2005 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:39

Renault have told Fisichella to retire

Karthikeyan has also retired apparently

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:41

Ok...he pressed the limiter going into the pits..and the engine power came back...been told to give it a go

Barrichello hit Coulthards wheel at the start

Fisichella has now finally retired.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:43

Looks like the yellow flags are out as Karthikeyan car is close to the track.

goreblast · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:44

Looking good so far. Hope Schuey can get past Alonzo, who is bound to worried about his engine.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:45

End of lap 6.

Alonso
M.Schumacher
Trulli
Webber
Heidfeld
R.Schumacher
Raikkonen
Sato
De La Rosa
Barrichello
Button
Massa
Villeneuve
Coulthard
Monteiro
Friesacher
Albers
Fisichella - Retired - Engine
Karthikeyan - Retired - ???
Klien - Retired - Unable to restart car after stall on grid.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:46

goreblast said:
Looking good so far. Hope Schuey can get past Alonzo, who is bound to worried about his engine.

But Schumacher will be worried about his gearbox...

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:48

Heidfeld has a nice little slide there..let Ralf through easily.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:51

M.Schumacher is getting close to Alonso - under the new regs the cars suck when you get close to another car though.

About 0.6s in it.

Joe T · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:52

Michael off the road.

Now crawling round.

Stormrider · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:52

Flibster said:
But Schumacher will be worried about his gearbox...

gearbox gone?

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:52

Schumacher has really gone out of his way...spund off by the looks of it - and he's really slow.

Looks like the f2005 was the wrong car to bring.

goreblast · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:52

NO! MIchael retires!!

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:53

WOAH!! Nearly took out Alonso..

Could have been nasty if there were among traffic.

Looks like the box has gone.

Stormrider · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:53

YAY Michael retires

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:54

However - interestingly. They may be forced to use the F2005 for the next race - they chose to retire and the engine is fine.

If they are able to change the engine - I think I'd rather go back to the F2004M

Stormrider · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:55

Theyve got 3 weeks to sort it out for imola, so I would think they could get it done by then.

Considering the improvement the F2005 gives them, it seems the preferable option.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 12:57

Lap 14

Alonso
Trulli
Webber
R.Schumacher
heidfeld
Raikkonen
Sato
De La Rosa
Barrichello
Button
massa
Villeneuve
Coulthard
Friesacher
Monteiro
Albert
M.Schumacher - Retired - Gearbox??
Fisichella - Retired - Engine
Karthikeyan - Retired - ??
Klien - Retired - Unable to restart the engine after a stall

Arc · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:00

The F2005 Ferrari does look quick, very stable and Schuey wasnt pushing at all (looking at his lines through the corners). Its got the pace, obviously they just need to work on the reliability now.

Just wonder how long the tyres will last on some of those cars with the high track temps.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:01

Back to normal...

Since lap 2 - ther has been only 2 overtaken maneuvers - one on lap 8 and one on lap 9.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:02

Ralf Schumacher is the first of the top cars to pit on lap 18