Desert 400 Bahrain - results etc. BEWARE

[malscar]

Practice 1 is one at the moment. About 15mins to go. The old live timing is still working.

[malscar]

Just finished

Practice 1 - bottom 50%

T Kelly 2.06.9902
Tander 2.07.0600
W Davison 2.072404
Murphy 2.07.6963
S Richards
Ingall
A Davison
Fiore
J Richards
Webb
Thomson
D'Alberto
Reindler
Gaunt
Ricciardello

[bjsti7]

Top 50% ?

[Oh Five]

Nice thread ;)

[malscar]

Top 50% ?

Not sure. Practice 2 has just started with the same cars out there.

[ratster70]

The first 2 practice sessions are reserved for the rookie drivers and bottom half of the last round results according to V8 site ;)

[onfire]

will this be live on 7 or is it a delay?

[Kashmir]

Nice thread ;)

Now you can't whinge about spoilers Oh five:p

[Oh Five]

Not actually whingeing nacka's...Just stating facts;)
So Bigpond is showing live Qualifying 2moro night (Fri 19.00)and top ten, but not sure if they are doing the race.
Onfire, 7 will be a BIG delay as the race is on at 01.35 sat morn ( i think ) 17.35 Fri ,their time

[cooper1117]

Man that is so strange seeing the two HRT cars in the bottom 50%!!

[1:43]

Man that is so strange seeing the two HRT cars in the bottom 50%!!

And they haven't managed to make it to the top of that :D:p

[ratster70]

Isnt it a practice session :confused: hmmm pretty sure it is oh hang on thats right i remember now youve got to burn up your good tyres now not in qualifying silly me:rolleyes:

[1:43]

Touched a bit of a sore nerve there:p

[malscar]

Practice 2 bottom 50%

Tander 2.07.0225
T Kelly
A Davison
W Davison
Gaunt
Murphy
S Richards
Ingall
Fiore
Webb
J Richards
Thomson
D'Alberto
Reindler
Ricciardello

[ratster70]

Oh yeah totally :rolleyes: just sick of all the crap about how people read into practice sessions and test days example triple8's test day wasnt great and most people where writing them off to fire straight away and gee what a result last weekend. If they are at the bottom of qualifying then id be worried but its a practice session where they adapt the car to the track and try things. so yeah youve touched a nerve hope it makes you feel better :rolleyes: Oh look garth has topped practice now his going to win yehaaaaaaaa:p

[1:43]

Hey, sorry mate didn't mean to offend.:o

I was only having a laugh, because yeh, your right people do read to much into practise sessions and exactly as you said T8 are a perfect example.

I think they may not have put to much effort into Tuesday as they knew they were going back on Friday with no one watching!

[ratster70]

Yeah i agree altho i heard from a very good source that JW still wasnt happy with the car on the friday test to so was a great result for first hit out in that case;)

[malscar]

Oh look garth has topped practice now his going to win yehaaaaaaaa


gee I don't know, if we work your logic:whip: properly, he should end up 16th. Now there is a better result lol:p;)

[malscar]

Practice3, all in. Todd has just thrown down the challenge. 2.05.7015

[no1holdenfan]

Is something different about the pits to enable most drivers to set their fastest lap on their first lap?

[malscar]

Practice 2

T Kelly 2.05.7015
S Richards 2.06.1176
Tander 2.06.3512
A Davison
Ingall
Murphy
Johnson
Whincup
W Davison
Lowndes
Courtney
Van Gissy
J Richards
Frosty
Caruso
Dumbrell
Bargs
Slade
Holdsworth
Fiore
Webb
Thomson
R Kelly
Coulthard
D'Alberto
Bright
Reindler
Ricciardello
Gaunt

[HRT-222]

Prac 4: Top 10

888
1
9
14
39
47
2
22
6
17

[malscar]

The above was Practice 3 not 2.

