Renault - Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen
Mclaren - Alonso and Pedro de la Rosa or Lewis Hamilton
Honda - Button and Barichello
Toyota - R Schumacher and jarno
William F1 - Rosberg and alexander wurz
Red Bull Racing - David Coulthard and Mark Webber
BMW Saubers - Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica(unconfirmed)
Spyker MF1 - Christijan Albers and Tiago Monteiro( Both unconfirmed)
Scuderia Toro Rosso - Vitantonio Liuzzi, Scott Speed, Christian Klien, Neel Jani ( all unconfirmed)
Super Agurri F1 - Takuma Sato Sakon Yamamoto Franck Montagny Yuji Ide (all unconfirmed)
on all this lineup for next season, do you think na maganda ba ang next season?
After the Canada GP last week, June 25, 2006, The race is on on the grounds of Indianapolis for the United States GP. We see the superb performance from the Renault of Fernando Alonso, The breath taking takeover of Michael Schumacher of 2nd place from Kimi Raikkonen on Montreal now the action is on for the US GP.
Saturday morning, Sunday morning in Philippines we see the qualifying run of the racers. Schumacher proves that he is the king of Indianapolis despite of the unchallenging victory of him last year. He got a 1 mins 10 secs something which put him on pole position. The reigning champion Fernando Alonso puts himself on the 5th position.
The race day, Sunday morning Monday morning in the Philippines, The race starts with a great proformance from 2 Ferraris then The 2 Renaults. The race is over at the start for 2 Mclaren which means that Giancarlo Fisichela can be at the top 3 position of the drivers championship at the end of the race. What a unusual race because only 12 cars are running after the start until a finishing 9 left after the race. Nice pitstop strategy from the Ferrari. At the whole race, Ferrari dominates the Indianapolis track. They have a clear distance from the Renaults an other remaining cars.
The race ends with 1 2 victory of the Ferraris of Schumacher and Massa. On third is the other Renault, Giancarlo Fisicella. Then next the Toyota of Jarno Trulli and on fifth position. The reigning drivers champion Fernando Alonso on an dissapointing place he got. On the driver championships, Fernando Alonso is still on the top while Schumacher is closing its gap on the Spaniard driver. Giancarlo Fisichella was now on the third position after Kimi Raikkonen which does not earn any points. Renault was still on the leading then the Ferrari and McLaren for the constructors championship.
At first, I have an article or what we says a blog that feautures the next generation of sigmeund freud maniac thinking but there are new. Well, as what the title says I myself has found a new bunch of peoples that are categorized as one of the stupidong pinoys. I found out that they fall on that category by only their perspectives. By releasing the movie “The Da Vinci Code”, it shows the they don’t have the thing that always helps us a lot. The “Common Sense”.
The movie shows some things that are against the teachings of the church and destroying an institution. I think that is “a wonderful thing” that shows that there are “remaining stupidong pinoys emerging”. Well, in the tv show on GMA 7 the “Debate” that aired last friday early morning around 1 am, emerges some stupidong pinoys. The top of them on that show is Manoling Morato. Oh man, I respect that man when I was young and I am disapointed that he is well indeed a stupidong pinoy. He shows his tiny mind in judging or his perspective thinking by just saying no. the whole show, he just says that he is against on showing in Philippine Cinemas of that controversial movie and he did not directly the reason why he hate the movie. Well, not actually, he just say that it only destroys the Roman Catholic Church and that’s it. Praising SM Cinemas and calling other cinemas to stop showing that movie. Well for me, hey Mr. Morato! You are just wasting your time and your popularity on what stupidity you are doin now. SM did not show that film because it has a reted r which in their regulations not to show a rated r movie. And you are one of those who believes the Philippine people are stupid well, hell no! Philippine people or Filipinos are not stupid, they are smart even some of them don’t have any proper education.
Renault - Fernando Alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella
It only takes a brief look at the drivers’ standings to see who the dominant driver is here. While Alonso leads the championship charge on 54 points, Fisichella has amassed less than half of that. Admittedly, Fisichella has had the misfortune of one retirement (a hydraulic failure in Bahrain) to Alonso’s none, but for the most part he simply hasn’t had the pace of the reigning champion. Poor qualifying performances have also cost him dear - on two occasions he has failed to make the top-ten shootout. Alonso may not have dominated the field on Saturdays - indeed he has made the front row only twice - but in the race he has always found the speed necessary to get him out of trouble. In fact, he has finished no lower than second so far. In contrast, Fisichella has just two podiums to his name. The net result is that as Alonso gears up for another title and a move to McLaren, the media are already questioning Fisichella's future with Renault.
