2005 San Marino Grand Prix

Alonso is driving beautifully.
He has matured so well over the last couple of years. I think last year having a bad season did him a world of good. He learnt how to fight.
 
End of lap 58
Alonso
M.Schumacher
Button
Wurz
Sato
Villeneuve
Trulli
R.Schumacher
Heidfeld
Webber
Liuzzi
Massa
Coulthard
Karthikeyan
Montinero
Albers - Out
Barrichello - Out
Raikkonen - Out
Friesacher - Out
Fisichella - Out
 
Great finish to the race!

M.Schumacher locks up in the final chicaine

Congratulations to Alonso - Fantastic drive. Shows he can take the pressure. :D
 
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
 
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
 
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Race Results.
Code: 
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Laps	Time		Grid	Points[/b]
1	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			62	1:27:41.921	2	10 
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			62	+0.2 secs	13	8 
3	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		62	+10.4 secs	3	6 
4	10	Alexander Wurz		McLaren-Mercedes	62	+27.5 secs	7	5 
5	4	Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		62	+34.7 secs	6	4 
6	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		62	+64.4 secs	11	3 
7	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			62	+70.2 secs	5	2 
8	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			62	+70.8 secs	10	1 
9	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		62	+71.2 secs	8	 
10	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		62	+83.2 secs	4	 
11	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing		62	+83.7 secs	15	 
12	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		61	+1 Lap		18	 
13	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		61	+1 Lap		14	 
14	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		61	+1 Lap		16	 
15	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		60	+2 Laps		17	 
Ret	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	20	Hydraulics	20	 
Ret	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			18	Electrical	9	 
Ret	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	9	Driveshaft	1	 
Ret	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	8	Clutch		19	 
Ret	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			5	Accident	12

Fastest Laps.

Code: 
[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Lap	Time		Speed	 Laptime[/b]
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			48	15:11:02	216.946	 1:21.858 
2	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		22	14:34:15	214.987	 1:22.604 
3	10	Alexander Wurz		McLaren-Mercedes	24	14:37:29	213.902	 1:23.023 
4	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			22	14:34:08	213.619	 1:23.133 
5	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	8	14:14:34	213.201	 1:23.296 
6	4	Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		23	14:36:04	213.016	 1:23.368 
7	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing		46	15:09:27	212.710	 1:23.488 
8	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		37	14:56:53	212.420	 1:23.602 
9	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		54	15:20:59	211.623	 1:23.917 
10	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		45	15:07:46	211.371	 1:24.017 
11	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			44	15:06:21	211.358	 1:24.022 
12	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		20	14:32:18	211.177	 1:24.094 
13	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			19	14:30:32	210.836	 1:24.230 
14	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		17	14:27:36	210.364	 1:24.419 
15	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			13	14:22:01	210.325	 1:24.435 
16	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		22	14:35:05	209.813	 1:24.641 
17	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		19	14:30:58	209.620	 1:24.719 
18	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			4	14:09:17	207.305	 1:25.665 
19	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	18	14:30:16	203.143	 1:27.420 
20	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	5	14:11:00	201.041	 1:28.334

Pit Stops

Code: 
[b]Stop	No	Driver			Time			Lap	Time of day	Time	Total time[/b]
1	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		16	14:26:34	29.367	29.367 
1	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			17	14:27:37	25.132	25.132 
1	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		20	14:32:20	24.843	24.843 
1	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		21	14:33:17	25.275	25.275 
1	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			21	14:33:18	25.341	25.341 
1	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		21	14:33:39	26.942	26.942 
1	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			22	14:34:38	25.561	25.561 
1	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		22	14:34:39	24.856	24.856 
1	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			23	14:35:29	24.715	24.715 
1	4	Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		23	14:36:01	25.184	25.184 
1	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		23	14:36:05	26.298	26.298 
1	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		24	14:36:59	25.833	25.833 
1	10	Alexander Wurz		McLaren-Mercedes	25	14:38:50	25.787	25.787 
1	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		25	14:39:22	25.856	25.856 
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			27	14:41:36	25.529	25.529 
1	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing		27	14:42:14	25.674	25.674 
2	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		40	15:01:24	26.464	51.307 
2	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		41	15:02:26	29.836	59.203 
2	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			42	15:02:27	24.165	48.880 
2	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		42	15:03:31	25.379	50.235 
2	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		42	15:04:01	31.257	58.199 
2	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		44	15:06:21	24.229	49.504 
2	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			44	15:06:21	23.282	48.623 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			45	15:07:43	23.136	48.697 
2	4	Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		46	15:08:41	24.970	50.154 
2	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		46	15:09:07	23.905	50.203 
2	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		46	15:09:41	23.753	49.609 
2	10	Alexander Wurz		McLaren-Mercedes	47	15:09:58	24.446	50.233 
2	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing		47	15:10:49	23.502	49.176 
2	3	Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		48	15:11:03	24.455	50.288 
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			49	15:12:22	22.170	47.699 
3	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		49	15:14:49	48.542	1:39.849 
4	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		52	15:20:11	35.131	2:14.980
 
My view on the race.

Minardi - the new car looks good. Had been high up in the spped trap - think it needs a lot more work though.

Jordan - It's a sorry state of affairs for Jordan that Minardi get more press than them. Can't say anything about their race - didn't see bugger all of them.

Red Bull Racing - This is where I was expecting them to be at the beginning of the year. Hopefully they've got some developments coming soon. Coulthard had now been on top of his team mate for the past couple of races. Liuzzi's first race - beat Coulthard which I suppose in the circumstances was the best he could do.

Sauber - Villeneuve did well. Massa never recovered from his engine change. Very scrappy race for him.

Williams - Bad race for them - Just off the pace. Plus both their 1st drivers are nursing injuries.

Toyota - Well - they're still scoring points. Not a good race compared to current form - but compared to the previous years they're flying along. Best improved team this year so far.

McLaren - Shame about Kimi - he had the pace to win and was not happy with his driveshaft failure. Apparently he was on the same fuel load as Wurz. As for Wurz - he impressed me. Kept out of trouble and brought home a good result. Had the 3rd fastest lap as well. Especially good when you consider he was using de la Rosa's engine from Bahrain.

Ferrari - Well the F2005 isn't reliable yet. But it is much faster than it was last race. Anyone feel sorry for Barrichello - It's always his car. Schumacher had a very good and very lucky race. If he pitted a couple of laps earlier or later and he could have been stuck in traffic - we all saw how well he did with his brother, Button and Alonso.

Renault - Alonso has proven how good his is. Being able to withstand that pressure in a mis-handling car. Fisichella seems to be having a bad time at the moment. Don't know if anything broke but that was a bizzare accident.

Driver of the day for me was Alonso - wasn't the best car but still won.

Loser of the day - The sport...again... Get rid of the pitstops altogether. force people to overtake rather than mince around until the pit stop.
 
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