European GP
First Practice – Friday 20 July 2007 – 10:00-11:30

##  Driver        Team               Time   Lps  Gap  %Gap   Km/hr   mph
===========================================================================
 2  L Hamilton    McLaren-Mercedes  1’32.515 26 0.000 0.000 200.322 124.474
 6  K Räikkönen   Ferrari           1’32.751 24 0.236 0.255 199.812 124.158
 1  F Alonso      McLaren-Mercedes  1’32.932 27 0.417 0.451 199.423 123.916
 9  N Heidfeld    BMW Sauber-BMW    1’32.975 35 0.460 0.497 199.331 123.859
10  R Kubica      BMW Sauber-BMW    1’33.205 34 0.690 0.746 198.839 123.553

 5  F Massa       Ferrari           1’33.605 24 1.090 1.178 197.989 123.025
11  R Schumacher  Toyota            1’33.825 32 1.310 1.416 197.525 122.736
 7  J Button      Honda             1’33.936 28 1.421 1.536 197.292 122.591
14  D Coulthard   Red Bull-Renault  1’34.062 25 1.547 1.672 197.027 122.427
 8  R Barrichello Honda             1’34.142 25 1.627 1.759 196.860 122.323
12  J Trulli      Toyota            1’34.152 34 1.637 1.769 196.839 122.310
17  A Wurz        Williams-Toyota   1’34.345 32 1.830 1.978 196.436 122.060

16  N Rosberg     Williams-Toyota   1’34.563 32 2.048 2.214 195.984 121.779
23  A Davidson    Super Aguri-Honda 1’34.567 30 2.052 2.218 195.975 121.773
15  M Webber      Red Bull-Renault  1’34.683 22 2.168 2.343 195.735 121.624
22  T Sato        Super Aguri-Honda 1’34.708 36 2.193 2.370 195.684 121.592
18  V Liuzzi      T Rosso-Ferrari   1’34.907 31 2.392 2.586 195.273 121.337
 4  H Kovalainen  Renault           1’34.921 21 2.406 2.601 195.244 121.319
 3  G Fisichella  Renault           1’35.077 22 2.562 2.769 194.924 121.120

19  S Speed       T Rosso-Ferrari   1’35.643 15 3.128 3.381 193.771 120.403
20  A Sutil       Spyker-Ferrari    1’36.340 22 3.825 4.134 192.369 119.532
21  M Winkelhock  Spyker-Ferrari    1’37.116 30 4.601 4.973 190.832 118.577

Weather: Air 23, Track 28, Humidity 76%, Dry

–

Brian Lawrence
Brian_W_Lawre…@msn.com
Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK

GPs – number of GPs counted for each driver (from the last 100)
PP  - number of Pole Positions (in the last 100)
W   – number of wins (in the last 100)
FL  - number of Fastest Laps (in the last 100)
Points – these are my points, allocated for many & various things, not
         just wins, poles, f.laps, etc.
[Change]  - the change in points as a result of the most recent race

Numbers in brackets [] in second column indicate table positions before
adding the most recent GP (IE the change in table position).

** – current drivers

-1 +1 etc. – number of races deleted/added to driver’s record since last
             event

The Last 100 GPs (~6 years)
===========================

First race (GP #1)  - Belgian GP, 02 September 2001
Last race (GP #100) – French GP, 08 July 2007

        Driver               GPs  PP   W  FL   Points  [Change]
===============================================================
 1      Michael Schumacher    92  27  40  33  5681.39 [-139.93]     -1
 2      Fernando Alonso       81  16  17  10  5517.27  [-45.47]  **
 3      Kimi Räikkönen        98  12  11  21  4372.18  [+82.01]  **
 4      Felipe Massa          77   7   4   5  3010.23 [+190.93]  ** +1
 5      Rubens Barrichello    98  10   8  12  2624.67  [-42.99]  **
 6  [7] Giancarlo Fisichella  97   2   3   1  2194.50   [+3.62]  **
 7  [6] Juan Pablo Montoya    78  12   7  10  2178.46  [-58.83]     -1
 8      Jenson Button         95   3   1   –  2024.22   [-7.36]  **
 9      Ralf Schumacher       91   4   3   4  1692.73  [-16.99]  **
10      Jarno Trulli          98   2   1   –  1596.50  [-29.33]  **

11      Nick Heidfeld         94   1   –   –  1415.03  [+19.86]  **
12      David Coulthard       99   –   2   1  1355.59   [-9.60]  **
13      Mark Webber           94   –   –   –  1114.36   [+3.39]  ** +1
14      Lewis Hamilton         8   2   2   1  1079.52  [+78.52]  ** +1
15      Takuma Sato           74   –   –   –   917.82   [+7.89]  ** +1
16      Jacques Villeneuve    68   –   –   –   668.81  [-15.27]     -1
17      Christijan Albers     44   –   –   –   619.12   [+1.35]  ** +1
18      Christian Klien       46   –   –   –   599.84   [-9.47]
19      Tiago Monteiro        36   –   –   –   568.94   [-7.90]
20 [21] Nico Rosberg          26   –   –   1   452.25  [+19.63]  ** +1

