2005 Chinese Grand Prix

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:10

Is it me - or are we being particularly catty today?

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:12

Joe T said:
What did he say?

First accident - "no idea what happened - just moved over and bang.."
Second incident - "going slowly under cold tyres and just went off"

Complete cow manure!

Gearbox failure for Sato.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:14

Karthikeyan in the medical centre. Better to be safe.

Good job it's not the USA - they would send him home with a broken vertebrae...

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:16

"Was a pretty big impact"

The crash bars on the left side of the car are gone. It doesn't get much bigger that than tbh...

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:19

So - now's a good time to ask this

Which of the rookies do you want to see back next year?

NIck Fry is not a happy bunny as Webber dropped back 20 car lengths instead of the allowed 5...

Wants a penalty now - Stewards are going to look at it after the race.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:21

Ads again...

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:23

Personally I'd like to see Albers, Monteiro and Karthikeyan back in a testing role.

Karthikeyan is getting old now though - he's 34 iirc

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:24

Klien does the fastest lap so far - 1:33.727 on lap 43

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:25

Massa pits on lap 45

Barrichello runs wide at the hairpin and Webber and Button pass - coulthard tries but isn't quick enough.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:26

Alonso does a 1:33.536 on lap 45
Klien pit on lap 46

Coulthard passes Barrchello under braking at the hairpin.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:27

Nice one from Barrichello - locked up the front left then the front right wheels when he went wide.

Thats an achievement - locking up one then the other and not both at once.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:28

Barrichello pits on lap 47

Tyres are near bald....

Front left tyre was changed I think.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:29

R.Schumacher pits on lap 48

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:30

Trulli is surprisingly trolling around in 13th...

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:32

Fisichella is under investigation for an incident :confused:

Raikkonen does a 1:33.313 on lap 49

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:34

Drive though for Fisichella

Obstructive driving in the pit entry.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:38

5 lap - 11 second gap..

Unless Alonso/Fisichella have issues - they have the World Championship.

Fisichella pits for his drive through - now out into 4th.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:39

Something has come off the Albers' Minardi

Looks very wheelnuttish...

Albers pulls into the pits.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:41

Yup - wheelnut came off..

Wonder if it caused any damage when it came off. Certainly looks like it.

Big flash when it came off - could well have hit the brake disk or even stripped some threads from the axle

Albers retires.

Raikkonen does a 1:33.255 on lap 54 - 2 seconds faster than Alonso who's cruising.

Flibster · 16 Oct 2005 at 08:42

Trulli pits on lap 56...Eh???