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Nick Heidfeld has won the San Marino Grand Prix, his first career win, in less than ideal conditions. The rain was constant but no one made many mistakes until the rain came down a little harder about halfway through the race.
The mistakes came thick and fast when Frentzen spun on lap 30. Frentzen spun again later on, Panis, De La Rosa, Da Matta, Irvine, Raikkonen and Webber all spun due to the wet conditions. The wet conditions also caused a few collisions. Fisichella and Ralf Schumacher, Trulli and Barrichello and Fisichella and Webber all collided with each other.
Villeneuve continued his pathetic start to the season when he spun on lap 41 and couldn't escape the gravel trap to retire. Ralf Schumacher retired on lap 50 with transmission problems and Pizzonia went out a lap later with the same problem. Webber retired on lap 60 with a puncture after a race which saw him spin 3 times. Webber was later classified 19th. Raikkonen was running 4th and would have joined Trulli at the top of the championship standings until his suspension failed on the last lap and was classified 14th.
Heidfeld drove perfectly and fought off the early pressure from Coulthard and Wilson to win. Wilson finally converted his grid position into points with 2nd place. Button pushed Wilson all the way but faded away near the end and settled for 3rd. Montoya was in a monumental scrap for 4th place with Irvine, Verstappen, De La Rosa, Michael Schumacher and Firman. Irvine was holding them all up until he spun and Montoya held off the pack to take 4th. Verstappen and De La Rosa were 5th and 6th and Michael Schumacher and Firman rounded out the points places.
Full race results:
1st Heidfeld (Sylphetic) 1h43m55.459s
2nd Wilson (MikeAll) +2.036s
3rd Button (Der Nazi) +7.425s
4th Montoya (Afrojoe) +46.248s
5th Verstappen (Jericho15) +46.844s
6th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) +51.612s
7th M Schumacher (Shadow) +54.898s
8th Firman (DW) +55.034s
9th Irvine (Crunk Dow) +1m04.678s
10th Frentzen (Figo) +1m20.357s
11th Panis (Foreman) +1m20.729s
12th Da Matta (Grandprix) +1m21.350s
13th Fisichella (Badgerman) +1m21.845s
14th Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) -1lap
15th Alonso (Random Hero) -1lap
16th Coulthard (Reynolds) -1lap
17th Trulli (Ant) -1lap
18th Barrichello (Unbeliever) -1lap
19th Webber (Evil Dark) -3laps
DNF
Pizzonia (Reddy 2003) Transmission
R Schumacher (Absolut Neo) Transmission
Villeneuve (Dog Breath) Retired
Drivers Championship:
1st Trulli 21pts
2nd Raikkonen 16pts
3rd De La Rosa 15pts
4= Heidfeld 13pts
4= Firman 13pts
6th Verstappen 11pts
7= Fisichella 10pts
7= Coulthard 10pts
7= Pizzonia 10pts
10= Wilson 8pts
10= Montoya 8pts
12th Button 7pts
13th Alonso 5pts
14th R Schumacher 3pts
15= Da Matta 2pts
15= Webber 2pts
15= M Schumacher 2pts
Constructors Standings:
1= Renault 26pts
1= McLaren 26pts
3rd Jordan 23pts
4th Minardi 19pts
5th Senna GP 15pts
6th Sauber 13pts
7th Jaguar 12pts
8th Williams 11pts
9th B.A.R. 7pts
10= Toyota 2pts
10= Ferrari 2pts
Fastest Lap: 1m32.193s Raikkonen
So, we are at the quarter distance of the season and the championship is still totally wide open. Only 5 drivers have yet to score points but every team has scored points. Anyone can still win the championship! The next round is in Spain and is known to be extremely hard on tyres. Trulli will want to keep his lead in the championship but it will be tough.
Keep it tuned to the SR F1 Championship!
And they haven't. :D
Please?
Fissichella's a clutz!
BTW
"Fisichella and Ralf Schumacher, Trulli and Barrichello and Fisichella and Webber"
Darn, my evil brother collided in a crash with me :(
Seriously tho, what the hell happened? :S
Nice to see I've got all of BAR's points. What a mug Dog Breath is! Anyway, hope Button can get another podium in Spain.
:-D