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Snowy wrote:I think if JPM is in contention then Jenson will pip him so by a prossess of ilimination that will give him P2!

Julian Mayo wrote:Sigh,...Snowy, MW always does long runs in the 2nd session. Always. Meantime Wurtz provides data on low fuel etc. and assists on tyre choice,,,geez he can drive.........if anyone is a bolter for a Renault seat next year, its Wurz............but wait .......MW to Renault, Wurz and Nico in the Toyota- Williams.....
Snowy, TK is another of your love-children, isn't he

<T-K> wrote:

Snowy wrote:I think if JPM is in contention then Jenson will pip him so by a prossess of ilimination that will give him P2!

Try using the process of illumination

Snowy wrote:
Imagination rocks, I like it T-K, however I'm curious. What brought on the change of avatar? Did the previous one out live its usefulness?

Snowy wrote:

Julian Mayo wrote:Sigh,...Snowy, MW always does long runs in the 2nd session. Always. Meantime Wurtz provides data on low fuel etc. and assists on tyre choice,,,geez he can drive.........if anyone is a bolter for a Renault seat next year, its Wurz............but wait .......MW to Renault, Wurz and Nico in the Toyota- Williams.....
Snowy, TK is another of your love-children, isn't he

Yup

Ed wrote:Apologies, we reported earlier that Raikkonen suffered an engine failure. It turn out that a heat sheild caught fire damaging the wire looming causing the smoke and the engine to turn off.

Raikkonen continued to use the same engine during the second practice.

Apologies once again. It looked like an engine failure but it wasn't

Today we worked mainly on race set-up, in order to get the car ready for Mark and Nico for Sunday. I went through my tyre choice and I have to say the way the circuit is progressing, it is coming to us just as it did at the Nurburgring, which is good. This makes me quite confident and positive that we will have a good weekend. I am also happy with my own performance today because I made no mistakes despite pushing quite hard and I am pleased that at the end of the day my name is at the top of the timesheets.

I'm obviously extremely disappointed to end the day like this after running so well to end both sessions in 2nd position. I made a small mistake when I locked up the inside front, hit the barrier at turn 1 and this unfortunately created a lot of damage to the left front of the car. Up until that point the day had gone very well and the car was feeling really good, so it was a shame that we were unable to complete the tyre comparison. I love driving here and I think both qualifying and the race will be very exciting.

A good start to the weekend for us. We seem to be quite competitive and have definitely made progress but its still early days and this is Monaco after all where anything can happen. I completed the planned programme, and the new parts we have introduced seem to have made a difference. The Michelin tyres are working well, so overall we are looking good. I love this track as it's such a challenge and I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of the weekend.

Thursday in Monaco is always a day more for the drivers than the engineers, as we run a lot to get used to the circuit again and feel comfortable. I did a lot of laps, worked on my lines in the corners, and I managed to find a good rhythm by the end of the second session. The balance of the R26 was good straight away this morning, and it got better as the grip levels improved. I think we have done the job we needed to today, and we are in good shape.

It's great to be in Monaco and to drive an F1 car here. Every year I drive a car that's faster than the one the year before, so that's promising for 2007! I really enjoyed today. It was a shame about all
the red flags, but you have to expect it in a place like this. It messed up our programme this afternoon and prevented us from pushing for the fastest time, but we're still up there so I'm happy.

A bit of excitement for me at the end of the first practice. I went out with less than one minute to go to complete an installation lap and a practice start. However there was a small fire which caused some damage ? a bit more than necessary as the Fire Marshalls were hesitant until I took the fire extinguisher myself. The team did a great job in making the necessary repairs and I was able to get some running in half way through the second session. I'm pleased with what we have achieved so far and we look competitive, but there is still along way to go.

We are in a strong position after today. We tried the Michelin tyres in the practice sessions, and made some good preparations for the rest of the weekend. The balance of the car is already very good, and we only need some small changes to get where we want to be. The lap-times were very consistent as well, so I think it looks promising for the rest of the weekend.

