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Originally posted by Life's a Bush and then WE die > Neither.> A good driver, but NOT a future star.
A great driver who will be a future star. And as the saying goes the future is now. Kimi, Alonso, Webber, Heidfeld (if he can get a half decent ride) and JPM maybe Ralf, will be the face of F1 for many years.
Originally posted by Spotnick Problem is, I was 8 or something when Gilles Villeuve died, so I'm too young to actually have seen him race (and care)...Jacques Villeneuve is the reason why I started to watch F1...
ehem. gilles died in 82, right? so i was 5 or 6 years old then..... you said "too young"? 
Back to the race itself, seems it's not cut and dried just yet:
Raikkonen may lose Brazil win
The result of Sunday's Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix is being reviewed because of a timekeeping discrepancy. The FIA said in a statement that it had received evidence that Jordan driver Giancarlo Fisichella had led for one lap more than previously believed and could be declared the winner instead of McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen.
The Finn was behind Fisichella when the race was stopped but had been declared the winner on F1's count-back rule - which dictates that the result is declared two laps before the lap on which the race was stopped.
But the FIA says there is now doubt about how many laps Fisichella had completed when the race was stopped because of an accident involving Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber.
The FIA says that Fisichella may have completed one more lap than was thought - which would make him the winner. The statement said: "The FIA has received evidence which suggests that, contrary to information supllied by the time-keepers at the Brazilian Grand Prix, Fisichella had started his 56th lap before the race was stopped.
"If this proves to be the case, the race classification would be that at the end of the 54th lap and not at the end of the 53rd lap as published."
The FIA has summoned its Brazilian GP officials to a meeting at its Paris headquarters on Friday to review the race.
Jordan said it also had evidence that Fisichella should have won.
"Jordan Grand Prix have received the FIA statement concerning the result of the Brazilian Grand Prix which concurs with the team's evidence," a Jordan statement said.
"The team awaits the outcome of the stewards meeting on Friday."
A spokesman for Raikkonen's team McLaren remained open minded.
"If the timekeepers are proven to have made a mistake then any subsequent adjustments of the race results would be understandable," he said.
Story from BBC SPORT: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula\_one/2931917.stm
Published: 2003/04/09 10:18:05
Originally posted by Old Blue Back to the race itself, seems it's not cut and dried just yet:Raikkonen may lose Brazil win
The result of Sunday's Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix is being reviewed because of a timekeeping discrepancy. The FIA said in a statement that it had received evidence that Jordan driver Giancarlo Fisichella had led for one lap more than previously believed and could be declared the winner instead of McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen.
The Finn was behind Fisichella when the race was stopped but had been declared the winner on F1's count-back rule - which dictates that the result is declared two laps before the lap on which the race was stopped.
But the FIA says there is now doubt about how many laps Fisichella had completed when the race was stopped because of an accident involving Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber.
The FIA says that Fisichella may have completed one more lap than was thought - which would make him the winner. The statement said: "The FIA has received evidence which suggests that, contrary to information supllied by the time-keepers at the Brazilian Grand Prix, Fisichella had started his 56th lap before the race was stopped.
"If this proves to be the case, the race classification would be that at the end of the 54th lap and not at the end of the 53rd lap as published."
The FIA has summoned its Brazilian GP officials to a meeting at its Paris headquarters on Friday to review the race.
Jordan said it also had evidence that Fisichella should have won.
"Jordan Grand Prix have received the FIA statement concerning the result of the Brazilian Grand Prix which concurs with the team's evidence," a Jordan statement said.
"The team awaits the outcome of the stewards meeting on Friday."
A spokesman for Raikkonen's team McLaren remained open minded.
"If the timekeepers are proven to have made a mistake then any subsequent adjustments of the race results would be understandable," he said.
Story from BBC SPORT: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula\_one/2931917.stm
Published: 2003/04/09 10:18:05
there IS a God, after all!
It would only be right that Fissico is awarded the victory. Would be fitting for Jordan becuase it was their 200th grand prix.
Originally posted by White Man In Hammersmith Palais It would only be right that Fissico is awarded the victory. Would be fitting for Jordan becuase it was their 200th grand prix.
nooo! i've got raikkonen on my fantasy F1 team and he's doing wonders for me at the moment, racking up the points. but you'd think what with all the technology and money pumped into F1 they would have figured all this mess out before they headed to the podium. 
and as for jacques villeneuve...he's one of the reasons i started watching F1, as well. but for really superficial reasons. probably the same reason dannii minogue started watching it. 
wonder when schumacher the elder will start stepping on the gas pedal.
