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Dominant Ralf Schumacher wins a race of attrition
Ralf Schumacher has won the Canadian Grand Prix in a dominant and superlative display, while the other cars were having a real struggle to stay in the race. Only 13 cars managed to finish the race.
The incidents kicked off early when Trulli ran wide fighting for position and led to Montoya making contact with Trulli. Both of them were forced to pit with front wing damage. Coulthard was the first to retire when he ran over some of the debris from the previous accident on lap 9 and pulled off with a puncture.
Frentzen's dismal season continued when he crashed in the wall on lap 11. Verstappen was running well until his transmission failed on lap 17. His team mate only lasted 4 more laps when on lap 21, he crashed into the barriers. Da Matta was next to fall victim to the track when he crashed out on lap 27.
At this point, it seemed that anyone that finished would score points. The retirements continued on lap 41 when Heidfeld's engine blew up. Button retired on the same lap as Heidfeld with an electrical problem. The engine failures continued. Pizzonia's engine blew on lap 43 and Irvine was the last retirement with an engine blow up on lap 66 with a podium almost a certainty.
Ralf Schumacher disappeared into the distance and wins the race. Alonso and Firman were having a major scrap throughout the race but Alonso nicked second with Firman a close third. Villenueve sneaked his way into 4th with a quiet race performance. De La Rosa was a serious threat but got held up a few times and settled for 5th. Webber certainly benefitted from retirements ahead of him and came a creditable 6th. Fisichella and Michael Schumacher picked up the final points places.
Full race results:
1st R Schumacher - 1h29m15.615s (No Change)
2nd Alonso (Random Hero) +33.563s (No Change)
3rd Firman (DW) +33.830s (Up 2)
4th Villeneuve (Sdrawkcab) +47.275s (Up 6)
5th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) +49.002s (Up 3)
6th Webber (Evil Dark) +59.411s (Up 6)
7th Fisichella (Badgerman) +1m01.008s (Up 2)
8th M Schumacher (Notorious Biggles) +1m07.174s (Up 10)
9th Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) +1m08.871s (Up 5)
10th Montoya (Afrojoe) +1m14.009s (Up 1)
11th Panis (Foreman) -1lap (Up 9)
12th Trulli (Ant) -1lap (Down 5)
13th Barrichello (Unbeliever) -1lap (Up 6)
14th Irvine -4laps (Down 11)
DNF
Pizzonia (Reddy 2003) Engine
Button (Der Nazi) Electrics
Heidfeld (Shadow) Engine
Da Matta (Grandprix) Crashed
Wilson (MikeAll) Crashed
Verstappen (Jericho17) Transmission
Frentzen (Figo) Crashed
Coulthard (Absolut Neo) Puncture
Drivers Championship:
1st Villeneuve 35pts
2nd Alonso 34pts
3rd Firman 31pts
4th Trulli 27pts
5= Button 19pts
5= De La Rosa 19pts
7th Fisichella 18pts
8= Raikkonen 17pts
8= Coulthard 17pts
10th Montoya 14pts
11= Heidfeld 13pts
11= R Schumacher 13pts
13th Verstappen 12pts
14th Pizzonia 10pts
15th Wilson 8pts
16th M Schumacher 6pts
17= Webber 5pts
17= Da Matta 5pts
19th Panis 4pts
20th Irvine 3pts
21st Barrichello 2pts
Constructors standings:
1st Renault 61pts
2nd B.A.R. 54pts
3rd Jordan 49pts
4th McLaren 34pts
5th Williams 27pts
6th Senna G.P. 22pts
7th Minardi 20pts
8th Jaguar 15pts
9th Sauber 13pts
10th Toyota 9pts
11th Ferrari 8pts
Fastest Lap: R Schumacher 1m16.536s (Lap Record)
8 rounds down and Villeneuve just manages to hold on to his championship lead ahead of a very determined Alonso. It's still anybodys championship as Villeneuve showed with 3 straight wins.
We are about halfway through the season and the F1 circus heads to the Nurburgring in Germany for the European Grand Prix. 9 rounds still to go!
Ralf Schumacher has won the Canadian Grand Prix in a dominant and superlative display, while the other cars were having a real struggle to stay in the race. Only 13 cars managed to finish the race.
The incidents kicked off early when Trulli ran wide fighting for position and led to Montoya making contact with Trulli. Both of them were forced to pit with front wing damage. Coulthard was the first to retire when he ran over some of the debris from the previous accident on lap 9 and pulled off with a puncture.
Frentzen's dismal season continued when he crashed in the wall on lap 11. Verstappen was running well until his transmission failed on lap 17. His team mate only lasted 4 more laps when on lap 21, he crashed into the barriers. Da Matta was next to fall victim to the track when he crashed out on lap 27.
At this point, it seemed that anyone that finished would score points. The retirements continued on lap 41 when Heidfeld's engine blew up. Button retired on the same lap as Heidfeld with an electrical problem. The engine failures continued. Pizzonia's engine blew on lap 43 and Irvine was the last retirement with an engine blow up on lap 66 with a podium almost a certainty.