Qualifying: 4-2 Alonso
Race: 5-1 Alonso
Points: Alonso 54, Fisichella 24
Ferrari - Michael Schumacher, Felipe Massa
Joining Ferrari as Schumacher’s team mate was never going to be easy, but to date Massa has done a pretty solid job, scoring 20 points from five race finishes. His Ferrari career started well, with a front-row grid slot alongside Schumacher in Bahrain, before he spun away any chance of points in the race. He made amends in Malaysia, coming from the back of the grid to finish fifth and beating Schumacher in the process. Since Australia, only the Renaults and Juan Pablo Montoya have come between him and his illustrious team mate and at the Nurburgring he scored his first Formula One podium. Schumacher has clearly out-performed the young Brazilian - indeed, some would argue it is the German and not Ferrari that has beaten Renault on two occasions - but not by the margin many had expected.
Qualifying: 6-0 Schumacher
Race: 4-1 Schumacher (neither driver finished in Australia)
Points: Schumacher 39, Massa 20
McLaren - Kimi Raikkonen, Juan Pablo Montoya
As in 2005, Raikkonen has been the far more consistent force at McLaren. He has been out-qualified several times by his Colombian team mate, but only once has the Finn been beaten to the flag. In a season in which Renault and Ferrari are already being regarded as the only title contenders, Raikkonen has twice managed to put a silver car on the podium, backing it up with one fourth and two fifth places. His only retirement came at Sepang, when he was shunted from behind by Red Bull’s Christian Klien. Montoya too has been on the podium - a third at Imola - but has also suffered three retirements, two of which were arguably down to driver error. While paddock rumours revolve around which top team will land Raikkonen for 2007, like Fisichella at Renault, Montoya is another currently pondering exactly where his future lies.
Qualifying: 3-3
Race: 4-2 Raikkonen
Points: Raikkonen 27, Montoya 15
Honda - Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello
Many had predicted that Barrichello would upstage the incumbent Button at Honda this year. In reality the Brazilian - in the early races at least - struggled to adapt to his new car after his years behind the wheel of a Ferrari. The result was some disappointing qualifying performances - tenth in Malaysia and only 17th in Australia - and just two points from the first three rounds. In contrast, Button was the field’s strongest qualifier over the first four rounds, finished on the podium at Sepang and took pole position in Melbourne. Since San Marino, Barrichello has closed the gap somewhat. He started third on the grid at Imola - immediately behind Button - and then out-qualified his team mate at the European and Spanish Grands Prix. He may have beaten Button only once in a race they both finished, but the signs are that this could develop into a fascinating contest.
Qualifying: 4-2 Button
Race: 4-2 Button
Points: Button 16, Barrichello 8
Toyota - Ralf Schumacher, Jarno Trulli
A rather one-sided contest at the Japanese team, though to be fair, comparison here is not straightforward, as only twice have both Toyota drivers made it to the end of a race. However, there’s no denying that Schumacher has proved more adept at making the best of a bad situation. He has scored all the team’s points to date, including a fine podium at Albert Park and a storming drive to eighth place in Malaysia, having started last on the grid. In contrast, Trulli’s best results have been two ninth places at Sepang and the Nurburgring, and he has been regularly out-qualified too. A former master of single-lap qualifying, it seems the Italian is far less at home with the new, knockout format.
Qualifying: 3-3
Race: 4-2 Schumacher
Points: Schumacher 7, Trulli 0
As he celebrated his first win on home turf, and the 100th for the Renault-Elf alliance, Fernando Alonso admitted: “We had doubts before the start, but everything went perfectly. We did our maximum race performance, the tyres were perfect, and everything went really well. I pushed before the first stint when we were lighter than Ferrari, found the gap, and then when Ferrari weren’t coming really strongly I just spent the last stint with the revs turned down, controlling the race.”Schumacher said: “Basically we didn’t make up enough ground after the first pit stop, but already by then it seemed our task was going to be difficult. I thought then that maybe it would work out later in the race, but we made no real impression in the second stint so then it was clear it would be very difficult.”
