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Round 2 - MALAYSIA, Sepang - Race Results
Conditions: damp at times, mostly dry; Temperatures: track 39-44°C, air 34-35°C
Position |
Driver |
Car (Tyres) |
Time/Retirement |
Laps |
Pitstops |
1 |
Michael SCHUMACHER |
Ferrari (B) |
1h 31m 07.490s |
56 |
3 |
2 |
Juan Pablo MONTOYA |
Williams BMW (M) |
+ 0m 05.022s |
56 |
3 |
3 |
Jenson BUTTON |
BAR Honda (M) |
+ 0m 11.568s |
56 |
3 |
4 |
Rubens BARRICHELLO |
Ferrari (B) |
+ 0m 13.616s |
56 |
3 |
5 |
Jarno TRULLI |
Renault (M) |
+ 0m 37.360s |
56 |
3 |
6 |
David COULTHARD |
McLaren Mercedes (M) |
+ 0m 53.098s |
56 |
3 |
7 |
Fernando ALONSO |
Renault (M) |
+ 1m 07.877s |
56 |
2 |
8 |
Felipe MASSA |
Sauber Petronas (B) |
+ 1 lap |
55 |
3 |
9 |
Cristiano DA MATTA |
Toyota (M) |
+ 1 lap |
55 |
3 |
10 |
Christian KLIEN |
Jaguar Cosworth (M) |
+ 1 lap |
55 |
3 |
11 |
Giancarlo FISICELLA |
Sauber Petronas (B) |
+ 1 lap |
55 |
3 |
12 |
Olivier PANIS |
Toyota (M) |
+ 1 lap |
55 |
5 |
13 |
Giorgio PANTANO |
Jordan Ford (B) |
+ 2 laps |
54 |
2 |
14 |
Gianmaria BRUNI |
Minardi Cosworth (B) |
+ 3 laps |
53 |
3 |
15 |
Takuma SATO |
BAR Honda (M) |
Engine |
52 |
2 |
16 |
Zsolt BAUMGARTNER |
Minardi Cosworth (B) |
+ 4 laps |
52 |
3 |
Not classified |
Ret |
Kimi RAIKKONEN |
McLaren Mercedes (M) |
Engine |
40 |
3 |
Ret |
Nick HEIDFELD |
Jordan Ford (B) |
Transmission |
34 |
4 |
Ret |
Ralf SCHUMACHER |
Williams BMW (M) |
Engine |
27 |
1 |
Ret |
Mark WEBBER |
Jaguar Cosworth (M) |
Spin |
23 |
2 |
Notes:
With light rain just before the start, was it going to be a repeat of 2 years ago? But no, it cleared quickly and the remainder of the race was run in dry conditions, although cooler than earlier in the weekend.
After a superb qualifying performance, Mark Webber's race turned into a nightmare. A dragging clutch at the start saw him drop to 14th, recovering to 9th by the end of lap 1. He battled hard, especially with Ralf Schumacher who tagged his right rear causing a puncture. Having made it safely back to the pits for a replacement, he then incurred a pit-lane speeding penalty. Frustration perhaps led to his race-ending spin on lap 24. He did himself no harm with his display of aggressive driving, but he'll be hoping for better things in Bahrain.
Alonso, starting at the back after failing to set a qualifying time, had fought his way back to 8th by lap 4. Using a 2-stop strategy, he eventually finished 7th.
The first round of pitstops started on lap 9, with Michael Schumacher (in the lead from the start) one of the first to stop. Montoya, running 2nd, pitted some 3 laps later and then began the pattern that was to repeat itself after every stop. Montoya was quicker immediately out of the pits, eating into Schumacher's lead at up to a second a lap, then appearing to over-cook his tyres, he lost ground again to Schumacher in the later stages of the stint. After the third and final stop, he found himself behind Barrichello (yet to stop) for several laps and the gap widened to 10 seconds where it stayed pretty much until the end of the race when Schumacher backed right off in the last couple of laps.
Both Williams (Schumacher) and McLaren (Raikkonen) suffered engine failures, as did BAR (Sato). BAR had reason to celebrate though as Jenson Button finally achieved his first podium finish, running strongly throughout the race, on the pace of the Ferrari and Williams ahead of him. BAR and Honda seem to have put a good package together this year, I look forward to seeing more good results from Jenson.
Olivier Panis suffered his usual bad luck - for some reason (misheard radio message?) he came into the pits only to drive straight through, indicating to his team on the pitwall exactly what he thought of them. As with Webber before him, the excursion cost him a pitlane speeding penalty - on that drive-thru he kept his hands on the wheel and just shook his head at the team!
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