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Started by AFCA , Jul 10 2007 10:01

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#1 AFCA

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 10:01

Morning times

Position - Driver - Team - Best time - Laps
1. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:48.521 31
2. Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:48.921 29
3. Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:48.981 25
4. Vitantonio Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:49.889 24
5. David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:50.219 10
6. Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:50.380 18
7. Christian Klien Honda 1:50.589 18
8. Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:50.610 13
9. Giedo van der Garde Spyker 1:50.771 28
10. Nico Rosberg Williams 1:50.881 22
11. James Rossiter Super Aguri 1:51.595 15

#2 hello86

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 10:14

http://f1today.nl/li...liveupdateID=13

#3 AFCA

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 10:18

- Verstappen will not test for Spyker. Some teammembers from Spyker said they didn't know who's going to test, but they think Christian Klien on Thursday (as a replacement of Albers).

- Piquet caused a red flag spinning in the last corner due to an electric problem.

- The trackconditions are getting better and better with an ambiant temperature of 15 C and a tracktemperature of 22 C.

#4 clampett

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 10:26

Nelson Piquet testing again. :rolleyes:

#5 TT6

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 10:32

Originally posted by clampett
Nelson Piquet testing again. :

Do you have some serious problems with completing a sentence with arguments? Like Piquet testing is a bad idea and makes you sarcastically disappointed because of what exactly? Is it somekind of threath or insult towards Fisichella or what's the beef here? You leave us guessing.

#6 Ilaya

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 10:34

Originally posted by clampett
Nelson Piquet testing again. :

Clampett posting again :rolleyes:

#7 HP

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 10:45

Originally posted by clampett
Nelson Piquet testing again. :

The 3 time F1 WDC testing again? Yay :clap:

;)

#8 denthierry

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:00

Originally posted by Ilaya

Clampett posting again :

#9 AFCA

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:02

After an hour lunch, the teams are coming back out again. The sun is to keep shining and the warmer asphalt will make for faster laptimes than this morning.

#10 clampett

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:06

Originally posted by denthierry

Seconded. At least the guy has humor.

Seriously, I don't like Nelson Piquet Jr., because he is very arrogant, and his results and speed don't justify this behaviour to the fellow drivers. I'm also not convinced by his testing input for Renault.

#11 Mauseri

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:08

Originally posted by clampett
Nelson Piquet testing again. :

You have serious problem with the possibility of Fisichella losing his seat. Dont take it personally. Fisichella will be dropped if there is someone better. It's all in good spirit.

#12 renaultFan

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:08

Originally posted by AFCA
After an hour lunch, the teams are coming back out again. The sun is to keep shining and the warmer asphalt will make for faster laptimes than this morning.

Thanks for keeping us updated AFCA! Much appreciated.

#13 clampett

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:12

Originally posted by micra_k10

You have serious problem with the possibility of Fisichella losing his seat. Dont take it personally. Fisichella will be dropped if there is someone better. It's all in good spirit.

I would be happy now to see Fisichella outside of a Renault and in a decent seat like Williams or Toyota.

But my antipathy towards Piquet jr. didn't started when he was bitching against Fisi. He is arrogant, loves bashing and detracting every fellow drivers (Speed - he is only in the F1 with his name, says Piquet :rotfl:

), and he is not that fast. If he enters Renault next year, I will support Kovalainen to wipe the floor with this guy.

#14 hello86

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:13

a little bit off-topic but it has to be asked:

AFCA how many languages do you speak? english, italian, german and dutch?

#15 AFCA

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:15

Hehe, and a bit of French with that as well...

#16 FlashMaster

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:18

Claudie he would be perfect at thescuderia

#17 Ilaya

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:22

Great Clampett, you see it's much more fun when you throw in an argument once in a while ;)

Originally posted by clampett
Seriously, I don't like Nelson Piquet Jr., because he is very arrogant,

I actually agree that he gives the impression of being arrogant but I don't know the guy well enough to say for a fact that he IS arrogant, do you?

Originally posted by clampett
and his results and speed don't justify this behaviour to the fellow drivers.

Do you know how he behaves towards fellow drivers, I've heard nothing from other drivers about Nelsinho other than the usual quarrels and the odd jealousy.