Now Practice 4

Lowndes 2.05.3174
Whincup 2.05.6104
Van Gissy 2.05.7233
Bright
Ingall
Slade
Tander
W Davison
S Richards
Johnson
Murphy
J Richards
Caruso
T Kelly
A Davison
Bargs
Webb
Fiore
Gaunt
Dumbrell
Holdsworth
Frosty
D'Alberto
Thompson
Coulthard
Reindler
Ricciardello

[El Cheapo]

Wow Giz up there again :D This is......suprising! :laugh4: :D

[rex555]

Where did Rick Kelly get to? Fell off the bottom of the time sheet? :D

[group C]

Wow Giz up there again :D This is......suprising! :laugh4: :D
giz has away's been fast.And looks like the he has a fairly fast car this year...
only problem it got an oval badge...:(

[the_goldie]

Winterbottom tried something different (in case anybody is wondering) hence why he is down the bottom, see what happens for qualifying.

Good to see Van Gisbergen up the top, instead of the usual suspects. Ingall and Murphy went well in practice too. I hope they can be competitive all year.

Apparently tyre wear is going to be an issue due to the coarseness of the track.

[GOBBO]

woohoo go the giz . and whatever it was that frosty tried deffenatly stay away from that setup i hope they get the cars pace back agaim by race day

[GLENN L]

woohoo go the giz . and whatever it was that frosty tried deffenatly stay away from that setup i hope they get the cars pace back agaim by race day
fpr must have swaped set ups for frosty and richo.:D

[superfly]

I should probably wait until after practice before I put my tips in.... See how I go.

[fordmad17]

I should probably wait until after practice before I put my tips in.... See how I go.

I hope u got them in it closed at 10.55 am

[firemansam]

Where was Courtney in P4? Or am I just blind?

[malscar]

15th was Courtney, 16th was Rick Kelly. Although I remember typing them, somehow I also managed to delete them. doh.

[malscar]

What is more interesting, is the number of laps people did in that session.

As with Jamie's comments regarding the two extra practice sessions for HRT, Garth did a total of 20 laps during the 4 sessions, Jamie did 19 during his 2. The main difference is that HRT had more time for adjustments.

[superfly]

I hope u got them in it closed at 10.55 am

Sorry I meant to say

"I should've probably have waited until after practice before I put my tips in.... See how I go."

I put my tips in on Wednesday already. Is there time after practice to get the tips in?

[malscar]

Qualifying

Whincup 2.05.1657
Lowndes 2.05.4957
Tander 2.05.5089
Gizzy 2.05.6061
Murphy
Ingall
Courtney
Frosty
S Richards
W Davison
Holdsworth
A Davison
R Kelly
Webb
Caruso
Johnson
Coulthard
T Kelly
Slade
Dumbrell
Thompson
J Richards
Bargs
Bright
D'Alberto
Fiore
Gaunt
Reindler
Ricciardello

About 30 minutes to the top 10 shootout

[louieate8ate]

Appreciate the info,keep it coming,thanks.

[HRT1]

is there live streaming somewhere i can watch or just live time updates? can someone post a link? cheers

[ratster70]

OMG steven richards in top 10 whered that come from:p

[malscar]

is there live streaming somewhere i can watch or just live time updates? can someone post a link? cheers


last years live timing, if you are registered

http://test2.v8supercars.com.au/liveapp/LiveTiming/ default.htm

[skaifeyfan2]

Go Murph!

Go gizzy!

[El Cheapo]

Go Murph!

Go gizzy!

D..d....di....did you just say what I think you said...?? :confused::confused:

:laugh4: :D Welcome to the club lol!

[malscar]

Top 10 Shootout

bugger, timing is not showing the hundreths of a second, can only give order

W Davison
S Richards

frosty now out

[malscar]

Top 10 Shootout

Frosty 2.04 something and 223kph thru trap
W Davison 213kph
S Richards 231kph


Courtney now out

[malscar]

Top 10 Shootout

Frosty 2.04 something and 223kph thru trap

Courtney 220kph

W Davison 213kph

S Richards 231kph


Ingall now out

[malscar]

Top 10 Shootout

Frosty 2.04 something and 223kph thru trap

Courtney 220kph

W Davison 213kph

S Richards 231kph

Ingall 221 kph - very slow second split

Murphy now out

[El Cheapo]

Thanks for the feed Mal btw :D

[malscar]

Top 10 Shootout

Frosty 2.04 something and 223kph thru trap

Courtney 220kph

W Davison 213kph

S Richards 231kph

Murphy 222 kph - in the 2.06

Ingall 221 kph



Gizzy now out

[malscar]

Top 10 Shootout

Gizzy 2.04 something and 223 kph thru the trap

Frosty 223kph

Courtney 220kph

W Davison 213kph

S Richards 231kph

Murphy 222 kph - in the 2.06

Ingall 221 kph



Tander now out[/quote]

[My Element]

whincup on pole??

