Malaysian Grand Prix (Alonso Wins!)

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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:34 pm

Klien catches Michael as Raikkonen catches him. Interesting final 2 laps for them!!

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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:36 pm

Alonso wins the race. Congratulations!

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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:38 pm

Trulli finishes second ahead of Heidfeld and Montoya. R Schumacher, Coulthard, M Schumacher and Klien make the top 8. Raikkonen in 9th

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Post by Evil Giraffe » Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:40 pm

The number one most shocking thing from this race has to be the fact that the Toyotas held their positions. And a close number two is that Ferrari is not anywhere near quick enough.

Well done Freddy, Jarno and Nick.

Looks like it's gonna be a fun season.

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Post by Evil Giraffe » Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:46 pm

wow, Freddy looks beat up there on that podium. he needs some water and then some beer. fix him right up.

is there a reason Jarno didn't spray the champagne?

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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:49 pm

Evil Giraffe wrote:wow, Freddy looks beat up there on that podium. he needs some water and then some beer. fix him right up.

is there a reason Jarno didn't spray the champagne?
A close friend of his died on Friday and that would be out of respect.

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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:52 pm

Evil Giraffe wrote:The number one most shocking thing from this race has to be the fact that the Toyotas held their positions. And a close number two is that Ferrari is not anywhere near quick enough.

Well done Freddy, Jarno and Nick.

Looks like it's gonna be a fun season.
Indeed Toyota have made a big step however I suspect them to be strong on some track and not others. Renault however look strong everywhere.

Ferrari have a lot of work ahead of them. Just like McLaren and Williams had last year!

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Post by F1greyhound » Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:56 pm

Congratulations To Fernando and RENAULT :D

Great performance from TOYOTA, they fully deserve this and prove the doubters wrong.... :P :P Jarno was better than Ralf all weekend, wasnt he? But then he matched Fernando in the first half of 2004 as well. Can he maintain his form this year :?:

Solid drive from Nick, but is he under a teamorder or not :?:

MCLAREN still dont quite get it right. Juan Pablo came away better but he may be worried to become a No.2 driver for the first time in his career :shock: Kimi was unlucky but FAST 8) :D

Congratulations also to David and REDBULL :shock:

The FERRARI has just one major problem and thats not the car itself :idea:
As some of you folks rightly said - Malaysia, the Bridgestone melting pot :oops: :cry: Unfortunately the F2005 doesnt solve this, or does it?
Anyway, you win some and you lose some - hopefully the tyres will be evenly matched through the season. :roll:
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Post by Evil Giraffe » Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:56 pm

Ed wrote:
Evil Giraffe wrote:wow, Freddy looks beat up there on that podium. he needs some water and then some beer. fix him right up.

is there a reason Jarno didn't spray the champagne?
A close friend of his died on Friday and that would be out of respect.
Oh, I hadn't heard. I understand now.
Thanks for the info.

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Post by F1greyhound » Sun Mar 20, 2005 7:13 pm

TOYOTA and REDBULL in front of FERRARI, WILLIAMS and MCLAREN after 2 GP, who would have guessed? :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by Ed » Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:40 pm

Team and Driver Quotes following the race are now available here

Fastest Laps in Malaysia (Top 10 drivers)
Raikkonen - 1:35.483 - lap 23
Heidfeld - 1:35.712 - lap 40
Trulli - 1:35.816 - lap 18
Alonso - 1:35.899 - lap 18
Webber - 1:36.026 - lap 20
Fisichella - 1:36.182 - lap 21
R Schumacher - 1:36.321 - lap 15
Montoya - 1:36.585 - lap 42
Coulthard - 1:36.790 - lap 18
Barrichello - 1:36.878 - lap 22

Championship standings

Drivers:
Fernando Alonso 16

Giancarlo Fisichella 10
Jarno Trulli 8
Rubens Barrichello 8
David Coulthard 8
Juan Pablo Montoya 8

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Teams:
Renault 26

Toyota 12
Red Bull 11
Ferrari 10
Williams 10

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Post by JayVee » Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:03 am

Huge difference between Raikkonen's fastest and Montoya's :shock:
Rubens 10th nearly 1.5 seconds slower :shock: :shock:
I wonder what Michael's best time was :?:

What a few months make!!
I'm back and yes supporting Alonso "The Cute" in the Ferrari!

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Post by JayVee » Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:17 am

Towards the end of the race, the rear wing on Michael's car was getting blacker. Any idea what that was from ? Oil ?
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Post by Woogle » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:07 am

Ed wrote:A close friend of his died on Friday and that would be out of respect.
Agreed.

I'm still trying to get info on this!! ->CanadaAir<- is 'a fire fighting Co. using huge water-bombers to help put out forest fires. So this person was not a rescue pilot but a water-bomber ( a very very dangerious job). These people skim lakes loading water into the plane's open bay doors and then fly off to the forest fire and drop their load.

Not one word here in Canada about this. Strange!!!!!
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Post by Graham Ross » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:50 am

The best info I managed to find is on this site http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1678795,00.html

The fire fighting plane (Canadair MI-DPCK) hit power lines it appears and crashed into a house. Both pilots Stefano Bandini and Claudio Rosseti were killed. Both have recently come back from Sri Lanka helping in the tsunami aid effort. :cry:

Canadair was Canada's leading aircraft manufacturer until 1986 when Bombardier acquired it. They did all sorts of aircraft (from Canadair history site - http://home.ca.inter.net/~rapickler/)

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