It's encouraging to get up to speed on the track today, evaluate the car and not touch the barriers. I
had a little concern regarding the handling of the brakes at the start, but we'll get a hold on that by
tonight.

I am a great fan of street circuits so it was a good experience to drive an F1 car here. From the start I think I was on the pace as regards lap times. Unfortunately we never managed to complete our planned programmes in either practice session. We did some important tyre testing, even though the long runs were interrupted by red flags. But then the electronic problem caused me to crash and the session was over for us.

We had much busier practice sessions than normal due to the laps needed around the Monaco circuit and our extended programme here. Alex worked through the tyre assessments and it will be a difficult choice as Bridgestone have brought two good compounds, so we will study the data tonight and tomorrow to see which one to select. We had a problem with a suspension component on Alex?s car halfway through the afternoon session, so we decided to stop the race cars and make the same changes, which cost us about ten minutes of practice time. Everything else has gone to plan, including brakes and cooling although our set-up still needs some work, which we will study now.

Anthony was quite fast over both a short and a long run, especially if you consider how early in the session he achieved his fastest lap. However, as a result of his accident we were unable to complete the whole programme that had been planned for him. Overall we still collected plenty of information to help make a decision on the tyres and to improve the race cars before Saturday. Today also gave us a taste of how hectic and exciting qualifying is going to be!

An eventful first day of practice due to Kimi's problem. However the team worked really hard and efficiently to rectify the damage caused by the small fire. This place is unique and consequently it's too early to draw any conclusions but we seem to have made progress.

At Monaco, a successful first day is when both cars come back to the pits intact, and there is plenty of data to analyse. We are pleased not only to have achieved that, but also with the fact that the car once again seems to be very competitive, on a circuit that is poles apart from Barcelona.

Track conditions evolved rapidly during these free practice sessions and the various red flags made the situation a bit more complicated. Honestly, today we did not get the performance we were expecting from the tyres, which suffered from a slight lack of grip. However, the aim is for the tyres to be at their best on Saturday and Sunday, not in free practice! Actually, I?m confident the situation will improve as the track gradually offers more grip and when there will be more rubber on the racing line. In these conditions, I think we will be stronger than we seemed to be today. The cars worked well and their balance is pretty good. I am optimistic about the rest of the weekend.

We had a difficult pair of practice sessions today - as usual on the first Thursday at Monaco. Both drivers reported a lack of grip as you would expect around these streets. It did improve over the course of the day, but not a lot. The track took a long time to rubber in and in the afternoon it was Mission Impossible to find a clean lap and to come away with clear results. Nevertheless we persevered and we carried out all the work that we had planned. We now have to look at the data to see where we go from here. What is certain is that the track will be completely different again on Saturday.

As always, we never know what to expect in Monaco. The track condition was fairly poor this morning but consistently improved throughout the day. Giorgio did a very good job of comparing the tyres and general set-up work, and I think he's pretty much confirmed which tyre we'd like to go with on Saturday, but we'll have to see. Like I said, it's Monaco - who knows what could happen? Christijan struggled with tyres and a brake feel issue all day, although the two other cars were good, so we'll investigate it and replace parts before Saturday. Tiago did a very solid job, and had a good run at the end of the session. If we can just dial a bit more understeer out of the cars, we should be in good shape for qualifying on Saturday.

Robert?s incident cannot be blamed on driver error, but an electronic failure. This was also why he stopped in the morning practice. Currently we are trying to figure out the reason for the failure and, as a precaution, we kept the cars in the garage. This meant we couldn?t complete our programme, but we still collected enough data to make our tyre choice.

This is a very tough circuit for the drivers as well as for the cars. I
am sure it must be hard to handle the SA05 here compared to other Grand Prix circuits and since it is such a challenging track, the drivers'
skills are very important. After looking at the times from today's
practice sessions both SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM drivers are coping with the
car very well. I think that we are making small but consistent steps
forward and are on our way to finding a good set-up for the race.