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Race: First career win, but can anyone stop Pizzonia?
It was perfect conditions for racing in Monaco for both qualifying and the race but the rest of the field were left pondering how they can stop this run of Pizzonia. Pizzonia took pole position, only his 2nd in his career, ahead of Championship rival Fisichella.
Right behind them on the second row was the McLarens of Raikkonen and Alonso with the only close challenger to Pizzonia, Montoya, in 5th. Montoya's teammate, Sato, qualified right behind him on the grid in 7th with MG's of Salo and De La Rosa in 6th and 8th.
Full Qualifying Results:
1st Pizzonia (Icarus) 1m17.244s
2nd Fisichella (Badgerman) 1m17.301s (+0.057s)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) 1m17.330s (+0.086s)
4th Alonso (Jules) 1m17.330s (+0.086s)
5th Montoya (Afrojoe) 1m17.341s (+0.097s)
6th Salo (Biggie Little) 1m17.341s (+0.097s)
7th Sato (Poopots) 1m17.347s (+0.103s)
8th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) 1m17.364s (+0.120s)
9th Verstappen (Jae) 1m17.377s (+0.133s)
10th Klien (Figo) 1m17.415s (+0.171s)
11th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) 1m17.437s (+0.193s)
12th Baumgartner (Grandprix) 1m17.448s (+0.204s)
13th M Schumacher (Vampyr) 1m17.456s (+0.212s)
14th Button (Der Nazi) 1m17.462s (+0.218s)
15th Webber (Shelljed) 1m17.482s (+0.238s)
16th Barrichello (Lipe) 1m17.486s (+0.242s)
17th Karthikeyan (Ortega) 1m17.514s (+0.270s)
18th R Schumacher (N/A) 1m17.523s (+0.279s)
19th Panis (Foreman) 1m17.524s (+0.280s)
20th Heidfeld (Shadow) 1m17.533s (+0.289s)
21st Pantano (Chris) 1m17.543s (+0.299s)
22nd Firman (Notorious Biggles) 1m17.608s (+0.364s)
As is usually the norm in Monaco, it's difficult to overtake and if you play your strategy wrong, points places are lost. As it's a dry race, accidents are few, so this race will be won and lost in the pit lane.
Pizzonia started slow off the line which in turn held up Raikkonen, allowing Fisichella into the lead and Alonso into 2nd place. The race then settled into a typical Monaco style, close lapping and tightly bunched packs but little opportunity and cutting edge to overtaking.
The main action started around lap 30 when the pit stops began. Two stops may be quicker on paper but with overtaking a problem, it's easy to slip many places. Fisichella was comfortably leading but his transmission failed on lap 36. Whether he would have gone on to win was anyone's guess as his fuel load was unknown.
Baumgartner was the next retirement a lap later when an oil leak caused the engine to go up in a burst of flames. Sato was the only one caught on live camera to graze the wall and lose a place on lap 42. He probably wasn't the only one.
The race hit another lull as the pit stops worked themselves out. Alonso was the leader and managed to hold on to the lead as the pit stops bunched the top 3. Firman ended a pretty miserable race where he was scrapping for the last few places when his engine blew on lap 59.
Big changes in the points happened on the last few laps. De La Rosa was in 5th place when a water leak cost him and MG F1 valuable points on lap 72. Verstappen was the last retirement when a right front puncture from a very comfortable 4th place on lap 75, only 4 laps from the end.
Alonso came through to win, his first career win, followed by Pizzonia, who seems incapable of putting a foot wrong so far this season. Raikkonen completed a McLaren 1-3 with 3rd place, an excellent result for McLaren.
Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher were running close together for the entire race and finished together with 4th and 5th places respectively. Webber adds 3 points to his tally with 6th, Panis gets his first points of the campaign with 7th and Barrichello collects the last point for 8th.