21 [20] Vitantonio Liuzzi     30   –   –   –   450.33   [-2.73]  ** +1
22      Scott Speed           26   –   –   –   408.73  [+11.10]  ** +1
23 [24] Robert Kubica         12   –   –   –   367.50  [+47.89]  ** +1
24 [23] Pedro de la Rosa      30   –   –   1   317.45   [-7.15]     -1
25      Olivier Panis         53   –   –   –   288.83  [-10.14]     -1
26      Narain Karthikeyan    19   –   –   –   252.07   [-3.87]
27      Heikki Kovalainen      8   –   –   –   246.96  [+22.00]  ** +1
28      Alexander Wurz         9   –   –   –   235.49  [+21.89]  ** +1
29      Cristiano da Matta    27   –   –   –   206.58   [-5.99]
30      Robert Doornbos       11   –   –   –   177.23   [-2.31]

31      Antonio Pizzonia      20   –   –   –   170.50   [-3.83]
32      Zsolt Baumgartner     20   –   –   –   165.91   [-3.63]
33      Anthony Davidson      11   –   –   –   161.67   [+1.05]  ** +1
34      Gianmaria Bruni       18   –   –   –   132.18   [-2.82]
35 [37] Adrian Sutil           8   –   –   –   131.13  [+22.95]  ** +1
36 [35] Heinz-Harald Frentzen 30   –   –   –   119.21   [-6.27]     -1
37 [36] Patrick Friesacher    11   –   –   –   107.13   [-1.74]
38      Giorgio Pantano       14   –   –   –    92.52   [-2.09]
39      Jos Verstappen        20   –   –   –    84.66   [-3.66]     -1
40      Sakon Yamamoto         7   –   –   –    83.85   [-0.93]

41      Justin Wilson         16   –   –   –    73.94   [-2.45]
42      Franck Montagny        7   –   –   –    73.75   [-0.90]
43      Ralph Firman          14   –   –   –    68.63   [-2.36]
44 [45] Timo Glock             4   –   –   –    52.85   [-1.03]
45 [44] Eddie Irvine          20   –   –   –    49.76   [-4.22]     -1
46 [47] Ricardo Zonta          5   –   –   –    48.30   [-0.93]
47 [46] Mika Salo             17   –   –   –    47.10   [-3.70]
48      Yuji Ide               4   –   –   –    43.49   [-0.57]
49      Nicholas Kiesa         5   –   –   –    39.62   [-1.13]
50      Marc Gené              3   –   –   –    38.10   [-0.92]

51      Alan McNish           16   –   –   –    30.90   [-2.45]
52      Sebastian Vettel       1   –   –   –    29.45   [-0.30]  %%
53      Alex Yoong            14   –   –   –    23.42   [-2.34]
54      Enrique Bernoldi      14   –   –   –    15.28   [-2.05]     -1
55      Mika Häkkinen          4   –   1   –     6.91   [-3.16]     -1
56      Jean Alesi             4   –   –   –     2.06   [-1.23]     -1
57      Tomas Enge             3   –   –   –     1.74   [-0.60]
58      Tarso Marques          1   –   –   –     0.19   [-0.34]     -1

Fifty eight drivers have driven in the last 100 GPs. Since the last GP
Luciano Burti has "dropped out" of the list.

The last 156 weeks (3 years)
============================

First race (GP #1) – British GP, 11 July 2004
Last race (GP #53) – French GP, 08 July 2007

        Driver               GPs  PP   W  FL   Points  [Change]
================================================================
 1      Fernando Alonso       52  13  16   9  5025.96  [-124.66]  ** -1
 2  [3] Kimi Räikkönen        52  10  10  17  3807.67   [+69.24]  ** -1
 3  [2] Michael Schumacher    45   8  12  13  3558.64  [-243.29]     -2
 4      Felipe Massa          51   7   4   5  2875.97  [+183.93]  ** -1
 5      Giancarlo Fisichella  51   2   2   1  1924.07    [-6.71]  ** -1
 6      Rubens Barrichello    53   3   2   2  1579.73  [-121.07]  ** -1
 7      Jenson Button         49   2   1   –  1568.36   [-16.72]  ** -1
 8      Juan Pablo Montoya    33   2   4   2  1408.08   [-35.43]  ** -1
 9 [10] Nick Heidfeld         47   1   –   –  1163.57   [+14.19]  ** -1
10 [11] Ralf Schumacher       47   1   –   1  1149.52    [+6.69]  **

11  [9] Jarno Trulli          51   1   –   –  1110.94   [-60.10]  ** -1
12      Lewis Hamilton         8   2   2   1  1079.52   [+78.52]  ** +1
13      David Coulthard       52   –   –   –   930.79   [-23.32]  ** -1
14      Mark Webber           52   –   –   –   874.66    [-6.48]  ** -1
15      Takuma Sato           46   –   –   –   738.58   [-16.99]  ** -1
16      Christijan Albers     44   –   –   –   619.12    [+1.35]  ** +1
17      Tiago Monteiro        36   –   –   –   568.94    [-7.90]
18      Jacques Villeneuve    33   –   –   –   543.44    [-7.84]
19      Christian Klien       36   –   –   –   523.26   [-20.22]     -2
20 [21] Nico Rosberg          26   –   –   1   452.25   [+19.63]  ** +1

