2005 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:03

Well done Alonso! 2 in a row.

Stormrider · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:03

Another great drive by Alonso.

Gilly · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:04

True

DC did Barrichello in the end I think

Emlyn_Dewar · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:05

"brilliant race Fernando, we just crushed them"
Crushed That's one way to put it...

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:06

Coulthard just snicked the last point.

VR46 · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:08

Good race

This season is very goood!, good to watch

Arc · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:09

Rubens has been missing a few gears for most of the race.

Looks like it was debris that caused Schuey to retire (there was a fair bit on that back straight just after he retired).

Still not a lot of passing, most of it was when the cars were failing near the end. Are the new rules working?

Fire 1 · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:11

De La Rosa needs to use that engine at San Morino so it may not last with him pushing it until the end.

Phil W · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:11

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:14

As always - Subject to conformation

Code:

1	Alonso		Renault			10 points
2	Trulli		Toyota			8 points
3	Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	6 points
4	R.Schumacher	Toyota			5 points
5	De La Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	4 points
6	Webber		Williams-BMW		3 points
7	Massa		Sauber-Petronas		2 points
8	Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	1 point
9	Barrichello	Ferrari			
10	Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota		
11	Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		
12	Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	
13	Albers		Minardi Cosworth	
14	Button		BAR-Honda		Not Classified
15	Sato		BAR-Honda		Not Classified
16	Heidfeld	Williams-BMW		Not Classified
17	M.Schumacher	Ferrari			Not Classified
18	Fisichella	Renault			Not Classified
19	Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		Not Classified
20	Klien		Red Bull-Cosworth	Not Classified

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:17

Fire 1 said:
De La Rosa needs to use that engine at San Morino so it may not last with him pushing it until the end.

If he races at Imola. if Montoya is better - they he'll have to use De La Rosa's engine.

The Running Man · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:22

well i guess schumachers car had to fail on him at some point but, made the winning a bit academic for alonso, who made another good performance, kimmi back on the podium, but still a shame to see villeneuve near the back of the runners again. good week for fantasy f1 though!

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:24

I think this is right...

2005 Drivers Championship.

Code:

[b]Pos	Driver			Nationality	Team			Points[/b]
1 	Fernando Alonso 	Spanish 	Renault 		26
2	Jarno Trulli		Italian		Toyota			16
3	Giancarlo Fisichella 	Italian		Renault 		10 
=4	Ralf Schumacher		German		Toyota			9
=4	David Coulthard 	British 	Red Bull Racing 	9
=6 	Rubens Barrichello 	Brazilian 	Ferrari 		8 
=6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombian	McLaren-Mercedes	8 
=8	Kimi Räikkönen		Finnish		McLaren-Mercedes	7
=8	Mark Webber		Australian	Williams-BMW		7 
10	Nick Heidfeld		German		Williams-BMW		6
11	Pedro De la Rosa	Spanish		McLaren-Mercedes	4
12	Christian Klien		Austrian	Red Bull Racing		3
=13	Michael Schumacher	German		Ferrari			2
=13	Felipe Massa		Brazilian	Sauber-Petronas		2

2005 Constructors Championship.

Code:

[b]Pos	Constructor 		Points[/b]
1	Renault			36  
2	Toyota			25
3	McLaren-Mercedes	19
4	Williams-BMW		13 
5	Red Bull Racing		12
6	Ferrari			10
7	Sauber-Petronas		2

Stormrider · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:26

Trulli has had 2 seconds - 16 points, and 2 more for Toyota

Joe T · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:27

Good race. My FF1 team did ok (except for the Honda engines...).

Cheers for the excellent stats and commentary as usual Flibster.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:31

Oh yes..the BTCC is coming.

Demolition Derby time.

Arc · 3 Apr 2005 at 14:36

Flibster said:
Oh yes..the BTCC is coming. Demolition Derby time.

Its sad that its come to that, the racing used to be great

.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 15:26

Here we go - still subject to official conformation

Race Results.

