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Yeah yeah I been very busy in the last months with a big project, don't have a lot of time to do a lot of stuff...but whatever happens, MR. Horse stays in jail. Actually, because of your sustained pressure to get him released I have put him up with the most dangerous inmates of the Idiot Guide dungeon, and the last thing I heard was something along the mines of "washing socks and underwear" and "...bent down to pick up the soap in the shower" and "..can you send me some pink clothes".
Here is the latest picture of him.

 

[Salty25]

http://www.formula1.com/race/result/759/8.html

Wow, what a race! Full of incidents right from the start, when Giancarlo Fisichella jump-started, resulting in a drive-through penalty. Eventually finishing 4th, one wonders whether the Italian could have got on the podium, or even challenged Alonso for the win.

Nico Rosberg finally got payback for his misdemeanours in qualifying when, unsighted, he was rammed into the wall by an overtaking Juan Pablo Montoya, who himself would later suffer retirement.

Michael Schumacher had a terrible start to the race, dropping to 7th, but the Rosberg incident improved his position, and he would later dramatically take 2nd from Kimi Raikkonen, who challenged Alonso for long periods, but fell foul of the rubber marbles generated by the wearing tyres at L’Epingle, Kimi momentarily losing control and Schumi capitalising on the mistake.

Kimi Raikkonen did, however, appear to have a car capable of fighting with the Renault of Alonso, but two disasterous pit stops; at the first a failure to replace the right rear tyre, and stalling in the second; sought to deny the Finnish driver’s hopes.

The other noted performance of the day is that of David Coulthard who, having to start from the back due to an engine change, riffled his way through the field, and due to the unfortunate retirement of Jacques Villeneuve, was able to claim a World Championship point for Red Bull when the Scot took advantage of a mistake by Jenson Button as the Honda pilot exited L’Epingle.

Drivers' Championship - http://www.formula1.com/archive/driver/2006.html

Michael Schumacher’s (59pts) late theft of 2nd place only appears to delay Fernando Alonso’s (84pts) route to the championship. The German veteran must now launch a sustained run of Grand Prix victories if he is to stop the Spaniard.

Constructors' Championship - http://www.formula1.com/archive/team/2006.html

Renault (121pts) are now looking like a safe bet to retain their World Constructors’ title, with Ferrari (87pts) slipping ever further behind.

Full Story - http://www.formula1.com/race/news/4546/759.html

In Supaliga, ‘Speedy Devils’ (245pts) have now established a comfortable 35pt lead over 2nd placed ‘pipjack’ (210pts). ‘IG Racing’ (184pts) have closed the gap on the leading two, while also moving slightly further away – if only to 5pts from the previous 2 – from ‘Wolfs bangers’ (179pts) in 4th.

The pressure from the chasing pack has reduced slightly - ‘Tom34’ (5th - 169pts) now find themselves 10pts off the top 4 – as the peloton continues to be compact, ‘F1 Aberdeen’ (167pts) maintaining 6th place, as do ‘bronking buckos’ (161pts) in 7th. ‘Team Carros’ (157pts) carry on up the league, rising one place to 8th, equal with ‘Draconigen’. ‘Honda/Williams’ are now losing touch, still 10th but dropping further behind on 148pts.

It’s all change at the foot of the league, with my (bloody hopeless!) ‘Super25’ team (123pts) now residing at the bottom, although a mere 11pts separates them from 13th placed ‘GameboyUK’ (134pts)… and the dark force that is the ‘hypotheticals’, who take another victim in ‘Bussola’s dream team’ (132pts), a striking climb-down for Rui’s outfit who were once 8th in the league (Spanish GP). However, in an equally amazing fashion, ‘Jose`s Marinos’ propel themselves from bottom to equal 15th with ‘Bussola’s dream team’ after many months of facing the wooden spoon.

NEXT GRAND PRIX... UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX at INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY... JULY 2ND...

