A1 Grand Prix (4 Viewers)

[Komit]

It's getting closer and the first group testing session was run at Silverstone and it is shaping up to be an awesome series.

Fastest lap time: A1 Team France 48.183 seconds.

Fastest lap times and number of laps recorded in the afternoon session (4 August):

France 48.251 59 laps
Brazil 48.439 62 laps
Malaysia 48.535 49 laps
Netherlands 48.766 62 laps
Portugal 48.835 54 laps
Great Britain 48.953 45 laps
Pakistan 49.046 30 laps
New Zealand 49.088 44 laps
South Africa 49.115 34 laps
Mexico 49.226 57 laps
Switzerland 49.422 6 laps
USA 49.514 40 laps
Australia 49.676 34 laps
Lebanon 49.876 66 laps
China 50.640 59 laps


Fastest lap times and number of laps recorded in morning session (4 August):
France 48.183 41 laps
Switzerland 48.408 38 laps
Pakistan 48.573 36 laps
Great Britain 48.585 38 laps
Brazil 48.848 79 laps
Malaysia 48.891 47 laps
Portugal 49.007 50 laps
Netherlands 49.192 67 laps
Australia 49.203 45 laps
South Africa 49.211 57 laps
New Zealand 49.430 49 laps
USA 49.530 33 laps
Mexico 49.557 48 laps
Lebanon 49.786 66 laps
China 51.685 33 laps


Collectively, the 15 teams covered 2394 miles today contributing to the 3569 miles covered over the total test session.

A1Team drivers:
Australia Christian Jones
Brazil Nelson Piquet jnr, Danilo Dirani and Jo*Paulo Oliveiria
China Qing Hua Ma and Tingyi Jiang
France Loic Duval, Alexandre Premat and Nicolas Lapierre
Great Britain Robbie Kerr and Alex Lloyd
Lebanon Kalil Beschir and Basil Shaaban
Malaysia Alex Yoong
Mexico Luis Diaz, Memo Rojas, David Martinez and Salvador Duran
Netherlands Jos Verstappen and Jeroen Bleekemolen
New Zealand Jonny Reid and Matt Halliday
Pakistan Adam Khan
Portugal Pedro Lamy
South Africa Stephen Simpson and Thomas Scheckter
Switzerland Neel Jani
USA Jeff Simmons

www.a1gp.com

 

[Bookie]

Well, it will be good.

Questions;
-Any TV coverage in Australia?
-Is it actually coming to Eastern Creek?
-Is Kimi gonna win the F1 this year?
-Out of all those drivers listed, correct me if I'm wrong, is Jos Verstappen the only one with F1 experience?

 

[Cape]

Guess who will be watching this series. Me!!! lol. Typical

Isn't Alex Yoong supposed to drive in V8s this year at Sandown and Bathurst?

Alex Yoong also has F1 experience.

Wheres the German team???

Yes, Kimi is going to win the F1 this year

Hopefully channel 10 will have coverage for the poor motorsport fans with nothing to do during the offseason

 

[Komit]

There will be TV coverage.

Coming to Eastern Creek - November 6th.

Kimi will not win F1 this year.

Jos Verstappen, Alex Yoong, Pedro Lamy, Neel Jani, Thomas Scheckter and Nelson Piquet Jnr have F1 experience - whether it be race or testing. Not to mention that there is some big names in the series (Scheckter - son of F1 Champion Jody Scheckter, Piquet - also sone of F1 Champion, Christian Jones - son of F1 Champion).

Should be awesome. Remember, there are more than 14 teams.

 

[Cape]

Coming to Eastern Creek - November 6th.

Woohoo!!! 3 days before my b-day!!! Yay!! I can go and watch the race for my birthday present.

Argonaut, the creek may not have the best facilities. Actually, their facilities are shit the times I've been there. But Melbourne does not deserve another motor sport event. They can't put it at Oran Park, thats sold and going to be demolished. So that leaves the creek.

 

[Bookie]

But Verstappen is the only one to race right? Or has Yoong as well?

 

[Cape]

Yoong did a year at Minardi, 2001 or 2002 I think it was. Then he went to champ cars, and then signed with WPS in the v8 series.

 

[Komit]

Verstappen, Yoong and Lamy.

 

[Komit]

I agree that the Creek has poor facilities and it smells like shit - but it doesn't mean I won't be going there. Argonaut - stop being such a bitch, you hate everything. I bet you're one of the guys who threatened to stop watching F1 because of the US GP this year.

 

[Cape]

Oh come on! Argonaut might hate everything, but he does have his good days. And he does know a lot of stuff about the tracks and cars. Eastern Creek, however, does have the best turn 1!!

Can we leave F1 to the F1 thread And why do I have a feeling that it will be the people who watch F1 who post here?

 

[Komit]

Because you are good at getting feelings about stuff.

 

[Komit]

The street race they have lined up for Indonesia looks interesting. A street race in the Citywould be awesome. Difficult to fit in spectators, but would be awesome nonetheless. A plus about Eastern Creek is that it is next to the Kart track, which is good fun if you can get yourself in one of the corporate karts. 13hp aren't that fun anymore.

 

[Cape]

Actually, I pissed myself laughing at the USGP.

Argonaut, thats the saddest thing I've ever heard! Even from you!!

Sydeny track (but the NSW Government might build one around Homebush - MIGHT)

Ooh, I love it if they would do that!! I can see homebush from my house! Then I wouldn't have to travel 30 minutes to Eastern Creek. But I doubt they would put a road course around Homebush. And Melbourne and Adelaide get enough motorsport, we deserve more!!

 

[ChrisE]

if youve been around around the eastern creek layout you would see why its such a good venue to race the australian a1 round. its surprisingly undulating with some great corners (turn 1 as mentioned before, wow!) sure the facilities and etc needs to be upgraded to a certain fia standard but it wont take much. go the creek! we need more motorsport in sydney dammit

 

[Komit]

Yep. I don't thinkt he track is too bad, but what worries me is the track's surrounds. Everytime I drive past it, you get the worst smell even when all the windows are closed. I just don't know what the international community will think when they roll up to Sydney and everything smells like shit.

 

[Cape]

Eastern Creek smells? Never noticed it, surely it can't smell as bad as Mulgrave (out near Windsor)m thats smells of cow shit

They really need to enhance the image of Eastern Creek though. Its not visually appealing. When I go to watch the V8s, all I see is grass and huge wire fences.

 

[RUB!X]

yeah the creek is next to a tip, hence the smell ... we need a new racetrack in sydney, something awesome ...

 

[Cape]

How on earth are we going to get a new race track in Sydney? We have a government who hates motorsport and wheres the room to build one anyway? You would have to go further west than Eastern Creek, or to the North or South. But I really do like the idea of the street circuit at Homebush. I love street circuits.

 

[RUB!X]

homebush sounds good, the creek imo isnt up to international standards

 

[shortygb]

a while ago the v8's had a plan for a homebush street circuit, not usr eif they are still going ahed with it.

thw owener of oran park (which is planned to be sold for housing) is planning on making a replacement to oran park somewhere else, hopefully that will be a good track.

eastern creek isnt that bad of a track but compared to international ciircuits its good. its good the eastern creek got the a1 gp, SA has adelaide, Vic had f1 so now its Sydneys turn!