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some Can Am pics have been added to my website...
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On round 1, race 1, BVM Minardi take the 5th position...
L'ordine di arrivo di gara 1, sabato 25 marzo 2006
1 - Adrian Zaugg - Cram - 17 giri in 31'25"019
2 - Edoardo Mortara - Prema - a 5"755
3 - Edoardo Piscopo - Cram - a 7"125
4 - Junior Strous - Jenzer - a 13"745
5 - Federico Muggia - BVM Minardi - a 24"233
6 - Dani Clos - Jenzer - a 24"729
7 - Martin Plowman - Prema - a 32"116
8 - Matteo Chinosi - RP - a 32"554
9 - Henkie Waldschmidt - Prema - a 33"789
10 - Rahel Frey - Jenzer - a 34"352
11 - Mihai Marinescu - AP - a 34"822
12 - Pasquale Di Sabatino - Tomcat - 35"510
13 - Alberto Costa - Euronova - a 36"171
14 - Filippo Ponti - Euronova - a 37"621
15 - Niki Sebastiani - It Loox - a 38"008
16 - Andrea Pellizzato - Cram - a 42"272
17 - Riccardo Cinti - It Loox - a 43"621
18 - Pablo Lopez - BVM Minardi - a 44"195
19 - Jaime Alguersuari - Cram - a 45"096
20 - Paolo Meloni - W&D - a 46"119
21 - Valerio Prandi - Viola - a 46"459
22 - Frankie Provenzano - BVM Minardi - a 53"495
23 - Tobias Tauber - Tomcat - a 56"281
24 - Mikael Forsten - RP - a 1'07"175
25 - Gregorio Baracchi - Cram - a 1'07"480
26 - Michele Caliendo - Euronova - a 1'20"359
27 - Danny Bleek - RP - a 1'27"806
28 - Marco Frezza - Jenzer - a 1 giro
29 - Jonathan Thonon - CO2 - a 2 giri
30 - Valentino Sebastiani - It Loox - a 5 giri
Non classificato
Carlo Vudafieri - Durango
Ritirati
1° giro - Niccolò Valentini - Durango
1° giro - Andrea Caldarelli - CO2
3° giro - Daniel Campos - Facondini
4° giro - Walter Grubmuller - Jenzer
4° giro - Oliver Campos - Facondini
5° giro - Johnny Cecotto - Kiwi

Just for the record, up until 1996:
- The USA has nuked itself, the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, Christmas Island, Johnston Island, and Eniwetok Island 1,030 times (215 atmospherically). Plus two.
- The USSR has nuked itself 715 times (213 atmospherically).
- France has nuked Africa 210 times (50 atmospherically). They've also been dabling in the Pacific in recent times.
- The UK has nuked Australia and Christmas Island (a crowd favourite) 45 times (21 atmospherically).
- No one is certain exactly who China has been nuking, but they've done it 45 times as well (23 atmospherically).
Thanks guys.
What a happy statistic.
Just think; the good guys have deliberately spread nuclear fallout around the globe 286 times.
The bad guys have only managed to do it 233 times.
I was going to go into a thing about the people of Japan probably selfishly thinking that nuking was worse than building crashing, but it really doesn't matter, does it?

SMOOTH START TO MONZA WEEKEND
MONZA, ITALY, September 2, 2005 – The opening day of the Italian Grand Prix weekend at Monza turned out to be a very satisfactory one for Minardi F1 Team drivers Christijan Albers and Robert Doornbos, and Friday tester, Enrico Toccacelo. Assisted by the knowledge gained and data accumulated during the recent Monza test, all three men quickly got to grips with the Formula One World Championship’s fastest circuit, and steadily reduced their laps times. The exemplary reliability of the team’s three cars also allowed the drivers to focus on developing a good chassis set-up to cope with the demands of the challenging Italian circuit, which are distinctly different from those posed by a number of the tracks visited recently by the Formula One teams.
ROBERT DOORNBOS Best lap: 1 min 24.233 secs Position: 22nd
“Back in Monza within a week – it’s great that we tested here for a full day, as we gathered so much data and know so much more about the car. For me, it was also a very good opportunity to get to know the guys even better. The circuit I already know from F3000, and in fact, I was spraying the champagne here last year when I met the Minardi team for the first time. We didn’t run too much today, as we have a new engine, and therefore also have to think about next weekend, in Spa. At the end of the day, though, we found a reasonable set-up, and we hope to continue the work tomorrow. The aim, as usual, will be to do a strong qualifying lap, and to have another good fight in the race.”
CHRISTIJAN ALBERS Best lap: 1 min 24.264 secs Position: 23rd
“We had a good morning session today, and in the afternoon, we found some things that we feel can be improved, so we will have to check the data and see what we can do for tomorrow. It was a shame that I ran a little bit wide at one of the corners on what should have been my quickest lap, and lost some time as a result. It’s only Friday, though, and tomorrow’s a much more important day.”
ENRICO TOCCACELO Best lap: 1 min 25.245 secs Position: 24th
“I’m quite satisfied with our performance today, especially considering the programme we were running. Unfortunately, I encountered quite a bit of traffic on my last run, when I should have been able to set my fastest lap. I think I lost a minimum of half a second when I encountered Barrichello in the second chicane. Anyway, we were able to do a good tyre comparison this afternoon, and I recorded a number of very consistent lap times. I think we have done a good job, which should help the guys with their work tomorrow.”
PAUL STODDART, Team Principal, Minardi Cosworth
“It has been a good start to the Monza weekend, and there is no doubt our two-day test here last week has helped the drivers and technical staff in terms of ‘homing in’ on a suitable chassis set-up for this very fast circuit. It was particularly satisfying that all three cars ran without any problems today, thus allowing the drivers to work through their technical programmes without interruption. It was also pleasing that Enrico ran for nearly 40 laps over the two sessions, and judging by his times, was definitely getting to grips with both the track and the Minardi Cosworth PS05. We now look forward to another productive day tomorrow.”
- Ends -
Chassis allocation – 2005 Italian GP
Doornbos (No 20) PS05/02
Albers (No 21) PS05/01
Toccacelo (No 40) PS05/03