This was interesting, as although Ferrari were quickest in all the speed traps, and Felipe Massa set the fastest lap, the team were still unable to beat Renault.
On this occasion it seemed that Michelin had an advantage over Bridgestone. The ambient temperature was a little hotter on race day than it had been in qualifying. Renault’s Pat Symonds said the team had struggled for grip when it was cooler, and that the higher temperatures had helped. Schumacher himself avoided direct questions about tyre performance, but Hisao Suganuma, Bridgestone’s technical manager, allowed that they could have done “with a little more grip.”
Well, I started publishing this article last year but it is written in Tagalog. My country’s language because im a Philippine citizen. Well, this coming June I will be a third year college student of a leading university in Manila. In my observation, as I turn college, from the start of registration till the first week of school days I see that many freshmen are stupid or idiot. I sense that they are funny and stupid but it is rude if I told them that they are stupid. I made up this guideline to ensure that the number of stupid freshmen lessens.
The Registration:
This is the first and common grounds to be called a stupid or an idiot in your freshman days. Well as you go to your preferred colleges or universities, the first place you will be in that institutions is the registration. Many or almost all the schools have signs of a map legends of the different parts or departments of their school. Don’t try to ask if it is the registrar if there is a signboard up that it is the registrar. Many people asks where is the registrar but they are there already. In my mind as I register, what the f*#k! those parents and their child don’t know what is common sense. I may be not as genius as them but I think I have the most common sense than them
The Entrance Examination:
In my opinion, it is the most hillarious part of starting as a freshman. There you can compare the environment of it just like an airport. Those boys and girls with their parents and the wonderful loving of each other. Ass I get my entrance exam, I think that I am the only one alone on my batch as an examinee. I see as the test are going to start, people are having a novena hoping to be passed on the exam. Boys and girls kissing their parents good bye as the start of the test just like in a departure of an airport. When I was taking the exam, the environment of the examination room is just boring. No noise heard, no movements, just looking at their exam papers thinking of what will be their answer. There is one guy here I think don’t know what to answer. In my feelings, thinks gets to be boring. The questions are not that as hard as you think just because I already take some entrance exams in other top universities in Manila. At the end of the exam, I walk out of the door and saw those teens being welcomed by their parents or companions as you think of it as the arrival area of an airport. Damn, the exam is not hard but the people are crazy.
Schumi's Day
Michael Schumacher, Ferrari (1st):
"A great race, great strategy and a great performance from the whole team. I am happy for all of them and I think the result shows we are back, with car, engine, tyres and fuel all working superbly. At the start, I was in Alonso's slipstream and I thought I was safe in second place as I could not see anything in my mirrors, but then luckily, I realised that Felipe was coming alongside me very quickly, but I managed to stay ahead. Apart from that, my only moment was when I ran a bit wide in turn 6, before the first pit stop. I pushed too hard as I thought I could catch Fernando there. It's a very nice feeling winning my home grand prix. Unfortunately though, we have only made up two points on Fernando, but every point counts. I am also pleased for Felipe, getting his first F1 podium today and now I am looking forward to another good fight in Barcelona."
Fernando Alonso, Renault (2nd):
“It was an interesting race for me this afternoon. I had a good start from the pole position, and controlled the pace during the first stint. The first stop went OK, but we came in a couple of laps earlier than the Ferraris on the second stop, and they had the speed to move ahead. After that, I just turned down the engine to look after it for next weekend in Barcelona. I think second place is a fantastic result from this race, though. Ferrari were a bit faster than us today, and while our tyre performance was OK, they certainly had more speed. However, I am optimistic we can turn that around in Barcelona, and I can't wait to race in front of my home fans.”
Felipe Massa, Ferrari (3rd):
"I am very happy. Today, I stood on the podium for the first time and it was a really great feeling. I am also happy that this coincided with a win for Michael, as it shows the team is really in the fight for the title. We have to give it our all, race after race. I made a great start to such an extent that I found myself alongside Michael, but as he had the inside line at turn 1, he was able to stay ahead. The strategy worked very well and the Bridgestone tyre performance was fantastic. Only in the final stages, when I had taken on a used set, was I unable to push to the maximum. I got close to Alonso, but I had Kimi (Raikkonen) closing on me quickly. There were a few difficult moments, but I managed to keep third place, while also trying to get by Fernando. Now, I am tempted to keep my race suit on: the champagne smells nice!"
Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren (4th):
"I was able to pass Rubens Barrichello at the start of the race but unfortunately Jenson Button was able to squeeze through at the first corner, then on the fourth lap I was able to overtake him before the chicane. Despite giving my all throughout the race it was not enough to get a podium. The overall performance of the car was not as I would have liked, however we are closer to the lead and there is a definite improvement from the last race. We now have to continue our hard work so that we can perform better at the
next grand prix in Barcelona."
Rubens Barrichello, Honda (5th):
"Fifth is not what we were hoping for but at the end of the day we didn't have the pace. I was struggling with the balance of the car and it was just case of surviving and doing the best we could. Because of that I'm pleased that we at least have some points but we have to hope for better things for Barcelona."
Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault (6th):
“It was not an easy race for me. Starting from eleventh position, you always know that it will be hard to get through the field and you can spend a long time stuck behind slower competitors. That is what happened to me today. I only had one or two clear laps in the entire race, so it was hard to show my real pace, but we had a good strategy and managed to gain positions. The second pit-stop was a really nice point: I was very aggressive on the pit-entry because I knew it was my only chance to pass Villeneuve, then the team did another fantastic job with the pit-stops and got me out very quickly. I had a nice fight with Montoya in Turn 1 as well, it was not easy, but I managed to hold my position. At the end of the race, I was quicker than Barrichello but not by enough to overtake. Still, I have added more points to the total, and I hope we can have a smoother weekend in Spain in five days' time.”
Nico Rosberg, Williams (7th):
“Ultimately I’ve got to be pleased with today. Two points starting from dead last and we were pretty quick in the race. Our strategy was just perfect. In the first stint I didn’t feel as comfortable in the car but after the first pit-stop, we made some changes and all of a sudden it was working perfectly! I could attack and I was battling with Renault and McLaren. I even thought about passing Fisichella in the closing laps, but I didn’t want to jeopardise my position. So over all, I am happy but in the future we of course would be better off starting races a bit further up!”
Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber (8th):
“Overall a good result for us. It was very close with Fisichella and was a good battle. With the car he had I thought he would overtake me, but he stayed behind until the second pit stop so that was good. Coming out of the pits each time with a high fuel load the car was hard to drive, but once we got the tyres used up the rhythm was good as the older the tyres were the better the car felt.”
Jarno Trulli, Toyota (9th):
"I had a good start, gaining one position and made it through the first corner without any instances. That was the first hurdle for me, to make it through the first lap without any problems. I was pushing the whole race, but was struggling with the balance and getting enough grip in the tyres. The team tried some different set-up adjustments, but I just did not seem to increase my pace until the last 10 laps. By then it was too late to make any impact on the race result. I think once the issue has been evaluated, we can say more about what happened. Right now, it is important that we keep working and keep improving on the car to set some good laps at the coming race."
Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber (10th):
“I made a super start and was able to make up four positions in the first corner. I then tried very hard but I couldn.t keep up with the pace of the drivers in front of me. I was struggling with the balance of the car, which is a problem I have had since the Imola race and I don’t have a solution yet. We have to analyse this as a matter of urgency.”
Scott Speed, Toro Rosso (11th):
“I think our pace was even better today than at Imola. I think I was quicker than Heidfeld and the Toyotas. I think we need to sharpen up our pit stops - me and the team - as that’s where we lost time today. But the race pace is great, the car was awesome and I had a good little battle with Heidfeld for a while.”
Tiago Monteiro, Midland (12th):
"This is the kind of race I really enjoy. From the beginning of the season, Christijan and I have never had a chance to compete against one another under normal race conditions, so this was the first time we got to mix it up. I think we had a pretty good rhythm compared to the others, especially at the beginning of the race. I got a good start and was able to pass a few cars in the beginning, so I took advantage of that and just pushed like hell from that point on. I got a good gap and after that it was just a matter of staying focused coming out of the pit stops. The car performed really well and stayed balanced throughout the race. I hardly needed to change my settings, so I have to thank my engineers and mechanics for that. The gap between us and the cars ahead is shrinking, and I think the tyres are improving, as well. Even though we were on a soft compound, there was still a lot of grip left at the end of the race. I'm glad we were able to perform well after a relatively shaky start to the weekend."
