The 2006 German Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Driver of the day ?

Michael Schumacher
5
31%
Felipe Massa
2
13%
Kimi Raikkonen
5
31%
Jenson Button
3
19%
Fernando Alonso
1
6%
Giancarlo Fisichella
0
No votes
Jarno Trulli
0
No votes
Christian Klien
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 16

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:01 pm

Formation lap underway!

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:02 pm

The cars are warming up their tyres

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:03 pm

The front runners have arrived back at the starting grid!

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:03 pm

Lights!

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:05 pm

Raikkonen gets a good start with Michael and Massa behind.

Fisichella and Alonso have great starts and they are 4th and 5th!

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:05 pm

Rosberg is off! Looks like someone touched the back of his car!

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:06 pm

Button manages to get ahead of Alonso and has caught up with Fisichella! Looks like he is light!

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:07 pm

Button gets ahead of Fisichella!

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:08 pm

de la Rosa who was running 7th is out!

Looks like a problem as he slows down suddenly!

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:08 pm

Yamamoto is slow but he manages to get back to the pits!

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:09 pm

Ralf Schumacher, Jacques Villeneuve and Nick Heidfeld have made unscheduled stops.

Ralf lost his front wing as he touched Coulthard's car.

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:10 pm

So at the front Raikkonen leads Michael by 2.4 seconds with Massa a further 1.1 seconds behind.

Button, Fisichella, Alonso, Webber and Barrichello make the top 8.

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:11 pm

Just 5 laps into the race and Fisichella in 5th is 11 seconds behind Raikkonen!

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:13 pm

Liuzzi goes wide but manages to recover!

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Post by Ed » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:14 pm

Lap 8 and Raikkonen leads Michael by 3.1 seconds!

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