21 [20] Vitantonio Liuzzi     30   –   –   –   450.33    [-2.73]  ** +1
22      Scott Speed           26   –   –   –   408.73   [+11.10]  ** +1
23      Robert Kubica         12   –   –   –   367.50   [+47.89]  ** +1

26      Heikki Kovalainen      8   –   –   –   246.96   [+22.00]  ** +1
27      Alexander Wurz         9   –   –   –   235.49   [+21.89]  ** +1

29      Anthony Davidson       9   –   –   –   157.70    [+1.29]  ** +1
30 [32] Adrian Sutil           8   –   –   –   131.13   [+22.95]  ** +1

Forty four drivers have driven in the last three years (156 weeks),

The last 104 weeks (2 years)
============================

First race (GP #1) – British GP, 10 July 2005
Last race (GP #35) – French GP, 08 July 2007

        Driver               GPs  PP   W  FL   Points  [Change]
================================================================
 1      Fernando Alonso       35  10  11   7  3991.15  [-206.55]  **
 2      Kimi Räikkönen        35   6   6  12  2767.07   [+50.80]  **
 3      Felipe Massa          34   7   4   5  2626.69  [+194.63]  **
 4  [3] Michael Schumacher    27   5   7   7  2437.99  [-196.70]     -2
 5      Giancarlo Fisichella  34   1   1   –  1504.42    [-3.70]  **
 6      Jenson Button         35   1   1   –  1213.19   [-17.98]  **
 7  [8] Lewis Hamilton         8   2   2   1  1079.52   [+78.52]  ** +1
 8  [7] Juan Pablo Montoya    19   2   3   1   993.32   [-22.62]     -1
 9      Ralf Schumacher       35   1   –   1   870.35    [-9.03]  **
10 [11] Nick Heidfeld         30   –   –   –   825.15   [+21.59]  **

11 [10] Rubens Barrichello    35   –   –   –   791.10   [-66.52]  ** -1
12      Jarno Trulli          35   –   –   –   700.14   [-52.50]  **
13      David Coulthard       35   –   –   –   635.66    [+1.10]  **
14      Mark Webber           35   –   –   –   598.48    [+1.60]  **
15      Takuma Sato           33   –   –   –   540.49    [+2.06]  **
16      Christijan Albers     34   –   –   –   502.36   [-33.05]  **
17 [18] Nico Rosberg          26   –   –   1   452.25   [+19.63]  ** +1
18 [20] Scott Speed           26   –   –   –   408.73   [+11.10]  ** +1
19      Vitantonio Liuzzi     26   –   –   –   407.55    [-2.02]  ** +1
20 [17] Tiago Monteiro        26   –   –   –   405.37   [-59.96]     -2

23      Robert Kubica         12   –   –   –   367.50   [+47.89]  ** +1
24 [25] Heikki Kovalainen      8   –   –   –   246.96   [+22.00]  ** +1

26 [27] Alexander Wurz         8   –   –   –   199.68   [+22.49]  ** +1

28 [29] Anthony Davidson       8   –   –   –   155.87    [+1.32]  ** +1
29 [30] Adrian Sutil           8   –   –   –   131.13   [+22.95]  ** +1

Thirty six drivers have appeared in the last two years (104 weeks).

The last 52 weeks (1 year)
==========================

First race (GP #1) – French GP, 16 July 2006
Last race (GP #16) – French GP, 08 July 2007

        Driver               GPs  PP   W  FL   Points  [Change]
===============================================================
 1      Felipe Massa          15   7   4   4  2041.24  [+55.90]  ** -1
 2      Fernando Alonso       16   2   3   4  1657.98 [-243.62]  ** -1
 3  [4] Kimi Räikkönen        16   4   2   3  1422.68  [+60.84]  ** -1
 4  [5] Lewis Hamilton         8   2   2   1  1079.52  [+78.52]  ** +1
 5  [3] Michael Schumacher     8   1   4   4  1068.18 [-355.21]     -2
 6      Giancarlo Fisichella  15   –   –   –   578.48  [-82.17]  ** -1
 7      Jenson Button         16   –   1   –   558.12   [+1.13]  ** -1
 8      Nick Heidfeld         16   –   –   –   542.91   [+9.35]  ** -1
 9 [13] Robert Kubica         12   –   –   –   367.50  [+47.89]  ** +1
10      Rubens Barrichello    16   –   –   –   365.28  [-17.84]  ** -1

11      Ralf Schumacher       16   –   –   –   361.33   [-6.85]  ** -1
12  [9] Jarno Trulli          16   –   –   –   334.88  [-77.19]  ** -1
13 [12] David Coulthard       16   –   –   –   299.57  [-32.61]  ** -1
14 [15] Nico Rosberg          16   –   –   –   283.30   [-1.01]  ** -1
15 [16] Takuma Sato           15   –   –   –   279.78   [-1.16]  ** -1
16 [17] Scott Speed           16   –   –   –   270.11   [-9.47]  ** -1
17 [18] Mark Webber           16   –   –   –   261.59   [-0.59]  ** -1
18 [21] Heikki Kovalainen      8   –   –   –   246.96  [+22.00]  ** +1
19      Christijan Albers     15   –   –   –   246.66   [-4.75]  ** -1
20      Pedro de la Rosa       8   –   –   –   241.77   [-2.74]

21 [14] Vitantonio Liuzzi     16   –   –   –   240.26  [-44.67]  ** -1
22      Alexander Wurz         8   –   –   –   199.68  [+22.49]  ** +1
23      Anthony Davidson       8   –   –   –   155.87   [+1.32]  ** +1
24 [26] Adrian Sutil           8   –   –   –   131.13  [+22.95]  ** +1

Thirty one drivers have appeared in the last year (52 weeks). Since the US
GP Juan Pablo Montoya has "dropped out" of the table.

