United States Grand Prix (Michael Schumacher wins!)

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:37 am

A long stop for Michael and he loses the lead!

The mechanics inspect his left rear tyre

The Qualiflyer · Post by **The Qualiflyer** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:39 am

Agree Ed, What a shame it didn't happen in Hungary! Hopefully some positives will come out of this debacle with a rewrite of some of the dumber rules now in place. Either way we will see some very empty stands here next year.

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:40 am

Lap 29 and Rubens leads Michael by 2.6 seconds

Team radio asked Michael to close in on Rubens and that he has 2 laps more of fuel than Rubens

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:42 am

Barrichello leads Schumacher by 2.2 seconds. Monteiro is 3rd ahead of Karthikeyan

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:44 am

Albers pits for the second time!

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:45 am

Barrichello is pulling away slightly. 2.5 seconds is the gap now!

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:49 am

The Qualiflyer wrote:Agree Ed, What a shame it didn't happen in Hungary! Hopefully some positives will come out of this debacle with a rewrite of some of the dumber rules now in place. Either way we will see some very empty stands here next year.

Being America, the law suits could be interesting to say the least!

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:51 am

Rubens Barrichello sets the fastest lap of the race so far.

He is 3 seconds ahead of Michael on lap 39

sgd · Post by **sgd** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:52 am

In my opinion Michelin is guilty...no dubts. hard to blame ferrari for not agreeing on the new chicane... but it was in their hands to save the race. poor fans there in the track...

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:52 am

And another fastest lap by Rubens. A 1:12.203

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:54 am

Seems a lot of fans are voting with their feet. And demanding refunds. I think the ramifications of this have been vastly underestimated by a lot of people. F1 is an entertainment business,up against a lot of competition, it is now the laughing stock of the USA. For me, it has screwed the whole season, because of the artificial result coming out of today

Go Barrichello

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:55 am

Michael Schumacher goes fastest with a 1:12.183. Michael is trying to close the gap

The Qualiflyer · Post by **The Qualiflyer** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:55 am

julian mayo wrote:
Ed wrote:Stoddart has just said 9 teams have agreed for a chicane
Gee, I wonder who did not?

I'm not sure if there would have been a chicane if all 10 had agreed. Charlie was pretty specific in the wording of his response to Michelin.

The only real outcome that could have satisfied the rules was a series of tyre stops every 10 laps - not that I agree with the rules anyway.

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:56 am

Rubens responds with a 1:12.026

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:57 am

Lap 44 and Michael goes fastest with a 1:11.848