 

[Salty25]

The new code to make changes prior to the United States GP on July 2nd is CAR (teletext page 597).

Remember that limitations on changes are now in operation, so check for that on the Teletext website for all the relevant details.

 

[Salty25]

hope the second half of my season picks up, i'm bloody rubbish!

 

[Salty25]

http://www.formula1.com/race/result/760/24.html

Michael Schumacher broke Alonso’s long run of poles at Indy, and along with team mate Felipe Massa, set up an all Ferrari front row and rubber-stamped Bridgestone’s dominance at the Brickyard.

Fernando Alonso, on the other hand, battled with his Renault and could only secure 5th on the grid, whilst fellow Renault pilot Fisichella posted the 3rd best time. Rubens Barrichello (4th) done extremely well to break up the pair, and again he outshone Jenson Button, who could only manage 7th.

McLaren appear to be running long stints in the race, with Juan Montoya (11th) failing to make the cut for the final qualifying session, while Kimi Raikkonen was a little better, in 9th for Sunday’s grid. Sauber-BMW had a great day, with Villeneuve (6th) Heidfeld (10th) both in the top 10.

The high-profile dropouts from the first session this weekend were David Coulthard (17th), Nico Rosberg (19th), Jarno Trulli (20th – technical difficulties), and Vitantonio Liuzzi (21st), thus allowing the Midland drivers Albers and Monteiro to record respectable 14th and 15th places on the grid for the small time outfit.

 

[Sir Bronking]

Wait for the twist! There is always an unexpected twist! Watch out for this space!

see pratice log

 

[Sir Bronking]

Yeah yeah I been very busy in the last months with a big project, don't have a lot of time to do a lot of stuff...but whatever happens, MR. Horse stays in jail. Actually, because of your sustained pressure to get him released I have put him up with the most dangerous inmates of the Idiot Guide dungeon, and the last thing I heard was something along the mines of "washing socks and underwear" and "...bent down to pick up the soap in the shower" and "..can you send me some pink clothes".
Here is the latest picture of him.

here's latest pratice log after usa qual

anychanges at start of race and i'll alter accordingly

 

[Sir Bronking]

there will be changes updated later

 

[Salty25]

http://www.formula1.com/race/result/760/8.html

Michael Schumacher recorded his first victory since the European GP at the beginning of May to, if only slightly, take a chunk out of Fernando Alonso’s Championship lead, with the Spaniard only managing 5th in a disappointing weekend for the champion.

Felipe Massa, who lead for nearly half the race, succumbed to team orders and came 2nd in a race he could well have won. Fisichella provided Renault with their only highlight of the weekend, coming in 3rd to cement a terrific recent return to form.

But the Grand Prix will probably be best remembered for the events of the first lap, when to incidents at turns 1 and 2 lead to the retirements of McLaren pair Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya, as well as Nick Heidfeld, Mark Webber, American Scott Speed, Christian Klien, and Franck Montagny.

This opened up the field, and due to the further DNF’s of Button, Sato, Monteiro, Villeneuve, Albers, and towards the end Ralf Schumacher, lead to Jarno Trulli, who started from the pits, sensationally taking 4th, while Barrichello again turned it on for his Honda team. Fight of the day, however, was between the 3 lowest placed finishers for the two remaining points places. Red Bull colleagues, David Coulthard and Vitantonio Liuzzi of the junior Toro Rosso team, and Nico Rosberg in his Williams thugged it out, with Coulthard’s (7th) pit tactics proving successful and Luizzi capitalised on a positioning mistake by Rosberg in the straight to overtake for the single World Championship point.

Drivers' Championship - http://www.formula1.com/archive/driver/2006.html

Schumi (69pts) dragged the lead of Alonso (88pts) down to 19pts, and although the German veteran still has some way to go, the chase is still on for a little longer than it may otherwise have been, and a DNF by Alonso could blow the Championship wide open.

