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Michael Schumacher took pole for the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix in a spectacular qualification system that kept the viewers on their toes right thru… Massa banged in a perfect lap to seal the front row for the Scarlet cars as Button and Alonso took the second row.

The fastest lap of the session went to Alonso with a marvellous 2nd qualification lap that was uncontested till the end… The pole lap was over 3 tenths of a second slower than the current world champ.

Predictions:
One look at the lap times in the 2 qualification segments and the main qualification show that the Renaults and Honda are faster than the Ferrari… Difference in fuel loads might be the cause behind the final result but Alonso and Fisi in their respective interviews after qualification said it was a error and tyre prob form their side.

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Wow it feels good to be posting about F1 again, My last post in this category was a long time back. So what is all this preview about… well this season I plan to cover most of the fantastic F1 season… Will give my predictions before every race… I even plan to create a blog with Anant and Musavir about F1 which is just going to be fun :) You don’t need luxury or supercars to enjoy a vehicle with great technological and safety features; there are used cars in palos hills il that are worth looking into.

Back to F1 now… Here are some of the major dev before the season started:
1) Alonso signs up with Mc Laren for 2007
2) Brand new Qualification system
3) New Tyre rules
4) New teams
5) And just 18 tracks (last year had 19)

Winter Testing

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