2005 Monaco Grand Prix

rpstewart · 22 May 2005 at 14:50

Faultless drive from Kimi but great defensive work from Alonso to hold off the train. Where did MS get by Barichello and more importantly what was with the lunge at Ralf over the line?

Joe T · 22 May 2005 at 14:51

Stormrider said:
great race - super drive by Kimi, great runs by the Williams.

Agreed. My two FF1 drivers Raikkonen and Montoya did very well. I will get lots of improvement points for Montoya. Just a schame Kimi didnt get the fastest lap.

Good race.

rpstewart · 22 May 2005 at 14:54

I love the preparations for the podium - OK, here's your tyre manufacturer's hat and your TAG watch....

Stormrider · 22 May 2005 at 14:55

rpstewart said:
I love the preparations for the podium - OK, here's your tyre manufacturer's hat and your TAG watch....

Got to make sure youve got the right promotional gear on

Quick grab his helmet and just nick a few diamonds

Bunka · 22 May 2005 at 14:56

Who are the other guys on the podium, wearing suits standing just behind the drivers?

rpstewart · 22 May 2005 at 14:57

Maybe if JB had left that watch in his car he wouldn't have been under weight!

Flibster · 22 May 2005 at 15:00

I believe this is right..

Current Championship Standings - Subject to conformation.

2005 Drivers Championship.

Code:

[b]Pos	Driver			Nationality	Team			Points[/b]
1 	Fernando Alonso 	Spanish 	Renault 		49
2	Kimi Räikkönen		Finnish		McLaren-Mercedes	27
3	Jarno Trulli		Italian		Toyota			26
4	Mark Webber		Australian	Williams-BMW		18
=6	Ralf Schumacher		German		Toyota			17
=6	Nick Heidfeld		German		Williams-BMW		17
=8	Giancarlo Fisichella 	Italian		Renault 		14 
=8	Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombian	McLaren-Mercedes	14
9	Michael Schumacher	German		Ferrari			12
10	David Coulthard 	British 	Red Bull Racing 	10
11 	Rubens Barrichello 	Brazilian 	Ferrari 		9
12	Alex Wurz		Austrian	McLaren-Mercedes	6
13	Jacques Villeneuve	Canadian	Sauber-Petronas		5
14	Pedro De la Rosa	Spanish		McLaren-Mercedes	4
15	Christian Klien		Austrian	Red Bull Racing		3
16	Felipe Massa		Brazilian	Sauber-Petronas		2
17	Vitatonio Liuzzi	Italian		Red Bull Racing		1

2005 Constructors Championship.

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[b]Pos	Constructor 		Points[/b]
1	Renault			63
2	McLaren-Mercedes	51
3	Toyota			43
4	Williams-BMW		35
5	Ferrari			21
6	Red Bull Racing		14
7	Sauber-Petronas		7

Flibster · 22 May 2005 at 15:02

Bunka said:
Who are the other guys on the podium, wearing suits standing just behind the drivers?

Probably bodyguards/security.

That is the Reigning monarch on the Podium..

DaveyD · 22 May 2005 at 15:12

That was a great race

I found it rather amusing seeing the RBR pit team

Flibster · 22 May 2005 at 15:21

Race Results.

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Laps	Time		Grid	Points[/b]
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	78	Winner		1	10 
2	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		78	+13.8 secs 	6	8 
3	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		78	+18.4 secs 	3	6 
4	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			78	+36.4 secs 	2	5 
5	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	78	+36.6 secs 	16	4 
6	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			78	+37.1 secs 	18	3 
7	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			78	+37.2 secs 	8	2 
8	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			78	+37.5 secs 	10	1 
9	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		77	+1 Lap		11	 
10	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			77	+1 Lap		5	 
11	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		77	+1 Lap		9	 
12	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			77	+1 Lap		4	 
13	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		75	+3 Lap		15	 
14	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	73	+5 Lap		14	 
Ret	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing		59	+19 Lap		12	 
Ret	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	29	+49 Laps	13	 
Ret	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		23	+55 Laps	7	 
Ret	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		18	+60 Laps	17

Fastest Laps.