Constructors' Championship - http://www.formula1.com/archive/team/2006.html

Ferrari’s (105pts) strong showing the Brickyard may do little to worry Renault (131pts) quite yet.

Full Story - http://www.formula1.com/race/news/4589/760.html
FIA Post-Race Press Conference - http://www.formula1.com/race/news/4593/760.html

In SupaLiga, although the mass retirements of the US Grand Prix have done little to dent the leading ‘Speedy Devils’ (261pts), who continue to maintain a commanding 27pt lead over ‘pipjack’ (234pts), the top two have benefited greatly from them due to the varying fortunes of the chasing teams.

The major story was the disastrous performance of ‘IG Racing’ (182pts), who sensationally dropped 2 pts, and fall from 3rd to 5th, with ‘Wolfs bangers’ (3rd – 203pts) and ‘Tom34’ (4th – 199pts) taking advantage of the slip-up.

‘F1 Aberdeen’ (177pts) fall from 6th to 8th, as ‘Team Carros’ and ‘Draconigen’ remain on par, both rising to 6th from 8th, now on 180pts. These are closely followed by ‘Honda/Williams’, ‘Team Oily’, and ‘Burnin’ Rubber’, all in equal 9th on 176pts. ‘bronking buckos’ (173pts) suffer a huge drop from 7th to 12th, only 4pts in front of 13th placed ‘GameboyUK’ (169pts).

Down at the foot of the league, the ‘hypotheticals’ thankfully suffered a drop to 17th (141pts), but Bob’s ‘Smeg ups’ now occupy bottom with 131pts. My ‘Super25s’ are equal 15th on 147pts with ‘Bussola’s dream team’, who maintain position. And last, but not least, ‘Jose`s Marinos’ (151pts) rise one place to 14th – a team once in the doldrums at bottom now have aspirations of joining the middle order.

(And I believe that is the first time I’ve mentioned every team!)

NEXT GRAND PRIX... FRENCH GRAND PRIX at CIRCUIT de NEVERS MAGNY COURS... JULY 16TH...[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

 

[Sir Bronking]

because of trulli starting in pit lane here is updated pratice log after round 10

 

[Salty25]

what happened to TG? Its so close, just wish I could get into mid-table.

 

[Sir Bronking]

what happened to TG? Its so close, just wish I could get into mid-table.

salty see post 43 in this thread

 

[Salty25]

fair enough. i guess i shouldnt be worried, one less person to overtake! TG hasnt had much luck - not scoring in L.O.G., and then scoring -2 in the US GP in SupaLiga, its all going t*ts-up for him.

Its just gone half way through the season, and it would be nice to get people's feelings on their performance so far in both SupaLiga and L.O.G. - kind of like a press-conference!!!

 

[Sir Bronking]

tg will be back and all updated when he let's mr horse free and tell time of changes of drivers

 

[Salty25]

that bloody horse! i think i might send a PM to all the league members with a question of some sort, and post the answers on the thread!

 

[Salty25]

The new code to make changes prior to the French GP on July 16th is CHASSIS (teletext page 597).

Remember that limitations on changes are now in operation, so check for that on the Teletext website for all the relevant details.

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F1 News Update -

Bridgestone to be sole tyre supplier - http://www.formula1.com/news/4601.html

 

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Major F1 News Update -

De La Rosa replaces Montoya at McLaren with immediate effect - http://www.formula1.com/news/4614.html

 

[Sir Bronking]

if you have montoya in your pratice log team whatever dela rosa picks up will automate add to your score (just like when ide left)

 

[Salty25]

if you have montoya in your pratice log team whatever dela rosa picks up will automate add to your score (just like when ide left)

I'm shocked that his out right now, I though McLaren would want until the end of the season before his off to NASCAR. Do you think the Indy crash has something to do with it?

 

[Analoguesat]

Salty - Juan Pablo jettisoned in my team. Fishy Killa moved in temporarily until I have a rethink.