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1979 Belgian Grand Prix
The sixth round of the season on Circuit of Zolder in Belgium saw a number of teams bring upgraded parts to their cars. The biggest interest natuirally lied on Williams who had finally completed the development of their new car, the FW07. Rumours in the paddock suggested that Piquet and de Angelis might well be in contention to win this weekend.
Team Ensign was the other team to unveil their new car, the N179.
Pre-qualifying
Usual friday morning pre-qualifying marked the debut of Ensign's N179 chassis. Colombo and Jabouille weren't quite able to reach the top but did enough to get through. The gap to Alfa Romeo's Ertl and Regazzoni was everything but massive, only 0,026 seconds! Jochen Mass was the clearly fastest driver of the session.
Qualifying
Williams was expected to do well with their new car but no one dared to guess the new chassis would be this good! Nelson Piquet dominated the qualifying sessions clinching the pole from his teammate with a clear margin. Ferraris and Tyrrells were pushed back to second and third row.
Rosberg was a decent seventh ahead of slightly surprising Tambay. Team Lotus drivers Daly and Cheever were very close in 9th and 11th and between them Emilio de Villota whose great run just doesn't seem to end. Brabhams seemed to have found some extra speed from the new Alfa engine whereas Renaults's had lost some. Further back we saw the unlikely event of Jan Lammers beating his teammate James Hunt for the first time. Hunt was struggling with his car and was unable to qualify for the race.
Race
Piquet got a great start and rushed in to the lead. Tyrrells got away nicely too as Scheckter took second and Pironi fourth position with de Angelis between them. A magnificent start by Derek Daly from P9 elevated the Irishman to fifth leaving Ferraris biting his dust in sixth and seventh. Rosberg, Tambay and Ickx completed the top-10. Renaults on the other had appaling start to the race: Villeneuve in 16th and Arnoux in 19th would surely struggle to get anything out of this race.
Elio de Angelis wasn't as familiar with the new car as his teammate and slipped back a few places. After first round of pit stops he was however able to retake second. After 25 laps it was Williams in 1-2, leading Tyrrell in 3-4 and Ferrari in 5-6. Daly had dropped out of top-10 and Tambay's Matra folded which had helped de Villota and Lauda rise into top-10.
The positions held for a brief moment but once again the halfway point of the race brought drama. Pironi and Reutemann were the first high-profile retirements which lifted Ickx to fifth and Rosberg to sixth. The belgian ace looked set to earn his first points of the season in his home grand prix but 15 laps before finish his Alfa engine let out a big cloud of smoke, crushing his hopes of a points finish for the fifth time this season. Williams was cruising for a 1-2 finish but the drama wasn't over yet. Eight laps until the chequered flag Piquet's car came to a halt and seconds after his teammate would park his car within a few hundred meters from him. What a cruel way to end the debut race of the new car!
Scheckter inherited the lead after Williams drivers's problems and was able to hold on to it and take his second win of the season. Another driver with loads of bad luck this season, Alan Jones, had an error-free drive to second. Keke Rosberg took his third podium in four races by holding off a late comeback effort by resurgent Derek Daly. Eddie Cheever capped Lotus's fine day with a fifth place. Niki Lauda took the final and much needed point for Copersucar Fittipaldi.
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The sixth round of the season on Circuit of Zolder in Belgium saw a number of teams bring upgraded parts to their cars. The biggest interest natuirally lied on Williams who had finally completed the development of their new car, the FW07. Rumours in the paddock suggested that Piquet and de Angelis might well be in contention to win this weekend.
Team Ensign was the other team to unveil their new car, the N179.
Pre-qualifying
Usual friday morning pre-qualifying marked the debut of Ensign's N179 chassis. Colombo and Jabouille weren't quite able to reach the top but did enough to get through. The gap to Alfa Romeo's Ertl and Regazzoni was everything but massive, only 0,026 seconds! Jochen Mass was the clearly fastest driver of the session.
Qualifying
Williams was expected to do well with their new car but no one dared to guess the new chassis would be this good! Nelson Piquet dominated the qualifying sessions clinching the pole from his teammate with a clear margin. Ferraris and Tyrrells were pushed back to second and third row.
