F1 2003

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Formula 1 season for the year 2003 began today in the new format…today was the pre-qualifying race which decided the order in the qualifiers tommorow..the results are

  1. Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Ferrari one minute 26.372 seconds

  2. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren 1:26.551

  3. Jacques Villeneuve (Can) BAR Honda 1:26.832

  4. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 1:27.103

  5. Jenson Button (Gbr) BAR Honda 1:27.159

  6. David Coulthard (Gbr) McLaren 1:27.242

  7. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 1:27.255

  8. Olivier Panis (Fra) Toyota 1:27.352

  9. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Renault 1:27.411

  10. Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) BMW Williams 1:27.450

  11. Cristiano Da Matta (Bra) Toyota 1:27.478

  12. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) Sauber 1:27.510

  13. Heinz-Harald Frenzten (Ger) Sauber 1:27.563

  14. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Jordan 1:27.633

  15. Mark Webber (Aus) Jaguar 1:27.675

  16. Ralf Schumacher (Ger) BMW Williams 1:28.266

  17. Ralph Firman (Irl) Jordan 1:29.977

  18. Jos Verstappen (Ned) Minardi 1:30.053

  19. Antonio Pizzonia (Bra) Jaguar 1:30.092

  20. Justin Wilson (Gbr) Minardi 1:30.479

so the new Mclaren Mercedes car promises of some tight contests in the future…lets hope so..

and a request to post all the F1 results and comments for the year here

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Will the schumacher demolition of opponents continue this year as well?

3

today the McLaren car looked promising....Kimi Raikonnen is a very good driver as well..this one and Renaults ( Jacques Villeneuve ) should give Ferrari a run...the only thing remains to be seen is the longevity of these cars - can they give the same performance throughout the race?

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good to see Verstappen back :hula:

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Michael Schumacher claimed pole position for the Australia Grand Prix in the all-new F1 qualifying system in Melbourne.

following are the qualifying times:



1. M.SCHUMACHER 
FERRARI  1'27"173
218.999 km/h 
 2. R.BARRICHELLO 
FERRARI  1'27"418
+ 0'00"245 
 3. JP.MONTOYA 
WILLIAMS BMW  1'28"101
+ 0'00"928 
 4. HH.FRENTZEN 
SAUBER PERTONAS  1'28"274
+ 0'01"101 
 5. O.PANIS 
TOYOTA  1'28"288
+ 0'01"115 
 6. J.VILLENEUVE 
BAR HONDA  1'28"420
+ 0'01"247
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Hats off to the Minardi team and how they exploited the loop hole in the new rules. True, they will start at the back of the grid, but I wasnt expecting a minow like Minardi to take such a bold step, and that too on the 2nd day of the season. Today’s race will be nonetheless exciting with IMO a lot of teams making a quick splash’n’dash at the very start. I dont know if the Ferraris were able to make pole :halo: due to lighter fuel loads or their top class engines.

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wow what a cracker of a race…a GP has never seen such a topsy turvy race for a long long time..When I saw the starting grid I was expecting the Ferrari to continue its domination into the 2003 as well…and at the end there was no Ferrari on the podium!!!
frankly speaking it was a error-ridden race(strategic as well driving)first Ferrari went into the race with the intermediates preventing them from going into overdrive..

the disappointment of the race was Montoya not finishing first…he spun at a corner to yield the lead to Coulthard…all in all a thrilling start to the season..

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good race and interesting result :k: