Nice job buddy !

[Speed]

[race aficionado]

Agreed.

[senna12]

Good for JP. Kinda looks like a Ferrari wheel, though, more dials than buttons!

[JeremySmith]

Monty is a very impressive pilot,nice one!

[facco]

I've got that photo too.... nice shot of www.jpmontoya.com sending a photo of our boy after each race

[Glen]

How naff are those trophies!? Six points was as good as a win (considering that the red cars were in a different race!) - so I add my own "well done". He didn't exactly provide the same spark at that race as we've gotten used to, but there again it can't be easy to remain up-beat in the face of such domination.

High hopes that they can at least be a little closer in Austria. And then Monaco - the real character test... not much of a race but a severe test of character and concentration (which he comprehensively failed last year). I wholeheartedly hope that Montoya proves that he has what it takes and manages to retain his very likeable manner.

[race aficionado]

As I mentioned in another thread and not meaning to be repetitive, Monty generouly gave this cool trophy away to one of his mechanics.

http://www.autosport.com/newsitem.cfm?id=18793&series=5

"Montoya then gave his race trophy to his number one mechanic Colin Watts, who has been with Williams for more than 10 years and was having his last race on the Colombian's car before taking up a factory-based job."

I wonder what the protocol is when he has his trophies arranged in his trophy room display.
Does he have a "replica" made or does he leave an empty space with framed picture of him and Colin Watts with the trophy?

I wonder . . . .

[Bibendum]

I did wonder on whose wheel they model those trophies, or if they're an amalgam of various ones. Senna12 seems to be on the money, though -- looks very like a Ferrari wheel to me.

I was in the Ferrari museum/shop in Maranello last year, and wish I'd spent more time examining the trophies (an enormous, wall-long case, with a very partial sub-set of their manufacturer's takings...) they had in there -- looking back, there're a lot of details I'd have liked to examine more closely.

[Bononi]

Oh c'mon... does anybody remember TGF giving his trophy for RB, last year ?

Life is good.

[race aficionado]

Originally posted by Bononi
Oh c'mon... does anybody remember TGF giving his trophy for RB, last year ?

Life is good.

Life is good - at least for some of us . . .

If by the "Oh c'mon" you think that we are implying that Juan is the only one that has done that good deed, - it is not so.

Whoever gives his trophy away as a geture of good will and respect, I commend him.

heck, they can give one to me whenever they want.

[enemy-ace]

I lifted this from Formula 1 magazine, it's a quote from Patrick Head on why he and the team are impressed with Montoya -
"He will know the mechanics on his car, will know if their married, what their names are and whether theyv'e got children. They appreciate that, though it must be said they would rather have an unpleasant driver who's quick than a super-nice guy who doesn't use the equipment hard out on the circuit. He knows that the more people in the team like him, and want to get the best out of themselves for him and the team, the better it is for him."
It would appear to me that Montoya knows which side his bread is buttered on. Something that Schumacher is also famous for!
Did anybody else notice in qualifying the shot of the Williams team man making the universal sign for Big Appendages after Montoya's hot lap put him fourth on the grid. Methinks they have a healthy respect for the Monster!

[race aficionado]

Originally posted by enemy-ace

Did anybody else notice in qualifying the shot of the Williams team man making the universal sign for Big Appendages after Montoya's hot lap put him fourth on the grid. Methinks they have a healthy respect for the Monster!

you mean this one?

http://www.geocities.com/emesedit/JPMcojones.jpg

[f1manoz]

JPM did drive a good race but sadly will have to have a big slice of luck to beat those Ferraris.

And I don't like these new trophies either.

[BBKing]

The great Juan did an excellent job.

[Jay]

A good drive! It's drives like that which are going to win him a WDC. Good clean drives.

[Valve Bounce]

Have I missed something? I don't remember JPM doing anything spectacular. He was third, Ralf goofed and JPM went past, then JPM went into the pits and ran over the Lollipop Man, then he just went round and round and came in second. I was so bored that I went to sleep immediately DC crossed the finish line. The only thing that kept me awake all night was DC running fourth at some stage which was true to my prediction at the time, thank goodness for the predictions competition. Otherwise I would not have stayed up after the third lap.
I want to see action, I want to see JPM pass MSch going round the outside of a corner, I want to see close quarter fights. What the heck went wrong with Williams?

Valve[img]http://www.**************************/smilies/bouncy.gif[/img]

[f1manoz]

I don't think anything has really gone wrong with Williams. I think Ferrari were spot on when they said the new car was 1 second quicker (if not more than that!). This years Williams is not one second quicker than last year.

[Red]

Originally posted by Bibendum
I did wonder on whose wheel they model those trophies, or if they're an amalgam of various ones. Senna12 seems to be on the money, though -- looks very like a Ferrari wheel to me.

