The Spanish Grand Prix (Kimi Raikkonen wins!)

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun May 08, 2005 6:49 pm

Raikkonen is up at S1 and at S2. Can he keep it together ?

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun May 08, 2005 6:50 pm

He does setting a 2:31.421 on agg and a 1:16.602 this session.

Alonso now then Trulli!

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun May 08, 2005 6:51 pm

Alonso a tenth down at S1 and less than that at S2!

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun May 08, 2005 6:52 pm

He takes 3rd with a 2:31.691 on agg. and a 1:16.880 this session.

Trulli now and he is a tenth slower at S1

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun May 08, 2005 6:53 pm

And 0.3 slower at S2.

He goes 5th with a time of 2:31.995. A 1:17.200 this session.

Again we don't know the fuel loads!

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun May 08, 2005 6:55 pm

So Kimi Raikkonen grabs his second Pole position of the year ahead of an impressive Mark Webber. Fernando Alonso is 3rd alongside him is Ralf Schumacher.
Trulli is 5th ahead of Fisichella, Montoya and Michael Schumacher

Full results

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun May 08, 2005 7:04 pm

Biggest improvers: Raikkonen (3 to 1), Webber (6 to 2) and Montoya (12 to 7)

Trulli dropped from 1st to 5th, Michael dropped 1 despite 2 in front of him didn't set lap times.

In a bit over 3 hours we'll know who is heavy and who isn't!

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sun May 08, 2005 7:27 pm

WEBBER

No doubt he will DNF, so I will enjoy it while I can

sgd · Post by **sgd** » Sun May 08, 2005 8:05 pm

Webber

Congratulations!!!

But julian, you must not be so pessimist!

Kimi great!!

Monotiya still too far =( bt ahead of both ferrari, which should be heavy on fuel, but I think Montoya was not light neither...

Looks like
1.Kimi
2.Alonso
3.Webber/Fisichella
4.Webber/Fisichella/Montoya
...
7.MShumierda (his tyres melt when track temp >35C...

)
8,9.Toyota...

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sun May 08, 2005 8:39 pm

Webber is running an untried motor

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Sun May 08, 2005 9:05 pm

julian is saying Webber will DNF so he doesn't

julian doesn't want to jinx him

Webber will be fine but I think he's probably light

Bambino driver must be heavy and hoping to stay out the longest but imagine making a mess of his start and getting stuck behind Karthikeyan

Kapel would be jumping literally, actually all of India would !!

I can't understand why Ten is having two episodes of NCIS before the race

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun May 08, 2005 9:57 pm

Good afternoon everyone!

Spanish Grand Prix about to start. It is sunny with air temperature at 24 and track temperature at 44 degrees.

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun May 08, 2005 10:00 pm

Kimi Raikkonen starts from Pole and alongside him is Mark Webber. Fernando Alonso is 3rd and alongside him is Ralf Schumacher.
Trulli and Fisichella are on the 3rd row and Montoya and Michael Schumacher on the 4th.

Rubens Barrichello, Nick Heidfeld and Tiago Monteiro start at the back of the grid due to engine change.

The gird is clear for the formation lap!

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun May 08, 2005 10:02 pm

And they are away on their formation lap.

As always, we don't know fuel loads so the real picture will probably emerge after the first stop. Also this circuit is hard on tyres so we could see a few surprises towards the last part of the race!

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun May 08, 2005 10:04 pm

And it's go!