2º libres Viernes 02/08
Pos. Piloto Equipo Tiempo Vueltas
1 R. Zonta Toyota 1:20.531 28
2 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:21.583 10
3 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:21.735 14
4 P. de la Rosa McLaren 1:21.922 24
5 M. Webber Williams 1:22.032 18
6 N. Heidfeld Williams 1:22.107 18
7 V. Liuzzi Red Bull 1:22.253 26
8 J. Trulli Toyota 1:22.278 22
9 G. Fisichella Renault 1:22.440 15
10 F. Alonso Renault 1:22.594 10
11 C. Klien Red Bull 1:22.600 11
12 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:22.749 9
13 F. Massa Sauber 1:23.052 21
14 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:23.126 18
15 J. Villeneuve Sauber 1:23.208 17
16 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1:23.213 19
17 T. Sato BAR 1:23.223 23
18 J. Button BAR 1:23.415 26
19 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:23.506 10
20 T. Monteiro Jordan 1:23.994 14
21 N. Karthikeyan Jordan 1:24.202 18
22 R. Doornbos Minardi 1:24.233 15
23 C. Albers Minardi 1:24.264 14
24 E. Toccacelo Minardi 1:25.245 21

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"Kimi.......... i'm.... your...... father..."
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Hahaha. That's brilliant printscreen...

And JPM is your sister.
[Edited on 23/5/2005 by Minardifan2002]

Which is more worrying? You decide.

"Kimi.......... i'm.... your...... father..."
:hehe:

Hahaha. That's brilliant printscreen... :hehe: :hehe:

"Kimi.......... i'm.... your...... father..."
:hehe:

Mclaren is the Empire! Think about it :hehe:
Darth Sithius

Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader)

Storm Troopers

The Death Star

Hello, lookie what we have here. Will certainly be big if the FIA pursues and wins it. :o
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=24233

[Edited on 25/4/2005 by MinardiP1]

Excellent job DC. Jeez, Minardi looked dangerously slow.

1 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 24 14:43:06 222.807 1:25.683
2 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 55 15:28:42 222.001 1:25.994
3 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 54 15:27:21 221.386 1:26.233
4 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 55 15:29:22 221.329 1:26.255
5 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 55 15:29:50 221.316 1:26.260
6 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 38 15:04:15 221.314 1:26.261
7 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 41 15:08:11 220.976 1:26.393
8 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 37 15:02:17 220.720 1:26.493
9 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 56 15:31:39 220.611 1:26.536
10 15 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 39 15:05:33 220.379 1:26.627
11 14 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 40 15:06:40 220.219 1:26.690
12 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 38 15:04:07 219.803 1:26.854
13 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 55 15:29:46 219.704 1:26.893
14 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 56 15:31:11 219.142 1:27.116
15 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 54 15:28:57 217.571 1:27.745
16 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 36 15:01:41 217.244 1:27.877
17 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 36 15:02:13 217.014 1:27.970
18 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 16 14:31:49 214.505 1:28.999
19 20 Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 22 14:42:43 205.604 1:32.852
20 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 11 14:24:56 204.960 1:33.144

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More news
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,12334238%255E421,00.html

Confirmed: OzJet will be a sponsor for Melbourne GP.
Other than Stoddart, the $70 Million for the lauch of the airline has come from a 'large dutch realestate compay'
Does that mean that Minardi will actually receive sponsorship money from OzJet?
...Mr Stoddart will formally launch the plans for his new airline at Adelaide Airport today.
South Australian Premier Mike Rann will attend the launch.
Mr Stoddart will arrive in Melbourne tomorrow.
The Minardi team will carry OzJet advertising in the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park on March 6.
Full story: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,12334238%5E421,00.html
Audio interview with Stoddart: http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200502/r41303_105112.ram

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=23393
Just an update on the link yoko posted.
kit, you'll have to do alot more than that to cause offence round here:D

I just read on the 'net that some people are already fired, and that prediction is that more will follow !!

Indeed
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=23372
Maybe it's a good chance to hire tech stuff for a bargain price, I hope Stoddie is aware.

I thought this may be an interesting discussion.
The fact that we have a push for restricted testing, other cost controls that TOIT won’t adhere to, this list of principals may assist us in negotiating a better deal for whichever group the team decides to align with.
Links to the principals as laid out in the Pitpass.com story are below
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=23367
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=23368
My initial thoughts…
There isn't anything that I can say causes me great concern. The items regarding cost controls are very positive. Also, the point that promotes support for smaller, independent teams is also positive.
One point regarding the aim to provide the fastest lap times of any sport is a little dangerous. I'm not sure that this is necessary.
I do like to the point of the driver being the main the differentiating factor.
Some of the general technology points are also linked to costs.
Is this a better deal for independents like Minardi? I think it’s a good start.
In terms of Minardi's best interests and the sport itself, what do you guys think?