity for next season, right? 🙂

Just gorgeous...

2.4L engines...
10 days of testing
And we still have to stay Bernie-crap

Jack's drive was just... wow. Truly rough. It honestly feels like Sauber really dropped the ball on this one.

🙄 I flip over to ESPN for one second and immediately catch some absolute nonsense. I can’t even tell who was rambling, but they’re all spinning this yarn about how Rubens had terrible luck in Brazil and then claiming he pulled out last year because of those supposed hydraulic issues—only for some guy to whisper, "He probably just ran out of gas, but the team didn't want to admit it... shhh, don't tell anyone." 🙄 Like, hello???????

Robin Fisher53 said:hehe, win against Montoya and suddenly everyone goes silent on this forum
I think it’s about time some people actually owned up to certain facts 🙂

Anyway, big congrats to the top three

That teaser for next season was absolutely killer, wasn't it? 🙂

What do you mean?

You can't exactly force people to admit someone is the best when they've already racked up 13 wins, so why would you expect them to do it after just one? 🙂

Well...