USA practice 1.1 and 1.2 thread.

[Rennen]

Anyone interested in comparing last years Friday times?...

Barrichello was fastest last year in both sessions with 1.11.354 & 1.10.967

JPM today 1.12.027 & 1.11.118

[VilleneuveTracy]

I agree, GP Racer. I was glad to see him run well today. I hope RBR gives him a ride for the 2006 F1 season.

McLaren was dominant today and Renault seemed to, relatively speaking of course, struggle.

[f1atic]

Originally Posted by MD2K

I am currently in the US, can anyone tell me what channels are showing it over here other than Speed.
Many thanks.

Just SPEEDTV mate.
That is sort of the way it is set up - occasionally it is CBS, but only one will cover the race in the US. No local channels either. Radio maybe - on AM stations. Check the USGPIndy website for the stations, if they have them.

[curveball]

And let me tell you, if you have to watch F1 on CBS, you might as well get out your favorite self-mutilation tool and get busy with it, because their commentating is that horrible!

[Flaming_Wuzzle]

Originally Posted by curveball

And let me tell you, if you have to watch F1 on CBS, you might as well get out your favorite self-mutilation tool and get busy with it, because their commentating is that horrible!

Still better than nothing.

At least the races CBS have done were reasonably good (esp. Imola). Can't understand why they're not doing Indy, you'd figure they would want to do their home race.

[Dixie Flatline]

First practice times:

1st practice

1.  J. Montoya        McLaren    1:12.027
2.  R. Zonta          Toyota     1:12.085
3.  F. Alonso         Renault    1:12.666
4.  N. Heidfeld       Williams   1:12.804
5.  J. Button         BAR-Honda  1:12.965
6.  P. de la Rosa     McLaren    1:12.913
7.  T. Sato           BAR-Honda  1:13.013
8.  G. Fisichella     Renault    1:13.024
9.  M. Webber         Williams   1:13.082
10. M. Schumacher     Ferrari    1:13.242
11. R. Barrichello    Ferrari    1:13.461
12. R. Schumacher     Toyota     1:13.461
13. J. Trulli         Toyota     1:13.683
14. D. Coulthard      Red Bull   1:13.740
15. S. Speed          Red Bull   1:13.846
16. C. Klien          Red Bull   1:14.444
17. F. Massa          Sauber     1:14.637
18. J. Villeneuve     Sauber     1:14.696
19. N. Karthikeyan    Jordan     1:14.803
20. T. Monteiro       Jordan     1:14.978
21. R. Doornbos       Jordan     1:15.791
22. P. Friesacher     Minardi    1:16.343
23. C. Albers         Minardi    1:16.357
--  K. Raikkonen      McLaren    no time

[Dixie Flatline]

Second practice:

2nd practice

1.  J. Montoya        McLaren    1:11.118
2.  K. Raikkonen      McLaren    1:11.228
3.  R. Barrichello    Ferrari    1:11.746
4.  M. Schumacher     Ferrari    1:11.758
5.  N. Heidfeld       Williams   1:11.825
6.  D. Coulthard      Red Bull   1:12.076
7.  P. de la Rosa     McLaren    1:12.119
8.  S. Speed          Red Bull   1:12.143
9.  F. Alonso         Renault    1:12.265
10. J. Trulli         Toyota     1:12.344
11. G. Fisichella     Renault    1:12.384
12. F. Massa          Sauber     1:12.464
13. M. Webber         Williams   1:12.578
14. C. Klien          Red Bull   1:12.664
15. J. Button         BAR-Honda  1:12.803
16. T. Sato           BAR-Honda  1:13.037
17. J. Villeneuve     Sauber     1:13.079
18. R. Doornbos       Jordan     1:13.361
19. R. Zonta          Toyota     1:13.567
20. P. Friesacher     Minardi    1:13.783
21. C. Albers         Minardi    1:13.963
22. J. Karthikeyan    Jordan     1:14.008
23. T. Monteiro       Jordan     1:14.336
--. R. Schumacher     Toyota     no time

[dcp2685]

Originally Posted by GP Racer

Say what you will about the Indy circuit, but it always seems to give drivers a fit!

Kimi, Michael, DC, Webber, not to mention Ralf And Zonta, all off the course. Should prove to be one hell of a race!

Seriously. Lets not forget about Alonso's smear down the front straightaway wall last year. That could have been very bad.

[dcp2685]

Originally Posted by Flaming_Wuzzle

Still better than nothing.

At least the races CBS have done were reasonably good (esp. Imola). Can't understand why they're not doing Indy, you'd figure they would want to do their home race.

If their Canada coverage was an attempt to gain an American audience. I can see why they wouldn't broadcast on CBS in the upcoming race and future ones for that matter (I pray to god).

Reasonably good is not an adjective i'd use to describe CBS's coverage of F1. Physically Painful and plain horrible are adjectives that come to mind but not quite sufficient.

"Williams scored a 1-2 victory here last year but were consequently docked of their position due to illegal brakes." Terrible......just terrible.

[mabs_nsx]

Why are Button and Sato so slow?

[Mosport67]

We were at the track yesterday. We watched second practice from thr front straight right in front of where Ralf ended up. When he got out of his car he looked at it and then kicked.

There was a lot of scurrying around by anxious looking Michelin people after Ralf's crash. He took a hard hit due to another tire failure.

The Mclarens both looked quick. Heidfeld put a nice lap in after being slow much of the day.

Qualifying should be very interesting today. JPM is quick but the track will be fresh from Porsche qualifying.