Toyota F1 first pole position in US grand prix

Toyota F1 first pole position in US grand prix

wow... just amazing... first japanese team since the 60s to take first place in qualifying... it was close but the MB didn't hav the top speed that the toyota hav

go Toyota even though Montoya drives for MB but I'm glad for Toyota though man. The Toyota team is making really good improvements. Jarno Trulli took the pole by the way

montoya is in Benz already?!? i havent watched f1 for like 2 years... but i have a montoya hat though...lol...

cant get a bigger pic...

sato represent toyota, aint he?

sato = honda

sorry boys, but kimi already has this one wrapped up.

nope Sato drives for Honda.

Here are the drivers:

Ferrari - Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barichello
MClaren (MB) - Kimi Raikonnen, Juan Pablo Montoya
Williams BMW - Mark Webber, Nick Heidfield
Renault - Fernando Alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella
BAR Honda - Jenson Button, Takuma Sato
Sauber Petronas - Jacques Villeneuve, Felipe Massa
Toyota - Jarno Trulli, Ralph Schumacher
Jordan (Toyota) - Narain Karthikeyan, Tiago Monteiro
Red Bull - Cristian Klien, David Coulthard
Minardi - Patrick Frieshacher, Cristijan Albers

Montoya drove with Williams BMW for 2 seasons and was signed by McLaren to a 2 yr contract when Montoya refused a 3 yr contract with Ferrari because he didn't want to do the same job that Barrichello was doing for Schumacher and that was handing Schumacher the wins in a silver platter just like it was seen in Spain last year. Montoya even said that till Schumacher remains on Ferrari that he will never drive for the team.

just a foot note....
the other Toyota driver for this race is not Ralf Schumacher...its Ricardo Zonta. Ralf was injured in practice if i'm not mistaken....

yea he was, dang man history repeats itself. Last season he injured himself badly in the straight away by running into a wall the same race and that almost cost him his career.

Even though he will be doing the same thing this year and in the future for Raikonnen

Stupid crap. Only 6 cars ran because of the Michelin tires.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/new...0619:MTFH41534_2005-06-19_18-59-48_L1912679:1

i can't believe the fia wouldn't just let all the teams run a different set of tires. it would have saved the event.

its hard to place blame...if they did let the Michelin teams use diff tires, it would be an unfair advantage for Bridgestone...
also, if the FIA did let them put a chicane on turn 13, without any practice laps, it would be dangerous...
although i think Michelin did a right thing of pulling their teams, i think they should not have been in that position in the first place...
my .02 cents..

i think this race is bull sh!t... this race could've been a toyota's race... that dumbA$$ from Jordan Toyota is a idiot think he is so great but he's actually not...

Michelin should have brought better tires, plain and simple. It is not Ferrari's fault (or any Bridgestone running team) and they shouldn't have to submit to a change in the rules that would allow Michelin teams to level the playing field (especially since the first few races had the opposite happening with no complaint from Bridgestone).

This wasn't all about safety... as most drivers were willing and wanted to race, especially David Coulthard and Sato. If it were just about safety, they would have raced at a lower speed around that corner.

^^i agree on your first point ...
as for allowing the michelin drivers to race but slowing down at turn 13, easier said than done. you cant tell a race car driver to slow down, especially if he is being chased by a rival...its just in their blood...

also, i dont think Monteiro thought he was great...he was just happy to be at the podium, granted the race was not a normal race...but for racers of his caliber, they'd take anything that would better their resume...

eh weird shit that happens in the racing world, what can I say lol and well Montoya doesn't really race for anyone and there's a team agreement where Raikkonen and Montoya stated that they would race independently and what not of course without affecting each other like we saw with Rubens and Michael Schumacher coming out of the pits...that shit was kinda funny. Part I did NOT like was the fact that faggot won again, I hate Schumacher if it wasn't for Ferrari he wouldn't be crap. I hand it to him he's a good driver but in this competition u ain't no one without a car...

he wasn't always with ferrari, you know... nor were all his wins.

you mean, like when he gets blue flagged? whatever, all michelin runners could have done SOMETHING to not make the USGP a joke, but they didn't want to... they wanted to make a scene more than anything else... and they wanted to make it look like the FIA's fault that they sat out... nice try, but I'm not buying it.

you got me all wrong...i agree that something should have done so the race wouldnt have been a joke. but dont blame the drivers either, they were just following orders (some drivers actually did want to race...). something could have been done...i dont know what...maybe making the chicane they wanted, and giving them an extra hour session to practice on it..or something...it seemed at the end it was more of a war of manhood between FIA and the Michelin/Teams...so sad....

true...and actually, Schumacher made Ferarri what it is today...before 1996, the team was struggling...(in fairness, you also have to give credit to Jean Todd and the team for their success...).
saying that Schumi is good because of his car, you got it backwards, D...remember he also brought life to Bennetton before he went to Ferrari...

eh there's Ferrari for u, they do w/e it takes to win. and well I know that Schumacher has never been with Ferrari. He also raced for Renault too back in the day and I think there's another team but I don't remember what it was... Schumacher is a hell of a driver I give u that but I guarantee u anything that he wouldn't have won this weekend if it wouldn't have been for the incident that's for sure, Ferrari is struggling big time with their new engine layout and shit

it wasnt Renault back then when Schumacher was driving...it was Bennetton Team, D. As for the other team he drove...you might be thinking of Jordan...yes, they were the first team to give him a car...alllbeit for only one race....

Well didn't Benneton back then have Renault motors? I could've sworn they did hmm weird but u know that's how legends are born but I don't like Schumacher personally he's too damn cocky....

How was it a dick move?

Ferrari had tire troubles in previous races and never asked for the rules to be changed... they drove as long as they could then withdrew. Why should they then allow the only other tire manufacturer to muscle the FIA into allowing the race to be evened up with a chicane? Michelin was told by the FIA that they can run another set of tires (which they had failed to bring to the US) and they were told the FIA will even use a penalty system to not allow Michelin runners to drive through turn 13 over a certain speed... but Michelin would only accept this if the Bridgestone teams were penalized as well... why should they be penalized? Michelin was willing to run for no points, but again... Bridgestone runners had to run for no points as well... that is stupid.

If Ferrari had tried something like this in those early races when they were having trouble, Michelin runners would have been livid just by the thought of Ferrari thinking they can change the rules... what is different?

I'm glad the teams dropped out. I watched the entire race and enjoyed it.

not untill 1992 did Bennetton get the Renault engine along with Williams...in 1991 Schumacher joined Bennetton in a Ford powered car, iirc...Renault dropped out again in 1996 and Schumacher joined Ferrari....

i dont think you could blame Ferrari, even Tony George didnt....(for what thats worth...)

you're right that Ferrari was the lone holdout...but dont you think that any other team would have done the same if it was the other way around...not trying to make Ferrari a saint...just wanted to put blame where blame is due....'

and no...i will never outgrow a corolla...lol...