–

Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawre…@msn.com

Sid Watkins is the personality profiled in "Best of Times / Worst of
Times" in this week’s Sunday Times.

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_li…

Not sure why this qualifies as "women" section, but at least it makes
a change from crappy fashion and over-priced shoes!

–
([:]) by Kimbo!

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? I am not a moderator.

note: hotmail address is a spam bin
www.bykimbo.com

Woah.

That was eventful.  A question:

During the post-restart safety car period Hamilton was permitted
to pass to unlap himself.  Section 40.12 of the 2007 Sporting
Regulations (new this year) says:

> When the clerk of the course considers it safe to do so, and the
> message "LAPPED CARS MAY NOW OVERTAKE" is shown on the timing
> monitors, any lapped cars which were between the cars running on the
> lead lap at the time the safety car was deployed (and also remain in
> that position) will be required to pass the cars on the lead lap and
> the safety car. They must then proceed around the track at an
> appropriate speed, without overtaking, and take up position at the
> back of the line of cars behind the safety car.

My impression was that Hamilton was already at the back of the queue,
hence not between any of the unlapped cars.  Presumably he was directed
to pass – so it was OK for him to do so, by a provision of Section 40.8
– but the question is whether this was correct.

Rather fun to see a Spyker in the lead!

–
Mark Jackson – http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~mjackson
     God help this nation when it has a President
     who doesn’t know as much about the military as I do.
                 - Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Shortly after starting out, they were pulled over by police for a search.

Not one, but two squad cars came to do the search.

Because they crossed lanes while going through an intersection.

If you are white, when was the last time two squad cars searched your
vehicle inch-by-inch because you crossed lanes while passing through
an intersection? Never happened to me.

The police were recorded saying a container they found "probably had drugs"
in it. It was a make-up container. [All you little people are probably guilty]

When ABC asked the police chief later why they were pulled over,
he said for crossing lanes while going through an intersection.

ABC’s cameras then showed cars doing that constantly at the same intersection.
They said they counted hundreds the same night.

The police chief then tacitly admitted they
were pulling over black people on purpose.

—-

[ Yes, I am aware of the cocaine/crack sentencing discrimination. ]

You monitor any group real close, you’ll get many arrests.

The implications of heavy monitoring are serious.

*   Jan 30 1997, The New York Times, page A12
*  
*   Blacks make up 51 percent of the 1.1 million inmates in state and
*   Federal prisons, the Sentencing Project study said, though
*   blacks are only 14 percent of the nation’s population.
*  
*   Of a total voting age population of 10.4 million

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ITV and RTL sometimes have adbreaks at the same time during a race.

If you have RTL then chances are you have Mosaique 1 too (Astra
Digital transponder 17).

This has 20 little screens at once and one, TF1 (French broadcaster)
has F1 races.

Top left-hand corner – watch that for a few minutes etc.

A little picture but better than nothing (which is what you have when
ITV and RTL are on adbreaks).

You can tell what is happening on a 21-inch TV and reasonable eyesight
(giant screen TV?)

Average Starting Position 2007 – after the Nürburgring, Qualifying #10
======================================================================

