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Round 2 - MALAYSIA, Sepang - Race Results
Conditions: dry, overcast; Air 33°C, Track 36°C
| Posn |
Driver |
Car (Tyres) |
Time/Retirement |
Laps |
Pitstops |
Grid |
| 1 |
Giancarlo FISICHELLA |
Renault (M) |
1h 30m 40.529s |
56 |
2 |
1 |
| 2 |
Fernando ALONSO |
Renault (M) |
+ 0m 04.5s |
56 |
2 |
7 |
| 3 |
Jenson BUTTON |
Honda (M) |
+ 0m 09.6s |
56 |
2 |
2 |
| 4 |
Juan Pablo MONTOYA |
McLaren Mercedes (M) |
+ 0m 39.3s |
56 |
2 |
5 |
| 5 |
Felipe MASSA |
Ferrari (B) |
+ 0m 43.2s |
56 |
1 |
21 |
| 6 |
Michael SCHUMACHER |
Ferrari (B) |
+ 0m 43.8s |
56 |
2 |
14 |
| 7 |
Jacques VILLENEUVE |
BMW (M) |
+ 1m 20.4s |
56 |
2 |
10 |
| 8 |
Ralf SCHUMACHER |
Toyota (M) |
+ 1m 21.2s |
56 |
3 |
22 |
| 9 |
Jarno TRULLI |
Toyota (M) |
+ 1 lap |
55 |
2 |
9 |
| 10 |
Rubens BARRICHELLO |
Honda (M) |
+ 1 lap |
55 |
2 |
20 |
| 11 |
Vitantonio LIUZZI |
STR Cosworth (M) |
+ 2 laps |
54 |
3 |
13 |
| 12 |
Christijan ALBERS |
MF1 Toyota (B) |
+ 2 laps |
54 |
2 |
15 |
| 13 |
Tiago MONTEIRO |
MF1 Toyota (B) |
+ 2 laps |
54 |
2 |
16 |
| 14 |
Takuma SATO |
Super Aguri Honda (B) |
+ 3 laps |
53 |
2 |
17 |
| Not classified |
| 15 |
Nick HEIDFELD |
BMW (M) |
Engine |
48 |
2 |
11 |
| 16 |
Scott SPEED |
STR Cosworth (M) |
Clutch lever failure |
41 |
2 |
12 |
| 17 |
Yuji IDE |
Super Aguri Honda (B) |
Unspecified mechanical |
33 |
1 |
18 |
| 18 |
Christian KLIEN |
Red Bull Ferrari (M) |
Hydraulics |
26 |
3 |
8 |
| 19 |
Mark WEBBER |
Williams Cosworth (B) |
Engine |
15 |
1 |
4 |
| 20 |
David COULTHARD |
Red Bull Ferrari (M) |
Hydraulics |
10 |
1 |
19 |
| 21 |
Nico ROSBERG |
Williams Cosworth (B) |
Engine |
6 |
0 |
3 |
| 22 |
Kimi RAIKKONEN |
McLaren Mercedes (M) |
Broken suspension |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Notes:
I've added a "Grid" column to the race results to show each driver's starting position, which due to engine penalties may not be where they qualified!
Ahead of the race, 8 teams signed a document asking the FIA to clarify the legality of Ferrari's "flexing" front and rear wings - unsurprisingly, the 3 teams not to sign were Ferrari themselves, Ferrari-powered Red Bull and Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso!
The reason for Alonso's poor qualifying performance emerged overnight - the team had double-fuelled him for the third period of qualifying, believing a fuel rig fault had prevented fuel going onboard during the first attempt. Despite his heavy load, he gained four positions at the start, slotting into 3rd behind Button, with his team-mate Fisichella leading the race from pole.
Contact with Klien on the first lap caused suspension failure for Raikonnen who spun into the gravel trap a couple of turns later. Klien limped back to the pits and underwent lengthy repairs before rejoining, but eventually retired with hydraulics failure on lap 27.
The promising Rosberg/Williams/Cosworth combo made an early exit on lap 7 with a spectacular engine blow - team-mate Webber made it to lap 16 before his own Cosworth failed. Coulthard pits on lap 11 and retires with a hydraulic leak which left him stuck in 6th gear.
Trulli driving a lacklustre race, losing position to M Schumacher, Villeneuve and Massa at turn 1 on successive laps. Team-mate R Schumacher is making steady progress through the field having started dead last after his engine failure in Qualifying, eventually finishing 8th and securing Toyota's first point of the season.
Button running quiet race in 2nd, unable to keep pace with Fisichella and under threat from a charging Alonso. By the time the two pitstop windows had passed, he was down in 3rd where he stayed to take his first podium of 2006. Massa, on a 1-stop strategy, had a good race from 21st on the grid after three engine changes during the weekend (some sort of record?), finishing ahead of team-mate and 7-times world champion M Schumacher, on a 2-stopper, who started 14th after his own engine change.
Fisichella had to race hard to hold on to his lead, but did so, finishing 4.5s ahead of team-mate Alonso who took fastest lap of the race.
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