Also you imply that if his results and speed were better/higher that then he could behave badly towards other drivers.

Originally posted by clampett
I'm also not convinced by his testing input for Renault.

Obviously Renault think that him testing benefits the Renault team in some way, be it gathering data for the engineers or preparing Nelsinho for a drive in the Renault in 2008.

#18 kar

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:23

Originally posted by FlashMaster
Claudie he would be perfect at thescuderia

Apart from the vacuous dolt that runs it...

#19 hello86

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:27

Originally posted by FlashMaster
Claudie he would be perfect at thescuderia

yes ;)
we should invite him ;)

(from where do you know who i am) :confused:

#20 FlashMaster

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:31

Originally posted by hello86

yes ;)
we should invite him ;)

(from where do you know who i am)

eehmm.. The "86" , the Kimi avatar and the Kimi flag in another thread :cool:

#21 hello86

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:35

Originally posted by FlashMaster

eehmm.. The "86" , the Kimi avatar and the Kimi flag in another thread

ah okay

#22 mstar

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 12:12

does anybody know if Kimi, Button, Rubens, Alonso will be at spa this week?

#23 hello86

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 12:20

tuesday:
massa
de la rosa
piquet
kubica
klien
ralf
rosberg
coulthard
speed
van de garde
rossiter

wednesday:
massa
alonso
kovalainen
kubica
button
ralf
rosberg
coulthard
liuzzi
sutil
davidson

thursday:
kimi
hamilton
fisichella
kubica
barrichello
trulli
wurz
webber
bourdais
albers
sato

#24 brunopascal

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 12:26

Originally posted by Ilaya
I actually agree that he gives the impression of being arrogant but I don't know the guy well enough to say for a fact that he IS arrogant, do you?

I don't know him either, but I read in an article a while ago that Piquet jr is a bit shy and timid and also honest, and that sometimes gives the impression of him being arrogant.

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 12:28

Originally posted by clampett

I would be happy now to see Fisichella outside of a Renault and in a decent seat like Williams or Toyota.

Williams or Toyota are better cars than Renault? Last weekend Trulli retired the car because he couldn't drive it!

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 12:33

Originally posted by Lontano

Williams or Toyota are better cars than Renault? Last weekend Trulli retired the car because he couldn't drive it!

Fisichella could drive them a lot better. And it doesn't matter if you are fighting for P7 pr P9.

#27 Lontano

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 12:38

Originally posted by clampett

Fisichella could drive them a lot better. And it doesn't matter if you are fighting for P7 pr P9.

Could he? based on what?

#28 tidytracks

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 12:41

Originally posted by clampett

Seriously, I don't like Nelson Piquet Jr., because ... his results and speed don't justify this behaviour to the fellow drivers.

As has already been said, there have been no serious references to his behaviour from the other drivers.

And as for his speed and results, you're right. Anyone who can take a championship down to the final race in a spec series against the new messiah Lewis Hamilton must be slow as ****. :rolleyes:

#29 Sarkon

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 12:42

1 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2007 1:47.586 39
2 Ralf Schumacher Toyota TF107 1:47.878 + 0.292 37
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1.07 1:48.220 + 0.634 42

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 12:55

Originally posted by clampett

I would be happy now to see Fisichella outside of a Renault and in a decent seat like Williams or Toyota.

But my antipathy towards Piquet jr. didn't started when he was bitching against Fisi. He is arrogant, loves bashing and detracting every fellow drivers (Speed - he is only in the F1 with his name, says Piquet ), and he is not that fast. If he enters Renault next year, I will support Kovalainen to wipe the floor with this guy.

Please, don't ruin a good testing topic? :kiss:

#31 selespeed

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 13:11

where is AFCA with all the results??

#32 Hacklerf

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 13:15

Why does it seem Massa gets two days and Kimi gets one?
Would the be reversed in the next test?

#33 AFCA

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 13:29

At 14:45 Ralf Schumacher stopped in front of Eau Rouge, Coulthard stopped (close to Les Combes) as well due to gearbox problems. The red flag took a bit longer than half an hour.

There are coming more and more dark clouds, the ambiant temperature has dropped a little, but the tracktemperature has gone up. Furthermore it's a pretty 'quiet' day in terms of incidents..

