Toyota F1 [F1 Challenge 2007]: Gulf Air Bahrain GP - Raikkonen on pole

[OrderDX]

good luck i think bahrain is an easy trach to master

 

[surendar]

And my favourite tracks are Albert Park (Australia) and Monza (Italy).

I love driving on Brazil track Its my favourite too.. Anyways, good luck for next race.. i.e Bahrain Hopefully showers don't turn up despite of the prediction.. Its too tough to drive with wet conditions.

 

[covlad-99]

Great Story, I haven't posted on it yet but I'm really enjoying the read.
Check mine out and please post if you can

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[surendar]

Great Story, I haven't posted on it yet but I'm really enjoying the read.
Check mine out and please post if you can

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Just like to tell you mate.. I don't know whether you are aware of it though... i.e, Covald, you can always make a signature for your story and add a story link to the signature. So wherever you post on this forum, people might get to know more about your story through the signature.

Hope it helps you

 

[covlad-99]

thanks Surendar, but I can't make sigs

 

[surendar]

thanks Surendar, but I can't make sigs

There is always a huge GFX team on this PC forums to help the members with signatures All you need to do is, go to the GFX section of this forum..(PlanetCricket Forums > General > General Chat> Signatures, Avatars and Artworks Forum) Then in the thread with ' Requests ON ', you are always welcomed there to make requests and get it done.

 

[treva]

yeh I always liked the Italian tracks on my formula 1 games Looking forward to Bahrain...

 

[covlad-99]

There is always a huge GFX team on this PC forums to help the members with signatures All you need to do is, go to the GFX section of this forum..(PlanetCricket Forums > General > General Chat> Signatures, Avatars and Artworks Forum) Then in the thread with ' Requests ON ', you are always welcomed there to make requests and get it done.

I know but i really like my sig atm
and the person I got it from put so much effort into it and I don't want to make it look like a waste of time.

 

[m_vaughan]

Friday practice

After a rather disappointing race in Malaysia, I was determined to deliver an improved performance in Bahrain. However just a week?s gap between the two races meant there was no testing and no time for any major adjustments to my car. All I had were two practice sessions today and one more tomorrow morning.

My team manager,Tsu Tomita, had however given me his full backing and had asked me to remain calm and patient and assured me that better times lay ahead. I too realized that for someone in his first year in the sport of Formula 1, setting the world on fire was probably asking for a bit too much. I also acknowledged the fact that the experience of my team-mate Jarno Trulli definitely gave him a massive edge and advantage. So from this race onwards, although I was eager to do well, I decided not to bother about others but concentrate on my driving instead.

Well we were told that there might be rain during the weekend, enabling the prospect of a wet race. So all the teams, including Toyota F1 Racing, were prepared with dry weather, wet weather and intermediate packages.

1st session:
The skies were clear and fine today though as the first practice session got underway. I had absolutely no experience of the Bahrain Sakhir circuit and this was no doubt going to be a big challenge for me. The cars started posting laptimes and once again it was the BMW?s who continued to impress. Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica were leading the timesheets before I went for my first try.

And it was a horrible attempt as I went on the gravel twice and was well behind the average times set. However I did manage to adjust eventually and posted a quickest laptime of 1:33.382, earning myself an impressive eighth place, and ahead of Ferrari?s Kimi Raikkonen. Mclaren?s Lewis Hamilton took top spot with a time of 1:32.870.

Practice 1
1. Lewis Hamilton (Mclaren Mercedes) 1:32.870
2. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:32.912
3. Fernando Alonso (Mclaren Mercedes) 1:32.992
4. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) 1:33.129
5. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) 1:33.143
6. Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) 1:33.266
7. Nico Rosberg (Williams F1) 1:33.284
8. Siddharth Kanjilal (Toyota F1) 1:33.382
9. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) 1:33.447
10. Jarno Trulli (Toyota F1) 1:33.506
11. David Coulthard (Red Bull Racing) 1:33.594
12. Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing) 1:33.638
13. Heikki Kovalainen (Renault) 1:33.745
14. Rubens Barrichello (Honda) 1:33.892
15. Jenson Button (Honda) 1:33.905
16. Alexander Wurz (Williams F1) 1:34.208
17. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Toro Rosso) 1:34.993
18. Adrian Sutil (Spyker F1) 1:35.240
19. Christijan Albers (Spyker F1) 1:35.446
20. Antony Davidson (Super Aguri) 1:35.685
21. Takuma Sato (Super Aguri) 1:35.953
22. Scott Speed (Toro Rosso) 1:36.404

2nd session:
The second session too was in dry weather, and once again it was the BMW?s that set the early pace. Kovalainen and Raikkonen who were disappointing in the morning responded well to lead the timings at some point. But Nick Heidfeld went even quicker to post the fastest laptime of 1:32.849.

I did just 6 laps this time around but still managed seventh position.

