2005 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

goreblast · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:02

Hope they get it fixed for Imola so I will be there and witness a Ferrari victory!!!

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:03

Oooh...a hydraulic failure for M.Schumacher

So they need to work on the gearbox and the hydraulics..

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:06

Ralf dropped from 4th to 12th in his pitstop.. :eek:

Alonso has pitted on lap 20 - comes back out in 3rd

De la Rosa tried to take Sato and made a huge mistake and let Barrichello and Button through. D'OH!

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:07

Trulli has pitted on lap 21
As has Webber
ALonso now back in the lead.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:09

Trulli came back out in 4th - behind Heidfeld and Raikkonen and Webber has dropped back to 10th. :eek:

Massa has pitted on lap 22 as has Monteiro

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:10

Heidfeld and De La Rosa pit on lap 23

Albers does as well.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:12

Ralf loses the rear at turn 10 - keeps almost on the track though.
Raikkonen and button pit on lap 24

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:14

Sato is pumping out so much carbon dust from the front left wheel.

Whoops - Barrichello goes slippy at the same place as MS. Could have flat spotted that front wheel more than it was already

Barrichello, Sato and Villeneuve pits on lap 25

Heidfeld - get off the damn track!! You're dropping do much oil and whatever on the racing line.

Heidfeld is out - I think the engine may have gone.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:16

Coulthard pits on lap 26

No point me putting up the positions atm - they will change in another lap when the pit stops shuffle themselves out.

Stormrider · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:17

With the fuel load Rubens had he did well to make up those places at the start. Really wondering now what fuel load MS had.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:18

Sato has spun and pits on lap 27 - is he going to retire??

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:20

Sato's retired then.

End of lap 28
Alonso
Trulli
Webber
Raikkonen
R.Schumacher
Barrichello
Button
De La Rosa
Massa
Villeneuve
Coulthard
Monteiro
Friesacher
Albers
Sato - Retired - Brakes/transmission
Heidfeld - Retired - Engine maybe
M.Schumacher - Retired - Hydraulics
Fisichella - Retired - Engine
Karthikeyan - Retired - ??
Klien - Retired - Electronic fault at the start

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:27

Nice move by De La Rosa down the inside of Button into T1

Raikkonen closing on Webber..

Webber's spun it letting Raikkonen and Ralf through.

Stormrider · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:27

woah big spin by Webber

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:28

Bloody hell - sideways before the corner!

Well done Webber for keeping the engine going

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:29

That McLaren is very quick in race trim - in qualifying trim it's not great.

I can see why they are calling that and the Renault the class cars of the field.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:31

Raikkonen has gone very wide as well at T12

What the hell is going on?? Aaah - just understeer in Raikkonen's case.

Stormrider · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:33

Kimi seemed to suffering from understeer through quali, Pedro doesnt look like he know how to pass cars.

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:33

So -
Raikkonen: Understeer
Webber: Oversteer
De La Rosa: too hasty

Button has a problem - the car is ok - for the moment.

What the hell De La Rosa...far far far too fast. Dime Bar...

Flibster · 3 Apr 2005 at 13:34

Friesacher pits on lap 38