Fantasy F1

[cricketboy29]

Technically, we're both 9.5

 

[Matteh]

So Alonso did quite well this week....

1 (1) - Jamee's Speedy Foxes - 262.5
2 (2) - Pothas F1 - 255.5
3 (3) - Nik Of Time - 251
= (4) - Matteh F1 - 251
5 (5) - Brown Stripe Racing - 139
6 (6) - Shaka's F1 - 222
7 (7) - Thompson Racing - 217
8 (8) - Vikings - 201.5
9 (9) - Trivial Pursuits - 205.5
10 (11) - Saville Racing - 194.5
11 (12) - PSV Eindhoven - 181.5
12 (12) - Hazza's Hounds - 177.5
13 (9) - Late Comer - 171.5
14 (14) - Maggot Dogs - 162
15 (15) - Stereolab - 146.5
16 (16) - The 4 Musketeers - 128.5

 

[Jamee999]

Ah yes.

 

[Pothas]

closed in a little on Jamee but still quite a bit behind.

 

[biased indian]

So Alonso did quite well this week....

1 (1) - Jamee's Speedy Foxes - 262.5
2 (2) - Pothas F1 - 255.5
3 (3) - Nik Of Time - 251
= (4) - Matteh F1 - 251
5 (5) - Brown Stripe Racing - 139
6 (6) - Shaka's F1 - 222
7 (7) - Thompson Racing - 217
8 (8) - Vikings - 201.5
9 (9) - Trivial Pursuits - 205.5
10 (11) - Saville Racing - 194.5
11 (12) - PSV Eindhoven - 181.5
12 (12) - Hazza's Hounds - 177.5
13 (9) - Late Comer - 171.5
14 (14) - Maggot Dogs - 162
15 (15) - Stereolab - 146.5
16 (16) - The 4 Musketeers - 128.5

you could give race wise points also means

how much each team score in a race week

 

[cricketboy29]

So Alonso did quite well this week....

1 (1) - Jamee's Speedy Foxes - 262.5
2 (2) - Pothas F1 - 255.5
3 (3) - Nik Of Time - 251
= (4) - Matteh F1 - 251
5 (5) - Brown Stripe Racing - 139
6 (6) - Shaka's F1 - 222
7 (7) - Thompson Racing - 217
8 (8) Trivial Pursuits - 205.5
9 (9) - Vikings - 201.5
10 (11) - Saville Racing - 194.5
11 (12) - PSV Eindhoven - 181.5
12 (12) - Hazza's Hounds - 177.5
13 (9) - Late Comer - 171.5
14 (14) - Maggot Dogs - 162
15 (15) - Stereolab - 146.5
16 (16) - The 4 Musketeers - 128.5

So are you just against in some way or something?

 

[Matteh]

1 (1) - Jamee's Speedy Foxes - 302.5
2 (3=) - Matteh F1 - 293
3 (2) - Pothas F1 - 291.5
4 (3=) - Nik Of Time - 285
5 (5) - Brown Stripe Racing - 268
6 (6) - Shaka's F1 - 251
7 (8) Trivial Pursuits - 235.5
8 (7) - Thompson Racing - 231
9 (9) - Vikings - 222.5
10 (11) - Saville Racing - 212.5
11 (12) - PSV Eindhoven - 207.5
12 (13) - Late Comer - 195.5
13 (12) - Hazza's Hounds - 189.5
14 (14) - Maggot Dogs - 185
15 (15) - Stereolab - 162.5
16 (16) - The 4 Musketeers - 145.5

 

[Jamee999]

Alonso pulls through

 

[Pothas]

down to 3rd due to Trulli breaking down when in 3rd

 

[Matteh]

Naah - i have Trulli as well, and technically he didn't retire according to the official website...got classified as 17th.

 

[nikhil1772]

Damn. Lost podium place. Did u think about making substitutions?