Ralf Schumacher disappeared into the distance and wins the race. Alonso and Firman were having a major scrap throughout the race but Alonso nicked second with Firman a close third. Villenueve sneaked his way into 4th with a quiet race performance. De La Rosa was a serious threat but got held up a few times and settled for 5th. Webber certainly benefitted from retirements ahead of him and came a creditable 6th. Fisichella and Michael Schumacher picked up the final points places.
Full race results:
1st R Schumacher - 1h29m15.615s (No Change)
2nd Alonso (Random Hero) +33.563s (No Change)
3rd Firman (DW) +33.830s (Up 2)
4th Villeneuve (Sdrawkcab) +47.275s (Up 6)
5th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) +49.002s (Up 3)
6th Webber (Evil Dark) +59.411s (Up 6)
7th Fisichella (Badgerman) +1m01.008s (Up 2)
8th M Schumacher (Notorious Biggles) +1m07.174s (Up 10)
9th Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) +1m08.871s (Up 5)
10th Montoya (Afrojoe) +1m14.009s (Up 1)
11th Panis (Foreman) -1lap (Up 9)
12th Trulli (Ant) -1lap (Down 5)
13th Barrichello (Unbeliever) -1lap (Up 6)
14th Irvine -4laps (Down 11)
DNF
Pizzonia (Reddy 2003) Engine
Button (Der Nazi) Electrics
Heidfeld (Shadow) Engine
Da Matta (Grandprix) Crashed
Wilson (MikeAll) Crashed
Verstappen (Jericho17) Transmission
Frentzen (Figo) Crashed
Coulthard (Absolut Neo) Puncture
Drivers Championship:
1st Villeneuve 35pts
2nd Alonso 34pts
3rd Firman 31pts
4th Trulli 27pts
5= Button 19pts
5= De La Rosa 19pts
7th Fisichella 18pts
8= Raikkonen 17pts
8= Coulthard 17pts
10th Montoya 14pts
11= Heidfeld 13pts
11= R Schumacher 13pts
13th Verstappen 12pts
14th Pizzonia 10pts
15th Wilson 8pts
16th M Schumacher 6pts
17= Webber 5pts
17= Da Matta 5pts
19th Panis 4pts
20th Irvine 3pts
21st Barrichello 2pts
Constructors standings:
1st Renault 61pts
2nd B.A.R. 54pts
3rd Jordan 49pts
4th McLaren 34pts
5th Williams 27pts
6th Senna G.P. 22pts
7th Minardi 20pts
8th Jaguar 15pts
9th Sauber 13pts
10th Toyota 9pts
11th Ferrari 8pts
Fastest Lap: R Schumacher 1m16.536s (Lap Record)
8 rounds down and Villeneuve just manages to hold on to his championship lead ahead of a very determined Alonso. It's still anybodys championship as Villeneuve showed with 3 straight wins.
We are about halfway through the season and the F1 circus heads to the Nurburgring in Germany for the European Grand Prix. 9 rounds still to go!
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*Smiles contentedly*
I'm doing better than I thought I could do, which is a big bonus =D
(By the way GrandPrix, who's in my team again? And what is my team again? =P)
I'm doing better than I thought I could do, which is a big bonus =D
(By the way GrandPrix, who's in my team again? And what is my team again? =P)
Pfft.
You aren't the only person to have thought that way, Biggles. :)
Grandprix wrote:
> This championship is completely independant from F1. Nothing of what
> happens here happens in the actual F1. The Canadian GP is this weekend
> so it hasn't actually happened yet.
>
> Neo, you can see now why I'm not a fan of driver swapping. :)
>
> Still 2 drivers left:
>
> R Schumacher
> Irvine
>
> It's first come, first serve so get in early to avoid disappointment.
*crawls back under rock out of embarassment*
> This championship is completely independant from F1. Nothing of what
> happens here happens in the actual F1. The Canadian GP is this weekend
> so it hasn't actually happened yet.
>
> Neo, you can see now why I'm not a fan of driver swapping. :)
>
> Still 2 drivers left:
>
> R Schumacher
> Irvine
>
> It's first come, first serve so get in early to avoid disappointment.
*crawls back under rock out of embarassment*
Baaah, Trulli! C'mon, you need to get back on that winning run.
Cheers Matteh, keep it up dude. {:)
Cheers Matteh, keep it up dude. {:)
Quite surprised at the number of people that didn't finish the race.
Anyways, I'll win the German race.
=D
Anyways, I'll win the German race.
=D
Dam Transmission failure.
Crap, electrical faliure.
Shoot, second again. Ah well, it's going very well so far.
YAY! In the points!
Me and Firm-man win you all!!!
Seriously though, maybve we could mount a serious threat in the next race...
hmmm.....
Go Firm-Man!
Me and Firm-man win you all!!!
Seriously though, maybve we could mount a serious threat in the next race...
hmmm.....
Go Firm-Man!
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