                                                                        | Pre-2003
         2007                       2006     2005      2004      2003   | F1 Career
Pos.     ASP                      Pos. ASP Pos. ASP  Pos. ASP  Pos. ASP | Pos. ASP
==================================================================================
 1. [2]  3.00 [-0.11] F Alonso      1  4.28  1  3.95  7  7.56   8  7.88 |166 19.47
 2. [1]  3.10 [+0.77] L Hamilton    -  -     –  -     –  -      -  -    |  -  -
 3.      4.00 [-0.33] K Räikkönen   4  5.83  2  5.68  9  8.22   6  6.81 | 31  7.71
 4.      4.40 [-0.16] F Massa       2  6.67 17 11.89 18 13.50   –  -    | 77 11.88
 5.      5.50 [-0.17] N Heidfeld   10 10.17 12  9.57 21 16.00  15 12.31 | 81 12.28
 6.      5.89 [-0.11] R Kubica      9  8.83  -  -     –  -      -  -    |  -  -
 7.      7.00         S Vettel      -  -     –  -     –  -      -  -    |  -  -
 8.      8.40 [+0.51] G Fisichella  3  5.61  3  5.74 17 12.33  19 13.88 | 64 10.98
 9.      9.00         J Trulli     14 10.28  5  6.11  6  6.71   7  7.31 | 58 10.28
10.      9.60 [-0.40] M Webber      7 11.06  8  8.00 13  9.72  11  9.88 |168 19.59
11.     10.20 [+0.09] N Rosberg    12 13.33  -  -     –  -      -  -    |  -  -
12.     10.70 [-0.41] H Kovalainen  -  -     –  -     –  -      -  -    |  -  -
13.     12.50 [-0.39] R Schumacher 17  9.94 11  8.61  5  6.00   5  5.93 | 21  7.04
14.[16] 14.30 [-0.03] R Barrichello 6  7.61 13 10.53  2  4.56   1  3.63 | 38  8.42
15[=14] 14.40 [+0.29] J Button      3  7.78  4  5.94  3  5.50  13 11.33 | 93 13.02
16[=14] 14.70 [+0.59] D Coulthard  13 14.17 16 11.00 10  9.39   9  8.50 | 12  5.13
17.     15.30 [-0.37] A Wurz        -  -     6  7.00  -  -      -  -    | 67 11.31
18[=18] 16.00 [-0.11] A Davidson    -  -    22 15.00  -  -      -  -    |169 20.00
19[=18] 16.40 [+0.29] V Liuzzi     15 15.50 19 13.00  -  -      -  -    |  -  -
   [20] 16.40 [-0.04] T Sato       20 19.67 14 10.88  8  8.06  16 13.00 |118 15.29
21.     17.70 [+0.03] S Speed      16 16.17  -  -     –  -      -  -    |  -  -
22.     20.30 [+0.08] A Sutil       –  -     –  -     –  -      -  -    |  -  -
23.     21.11         C Albers     18 18.0 =24 17.26  -  -      -  -    |  -  -
24. [-] 22.00         M Winkelhock  -  -     –  -     –  -      -  -    |  -  -

Averages include all demotions such as engine change penalties. The pre-2003
career reflects the change to single-lap/restricted qualifying format – I
don’t propose to update the career figures.

Average Team Starting Position 2007 – after the Nürburgring, Qualifying #10
===========================================================================

  2007                            2006      2005      2004      2003      2002
Pos.      ASP                   Pos. ASP  Pos. ASP  Pos. ASP  Pos. ASP  Pos. ASP
=================================================================================
 1.      3.05 [+0.33] McLaren    7. 13.50  2.  6.61  5.  8.81  4.  7.66  3.  5.62
 2.      4.20 [-0.24] Ferrari    1.  1.50  6.  9.37  1.  4.25  1.  3.94  1.  2.35
 3.      5.75 [-0.14] BMW-Sauber 6. 10.50  8. 11.95  8. 12.92  8. 12.81  5. 10.97*
 4.      9.65 [+0.04] Renault    3.  6.50  1.  4.84  4.  7.47  3.  7.59  4.  9.50
 5.     10.75 [-0.25] Toyota     8. 15.50  3.  7.47  7. 11.81  5. 10.09  8. 14.59
 6.     12.15 [+0.09] Red Bull   5. 10.50  7. 11.24  6. 11.69  7. 11.84  9. 15.79*
 7.     12.75 [-0.14] Williams   4.  9.50  5.  9.32  2.  6.39  2.  5.03  2.  3.21
 8.     14.35 [+0.13] Honda      2.  4.50  4.  8.53  3.  6.78  6. 11.48  6. 12.71*
 9.     16.20 [-0.08] S Aguri   11. 20.50  -   –     –   –     –   –     –   –
10.     17.05 [+0.16] T Rosso    9. 15.50 10. 17.50 10. 18.53 10. 18.66 11. 20.32*
11.     20.75 [+0.08] Spyker    10. 18.50  9. 16.97  9. 16.36  9. 15.53  7. 13.33*

*  Red Bull = Jaguar (2002-04), Honda = BAR (2002-05), BMW-Sauber = Sauber (2002-05),
   Spyker = Midland (2006) = Jordan (2002-05), Toro Rosso = Minardi (2002-05)

Team-mates Head-to-Head 2007 – after the Nürburgring, Qualifying #10
====================================================================

Team         Driver-1          Driver-2     Posn.
=================================================
Red Bull     Webber       9-1  Coulthard     +51
Williams     Rosberg      9-1  Wurz          +50
Toyota       Trulli       9-1  Schumacher    +35

Spyker       Sutil        7-2  Albers         +8
             Sutil        1-0  Winkelhock     +1
            [             8-2                 +9]

BMW-Sauber   Heidfeld     6-3  Kubica         +3
             Heidfeld     1-0  Vettel         +1
            [             7-3                 +5]

Toro Rosso   Liuzzi       6-4  Speed         +13
Ferrari      Massa        6-4  Räikkönen      -4
Super Aguri  Davidson     6-4  Sato           +4
Honda        Barrichello  6-4  Button         +1

Renault      Fisichella   5-5  Kovalainen    +23
McLaren      Hamilton     5-5  Alonso          0

Note: "Posn." shows the advantage in qualifying positions to date. A
positive number shows the driver on the left has the advantage and a
negative number the driver on the right.

