24.05.2008:
Force India Formula One Team Qualifying review
2008 Monaco Grand Prix Qualifying and Final Free Practice Report
Adrian Sutil (car 20, VJM01/02):
FP3: 8th 1:17.883 (23 laps)
Q1: 19th 1:17.225 (12 laps)
Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21, VJM01/04):
FP1: 19th 1:19.131 (10 laps)
Q1: 20th 1:17.823 (8 laps)
24 May 2008 - In a dramatic day marked by changeable weather and track conditions, the Force India Formula One Team's Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella recorded the 19th and 20th fastest times respectively in qualifying for the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix.
As is often the case on the narrow, twisty Monegasque streets, Adrian struggled with traffic on his fastest laps and, despite posting the 8th quickest time of the one-hour practice session in the morning, his best potential qualifying laps were interrupted.
Giancarlo's runs were however hampered as a knock-on result of a mechanical issue that originated in the morning practice. Midway through the session, his car developed a gearbox problem and he sat out the rest of the session after completing just 10 laps.
Unfortunately the team was then obliged to change the gearbox and received a five grid place penalty as a result. Giancarlo could only complete two rather than his three planned runs, but unfortunately on both his quickest laps he too hit traffic and will start this 200th race in a frustrating 20th position.
Adrian Sutil (car 20)
'I felt my first laps were quite good, but then I had to pass a couple of cars in the first sector. It is really only two tenths or so, but from that point on it's difficult to get in the rhythm.
We had planned to do two laps but you never know whether there will be traffic so we left some margin with the fuel and I could stay out for a few more laps to get some better ones in. There were some positives though: at least we have got the tyre problem fixed and they are working well now.'
Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21)
'It was a disappointing qualifying session and, in fact, whole day. This morning I had a problem with the gearbox and we had to change it, so I would have been penalised five places anyway, but then it was only ready about 14:05 so we didn't have enough time to do three runs.
My first run was not great, but the second was better but then I lost the chance to do a quick lap as I got caught behind Barrichello just after the swimming pool as he was slowing down. Very very frustrating.'
Mike Gascoyne, chief technical officer
'A very disappointing qualifying session, especially for Giancarlo on his 200th GP. A gearbox problem this morning limited his running and then he hit traffic on his fastest lap, which would have been very close to putting him through to Q2.
Adrian has done a steady job today, improving in each session, but overall I think we had a car that shouldn't be on the back row. It will make the race very difficult, but anything can happen here.'
FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2008
1 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.190 1:15.110 1:15.787 20
2 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.717 1:15.404 1:15.815 19
3 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.582 1:15.322 1:15.839 20
4 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.295 1:15.389 1:16.165 25
5 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:15.977 weiter >>
GP Monaco, Donnerstag: Gemeinsames Interview mit Fernando Alonso und Nelson Piquet
Die beiden Fahrer des ING Renault F1 Teams über den ersten Trainingstag zum Grand Prix von Monaco.
Wie waren die Streckenverhältnisse heute?
Fernando Alonso:" In der ersten Trainingssitzung am Vormittag war es weiter >>
22. Mai 2008: GP Monaco
Das ING Renault F1 Team startete heute erfolgreich in den Großen Preis von Monaco. Sowohl Fernando Alonso als auch Nelson Piquet konnten ihre umfangreichen technischen Programme in den freien Trainingssessions komplett abarbeiten.
Fernando Alonso, Renault R28-02 Nelson Piquet, Renault R28-01
1. Freies Training: weiter >>
2008 MONACO GRAND PRIX - THURSDAY 22/05/08
Sébastien Bourdais (STR3-01)
"This morning when I woke up, I thought, 'this is it, I'm finally going to drive Monaco in an F1 car!' It was a case of finding out about the new car which was always going
to be difficult on this demanding track. We always ran with a heavy fuel load so we weiter >>
2008 MONACO GRAND PRIX
Monte Carlo, Thursday 22nd May 2008
Lewis Hamilton MP4-23 04
Heikki Kovalainen MP4-23 05
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton emerged fastest overall from Thursday's two free practice sessions for the Monaco Grand Prix.