[malscar]

Top 10 Shootout

Gizzy 2.04 something and 223 kph thru the trap

Frosty 223kph

Tander 218 kph

Courtney 220kph

W Davison 213kph

S Richards 231kph

Murphy 222 kph - in the 2.06

Ingall 221 kph



Lowndes now out

[malscar]

Top 10 Shootout

Gizzy 2.04 something and 223 kph thru the trap

Frosty 223kph

Tander 218 kph

Courtney 220kph

W Davison 213kph

S Richards 231kph

Lowndes 221 kph

Murphy 222 kph - in the 2.06

Ingall 221 kph



Whincup now out

[malscar]

Top 10 Shootout

Whincup 2.04 something and 229 kph thru the trap

Gizzy 223 kph

Frosty 223kph

Tander 218 kph

Courtney 220kph

W Davison 213kph

S Richards 231kph

Lowndes 221 kph

Murphy 222 kph - in the 2.06

Ingall 221 kph

[skaifeyfan2]

Is that the order?

[El Cheapo]

Top 10 Shootout

Whincup 2.04 something and 229 kph thru the trap

Gizzy 223 kph

Frosty 223kph

Tander 218 kph

Courtney 220kph

W Davison 213kph

S Richards 231kph

Lowndes 221 kph

Murphy 222 kph - in the 2.06

Ingall 221 kph

Dammit Whincup :mad: :laugh4:

Cheers Mal :)

[malscar]

Is that the order?

Yes, unless there are any protests etc.

[HRT1]

not too bad.... although i had winterbottom tipped for pole in the v8 tipping....

well done to van gis
and good to see both HRT boys getting a reasonable starting spot

[ratster70]

Congrats to whincup when your hot your hot :rolleyes: looks like van gizzy is going to have a good year, wouldve liked slightly better results for garth and will but at least their up the front barring any ridiculous penalties and richards in top ten wow

[fordmad17]

you beauty go u good thing whincup

[barnart]

Not a bad effort to get all four 888 cars in the top 10 at the 2nd meeting of the year.
I see BJR cars are the same as last year, outside the 20..

[malscar]

Not a bad effort to get all four 888 cars in the top 10 at the 2nd meeting of the year.
I see BJR cars are the same as last year, outside the 20..

Murphy is driving Ingall's car from last year. New car still being built.

[VE II]

Woot Whincup on pole! (only cos i tipped him!)
Gizzy must have been close to his first pole!!! :D

[the_goldie]

Whincup is just too good. Another pole 2 out of 3 for the year! WHo is going to stop this guy!

Speedcafe are putting results up too on twitter.

[group C]

you beauty go u good thing whincup
in a holden to drew do i sense a change to our side :D

[VXfan]

Go Murph! top 10 first time out,very happy:DCheers,
Tony.

[fordmad17]

in a holden to drew do i sense a change to our side :D

no......... i just tipped him that all. i got abit excited. What time does the race start

[group C]

no......... i just tipped him that all. i got abit excited. What time does the race start
come on drew you know you wanna come ova this side lol;)

[GOBBO]

Woot Whincup on pole! (only cos i tipped him!)
Gizzy must have been close to his first pole!!! :D

any one got the full list howed frosty go

[VE II]

Jamie Whincup Commodore 2:03.5189
Shane van Gizbergen Falcon 2:04.7601
Mark Winterbottom Falcon 2:04.8245
Garth Tander Commodore 2:05.1780
James Courtney Falcon 2:05.2142
Will Davison Commodore 2:05.4901
Steve Richards Commodore 2:05.5247
Craig Lowndes Commodore 2:05.5945
Greg Murphy Commodore 2:06.2238
Russell Ingall Commodore 2:06.2445



!!! whincup MORE then a full second quicker then the rest of the field !!!