Rosberg was a decent seventh ahead of slightly surprising Tambay. Team Lotus drivers Daly and Cheever were very close in 9th and 11th and between them Emilio de Villota whose great run just doesn't seem to end. Brabhams seemed to have found some extra speed from the new Alfa engine whereas Renaults's had lost some. Further back we saw the unlikely event of Jan Lammers beating his teammate James Hunt for the first time. Hunt was struggling with his car and was unable to qualify for the race.
Race
Piquet got a great start and rushed in to the lead. Tyrrells got away nicely too as Scheckter took second and Pironi fourth position with de Angelis between them. A magnificent start by Derek Daly from P9 elevated the Irishman to fifth leaving Ferraris biting his dust in sixth and seventh. Rosberg, Tambay and Ickx completed the top-10. Renaults on the other had appaling start to the race: Villeneuve in 16th and Arnoux in 19th would surely struggle to get anything out of this race.
Elio de Angelis wasn't as familiar with the new car as his teammate and slipped back a few places. After first round of pit stops he was however able to retake second. After 25 laps it was Williams in 1-2, leading Tyrrell in 3-4 and Ferrari in 5-6. Daly had dropped out of top-10 and Tambay's Matra folded which had helped de Villota and Lauda rise into top-10.
The positions held for a brief moment but once again the halfway point of the race brought drama. Pironi and Reutemann were the first high-profile retirements which lifted Ickx to fifth and Rosberg to sixth. The belgian ace looked set to earn his first points of the season in his home grand prix but 15 laps before finish his Alfa engine let out a big cloud of smoke, crushing his hopes of a points finish for the fifth time this season. Williams was cruising for a 1-2 finish but the drama wasn't over yet. Eight laps until the chequered flag Piquet's car came to a halt and seconds after his teammate would park his car within a few hundred meters from him. What a cruel way to end the debut race of the new car!
Scheckter inherited the lead after Williams drivers's problems and was able to hold on to it and take his second win of the season. Another driver with loads of bad luck this season, Alan Jones, had an error-free drive to second. Keke Rosberg took his third podium in four races by holding off a late comeback effort by resurgent Derek Daly. Eddie Cheever capped Lotus's fine day with a fifth place. Niki Lauda took the final and much needed point for Copersucar Fittipaldi.
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But once again both your drivers finished. Fourth time in a row. That's some crazy reliability
ah screw this, so close to points
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Ligier is halfly disappointed that they could not reach the points finish.
A month ago you would have been happy just to qualify for the raceyes but we want points
Good Job Colombo!
One race to go before the mid-season cut-off for points and pre-qualifying.
Let's speculate a little just for the sake of it
The only driver who may have to drop points in the first half of the season is Reutemann. He is the only driver to finish four times and the max amount he might have to drop is only two points. So nothing particularly interesting here.
The race out of pre-qualifying however is very interesting! Team Rebaque has already clinched a place in qualifying session thanks to Mass' fourth place in Argentina. Alfa Romeo, Shadow and Ensign are currently without points in the last three positions. Brabham is in 14th with one point so one good finish could well be enough for any of the three. It's Monaco next so who knows?
Let's speculate a little just for the sake of it
The only driver who may have to drop points in the first half of the season is Reutemann. He is the only driver to finish four times and the max amount he might have to drop is only two points. So nothing particularly interesting here.
The race out of pre-qualifying however is very interesting! Team Rebaque has already clinched a place in qualifying session thanks to Mass' fourth place in Argentina. Alfa Romeo, Shadow and Ensign are currently without points in the last three positions. Brabham is in 14th with one point so one good finish could well be enough for any of the three. It's Monaco next so who knows?
Shadow announces the start of a new exercise program for Patrick Gaillard after his over-weight destroyed the suspension of his car in the latest race.
On the other hand, after his failure in a proper top 10 finish, Rahal accused Colombo's afro-hair as it closed his vision on the track, and prevented our best Shadow driver from overtaking him.
On the other hand, after his failure in a proper top 10 finish, Rahal accused Colombo's afro-hair as it closed his vision on the track, and prevented our best Shadow driver from overtaking him.
