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Post by Lex on Mar 15, 2005 14:11:38 GMT -5
Looks like the weather will be quite interesting at Sepang as well. Maybe we'll see something like Melbourne's qualifying. Schumacher seems to be very motivated for the Malaysian Grand Prix, after his retirement last race. He said in an interview that he was buoyed by Barrichello's performance, and is pretty confident that he can win. Barrichello also is very motivated. According to his own words, the F2004M is more competitive than they thought possible. He also thinks that he can fight for the win on the Malaysian GP. |
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Post by Viper on Mar 15, 2005 14:21:16 GMT -5
What about the McLarens? I read on their site a couple of days that their not so good performance at Australia was due to a protective thingy under the car that broke and so reduced the performance...Montoya seemed to be confident he could have done better if not for that...
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Post by Lex on Mar 15, 2005 14:48:33 GMT -5
Yeah, Mclaren was supposed to go well in Melbourne (as Galvão Bueno said they are the "bichos-papões" of the season  ). I'm looking forward to see how the Raikkonen - Montoya team will do this year. Hopefully Mclaren will be champion this year. I don't think that any other team (except Ferrari of course) is as capable as them to do that.  |
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Post by Viper on Mar 15, 2005 18:37:18 GMT -5
Yeah, it would be nice to get McLaren to do well again indeed  |
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Post by Viper on Mar 19, 2005 23:08:55 GMT -5
Interesting lineup! I was hoping Massa would be better in the end of things, but that was not what happened...btw, am I the only one that thinks this qualification system sucks balls? Anyway, here's the lineup: Alonso Trulli Fisichella Webber Ralf Schumacher Haikkonen Klien Coulthard Button Heidfield Montoya Barrichelo Michael Shumacher Massa Davidson Villeneuve Karthikeyan Monteiro Friesacher Albers I'll try to sleep a bit now so I can watch the race on tv |
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Post by Saturdaynight on Mar 20, 2005 8:03:38 GMT -5
What an interesting race! ...
Don't read the rest if you don't want the race spoiled!
...Very interested that both Red bull drivers finished in the points! Toyota did an excelent job! Congrats to Alonso! I think, maybe, that we will have an interesting season of Formula 1 this year. Quite a different start from last year!
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Post by Viper on Mar 20, 2005 11:30:01 GMT -5
Interesting results...I ended up not watching the damned thing...was too tired...I'll watch the rerun later today |
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Post by vodkamartini1 on Mar 20, 2005 12:08:19 GMT -5
Fantastic race, it was well worth getting up for, though in the UK it was 7am which isn't too bad at all (even for a Sunday!). Plenty of interesting incidents, lots of great overtaking, and I also think that the TV direction was good too. So good it got me straight onto GP4 int he afternoon ! |
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Post by Viper on Mar 20, 2005 12:18:26 GMT -5
It started at 4AM here...so I'd either have to sleep a lot earlier or not sleep at all...I ended up sleeping at 3am  I'll watch the rerun later today to see how things went |
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Post by Lex on Mar 20, 2005 14:02:51 GMT -5
It was worse with me! I stayed awaken until 3h40 AM, then I slept when the race started and just woke up when Schumacher was cornering the penultimate turn!   |
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Post by Viper on Mar 20, 2005 14:23:18 GMT -5
LOL, that sucks Well, put on SportTV tonight at 10 PM. They'll do a rerun of the full race |
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Post by Lex on Mar 20, 2005 14:35:29 GMT -5
Great! D*mn it, I forgot that I don't have cable TV. |
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Post by Viper on Mar 20, 2005 14:53:47 GMT -5
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Post by Saturdaynight on Mar 20, 2005 18:21:09 GMT -5
We had to cut down on expenses so I no longer get the Speed channel, which carries all the F1 races in the United States. So I was only able to follow the race via Formula1.com's live timing page.
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Post by Viper on Mar 20, 2005 18:28:50 GMT -5
Well, F1 airs here on open Tv, so it wouldn't be a problem if not for the 4AM time |
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). I'm looking forward to see how the Raikkonen - Montoya team will do this year. Hopefully Mclaren will be champion this year. I don't think that any other team (except Ferrari of course) is as capable as them to do that. 