[fordmad17]

I just wanna know what time the race starts lol

[fordmad17]

Its ok its just about to start

[VE II]

I just wanna know what time the race starts lol

3:35am AEDT time i believe.

[Oh Five]

....
15.35 their time which is 23.35 our time...i think!!

[GOBBO]

can ya keep us updated plz guys

[fordmad17]

its 15.12 there now

[VE II]

you're right drew. starts in 18 mins or so! will it be shown on bigpond tv?

[fordmad17]

its on live timing just says waiting start

[Oh Five]

its 15.12 there now

Starts at 15.35 then.

Not on bigpond Matt,, well it said it wasnt when i was watching the shootout

[VE II]

Jamie Whincup Commodore 2:04.5189
Shane van Gizbergen Falcon 2:04.7601
Mark Winterbottom Falcon 2:04.8245
Garth Tander Commodore 2:05.1780
James Courtney Falcon 2:05.2142
Will Davison Commodore 2:05.4901
Steve Richards Commodore 2:05.5247
Craig Lowndes Commodore 2:05.5945
Greg Murphy Commodore 2:06.2238
Russell Ingall Commodore 2:06.2445




Edit: I just watched the qualifying + top 10 shootout and the v8supercars website got the timing for whincup wrong. It was a 2:04:51 not a 2:03:51!!

[The real OZ GP]

Race one about to start live on TV here in Johor Baru Malaysia, FUSO grid just finished cars on formation lap

[fordmad17]

there racing

[The real OZ GP]

safely through turn 1

[The real OZ GP]

excellent racing down the field

[Oh Five]

Time for me to tune out of this thread till 2moro night, I'll watch it on 7 thanks:(

[fordmad17]

what happened to richo

[no1holdenfan]

Apparently in the FPR garage with brake troubles

[fordmad17]

Whincups bolted

[louieate8ate]

Whincups boltedDid you expect anything less!!!

[fordmad17]

Did you expect anything less!!!

Well the way its looking at the moment T8 could win every race and HRT ain't going to get anywhere near them. Its going to be the Whincup Lowdnes and Frosty show this year.

[VXfan]

Anyone know what happened to Murph?

[fordmad17]

Anyone know what happened to Murph?

I was watching it on live timing. He had a good start got to 6th then was past by a couple of cars and seemed to drop off after the first pit stop. So i would say he had a bad pitstop. I think he finished around 16th

[HRT1]

BAHRAIN RACE ONE: Full results


1 Jamie Whincup H 01:21:37.4276
2 Mark Winterbottom F 01:21:40.8428
3 Craig Lowndes H 01:21:49.2215
4 Garth Tander H 01:21:50.8473
5 Shane Van Gisbergen F 01:22:03.5046
6 James Courtney F 01:22:04.8363
7 Russell Ingall H 01:22:15.8139
8 Will Davison H 01:22:17.0904
9 Rick Kelly H 01:22:20.5786
10 Michael Caruso H 01:22:21.4866
11 Steven Johnson F 01:22:23.0996
12 Lee Holdsworth H 01:22:23.8431
13 Jason Bright H 01:22:37.0650
14 Jonathon Webb F 01:22:45.4333
15 Jason Bargwanna H 01:22:47.0381
16 Greg Murphy
17 Fabian Coulthard
18 Alex Davison
19 Jason Richards
20 Todd Kelly
21 Tim Slade
22 Andrew Thompson
23 Tony Dalberto
24 Karl Reindler
25 Tony Ricciardello
26 Daniel Gaunt
27 Paul Dumbrell
DNF Steve Richards
DNF Dean Fiore

[fordmad17]

Steve Richards did cross the finishline but 17 laps down

[GOBBO]

looks like frosty was right on whincup going by the times

[HRT1]

Drivers have to complete 75% of the race to achieve a "finish" don't they?

