The Italian Grand Prix Thread (Montoya wins!)

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Post by Kapel » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:14 pm

Graham Ross wrote:Montoya will beat Raikkonen here even though his engine will be on its second race. This track is one of his favourites

I doubt that Montoya will let Raikkonen by if by the end of the race he was leading and Raikkonen second.

What happened in Hungary was because Raikkonen was on a very light fuel load
Graham,i do believe Montoya is far better than Kimi on this track.
My only concern with speculation of Kimi going to Ferrari in 2007,Mclaren would want him to give Kimi a shot at this year championship by ways of a PLAN(team orders) which will surely upset Juan :cry:
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Post by Julian Mayo » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:16 pm

Graham Ross wrote:Montoya will beat Raikkonen here even though his engine will be on its second race. This track is one of his favourites

I doubt that Montoya will let Raikkonen by if by the end of the race he was leading and Raikkonen second.

What happened in Hungary was because Raikkonen was on a very light fuel load
Graham, I think Kim is going to be on a light fuel load here too. With the speed of the Mclaren, if KIMI gets the jump, Alonso will hurt his tyres trying to stay with him, then Kimi wil be able to refuel and dictate the pace
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Post by Kapel » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:24 pm

Wondering if Fisi would come handy to Alonso this time around too :wink: :lol:
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Post by Graham Ross » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:26 pm

Kapel wrote: Graham,i do believe Montoya is far better than Kimi on this track.
My only concern with speculation of Kimi going to Ferrari in 2007,Mclaren would want him to give Kimi a shot at this year championship by ways of a PLAN(team orders) which will surely upset Juan :cry:
Why ? If Kimi defects to Ferrari and McLaren know that then they wouldn't be helping him or would they ? I am a bit confused!

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Post by Graham Ross » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:31 pm

julian mayo wrote:
Graham Ross wrote:Montoya will beat Raikkonen here even though his engine will be on its second race. This track is one of his favourites

I doubt that Montoya will let Raikkonen by if by the end of the race he was leading and Raikkonen second.

What happened in Hungary was because Raikkonen was on a very light fuel load
Graham, I think Kim is going to be on a light fuel load here too. With the speed of the Mclaren, if KIMI gets the jump, Alonso will hurt his tyres trying to stay with him, then Kimi wil be able to refuel and dictate the pace
I reckon the top 4 will be on a very similar strategy and none will be light. Unless of course someone blows an engine and gets penalised 10 places.
I don't think the McLaren is going to be much faster than the Renault here. This is a similar track to Canada and the 2 were close. The Mercedes engine will be a worry too :cry:

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Post by Kapel » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:37 pm

Graham Ross wrote:
Kapel wrote: Graham,i do believe Montoya is far better than Kimi on this track.
My only concern with speculation of Kimi going to Ferrari in 2007,Mclaren would want him to give Kimi a shot at this year championship by ways of a PLAN(team orders) which will surely upset Juan :cry:
Why ? If Kimi defects to Ferrari and McLaren know that then they wouldn't be helping him or would they ? I am a bit confused!
Ok,Mclaren would do all possible things for Kimi to win the championship this year with or without team orders,so that kimi stay with Mclaren in 2007,cos its still specualtion.
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:15 pm

Weather update: It will be partly cloudy on Saturday with just a 10% chance of rain during qualifying.

Race day is forecast to be sunny

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Post by Kapel » Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:53 pm

Ed wrote:Weather update: It will be partly cloudy on Saturday with just a 10% chance of rain during qualifying.

Race day is forecast to be sunny
Thanks Ed.As i've said before,we'll not get a single race with rain this season :wink:
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Post by Julian Mayo » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:02 pm

Kapel wrote:
Ed wrote:Weather update: It will be partly cloudy on Saturday with just a 10% chance of rain during qualifying.

Race day is forecast to be sunny
Thanks Ed.As i've said before,we'll not get a single race with rain this season :wink:

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Post by Kapel » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:13 pm

julian mayo wrote:
Kapel wrote:
Ed wrote:Weather update: It will be partly cloudy on Saturday with just a 10% chance of rain during qualifying.

Race day is forecast to be sunny
Thanks Ed.As i've said before,we'll not get a single race with rain this season :wink:

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Post by Kapel » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:04 pm

No Practise commentary today??? :cry:
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:20 pm

Kapel wrote:No Practise commentary today??? :cry:
Commentary is on now at the Live Commentary thread :wink:

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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:13 pm

1st Friday Practice Session: Pedro de la Rosa fastest ahead of Mark Webber and Kimi Raikkonen. Juan Pablo Montoya, Nick Heidfeld, Ricardo Zonta, Takuma Sato and Michael Schumacher make the top 8

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Post by Julian Mayo » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:56 pm

JayVee wrote:
julian mayo wrote: What on earth leads you to believe that Alonso is going to finish.
The same thing that led me to the fact that a McLaren has not won at Monza since 1997 :lol:
Sweet F.A. has himself stated, as reported by F1 racing that the best he can hope for is the bottom step of the podium at Monza. He then went on to say that if they go wheel to wheel (With Kimi) Kimi cannot afford to crash. Shades of Schumaker?????
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Post by Kapel » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:07 pm

julian mayo wrote:
JayVee wrote:
julian mayo wrote: What on earth leads you to believe that Alonso is going to finish.
The same thing that led me to the fact that a McLaren has not won at Monza since 1997 :lol:
Sweet F.A. has himself ststed, as reported by F1 racing that the best he can hope foris the bottom step of the podium at Monza. He then went on to say that if they go wheel to wheel (With Kimi) Kimi cannot afford to crash. Shads of Schumaker?????
Oh C'mon Julian :wink: he wants to win the championship(at any cost)
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