Appearances in Each Qualifying Session
======================================

                Q1  Q2  Q3
==========================
F Alonso        10  10  10*   FRA – no time
N Heidfeld      10  10  10
L Hamilton      10  10  10

K Räikkönen     10  10*  9    MON – no time
J Trulli        10  10   9
F Massa         10  10*  9    AUS – no time
G Fisichella    10  10   8
R Kubica         9   9   9

M Webber        10   9   7

N Rosberg       10   9   5
H Kovalainen    10   9   5

R Schumacher    10   7   4

J Button        10   8   1
R Barrichello   10   8   1
D Coulthard     10   7*  1    MON – time deleted; FRA – no time
T Sato          10   5   1
S Vettel         1   1   1

V Liuzzi        10   5*  -    ESP – no time
A Davidson      10   5*  -    ESP – no time
A Wurz          10   5   –
S Speed         10*  3   –    ESP – no time
A Sutil         10   –   –
C Albers         9*  -   –    MON – no time
M Winkelhock     1   –   –

* Set no time in one or more sessions (Massa in Australia 3 laps;
  Davidson in Spain 4 laps, Liuzzi in Spain 0 laps, Speed in
  Spain 2 laps; Räikkönen in Monaco 3 laps, Albers in Monaco 3 laps,
  Alonso in France 1 lap, Coulthard in France 2 laps).

Best Qualifying Performances (Current Drivers)
==============================================

               Best in 2007      Best in   Best in   Best before 2005
Driver         Posn.(#)  GP(s)   2006 (#)  2005 (#)  Posn. (#) First  - Last
==============================================================================
F Massa        Pole (4)  . . .   Pole (3)  7th  (1)  4th   (3) AUT 02 – BRA 04
L Hamilton     Pole (3)  . . .   —       —       —
K Räikkönen    Pole (2)  AUS/Eur Pole (3)  Pole (5)  Pole  (3) Eur 03 – GBR 04
F Alonso       Pole (1)  MON     Pole (6)  Pole (6)  Pole  (3) MAS 03 – HUN 03

N Heidfeld     3rd  (2)  AUS/CDN 3rd  (1)  Pole (1)  4th   (1) AUT 03
G Fisichella   4th  (1)  MON     Pole (1)  Pole (1)  Pole  (1) AUT 98
R Kubica       4th  (1)  FRA     6th  (1)  —       —
N Rosberg      5th  (1)  MON     3rd  (1)  —       —
M Webber       6th  (3)  . . .   2nd  (1)  2nd  (1)  2nd   (1) MAS 04
H Kovalainen   6th  (2)  USA/FRA —       —       —
J Trulli       6th  (1)  ESP     3rd  (1)  Pole (1)  Pole  (2) MON 04 – BEL 04
R Schumacher   6th  (1)  GBR     3rd  (1)  Pole (1)  Pole  (5) FRA 01 – CDN 04
S Vettel       7th  (1)  USA     —       —       —
D Coulthard    9th  (1)  ESP     7th  (1)  5th  (1)  Pole (12) ARG 95 – MON 01
R Barrichello  9th  (1)  MON     3rd  (2)  5th  (2)  Pole (13) BEL 94 – BRA 04
T Sato         10th (1)  AUS     17th (2)  4th  (2)  2nd   (1) Eur 04
J Button       10th (1)  MON     Pole (1)  Pole (1)  Pole  (1) RSM 04

A Wurz         11th (2)  BRN/MON —       7th  (1)  ???
A Davidson     11th (1)  AUS     —       15th (1)  ???
V Liuzzi       12th (2)  MON/CDN 12th (2)  11th (1)  —
S Speed        15th (2)  FRA/GBR 11th (1)  —       —
A Sutil        19th (1)  MON     —       —       —
C Albers       20th (2)  MAS/FRA 14th (1)  13th (1)  —
M Winkelhock   22nd (1)  Eur

All-Time Top 20 Poles
=====================

 1. A Senna         65
 2. M Schumacher    50  + 14 in 2003-05 [1] + 4 in 2006 [3]
 3. A Prost         34
 4. J Clark         33
 5. N Mansell       32
 6. JM Fangio       29
 7. M Häkkinen      26
 8. N Lauda         24
    N Piquet        24
10. D Hill          20
11. M Andretti      18
12. J Stewart       17
    R Arnoux        17
14. S Moss          16
    F Alonso         0  + 7                + 2             + 7 in 2006-07 [3]
16. A Ascari        14
    R Peterson      14
    J Hunt          14
19. J Brabham       13
    G Hill          13
    J Ickx          13
    J Villeneuve    13  + 0 in 2003-04 [1] + 0 in 2005 [2]
    JP Montoya      10  + 3                + 0

1. Single lap qualifying (2003-05, except for AUS-MON ’05)
2. Two single-lap sessions aggregated (AUS-MON ’05 only)
3. Knockout, 3-period, race fuel

The Recent Record of Pole Position Holders at the Nürburgring
=============================================================

Year  Time      Driver        Chassis          Rslt Winner                Grd
==============================================================================
1997  1’16.602  M Häkkinen    McLaren MP4/12   DNF  Villeneuve   Williams 2nd
1998  1’18.561  M Schumacher  Ferrari F300     2nd  Häkkinen     McLaren  3rd
1999  1’19.910  H-H Frentzen  Jordan 199       DNF  Herbert      Stewart  14th
2000  1’17.529  D Coulthard   McLaren MP4/15   3rd  M Schumacher Ferrari  2nd
2001  1’14.960  M Schumacher  Ferrari F2001    1st
—-
2002  1’29.906  JP Montoya    Williams FW24B   DNF  Barrichello  Ferrari  4th
—-
2003  1’31.523  K Räikkönen   McLaren MP4/17D  DNF  R Schumacher Williams 3rd
2004  1’28.351  M Schumacher  Ferrari F2004    1st
2005  1’30.197  N Heidfeld    Williams FW27    2nd  Alonso       Renault  6th
2006  1’29.819  F Alonso      Renault R26      2nd  M Schumacher Ferrari  2nd
2007  1’31.450  K Räikkönen   Ferrari F2007    DNF  Alonso       McLaren  2nd

—- Indicates changes in track length and/or layout.

