Fantasy F1

[Simon]

wasnt that race at Imola a 62 lap bore-a-thon. i cant say ive seen a race that has been so crap in quite a while...

 

[Matteh]

I was in a car sleeping whilst it was on...i won't get to see many this season because of the lack of tv at uni =/

 

[Simon]

I was in a car sleeping whilst it was on...i won't get to see many this season because of the lack of tv at uni =/

if last night's race is anything to go by you wont be missing much...

 

[marc71178]

I was in a car sleeping whilst it was on...i won't get to see many this season because of the lack of tv at uni =/

But won't your term finish in 2 or 3 days anyway?!

 

[marc71178]

if last night's race is anything to go by you wont be missing much...

It still had its moments.

Button getting clobbered by the lollypop was funny.

Still can't work out how Alonso didn't get ahead of Schmacher in that last pit stop - he was stationary for less time, and Schumacher was lapping really slowly up to that point.

 

[Simon]

Button's pit stop was probably the highlight of the race lol...

I dont think Renault neccisarily made a mistake there, the strategy of an early pit stop to jump a car has worked many times, they were just unlucky...

 

[Matteh]

But won't your term finish in 2 or 3 days anyway?!

It finishes on 9th June.
Then i may be working abroad for the summer and god knows if i'll have tv wherever i end up for that.

 

[nikhil1772]

Bow Down To The King!

Wooooohooooo!!! Another great race, and to be finished off perfectly with the German and Italian National anthems. Yes The King is coming back to the throne.

 

[Matteh]

After today's result:

1 (1) - Jamee's Speedy Foxes - 219.5
2 (2) - Pothas F1 - 209.5
3 (4) - Nik Of Time - 209
4 (5) - Matteh F1 - 202
5 (3) - Brown Stripe Racing - 197
6 (6) - Shaka's F1 - 181.5
7 (7) - Thompson Racing - 179
8 (11) - Vikings - 166.5
9 (15) - Late Comer - 162.5
= (12) - Trivial Pursuits - 162.5
11 (9) - Saville Racing - 157
12 (13) - Hazza's Hounds - 150
= (10) - PSV Eindhoven - 150
14 (8) - Maggot Dogs - 136 (I swear this is too low but i don't know why =/)
15 (14) - Stereolab - 134
16 (16) - The 4 Musketeers - 97.5

 

[jot1]

My main point is...he's always been in the top car (give or take the odd year)...surely it would be more worthwhile to join a lower team and prove he's the best?

For the record, this is not true.
Schumie started racing in F1 in 1991 for Jordan, then was signed up by Benetton in 1992. Benetton, at the time, was just another car filling back-grid places. Within 6 races they had their first win and stayed up in the constructors championship all the time Schumie raced for them. After he went to Ferrari, Benetton dropped back into obscurity.
In 1996 Schumie went to Ferrari, a team who hadn't had a win in 20 years. For four years they worked on improving the car while Schumie raced it and did better and better until they started winning.
Both Benetton and Ferrari have said that their success is due to the fact that Schumie works alongside, and just as hard as, the teams on the car. Suggesting improvements and different set-ups. He is a qualified mechanic and has vast engineering knowledge, and because of this, he understands exactly what the car can and cannot do, and he combines this with an extraordinary talent for driving. This is also the reason why his car seems to always be better set-up than his teammates'.
Twice he has joined a lower team and MADE them the best.
Sorry! Didn't mean to write a book.

 

[Matteh]

My main point is...he's always been in the top car (give or take the odd year)...surely it would be more worthwhile to join a lower team and prove he's the best?

For the record, this is not true.
Schumie started racing in F1 in 1991 for Jordan, then was signed up by Benetton in 1992. Benetton, at the time, was just another car filling back-grid places. Within 6 races they had their first win and stayed up in the constructors championship all the time Schumie raced for them. After he went to Ferrari, Benetton dropped back into obscurity.
In 1996 Schumie went to Ferrari, a team who hadn't had a win in 20 years. For four years they worked on improving the car while Schumie raced it and did better and better until they started winning.
Both Benetton and Ferrari have said that their success is due to the fact that Schumie works alongside, and just as hard as, the teams on the car. Suggesting improvements and different set-ups. He is a qualified mechanic and has vast engineering knowledge, and because of this, he understands exactly what the car can and cannot do, and he combines this with an extraordinary talent for driving. This is also the reason why his car seems to always be better set-up than his teammates'.
Twice he has joined a lower team and MADE them the best.
Sorry! Didn't mean to write a book.