Another double finish, and Keke made the podium. This is what we are aiming for, this is what we want. We'll look for Keke to challenge more this season, and naturally if Keke can challenge then we know that Emerson will be able to as well.
we dont have enought money to get the new livery ... we cant do better cas for this season
1979 Monaco Grand Prix
The sixth round of the season on the legendary street circuit marked the halfway point of the season. Team Lotus wasn't quite able to finish their new Lotus 80 car in time for the Belgian GP but this weekend the reigning champions finally brought out their new challenger.
Pre-qualifying
Pre-qualifying took place on Thursday morning, as is normal for Monaco GPs. Monaco veterans Regazzoni and Mass were comfortably the fastest two as expected and lead their teams out the pre-qualifying. Ensigns and especially "Afro" Colombo were well out of speed and didn't ever threat of qualifying.
Qualifying
After seeing what Williams did in Belgium with their new car, Lotus obviously had their hopes high of similar success. It was to be everything but succesful as the Lotuses found themselves in 19th and 22th positions. Both drivers struggled badly with their setups and never looked at home in their new cars.
Ferraris on the other hand looked very good. Reutemann and Jones locked out the front row with clear margin to de Angelis and Piquet who locked out the second row. Rosberg was once again a lot faster than his more experienced teammate in fifth. Fittipaldi was a second slower than the talented Finn in 16th. There was however a Fittipaldi next to Rosberg as Niki Lauda took Emerson's brother's car to sixth.
Arnoux, Tambay and Villeneuve were in 7th to 9th before the master of Belgium, Jody Scheckter. Pironi in the other Tyrrell couldn't find the speed either, he was down in 15th. Jacky Ickx in 11th showed some progress for Brabham but Riccardo Patrese in 24th was far from convincing. The Spanish starlet of the previous races, Emilio de Villota was disappointing as well, just narrowly qualifying for the race.
Race
Reutemann shot into the lead and got de Angelis onto his tail. Jones dropped to third. Arguably the best starter was Villeneuve who passed his teammate and Tambay to take seventh place. Pironi was also in ascend after overtaking Zorzi, Mass and Hunt in the opening lap. In the back the disappointing weekends of the disappointments continued. Lotuses dropped out of top-20 and Patrese's race ended in the wall.
De Angelis wasn't quite able to match Jones's speed and the Australian passed him. Soon the Italian lost a few more positions and the reason was clear: his engine was overheating and was forced to retire. There were a few more retirements but the leading pack kept their places well. After 35 laps the order was Reutemann, Jones, Lauda, Piquet, Rosberg Tambay, Arnoux and the Tyrrells. Lauda was having a great race and looked really strong in his underpowered Copersucar Fittipaldi.
Lauda wasn't able to keep his place for long. Piquet passed him on lap 41. By this time Rosberg has lost a wheel and retired from fifth place - a big blow to his championship hopes. Tyrrells were on the rise too. Pironi had gone by Arnoux and Scheckter adn was now up to points on sixth. This group of four cars (Tambay, Arnoux and Tyrrells) was extremely close which caused a some headache for the Ferraris that were already coming to lap them.
Pironi continued his ascend and overtook Tambay for fifth around lap 50. Scheckter followed him soon and so both Tyrrells were on the points - a rare scene this season! Tambay and Arnoux were not going to give up this easily though. Tambay fought his way back to fifth after some marvellous moves and Arnoux was able to pass the Tyrrells too as they looked to be struggling with their tyres.
Ferrari looked set to get their first 1-2 finish of the season but once again the disaster struck, this time for race and championship leader Reutemann whose gearbox stopped working with 10 laps to go. A few laps later Arnoux shunted his Renault to the wall at Mirabeau.
Drama late in the race rewarded once again to who could keep their cars between the walls and intact and the master at this was Ferrari's Alan Jones who took the second win of his career and added his name to the prestigious list of Monaco Grand Prix winners. Piquet and Lauda had a great battle all race long but the Brazilian was able to hold the Austrian behind him and take second. Tambay recovered to fourth and the last points went to Tyrrell. 5th and 6th probably not what the team expected after Scheckter's win in Belgium, they will surely be delighted with finally getting both cars to the finish line. Zorzi had a quiet race to seventh ahead of the new Lotus cars. At least their reliability looks ok.