Full Race Results:
1st Alonso (Jules) 1h43m53.328s (Up 3)
2nd Pizzonia (Icarus) +3.781s (Down 1)
3rd Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) +7.736s (No Change)
4th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) +39.665s (Up 7)
5th M Schumacher (Vampyr) +41.082s (Up 8)
6th Webber (Shelljed) +41.627s (Up 9)
7th Panis (Foreman) +46.536s (Up 12)
8th Barrichello (Lipe) +47.256s (Up 8)
9th Salo (Biggie Little) +47.909s (Down 3)
10th Pantano (Chris) +49.031s (Up 11)
11th Button (Der Nazi) +49.731s (Up 3)
12th Klien (Figo) +51.762s (Down 2)
13th Heidfeld (Shadow) +57.392s (Up 7)
14th Karthikeyan (Ortega) +59.167s (Up 3)
15th R Schumacher (N/A) +1m00.510s (Up 3)
16th Montoya (Afrojoe) +1m01.362s (Down 11)
17th Sato (Poopots) +1m02.096s (Down 10)
DNF
Verstappen (Jae) Puncture
De La Rosa (Virtuoso) Water Leak
Firman (Notorious Biggles) Engine
Baumgartner (Grandprix) Engine
Fisichella (Badgerman) Transmission
Drivers Championship
1st Pizzonia 46pts
2nd Montoya 33pts
3rd Fisichella 22pts
4= Alonso 16pts
4= Villeneuve 16pts
4= Webber 16pts
7th Barrichello 15pts
8th R Schumacher 14pts
9th Baumgartner 13pts
10= Raikkonen 12pts
10= Pantano 12pts
12= Klien 11pts
12= De La Rosa 11pts
14th Sato 10pts
15th Verstappen 9pts
16th Firman 7pts
17th M Schumacher 4pts
18= Heidfeld 2pts
18= Panis 2pts
20= Button 1pt
20= Karthikeyan 1pt
Constructors Championship
1st Renault 61pts
2nd Williams 43pts
3rd Jordan 29pts
4th McLaren 28pts
5th Minardi 22pts
6th Ferrari 20pts
7th Red Bull 17pts
8th Toyota 16pts
9= Sauber 13pts
9= B.A.R 13pts
11th MG F1 11pts
Fastest Lap: 1m18.111s - Sato
PREDICTION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
6 people entered predictions so here's the scoring system for this round: 10 for 1st, 6 for 2nd, 4 for 3rd, 3 for 4th, 2 for 5th, 1 for 6th. Also, 1 point for the closest to the tie breaker. Here are the results:
1st Ineedsleep 10pts (19pts - +10.385s)
2nd Shelljed 6pts (14pts - +3.724s)
3rd Chris 4pts + 1pt(11pts - +0.586s) - THE CLOSEST
4th Shadow 3pts (11pts - +1.043s)
5th Badgerman 2pts (11pts - +10.981s)
6th Icarus 1pt (9pts - +12.260s)
The table now looks like this after Round 7:
1st Chris 46pts (3 wins)
2nd Shelljed 36pts (1 win)
3= Shadow 35pts (1 win)
3= Ineedsleep 35pts (1 win)
5th Icarus 28pts
6th Badgerman 23pts
7th Jae 21pts (1 win)
8= Foreman 12pts
8= Jules 12pts
10th Biggie Little 8pts
11th Notorious Biggles 5pts
Round 7 of 19 complete and the Championship leaders continue to have an edge over the chasing pack. Pizzonia increases his lead over Montoya to 13 points and a massive 24 points ahead of Fisichella in 3rd. Renault double their advantage from 9 to 18 points. Chris has a bad prediction round and still manages to increase his lead from 9 points to 10.
Round 8 is in Canada and it's getting near desperation time for the chasing pack, who are trying to hunt out the seemingly invincible Pizzonia. Here is the current driver lineup: [URL]http://www.freewebs.com/gpsr/srf1.htm[/URL]
PREDICTION DEADLINE: 29th MAY
Who will qualify in pole position? (10 points)
Which team will qualify in pole position? (5 points)
Who will be last on the grid? (10 points)
Which team will be last on the grid? (5 points)
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Who will make up the most positions in the race? (8 points)
Which team will score the most points in the race? (5 points)
Who will win the race? (12 points)
Who will be the first retirement? (10 points)
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be? (Last season, the total race time was 1h29m50.451s)
Thanks for reading.
