Luca Badoer Finally Gets Ferrari Drive

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26th August 2009, 19:17
edv

For sure they're making a distinction between qualifying lap and race lap.
26th August 2009, 19:24
F1boat

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimakos

I don't know what to believe :eek:
One for sure:the fastest lap has done by Ferrari :D

No, in 2004 Kimi was driving McLaren-Mercedes. It was his only win that season.
26th August 2009, 22:44
racing393

Luca

I guess his long awaited return was up in smoke, i know just the driver......ready

Heres a clue, he was the old "stig"

Perry.....
26th August 2009, 22:51
ioan

Quote:

Originally Posted by racing393

I guess his long awaited return was up in smoke, i know just the driver......ready

Heres a clue, he was the old "stig"

Perry.....

So many periods, all at the wrong place.
27th August 2009, 01:13
52Paddy

Quote:

Originally Posted by racing393

I guess his long awaited return was up in smoke, i know just the driver......ready

Heres a clue, he was the old "stig"

Perry.....

Fred Perry? Frank Perry? Brian Ferry? Furry Berry? Aaaahhhhh I can't take the suspense!!!!!!!!
27th August 2009, 08:51
jimakos

Quote:

Originally Posted by F1boat

No, in 2004 Kimi was driving McLaren-Mercedes. It was his only win that season.

Oops my mistake!!
Sorry :)
27th August 2009, 19:02
inimitablestoo

Quote:

Originally Posted by ioan

I'm very sure wikipedia is wrong...

Surely not :D
27th August 2009, 21:26
ioan

Quote:

Originally Posted by inimitablestoo

Surely not :D

Wouldn't be the first time either! :D
28th August 2009, 04:19
woody2goody

Well, in light of my bet this could be the last few hours I'm here for a month :D

For my pickems I picked Luca to come 8th this weekend, given the massive benefit of KERS at Spa.

However I'm not sure even a top 10 qualifying will save me! Knowing how good Kimi is at Spa, he will probably get pole position, so Luca would have to qualify top 4ish for me to win my bet with Garry.

I think there's more chance of me qualifying in the top 4 in that car...
28th August 2009, 04:29
Ranger

Quote:

Originally Posted by ioan

Maybe it's a race lap record otherwise it's a mistake as 1:43.726 is certainly faster:

http://ndtv.f1pulse.com/racecard/Bel...d_qualify.aspx

http://www.newsonf1.com/2002/races/belgium/qres.htm

http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/results.php?raceID=51

Lap records are only counted during the race.
28th August 2009, 05:35
rusha84

I'm one of those crying my hearts out upon learning that Schumi wouldn't be racing in F1 Singapore. I was really looking forward to see him race in the night race. :(
28th August 2009, 10:05
52Paddy

Quote:

Originally Posted by woody2goody

Well, in light of my bet this could be the last few hours I'm here for a month :D

For my pickems I picked Luca to come 8th this weekend, given the massive benefit of KERS at Spa.

However I'm not sure even a top 10 qualifying will save me! Knowing how good Kimi is at Spa, he will probably get pole position, so Luca would have to qualify top 4ish for me to win my bet with Garry.

I think there's more chance of me qualifying in the top 4 in that car...

Ah woody. I guess you're going to back on everything you said last week pretty soon :mark:
28th August 2009, 10:42
F1boat

Luca P10 in FP1, but with the rain, times are not very meaningful.
28th August 2009, 10:42
woody2goody

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paddy Cummins

Ah woody. I guess you're going to back on everything you said last week pretty soon :mark:

Nah I'm gonna stick with it.

I'm feeling good for Luca after practice. He showed more confidence than I thought on the wet track. He made a couple of mistakes, but so did everyone I think.
28th August 2009, 10:44
Knock-on

Quote:

Originally Posted by woody2goody

Well, in light of my bet this could be the last few hours I'm here for a month :D

For my pickems I picked Luca to come 8th this weekend, given the massive benefit of KERS at Spa.

However I'm not sure even a top 10 qualifying will save me! Knowing how good Kimi is at Spa, he will probably get pole position, so Luca would have to qualify top 4ish for me to win my bet with Garry.

I think there's more chance of me qualifying in the top 4 in that car...

Wathe your ass on that door mate :D

Anyway, good luck. If you're correct, then I'm a tenner to the good :D
28th August 2009, 10:44
woody2goody

Quote:

Originally Posted by F1boat

Luca P10 in FP1, but with the rain, times are not very meaningful.

Yeah nobody really got many dry laps in. Trulli went for it a bit more than most and got a decent time. 2nd (Button) to 10th (Badoer) didn't really get to build themselves up for a proper run.

10 drivers didn't get a single dry lap in so we can't read anything from the times.
28th August 2009, 10:46
woody2goody

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knock-on

Wathe your ass on that door mate :D

Anyway, good luck. If you're correct, then I'm a tenner to the good :D

I'll... see... you... all... in... October... <sniff>

No I'm actually pretty confident. It'll be close I think but he's definitely got a shot at 0.5 off Kimi.

Is it still 0.5 on a wet track I wonder?
28th August 2009, 11:59
ioan

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Originally Posted by F1boat

Luca P10 in FP1, but with the rain, times are not very meaningful.

He was slowest of all those who posted a lap time in the dry. 5 seconds slower than Trulli and 2 seconds slower than Kimi.
28th August 2009, 12:04
ioan

Come on Ferrari, put someone else in that seat by tomorrow morning.
28th August 2009, 12:21
F1boat

Yet Rob Smedley said that Luca's times are OK, he is losing time in turn 10. About the times, they are not meaningful, as woody said, only Jarno made a decent lap.
28th August 2009, 12:52
Bezza

Quote:

Originally Posted by woody2goody

I'll... see... you... all... in... October... <sniff>

No I'm actually pretty confident. It'll be close I think but he's definitely got a shot at 0.5 off Kimi.

