Barcelona testing

mx_tifoso · Post 13 Nov 2007, 23:23

djones wrote:Apparently Massa is joining Schumacher tomorrow.

The nostalgia keeps on coming.

djones wrote:To be fair Im expecting Massa to be fastest but it will be good to see. If MS is faster it will be hilarious

Seeing how much Massa has improved since Schumacher was around, it will be a good show-off between the two, given that they run similar programs, fuel loads and tyres. And....Massa knows the F2007 like the back of his hand by now, and Schumacher only has -+70 laps in it.
Even a better show, Schumacher and Raikkonen running together!

Axle, why "so much snobbery"? I didn't mean to offend anyone. To be honest, a Ferrari engine shouldn't have to cope with running at the back end of the grid, breathing all those Honda and Renault fumes, IMO anyways.

On a different note, is there a limit as to how many engines a team can use during testing? Or can they use as many as are available/at hand? Although I'm sure that they would only use 3-4 at max during a 3-4 day testing event

meves · Post 14 Nov 2007, 00:24

mx_tifosi wrote:To be honest, a Ferrari engine shouldn't have to cope with running at the back end of the grid, breathing all those Honda and Renault fumes, IMO anyways.

Talking of this does enyone know if a ferrari engine customer in the last 20 years has actually performed well, say did they ever regularly finish even in the top 10?

PNSD · Post 14 Nov 2007, 00:38

Sauber often performed well with year old Ferrari engines.

zenvision · Post 14 Nov 2007, 01:43

OH YEAH BABY

allan · Post 14 Nov 2007, 03:34

zenvision wrote:OH YEAH BABY

Now that's sweeeet!

DaveKillens · Post 14 Nov 2007, 05:43

I fail to comprehend how you can admire sloppy driving.

kimi · Post 14 Nov 2007, 05:46

It indeed is very sweet.The master is back behind the wheels..

HKS · Post 14 Nov 2007, 07:01

Massa quicker than MS
no ways

allan · Post 14 Nov 2007, 08:11

DaveKillens wrote:I fail to comprehend how you can admire sloppy driving.

the man u thought was rusty topped the time sheets with that rusty "sloppy" driving!

djones · Post 14 Nov 2007, 16:03

HKS - you have to remember Massa has driven this car for 1000's upon 1000's of laps. Schumacher has driven it about 90 laps now in total.

Sawtooth-spike · Post 14 Nov 2007, 16:06

*DELETE*

f1.redbaron · Post 14 Nov 2007, 16:25

DaveKillens wrote:I fail to comprehend how you can admire sloppy driving.

I fail to comprehend how you can support TML (Sorry, sorry, that was in poor taste! Sorry!)

Welcome back, Michael!!

Belatti · Post 14 Nov 2007, 17:19

DaveKillens wrote:I fail to comprehend how you can admire sloppy driving.

Aren´t you Canadian? Haven´t you watched Gilles Villeneuve racing?Don´t you like rally? Isn´t oversteering spectacular? Isn´t TC absence one of the things that makes the driver be a driver?

The "close to the limit" sensation that under/over steering, wheelspining and wheel locking gives is what makes races fun to watch.
If not it makes me think that drivers are not doing as fast as they can be!

DaveKillens · Post 14 Nov 2007, 17:33

f1.redbaron wrote:
DaveKillens wrote:I fail to comprehend how you can admire sloppy driving.
I fail to comprehend how you can support TML (Sorry, sorry, that was in poor taste! Sorry!)

Welcome back, Michael!!

Not a problem baron. It's my choice, and as we all are human, not perfect and thus prone to mistakes and errors in judgement. My error was being born into a Leaf family. Heck, I even used to cheer for the ottawa Rough Riders... (if there ever was a joke, it was that team.. ). So while my failing be cheering for a pathetic team, I take consolation I don't have red blinders strapped to my head, now talk about mistakes.

emburmak · Post 14 Nov 2007, 18:29

MS is smoking!! Fastest and by 1.4 sec.