Formula 1 - Sepang Grand Prix
Hot. Damn hot. I like to see the drivers work for their money though.
The Tim Densham-designed Renault R25 continued showing its formidable pace, allowing Fernando Alonso to take pole and then dominate the race until taking victory. Nicely done.
Jarno Trulli silenced a few of his nay-sayers by hanging on for second place in his Toyota - their first podium, and Nick Heidfeld claimed his first podium in the Williams-BMW.
Read all about it in the grandprix.com race report.
The unfortunate BAR-Hondas had a torrid time of it with the engines of both Jenson Button and Anthony Davidson (standing in for the poorly Takuma Sato) lunching themselves in the first few laps. This not only negated their strategy of pitting early last race to acquire fresh engines for Malaysia but also means they require new engines for Bahrain which drops them 10 places on the grid. Button was not impressed and didn't mince his words.
Giancarlo Fisichella in the Renault and Mark Webber in the Williams-BMW got a little too intimate on the track and took each other out. Toys out of their prams, here.
Ferrari had another rubbish race. Rubens Barrichello had to retire owing to no grip on his softer-compound Bridgestone tyres and Michael Schumacher managed to come from 13th place to 7th to get two points (but had to cope with the embarrassment of being lapped by Trulli's Toyota). The other teams would best not crow too much as next race will probably see the debut of the full 2005 spec Ferrari.
P.S. Narain Karthikeyan once again managed to bring his Jordan home to the chequered flag (in 11th place.)
The Tim Densham-designed Renault R25 continued showing its formidable pace, allowing Fernando Alonso to take pole and then dominate the race until taking victory. Nicely done.
Jarno Trulli silenced a few of his nay-sayers by hanging on for second place in his Toyota - their first podium, and Nick Heidfeld claimed his first podium in the Williams-BMW.
Read all about it in the grandprix.com race report.
The unfortunate BAR-Hondas had a torrid time of it with the engines of both Jenson Button and Anthony Davidson (standing in for the poorly Takuma Sato) lunching themselves in the first few laps. This not only negated their strategy of pitting early last race to acquire fresh engines for Malaysia but also means they require new engines for Bahrain which drops them 10 places on the grid. Button was not impressed and didn't mince his words.
Giancarlo Fisichella in the Renault and Mark Webber in the Williams-BMW got a little too intimate on the track and took each other out. Toys out of their prams, here.
Ferrari had another rubbish race. Rubens Barrichello had to retire owing to no grip on his softer-compound Bridgestone tyres and Michael Schumacher managed to come from 13th place to 7th to get two points (but had to cope with the embarrassment of being lapped by Trulli's Toyota). The other teams would best not crow too much as next race will probably see the debut of the full 2005 spec Ferrari.
P.S. Narain Karthikeyan once again managed to bring his Jordan home to the chequered flag (in 11th place.)
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