2006 Brazilian GP - Interlagos

[Jack_Bauer]

So, if Kimi Raikkonen doesn't score at least five more points than Alonso this weekend, then the championship crown will be on its way to the little town of Oviedo in Spain. Basically that means if Alonso gets on the podium here it'll all be over, and Renault seem to be going for glory. They've been pretty conservative in terms of upgrades in recent months, but they've brought a LOT of updates to Brazil and are certainly much closer to the coattails of the McLarens if practice times are anything to go by. They clearly don't want to win the title by picking up minor points paying places.

Sadly in the UK the qualifying is not on terrestrial TV due to it interfering with Saturday night prime-time TV, so a lot of people won't get to see it. Thankfully my parents have digital so I'm blagging free TV and internet there at the moment!

The conditions are nice and warm and dry, and looked perfect for some good laptimes. Interlagos' notorious inclement weather doesn't look like it's gonna be a wildcard factor.

[Dino Scuderia]

Sould be a decent qualy session.

[Jack_Bauer]

Couple of suprises so far - Klien whooped DC by over a second, Brundle (ITV commentator) proclaimed it as Klien's best ever lap in F1. Also Tiago Monteiro put in a stunning lap in the Jordan, even making it ahead of Pizzonia's Williams!

[Dino Scuderia]

Ferrari behind a Red Bull...such rubbish.

[Jack_Bauer]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh dear Kimi!

After Alonso put in a blinding lap in the 1'11s Raikkonen went out and locked up horrendously into turn one, costing him 0.7s and pushing him all the way down to 5th on the grid. He's gonna have to hope Montoya can squeeze ahead of Alonso into turn 1 at the start tomorrow and boss the race from the front. Either that or hope JPM wipes him out into turn one!

[Dino Scuderia]

Ah well, Kimi's had A stellar season considering everything.

[d-quik]

hey jack when did you become a mod?

[forza_autodelta]

last week , it has been announced on a thread by M.melissen

[adamfraser]

Official Pole times for the Brazil GP -

1. F Alonso (Renault) - 1:11.988

2. JP Montoya (McLaren) - 1:12.145

3. G Fisichella (Renault) - 1:12.558

4. J Button (BAR) - 1:12.696

5. K Raikkonen (McLaren) - 1:12.781

6. C Klien (Red Bull) - 1:12.889

7. M Schumacher (Ferrari) - 1:12.976

8. J Trulli (Toyota) - 1:13.041

9. F Massa (Sauber) - 1:13.151

10. R Barrichello (Ferrari) - 1:13.182

11. R Scumacher (Toyota) - 1:13.285

12. J Villeneuve (Sauber) - 1:13.372

13. T Monteiro (Jordan) - 1:13.387

14. M Webber (Williams) - 1:13.538

15. A Pizzonia (Williams) - 1:13.581

16. D Coulthard (Red Bull) - 1:13.844

17. N Karthikeyan (Jordan) - 1:14.520

18. C Albers (Minardi) - 1:14.763

19. R Doornbos (Minardi) - no lap

20. Takuma Sato (BAR) - no lap

[fpv_gtho]

Toyota and Williams seem to have lost the pace they had at Belgium, so they might be starting pretty heavy compared to the rest. Should be an interesting race though, although i dont like the idea of watching it at 2:30 in the morning

[Dino Scuderia]

Just about every car struggled through the second sector.

[Dino Scuderia]

It's going to be a Senna kind of day at today's GP.

http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/BRXX0232.html

[Dino Scuderia]

The track is mostly dry...I suppose that could change very fast.

[Vaigra]

Pizzonia and Coulthard clash on the first corner. Webber also involved. Pizzonia out, Webber comes in pits and caught fire in pit box.

[Dino Scuderia]

Ouch....

Good racing up front for a minute.