Christijan Albers, Midland (13th):
"I had a good start, so I was quite happy with that, because that's an area we struggled with in the first four races. And then when we arrived at the first corner, Coulthard and Liuzzi collided immediately in front of me, so I lost all my positions as I braked and swerved to avoid them. After I overtook Montagny, I found myself behind Tiago, who was being held up by Sato. Fortunately for my teammate, Sato made a little mistake and allowed Tiago to get by before too long, but he made things a little more difficult for me. Anyway, I managed to overtake him after a few laps, but by that time, Tiago had already run away. After that, the car was running quite well, I have to say, and I was able to catch up again. Toward the end of the race, however, I developed a mysterious vibration in the rear, so we'll have to analyse that. I think it was just bad luck that I couldn't finish higher this time, but I hope to do better in the next race."
Ralf Schumacher, Toyota (DNF):
"The first corner here is very tight and there was again a collision and I lost a bit of time. We made up for this with a long first stint which put me solidly into a point scoring 6th position after my first pit stop. The car felt strong and we were doing competitive times, but I was unlucky not to make it past Barrichello at the second pit stop. Unfortunately we had an engine failure in the closing stages of the race. Of course we are disappointed, because we were stronger in the race than expected. The whole weekend was a step forward and we will certainly make another small step in Barcelona."
Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren (DNF):
"Not a great afternoon for me really. I didn't get the best start and lost quite a few places in the scrum at the first corner. After that it seemed that I was always stuck in traffic at points in the race where I really needed clean air to make any inroads if I was to benefit from the heavier fuel load I was carrying compared to my nearest competition. Unfortunately I had an engine failure six laps from the end of the race, which prevented me from scoring the final point."
Takuma Sato, Super Aguri (DNF):
“It was a great race for me up until the last moment when I had to retire due to a hydraulic problem. It is a shame for the team who had worked so hard this weekend - I also really wanted to finish this race because we had been reliable for the first part of the season. The start was exciting for me as off the line was reasonably ok but I overtook quite a few cars at turn one, which was a good feeling. Unfortunately I then had a similar problem to the one I experienced on Saturday morning - the car’s straight-line speed got increasingly slower over the first five laps and I lost a number of the places that I had made up. For the rest of the race the car was handling reasonably well so it is disappointing not to have crossed the finish line, but at least the next grand prix is only a few days away, so I am looking forward to getting back to work in Barcelona.”
Franck Montagny, Super Aguri (DNF):
“It is disappointing not to have finished my first race with the team, but that is motor racing! The car’s handling was not too bad and I was having quite a reasonable race up until I suffered with a hydraulic problem. I would like to thank Aguri Suzuki for giving me this opportunity. It has been a good weekend and I have enjoyed working with the team, so hopefully I will be back in an SAF1 Team racing seat again.”
Jenson Button, Honda (DNF):
"A disappointing end to a fairly tough weekend really. I got a strong start and had a good tussle with Raikonnen through turns 1, 2 and 3 before I got ahead of him to take 4th. The car was inconsistent throughout the race. Some of it was down to the wind - it was quite gusty out there today - but the balance wasn't there and it was changing corner to corner. In my second stint it was starting to come good as the fuel came down and I would have been happy to finish 5th with a car I wasn't happy with and get four points. Instead, I had a big loss of power, the engine tightened and I lost drive so had to pull over.Let's hope for better things in Spain."
Christian Klien, Red Bull (DNF):
“It’s a shame. The car’s pace had been strong this weekend and my lap times had been pretty quick. I retired from the race with a transmission problem.”
Mark Webber, Williams (DNF):
“It was going fantastically until what we think was a hydraulics problem meant that I lost all the controls. I’d made up seven places and I was still carrying lots of fuel, enough to get me a long way into the race, so I’m sure it would have been easy to score some points today. From here, if we fix the hydraulic problem, I am sure we will run near the front.”
David Coulthard, Red Bull (DNF):
“At the first corner, Ralf moved across and touched Tonio, who got knocked into the air and onto me. It was just one of those racing incidents. We were able to replace the car’s nose, but then we had another issue, which was probably caused when I had contact with Tonio on the first lap.”
Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso (DNF):
“A really good start and I got off the grid well, passing some cars, then I got hit from behind by Ralf (Schumacher) in the Toyota. I don’t think he could stop and he hit me in the right rear tyre and then David (Coulthard) could not avoid hitting me. A shame as the car felt good and I was hoping for a strong race.”