Code:

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Lap	Time		Speed		Laptime[/b]
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			40	14:58:53	158.540		1:15.842 
2	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	41	14:58:47	158.375		1:15.921 
3	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			19	14:27:44	156.971		1:16.600 
4	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			20	14:29:05	156.611		1:16.776 
5	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			38	14:55:16	156.538		1:16.812 
6	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			51	15:13:16	156.326		1:16.916 
7	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		77	15:47:26	156.214		1:16.971 
8	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			11	14:18:03	156.014		1:17.070 
9	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		15	14:22:47	155.834		1:17.159 
10	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	50	15:11:39	155.342		1:17.403 
11	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		17	14:25:35	155.184		1:17.482 
12	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		15	14:22:55	154.762		1:17.693 
13	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		16	14:24:15	154.552		1:17.799 
14	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing		43	15:02:11	154.094		1:18.030 
15	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	19	14:28:49	152.131		1:19.037 
16	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	22	14:33:20	149.856		1:20.237 
17	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		12	14:19:49	148.909		1:20.747 
18	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		14	14:23:46	146.600		1:22.019

Pit Stops

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[b]Stop	No	Driver			Team			Lap	Time of day	Time		Total time[/b]
1	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		10	14:17:12	25.985		25.985 
2	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		11	14:19:08	26.220		52.205 
3	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		18	14:29:34	1:01.892	1:54.097 
1	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		24	14:34:45	25.132		25.132 
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			24	14:35:16	29.831		29.831 
1	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	24	14:35:48	37.572		37.572 
1	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			25	14:35:49	29.936		29.936 
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			25	14:35:51	50.234		50.234 
1	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		25	14:35:54	25.703		25.703 
1	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		25	14:36:06	26.090		26.090 
1	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		37	14:54:08	31.258		31.258 
1	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		37	14:56:08	28.488		28.488 
1	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			39	14:56:27	27.746		27.746 
1	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			41	14:59:28	27.243		27.243 
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	42	14:59:58	27.617		27.617 
1	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	39	15:00:32	35.428		35.428 
1	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			45	15:04:41	36.516		36.516 
1	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing		45	15:04:43	27.064		27.064 
1	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	46	15:06:00	26.306		26.306 
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			48	15:09:08	14.735		51.251 
2	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		50	15:11:08	25.194		50.326 
2	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		57	15:20:24	22.489		48.579 
2	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		58	15:21:45	23.231		48.934 
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			58	15:22:11	22.139		51.970 
2	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		63	15:29:30	26.235		57.493 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			65	15:31:54	28.447		56.193

Hiann · 22 May 2005 at 15:33

rpstewart said:
Where did MS get by Barichello and more importantly what was with the lunge at Ralf over the line?

Think Michael did genuinely get past Rubeno or was it a "Jean & Ross say to let Michael through" job?!!

SDK^ · 22 May 2005 at 15:34

One of the best races at Monaco for some years.
Commentary from Button was also entertaining with valuable information thrown in. Maybe he's securing his future career after racing

Hiann · 22 May 2005 at 15:36

Yeh, Button's commentary was pretty good although he was losing his voice by the end of it!

SKILL · 22 May 2005 at 15:41

Yeah, he was a good commentator, especially with comments like 'i hope they both get disqualified' when webber was trying to pass alonso, made me chuckle

clv101 · 22 May 2005 at 15:44

Joe T said:
Agreed. My two FF1 drivers Raikkonen and Montoya did very well. I will get lots of improvement points for Montoya. Just a schame Kimi didnt get the fastest lap.

Montoya did well considering his grid slot... but he should have got past Alonso on the last lap.

Flibster · 22 May 2005 at 16:18

Hiann said:
Think Michael did genuinely get past Rubeno or was it a "Jean & Ross say to let Michael through" job?!!

Hmmm...I wonder...

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 23 May 2005 at 23:44

Here we go...the lap chart is finally up.

Well - All the teams have finally agreed on something...

...to stop us seing F1 cars at full belt with sod all fuel...

Going back to a 1 lap qualifying on Saturday only with race fuel and Parc Ferme conditions afterwards.

Looks like we're being screwed again.

Simon/~Flibster

karoshi · 24 May 2005 at 10:06

Going back to a 1 lap qualifying on Saturday only with race fuel and Parc Ferme conditions afterwards.

Looks like we're being screwed again.

aye, i went and filled their survey in but i'm annoyed that there's no place to enter your own comments on it, just tick which is better crud

they really need to go back to qualifying like the motoGP do, one hour, as many laps as you want and as many tyres as you want, fastest lap counts..

.. gah, do you remember proper f1? with senna, prost, piquet, mansell, berger, alesi, etc, etc

qualifying tyres with a life expectancy of 4 miles at full belt.. the rear ones a foot thicker than the front.. proper slicks.. 4 seconds to change all tyres and refuel..

real drivers, real charecters, real skill... real gearboxes for crying out loud.. no traction control, no abs, no speed limits or aero regulations..

it was fun to watch then, now it's just pants, i've started to pay more attention to motoGP now, they have real racers, decent rules, competitive but widely different bikes..