San Marino GP 2005

[mazdamazda]

Now that is a race!

I thought that Schumi will be held in the #3 position but I was so suprised when he started to decimate Alonso & Button's leads. The 15 sec deficit was gone in about 8 laps I think.

Though given a few more laps (and one small mistake by Alonso), Schumi would have taken the lead.

Schumi's pace was just blistering. Button & Alonso were just at par (since the lead of Alonso to Button was constant at around 10sec).

[pissword]

oo nga what a race..sayang lang magaling din talaga si alonso hehe d nagkamali in the last 8-10 laps eh

[Monseratto]

Talagang edge-of-your-seat thrill yung last 15 laps ng race. Hanga talaga ako sa dalawa, buti hindi binungo ni Schumi. Congrats sa Bridgestone sa improvements nila! Spanish Grand Prix naman, home turf ni Alonso!

[squala]

Palagay ko kung si Montoya or Raikkonen ang nasa Ferrari, mauunahan si Alonso. Anyway, talagang super bilis ang F2005; sure winner kung mas maganda lang ang starting position ni Michael. Mukhang sweep na naman for the rest of the season maliban na lang kung mag-improve din ang iba. Yung McLaren ni Raikkonen mukhang mabilis din kaysa kay Alonso; nasira nga lang.

[zechs]

tama nga ang sabi ng commentator eh.."FERRARI IS BACK!" hehe so lets watch out for the next grand prix...

[GlennSter]

grabe ang race..grabe..dagdag na pampapawis sa gym!!!

[squala]

Breathtaking but with a favorable ending, at least until next next Sunday...

[falken]

Here's wishing that the next race will be as exciting or more exciting than Imola.

[the_wildthing]

Like I said in the other forum, we need more races like this para exciting. It's good Michael's on the catch-up mode now instead of being in a comfortable lead.

Of course, Renault also has a good car and driver which makes for a more sporting spectacle.

[empy]

sayang....i was hoping that ferrari wouldn't win any races this year

[baurtwellXUV]

ganon?! ang laki ng chances ng renault to win the constructors championship. let's wait for the spanish grand prix. FERRARI is back!!!

[Monseratto]

Something to think about...

Ralf accuses Ferrari over testing

Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher has criticised Ferrari for refusing to restrict their in-season testing.
All nine other Formula One teams agreed to test on just 30 days this year to cut spiralling costs.

Schumacher said: "We restrict ourselves and Ferrari carry on testing happily. I don't understand this. What they are doing is unfair to everyone else.

"We're interested in F1 carrying on for a long time, while Ferrari are not. That's not the right way."

Ferrari chose not to sign up to the gentleman's agreement for two reasons.

They have concentrated their resources on testing, with two private test tracks and a full test team.

If Ferrari had won at Imola it would have been a hollow victory

And they say they are at a disadvantage because they are the only top team on Bridgstone tyres, while rivals Michelin have data from Renault, McLaren, BAR, Toyota and Williams to work from.

The Italian giants felt the benefits of their massive testing programme at the weekend, when Ferrari's Michael Schumacher bounced back from a poor start to the season to finish second in the San Marino Grand Prix.

Asked whether the testing deal is beginning to collapse, Toyota boss John Howett said: "I think it already has.

Schumacher 'back in title chase'
"I don't think the other competitors can just sit there and accept Ferrari driving into the distance.

"We need to find some sort of compromise where there is either an equivalence or Ferrari join the remaining teams otherwise people will start to test remorselessly.

"I think they will force others to do that. I think it is a question of common sense."

BAR-Honda team chief Nick Fry added: "Frankly I'm glad (Fernando) Alonso won because if Ferrari had won it would have been a hollow victory and I would have felt very sorry for Renault.

"It would have been fairly un-sportsmanlike in some ways had Ferrari revelled in a victory when we have handicapped ourselves deliberately by [limiting testing] to keep costs down.

"Ferrari are flaunting that and this is the result.

"BAR have done more testing than any other team, but Ferrari have done 85% more miles than we have by totally ignoring the gentleman's agreement between the teams and putting themselves in a better position.

"Ferrari undoubtedly will start winning. You cannot test in the way they test with their resources and not benefit versus the rest of us. It was inevitable they would come back."

[squala]

There is politics in F1. Ferrari's petition to ban wider front Michelin tyres last 2003 worked in their favor. Michelin teams were required to reduce the width of their front tyres from the Italian GP onwards. This is probably another reason why Michael narrowly won the WDC (other than his elf setting-up Montoya in the US GP).

[effone]

bakit ganun? kung talo si Schumi, wala ka maririnig sa mga kalaban team but kung nanalo naman, 2nd pa - ang dami nila sinasabi...

what a bunch of whiners!!!

[mazdamazda]

tsk tsk tsk...

with that, I hope Ferrari wins them all.

that is just a gentleman's agreement... not an FIA ruling...

heck, without Schumi challenging Button & Alonso, the Imola GP would have been a really boring race. the time gaps between the cars are just so big that there was no competition to speak of.