Rogues Review: Turkey 2008: Zzzzzz....

Turkey has been won many a time by the erstwhile boy Massa and this race was no difference. With a crash at turn one on the first lap, the Safety Car was out for a earl outing. In all the action Nakajima lost a rear wing and a trip to the pits was made for a replacement or in fact actual retirement. Fisichella was the culprit of the incident and post race tried to deny all knowledge of having caused the accident.

We would like to say from this point onward something actually happened but we would be wrong. The only rogue action happened on Lap 26. At the point where the earth aligned with some important stars of which we forget the name, Bourdais span into retirement. There you go… nothing more except the occasional dust devils in front the grand stands (still 3 miles from the track itself) …

What's hot and what's not in the race

Blind? Early Bath Moment of excitement Ferrari in front (again) Ownage Fisichella Nakajima Bourdais Hamilton Massa What a mistaka da make-a taking it up the rear Spin into retirement That red one in front.. 4 in a row for Ferrari

Posted by Jules at May 12, 2008, 8:46 pm - Comments (0)
Tagged as: bourdais, hamilton, massa, nakajima, fisichella, turkey, 2008, f1, formula1, formula one

Rogue Review, Turkey 2007: Massa for prefect!

F1Rogues has a special announcement! They would like to welcome the entire F1 community to what is a new low in boredom. The result was a good one. No, really. The championship has drawn yet closer together with all the people down the standings scoring well and those at the top scoring not so well. For rogue behavior this race was, well, the pits! Nothing really happened. There were only two exciting things to happen in the whole race.

• Trulli having a spin helped by his able assistant – Fisichella - in some first corner antics and
• Hamilton’s puncture costing him his place on the steps

For the rest it was only the ability to steer well around a corner that was the excuse for anything remotely like action. Now, in the good old days when a car went off, it *went* off. Off the grey, on the green, on the brown, on the grey again a bit more brown and then impact on some badly stacked tyres. Notable - almost - off-roaders included Alonso, Webber and Sutil but not many more.

What's hot and what's not in the race

Ram brake? The grey bit! Bottom step Again? Head Boy Fisichella Webber Alonso Räikkönen Massa Saving the brakes? Ozzy rules cornering! Have knife, will punture tyres Another podium? Spooky Boy did good...

Posted by Jules at August 27, 2007, 10:23 pm - Comments (0)
Tagged as: fisichella, webber, riakkonen, alonso, massa, turkey, 2007, f1, formula1, formula one

Canada 2007: Black flags and broken legs…

After the last race being as dull as watching paint dry the Canadian Grand Prix proved to by so full of action there is almost no way we could write it all up.

The Safety Car was put to good use in Canada with four trips out of the garage to keep control of the drivers who were bent on rogue behavior.

The first outing for the Safety Car was the most disappointing. Sutil managed to hit the wall in the first chicane and ended up parking his car in a bit of a bad spot. You would think that in these days of ultra safe F1 tracks we would not have bad spots but luckily we still do. A small fire kept the marshals busy whilst they waited for recovery of the, now white coloured, Spyker. After a paltry 3 laps the Safety Car went back in.

Only a single lap after the Safety Car had gone back in, it was off again. Kubica had a horror smash when trying to overtake Trulli’s Toyota. On the run op to the final hairpin Kubica attempted to pass Trulli on the right but clipped part of his front wing on the Toyota. The resulting lack of downforce sent Kubica off the track. He first impacted a small wall with the front right of his car and then followed up with an almost front on impact with the wall. Thrown back out on to the track he slid toward the hairpin, rolled and ended up against the barrier past the corner. Looking rather motionless Doctor’s rushed to the scene to extract Kubica from the car. Kubica’s reward for the spread of carbon fibre all over the road was a broken leg. Six laps the Safety car was back in and the race resumed.

Sutil’s teammate Albers provided the next excuse for the Safety Car to go out. Missing a chicane is always bad but to do it and leave bits of your car everywhere is a very bad thing to do. Safety Car again so the marshals are safe to clean up.

Last trip for the Safety Car would be for Liuzzi. Liuzzi, already having hit the
”Wall of Champions” once, decided that enough was enough and the only way to go was to bury it good and proper. A small 2 laps after the Safety Car had gone in for Albers and it was back out to let Liuzzi get off the road.

When ever the Safety Car comes out, the pit lane closes. During this period you may not either enter or exit the pit lane. Massa and Fisichella forgot this. They exiting the pitlane despite the pit lane being lane closed. Breaking such rules is not for the faint hearted and for the first time since Michael Schumacher tried one over on Damon Hill the FIA issued not one, but two black flags.

Alonso was keeping a low, but erratic profile during all this mess. The current World Champion had almost manage to remove his team mate - who won his first race – on the first lap at the first corner. Not content with the move, Alonso tried and tried again to mess his race up at that very same corner, but every time could not quite manage it – he just added time to his lap. Add to that a ten second stop and go penalty and the humiliation of being overtaken by Sato on the last but one lap; it is amazing that he actually continued to race.

What's hot and what's not in the race

Naughty, Naughty   Turn left! D'oh Hard work Perfect Massa & Fischella Kubica Alonso Safety Car Hamilton Red is the new green What Toyota? Overtaken by Sato? Slightly used, one careful owner Not a drip of sweat on his head

Posted by Jules at June 10, 2007, 11:09 pm - Comments (0)
Tagged as: formula one, formula1, f1, canada, 2007, massa, fisichella, kubica, schumacher, safety car