2005 Spanish Grand Prix

[Coco]

Least interesting race of the season?

Huge congrats to Kimi, he wiped the floor start to finish.
Really looking forward to his press conference... !

 

[James_N]

another boring race. i only watch F1 if theres nothing else on at all to watch.

 

[6thElement]

I can only recall one track based overtake in that whole race once it was well underway. If they're not going to allow tyre changes, just ditch pitstops completely.

 

[Coco]

David Coulthard // Red Bull // 10 points
Juan Pablo Montoya // McLaren // 10 points
Michael Schumacher // Ferrari // 10 points

At the end of last season, if somebody had told me that 'reject' Coulthard was going to be equal on points with Schuey after 5 tracks I would have laughed in their face!
If they had said the same about Montoya I would have punched them in their face! He's awesome!!!

<-- DC number 1 fan!!!

 

[Fire 1]

Why is it that only one car can be super quick, shuey at Imola Kimi here. Whats going on?

If there is overtaking on the track at Siverstone then that will tell you that it is the track design and not the regs that are to blame

 

[Richard T]

I can only recall one track based overtake in that whole race once it was well underway. If they're not going to allow tyre changes, just ditch pitstops completely.

I agree.....I hate the fuel stops...I want straight racing

 

[Richard T]

Why is it that only one car can be super quick, shuey at Imola Kimi here. Whats going on?

If there is overtaking on the track at Siverstone then that will tell you that it is the track design and not the regs that are to blame

for good racing with the current regs you need slow corners in to long straights in to slow corners! Ort mega looooong staights so that the cars can use the slipstream
its a combination of the tracks but mostly the rules

 

[clv101]

Why is it that only one car can be super quick, shuey at Imola Kimi here. Whats going on?

If there is overtaking on the track at Siverstone then that will tell you that it is the track design and not the regs that are to blame

Kimi was also super quick at Imola... 'til the car broke.

 

[SoliD]

boring as hell but ching ching for ff1

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Race Results.

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Laps	Time		Grid	Points[/b]
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	66	Winner		1	10 
2	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			66	+27.6 secs	3	8 
3	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			66	+45.9 secs	5	6 
4	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			66	+46.7 secs	4	5 
5	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			66	+57.9 secs	6	4 
6	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		66	+68.5 secs	2	3 
7	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	65	+1 Lap		7	2 
8	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		65	+1 Lap		9	1 
9	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			65	+1 Lap		16	 
10	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		65	+1 Lap		17	 
11	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		63	+3 Lap		10	 
12	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		63	+3 Lap		18	 
13	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		63	+3 Lap		13	 
Ret	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		51	+15 Lap		12	 
Ret	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			46	+20 Laps	8	 
Ret	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	19	+47 Laps	14	 
Ret	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	11	+55 Laps	15	 
Ret	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing		9	+57 Laps	11

Fastest Laps.

[b]Pos	No	Driver			Team			Lap	Time		Speed	 Laptime[/b]
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			66	15:31:25	220.213	 1:15.641 
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			31	14:45:15	220.193	 1:15.648 
3	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	55	15:17:09	219.836	 1:15.771 
4	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	41	14:57:53	219.240	 1:15.977 
5	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			59	15:21:49	218.891	 1:16.098 
6	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			63	15:27:22	217.829	 1:16.469 
7	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		60	15:24:06	217.687	 1:16.519 
8	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			63	15:27:22	217.417	 1:16.614 
9	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		62	15:26:19	217.000	 1:16.761 
10	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		51	15:12:02	216.884	 1:16.802 
11	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		65	15:30:29	216.476	 1:16.947 
12	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			64	15:29:13	215.889	 1:17.156 
13	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		43	15:01:59	214.696	 1:17.585 
14	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		22	14:34:34	210.855	 1:18.998 
15	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing		9	14:17:00	209.695	 1:19.435 
16	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		16	14:26:39	208.909	 1:19.734 
17	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	15	14:28:08	207.892	 1:20.124 
18	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	10	14:22:01	205.987	 1:20.865

Pit Stops

[b]Stop	No	Driver			Time			Lap	Time of day	Time	Total time[/b]
1	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		18	14:28:17	25.553	25.553 
1	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			24	14:36:04	25.539	25.539 
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	25	14:36:53	24.824	24.824 
1	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			25	14:37:21	26.330	26.330 
1	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		25	14:38:36	23.409	23.409 
1	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			27	14:39:55	23.952	23.952 
1	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		27	14:40:19	24.663	24.663 
1	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		27	14:40:21	24.313	24.313 
1	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			29	14:42:30	22.810	22.810 
1	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	29	14:42:41	19.941	19.941 
1	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		28	14:42:54	24.362	24.362 
1	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		29	14:43:07	24.689	24.689 
2	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	30	14:44:18	25.544	45.485 
1	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		31	14:45:46	25.257	25.257 
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			32	14:46:31	24.245	24.245 
1	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			34	14:49:40	26.307	26.307 
2	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			40	14:57:06	50.613	1:13.423 
2	7	Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		43	15:01:18	24.817	50.370 
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			44	15:02:31	30.526	54.771 
2	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		45	15:06:26	23.336	47.698 
2	18	Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		46	15:07:28	25.555	48.964 
2	9	Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	49	15:08:10	24.261	49.085 
2	5	Fernando Alonso		Renault			49	15:08:37	21.980	45.932 
2	17	Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			51	15:11:37	21.732	47.271 
2	14	David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		51	15:12:00	21.814	46.477 
2	16	Jarno Trulli		Toyota			52	15:12:53	21.651	47.981 
2	12	Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		52	15:13:23	21.077	45.390 
2	8	Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		55	15:17:19	21.152	45.841 
3	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	56	15:18:27	20.122	1:05.607

Current Standings - Subject to confirmation.

2005 Drivers Championship.

[b]Pos	Driver			Nationality	Team			Points[/b]
1 	Fernando Alonso 	Spanish 	Renault 		44
2	Jarno Trulli		Italian		Toyota			26
3	Kimi Räikkönen		Finnish		McLaren-Mercedes	17
=5	Giancarlo Fisichella 	Italian		Renault 		14 
=5	Ralf Schumacher		German		Toyota			14
6	Mark Webber		Australian	Williams-BMW		12
=9	Michael Schumacher	German		Ferrari			10
=9	David Coulthard 	British 	Red Bull Racing 	10
=9	Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombian	McLaren-Mercedes	10 
10	Nick Heidfeld		German		Williams-BMW		9
11 	Rubens Barrichello 	Brazilian 	Ferrari 		8
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.

[b]Pos	Constructor 		Points[/b]
1	Renault			58
2	Toyota			40
3	McLaren-Mercedes	37
=5	Williams-BMW		21
=5	Ferrari			18
6	Red Bull Racing		14
7	Sauber-Petronas		7

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

It will make a good highlights show.
To be honest, I thought it was better to watch than Imola.

Schumi, unlucky!

 

[Duke]

Good race, but little overtaking again (as mentioned). Nice to see DC getting another point for RBR.. I think Klien would be a better team mate for him than Liuzzi.

Although Schuy is a good driver, I'll never get tired of seeing his car go wrong

 

[Memphis]

Do we need to moan about overtaking at every Grand Prix? We can't exactly do very much about it so why not just accept F1 for what it now is?

 

[clv101]

My money is on Kimi for the win on Sunday, got 7/2 odds before Q1.

Nice... Also my FF1 had the top 5 finishers and Heidfeld (who collected FF1 points for moving up the field). Looks like the championship is going to be close this season with Renault, Toyota and McLaren all in with a chance. I've written Ferrari off this season. I can't see them coming back from where they are with the way the points system works now.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Fernando Alonso, or as my binman calls him, Alfonso...

*shakes head*
Now come one James, there was no need for you to ruin your otherwise perfect day of commentary.

 

[Richard T]

Although Schuy is a good driver, I'll never get tired of seeing his car go wrong

You and me both

 

[Richard T]

*shakes head*
Now come one James, there was no need for you to ruin your otherwise perfect day of commentary.

it would be perfect if his Mic was broke and Martin did it all

 

[Gojira]

Do we need to moan about overtaking at every Grand Prix? We can't exactly do very much about it so why not just accept F1 for what it now is?

What, you mean almost as exciting as watching paint dry

It's supposed to be motor RACING, not motor "who has the best strategy and doesn't blow up"

Alan Woodford

 

[JRS]

If you want to watch racing, do as I do and watch NASCAR, MotoGP and Touring Cars instead. I still haven't bothered to watch a Formula 1 'race' this season.

 

[clv101]

Every race we hear the same old comments coming out about how boring it all is... however Formula 1 is the only motorsport that gets 100+ post threads for every race! I think Formula 1 is great, I sometime watch MotoGP or Rally but they don't come close to F1 for me. If it really was dull people wouldn't watch or talk about it... going by the amount of coverage F1 gets on this forum I guess it's not dull!