> 5th Pissonia
hahaha
Who will qualify in pole position? (10 points)
Alonso
Which team will qualify in pole position? (5 points)
Sauber
Who will be last on the grid? (10 points)
Heidfeld
Which team will be last on the grid? (5 points)
BAR
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for
driver being in correct place)
1st Baumgartner
2nd Webber
3rd Pantano
4th Pizzonia
5th Button
6th De la Rosa
7th Karthikeyan
8th Alonso
Who will make up the most positions in the race? (8 points)
Heidfeld
Which team will score the most points in the race? (5 points)
Ferrari
Who will win the race? (12 points)
Montoya
Who will be the first retirement? (10 points)
Raikkonen
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for
driver being in correct place)
1st Barrichello
2nd Heidfeld
3rd Raikkonen
4th Pantano
5th Pizzonia
6th Button
7th Villenueve
8th De la Rosa
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be? 1h29m50.451s
Thanks for reading.
Thank you
Fisichella for the 79th consecutive time.
Which team will qualify in pole position? (5 points)
Jordan
Who will be last on the grid? (10 points)
Firman the useless tool.
Which team will be last on the grid? (5 points)
MG F1
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st Fisichella
2nd Pizzonia
3rd Raikonnen
4th Villeneuve
5th Montoya
6th Pantano
7th Klien
8th Verstappen
Who will make up the most positions in the race? (8 points)
Salo
Which team will score the most points in the race? (5 points)
Renault
Who will win the race? (12 points)
Fisichella for the love of God win for once.
Who will be the first retirement? (10 points)
Montoya, he always retires
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st Fisichella
2nd Button
3rd Barrichello
4th Pantano
5th Pissonia
6th De La rosa
7th Alonso
8th Villeneuve
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be? (Last season, the total race time was 1h29m50.451s)
1h28m54.236s
Button
Which team will qualify in pole position? (5 points)
Renault
Who will be last on the grid? (10 points)
Verstappen
Which team will be last on the grid? (5 points)
Ferrari
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for
driver being in correct place)
1st Montoya
2nd Sato
3rd Baumgartner
4th Pantano
5th Alonso
6th Pizzonia
7th De La Rosa
8th Fisichella
Who will make up the most positions in the race? (8 points)
Heidfeld
Which team will score the most points in the race? (5 points)
Sauber
Who will win the race? (12 points)
Barrichello
Who will be the first retirement? (10 points)
Villeneuve
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for
driver being in correct place)
1st R Schumacher
2nd Webber
3rd Firman
4th Heidfeld
5th Firman
6th Klien
7th Panis
8th Karthikeyan
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be? (Last season, the
total race time was 1h29m50.451s)
1h30m56.194s
Alonso
Which team will qualify in pole position? (5 points)
Renault
Who will be last on the grid? (10 points)
Karthikeyan
Which team will be last on the grid? (5 points)
Red Bull Racing
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st Alonso
2nd Pizzonia
3rd Fisichella
4th Baumgartner
5th Pantano
6th Barichello
7th Montayo
8th Button
Who will make up the most positions in the race? (8 points)
Sato
Which team will score the most points in the race? (5 points)
Renault
Who will win the race? (12 points)
Pizzonia
Who will be the first retirement? (10 points)
Button
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st Pizzonia
2nd Alonso
3rd Fisichella
4th Pantano
5th Barichello
6th Baumgartner
7th Sato
8th Montayo
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be? (Last season, the total race time was 1h29m50.451s)
1h31m37.324s
Who will qualify in pole position?
Alonso
Which team will qualify in pole position?
Renault
Who will be last on the grid?
Panis
Which team will be last on the grid?
Red Bull Racing
The top 8 qualifiers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st Alonso
2nd Pizzonia
3rd Villeneuve
4th Salo
5th Raikonnen
6th Button
7th Montoya
8th Verstappen
Who will make up the most positions in the race?
Fisichella
Which team will score the most points in the race?
Renault
Who will win the race? Webber(12 points)
Alonso
Who will be the first retirement?
Villeneuve
The top 8 finishers (1 point for driver being in top 8, 3 points for driver being in correct place)
1st Alonso
2nd Pizzonia
3rd Raikkonen
4th Salo
5th Fisichella
6th Button
7th De La Rosa
8th R. Schumacher
TIE BREAKER: What will the total race time be?
1h32m30s
Even though I may have not done as well on predictions this time I'm still able to increase my lead by a point, man I'm kicking bum bum on predictions this season.
EDIT - I will have my predictions up some time later.