Predictions for the Spanish GP?

[WhipLash]

Well looking back I see that no one predicted that DC would win the British GP - the only one who even gave the poor guy a chance was Eirik, who said he'd come third! Come on you lot, you can do better then that!

So what about the Spanish GP this weekend?

Hmm, I'll have to think this one out a little bit better...back with my predictions later.

[Phil]

I'll have a look at the result tommorrow before I decide who is going to be my top three.

[WhipLash]

Here's the results of the first free practise. Note that the Jordan cars didn't go out on track :(



# name team time

1 M.Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.982
2 R.Barichello Ferrari 1:22.549
3 M.Häkkinen McLaren 1:23.282
4 R.Schumacher Williams 1:23.689
5 J.Alesi Prost 1:24.009
6 G.Fisichella Benetton 1:24.026
7 J.Herbert Jaguar 1:24.114
8 A.Wurz Benetton 1:24.161
9 E.Irvine Jaguar 1:24.346
10 J.Verstappen Arrows 1:24.451
11 P.Diniz Sauber 1:24.732
12 R.Zonta Bar-Honda 1:24.981
13 N.Heidfeld Prost 1:25.026
14 J.Button Williams 1:25.140
15 M.Gene Minardi 1:25.235
16 P.De La Rosa Arrows 1:25.243
17 M.Salo Sauber 1:25.388
18 G.Mazzacane Minardi 1:26.432
19 J.Villeneuve Bar 1:41.134

D.Coulthard McLaren
H.Frentzen Jordan
J.Trulli Jordan




[This message has been edited by WhipLash (edited 05 May 2000).]

[Tony]

Am I right in believing that the Spanish GP is one of the most boring of the season, along with Silverstone? To make matters worse, there's definitely no sign of rain at all. A high of 21/22 degrees and sun/partial cloud is the forecast for the weekend. Doesn't look like it’s going to be much of a race, but hopefully I'll be proven wrong. Mika hasn’t won a race yet this season, so I predict the following for this years Spanish GP

1. Mika Hakkenin
2. Michael Shchumacher
3. Rolf Schumacher

[WhipLash]

...and now here's the results of the second free practice for Friday :


FREE PRACTICE 2 RESULTS

P. No Driver Team - Engine Time Speed/Gap
1. 3 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1'21"982 207.704 Km/h
2. 9 R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW 1'22"509 + 0'00"527
3. 4 BARRICHELLO Ferrari 1'22"549 + 0'00"567
4. 6 TRULLI Jordan Mugen-Honda 1'22"582 + 0'00"600
5. 2 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes 1'22"651 + 0'00"669
6. 10 BUTTON Williams BMW 1'23"119 + 0'01"137
7. 1 HAKKINEN McLaren Mercedes 1'23"266 + 0'01"284
8. 16 DINIZ Sauber Petronas 1'23"394 + 0'01"412
9. 5 FRENTZEN Jordan Mugen-Honda 1'23"495 + 0'01"513
10. 14 ALESI Prost Peugeot 1'23"582 + 0'01"600
11. 20 GENE Minardi Fondmetal 1'23"868 + 0'01"886
12. 11 FISICHELLA Benetton Supertec 1'24"026 + 0'02"044
13. 8 HERBERT Jaguar Ford 1'24"114 + 0'02"132
14. 12 WURZ Benetton Supertec 1'24"161 + 0'02"179
15. 7 IRVINE Jaguar Ford 1'24"346 + 0'02"364
16. 19 VERSTAPPEN Arrows Supertec 1'24"451 + 0'02"469
17. 23 ZONTA BAR Honda 1'24"461 + 0'02"479
18. 15 HEIDFELD Prost Peugeot 1'24"582 + 0'02"600
19. 21 MAZZACANE Minardi Fondmetal 1'24"767 + 0'02"785
20. 17 SALO Sauber Petronas 1'24"948 + 0'02"966
21. 22 VILLENEUVE BAR Honda 1'25"166 + 0'03"184
22. 18 DE LA ROSA Arrows Supertec 1'25"189 + 0'03"207

[Junior]

[FONT=Comic Sans MS]Saturdays Free Practice


1 M.Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.088
2 D.Coulthard McLaren 1:21.370
3 R.Barrichello Ferrari 1:21.372
4 M.Häkkinen McLaren 1:21.593
5 R.Schumacher Williams 1:21.604
6 J.Trulli Jordan 1:21.911
7 H.Frentzen Jordan 1:22.162
8 P.De La Rosa Arrows 1:22.206
9 J.Villeneuve Bar-Honda 1:22.386
10 J.Button Williams 1:22.465
11 J.Herbert Jaguar 1:22.605
12 G.Fisichella Benetton 1:22.610
13 E.Irvine Jaguar 1:22.642
14 J.Verstappen Arrows 1:22.711
15 M.Salo Sauber 1:22.749
16 N.Heidfeld Prost 1:22.810
17 J.Alesi Prost 1:22.815
18 A.Wurz Benetton 1:22.944
19 P.Diniz Sauber 1:23.173
20 M.Gene Minardi 1:23.644
21 R.Zonta Bar-Honda 1:23.942
22 G.Mazzacane Minardi 1:24.866


[This message has been edited by Junior (edited 06 May 2000).]