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The sixth round of the season on the legendary street circuit marked the halfway point of the season. Team Lotus wasn't quite able to finish their new Lotus 80 car in time for the Belgian GP but this weekend the reigning champions finally brought out their new challenger.
Pre-qualifying
Pre-qualifying took place on Thursday morning, as is normal for Monaco GPs. Monaco veterans Regazzoni and Mass were comfortably the fastest two as expected and lead their teams out the pre-qualifying. Ensigns and especially "Afro" Colombo were well out of speed and didn't ever threat of qualifying.
Qualifying
After seeing what Williams did in Belgium with their new car, Lotus obviously had their hopes high of similar success. It was to be everything but succesful as the Lotuses found themselves in 19th and 22th positions. Both drivers struggled badly with their setups and never looked at home in their new cars.
Ferraris on the other hand looked very good. Reutemann and Jones locked out the front row with clear margin to de Angelis and Piquet who locked out the second row. Rosberg was once again a lot faster than his more experienced teammate in fifth. Fittipaldi was a second slower than the talented Finn in 16th. There was however a Fittipaldi next to Rosberg as Niki Lauda took Emerson's brother's car to sixth.
Arnoux, Tambay and Villeneuve were in 7th to 9th before the master of Belgium, Jody Scheckter. Pironi in the other Tyrrell couldn't find the speed either, he was down in 15th. Jacky Ickx in 11th showed some progress for Brabham but Riccardo Patrese in 24th was far from convincing. The Spanish starlet of the previous races, Emilio de Villota was disappointing as well, just narrowly qualifying for the race.
Race
Reutemann shot into the lead and got de Angelis onto his tail. Jones dropped to third. Arguably the best starter was Villeneuve who passed his teammate and Tambay to take seventh place. Pironi was also in ascend after overtaking Zorzi, Mass and Hunt in the opening lap. In the back the disappointing weekends of the disappointments continued. Lotuses dropped out of top-20 and Patrese's race ended in the wall.
De Angelis wasn't quite able to match Jones's speed and the Australian passed him. Soon the Italian lost a few more positions and the reason was clear: his engine was overheating and was forced to retire. There were a few more retirements but the leading pack kept their places well. After 35 laps the order was Reutemann, Jones, Lauda, Piquet, Rosberg Tambay, Arnoux and the Tyrrells. Lauda was having a great race and looked really strong in his underpowered Copersucar Fittipaldi.
Lauda wasn't able to keep his place for long. Piquet passed him on lap 41. By this time Rosberg has lost a wheel and retired from fifth place - a big blow to his championship hopes. Tyrrells were on the rise too. Pironi had gone by Arnoux and Scheckter adn was now up to points on sixth. This group of four cars (Tambay, Arnoux and Tyrrells) was extremely close which caused a some headache for the Ferraris that were already coming to lap them.
Pironi continued his ascend and overtook Tambay for fifth around lap 50. Scheckter followed him soon and so both Tyrrells were on the points - a rare scene this season! Tambay and Arnoux were not going to give up this easily though. Tambay fought his way back to fifth after some marvellous moves and Arnoux was able to pass the Tyrrells too as they looked to be struggling with their tyres.
Ferrari looked set to get their first 1-2 finish of the season but once again the disaster struck, this time for race and championship leader Reutemann whose gearbox stopped working with 10 laps to go. A few laps later Arnoux shunted his Renault to the wall at Mirabeau.
Drama late in the race rewarded once again to who could keep their cars between the walls and intact and the master at this was Ferrari's Alan Jones who took the second win of his career and added his name to the prestigious list of Monaco Grand Prix winners. Piquet and Lauda had a great battle all race long but the Brazilian was able to hold the Austrian behind him and take second. Tambay recovered to fourth and the last points went to Tyrrell. 5th and 6th probably not what the team expected after Scheckter's win in Belgium, they will surely be delighted with finally getting both cars to the finish line. Zorzi had a quiet race to seventh ahead of the new Lotus cars. At least their reliability looks ok.
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