Practice 2
1. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) 1:32.849
2. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) 1:32.917
3. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) 1:32.945
4. Heikki Kovalainen (Renault) 1:33.184
5. Lewis Hamilton (Mclaren Mercedes) 1:33.201
6. Fernando Alonso (Mclaren Mercedes) 1:33.267
7. Siddharth Kanjilal (Toyota F1) 1:33.379
8. David Coulthard (Red Bull Racing) 1:33.392
9. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:33.485
10. Gianfranco Fisichella (Renault) 1:33.522
11. Nico Rosberg (Williams F1) 1:33.585
12. Jarno Trulli (Toyota F1) 1:33.595
13. Rubens Barrichello (Honda) 1:33.950
14. Jenson Button (Honda) 1:34.166
15. Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing) 1:34.254
16. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Toro Rosso) 1:34.477
17. Scott Speed (Toro Rosso) 1:34.661
18. Christijan Albers (Spyker F1) 1:35.420
19. Alexander Wurz (Williams F1) 1:35.606
20. Antony Davidson (Super Aguri) 1:35.655
21. Takuma Sato (Super Aguri) 1:35.882
22. Adrian Sutil (Spyker F1) 1:35.890

 

[treva]

Some good driving there after the two comings off in the first lap. That is a very respectable time and beating your team mate both times has got to be a confidence booster. Qualigiying will be very interesting...

 

[Deleted member 13648]

This will be the 100th post in the story mate, congrats and keep it up it's and excellent story.

Regarding your driving, it was very good that practise session, you were only a few splits off of Hamilton in that 2nd round of practising!

 

[m_vaughan]

Alonso top, Coulthard surprise

Saturday Morning Practice:
No sign of rain come Saturday morning as well and infact the weather experts had suddenly changed their predictions from expected showers to slight chances of rain. Nevertheless, we were prepared with both dry and wet weather equipment.

I was the second driver out on track for this third and final practice session. In my very first attempt I did a 1:33.430 lap, not very far away from my fastest time set yesterday. I was beginning to enjoy driving on this track and by now was more than comfortable with it.

Mclaren?s Lewis Hamilton was top for most of the time, before rather surprisingly being beaten by David Coulthard in a Red Bull who clocked an impressive 1:33.083. Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen were able to go faster but the BMWs of Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica could only manage fifth and sixth place.

I improved on my previous times to set a quickest time of 1:33.395, taking eighth place, ahead of the Williams of Nico Rosberg.

1. Fernando Alonso (Mclaren Mercedes) 1:32.877
2. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) 1:33.013
3. David Coulthard (Red Bull Racing) 1:33.083
4. Lewis Hamilton (Mclaren Mercedes) 1:33.120
5. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) 1:33.245
6. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) 1:33.292
7. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:33.318
8. Siddharth Kanjilal (Toyota F1) 1:33.395
9. Nico Rosberg (Williams F1) 1:33.446
10. Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) 1:33.513
11. Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing) 1:33.616
12. Alexander Wurz (Williams F1) 1:33.798
13. Heikki Kovalainen (Renault) 1:33.823
14. Jarno Trulli (Toyota F1) 1:33.884
15. Scott Speed (Toro Rosso) 1:34.331
16. Rubens Barrichello (Honda) 1:34.407
17. Jenson Button (Honda) 1:34.552
18. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Toro Rosso) 1:34.899
19. Christijan Albers (Spyker F1) 1:35.281
20. Adrian Sutil (Spyker F1) 1:35.436
21. Takuma Sato (Super Aguri) 1:36.114
22. Antony Davidson (Super Aguri) 1:36.532

 

[m_vaughan]

2007 FIA Formula 1 Championship
Sakhir, Bahrain
Qualifying

My performances during practice have been pretty impressive, but its how you do in qualifying and the race that really matters. Practice times are often misleading and the official qualifying session reveals a completely different story on most occasions. But I was confident that I could continue with my good form.

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were the early time setters with the latter posting a laptime of 1:33.399. In my first attempt, a slight mistake going into turn number 10, saw me losing time to post a lap time of 1:34.453. I straight away went for a second try to post a time of 1:33.402, earning me provisional second place.

But as expected that dint last long as the others cars came on track. By the end of the session, it was Ferrari?s Kimi Raikkonen who took pole with 1:32.922. Nick Heidfeld was second, with the defending double time champion, Fernando Alonso, in third.

I went quicker myself to post a 1:33.388, taking eighth place on the grid. I now had a brilliant chance of scoring another championship point come tomorrow. But I wasnt thinking about that right now.

1. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) 1:32.922
2. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) 1:33.126
3. Fernando Alonso (Mclaren Mercedes) 1:33.169
4. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) 1:33.251
5. David Coulthard (Red Bull Racing) 1:33.262
6. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:33.324
7. Lewis Hamilton (Mclaren Mercedes) 1:33.365
8. Siddharth Kanjilal (Toyota F1) 1:33.388
9. Nico Rosberg (Red Bull Racing) 1:33.485
10. Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) 1:33.495
11. Hekki Kovalainen (Renault) 1:33.637
12. Rubens Barrichello (Honda) 1:33.680
13. Vitanotonio Liuzzi (Toro Rosso) 1:33.744
14. Jarno Trulli (Toyota F1) 1:33.982
15. Alexander Wurz (Williams F1) 1:34.156
16. Jenson Button (Honda) 1:34.374
17. Adrian Sutil (Spyker F1) 1:34.833
18. Takuma Sato (Super Aguri) 1:35.442
19. Christijan Albers (Spyker F1) 1:35.669
20. Scott Speed (Toro Rosso) 1:35.748
21. Antony Davidson (Super Aguri) 1:35.826
22. Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing) 1:39.400

 

[treva]

Again comfortably beating trulli and again around 8th place. A very good session and gives you a great chance of making a good charge for the points. Looking forward to the race

 

[surendar]

Actually, according to mathermatics, there is not a big difference between 1.32.9 and 1.33.3 but pity that here in F1, it is not allowing only to come in top 5 But a great news is that you are comfortable with this track.. So prbly, can aim now to come in Top 5 Good luck for the race.