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Incident a plenty leading to surprise results
An incident race eventually leads to De La Rosa picking up the win and leaping into the title picture. He will be have been very surprised to have won because the cars in front were a bit faster but they had either bad strategies or kept falling off the road.
The incidents started on the first lap when Wilson spun off and Heidfeld running off the track and just missing him. Firman ran wide a few corners later and it led indirectly to Da Matta crashing out of the race on lap 3. The crashes didn't stop there.
There were numerous minor errors that lost the drivers places and time. Montoya, Fisichella, Button, Verstappen, Barrichello, Alonso, Firman and Wilson all made various errors during the race.
The McLarens looked the fastest cars out there as they took an easy one two off the start. Unfortunately, they were going too fast as Raikkonen lost control and crashed out on lap 7. Coulthard did exactly the same thing as his team mate and crashed out on lap 11. Trulli has every right to blame the car after he retired with transmission problems on lap 8.
Verstappen had already been off the road twice when his engine blew up dramatically on lap 13. Ralf Schumacher had taken the lead after both McLarens had bitten the dust but his suspension gave way on lap 14.
The race settled down as pit stop strategies played out. Two stop looked faster on paper but De La Rosa one stopped and caught every out. Irvine was also one stopping but he retired on lap 36 with transmission problems. Villeneuve was a few miles away from joining Firman on 44 points when his transmission failed on lap 45, the last lap.
De La Rosa takes the win and has Championship ambitions once again. Pizzonia's Jaguar looked very quick but the two stop strategy was wrong and had to settle for 2nd. Frentzen drove the race of his life to take 3rd place after starting 19th. Webber also had a 2 stop strategy and got 4th. Wilson saw a lot of the scenary up close but somehow managed to get 5th. Panis scores some more points with 6th place. Montoya closes the gap a little with 7th place. Heidfeld did as good a job as Frentzen and scores one point for 8th.
Full Race Results:
1st De La Rosa (Virtuoso) 1h15m46.812s (Up 5)
2nd Pizzonia (Reddy 2003) +8.838s (Up 10)
3rd Frentzen (Figo) +17.761s (Up 16)
4th Webber (Evil Dark) +19.612s (Up 5)
5th Wilson (MikeAll) +39.034s (No Change)
6th Panis (Foreman) +40.960s (Up 12)
7th Montoya (Afrojoe) +46.121s (Down 4)
8th Heidfeld (Shadow) +49.320s (Up 14)
9th Firman (DW) +50.501s (Up 7)
10th M Schumacher (Notorious Biggles) +55.392s (Up 3)
11th Barrichello (Unbeliever) +56.888s (Down 1)
12th Button (Der Nazi) +58.798s (Down 5)
13th Fisichella (Badgerman) +1m04.368s (Up 2)
14th Alonso (Random Hero) +1m05.034s (No Change)
15th Villeneuve (Sdrawkcab) -1lap (Down 4)
DNF
Irvine - Transmission
R Schumacher (Vamp) Suspension
Verstappen (Jae17) Engine
Coulthard (Absolut Neo) Crashed
Trulli (Ant) Transmission
Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) Crashed
Da Matta (Grandprix) Crashed
Drivers Championship
1st Alonso 45pts
2nd Firman 44pts
3rd Villeneuve 39pts
4th De La Rosa 34pts
5th Button 33pts
6th Verstappen 30pts
7th Trulli 29pts
8= R Schumacher 27pts
8= Montoya 27pts
10th Fisichella 24pts
11th Raikkonen 23pts
12th Pizzonia 18pts
13th Coulthard 17pts
14th Heidfeld 16pts
15th Wilson 12pts
16th Webber 10pts
17= Panis 8pts
17= M Schumacher 8pts
17= Da Matta 8pts
20th Irvine 7pts
21st Frentzen 6pts
22nd Barrichello 3pts
Constructors Championship
1st Renault 74pts
2nd B.A.R. 72pts
3rd Jordan 68pts
4th Williams 54pts
5th Minardi 42pts
6th Senna G.P. 41pts
7th McLaren 40pts
8th Jaguar 28pts
9th Sauber 22pts
10th Toyota 16pts
11th Ferrari 11pts
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen 1m38.888s - Lap Record
It was a surprising race with not much happening to the top 3 places in both Championships. De La Rosa has given himself a chance of winning the title and Frentzen finally gets off the mark.
We head to Round 13 and Hungary for the next race. It's a totally different track to the fast speeds of Germany. Will we get a totally different result? The Championship is nearing it's conclusion and we are in for a cracker of a finish!
An incident race eventually leads to De La Rosa picking up the win and leaping into the title picture. He will be have been very surprised to have won because the cars in front were a bit faster but they had either bad strategies or kept falling off the road.
The incidents started on the first lap when Wilson spun off and Heidfeld running off the track and just missing him. Firman ran wide a few corners later and it led indirectly to Da Matta crashing out of the race on lap 3. The crashes didn't stop there.
There were numerous minor errors that lost the drivers places and time. Montoya, Fisichella, Button, Verstappen, Barrichello, Alonso, Firman and Wilson all made various errors during the race.
