2005 Canadian Grand Prix

[rpstewart]

Now - where will Montoya be classified as he was black flagged?

Live timing is still showing him in 13th but I doubt that will stand. He's 18 laps down on the leader, is that close enough to be classified anyway?

 

[//Mike]

Congratulations to Kimi, he wasn't the fastest out there, but had good reliability, and kept away from all the problems, well deserved imho


Am I right in thinking Montoya will be classified last for the black flag?

 

[Flibster]

D'ya know - there's times where I'm glad of the ignore feature.

 

[//Mike]

Why, who you thinking of ignoring?!

If I don't get a reply to that then I'll know

 

[Arc]

That race had a bit of everything .

Ferrari have had their best result of the season and look a lot better with respect to tyres. Not sure if Kimi will receive any sort of penalty for the pit stop incident? Montoya, what an idiot, red light at the end of the pits and was told to come in first to pit at the SC incident and misheard it.

 

[Flibster]

Not you...Just working on the championship standings..

My brain isn't working - somehow managed to add up 8 and 6 and got 12...

 

[Type_R]

Sorry Flibster, but a F1 driver who cannot observe a red light does not deserve to be racing. And Schui came second..not trying to rub it in or anything!

 

[//Mike]

What are they doing with the flags

How good is it to hear the British anthem up there!

 

[Type_R]

Anyway chaps..Top Gear on in 15 mins on BBC2!

 

[olv]

wahoooo motoring tv heaven today

 

[olv]

ahh this honda advert is brilliant.

excellent result for ferrari.

barrichello definate contender for driver of the day.

 

[Flibster]

Sorry Flibster, but a F1 driver who cannot observe a red light does not deserve to be racing. And Schui came second..not trying to rub it in or anything!

But a driver who deliberately risked other drivers lives by driving into the cars to push them off the track is fine then?

 

[Flibster]

Current Championship Standings.

2005 Drivers Championship.

[b]Pos	Driver			Nationality	Team			Points[/b]
1 	Fernando Alonso 	Spanish 	Renault 		59
2	Kimi Räikkönen		Finnish		McLaren-Mercedes	37
3	Jarno Trulli		Italian		Toyota			27
4	Nick Heidfeld		German		Williams-BMW		25
5	Michael Schumacher	German		Ferrari			24
6	Mark Webber		Australian	Williams-BMW		22
7 	Rubens Barrichello 	Brazilian 	Ferrari 		21
8	Ralf Schumacher		German		Toyota			20
=10	Giancarlo Fisichella 	Italian		Renault 		17 
=10	David Coulthard 	British 	Red Bull Racing 	17
11	Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombian	McLaren-Mercedes	16
12	Alex Wurz		Austrian	McLaren-Mercedes	6
13	Jacques Villeneuve	Canadian	Sauber-Petronas		5
=15	Pedro De la Rosa	Spanish		McLaren-Mercedes	4
=15	Christian Klien		Austrian	Red Bull Racing		4
16	Felipe Massa		Brazilian	Sauber-Petronas		2
17	Vitatonio Liuzzi	Italian		Red Bull Racing		1

2005 Constructors Championship.

[b]Pos	Constructor 		Points[/b]
1	Renault			76
2	McLaren-Mercedes	63
=4	Toyota			47
=4	Williams-BMW		47
5	Ferrari			45
6	Red Bull Racing		22
7	Sauber-Petronas		12

 

[//Mike]

I think Ron has a good point there. What would have happened if the lights at the end of the pit lane weren't working, or faulty?

 

[olv]

yes but they were, and he obviously ignored them

[edit] oops typo

 

[//Mike]

How do you know that? I know it is very unlikely for them to not be working, but there hasnt been any footage of the lights shown.

 

[Type_R]

But a driver who deliberately risked other drivers lives by driving into the cars to push them off the track is fine then?

Hmm, must have missed that in today's race.

 

[Over Clocker]

No doubt M Schum is a very dirty driver. He's not so bad now but he was a disgrace to himself when he pushed Damon Hill out a a few years back to win the last race.

However, i agree that whan Montoya did today was pretty dangerous, and the punishment did fit the crime imo.

 

[SDK^]

The Championship is now all open - yay \o/

 

[//Mike]

I agree that it was dangerous, but the stewards have been known for dishing out penalites, etc unnecessarily.