As i said give or take the odd year - Most of the Ferrari success comes from the fact they had the best background set up in the business - Bryne + Brawn. Plus you can't really call Ferrari a lower end team - sure they hadn't won a championship in 20 years but they were hardly a lower end team in 1996. Still took four years - or the time it took for Renault to pull out and for Hakkinen to suddenly become good and fade away again.
Benetton were hardly a lower end team either - consistently scoring wins - having Nelson Piquet driving for them..and also having Bryne and Brawn working for them..

Damon Hill in an Arrows - a team which had a record of absolutely no wins in its entire existence - and if one of the smallest parts in the car hadn't failed he'd have made an Arrows car win. Then he went to Jordan who were an established team for a decade that had never won - and gave it its first ever win. For me this deserves more respect. It's just a shame Schumacher shunted him off the track in Adelaide 1994 and denied him two world titles.

 

[cricketboy29]

After today's result:

1 (1) - Jamee's Speedy Foxes - 219.5
2 (2) - Pothas F1 - 209.5
3 (4) - Nik Of Time - 209
4 (5) - Matteh F1 - 202
5 (3) - Brown Stripe Racing - 197
6 (6) - Shaka's F1 - 181.5
7 (7) - Thompson Racing - 179
8 (11) - Vikings - 166.5
9 (15) - Late Comer - 162.5
=(12) - Trivial Pursuits - 162.5
11 (9) - Saville Racing - 157
12 (13) - Hazza's Hounds - 150
= (10) - PSV Eindhoven - 150
14 (8) - Maggot Dogs - 136 (I swear this is too low but i don't know why =/)
15 (14) - Stereolab - 134
16 (16) - The 4 Musketeers - 97.5

It should look like that, I believe...

 

[Matteh]

Ahh missed that

It's sweet that it means that much to you

 

[biased indian]

After today's result:

1 (1) - Jamee's Speedy Foxes - 219.5
2 (2) - Pothas F1 - 209.5
3 (4) - Nik Of Time - 209
4 (5) - Matteh F1 - 202
5 (3) - Brown Stripe Racing - 197
6 (6) - Shaka's F1 - 181.5
7 (7) - Thompson Racing - 179
8 (11) - Vikings - 166.5
9 (15) - Late Comer - 162.5
= (12) - Trivial Pursuits - 162.5
11 (9) - Saville Racing - 157
12 (13) - Hazza's Hounds - 150
= (10) - PSV Eindhoven - 150
14 (8) - Maggot Dogs - 136 (I swear this is too low but i don't know why =/)
15 (14) - Stereolab - 134
16 (16) - The 4 Musketeers - 97.5

upto ninth thats not bad going for some one who missed one round

 

[Simon]

i suck big time at this...

my complete dislike for Schumi has counted against me..

 

[Matteh]

i suck big time at this...

my complete dislike for Schumi has counted against me..

The two people with Schumacher are 3rd and 14th....If you don't have Schumacher or Alonso then you're going to be struggling

 

[pinchy81]

*gulp*

 

[Matteh]

Probably should make it clear that you can make transfers whenever - So if you picked Raikkonen and are losing faith or if you were daft enough to pick the Cosworth engine...just state changes here.

 

[cricketboy29]

Ahh missed that

It's sweet that it means that much to you

Hey, man. Technicalities are the soul of quite a lot of things. One of them being correct league positions. Of course, you would expect someone running a fantasy league compeition to keep that in mind. tsk tsk tsk.

 

[Matteh]

Hey, man. Technicalities are the soul of quite a lot of things. One of them being correct league positions. Of course, you would expect someone running a fantasy league compeition to keep that in mind. tsk tsk tsk.

Equal 9th or 10th - you're still effectively 10th anyway