Note: In 1997-98 this race was named the Luxembourg GP.

Note: 2003-05 was decided on "single lap". Since 2006 the grid has been
decided on a three-period knockout system. The "pole time" is no longer
necessarily the fastest time set during qualifying.

There have been 14 GPs at the new Nürburgring,
only two have been won from pole (both by MS, last in 2004),
five have been won from second (Alonso in 2007),
three have been won from third (Ralf in 2003),
one has been won from fourth (Rubens in 2002),
one from sixth (Alonso in 2005),
one from eighth (Alboreto in 1985 [German GP]),
and one from 14th (Herbert in 1999).

Average Starting Position of race winner = 3.786.

–

Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawre…@msn.com

These comparisons only use the top speeds recorded through the regular speed
trap during the Saturday Qualifying sessions. This means that, at most events,
there are comparisons that are fairly meaningless because of some problem that
affected one or more drivers during one particular session.

The first table compares the 2006 team/driver combination with the equivalent
2007 team/driver – the same driver if possible, otherwise the 2006 driver is
compared to his 2007 replacement. This analysis is intended as a team comparison,
but the first table is also of some interest – but should be read with caution.

European GP – 2006-07

2006                                  2007
Team-Engine       Driver       km/h   Team-Engine      Driver      km/h  Dif. %Diff.
====================================================================================
Red Bull-Ferrari  Klien        276.1  Red Bull-Renault Webber      296.1 +20.0 +7.24
T Rosso-Cosworth  Liuzzi       280.3  T Rosso-Ferrari  Liuzzi      297.9 +17.6 +6.28
S Aguri-Honda     Sato         281.9  S Aguri-Honda    Sato        299.0 +17.1 +6.07
Red Bull-Ferrari  Coulthard    281.6  Red Bull-Renault Coulthard   297.4 +15.8 +5.61
T Rosso-Cosworth  Speed        282.2  T Rosso-Ferrari  Speed       296.4 +14.2 +5.03
S Aguri-Honda     Montagny     281.9  S Aguri-Honda    Davidson    295.8 +13.9 +4.93
Honda             Barrichello  285.2  Honda            Barrichello 297.5 +12.3 +4.31
Williams-Cosworth Webber       285.7  Williams-Toyota  Wurz        298.0 +12.3 +4.31
Honda             Button       283.9  Honda            Button      296.0 +12.1 +4.26
Midland-Toyota    Monteiro     279.7  Spyker-Ferrari   Sutil       291.4 +11.7 +4.18
Williams-Cosworth Rosberg      287.0  Williams-Toyota  Rosberg     298.6 +11.6 +4.04
Toyota            R Schumacher 285.4  Toyota           Schumacher  296.2 +10.8 +3.78
McLaren-Mercedes  Montoya      287.9  McLaren-Mercedes Hamilton    298.5 +10.6 +3.68
McLaren-Mercedes  Räikkönen    289.3  McLaren-Mercedes Alonso      299.6 +10.3 +3.56
Toyota            Trulli       287.0  Toyota           Trulli      295.8  +8.8 +3.07
Midland-Toyota    Albers       278.7  Spyker-Ferrari   Winkelhock  286.8  +8.1 +2.91
BMW Sauber-BMW    Villeneuve   288.9  BMW Sauber-BMW   Kubica      295.9  +7.0 +2.42
BMW Sauber-BMW    Heidfeld     292.2  BMW Sauber-BMW   Heidfeld    299.0  +6.8 +2.33
Ferrari           Massa        294.4  Ferrari          Massa       299.5  +5.1 +1.73
Renault           Alonso       293.7  Renault          Kovalainen  298.0  +4.3 +1.46
Ferrari           M Schumacher 295.6  Ferrari          Räikkönen   299.6  +4.0 +1.35
Renault           Fisichella   295.4  Renault          Fisichella  295.5  +0.1 +0.03

The second table compares the best speed achieved by each team (IE both drivers), and
as such is a better

measure of the year-on-year change.

