Bahrain Grand Prix Thread (Alonso Wins!)

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:03 pm

de la Rosa sitting in for Montoya is up on Ralf Schumacher in the first sector but is a bit slower at the second!

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:04 pm

de la Rosa goes second with a 3:03.373. A tenth behind Ralf Schumacher

Klien on track

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:06 pm

Klien impresssive moving into second with a 3:03.369. Just 0.004 faster than de la Rosa!

Raikkonen on track. Lets see if he has a tidy lap

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:07 pm

Raikkonen fast in the first sector but loses the advantage in the second. He loses time in the 3rd and is behind de la Rosa in 4th! A 3:03.524.

Webber on track now

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:10 pm

Webber up in sector 1 but loses time in the second sector.
He still goes fastest with a 3:03.262. Just 0.009 ahead of Ralf Schumacher.

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:11 pm

3rd and final break

Order - Top 8: Webber, R Schumacher, Klien, de la Rosa, Raikkonen, Button, Massa and Sato

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:12 pm

In terms of order for today only:

R Schumacher (1:32.319), de la Rosa, Webber, Klien, Raikkonen, Button, Massa and Sato

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Post by JayVee » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:13 pm

Well done Webber!

I think Ralf is light :wink:
I'm back and yes supporting Alonso "The Cute" in the Ferrari!

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:14 pm

Fisichella is slow in the first sector!

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:15 pm

He is still slower after the second and he moves into 6th! An aggregate of 3:03.765

He lost most of the time going wide early in his lap. His lap time was 1:33.320

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:17 pm

Heidfeld strong in first sector but is behind after sector 2. Still goes fastest with an aggregate of 3:03.217. 0.045 ahead of Webber

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:18 pm

Michael Schumacher ahead on sector 1

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:20 pm

And nearly 0.8 seconds ahead in the middle sector and goes fastest by a big margin. A 3:02.357. 0.860 ahead.

He was flying but nearly went off early in the lap.

Trulli on track

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:21 pm

Trulli 0.3 slower at the second sector. He goes second with a 3:02.660. 0.3 behind Michael

Alonso on the track

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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:23 pm

Alonso 0.4 ahead in sector one, and 0.3 ahead in sector 2 and takes Pole position with an aggregate time of 3:01.902. Stunning

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