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Salo returns with a win while incidents abound
Mika Salo has won the Australian Grand Prix with a flawless drive but whether he would have won it from the early running, we shall never know. Salo returns to the F1 Championship after driving for Toyota in 2002 but not getting a drive in 2003.
The early running was all Raikkonen and De La Rosa. Raikkonen got the jump on De La Rosa off the start and seemed comfortable. A slight mistake from Raikkonen saw De La Rosa get right on his gearbox and then disaster struck. What can only be described as a reckless overtaking move saw De La Rosa contact Raikkonen on lap 16 and pitched them both into the gravel. Raikkonen recovered first but the damage was done as he was now near the back. De La Rosa also made it back on but at the back of the field.
Pantano made the first mistake of the season when he ran wide and lost a couple of places. Heidfeld ran off on the high speed corners and it distracted Baumgartner and he spun. Both lost places. Frentzen looked rattled while trying to fend off a string of cars behind him. Button had made his pit stop and was behind Firman, he tried to overtake and got it totally wrong and lost places.
The drama wasn't over as Pantano and Coulthard tangled taking them both off the track. Both recovered to the track. With the race looking seemingly secure, focus switched to the final points places. Heidfeld and Villeneuve were running really close with Villeneuve trying to hold on to 7th place. Heidfeld muscled past and Villeneuve ran wide. That dropped Villeneuve into the lead of a pack of about 7 cars. Villeneuve tried to protect his 8th place and 1 vital point, but Montoya had other plans. A foolish move resulted in Montoya dispatching Villeneuve off the track. Montoya came off worse as he dropped to the back but Villeneuve lost a couple of places. This meant that the new teammates, Michael Schumacher and Villeneuve, were running right next to each other. Schumacher showed no respect and punted Villeneuve off too.
There were 3 retirements in the race. Rookie Bruni only had 10 laps of his first Grand Prix before his transmission failed. He was looking solid in the points at the time. Verstappen also looked like picking up a good points haul but that ended on lap 25 with an engine problem. Fisichella was knocking on the podium door when his right rear suspension failed. It might have happened due to some contact a few laps before.
So, Salo returns to F1 with his second career win after the front 2 taking each other out and getting the jump on Sato out of the pits. Poor pit work meant that Sato had to work his way past Ralf Schumacher, which he did and got 2nd place, also on his return to F1. Ralf Schumacher takes a podium place in 3rd. Panis looked fast but the leading 3 were just too quick so 4th was a good result. Button survived a scare and kept his grid placing of 5th, although it could have been more. Barrichello is enjoying life at his new team with 6th place. Heidfeld takes 7th and Baumgartner kicks off his F1 career with 8th and 1 point.
FULL RACE RESULTS:
1st Salo (Biggie Little) 1h27m22.006s (Up 2)
2nd Sato (Mithras) +8.403s (Up 2)
3rd R Schumacher (Absolut Neo) +9.738s (Up 4)
4th Panis (Foreman) +12.872s (Up 10)
5th Button (Der Nazi) +19.980s (No Change)
6th Barrichello (Lipe) +21.023s (Up 7)
7th Heidfeld (Shadow) +27.374s (Up 2)
8th Baumgartner (Bullett) +31.637s (Up 3)
9th Frentzen (Figo) +38.257s (Up 6)
10th Firman (DW) +45.356s (Up 8)
11th M Schumacher (Notorious Biggles) +53.427s (Up 10)
12th Pizzonia (Icarus) +55.219s (Up 8)
13th Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) +56.006s (Down 11)
14th Da Matta (Grandprix) +56.568s (Up 8)
15th Pantano (English Bloke) +58.018s (Up 1)
16th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) +58.321s (Down 15)
17th Coulthard (Azul) +59.037s (Up 2)
18th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) +1m02.755s (Down 1)
19th Montoya (Afrojoe) +1m03.737s (Down 7)
DNF
Fisichella (Badgerman) Suspension
Verstappen (Jae) Engine
Bruni (Roj) Transmission
Drivers standings:
1st Salo 10pts
2nd Sato 8pts
3rd R Schumacher 6pts
4th Panis 5pts
5th Button 4pts
6th Barrichello 3pts
7th Heidfeld 2pts
8th Baumgartner 1pt
Constructors standings:
1st MG F1 10pts
2nd Jaguar 8pts
3rd Williams 6pts
4th Toyota 5pts
5th B.A.R 4pts
6th Renault 3pts
7th Sauber 2pts
8th Minardi 1pt
Fastest Lap: De La Rosa 1m27.971s
New to this season is the Prediction World Championship. 11 of the 21 participants put in predictions. Here is the list and how many points they got.
