2005 Chinese Grand Prix

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 07:43

M.Schumacher's in the gravel - while goingly slowly behind the safety car!

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 07:45

M.Schumacher's the first retirement.

Oooh yes - end of the season - gives up..

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 07:45

Monteiro pits on lap 24

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 07:47

Safety car in on this lap.

Still trying to work out how the hell M.Schumacher did that..

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 07:48

Raikkonen right up the backside of Fisichella.

Montoya pits again on lap 25

Montoya has pulled into the garage.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 07:50

Ok then...Raikkonen needs a win and needs a Renault in 2nd and the other out of the points...

Unlikely...

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 07:54

This track needs some serious reworking to make it an overtaking track.

The rear wing of that Toymota moves a hell of a lot as well.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 07:55

Sato lost it under breaking into the hairpin.

Hole clean through the the underside of MOntoya's car.. :eek:

Radiator, Oil cooler = engine failure.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 07:56

Sato lost it under breaking into the hairpin.

Hole clean through the the underside of MOntoya's car.. :eek:

Radiator, Oil cooler = engine failure.

Karthikeyan has had a massive accident.

Car is on fire!

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 07:56

Safety car out again.

Karthikeyan is out of the car and walking away.

GET THAT TRACK CLEAN YOU MUPPETS!

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 07:58

Alonso pits on lap 31

Looks like Karthikeyan went wide and hit the wall.

Fisichella, Raikkonen, Barrichello, Webber, Buyttoon, Coulthard, Pizzonia, Trulli, Doornbos, Villeneuve pit on lap 31 as well.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 07:59

Fisi was very slow into the pit lane - Drive through punishment time for that - if we're lucky. That would put him to the back of the pack.

They've been told they're not to do that after Raikkonen did it a couple of races ago.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:01

ashtray_head said:
brown trouser time for jv!!!

Thats his normal driving style though - thats why he wears a race suit 2 sizes too big.

That HP ad is brilliant though.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:01

Albers pits on lap 32

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:02

Raikkonen is out in front of Fisichella - sadly not on the track - in the pit stops.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:03

Yes greaseball...

They said on the safety car info panel that it was on Turn 10 - you still said it was turn 4...

Obviously an ability to read is not essential for commentating work.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:07

Byron5184 said:
montoya is lucky he hit that drain cover with his right front tyre. If he had hit it with the nose of the car then the drain cover would have punched through into the cockpit and probably killed him outright by chopping him in half

Probably would have launched the car instead. The drivers are so far back now. They feet are behind the axle now.

They used to hace the axle between their ankles and knees...

Not that comfy and also lethal.

Safety car in this lap.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:08

Race is back on again.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:09

Sato's going very slowly.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:10

Raikkonen locks up and goes wide.

M.Schumacher - can I be first to call BULLPOOP!!!