Spanish Grand Prix – preamble/updates/schedule
First things first, the revised Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship standings, which need to be updated in the wake of Ralf Schumacher’s penalty for “a pitstop incident” (he finished 8th) and BAR’s suspension for “an underweight car” (Jensen Button finished 3rd and Takumo Sato was 5th) from the San Marino Grand Prix.
Revised Points:
F.Alonso
36
J.Trulli
20
G.Fisichella
10
M.Schumacher
10
R.Schumacher
9
D.Coulthard
9
N.Heidfeld
9
M.Webber
9
R.Barrichello
8
J.Montoya
8
K.Raikkonen
7
A.Wurz
6
J.Villeneuve
5
P.de la Rosa
4
C.Klien
3
F.Massa
2
V.Liuzzi
1
J.Button
0
T.Sato
0
Renault
46
Toyota
29
McLaren Mercedes
25
Ferrari
18
BMW Williams
18
Red Bull
13
Sauber
7
BAR-Honda
0
Jordan, Minardi
0
This weekend’s schedule:
Spanish time
EDT (GMT -4hrs)
TV coverage
Friday Practice 1 1100-1200
0500-0600
Friday Practice 2 1400-1500
0800-0900
Live on Speed
Saturday Practice 1
0900-0945
0300-0345
Saturday Practice 2
1015-1100
0415-0500
Saturday Qualifying
1300-1400
0700-0800
Live on TSN & Speed
Sunday Qualifying
1000-1100
0400-0500
Recapped on TSN @ 0700 and on Speed @ 1200
Race
1400-1600
0800-1000
Live on TSN
Obviously no BAR presence as a result of their 2-race ban.
Heidfeld will be penalised 10-places on the grid for an engine change and Williams teammate Webber missed all of Friday practice due to engine problems.
Pedro de la Rosa (McLaren) was fastest in both the first practice session (1:15.675) and the second (1:15.062).
Montoya, back after his “tennis injury”, had a big off that destroyed his McLaren, which means a 10-place penalty for him too.













