FORMULA 1- United States Grand Prix 2007

iceman1 · Post by **iceman1** » 12 Jun 2007, 04:04

World Championship standings, round 6:                
Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Hamilton      48        1.  McLaren-Mercedes      88
 2.  Alonso        40        2.  Ferrari               60
 3.  Massa         33        3.  BMW Sauber            38
 4.  Raikkonen     27        4.  Renault               21
 5.  Heidfeld      26        5.  Williams-Toyota       13
 6.  Fisichella    13        6.  Toyota                 6
 7.  Kubica        12        7.  Red Bull-Renault       4
 8.  Kovalainen     8        8.  Super Aguri-Honda      4
 9.  Wurz           8       
10.  Rosberg        5       
11.  Trulli         4       
12.  Coulthard      4       
13.  Sato           4       
14.  R.Schumacher   2

GP Info

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Laps                             73
Circuit length                   4.19 km (2.60 miles)
Race length                      306.02 km (190.15 miles)
Most wins by single driver       Michael Schumacher (5)
Most wins by single constructor  Ferrari (6)

Last race (2006):

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Winner                           Michael Schumacher
Winning team                     Ferrari
Winning time                     1:34:35.199
Pole time                        1:10.832
Pole driver                      Michael Schumacher
Pole team                        Ferrari
Fastest lap                      1:12.879
Fastest lap driver               Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap team                 Ferrari

Timetable

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Friday 15 June
Local               GMT                 CET
10:00-11:30         15:00-16:30         16:00-17:30         Friday Practice 1
14:00-15:30         19:00-20:30         20:00-21:30         Friday Practice 2
		
Saturday 16 June
Local               GMT                 CET
10:00-11:00         15:00-16:00         16:00-17:00         Saturday Practice
13:00               18:00               19:00               Qualifying

Sunday 17 June
Local               GMT                 CET
13:00               18:00               19:00               Race

Weather
Check these sites for weather updates, 5-10 day forecast:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/b ... earch_city
http://www.accuweather.com/forecast2.as ... 1&metric=0
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=0269
http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USIN0305.html

Live Streams
NOTE: Practice sessions are unlikely to have streams.
Post in thread or pm me if you know of any other channels that may show F1.
These channels should show the qualifying and race (NO practice):
CCTV5 (SopCast / TVU)
Starsports (SopCast / TVU)
Channels that may show F1 content:
Wheels (TVU)
kimi56 (SopCast)
Embedded-tv.com (SopCast / TVU)

Live Timing
Live Timing for all sessions, requires Java & account on F1.com:
http://www.formula1.com/race/livetiming/popup/776.html

Chubbs · Post by **Chubbs** » 12 Jun 2007, 06:54

no more damn michelins to ruin the race :P

should be a good one, although canada will be very hard to follow!

great info iceman nice job

donald29 · Post by **donald29** » 12 Jun 2007, 08:23

Despite Canada, I'm still going to go with Ferrari for this one.

ntr · Post by **ntr** » 12 Jun 2007, 09:16

let's hope most cars don't crash out in the first corner like last year...
last year was almost like 2005

Bowsey · Post by **Bowsey** » 12 Jun 2007, 10:16

I think there will be lots of action, always is. But not as much as in Canada

612cronaldo7 · Post by **612cronaldo7** » 13 Jun 2007, 05:44

Im going with Ferrari for this race :P

iceman1 · Post by **iceman1** » 13 Jun 2007, 06:07

Ferrari are about 4 tenth behind McLaren now, in qualifying and race pace. On the same tyres, it could take a long time to get the advantage back, too long...
Ferrari traction out of slow corners sucks really.
The last hope for Ferrari is the france upgrade, but i think that will be already to late to turn things arround.

[FIN]SpeedFreak · Post by **[FIN]SpeedFreak** » 14 Jun 2007, 11:35

iceman1 wrote:Ferrari are about 4 tenth behind McLaren now, in qualifying and race pace. On the same tyres, it could take a long time to get the advantage back, too long...
Ferrari traction out of slow corners sucks really.
The last hope for Ferrari is the france upgrade, but i think that will be already to late to turn things arround.

