F1 European GP

[wltsm]

Race has finished and MS has won, what a drive!

 

[wltsm]

Final results:

1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Winner

2 1 Fernando Alonso Renault +3.7 secs

3 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari +4.4 secs

4 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes +4.8 secs

5 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda +72.5 secs

6 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault +74.1 secs

7 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth +74.5 secs

8 17 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-BMW +89.3 secs

9 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota +1 Lap

10 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW +1 Lap

11 21 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth +1 Lap

12 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota +1 Lap

13 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota +1 Lap

Ret 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota +8 Lap

Ret 4 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes +8 Lap

Ret 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda +15 Lap

Ret 23 Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda +31 Laps

Ret 12 Jenson Button Honda +32 Laps

Ret 15 Christian Klien RBR-Ferrari +32 Laps

Ret 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth +48 Laps

Ret 14 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari +58 Laps

Ret 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth + secs

 

[RikfromBelgium]

Beautiful victory, the best pilot has won by acheaving one fastest lap after the other when needed. To all of you who tought Imola was a one-off, to all of you who thought Schumie was over: eat his shorts

 

[LaArtist]

Meh Ferrari is like Juventus.. and jean todt.. is Luciano moggi

 

[Carbon]

Much deserved win by Ferrari for the second race in a row...

As much as I hate the Ferrari team and Bridgestone for their "special relationship" with the higher-ups in F1, I still prefer Michael Schumacher to Fernando Alonso in terms of drivers. I like that Schumacher is really earning his wins now whereas in the past seasons his competitive advantage of the car was much greater. Nice to see him win in a car that's probably about 2nd best. I will say that the Ferrari was probably the best car out there today as the Michelins seem off the pace compared to the Bridgestones this weekend (especially given the complaints of the Michelin runners).

*Edit: Also, although an exciting race, I would agree with Niki Lauda that racing these days is a bit too sterile. It's kind of lame that the overtaking for wins in these races has been done in the pits rather than on-track given the nature of the sport. I still love watching the races, though.

 

[Zonda]

Wow, impressive strategy by Ferrari. MS win really blew me away.

I still haven't lost my hope for McLaren.

 

[450SEL6.9]

Where did Michael find that pace? Those fastest laps of consecutive 1:32s were incredible. I thought Massa was going to make one of those crazy lunges of his at Alonso. He should have taken FA out and help his teammate narrow the gap to 5 points.

The F1 points system is stupid though! Why give 8 for a 2nd and 10 for a win? Schu's taken a grand total of 4 pts. from Fernando from two wins. The current points system rewards early season reliability far too much. I like the 10-6-4-3-2-1 system better. This 10-8-6 could result in one of those world champs like Keke who win by finishing second.

 

[RikfromBelgium]

In agree, schumie has won 2 races, same as alonso and still has a large gap to cross. I have to say the new rules work now, only the points should be different.