1st Der Nazi 11pts (Winner of Round 1)
2nd Mike Swade 10pts
3rd Virtuoso 7pts (If you had stated the driver for most positions gained, you would have got the full 8pts, meaning you would have won, as you were the closest to the tie breaker. All you gave me was the team so I could only give you half the points.)
4th Foreman 5pts
5th Jae 4pts
6th Ineedsleep 2pts (0.514s away from the pole position time)
7th Absolut Neo 2pts (0.566s away)
8th Badgerman 2pts (0.631s away)
9th Notorious Biggles 2pts (0.959s away)
10th Azul 1pt (1.322s away)
11th Roj 1pt (23.019s away)
That means the current standings are like this:
1st Der Nazi 10pts
2nd Mike Swade 8pts
3rd Virtuoso 6pts
4th Foreman 5pts
5th Jae 4pts
6th Ineedsleep 3pts
7th Absolut Neo 2pts
8th Badgerman 1pt
The next round is in Malaysia. The preview will be up on Saturday, so get your predictions in there. The qualifying will be the following Saturday, giving you plenty of time to put your predictions in. The race will be 2 weeks today (Wednesday 24th March).
I look forward to seeing all of you for Round 2!
Mika Salo has won the Australian Grand Prix with a flawless drive but whether he would have won it from the early running, we shall never know. Salo returns to the F1 Championship after driving for Toyota in 2002 but not getting a drive in 2003.
The early running was all Raikkonen and De La Rosa. Raikkonen got the jump on De La Rosa off the start and seemed comfortable. A slight mistake from Raikkonen saw De La Rosa get right on his gearbox and then disaster struck. What can only be described as a reckless overtaking move saw De La Rosa contact Raikkonen on lap 16 and pitched them both into the gravel. Raikkonen recovered first but the damage was done as he was now near the back. De La Rosa also made it back on but at the back of the field.
Pantano made the first mistake of the season when he ran wide and lost a couple of places. Heidfeld ran off on the high speed corners and it distracted Baumgartner and he spun. Both lost places. Frentzen looked rattled while trying to fend off a string of cars behind him. Button had made his pit stop and was behind Firman, he tried to overtake and got it totally wrong and lost places.
The drama wasn't over as Pantano and Coulthard tangled taking them both off the track. Both recovered to the track. With the race looking seemingly secure, focus switched to the final points places. Heidfeld and Villeneuve were running really close with Villeneuve trying to hold on to 7th place. Heidfeld muscled past and Villeneuve ran wide. That dropped Villeneuve into the lead of a pack of about 7 cars. Villeneuve tried to protect his 8th place and 1 vital point, but Montoya had other plans. A foolish move resulted in Montoya dispatching Villeneuve off the track. Montoya came off worse as he dropped to the back but Villeneuve lost a couple of places. This meant that the new teammates, Michael Schumacher and Villeneuve, were running right next to each other. Schumacher showed no respect and punted Villeneuve off too.
There were 3 retirements in the race. Rookie Bruni only had 10 laps of his first Grand Prix before his transmission failed. He was looking solid in the points at the time. Verstappen also looked like picking up a good points haul but that ended on lap 25 with an engine problem. Fisichella was knocking on the podium door when his right rear suspension failed. It might have happened due to some contact a few laps before.
So, Salo returns to F1 with his second career win after the front 2 taking each other out and getting the jump on Sato out of the pits. Poor pit work meant that Sato had to work his way past Ralf Schumacher, which he did and got 2nd place, also on his return to F1. Ralf Schumacher takes a podium place in 3rd. Panis looked fast but the leading 3 were just too quick so 4th was a good result. Button survived a scare and kept his grid placing of 5th, although it could have been more. Barrichello is enjoying life at his new team with 6th place. Heidfeld takes 7th and Baumgartner kicks off his F1 career with 8th and 1 point.