[Holdennumber1]

Bloody radio gave away the results again.:mad:
Anyway, thats better by HRT but geez, Whincup is destroying the field!
I wonder if it'll be like this all year?:confused:

[whitlam]

Bloody radio gave away the results again.:mad:


You don't listen to Triple M do you? That's 3 of 3 races they've given away so far this year :rolleyes:

[Holdennumber1]

You don't listen to Triple M do you? That's 3 of 3 races they've given away so far this year :rolleyes: Ah, not sure. Its whatever my dad listens too.
But yeah, it happened last week also and they don't give you any warning. We were just driving to the shops.:(

[fordmad17]

What are the open wheeler cars in the background coming into the pits

[Ruddeger1972]

You don't listen to Triple M do you? That's 3 of 3 races they've given away so far this year :rolleyes:
Why blame radio stations or other media outlets for telling people the results of a sporting event ?
Blame the Cockroach,his VESA croonies and channel Seven.They're the ones who delayed showing the race until 14 hours after it finished.

[Oh Five]

I still fail to see why Ch 7 couldnt show it live, the footy had finished:confused:
Bit unrealistic to expect the radio not to broadcast results, then again, they hardly get a mention anyway..especially during AFL season (in vic):rolleyes:

[brchi17]

Murphy is driving Ingall's car from last year. New car still being built.

correct, his Triple 8 Commodore is supposed to be ready for Clipsal

[louieate8ate]

Well the way its looking at the moment T8 could win every race and HRT ain't going to get anywhere near them. Its going to be the Whincup Lowdnes and Frosty show this year.I think that 888 are "just making hay while the sun shines".Thinking things will get very tight.

[bortall]

Whincup takes another pole position.

[GOBBO]

and frosty on 2nd not sure of the other placings

[Kashmir]

Yep Whincup.................again!!
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?27/02/2010.BIC.Q5

[skaifeyfan2]

Ricciardello 8 tenths off the next best car and 1.2 seconds off Fiore, ouch, spose what can ya do in the "4th" car.

[Chev_350]

What are the open wheeler cars in the background coming into the pits

GP2 Asia Cars

[fordmad17]

GP2 Asia Cars

thanks Chev

[malscar]

spose what can ya do in the "4th" car.

better

[GOBBO]

frosty leads whincup will davidson in third

[inter]

frosty leads whincup will davidson in third


were do you get the updated results?

[malscar]

got him back, this may be a good race. Will watch it tomorrow anyway.


http://test2.v8supercars.com.au/liveapp/LiveTiming/ default.htm

Here Ric, last years live timing link.

[malscar]

Jamie looks to be running away from Frosty, last few laps have all been about half a second quicker.

[louieate8ate]

Poor JW,he's having a bad time......!!

[GOBBO]

were do you get the updated results?

i was using my mobile the bigpond v8 supercar site 5.95 a month has live timing for qual and live timing for the race.

[PeteWalsh]

Tander says it's time to forget title

Holden Racing Team driver Garth Tander says it's time to forget about the 2010 V8 Supercar championship after a disastrous opening to the season in the Middle East.

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/tander-says-its-time-to-forget-title-20100228-pai5.html

[fordmad17]

Geeeezzzzz, what a sook. It's a bit early in the season to give up isn't it.

[Kashmir]

Geeeezzzzz, what a sook. It's a bit early in the season to give up isn't it.

At least he's accepted that he's probably too far behind to come back and win, don't know how it's sooking:confused:

[bortall]

Geeeezzzzz, what a sook. It's a bit early in the season to give up isn't it.

You can't wait for 888 to stuff up - so he is probably right. :(

Already there is likely only a handful that still stand any real chance. :mad:

[HRT-222]

Geeeezzzzz, what a sook. It's a bit early in the season to give up isn't it.

GT isn't being a sook, he's just being realistic

[Holdennumber1]

Already there is likely only a handful that still stand any real chance. :mad: It can all change in a few rounds though. Whincup won't win everything.
Plus the enduro's are a long way off but they can stir up the pot a bit. Especially considering the amount of points on offer.

[kts350]

GT isn't being a sook, he's just being realistic
I agree he's over 400 points behind now 888 has got to stuff up in a big way for hrt to catch them, can't see it happening..