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Laps	Time		Grid	Points[/b]
1	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			57	Winner		1	10 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			57	+13.4 secs	3	8 
3	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	57	+32.0 secs	9	6 
4	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			57	+53.2 secs	6	5 
5	10	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+64.9 secs	8	4 
6	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		57	+74.7 secs	5	3 
7	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		56	+1 Lap		12	2 
8	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		56	+1 Lap		14	1 
9	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			56	+1 Lap		20	 
10	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		55	+2 Lap		16	 
11	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		54	+3 Lap		15	 
12	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	54	+3 Lap		19	 
13	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	53	+4 Lap		18	 
Ret	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		46	+11 Lap		11	 
Ret	4	Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		27	+30 Laps	13	 
Ret	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		25	+32 Laps	4	 
Ret	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			12	+45 Laps	2	 
Ret	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			4	+53 Laps	10	 
Ret	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		2	Electrical	17	 
Ret	15	Christian Klien		Red Bull Racing		0	+ 57 Laps	7

Fastest Laps.

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Lap	Time		Speed		Laptime[/b]
1	10	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	43	15:41:55	213.054		1:31.447 
2	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			39	15:34:41	212.436		1:31.713 
3	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	41	15:38:25	212.184		1:31.822 
4	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			41	15:37:59	211.030		1:32.324 
5	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		45	15:45:06	210.832		1:32.411 
6	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			36	15:30:47	210.213		1:32.683 
7	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			7	14:44:45	209.753		1:32.886 
8	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			23	15:10:08	209.550		1:32.976 
9	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		19	15:03:45	209.372		1:33.055 
10	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		20	15:05:12	209.300		1:33.087 
11	4	Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		23	15:10:07	209.217		1:33.124 
12	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		40	15:37:25	208.764		1:33.326 
13	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		42	15:40:51	208.561		1:33.417 
14	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		24	15:11:57	208.470		1:33.458 
15	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		18	15:03:12	203.492		1:35.744 
16	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	16	14:59:59	202.040		1:36.432 
17	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	3	14:39:26	201.038		1:36.913 
18	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			2	14:37:07	200.783		1:37.036 
19	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		2	14:37:11	199.760		1:37.533

Pit Stops

Code:

[b]Stop	No	Driver			Time			Lap	Time of day	Time		Total time[/b]
1	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	1	14:35:39	34.894		34.894 
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			3	14:38:47	19.157		19.157 
1	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	17	15:01:37	28.604		28.604 
1	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			18	15:02:08	28.569		28.569 
1	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			20	15:04:52	26.993		26.993 
1	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			21	15:06:29	27.362		27.362 
1	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		21	15:06:45	27.793		27.793 
1	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		21	15:08:03	28.208		28.208 
1	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		22	15:08:40	27.545		27.545 
1	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		23	15:10:00	27.833		27.833 
1	10	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	23	15:10:10	27.840		27.840 
2	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	22	15:10:35	28.386		1:03.280 
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	24	15:11:33	27.189		27.189 
1	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		24	15:11:44	27.843		27.843 
1	4	Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		25	15:13:15	27.414		27.414 
1	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			25	15:13:17	26.841		26.841 
1	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		25	15:13:32	27.618		27.618 
1	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		26	15:15:15	27.089		27.089 
2	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	36	15:33:26	28.649		57.253 
3	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	38	15:37:13	27.800		1:31.080 
2	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		39	15:37:45	29.497		57.705 
2	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			41	15:37:46	25.909		52.902 
2	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			41	15:38:34	25.979		54.548 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			42	15:39:32	25.645		53.007 
2	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		42	15:40:13	25.783		53.576 
2	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	43	15:41:31	25.738		52.927 
2	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		43	15:42:08	28.811		56.356 
2	10	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	44	15:43:27	25.888		53.728 
2	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		44	15:43:54	25.368		52.986 
2	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		45	15:45:32	24.447		51.536 
2	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		46	15:46:40	1:46.193	2:14.036 
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			46	15:46:48	24.982		51.823

Duke · 3 Apr 2005 at 19:00

Very good race that

(except for BAR still struggling

). Pedro surprised me a lot with his pace!

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 21:11

And finally - the Lap chart..