The FIA has found Jacques Villeneuve guilty of holding up Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella in yesterday's qualifying. Jacques will move to 9th on the grid and therefore lose his 8th place to Juan Pablo Montoya. Giancarlo Fisichella on the other hand remains 11th and is still frustrated of being so far back on his pole sitting teammate Alonso.
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Tom wrote:I wonder if Renault should copy Ferrari and have one WC and one assistant. I have been looking through the records a bit and I noticed Ferrari have never had two drivers on a team who are both WC quality.
In 1979 Jody Scheckter won the title with Gilles Villeneuve second. 51 points to 47.
Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari, Phil Hill, Mike Hawthorn, John Surtees, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, and Michael Schumacher.
This is a list of some of Ferraris most famouse WCs. How many of them had competitive team mates?
Admittedly some have had good TMs but most of those have been deliberatly kept back to protect the better driver. Hopefully '07 will see an exception if Kimi goes to Ferrari.
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Venom wrote:Does anybody know what was Fisio shouting out at BMW's garage after the quali session?
According to another forum:
Found this on the SPEEDTV forums. And that dude found it on another message board.
Fisichella : "Stronzo!"
BMW Guy: "Dai Giancarlo, vi parlate dopo!"
Fisichella (to the BMW guy): "Sti cazzi! Mi ha rovinato il giro buono! Tredicesimo per i cazzi suoi!" then to Jacques: "sei un b******o! questa prima o poi me la paghi!"
In English:
Fisichella: "A****le!"
BMW Guy: "Come on Giancarlo, you'll talk later!"
Fisichella (to the BMW guy): "F*** it! He spoiled my flyer! I'm in 13th because of him!" then to Jacques: "you're a b*****d! you'll pay for this sooner or later!"
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I wonder if Fisi still has a chance at a seat next year. His inconsistency has really hurt the team, as well as his theatrics. And JV just may be out of a BMW ride next year, I see Kubica as good odds for a racing seat next season.
Now here's an interesting thought... could JV possibly have a seat in a Renault next year? He's proven that he hasn't lost it, and Flavio may be looking for two fresh faces next season. One new kid on the block, and one proven veteran. Hmmm..
That would be amazing! JV in Renault together with Heikki (And I have a pic of me and the future f1 champion )
I think it would be great combination and Heikki would learn a lot more from JV than Fisico can ever teach him! JV is one that helps his team mates and that gives tips and so! It would be the perfect match!
But I'm afraid that Flav doesn't feel that way! He wants Kimi or JP
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This is really childish behavior . He should turn the page now, doing that could have lead him to be the one punished this time. I think he was even more pissed of than we thought last week, probably because he had high pressure from Carlos Gohsn after the incident. As long as Imola was an isolated incident, it wasn't really bad, since he had won the race in Malaysia, and Bahrein wasn't his fault, but Nurburgring incident was really a bad timed one... I just hope this pityfull battle between those two will come to an end now, and they' just focus on racing in the gentleman way.
Now this makes Fisicehlla much more "bastardo" than JV. What he did today was deliberate. Renault should really think it over whether it is usefull for company image to keep such driver in the team.