----

In the morning it was Coulthard that was the first to go out on track but Hamilton set the first reference point 12 minutes later with a 1:49.627 set in a 5 lap run. Then came Massa to set the fastest for a long time but at the moment it's Hamilton back on top again.

Van der Garde might actually be promoted to Albers place, I think he’s got some money to offer and after all he’s Dutch as well.

#34 juary

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 13:30

Originally posted by micra_k10

You have serious problem with the possibility of Fisichella losing his seat. Dont take it personally. Fisichella will be dropped if there is someone better. It's all in good spirit.

If Renault likes to drop and fight with Spyker next season a pair Heikky/Nelsinho would be perfect...

Anyway all we knows that Nelsinho has some chances just because he belongs to Flav and thanks to the brasilian sponsor linked with his name (father name).

He made nothing in GP2 to deserve a role as tester in Renault.

Anyway there are strong rumours for a seat in Williams...we'll see

#35 skalet

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 13:40

f1today.nl:

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4-22 1:46.581 45
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari F2007 1:47.586 + 1.005 39
3 Ralf Schumacher Toyota TF107 1:47.878 + 1.297 37

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 13:44

Originally posted by Hacklerf
Why does it seem Massa gets two days and Kimi gets one?
Would the be reversed in the next test?

yes

#37 AFCA

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 13:46

Kubica is currently fourth.

There's red flag situation again...

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 13:49

Originally posted by clampett

I would be happy now to see Fisichella outside of a Renault and in a decent seat like Williams or Toyota.

Are you actually serious?

#39 tidytracks

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 13:56

Originally posted by Hacklerf
Why does it seem Massa gets two days and Kimi gets one?
Would the be reversed in the next test?

Kimi gets fewer days testing this week as a reward from Mr Todt for pulling his thumb out of his arse in Magny-Cours and Silverstone.

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 13:59

Originally posted by mstar
does anybody know if Kimi, Button, Rubens, Alonso will be at spa this week?

Suspect the schedule for Button may change to give him a chance to rest his back.

#41 AFCA

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 14:04

At 15:45 the testsession restarted. Rosberg caused the red flag after locking up his rearwheels and coming to a standstill...Coulthard is back on track also.

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 14:41

Lewis is now 1 second faster than anyone else.

If it was Kimi, this topic would already have 200+ quotes.

#43 hello86

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 14:43

Originally posted by rodlamas
Lewis is now 1 second faster than anyone else.

If it was Kimi, this topic would already have 200+ quotes.

hehe there you can see how exciting kimi is :smoking:

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 14:43

Originally posted by rodlamas
Lewis is now 1 second faster than anyone else.

If it was Kimi, this topic would already have 200+ quotes.

Why? It`s testing ...

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 14:49

Originally posted by hello86

hehe there you can see how exciting kimi is

Maybe.

Also, if Ferrari was 1 second ahead AFCA would have been singing miles.

But of course, he hasn't even mentioned Lewis being way faster.

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 15:05

Yes, I'm really the person that gets carried away by testtimes...

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 15:10

Originally posted by rodlamas

Maybe.

Also, if Ferrari was 1 second ahead AFCA would have been singing miles.

But of course, he hasn't even mentioned Lewis being way faster.

Guess Lewis is practicing another Glory qualifying lap for his British fans.

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 15:13

At the moment Rossiter is fifth followed by Piquet, Coulthard, Rosberg, Klien, Van der Garde and Liuzzi. Van der Garde is about to go out on new tyres maybe improving a bit more.

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 15:15

Originally posted by AFCA
Yes, I'm really the person that gets carried away by testtimes...

AFCA, Thanks for all the great tech info that you post on this forum. Any idea why ferrari are testing the old wings and I also noticed there was no hole on the nose. Any reason that they would test without those upgrades that were implemented for the last few races ?

#50 nateshan

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Posted 10 July 2007 - 15:22

Originally posted by nateshan

AFCA, Thanks for all the great tech info that you post on this forum. Any idea why ferrari are testing the old wings and I also noticed there was no hole on the nose. Any reason that they would test without those upgrades that were implemented for the last few races ?

nevermind, Saw your post in the F2007 thread. Thanks

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