[Kashmir]

How quick are those T888 cars:eek: look at the way Whincup went from 5th to 1st in about 8 laps!!!!!

[skaifeyfan2]

Stick a fork in HRT, they are done. ;)

Wonder how they'll blame Skaife this time ;)

[wayno]

LMAO! T8 deserve all the credit in the world. A really great team who just build a better mousetrap than anyone else.

[Pug205]

Very true Wayno. Glad to see Frosty was able to keep Whincup honest this time around. Almost as much fun as watching HRT, although I doubt they will stay down for long.

Now for the season to start proper in two weeks......

[louieate8ate]

You can't wait for 888 to stuff up - so he is probably right. :(

Already there is likely only a handful that still stand any real chance. :mad:
Jeeezzz Guys, Harden up!! We've only started!!

[My Element]

there is what 22 races left this year? Hmm early days yet and as we all know people have ups and downs. So im sure HRT will be back as well as DJR and KR. Did anyone notice the colour of whincups front rims. Covered in brake dust. They dont usually look that bad.

[brchi17]

Geeeezzzzz, what a sook. It's a bit early in the season to give up isn't it.

GT isn't being a sook, he's just being realistic

When 3rd place in the championship is already a full race behind in the points after 4 races, I think GT has raised a valid point! I'd even go so far to say that if JW wins Leg 1 of Clipsal, that we should give him the 2010 title and let everyone else fight for 2nd!

LMAO! T8 deserve all the credit in the world. A really great team who just build a better mousetrap than anyone else.

It really goes to show how good Triple 8 are. I know there are not a lot of differences between the Falcon and Commodore under project blueprint so I'm not really surprised to see them doing well. What I didn't expect to see was that they would be this dominant so early in the season. I guess we could see some history int he making, as I'm struggling to think of when we've had a back to back champion in different makes.

[VXfan]

See what happens when u replace a lion with a chicken?..LOL:pCheers,
Tony.
P.S. Hope Murph has the new car by Clipsal as the current one is a dud.:mad:

[brchi17]

See what happens when u replace a lion with a chicken?..LOL:pCheers,
Tony.
P.S. Hope Murph has the new car by Clipsal as the current one is a dud.:mad:

Tony, his T8 one is due for Clipsal, however I assume you already know this, being the big Murph fan that you are ;)

[El Cheapo]

P.S. Hope Murph has the new car by Clipsal as the current one is a dud.:mad:

I thought Murph did pretty well considering he was in an old car I thought! :D Apart from the techical probs I suppose :o

[onfire]

intresting race, well done to whincup 4wins from 4, can he keep his 100% strike rate?

[wayne]

of course go winner cup (Whincup)

[jager]

Did anyone else watching both this week and last week's telecast get sick of Skaifey saying "its on for young and old" every time two cars are side by side !

[james]

No .as most times it was.

[Holdennumber1]

Did anyone else watching both this week and last week's telecast get sick of Skaifey saying "its on for young and old" every time two cars are side by side ! Yep, I noticed that too.
I counted I think 5 or 6 by the end of qualifying in today's telecast. And that was before the race even started!
Hopefully he loses it before the next round.......otherwise, it'll be on for young and old.:p

[commanderwhite]

Personally I think all four races have been in the most boring to say the least. I know why they went to the ME for the $$$$$'s fair enough & the tracks visually look great but my god they don't encourage racing just follow the leader - geez I do that every morning in the traffic on the way to work.

CH7 coverage is as usual rubbish - too much of HRT, T888 & FPR - it's a brand new season with lots of new cars/drivers & paint schemes & they waste it on the top teams - there are 23 other cars running around but you won't know it.

Whingecup has to be the biggest ****** since that moron who went to NASCAR a few years back - He complained about HRT getting an extra 20 mins practice for being in the lower 50% give me a break.

Horrible Racing Team will be lucky to finish midfield if they way they performed in the ME is any indication of how their year will go.

Although I'm a Red Lion supporter (except T888) it's good to see Van Gisbergen starting to show his true ability alas in a dark side mount.

T888 are the stand out team - they remind me of HRT in the late 90's early 00's totally dominant - just can't stand the driver, nor the owner.

