2005 San Marino Grand Prix

Flibster · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:31

Great finish to the race!

M.Schumacher locks up in the final chicaine

Congratulations to Alonso - Fantastic drive. Shows he can take the pressure.

Joe T · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:31

Alonso wins!

SaBBz · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:31

WAHEY

Joe T · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:32

Well done BAR-Honda and Button!

Bigpops · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:32

Best race ever.

All that need to be done now, is that someone at ITV needs their head removing for going to a break.

Creature · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:33

And Alonso wins, Schuy 2nd and Button 3rd

andyfield · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:33

Another ad break, BBC get the rights back!

SDK^ · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:33

Simply amazing !!!!

Best drive by anyone ever, Schumacher wanted that win so bad after his qualifying error.

Who ever said F1 was boring

Stormrider · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:33

Great end - fantastic drive by Alonso.
Just goes to show the state of F1, MS had a good 2s advantage over Alonso but couldnt pass him in 11 laps.

rpstewart · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:33

WOW! Great drive from Alonso. That's a real psychological blow, MS now knows that he's really going to have to be on his game all weekend to win this year.

Flibster · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:34

Provisional race result.
Alonso
M.Schumacher
Button
Wurz
Sato
Villeneuve
Trulli
R.Schumacher
Heidfeld
Webber
Liuzzi
Massa
Coulthard
Karthikeyan
Monteiro
Albers - Out
Barrichello - Out
Raikkonen - Out
Friesacher - Out
Fisichella - Out

Fire 1 · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:34

What are ITV up to? The closest finish to a race all season and they take a break missing the last couple of laps, then take another beak just after :mad:

ITV sort it out :mad:

Stormrider · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:35

Lol just went to ITV web site to find a contact address and:

ITV-F1 website is currently experiencing technical difficulties. Please visit us again soon.

Edit: ITV F1 feedback: http://www.itv-f1.com/ContactUs.aspx

SDK^ · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:40

Chill out on the ad breaks guys.

Yeah they were badly timed but they have to fund the converge some how.
If anyone is to blame it's Bernie, lining his pockets with more ££££££££’s

Chojin · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:43

If you don't complain they'll just do it again next time. Looks like they realised they ballsed up and are showing the last 3 laps now.

Elzar · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:44

Bring back F1 Digital +

Flibster · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:44

Current Champiochip Standings

2005 Drivers Championship.

Code:

[b]Pos	Driver			Nationality	Team			Points[/b]
1 	Fernando Alonso 	Spanish 	Renault 		36
2	Jarno Trulli		Italian		Toyota			18
=5	Giancarlo Fisichella 	Italian		Renault 		10 
=5	Michael Schumacher	German		Ferrari			10
=5	Ralf Schumacher		German		Toyota			10
6	David Coulthard 	British 	Red Bull Racing 	9
=8 	Rubens Barrichello 	Brazilian 	Ferrari 		8 
=8	Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombian	McLaren-Mercedes	8 
=10	Kimi Räikkönen		Finnish		McLaren-Mercedes	7
=10	Mark Webber		Australian	Williams-BMW		7 
=12	Nick Heidfeld		German		Williams-BMW		7
=12	Jenson Button		British		B.A.R. Honda		6
13	Alex Wurz		Austrian	McLaren-Mercedes	5
=15	Pedro De la Rosa	Spanish		McLaren-Mercedes	4
=15	Takuma Sato		Japanese	B.A.R. Honda		4
=17	Christian Klien		Austrian	Red Bull Racing		3
=17	Jacques Villeneuve	Canadian	Sauber-Petronas		3
18	Felipe Massa		Brazilian	Sauber-Petronas		2

2005 Constructors Championship.

Code:

[b]Pos	Constructor 		Points[/b]
1	Renault			46
2	Toyota			28
3	McLaren-Mercedes	24
4	Ferrari			18
5	Williams-BMW		13 
6	Red Bull Racing		12
7	B.A.R. Honda		10
8	Sauber-Petronas		5

Flibster · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:46

Elzar said:
Bring back F1 Digital +

Oh yes - watch the whole race form the rear wing of the Minardi if you wanted. Great service.

Would need decent commentary though - like Brundle and Murray

Lucifurr · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:49

SDK^ said:
Chill out on the ad breaks guys.

Yeah they were badly timed but they have to fund the converge some how.
If anyone is to blame it's Bernie, lining his pockets with more ££££££££’s

I agree partly but the timing was awful. They only had to wait 3 laps for a set of adverts, especially with such a thrilling finish. Even then another set of ads were shown just a minute or so after the last set.

Stormrider · 24 Apr 2005 at 14:55

SDK^ said:
Chill out on the ad breaks guys.

Yeah they were badly timed but they have to fund the converge some how.
If anyone is to blame it's Bernie, lining his pockets with more ££££££££’s

Yes they do have to show ads, which I think is totally wrong for a live event but thats not the issue. Its not like it was an unexpected event they missed (Silverstone incursion by the mad priest) but a thrilling finish to a race. The production team should have the good sense and forethought not to need an ad break there.