    2006                      2007
    Team-Engine        km/h   Team-Engine       km/h  Diff. %Diff.
==================================================================
 1. S Aguri-Honda      281.9  S Aguri-Honda     299.0 +17.1  +6.07
 2. Red Bull-Ferrari   281.6  Red Bull-Renault  297.4 +15.8  +5.61
 3. T Rosso-Cosworth   282.2  T Rosso-Ferrari   297.9 +15.7  +5.56
 4. Honda              285.2  Honda             297.5 +12.3  +4.31
 5. Midland-Toyota     279.7  Spyker-Ferrari    291.4 +11.7  +4.18
 6. Williams-Cosworth  287.0  Williams-Toyota   298.6 +11.6  +4.04
 7. McLaren-Mercedes   289.3  McLaren-Mercedes  299.6 +10.3  +3.56
 8. Toyota             287.0  Toyota            296.2  +9.2  +3.20
 9. BMW Sauber-BMW     292.2  BMW Sauber-BMW    299.0  +6.8  +2.33
10. Ferrari            295.6  Ferrari           299.6  +4.0  +1.35
11. Renault            295.4  Renault           298.0  +2.6  +0.88

2007 speed trap data from:

    http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/779/6425/speed_trap.html

The second table ranks the eleven teams in order of the largest increase in
top speed, with Super Aguri making the biggest advance at the Nürburgring,
and Renault the smallest. (At some events some teams have failed to better
their top speed from 2006.

Here are the rankings at each 2007 event to date together with the
average ranking for the season so far.

                     AUS MAS BRN ESP MON CDN USA FRA GBR Eur Avge.
==================================================================
 1. Super Aguri-Honda  2   1   1   1  10   2   9   2   2   1  3.10
 2. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 4   2   4   5   3   8   2   6   1   3  3.80  [1]
 3. Red Bull-Renault   6   9   3   3   9   1   1   3   5   2  4.20  [1]
 4. Williams-Toyota    8   6   2   4   5   6   4   1   4   6  4.60  [1]
 5. Spyker-Ferrari     1   8  10   2   6   6   4   9   6   5  5.70  [1]
 6. Honda              7   7   8   7   4  11   3   5   7   4  6.30
 7. Toyota             5   4   5   8   7   9   6   7   8   8  6.70
 8. McLaren-Mercedes  10  10   9   6   2   5  11   8   3   7  7.10
 9. BMW Sauber-BMW    11  11   7   9   1   3  10   4   9   9  7.40
10. Renault            9   5  11  10   8   4   7  10   9  11  8.40
    Ferrari            3   3   6  11  11  10   8  11  11  10  8.40

There have been some events where two teams were equal (to two
decimals of percentage difference) and have been ranked equally
(BMW and Renault at Silverstone is an example).

1. Team changed engine supplier since 2006.

Woking, Great Britain, Thursday 26th July 2007
McLAREN RACING STATEMENT
FOLLOWING THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF
THE WORLD MOTOR SPORT COUNCIL
Following an appearance by McLaren today at the FIA World Motor Sport
Council in Paris, a unanimous decision has been taken by the FIA which
in McLaren’s opinion is very balanced and fair. McLaren accepts the
that the FIA World Motor Sport Council had no alternative other than
to find that there was a purely technical breach by reason of the
possession of certain information by one individual at his home,
without McLaren’s knowledge or authority. McLaren is delighted that
the World Motor Sport Council determined that this information was not
used and accordingly imposed no sanction whatsoever on the team.
McLaren looks forward to continuing its fight in what is the most
exciting Drivers’ and Constructors’ World Championship in many years.

RON DENNIS, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, McLAREN GROUP:
“There is no doubt that the past 24 days have been challenging and the
tremendous support we have received from our sponsor partners and the
public has been much appreciated. Moving forward McLaren wants to
re-affirm our long-standing commitment to honesty and integrity and
re-state that we believe we have acted correctly throughout. Now, we
have Formula 1 World Championships to win. As a result we intend to
move on, so as to maintain the focus and commitment required to do
exactly that.”

FERNANDO ALONSO:
“Having only been part of McLaren for a few months I know how
important today’s decision will be for everybody. I am looking forward
to an exciting second half of the season and to continue our battle
for both World Championships.”

LEWIS HAMILTON:
“Whilst it’s only my first season in Formula 1 with the team, I
already know and appreciate the commitment and dedication of the
people there. As a result I am pleased with today’s decision and can’t
wait for the rest of the season.”
– ENDS –
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([:]) by Kimbo!

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? I am not a moderator.

note: hotmail address is a spam bin
www.bykimbo.com

The fact that Robert Kubica survived that horrible
accident–with remarkably little injury at that–shows
that the push for safety in F1 has resulted in some
truly amazing results.  Thanks to Sir Jackie Stewart
and the other F1 leaders who understood that racing
could be SAFE and still be EXCITING, today’s drivers
are in less danger of personal injury than ever.

However, Ant Davidson’s unfortunate experience at
Montreal shows that, despite the safety advances made
for drivers, F1′s beavers, woodchucks, and other
trackside animals, still participate in F1 only at
risk of injury and death.

Obviously, it is time for Bernie Ecclestone, Max
Mosley, and the entire FIA structure, to address,
seriously and comprehensively, the issue of
beaver safety in F1.  Strict new rules must be
drafted, new beaver safety equipment must be
devised, tested, and approved, and beaver safety
compliance must be assured by the strictest level
of scrutineering available.

The time is NOW for beaver safety in F1.  Let’s all
support this important issue.

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 Ken Kuzenski   AC4RD   ken . kuzenski at duke .edu
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All disclaimers apply, see?  www.duke.edu/~kuzen001