Well, actually it IS a Ferrari steering wheel. (Most probably the reason being the Marlboro triangle, since the official name is Gran Premio Marlboro de Espana)

[Speed]

Originally posted by Valve Bounce
Have I missed something?

First, I have to say Ferrari is on a completely different League...
Check this chart, and you´ll see what you missed VB

Lap|RS     |JPM    |Diff   |Gap   |Comment
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1                           0.968       
2   23.048  23.473   0.425  1.393       
3   23.359  23.17   -0.189  1.204       
4   23.433  23.736   0.303  1.507       
5   23.672  23.634  -0.038  1.469       
6   23.571  24.635   1.064  2.533       
7   23.785  24.004   0.219  2.852       
8   23.975  23.904  -0.071  2.681       
9   23.823  23.798  -0.025  2.656       
10  23.533  23.531  -0.002  2.654       
11  23.348  23.571   0.223  2.877       
12  23.526  23.313  -0.213  2.664       
13  23.362  23.246  -0.116  2.548       
14  23.39   23.837   0.447  3.095       
15  23.716  23.065  -0.651  2.444       
16  23.079  23.17    0.091  2.535       
17  22.841  22.919   0.078  2.613       
18  23.112  23.114   0.002  2.615       
19  23.274  22.869  -0.405  2.21        
20  22.917  22.945   0.028  2.238       
21  23.18   23.077  -0.103  2.135       
22  22.899  22.649  -0.25   1.885       
23  22.918  22.708  -0.21   1.675       
24  26.647  22.451  -4.196          
25  44.853  26.257  -18.596         Ralf pits
26  23.758  46.057   22.299 1.182   Juan Pits
27  22.697  22.352  -0.345  0.837   Ralf's Best Lap
28  22.734  22.813   0.079  0.916       
29  30.83   23.424  -7.406          Ralf runs wide
30  65.661  22.995  -42.666         Ralf pits
31  23.403  23.05   -0.353          
32  24.712  23.267  -1.445          
33  24.603  23.172  -1.431          
34  25.804  23.363  -2.441          
35  25.59   23.398  -2.192          
36  26.436  23.339  -3.097          
37  25.164  22.942  -2.222          
38  25.098  23.335  -1.763          
39  25.011  22.923  -2.088          
40  29.156  22.748  -6.408          
41  50.421  22.766  -27.655         Ralf pits
42  25.962  23.178  -2.784          
43  24.369  22.375  -1.994          
44  24.791  22.516  -2.275          
45  25.047  26.266   1.219           
46  25.223  51.058   25.835         Juan Pits
47  27.32   21.74   -5.58           Juan best lap
48  26.882  22.306  -4.576          
49  25.391  22.728  -2.663          
50  25.446  23.153  -2.293          
51  24.94   22.998  -1.942          
52  25.119  22.853  -2.266          
53  25.29   23.165  -2.125          
54  24.881  22.983  -1.898          
55  24.828  22.897  -1.931          
56  25.163  22.985  -2.178          
57  25.316  23.37   -1.946          
58  24.685  23.411  -1.274          
59  26.098  22.739  -3.359          
60  24.668  22.809  -1.859          
61  24.405  22.607  -1.798          
62  24.556  23.223  -1.333          
63  24.414  23.267  -1.147          
64          23.518   23.518          
65          24.458   24.458

It´s not only a matter of overtakings... (I love'em too, but...)

[BBKing]

Ironic that Halfie, the consummated engine saver, is the first one to blow up his BMW this year...LOL

[Liz]

Nobody cares about TGF. Keep him off the JPM threads at least, can't you please?

As for trophy donators, remember Eddie giving Salo his "winning" trophy in acknowledgement that Salo had given him the "win"? (Eddie may be a but he is certainly honest.)

And my favourite of all times is the one that enraged Ron Dennis just as it was calculated to do: upon signing to drive for Ferrari, Alain Prost dropped his last McLaren trophy into the crowd.

[Valve Bounce]

Speed, with the greatest respect for your lap times, they failed to make me happy.
I can't get excited when my favourite, JPM, is slipping behind further and further. That I didn't miss, as this kept coming on the screen : fastest lap to MSch, JPM losing out to even Ralf. OH! Yes!! I was slightly less unhappy when JPM started to make up a little time on Ralf, but that was just a teaser. The only real event that woke us up was when when the Lollipop Man got run over - that provided the only excitement in the dull race.
I repeat - show me overtaking, show me a fight, show me real racing, please.

Valve[img]http://www.**************************/smilies/bouncy.gif[/img]

[Mania]

Oh brother

Well done for finishing over half a second behind the leader - yet again.

[Damon]

If it had been less than half a second then it would have been a damn exciting finish!

[Bononi]

Yeah, I guess we all were expecting JPM to be a storm, figthing every corner, and kicking TGF out to the grass.

As the commentator are saying, Ferrari is in a different class right now.

Formula One Class "A" = Ferrari

Formula One Class "B" = the rest.