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3 Aug 2005, 17:20 (Ref:1371254) | #1 | |
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just wondering if anyone has any news / times from the first A1 test today ? |
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Not sure if there will be any times published, but we'll see. Seem to be quite a few drivers out in force; aside from the previously confirmed ones (Kerr, Jos, Lamy etc.) there's Piquet and Dirani (Brazil), Jeff Simmons (USA), Tingyi Jiang (China), Neel Jani (Switzerland), Matt Halliday (NZ), Stephen Simpson (South Africa), Christian Jones (Australia), Loic Duval (France) and Adam Kahn (Pakistan). Lebanon and Mexico are also testing.
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3 Aug 2005, 17:33 (Ref:1371263) | #3 | ||
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Times (now on motorsportvision.co.uk)
1 Great Britain 48.888 seconds 2 Brazil 49.069 3 Switzerland 49.095 4 France 49.271 5 Portugal 49.393 6 Pakistan 49.506 7 Malaysia 49.634 8 USA 49.740 9 South Africa 49.864 10 Lebanon 49.976 11 Australia 50.066 12 Mexico 50.265 13 Netherlands 50.377 14 New Zealand 50.610 15 China 55.783 Ahhh, makes you feel proud to be British! |
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3 Aug 2005, 18:08 (Ref:1371283) | #5 | |
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Pretty close so far (except for China...); and good to see countries like Pakistan and Lebanon up there already. Anyone know if there were any particular reliability troubles (Ã* la GP2)?
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lots of pics on www.******************* Brasil livery looks great. The British livery is rubbish (sorry to diss a fellow designer if he/she reads that) but its very weak.
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3 Aug 2005, 19:23 (Ref:1371339) | #7 | |
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Not all the liveries are definitive at this stage
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probably not. You didnt design it did you?
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3 Aug 2005, 19:29 (Ref:1371342) | #9 | |
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Isn't the British livery going to be racing green?
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Here's a list of all the drivers who took part today:
Great Britain Robbie Kerr, Alex Lloyd Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr., Danilo Dirani, Joao Paulo Oliveiria Switzerland Neel Jani France Loic Duval, Alexandre Premat, Nicolas Lapierre Portugal Pedro Lamy Pakistan Adam Kahn Malaysia Alex Yoong USA Jeff Simmons South Africa Stephen Simpson, Thomas Scheckter Lebanon Kalil Beschir, Basil Shaaban Australia Christian Jones Mexico Luis Diaz, Memo Rojas, David Martinez, Salvador Duran Netherlands Jos Verstappen, Jeroen Bleekemolen New Zealand Jonny Reid, Matt Halliday China Qing Hua Ma, Tingyi Jiang |
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I would love it if they went back to the original racing colours. They could create new ones for Lebanon (perhaps Monaco's with green wings), Pakistan (green with white "bonnet"), China (red with yellow "chassis")...
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BRG would have been ace though wouldn't it
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Well the cars and drivers have to have a shakedown at some point, and they are often very important. Ok so the times aren't really relevant but testing times never are. Cars cannot be compared as it not known what set up the teams are running, fuel loads, tyres, etc.
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back off topic for a second. Remember the Team St.George livery of Darren Manning a few years ago ( http://www.speedcenter.com/news02/pix/sc_n0905_02.jpg )
Ignore the fact its the St George's flag and A1GP needs a Union Flag, but that looks quite good. |
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3 Aug 2005, 20:44 (Ref:1371392) | #17 | |
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It'd be great if the U.S. livery had the eagle did on the nose of the car (like AAR did for CART).
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3 Aug 2005, 20:47 (Ref:1371395) | #18 | ||
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still no sine of the Irish Team yet! getin a bit late!
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I don't think GBR's livery is that bad - obviously there'll be some sponsors in the predominantly white areas (e.g. Sky Sports, whose logo is red/white/blue anyway).
Lebanon and Portugal look a bit similar at the moment; but presumably that's due to similar country flags. |
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That list was the drivers who drove yesterday. Sheckter will be at Silverstone today. |
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andy-b - that is sort of what the GB car looks like - It should be green though.
The cars sound incredible, I had a chat with the Sheik and he is the most incredible down to earth chap you could ever meet. Also very enthusiastic |
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The top of the engine cover and the top of the nose the same, everything else is much bolder and thickened up and styled like a flag....agree about Green. The Holland car looks great in its vivid Orange |
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