 

[Matteh]

I've said a couple of times that anyone's free to make substitutions.
Although when i said that it was mainly for Steds' benefit as he's doing quite badly

 

[C_C]

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.

IIRC, the argument is, Jordan had an extremely talented crew( and were on the rise) and so were Benetton. With a prodigal talent like Schumi arriving, many threw in their lot with him as well - IIRC, for the last 10 years or so, Brawn, Schumi and several other designers have stayed together.
Schumi is a wonderful driver and he is worth his place in gold IMO. He's been mostly in good cars, sometiems in stupendously good ( last few Ferrari years) and sometimes in merely mediocre ones( early Ferrari years). But Schumi never had to drag a team literally from the back of the grid like Senna or Prost had to IIRC.
In terms of having a good car under him, Schumi has been one of the luckier drivers in the sport's history- quite a few great F1 drivers had to spend a lot of time in cars that were absolutely crap.
Schumi never had that problem.

 

[age_master]

His good cars do come from alot of testing, he is by far the best test driver going round in terms of his consistent lapping and also technical knowlege, and ability to work with engineers.

This is part of the reason that he has had so much success which is often overlooked.

 

[Matteh]

Let us not forget that Damon Hill absolutely destroyed him in an Arrows in Hungary,1997.....

 

[NZTailender]

Let us not forget that Damon Hill absolutely destroyed him in an Arrows in Hungary,1997.....

 

[nikhil1772]

His good cars do come from alot of testing, he is by far the best test driver going round in terms of his consistent lapping and also technical knowlege, and ability to work with engineers.

This is part of the reason that he has had so much success which is often overlooked.

Quite right. Ferrari were dismal when he joined in 96. He really worked hard with the team to turn around their fortunes in 97 and onwards. Also it explains why his car always performs better than his teammate's.

 

[Matteh]

Quite right. Ferrari were dismal when he joined in 96. He really worked hard with the team to turn around their fortunes in 97 and onwards. Also it explains why his car always performs better than his teammate's.

They weren't dismal...they were incapable of winning the championship but they still won at least one race a season making them better than Honda are now for example. Ferrari also aquired the Brawn/Bryne combination in 1996 which made Schumi win loads at Benetton. Plus Ferrari have made no secret of the fact that they always put more effort into Schumi's care than the other driver's car.

 

[C_C]

Quite right. Ferrari were dismal when he joined in 96. He really worked hard with the team to turn around their fortunes in 97 and onwards. Also it explains why his car always performs better than his teammate's.

Schumi is an excellent tester and a really hard worker- both on his fitness( fittest F1 driver going around even to this day) and testing the car.
However, when Schumi moved, so did Brawn and several other tremendous engineers to Ferrari. He also gets top billing over his teammates ( often his teammates have had to let schumi through despite they themselves having a shot at the championships).
All in all, Schumi is a great driver who also has everything falling into place for him.
Incredibly talented drivers like Gilles Villeneuve or Ayerton Senna had to languish in a **** poor car for significant parts of their careers.

 

[Matteh]

So after the British GP, here's the table:

1 (1) - Jamee's Speedy Foxes - 344.5
2 (3) - Pothas F1 - 339.5
3 (2) - Matteh F1 - 338
4 (4) - Nik Of Time - 325
5 (5) - Brown Stripe Racing - 307
6 (6) - Shaka's F1 - 281
7 (7) Trivial Pursuits - 277.5
8 (8) - Thompson Racing - 265
9 (9) - Vikings - 256.5
10 (10) - Saville Racing - 245.5
11 (11) - PSV Eindhoven - 234.5
12 (12) - Late Comer - 223.5
13 (14) - Maggot Dogs - 211
14 (13) - Hazza's Hounds - 209.5
15= (15) - Stereolab - 185.5
15= (16) - The 4 Musketeers - 185.5

Not many changes this race - Starting to look like there's only 4 teams that stand a chance of winning this. Steds has been caught up at the bottom by Pinchy's team which missed two races....