The McLarens looked the fastest cars out there as they took an easy one two off the start. Unfortunately, they were going too fast as Raikkonen lost control and crashed out on lap 7. Coulthard did exactly the same thing as his team mate and crashed out on lap 11. Trulli has every right to blame the car after he retired with transmission problems on lap 8.
Verstappen had already been off the road twice when his engine blew up dramatically on lap 13. Ralf Schumacher had taken the lead after both McLarens had bitten the dust but his suspension gave way on lap 14.
The race settled down as pit stop strategies played out. Two stop looked faster on paper but De La Rosa one stopped and caught every out. Irvine was also one stopping but he retired on lap 36 with transmission problems. Villeneuve was a few miles away from joining Firman on 44 points when his transmission failed on lap 45, the last lap.
De La Rosa takes the win and has Championship ambitions once again. Pizzonia's Jaguar looked very quick but the two stop strategy was wrong and had to settle for 2nd. Frentzen drove the race of his life to take 3rd place after starting 19th. Webber also had a 2 stop strategy and got 4th. Wilson saw a lot of the scenary up close but somehow managed to get 5th. Panis scores some more points with 6th place. Montoya closes the gap a little with 7th place. Heidfeld did as good a job as Frentzen and scores one point for 8th.
Full Race Results:
1st De La Rosa (Virtuoso) 1h15m46.812s (Up 5)
2nd Pizzonia (Reddy 2003) +8.838s (Up 10)
3rd Frentzen (Figo) +17.761s (Up 16)
4th Webber (Evil Dark) +19.612s (Up 5)
5th Wilson (MikeAll) +39.034s (No Change)
6th Panis (Foreman) +40.960s (Up 12)
7th Montoya (Afrojoe) +46.121s (Down 4)
8th Heidfeld (Shadow) +49.320s (Up 14)
9th Firman (DW) +50.501s (Up 7)
10th M Schumacher (Notorious Biggles) +55.392s (Up 3)
11th Barrichello (Unbeliever) +56.888s (Down 1)
12th Button (Der Nazi) +58.798s (Down 5)
13th Fisichella (Badgerman) +1m04.368s (Up 2)
14th Alonso (Random Hero) +1m05.034s (No Change)
15th Villeneuve (Sdrawkcab) -1lap (Down 4)
DNF
Irvine - Transmission
R Schumacher (Vamp) Suspension
Verstappen (Jae17) Engine
Coulthard (Absolut Neo) Crashed
Trulli (Ant) Transmission
Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) Crashed
Da Matta (Grandprix) Crashed
Drivers Championship
1st Alonso 45pts
2nd Firman 44pts
3rd Villeneuve 39pts
4th De La Rosa 34pts
5th Button 33pts
6th Verstappen 30pts
7th Trulli 29pts
8= R Schumacher 27pts
8= Montoya 27pts
10th Fisichella 24pts
11th Raikkonen 23pts
12th Pizzonia 18pts
13th Coulthard 17pts
14th Heidfeld 16pts
15th Wilson 12pts
16th Webber 10pts
17= Panis 8pts
17= M Schumacher 8pts
17= Da Matta 8pts
20th Irvine 7pts
21st Frentzen 6pts
22nd Barrichello 3pts
Constructors Championship
1st Renault 74pts
2nd B.A.R. 72pts
3rd Jordan 68pts
4th Williams 54pts
5th Minardi 42pts
6th Senna G.P. 41pts
7th McLaren 40pts
8th Jaguar 28pts
9th Sauber 22pts
10th Toyota 16pts
11th Ferrari 11pts
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen 1m38.888s - Lap Record
It was a surprising race with not much happening to the top 3 places in both Championships. De La Rosa has given himself a chance of winning the title and Frentzen finally gets off the mark.
We head to Round 13 and Hungary for the next race. It's a totally different track to the fast speeds of Germany. Will we get a totally different result? The Championship is nearing it's conclusion and we are in for a cracker of a finish!
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Dammit. Out with engine problems. :P
Grandprix wrote:
Heidfeld did as good a job as Frentzen and scores one point for 8th.
After qualifying last that is a miracle :D
Heidfeld did as good a job as Frentzen and scores one point for 8th.
After qualifying last that is a miracle :D
Ineedsleep wrote:
> Going too fast!?!?
Yep, he was going too fast into a fast right hander and crashed into the tyre barriers. Coulthard did exactly the same thing 4 laps later.
> Going too fast!?!?
Yep, he was going too fast into a fast right hander and crashed into the tyre barriers. Coulthard did exactly the same thing 4 laps later.
Crashed??
*Cries*
*Cries*
Going too fast!?!?
Rubbish, it's a conspiracy I tell you.
Rubbish, it's a conspiracy I tell you.
Random Hero wrote:
> God this is going way down hill.
What are you complaining about? You're leading the championship! :D
It's going to be an interesting conclusion...
> God this is going way down hill.
What are you complaining about? You're leading the championship! :D
It's going to be an interesting conclusion...
Another two points.
w00tage!
w00tage!
God this is going way down hill.
I'm one point behind...I'll whoop your ass. That title is MINE!
YEY! What a nice addition to a day in which I am sick =/
Hopefully, I can keep some sort of momentum going towards the end of the season :)
(P.S, a big LOL goes out to DW =P )
Hopefully, I can keep some sort of momentum going towards the end of the season :)
(P.S, a big LOL goes out to DW =P )
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