Canadian Grand Prix – Race

June 12, 2005 by paul
Filed under: Uncategorized

JB, MS, FA, GF, JM, TS, KR, JV, JT, RS, FM, DC, NH, MW, CA, CK, NK, TM, PF, RB

Track temperature 47°C; air temp 32°C; wind speed 1.0m/s; humidity 54%; pressure 1007.3mBar.

RB starting from the pit lane
Are we stuck with the TSN commentators for today’s race? Where’s the ITV-F1 feed got to?

Formation lap: JB leads them away
GF slow to get away
Pit-to-car radio: JB reporting a problem shifting from 1st to 2nd gear!

No lights? Wow, they’re slow starting!

01/70: JB away but both Renaults are past him before Turn1
MS falling backwards quickly
TS runs wide – rejoins – he was wheel to wheel with JT

02: GF, FA, JB, JM, KR, MS, JT, TS; DC=11; RS=12; JV=13; RB=19
RS passes DC in the chicane

03: JV pits for a new nose cone – replay shows he hit TS

04: MW trying to go round the outside of DC (for P12) at the hairpin – fails to pass him

05: Bodywork at the hairpin from MW – replay doesn’t show any contact

06: GF, FA, JB, JM, KR, MS, JT, TS; RS=11; DC=12; RB=16; JV=20

07: RS pushing NH hard

08: GF f/lap 1:15.455
NK spun at the hairpin – rejoins
JV is 59.3s behind GF, who should lap him in ~17 laps

09: RB up to P15

10/70: GF, FA, JB, JM, KR, MS, JT, TS; RS=11; DC=12; RB=15; JV=20

12: FA f/lap 1:5.441
Apparently FA has radioed his team to say GF is holding him up

13: MS pits from P6 – very early – rejoins between DC and MW
GF f/lap 1:15.115

14: GF laps PF … JV must have passed PF that lap?

15: GF, FA, JB, JM, KR, JT, TS, FM; RS=10; DC=11; MS=12; RB=15; JV=19

16: JB pits from P3 – 7.9s – rejoins in P7
RS pits from P9 – rejoins in P15

17: TS pits from P6

18: KR f/lap 1:15.011
JV’s been lapped

19: JM f/lap 1:14.749
DC pits from P9

20/70: JM f/lap 1:14.665
GF, FA, JM, KR, JT, JB, FM, NH; MS=9; RB=13; RS=14; DC=15; JV=18

22: FM pits from P7 – he was closing on JB
NH & CK pit too

23: FA waves his fist at CK after being baulked for a couple of corners
TS pits again – that can’t be … no, he’s retiring the BAR

24: KR f/lap 1:14.384
JT pits
Renault team get ready…

25: FA and KR pit together

26: GF and JM pit together
JM overcooks it on the way out of the pits and slides on the grass as he rejoins the track
Replay shows MW waving his fist but not at whom

27: NK has a rear right puncture … and he’s broken the suspension – replay shows him hitting the wall in T8 … retires

28: Just MW and RB yet to pit
JV pits again

29: MW pits

30/70: GF, FA, JM, KR, JB, MS, JT, RB; RS=12; DC=13; JV=15 (lapped); retirements = TS & NK.

31: FA on radio – “I’m quicker – what more do I have to do?” Team reply: “We understand – we know you’re quicker – overtake him”

32: MW tries to pass FM at the hairpin but runs wide – rejoins 3 spots down!
FA runs wide in T1 and loses time
RB pits

33: GF lets FA past – and JM passes him – radio: losing hydraulic pressure
GF pits – retires – jumps out the car and storms off!

34: JB pits … as does MS

35/70: JM closing on FA: ~1.2s behind
RB outbrakes himself in the hairpin

39: FA slowing? Yes, JM passes him easily
Replay – FA clipped the wall and probably damaged the rear-right suspension

40/70: JM, KR, JB, MS, FA (pitting), JT, FM, NH; RS=9; RB=11
FA pits – yes, the team tell him it’s all over

41: JM, KR, JB, MS, JT, FM, NH, RS; RB=10; DC=11; JV=13; retirements = TS, NK, GF & FA

45: NH’s BMW engine goes bang
PF coasting back to the pits

46: PF retires
RS pits from P7

47: MS now ~1.7s behind JB
TS rejoins – using parts from the spare BAR to fix his gearbox – he’s 24 laps down

48: JB runs wide in T7 and smacks the wall, ripping off the front-right wheel
Safety Car deployed and lots of people pit

49: Everyone closes up behind the SC

50/70: JM pits – that’s going to hurt him because everyone’s bunched up

51: Incident involving car 10 (JM) under investigation – he passed DC under the SC – d’oh!
Lights are out on the SC – in at the end of this lap

52: SC in; KR, JM, MS, JT, MW, FM, RB, RS; DC=9; JV=11; retirements = TS NK, GF, FA, PF, NH & JB.

53: Black flag for JM for exiting the pit lane against red lights!
Spots of rain on the camera lens?

54: JM pits and parks it

55/70: KR, MS, JT, RB, FM, MW, RS, DC; JV=10

57: KR gap to MS ~2.3s; JT ~8.1s behind MS
Teams are heating the wet tyres just in case, but it looks unlikely

60/70: KR, MS, JT, RB, FM, MW, RS, DC; JV=10; retirements = NK, GF, FA, PF, NH, JB & JM. (TS is still 24 laps behind the lead)

62: KR gap to MS still ~2.7s; JT falling back from MS though, now ~13.1s down

63: JT slowing? Replay shows right brake failure just after the pit entrance. Retires it.

64: RB started the race from the pit lane and is now in a podium position!

65/70: KR, MS, RB, FM, MW, RS, DC, CK; JV=9; retirements = NK, GF, FA, PF, NH, JB, JM & JT.
TS spins under braking for the hairpin – flames from the brakes – so he’s retired from the race for a second time!
TS’s BAR is on the runoff for the hairpin – will they deploy the Safety Car again? … No

67: CA ran wide at the hairpin – there are waved yellows so he should have backed off earlier!
CA baulking MS

68: TS car cleared; yellow flags gone

69: MS closing on KR – just ~1.3s behind now
JV is 0.4s behind CK – could he steal P8?

70/70: KR takes the flag with MS 1.1s behind
MW pushes FM hard for P4
KR, MS, RB, FM, MW, RS, DC, CK; JV=9; TM=10; CA=11.

Wow! What a race!

OK, whoever is in charge of raising the flags (over the podium) – wake up!

TSN commentators say RB may have signed with BAR for next year!?

KR said there were problems with the steering wheel – turning left required more and more steering input

Stupid TSN commentator implies (over the summary/review) that KR only won because “all the contenders dropped out”!

Points:

F.Alonso	59
K.Raikkonen	37
J.Trulli	27
N.Heidfeld	25
M.Schumacher	24
M.Webber	22
R.Barrichello	21
R.Schumacher	20
G.Fisichella	17
D.Coulthard	17
J.Montoya	16
F.Massa	7
A.Wurz	6
J.Villeneuve	5
P.de la Rosa	4
C.Klien	4
V.Liuzzi	1