Let's hope the racing gets better - it can't be any worse regardless of how much those 4 CH7 clowns try to gee it up!

[VE II]

Few thoughts - If 888 wasn't at Holden, Holden would be getting snapped this year!!! (so far anyway).
It's awesome to see that Winterbottom has a fast car and I'm so stoked about Gizzy! I've always been a big fan, and it's great to see him sitting around the top 5 or better for each race so far this season - not to mention 2x podiums! :D
DJR will only get stronger as the season progresses.

There are so many strong teams now so you could easily be 1st one weekend, and down the bottom the next.

In saying that, 888 are just an amazing team. I'm not a huge fan of whincup, but full credit to him - he can steer alright!

Hopefully HRT will start to get back into it come the australian rounds.

[Pug205]

There are so many strong teams now so you could easily be 1st one weekend, and down the bottom the next.

Pretty sure you mean 2nd, 1st place is pretty much secured this year :D

[HRT-222]

[quote=commanderwhite;386910]

Although I'm a Red Lion supporter (except T888) it's good to see Van Gisbergen starting to show his true ability alas in a dark side mount.

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I'm the same, i follow HRT mainly but i am really happy for Gizzy to be doing well. I would have no problem seeing him win a few races or rounds, was really hopeing he was going to get pole for Race 4....Hopefully one day he comes over to Holden!!!

[commanderwhite]

I don't want anymore dark side drivers or teams coming over to the Lion - there are too many already.

There should be 30 cars - 15 each make.

It's too lopsided for my liking - although I see the dark side doing well this year if the first 4 races are anything to go by (unfortunately).

[superfly]

Whingecup has to be the biggest wank-- since that moron who went to NASCAR a few years back

Yeah but geez both of them can/could drive. They were both back to back champions! Marcos was close to doing 3 in a row if it wasn't for the dumb penalties dished out to him all year in 2005.

[Oh Five]

How come both Ford and Holden supporters dont like whincup much??:confused:

[bjsti7]

I think he's awesome!!!

[Deeno]

Whincup has to much class for Aussie V8s. Probably win driving a Corolla

[bortall]

How come both Ford and Holden supporters dont like whincup much??:confused:

I think for most people this quote sums it up :D:D:D

Whingecup has to be the biggest ******

[Chev_350]

How come both Ford and Holden supporters dont like whincup much??:confused:

Because much like Roland Dane, he is a sore winner, no matter how good they will be on the track, they will always find something to *****, moan or complain about.

[david5]

If I was paying GT after that comment, I'd replace him.

[louieate8ate]

How come both Ford and Holden supporters dont like whincup much??:confused:
Maybe they don't like a winner.....

[cooper1117]

If I was paying GT after that comment, I'd replace him.

Shame, I agree, the season has a long way to go and this year even more so considering the enduros without regular partners, it goes back to the old days where a championship could be decided by a part timer.

Way too early to wave the white flag.

[smokey_dj]

well after avoiding this thread all w.e and too stuffed to read through it last night heres my take on the w.e the full track offered some very great battles more than ive seen in a long time and also over quite a distance of the track rather than the criscross and its done NEXT! so that was great

this yr im going to do something a lil different and try find some funny things to pint out about the w.e after bahrain served up so many

firstly during top 10 with winterbottom was out of the car did anybody notice he had signed his own hat :p

2 the bigpond signage on the straight after turn 4 ? did anyone notice as there was no safety car it had come unstuck and the first few drivers were copping it on the windshield as they went under it b4 the cars airflows flicked it back up after each pass

3 sunday when skaife had the drive in whincups car and was explaining to whincup lowndes and rolland about his thoughts on the car 2 things caught my eye

lowndes eyebrows were rolling up and down like a wave pool the entire time like windshield wipers

rolland dane looked like he couldnt care less what skaife had to say and just tuned in and out of the converstaion

1 other thing to note and nothing was said of how it happend or replay or anything reindlers car wtf happend there and why did it catch alight after sitting there for about 4-5 laps b4 it did ?

and as for hrt at 1 stage i looked at my man will davo and said outloud good golly F... man what are you doing to yourself this yr!!!