Is it still 0.5 on a wet track I wonder?

If he is +1.5 secs or more away from Kimi, I win £10 :)

I think we have to establish, during qualifying, that the only fair comparison is to compare Kimi and Badoer at the end Qualy 2. The final session includes race fuel so we cannot include that in the bet, unless Knock-On was hoping for that loophole ;)

Kimi to be 1.5 secs faster than Badoer after Qualifying 2 :)
28th August 2009, 13:14
Knock-on

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bezza

If he is +1.5 secs or more away from Kimi, I win £10 :)

I think we have to establish, during qualifying, that the only fair comparison is to compare Kimi and Badoer at the end Qualy 2. The final session includes race fuel so we cannot include that in the bet, unless Knock-On was hoping for that loophole ;)

Kimi to be 1.5 secs faster than Badoer after Qualifying 2 :)

I don't mind when we do it so end of Q2 is fine with me :D

(or the end of Q1 if one doesn't make it through)

<shakes hand>
28th August 2009, 14:31
ioan

2 seconds slower than Raikkonen!
1 second slower than the next slowest driver! :D
28th August 2009, 14:36
woody2goody

Quote:

Originally Posted by ioan

2 seconds slower than Raikkonen!
1 second slower than the next slowest driver! :D

You really shouldn't be happy about that :D
28th August 2009, 14:38
ioan

Quote:

Originally Posted by woody2goody

You really shouldn't be happy about that :D

I'm trying to see the positive side of this catastrophe at Ferrari. ;)

PS: I suppose that Badoer will again say that he's doing exactly as expected! :laugh:
28th August 2009, 14:41
F1boat

On the other hand, he is not that far behind the world championship leader :(
28th August 2009, 14:45
ioan

Quote:

Originally Posted by F1boat

On the other hand, he is not that far behind the world championship leader :(

Really?
When 19 drivers are within 1.1 seconds Badoer is another second down, looks a lot to me!
28th August 2009, 15:00
Bagwan

Get a clue guys !

Have you not seen the short version of his name that they use in the screen graphics ?
He is "BAD" .

Is this the curse of Enzo ?
He said he never wanted another Italian son in the Ferrari seat .
28th August 2009, 15:04
F1boat

Quote:

Originally Posted by ioan

Really?
When 19 drivers are within 1.1 seconds Badoer is another second down, looks a lot to me!

I mean that "Brawn GP" are also very, very bad :(
28th August 2009, 15:49
Sonic

OMG Luca you suck! Be a man and hand the keys back to LdM and tell him it was a BIG mistake.
28th August 2009, 16:06
BeansBeansBeans

Lookhow Badyouare
28th August 2009, 16:13
I am evil Homer

Aren't Ferrari embarassed by this? The guy is a joke so far.
28th August 2009, 16:15
schmenke

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeansBeansBeans

Lookhow Badyouare

Grab yer coat, the doors that way :mark:
28th August 2009, 17:07
Knock-on

Quote:

Originally Posted by woody2goody

You really shouldn't be happy about that :D

I love it. All he has to do is pick up the pace by 0.5 seconds in Q2 and I'm £££'s in :laugh:

How about this for a statistic then?

If he gets within 1.5 seconds of Kimi, he will be the most improved driver this season :D
28th August 2009, 17:30
woody2goody

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knock-on

I love it. All he has to do is pick up the pace by 0.5 seconds in Q2 and I'm £££'s in :laugh:

How about this for a statistic then?

If he gets within 1.5 seconds of Kimi, he will be the most improved driver this season :D

Well, with around half an hour left in the session, he set the fastest first sector time of anybody up until that point, and I thought 'right, here we go, the real Luca has returned', and then I watched the rest of the lap, and he lost 3.8(!) seconds in the last two sectors on that very lap. Granted, he improved by two seconds over that, but he still wasn't great.

His problem must be confidence. He's not using all the race track, and he isn't getting on the power early enough. He's driving sensibly and carefully, but that isn't enough when everyone else is driving the nuts off it.

He used to drive with real passion in his Minardi days. I'll be amazed if Rob Smedley and co aren't going through what he needs to do with him. In fact, I don't see why they weren't pushing him really hard to excel and not just to be mediocre.

We could all see what he was doing wrong, why couldn't Luca himself or even the team?

On a lighter note, Alguersuari = :)
28th August 2009, 18:18
jens

Unfortunately it looks like the only way, how woody2goody can avoid losing these bets, is to hope that Kimi's car blows up on his very first Q1 flyer...
28th August 2009, 18:20
ioan

Quote:

Originally Posted by jens

Unfortunately it looks like the only way, how woody2goody can avoid losing these bets, is to hope that Kimi's car blows up on his very first Q1 flyer...

I hope Kimi get's into Q3, so bye bye woody! :D
29th August 2009, 08:50
Knock-on

Quote:

Originally Posted by jens

Unfortunately it looks like the only way, how woody2goody can avoid losing these bets, is to hope that Kimi's car blows up on his very first Q1 flyer...

:laugh: Poor old Woody :D

I though 1.5 seconds was a good target for Baddie boy but 0.5 was a bit of a leap of faith.

Balls of steel our Woody has :D
29th August 2009, 10:20
pino

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knock-on

:laugh: Poor old Woody :D

I though 1.5 seconds was a good target for Baddie boy but 0.5 was a bit of a leap of faith.

Balls of steel our Woody has :D

knockie, isn't over yet...Go Badoer Go Woody :D
29th August 2009, 11:16
F1boat

Luca beat Kazuki in FP3 and is less than a second from KR lol :-)
http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2009/817/6667/

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