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"SR F1 Championship - Brazilian Grand Prix"

Sato takes control

Takuma Sato has won the Brazilian Grand Prix with a fine display of car control in what can only be described as tricky, changeable conditions. The weather played a key role in the race as tyre choice was a difficult decision. The weather changed from damp to dry to really wet to drying again.

Amazingly, despite the tricky conditions, not many people spun on their own. Bruni was the first spinner of the race when he tried an overtaking move and got it totally wrong, narrowly avoiding hitting the car in front. Salo ran off the track late on in his bid to catch Sato.

The main damage to people's races was poor overtaking moves and bad tyre choices. Firman and Pizzonia touched wheels and spun on lap 8. Firman didn't lose much time but Pizzonia got beached in the gravel and was forced to retire. Raikkonen's car didn't like the wet conditions and was fighting to stay ahead of Montoya after he had seen a few cars overtake him. Raikkonen and Montoya take each other off the track, taking Da Matta with them. There could have been more cars but they managed to stay off the racing line.

Two other retirements to mention. Barrichello was fortunate to escape a huge smash. Barrichello had a throttle problem and he flew off the track and smashed into the barriers to retire on lap 25. Button was the only other retirement on lap 45 with a transmission problem.

Sato takes his 3rd career victory and the Championship lead with victory in Brazil. Salo escaped running off the track and a lot of late traffic to hold off everyone else and take 2nd place. Ralf Schumacher couldn't capitalise on traffic and mistakes but still made the podium in 3rd. Ferrari's fortunes are looking a bit better now with Michael Schumacher finishing 4th and Villeneuve finishing 5th. McLaren pick up some points with Coulthard finishing 6th. Baumgartner gets more points for 7th place and Fisichella fought off a whole train of cars to steal the final point in 8th.

Full race results:

1st Sato (Mithras) 1h43m47.405s (Up 2)
2nd Salo (Biggie Little) +5.712s (Up 3)
3rd R Schumacher (Absolut Neo) +8.723s (Up 1)
4th M Schumacher (Notorious Biggles) +33.020s (Up 7)
5th Villeneuve (Mike Swade) +1m02.851s (Up 3)
6th Coulthard (Azul) +1m08.102s (Up 4)
7th Baumgartner (Bullett) +1m13.577s (Down 1)
8th Fisichella (Badgerman) -1lap (Up 4)
9th Pantano (English Bloke) -1lap (Up 7)
10th Panis (Foreman) -1lap (Up 5)
11th Da Matta (Grandprix) -1lap (Down 9)
12th Frentzen (Figo) -1lap (Up 9)
13th Heidfeld (Shadow) -1lap (Down 4)
14th Verstappen (Jae) -1lap (Up 8)
15th Bruni (RoJ) -1lap (Down 1)
16th Firman (DW) -1lap (Up 2)
17th Montoya (Afrojoe) -1lap (Down 10)
18th Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) -1lap (Down 17)
19th De La Rosa (Virtuoso) -1lap (Down 6)

DNF

Button (Der Nazi) Transmission
Barrichello (Lipe) Throttle
Pizzonia (Icarus) Spun Out

Drivers Championship

1st Sato 20pts
2nd Salo 19pts
3rd R Schumacher 17pts
4th Pizzonia 10pts
5th Baumgartner 9pts
6th Pantano 8pts
7th Barrichello 7pts
8= M Schumacher 5pts
8= Panis 5pts
10= Villeneuve 4pts
10= Button 4pts
12= Bruni 3pts
12= Coulthard 3pts
14th Heidfeld 2pts
15th Fisichella 1pt

Constructors Championship

1st Jaguar 23pts
2nd MG F1 19pts
3= Williams 17pts
3= Renault 17pts
5th B.A.R 12pts
6= Minardi 9pts
6= Ferrari 9pts
8th Toyota 5pts
9th McLaren 3pts
10th Sauber 2pts
11th Jordan 1pt

Fastest Lap: 1m16.955s Salo

PREDICTION CHAMPIONSHIP

Only 9 people put in their predictions this time around so only one missed out on points. Here are the results:

1st Mike Swade 10pts (13pts)
2nd Biggie Little 8pts (12pts - Difference +3.459s)
3rd Ineedsleep 6pts (12pts - Difference +4.359s)
4th Absolut Neo 5pts (11pts - Difference +4.323s)
5th Foreman 4pts (11pts - Difference +11.774s)
6th Azul 3pts (9pts)
7th Der Nazi 2pts (8pts)
8th Badgerman 1pt (7pts - Difference +1.417s)
9th Notorious Biggles 0pts (7pts - Difference +3.090s)

The Championship table now looks like this after Round 3:

1st Der Nazi 22pts
2nd Mike Swade 18pts
3rd Biggie Little 13pts
4th Ineedsleep 12pts
5th Badgerman 10pts
6= Absolut Neo 9pts
6= Foreman 9pts
8= Azul 7pts
8= Virtuoso 7pts
10th RoJ 6pts
11th Jae 4pts
12th Notorious Biggles 0pts

Round 4 is in San Marino. There is a long way to go yet! The preview and prediction questions will be up on Saturday, the next Saturday is the qualifying and the Wednesday after is the race.

Foreman, false accusations such as that come hand in hand with severe consequences.

Tampers with car

Hey!!!!

DW has been tampering with my car.

Grandprix wrote:
> I have received an anonymous complaint about car tampering. An
> official investigation will be launched and if any evidence gets
> discovered, a tribunal will set the punishment.
>
> Thank you for your time.

Which one of you lot complained? Anyway, lets hope this criminal receives the right punishment.

Ineedsleep wrote:
> True misery is not felt until you go down 17 though :(

after you slaggin' off mi team mate i can only laugh
*laughs*

Yeh, I did notice.

True misery is not felt until you go down 17 though :(

Not a good result going back 4 places :(

I have received an anonymous complaint about car tampering. An official investigation will be launched and if any evidence gets discovered, a tribunal will set the punishment.

Thank you for your time.

oh, fastest lap, shoved leader off track and still came 2nd (deep down i am chuffed though)

Grandprix wrote:
> Der Nazi wrote:
>
> BTW, Grandprix, could you change it back to predicting fastest lap?
> Its far simpler.
>
> Heh, if it was any consolation, you were once again the closest to
> the time. :)

That is pretty cool, but I prefer the old system.