FULL RACE RESULTS:
1st Salo (Biggie Little) 1h27m22.006s (Up 2)
2nd Sato (Mithras) +8.403s (Up 2)
3rd R Schumacher (Absolut Neo) +9.738s (Up 4)
4th Panis (Foreman) +12.872s (Up 10)
5th Button (Der Nazi) +19.980s (No Change)
6th Barrichello (Lipe) +21.023s (Up 7)
7th Heidfeld (Shadow) +27.374s (Up 2)
8th Baumgartner (Bullett) +31.637s (Up 3)
9th Frentzen (Figo) +38.257s (Up 6)
10th Firman (DW) +45.356s (Up 8)
11th M Schumacher (Notorious Biggles) +53.427s (Up 10)
12th Pizzonia (Icarus) +55.219s (Up 8)
13th Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) +56.006s (Down 11)
14th Da Matta (Grandprix) +56.568s (Up 8)
15th Pantano (English Bloke) +58.018s (Up 1)
16th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) +58.321s (Down 15)
17th Coulthard (Azul) +59.037s (Up 2)
18th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) +1m02.755s (Down 1)
19th Montoya (Afrojoe) +1m03.737s (Down 7)
DNF
Fisichella (Badgerman) Suspension
Verstappen (Jae) Engine
Bruni (Roj) Transmission
Drivers standings:
1st Salo 10pts
2nd Sato 8pts
3rd R Schumacher 6pts
4th Panis 5pts
5th Button 4pts
6th Barrichello 3pts
7th Heidfeld 2pts
8th Baumgartner 1pt
Constructors standings:
1st MG F1 10pts
2nd Jaguar 8pts
3rd Williams 6pts
4th Toyota 5pts
5th B.A.R 4pts
6th Renault 3pts
7th Sauber 2pts
8th Minardi 1pt
Fastest Lap: De La Rosa 1m27.971s
New to this season is the Prediction World Championship. 11 of the 21 participants put in predictions. Here is the list and how many points they got.
1st Der Nazi 11pts (Winner of Round 1)
2nd Mike Swade 10pts
3rd Virtuoso 7pts (If you had stated the driver for most positions gained, you would have got the full 8pts, meaning you would have won, as you were the closest to the tie breaker. All you gave me was the team so I could only give you half the points.)
4th Foreman 5pts
5th Jae 4pts
6th Ineedsleep 2pts (0.514s away from the pole position time)
7th Absolut Neo 2pts (0.566s away)
8th Badgerman 2pts (0.631s away)
9th Notorious Biggles 2pts (0.959s away)
10th Azul 1pt (1.322s away)
11th Roj 1pt (23.019s away)
That means the current standings are like this:
1st Der Nazi 10pts
2nd Mike Swade 8pts
3rd Virtuoso 6pts
4th Foreman 5pts
5th Jae 4pts
6th Ineedsleep 3pts
7th Absolut Neo 2pts
8th Badgerman 1pt
The next round is in Malaysia. The preview will be up on Saturday, so get your predictions in there. The qualifying will be the following Saturday, giving you plenty of time to put your predictions in. The race will be 2 weeks today (Wednesday 24th March).
I look forward to seeing all of you for Round 2!
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come on virtuoso, you think of something!
You can't agree with Virtuoso about that name so it has to stay as Senna GP
grandprix, plz can you rename senna gp to minardi rejects, as neither of us can think of anything else.
I WON!
Yaaaa oh...
Bollocko
Bollocko
I don't think i did too badly for my debut race. And also, it's weird cause i was actually thinking the other day that someone like Mika Salo would win the race knowing my luck.
5th in the race and 1st in the predictions! Wey-hey-hey!
Shame I couldn't win both, though. Meh, Malaysia next week..
Shame I couldn't win both, though. Meh, Malaysia next week..
Montoya sucks genitals.
Wow! Crazy race...Barrichello did pretty well in 6th place and stayed out of trouble :) I'm new to all of this but nice rundown of the race.
Flaming De La Rosa!!! Learn to drive!!!
:D
Excellent return to the season. Nice race run down as usual. Poor Villeneuve, although I confess I couldn't help but laugh at his mishaps :)
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Excellent return to the season. Nice race run down as usual. Poor Villeneuve, although I confess I couldn't help but laugh at his mishaps :)
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