hope they can pull something back but id be guessing moral is next to nothing at clayton and in the fly away camps atm :(

[the_goldie]

Hey guys,
After a discussion about points I thought I would have a bit of fun and score it using the MotoGP points for the season. I have scored the first 4 races :)

Although I don't think it matters what system we use, Whincup looks unstoppable already :)


Pos Points MotoGP
1 25
2 20
3 16
4 13
5 11
6 10
7 9
8 8
9 7
10 6
11 5
12 4
13 3
14 2
15 1


PBL - Points Behind Leader

Drivers PBL Total R1 R2 R3 R4
Jamie Whincup 0 100 25 25 25 25
Mark Winter 24 76 16 20 20 20
Shane van 47 53 10 16 11 16
Craig Lowndes 49 51 20 11 16 4
James Courtney 58 42 13 10 10 9
Rick Kelly 61 39 6 13 7 13
Lee Holdsworth 65 35 11 9 4 11
Steven Johnson 77 23 5 8 5 5
Will Davison 80 20 0 2 8 10
Michael Caruso 81 19 1 5 6 7
Paul Dumbrell 81 19 9 4 0 6
Russell Ingall 81 19 0 7 9 3
Garth Tander 87 13 0 0 13 0
Jason Richards 88 12 4 0 0 8
Jonathon Webb 90 10 8 0 2 0
Jason Bright 91 9 0 6 3 0
Alex Davison 93 7 7 0 0 0
Jason Bargwanna 93 7 3 1 1 2
Tim Slade 95 5 2 3 0 0
Steve Richards 99 1 0 0 0 1
Andrew Thompson 100 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Gaunt 100 0 0 0 0 0
Dean Fiore 100 0 0 0 0 0
Fabian Coul 100 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Murphy 100 0 0 0 0 0
Karl Reindler 100 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Morris 100 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Kelly 100 0 0 0 0 0
Tony D'Alberto 100 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Riccia 100 0 0 0 0 0

[El Cheapo]

firstly during top 10 with winterbottom was out of the car did anybody notice he had signed his own hat :p

I noticed that too LOL :laugh4: It might be printed on though....hmmm

[inter]

If I was paying GT after that comment, I'd replace him.


that is a good point, if any one in corporate world made a statement like that they would get the boot


also in other fields of sport if a team is down 4 -0 with 80 minutes left in the scoreboards and gave up?????? what would happen

Motorsport the momentum can change in every race

[My Element]

Tander says it's time to forget title

Holden Racing Team driver Garth Tander says it's time to forget about the 2010 V8 Supercar championship after a disastrous opening to the season in the Middle East.

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/tander-says-its-time-to-forget-title-20100228-pai5.html

Its all mind games, if you were whincup and you read that, you would think to your self you have got it easy now, and more than likely whincup will make a mistake because he might think that way. Tander is playing with other drivers minds. Its far from over.

[GOBBO]

first whos to say that whincup wont have a bad weekend and dnf a race or round theres a long way to go yet sure its not going to be easy but put ya head down and go for it because what have you got to lose i mean whincup could very well dnf bathurst and tander win the double points if you ask me hes a bloody sook and his managment need to kick him in the behind for that sought of talk so early in the season.

and as for whincup thinking it would be all easy now huh what a joke do you relly think that hrt are the only ones that can beat him arnt you fogeting drivers like frosty and even the giz wich have showen whincup that they wont let him have it all easy

[My Element]

Tander is playing with other drivers minds. Its far from over.


and as for whincup thinking it would be all easy now huh what a joke do you relly think that hrt are the only ones that can beat him arnt you fogeting drivers like frosty and even the giz wich have showen whincup that they wont let him have it all easy

I did say other drivers, and its not a joke

[skaifeyfan2]

Not only has Whincup Frosty and co all got to fail, but HRT has to start winning, and neither of those things looked remotely possible first two rounds

[superfly]

I think he's awesome!!!

Me too, even though I'm a Ford supporter.

[Kashmir]

Because much like Roland Dane, he is a sore winner, no matter how good they will be on the track, they will always find something to *****, moan or complain about.

Yep, the main reason why I can't warm to them even though they're driving Holden's now.