There could be one reason for that 4 tenths.
Tyre compounds which are used in this season:
Australia Soft - Medium
Malaysia Medium - Hard
Bahrain Medium - Hard
Spain Medium - Hard
Monaco Super Soft - Soft
Canada Super Soft - Soft
USA Soft - Medium
France Soft - Medium
Britain Medium - Hard
Europe Soft - Medium
Hungary Super Soft - Soft
Turkey Medium - Hard

MP4/21 is one of the cars which are "gentle" to the tires, Ferrari spend tires more than McLaren does. So to me it is obvious that those Super Soft compounds costed Ferrari a lot of points last two race's. Now, Massa won in Spain, coz there was Medium and Hard compounds. Now in USA we have Soft and Medium. So I say that Ferrari's slow speeds would be due to those two tyre compounds which was used in Monaco and Canada. Well, now they are using same two compounds which were used in Australia... Ferrari might be fastest car in Indianapolis, who knows?

nelmesy16 · Post by **nelmesy16** » 14 Jun 2007, 12:42

i cant wait till the race, practise starts tomorrow

iceman1 · Post by **iceman1** » 14 Jun 2007, 15:20

And Albers Will crash dude :mrgreen:
last year indy was a turning point For Ferrari team.
Ferrari need to qualify in the front row.
The only passing at Indy will take place going into turn 1. If you are running more downforce than the car ahead of you you will not be able to pass.

donald29 · Post by **donald29** » 14 Jun 2007, 15:53

alex wrote:let's hope most cars don't crash out in the first corner like last year...
last year was almost like 2005

Yeah, Liuzzi got a point!!!

megasyxx · Post by **megasyxx** » 14 Jun 2007, 16:04

FerrariFan[FIN] wrote:
iceman1 wrote:Ferrari are about 4 tenth behind McLaren now, in qualifying and race pace. On the same tyres, it could take a long time to get the advantage back, too long...
Ferrari traction out of slow corners sucks really.
The last hope for Ferrari is the france upgrade, but i think that will be already to late to turn things arround.
There could be one reason for that 4 tenths.
Tyre compounds which are used in this season:
Australia Soft - Medium
Malaysia Medium - Hard
Bahrain Medium - Hard
Spain Medium - Hard
Monaco Super Soft - Soft
Canada Super Soft - Soft
USA Soft - Medium
France Soft - Medium
Britain Medium - Hard
Europe Soft - Medium
Hungary Super Soft - Soft
Turkey Medium - Hard

MP4/21 is one of the cars which are "gentle" to the tires, Ferrari spend tires more than McLaren does. So to me it is obvious that those Super Soft compounds costed Ferrari a lot of points last two race's. Now, Massa won in Spain, coz there was Medium and Hard compounds. Now in USA we have Soft and Medium. So I say that Ferrari's slow speeds would be due to those two tyre compounds which was used in Monaco and Canada. Well, now they are using same two compounds which were used in Australia... Ferrari might be fastest car in Indianapolis, who knows?

Or do you mean MP4/22?

Post by **F1~Michi** » 14 Jun 2007, 17:23

If Ferrari won't win this race, I think, their championship chances are gone.

I mean, Ferrari was always good at Indianapolis, the only not-Ferrari-win was Hakkinen 2001. So Indy should be a Ferrari-track. Let's hope they win, so the championship stays close!

donald29 · Post by **donald29** » 14 Jun 2007, 17:33

This is my race preview:

http://rapidshare.com/files/37193096/usgp.wmv.html

I've also uploaded it to YouTube.

[FIN]SpeedFreak · Post by **[FIN]SpeedFreak** » 14 Jun 2007, 18:02

megasyxx wrote:
FerrariFan[FIN] wrote:
iceman1 wrote:Ferrari are about 4 tenth behind McLaren now, in qualifying and race pace. On the same tyres, it could take a long time to get the advantage back, too long...
Ferrari traction out of slow corners sucks really.
The last hope for Ferrari is the france upgrade, but i think that will be already to late to turn things arround.
There could be one reason for that 4 tenths.
Tyre compounds which are used in this season:
Australia Soft - Medium
Malaysia Medium - Hard
Bahrain Medium - Hard
Spain Medium - Hard
Monaco Super Soft - Soft
Canada Super Soft - Soft
USA Soft - Medium
France Soft - Medium
Britain Medium - Hard
Europe Soft - Medium
Hungary Super Soft - Soft
Turkey Medium - Hard

MP4/21 is one of the cars which are "gentle" to the tires, Ferrari spend tires more than McLaren does. So to me it is obvious that those Super Soft compounds costed Ferrari a lot of points last two race's. Now, Massa won in Spain, coz there was Medium and Hard compounds. Now in USA we have Soft and Medium. So I say that Ferrari's slow speeds would be due to those two tyre compounds which was used in Monaco and Canada. Well, now they are using same two compounds which were used in Australia... Ferrari might be fastest car in Indianapolis, who knows?

Or do you mean MP4/22?

Oops, I meant MP4/22. Little mistake. :oops: :oops: :oops: