Monza/Italian Grand Prix

[Ian]

Seen a few prices about and seem to be a big variation of prices - anyone any thoughts on the following?

M Scumacher 2/1
R Schumacher 4/1
Montoya 7/1
Coulthard 8/1
Hakkinen 12/1
Barrichello 16/1

 

[1837]

Sorry guys but i completely forgot that next weekend, i will be unable to post any previous or picks in F1 or Cart: I'm leaving thursday to Pittsburgh for college football (Panthers) and the opening game of the Steelers. Too bad i can't kick ass during that weekend but i'm sure Stanley will get the job done!

My only advice would be to watch closely Ralf Schum and Montoya with their Williams: They should perform very well and i expect one of these two to win it all!

Have fun and make big bucks in my absence!

 

[1837]

Because i'm heading towards a gun shop if i don't stop thinking about these terrorists, i will post an analysis about the Italian GP later on today IF the site is still up. I really need to change air guys, the last few days have been so terrible to all of us...

 

[Stanley]

IMO, the forum should be shut down. Too many things are being written that will be regretted later

If the site is shut down, then my picks can also be found at a forum moderated by Kevin & Junior44. I'm not sure of the rules for posting addresses for other forums, so I'll wait for clarification & further developments re: site.

As usual, my picks for qualifying will not be posted until after the final practise session, c. 5:30am ET

BTW it's a little frustrating that WSEX and Royal Sports have exactly the same matchups

 

[Stanley]

GCS are closed until Monday, WSEX & Royal Sports have the same matchups and Oly are not exactly reliable in getting their qualifying matchups posted ... could be a frustrating event

 

[1837]

Let's try to heal this weekend:

Monza is a fast track so watch out for Williams!

DATA :
Length:6.968 km

Nb of Laps:44 (306.592 Km)

Best Lap:
M. Schumacher - 1'49''458
(2001, Ferrari)

Record Pole:
D. Coulthard - 1'48''682
(1998, McLaren Mercedes)

2001 Pole:
J-P. Montoya - 1'52''072
(BMW Williams)

2001 Podium:
M. Schumacher - D. Coulthard - G. Fisichella


As expected, Ralf and Montoya are at the top of the first day of practice in Italy. If you can have good odds for a pole position, it is definitely a GO!

New drivers this week, Alex Yoong for Minardi (replacing Marques) and Tomas Enge (replacing the injured Burti)for Prost. Haven't seen any match ups about them yet.

Right now, as Stanley wrote, WESX and Royal have same lines but the match ups are between drivers from the same team

GCS is close and won' post lines. OLY will put some but no match ups yet and Camelot...

don't know what they'll do...

Hope to see some lines in cart too! We have to change our mind asap!

Back later this evening if ...

 

[1837]

forgot...

Qualifying: saturday at 7h00 am EDT

Race: sunday at 8h00 am EDT

 

[1837]

qualifying results: 2-0

race results:4-2

YTD 114-59-1

Montoya won the race, as predicted, Williams were strong ! Luck was finally on his side. I had witnesses from here about this weekend record in case some of you doubt about it!

It was good to change my mind who was getting darker and darker and kick some butts in racing!

The ? mark is will the next race will occur? Indiannapolis, sept 30th. Some drivers have already said they don't want to drive because they won't feel safe while big shots from FIFA said there will be a race and if some drivers don't want to be there, they might get fine or suspended. We have to wait and see...

 

[Stanley]

Here are the qualifying plays I posted at the other forum FWIW -

Coulthard to beat Hakkinen +100 @ Royal Sports
Trulli to beat Alesi -120 @ Royal Sports
Heidfeld to beat Raikkonen -110 @ Royal Sports [3 units]
De la Rosa to beat Irvine -120 @ WSEX
Fisichella to beat Irvine -125 @ Olympic

Results: 4-1 and +4.75 units

Just failed on the Fisichella play - he finished one place behind Irvine

No plays for the Grand Prix itself ... as usual

ytd: 67-25; +71.95 units

Nice pickin' 1837

On a not so good note, it was horrific to see Zanardi's crash ... two legs amputed ... a very sobering week