[Phil]

This is how it all panned out for the race tommorrow:

------ Row 1
1 M.Schuma Fer 1m 20.974s 1m 21.088s 0.114s
2 M.Hakkin McL 1m 21.052s 0.078s 0.078s 5.590s 1m 21.593s 0.541s
------ Row 2
3 R.Barric Fer 1m 21.416s 0.442s 0.364s 5.226s 1m 21.372s 0.044s
4 D.Coulth McL 1m 21.422s 0.448s 0.006s 5.220s 1m 21.370s 0.052s
------ Row 3
5 R.Schuma Wil 1m 21.605s 0.631s 0.183s 5.037s 1m 21.604s 0.001s
6 J.Villen BAR 1m 21.963s 0.989s 0.358s 4.679s 1m 22.386s 0.423s
------ Row 4
7 J.Trulli Jor 1m 22.006s 1.032s 0.043s 4.636s 1m 21.911s 0.095s
8 H.Frentz Jor 1m 22.135s 1.161s 0.129s 4.507s 1m 22.162s 0.027s
------ Row 5
9 P.de la Arr 1m 22.185s 1.211s 0.050s 4.457s 1m 22.206s 0.021s
10 E.Irvine Jag 1m 22.370s 1.396s 0.185s 4.272s 1m 22.642s 0.272s
------ Row 6
11 J.Button Wil 1m 22.385s 1.411s 0.015s 4.257s 1m 22.465s 0.080s
12 J.Versta Arr 1m 22.421s 1.447s 0.036s 4.221s 1m 22.468s 0.047s
------ Row 7
13 M.Salo Sau 1m 22.443s 1.469s 0.022s 4.199s 1m 22.749s 0.306s
14 G.Fisich Ben 1m 22.569s 1.595s 0.126s 4.073s 1m 22.493s 0.076s
------ Row 8
15 J.Herber Jag 1m 22.781s 1.807s 0.212s 3.861s 1m 22.605s 0.176s
16 P.Diniz Sau 1m 22.841s 1.867s 0.060s 3.801s 1m 23.173s 0.332s
------ Row 9
17 R.Zonta BAR 1m 22.882s 1.908s 0.041s 3.760s 1m 23.942s 1.060s
18 J.Alesi Pro 1m 22.894s 1.920s 0.012s 3.748s 1m 22.815s 0.079s
------ Row 10
19 A.Wurz Ben 1m 23.010s 2.036s 0.116s 3.632s 1m 22.944s 0.066s
20 N.Heidfe Pro 1m 23.033s 2.059s 0.023s 3.609s 1m 22.810s 0.223s
------ Row 11
21 M.Gene Min 1m 23.486s 2.512s 0.453s 3.156s 1m 23.644s 0.158s
22 G.Mazzac Min 1m 24.257s 3.283s 0.771s 2.385s 1m 24.767s 0.510s

[WhipLash]

Well they were saying on ITV earlier that both the McLarens are on the left hand side of the grid, which is the worst place to be as there's so much dust/dirt on that side of the track. http://www.eforecourt.com/UBB/evilangel.gif

And the good news is that there's now a chance of rain for Sunday :cool: Now can anyone remember back to the Spanish GP of '94 where there was torrential rain and it looked like the race was going to be cut short (but wasn't). Most of the drivers spun off the track and very few finished, but the Grand Master Michael Schumacher won by a mile - no one came near him. As far as I can remember his lead was so large he managed to pit and exit before anyone passed him - amazing entertainment http://www.eforecourt.com/UBB/smoke.gif

[Tony]

Well at least there was a bit of excitement during the race when Schumacher was signalled prematurely by the lollypop man, and chief mechanic Nigel Stepney was injured as he hadn't fully detached the fuel nozzle. It looked like Schumey was going to, in Murray Walkers own words from the race, "Attack, attack, attack", but the excitement didn't last too long as he started to drop back due to a reported slow puncture/low pressure in one of his wheels. A shame really.

Anyway at least I guessed the winner correctly, now why didn't I back him? :(

[Astraman]

You should have as he was qouted at 3/1 earlier in the week.