Lewis did 39 laps and posted a time of 1m15.140 which was more than weiter >>
MONACO GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE THURSDAY 22 MAY, 2008
Under perfect Monegasque conditions, AT&T Williams closed free practice for the Monaco Grand Prix with both drivers inside the top ten today. On his home track, Nico
Rosberg recorded the second fastest time of the day, just three tenths shy of first-placed driver, Lewis Hamilton. Team mate, Kazuki weiter >>
Monaco Grand Prix - Thursday 22 May 2008
Today's Weather: Dry and sunny, air 19-21°C, track 18-38°C
Toyota's Best Monaco GP qualifying: 5th Jarno Trulli 2005
Toyota's Best Monaco GP race result: 6th Ralf Schumacher 2005, Cristiano da Matta 2004
Take Note: The TF108 will race in high downforce configuration this weekend to suit the twists and weiter >>
FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2008
1 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.140 40
2 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:15.533 0.393 39
3 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.572 0.432 42
4 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.869 0.729 37
5 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.881 0.741 39
6 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.296 1. weiter >>
FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2008
1 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.948 26
2 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.216 0.268 27
3 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.248 0.300 28
4 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:16.292 0.344 26
5 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.653 0.705 27
6 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sau weiter >>
„Eine einzigartige Erfahrung"
Die Piloten des ING Renault F1 Teams sprechen über ihre Erwartungen an den Großen Preis von Monaco und die ganz spezielle Magie des Fürstentums.
Fernando, Nelson, wir sind in Monaco und das außergewöhnlichste Rennwochenende des Jah weiter >>
MONACO GRAND Prix
Over a quarter of the 2008 season is now behind us: time to catch up with Team Principal Christian Horner and Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey
How do you sum up the first part of the season?
Christian Horner: "The last four races have seen us running pretty much where we expected to be. We lost out in the first ro weiter >>
Sam Michael, Technical Director, Williams F1
Monte Carlo is such a great circuit for Formula One. The drivers and engineers have to deal with so many extremes that doing well there is a real achievement. As a street
circuit, Monaco has typically very low grip levels at the start of the weekend, but that significantly changes as the Bridgestone rubber is lai weiter >>
STR3 IS GO!
One race later than originally planned, the new STR3 will make its race debut this weekend. We spoke to Scuderia Toro Rosso Technical Director, Giorgio Ascanelli to find out what the team's expectations are for its debut.
What improvement in terms of performance can we expect from STR3 over STR2?
Giorgio Ascanelli: "I don't weiter >>
Fabrice Lom, leitender Motoreningenieur beim Partnerteam Red Bull, und seine Vorschau auf den Grand Prix von Monaco.
Fabrice, wie lief der Große Preis der Türkei für Red Bull Racing?
Fabrice Lom Wir waren uns nicht ganz sicher, wie gut der RB4 in Istanbul funktionieren würde. Umso zufriedener waren wir darüber, dass der Abstand zu den Führende weiter >>
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In den vergangenen Wochen gelang ING Renault F1 ein großer Sprung nach vorn, wie nicht zuletzt die Punkte beim Türkei-Grand Prix beweise weiter >>
Der junge Brasilianer beurteilt seine bisherige Saison und den kommenden Grand Prix von Monaco.
Nelson, deine erste Formel 1-Saison ist zu einem Drittel gelaufen. Wie bewertest du dein Debüt-Jahr bis hierhin?
Nelson Piquet Es war kein einfacher Einstieg weiter >>
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Fernando, in der Türkei habt Ihr die starke weiter >>
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Renault und der Grand Prix von Monaco
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Racing is, however, what it's all about weiter >>
Martin Whitmarsh, CEO Formula 1, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Can you outline the Monaco-specific components that are required at this race to cope with its demands?
"The Monaco circuit has previously been quite unique in the Formula 1 calendar, until this season with the inaugural races on the street circuits of Valencia and Singapore. Monaco is weiter >>
It was a fantastic performance in Turkey, do you think you will be able to go one better in Monaco?
"Unpredictable is the word that sums up Monaco from a performance perspective. It was a great race in Turkey, we know the performance is there, but at Monaco literally anyth weiter >>
2008 MONACO GRAND PRIX
The Principality of Monaco is the heady and glamorous location for round six of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship. The 20 weiter >>
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Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella will celebrate his 200th Grand Prix start in Monaco, becoming only the ninth driver in history to reach that milestone. By the end of this season he will have moved up to fifth overall in the rankings of all-time starts.
As is often the case, there are different interpretations of what counts as a start. His total does not include the 20 weiter >>
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Having studied the radio traffic between Vodafone McLaren Mercedes (McLaren) and its drivers, together with the FIA observer’s report and data from the team, it is clear that McLaren’s actions during the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix were entirely legitimate and no further action is necessary.
