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 Team Stats - Friday
Practice - Qualifying - Result |
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This year its at at the Nurburgring in Germany which has been the location for five European Grands Prix and even two Luxembourg GPs. Of the 6 races run here in the recent period which starts at 1995, M.Schumacher and Villeneuve have 2 each with Herbert and Hakkinen taking the others. Villeneuve won twice for Williams.
Form : Mika had started from third in the last three Nurburgring races, had one retirement and won the Luxembourg at Nurburgring in 1998. Coulthard, however, has had four thirds and a second, plus two poles - probably the best bet apart from Michael who has had three wins and two seconds in European/Luxembourg races. Barrichello's record isn't bad with four finishes in the points, the same as Frentzen who started from pole in 1999. Trulli had that second, sandwiched by the Stewarts in 1999. Irvine has had two fourths, Ralf just one finish, Alesi two seconds and Villeneuve the long shot with two wins. Williams broke up a great run in the points last year by not finishing, but scored points between 1985 to 1999 including three wins, while McLaren have finished the last four years in the points, including two wins. Prediction : Williams failure to take pole is just the signal of how good they will be in the race. Their tyre choice means inabillity to get fast quickly but will have durable race speed. The only thing in Ralf's victory path is not Michael, who will be satisfied with 2nd, but Montoya. Don't be too surprised to see one of the first 3 leaving the track on the first lap. It will not sit well with Montoya's ego to be outdriven. I don't think he'll becoming 3rd. Ed. Weather : Prediction of clear skies for Sunday Team Stats To Date: (8 races gone) Ferrari Schumacher has out-qualified Barrichello 8 times this season Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.372 Schumacher's average qualifying position 1st, Barrichello's 4th From 16 starts, Ferrari have finished 12 times (75%) and in the points 12 times (75%) McLaren Hakkinen has out-qualified Coulthard 4 times this season Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.027s Hakkinen's average qualifying position 3rd, Coulthard's 5th From 16 starts, McLaren have finished 11 times (69%) and in the points 10 times (63%) Williams Schumacher has out-qualified Montoya 7 times this season Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.587s Schumacher's average qualifying position 2nd, Montoya's 7th From 16 starts, Williams have finished 4 times (25%) and in the points 4 times (25%) Benetton Fisichella has out-qualified Button 7 times this season Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.513s Fisichella's average qualifying position 18th, Button's 20th From 16 starts, Benetton have finished 9 times (56%) and in the points 1 time (6%) BAR Villeneuve has out-qualified Panis 4 times this season Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.081s Villeneuve's average qualifying position 9th, Panis' 10th From 16 starts, BAR have finished 9 times (56%) and in the points 4 times (25%) Jordan Trulli has out-qualified Frentzen/Zonta 7 times this season Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.313s Frentzen's average qualifying position 8th, Trulli's 6th From 16 starts, Jordan have finished 10 times (63%) and in the points 6 times (38%) Arrows Verstappen has out-qualified Bernoldi 4 times this season Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.166s Verstappen's average qualifying position 17th, Bernoldi's 19th From 16 starts, Arrows have finished 8 times (50%) and in the points 1 time (6%) Sauber Heidfeld has out-qualified Raikkonen 4 times this season Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.085s Heidfeld's average qualifying position 11th, Raikkonen's 12th From 16 starts, Sauber have finished 10 times (63%) and in the points 6 times (38%) Jaguar Irvine has out-qualified de la Rosa 3 times this season Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.683s Irvine's average qualifying position 13th, de la Rosa's 14th From 16 starts, Jaguar have finished 7 times (44%) and in the points 2 times (13%) Minardi Alonso has out-qualified Marques 7 times this season Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 1.143s Marques' average qualifying position 22nd, Alonso's 21st From 16 starts, Minardi have finished 7 times (44%) and in the points 0 times (0%) Prost Alesi has out-qualified Burti 2 times this season Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.595s Alesi's average qualifying position 15th, Burti's 16th From 16 starts, Prost have finished 12 times (75%) and in the points 2 times (13%)
McLaren dominated for much of both sessions, with Coulthard finishing ahead of Hakkinen at the end of the first hour. Heinz-Harald Frentzen had a difficult morning, despite being cleared to take part in practice. The Jordan driver left the track in exactly the same place three times during the first hour, and eventually retired. WilliamsF1 started the day off slowly, but picked up their pace in the later session. |
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The Schumacher brothers battled it out for the second qualifying session in row, sadly for us at GGG Michael finally took the top spot from Ralf half way through the hour. We had Ralf at 8-1! with Sporting. McLaren struggled with grip, and will be disappointed to start the race from fifth and sixth, with Coulthard ahead of his team mate. Rubens Barrichello had a difficult afternoon, and eventually switched to the spare Ferrari. The Brazilian never looked to be in a position to match his team mate’s pace. After a series of 'offs' during practice, Jacques Villeneuve will be relieved to have enjoyed an un-eventful qualifying session. The French/Canadian lines up 11th on the grid, with Olivier Panis 13th. Drivers left it late to use up their laps, and the usual last minute dash saw 18 cars on track for the closing minutes of the qualifying session. A spin from David Coulthard brought out the yellow flags however, and there were no late improvements. |
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Michael Schumacher claimed his 49th career victory at the Nurburgring. The race followed the pattern of Canada, the Michelin's developing as the heat went on. Pitting at the same time as Micheal was a big mistake for Ralf and Williams. Ross Brawn noticed that Williams had only one set of scrub tyres and would be vulnerable in the second stint. Getting ahead of Michael before then was essential and that might explain his eagerness to get out of the pit lane and try some daring overtaking, or was he just annoyed? Ralf incured a stop/go penalty for crossing the pit lane exit lines after this pit stop and was never going to be in the hunt for top spot. We lost our 11/2 bet on him but had salvaged a slight plus with 6/4 Michael. Irvine's 7th spot was only just behind Mika, still the Jaguar is slower than McLaren but it shows the superior quality of Michelin. At Magny Cours, Michelin have better tyres already tested!! There will be no testing before then because of the "no testing in the a GP week" rule. Get your bets on now. Ralf looks set to take pole, but its just possible Michael will not be on the front row. Look for match or group bets where Michelin can be backed. |
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