San Marino Grand Prix (Alonso wins 3rd race in a row!)

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:01 pm

Formation lap underway!

Felipe Massa starts from 18th as he changed engines and drops 10 places on the grid.

Michael Schumacher starts from 13th after making a mistake during the second qualifying session

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:03 pm

Cars are forming on the grid!

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:04 pm

And its go!

Raikkonen leads from Alonso and Button

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:05 pm

Webber and Sato side by side and Webber gets ahead

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:06 pm

Lap 1: Raikkonen, Alonso, Button, Trulli, Webber, Sato, Wurz and Villeneuve!

Fisichella 11th, Michael 13th

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:07 pm

Raikkonen leads Alonso by 2.6 seconds! Button is 1.8 seconds behind Alonso

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:07 pm

Villeneuve had a great start and moved up into 8th ahead of Barrichello

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:09 pm

Lap 4: Raikkonen, Alonso (+3.0), Button, Trulli, Webber, Sato, Wurz and Villeneuve!

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:10 pm

Air temperature is 19, track temperature 28

Fisichella in 11th, Ralf Schumacher in 12th and Michael Schumacher in 13th

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:11 pm

Raikkonen increases the lead to 3.1 seconds over Alonso.

Fischella off!!

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:13 pm

It appears as if he had a mechanical problem causing him to go off.

He is the first retirement of the day!

At the front the gap remains at 3 seconds. Button though is now 7.1 seconds behind Alonso!

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:15 pm

Lap 7: Raikkonen, Alonso (+3.2), Button, Trulli, Webber, Sato, Wurz and Villeneuve!

Closest battles: Webber - Sato (0.6), Wurz - Villeneuve - Barrichello, R Schumacher - M Schumacher,

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:16 pm

Raikkonen slow and Alonso gets ahead!!

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:17 pm

Raikkonen is crawling back to the pits.

Alonso now leads by 8 seconds!

Freisacher with problems and stops on the track!

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:18 pm

Raikkonen pits and retires!

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