Wolffang 26 Aug 2005, 12:32 It doesnt matter who is infront or behind as far as India and Pakistan are concerned they are out to beat each other.
WAR on the Race Track!!!!
Media in India have grabbed this. Even the odd Bollywood star is pushing this angle!!
Since Pakistan are doing better than India in the practice days..
http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/news/article.asp?NewsID=844
I just hope India dont just shunt Pakistan off the track!
Now now.. temper temper!!!
Who knows there could be a surprise, since India historically have a knack for making their opponents think they are weak.
My verdict is that neither Pakistan or India will get past Paddock Hill bend on the 25th.
most of the crew in indian team are indians, who are not that experienced compared to the Super Nova crew working for pakistan.....So the they might be having difficulty getting the right setup ...or like you said they might be just keeping it Low key for now
FastFreddie 27 Aug 2005, 19:43 I think the battles between nations could be the highlight of the Championship. For instance, England v Germany, India v Pakistan, Everyone v USA... ;)
courageous 29 Aug 2005, 13:59 El Salvador and Honduras went to war because of the outcome of a football (soccer) game once....
macaroon 29 Aug 2005, 14:09 i think nkfan has hit the nail on the head......the team are still very inexperienced and plus they missed the first test at silverstone. will be an interesting contest for sure !!
Go_For_Pole 29 Aug 2005, 21:03 Everyone v USA... ;)
Hehehe now that's cruel :laugh:
i think nkfan has hit the nail on the head......the team are still very inexperienced and plus they missed the first test at silverstone. will be an interesting contest for sure !!
i said exactly what u said.. that they dont have much experience !! .
ausracefan 31 Aug 2005, 10:04 Good to c that there will be some rivalry between countries finally in motorsport
Amar7605 5 Sep 2005, 18:26 As long as everyone is professional and not childish about the rivalries, this is gonna be a great series.
mbathshah 15 Sep 2005, 15:54 Unfortunately Pakistan's drivers Adam Khan or Nur Ali are both very inexperienced and will be mince meat. Adam Khan didn't start racing untill his teens and his performances in British F3 have been truly pathetic. Nur Ali won the Southwest regional championship in Formula Mazda against 4 competitors! What more do you need to know. At these recent tests I suspect Adam Khan was carrying no ballast and almost no fuel.
Wolffang 17 Sep 2005, 14:26 Brands Hatch has given ratings on each of the countries
Check out the "Ability to avoid shunts" !!!
CLICK HERE (http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/resources/A1GPnew/index.asp)
ensign14 17 Sep 2005, 16:26 El Salvador and Honduras went to war because of the outcome of a football (soccer) game once....
Commemorated on this shirt:
http://www.subsidesports.com/uk/images/product/large/ElSalvadorVTee0405c.gif
AdamAshmore 19 Sep 2005, 00:37 Brands Hatch has given ratings on each of the countries
Check out the "Ability to avoid shunts" !!!
CLICK HERE (http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/resources/A1GPnew/index.asp)
Sorry, I can't find the rating page :( Where on the site is it? :)
#15 tkm 4/ 19 Sep 2005, 09:32 when you click on the countrys is give you information on the drivers in that part.
So click on the country flags on the home page and see from there
mbathshah 21 Sep 2005, 18:01 Did anyone see the Motorsport News ratings of the various teams - Top France and Brazil 8/10 - Bottom Pakistan 1/10
UK 7/10
Wolffang 21 Sep 2005, 21:15 These ratings are based on the the testing sessions, history of the country and the how in the past they have done in motorsports, if the drivers tend to crash.. which i think is a good rating to have, the experience of each of the drivers.. remember, this is not about the driver.. as its a team sport... drivers could change from race to race and session to session... COOOOLLLL!!!
ps remember, some countries did not test until this week...
We will see on Sunday whos the best of the best!!!
Did anyone see the Motorsport News ratings of the various teams - Top France and Brazil 8/10 - Bottom Pakistan 1/10
UK 7/10
Portugal have 8/10 too :D
Go-Pakistan 28 Sep 2005, 09:51 Unfortunately Pakistan's drivers Adam Khan or Nur Ali are both very inexperienced and will be mince meat. Adam Khan didn't start racing untill his teens and his performances in British F3 have been truly pathetic. Nur Ali won the Southwest regional championship in Formula Mazda against 4 competitors! What more do you need to know. At these recent tests I suspect Adam Khan was carrying no ballast and almost no fuel.
Look like the predictions were somewhat out.......Adam Khan PROVED HIMSELF BEYOND DOUBT with his performance at Brands....outqualifying, Yoong, Speed, Verstappen amongst others. Race 2 was amazing, started 7th, made up a place a lap to reach 4th......only a seized wheel nut in the pits cost him position....Good luck for Germany!
1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr 2.30.789
2 New Zealand Matt Halliday 2.31.117
3 France Alexandre Premat 2.31.206
4 Australia Will Power 2.31.388
5 Great Britain Robbie Kerr 2.31.714
6 Switzerland Neel Jani 2.31.729
7 Mexico Salvador Duran 2.32.307
8 Pakistan Adam Khan 2.32.596
9 Malaysia Alex Yoong 2.32.632
10 Japan Ryo Fukuda 2.32.689
11 Portugal Alvaro Parente 2.32.705
12 Ireland Michael Devaney 2.32.811
13 Germany Timo Scheider 2.32.981
14 Netherlands Jos Verstappen 2.33.075
15 South Africa Stephen Simpson 2.33.086
16 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 2.33.232
17 USA Scott Speed 2.33.317
18 Indonesia Ananda Mikola 2.33.424
19 India Karun Chandhok 2.34.126
20 Czech Republic Jan Charouz 2.34.786
21 Canada Sean McIntosh 2.36.656
22 Austria Mathias Lauda 2.36.878
23 Lebanon Khalil Beschir 2.37.104
24 China Tengyi Jiang 2.38.750
25 Russia Alexey Vasiliev 2.41.303
Yes, Pakistan was very impressive in Brands Hatch. For me it was a good surprise.
Big disapointment for me was: USA, Canada, Austria and Italy.
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