The facts
1. A two-stop strategy is the optimum at Monaco unless the s weiter >>
GRID STOPS, LAP BEST LAP RESULT
ALEX WURZ P11 1 (44) 1.16.658 (7th, lap 40) P7
NICO ROSBERG P6 2 (23, 59) 1.16.991 (11th, lap 70) P12
SYNOPSIS
The AT&T Williams team had a solid if unremarkable Monaco Grand Prix, with certainly the sense that the team had a little more innate pace than it was able to demonstr weiter >>
Fernando Alonso MP4-22 0 6Lewis Hamilton MP4-22 0 5T-car (Fernando) MP4-22 0 3
2007 MONACO GRAND PRIX
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2007 MONACO GRAND PRIX - SUNDAY 27/05/07 - SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO
Scott Speed made up 9 places off his grid position, the most improved driver on the day, but there was little reward as he finished just outside the points
Scott Speed (STR2-04) Pos. 9th
"I got a good launch off the grid an weiter >>
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2007 Monaco Grand Prix
Adrian Sutil (car 20, F8-VII/03):RET: 53 laps AccidentFastest lap: 1:17.678
Christijan Albers (car 21, F8-VII/02):RET: 70 laps MechanicalFastest lap: 1:17.689
Weather: Average 27 C ambient / 34 C track. Cloudy at the start, but no rain. Hot and sunny throughout
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1 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 78 Winner 1 10
2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 78 +4.0 secs 2 8
3 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 78 +69.1 secs 3 6
4 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 77 +1 Lap 4 5
5 10 Robert Kubica BMW 77 +1 Lap 8 4
6 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 77 +1 Lap 7 3
7 17 A weiter >>
2007 MONACO GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING
Fernando Alonso MP4-22 0 6Lewis Hamilton MP4-22 0 5T-car (Fernando) MP4-22 0 3
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2007 MONACO GRAND PRIX - SATURDAY 26/05/07
Tonio Liuzzi (STR2-03)
"A good qualifying, but not so good this morning, when a radiator problem meant I did not do many laps and here in Monaco it is very important to do a lot of kilometers. Q1 went perfectly, but we could have done better in Q2. We made a set up change to the front wi weiter >>
2007 Monaco Grand Prix
1 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.059 1:15.431 1:15.726
2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.685 1:15.479 1:15.905
3 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:16.786 1:16.034 1:15.967
4 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:17.596 1:16.054 1:16.285
5 16 Nico Rosberg Willi weiter >>
2007 Monaco Grand Prix
1 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 1:36.612
2 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:36.739
3 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.767
4 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:36.784
5 19 Scott Speed STR-Ferrari 1:36.954
6 1 Fernando A weiter >>
DAVID COULTHARD, Chassis No. 3, 1st Practice P13, 2nd Practice P10
"A disappointing day. We didn't achieve anywhere near the number of laps we wanted to due to some technical issues this morning and because I damaged the car's rear wing and floor at Loews Corner this afternoon.
The guys fixed the damage during the afternoon session, and did a great weiter >>
Monaco is ideally suited to the Toro Rosso Team ethos as we are so fond of late nights and gambling as can be seen by our introduction of a 25 hour working day and our recent tyre choices. At our last test we evaluated several new components.
Sadly the aero implications of the Lucky Horseshoe on the front of Tonio's car means it is unlikely to be raced. However, Scott's weiter >>
Panasonic Toyota Racing got its Monaco Grand Prix weekend underway today with two 90-minute practice sessions around the twisty Principality streets. As is traditional in Monaco, practice began on Thursday and Jarno was the first driver to set a lap time.
However, after half an hour, the team's progress was interrupted when a major water leak in the garage disabled the t weiter >>
The AT&T Williams team had a constructive start to their preparations for the Monaco Grand Prix in today’s three hours of free practice on the Principality’s streets. As is typical of a street circuit, the track conditions progressively improved, with the best lap times in the afternoon session a clear second faster than in the morning.
Over the day, the field has al weiter >>
Fernando Alonso, MP4-22 06
Lewis Hamilton, MP4-22 05
T-car (Fernando), MP4-22 03
2007 MONACO GRAND PRIX FREE PRACTICE
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Fernando Alonso dominated today’s two free practice sessions for the Monaco Grand Prix emerging fastest from both with times of 1m16.973 and 1m15.940. Lewis Hamilton was second in the first se weiter >>
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