Villeneuve's BAR already let go. Barichello9 in first, Montoya second, Schumacher 3rd. Highest Honda is Fisichella in 8th. Full course caution to get Villeneuve's car off the track.

Enjoy

 

Honda F1 teams

 

G.D. POS BMW engine absolutely sucks!!! friggin JPM would have caught that lucky friggin loser german!! GRRR!!

 

Yeah it sure looked like JPM had a shot for the win. Did anyone see if his air intakes were cleared of the leaves during his second pit stop? Maybe that had something to do with his engine letting go.

G. Fisichella has really been doing a good job. Given about 3 or 4 more laps he might have caught Raikonnen(sp). I really hope Honda continues to sponsor Jordan because they have clearly shown over the past two years that they are the more competent Honda team.

 

Hell yea!

 

It was a good race. Too bad about Montoya. He is definately Schuey's equal...if only he had a reliable car.

The coverage wasnt bad either, except for when the slow-mo kept cutting in.

 

The coverage wasnt bad either, except for when the slow-mo kept cutting in.[/QUOTE]
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The coverage wasn't bad? Did you see the USGP last Sept.? That was horrible... I thought it would have turned America off to F1 altogether because even their tones of voice sounded uninterested. And don't get me started on Bob Jenkins .

The coverage today was done by people who know the sport best... Europeans. They were articulate (British, not Scottish... imagine Colin McRae doing commentary, good God!), well spoken, and actually knew who the guys/cars/sport were. I am also happy it was a good race and not some lousy parade. This race helped F1's cause to the American mainstream, if only the mainstream would watch it!

Anthony "Mario" Crea


[Modified by honda93, 12:20 PM 6/9/2002]

 

Thats 3-straight 5th place finishes for Fisichella.

Jordan = 6 points
BAR = 0 points

 

John Watson is a good announcer...he puts a little excitement into things.

 

He was one of the announcers in the "old" British Touring Car days (Aiello, Menu, Rydell, Leslie, Neal, occasionally Mansell etc).

I don't know who has worse luck, Montoya or Barrichello.

 

Don't forget Jason Plato

 

It was nice to see Raikkonen finish a race again.

For a while there when RB was in front of MS and they were in 1st and 2nd...it had me wondering what would happen if things stayed that way.

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[Modified by manveer, 11:03 PM 6/9/2002]

 

once again BMW lets down Montoya...

We would have seen an exciting last few laps as he would have no doubt hunted down MS and attempted to take P1.

 

I can understand a Scots accent enough to have heard McNish complaining about not being able to "get the (fluffin) thing into gear", when he was stranded in the Toyota...

Kirk

 

Anyone see RB shaking his finger at DC after turn 15 (?)? That had me laughing for a while...

 

I dunno, I'm an avid road racer and I still can't even sit through most F1 broadcasts. I find the races quite boring. Seems like after the start the most tense moments are whether someone will beat someone out of the pits. *yawn*.

Yes, they are the best drivers in the world driving the fastest cars in the world. While I can appreciate that, the entertainment value, especially watching it on TV, just isn't there for me. I want to see racing beyond the first turn of the first lap and there isn't enough of that in F1. This was a good "race" by recent F1 standards and I still wandered off to do chores around the house.

Now... The IRL race Saturday night was freaking INSANE!!! I flipped over from the cup finals during a commercial and found myself not flipping back to the hockey game. I'm not at all a big fan of roundy-round, but you can't deny that there was some serious racing going on in Texas Saturday night. That is the **** that makes for good TV, not the "drama" of "will Michael make it out of the pits before Montoya passes." *double yawn.*
The Honda Challenge races in April were more exciting.

Just my $.02.

 

I agree that the IRL has some great on-track action...probably the best of any of the big series.

But the F1 race today was good, it was on the way to being a classic if Montoyas motor held up since he would catch MS.

The worst open wheel event this weekend was CART at Laguna Seca, not much passing, 4 meaningless lead changes. They even had the first lap pile-up that is usually F1's signature!

 

I'm a big F1 fan, but quite honestly I agree--sometimes I just watch the start and the finish and catch the highlights at the end to see the exciting stuff. This weekend though was pretty interesting, and Canada had some good camera coverage of the "rest of the field," where there were some good battles going on. Anyone wanna comment on Coulthard's move at the chicane when Barrichello drafted him? I think there were way too many people straight-lining there, maybe they should put some grass or gravel so you really are at a disadvantage for "missing" your braking point...

 

The coverage was pretty good. The comentator is one of the best in the biz, but the guy that plugs other ABC shows when they go in and out of commercial can go. He was pretty worthless. And, I'd have to say Danny Sullivan absolutely sucks as a pit-lane correspondent. Could he be any more boring?

 

They tried to outbrake one another and both ended up missing the chicane. If Coultard had tried to make the chicane, he would have crashed and taken out Barrichello in the process... So, I think it was the right move on his part. One of the highlights of the race for sure

 

Not likely that he would have caught Raikkonen, but he did have a great race. Another thing Honda does not sponser Jordan, they supply them with engines. They are team mates. Sponser's give money to teams to apply stickers in different locations on the car.

 

I understand your point but IMO I don't see how you could say that. As an avid road racer you must look at professional racing in a different light. You look for subtle things like driver style, who takes which corners faster than others, the design of the cars. That is the big turn on in F1, the technology and driver skill is what makes the show. I will never get bored or watching a car brake from 210mph to 80mph in 100 yards ( This was quoted in the broadcast but, I think he meant 100 meters????). With Bernievision you could see so much more than I could of ever imagined, ohh man the I was in heaven! Ahh yes and watching to see if Montoya can get out in front of Schumacher is almost better than seeing a pass on track, that is all about who has the biggest ***** and can put together a couple of good in laps and a couple of good out laps, along with who has the best pit stop. How can that not be considered a racing?? Watching guys go around in circles for hours doesn't seem like racing to me, yet I know it is. Ohh well, some people love F1 and some people sleep through F1.


[Modified by Mclaren_F1_Fan, 6:41 PM 6/10/2002]

 

LOL... You said "Bernievision." Where did you watch the race?

 

Not sure what you mean by where did I watch it but, I can't think of a better name for it other than Bernievision. They have been calling it that over sea's for years! Formula 1 Tv
Bernievision

 

Im not sure if this is in place already or not, but I remember hearing something about a ~ payperview F1 coveage with all kinds of cool in-car views, etc. I know the car manufacturers dont want F1 to become a payperview sport, but I thought I heard something like this already going on in England. (~"Bernievision") Thats why I asked where you saw it. But you're right, that guy runs the show.