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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:30 am
by F1greyhound
I think Fernando has a match point at his hands now. Everything so far went in his favor plus he drove excellently.
Something has to happen now to spoil his Championship but that looks unlikely. He should be able to win some 2 or 3 GP more and even if he has some DNF(probably 2) he wont be catched.
Kimi looks capable of winning the most races remaining but he is down 32 points now. He will be closer but not enough.
For Michael it starts to look pretty tough, I have no doubt he will win some but his chances look slim to catch Fernando, now Im pretty sure the driver standings after this season will look like:
1st Fernando
2nd Kimi
3rd Michael
4th Nick
5th Jarno
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:26 pm
by Julian Mayo
F1greyhound wrote:I think Fernando has a match point at his hands now. Everything so far went in his favor plus he drove excellently.
Something has to happen now to spoil his Championship but that looks unlikely. He should be able to win some 2 or 3 GP more and even if he has some DNF(probably 2) he wont be catched.
Kimi looks capable of winning the most races remaining but he is down 32 points now. He will be closer but not enough.
For Michael it starts to look pretty tough, I have no doubt he will win some but his chances look slim to catch Fernando, now Im pretty sure the driver standings after this season will look like:
1st Fernando
2nd Kimi
3rd Michael
4th Nick
5th Jarno
Good to see someone still having faith in Schuey's ability to race

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:38 pm
by rah
I haven't lost faith in MS either. Maybe he is waiting to shock us. Of course that would be shocking. Really really shocking at this stage.
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:18 pm
by Julian Mayo
rah wrote:I haven't lost faith in MS either. Maybe he is waiting to shock us. Of course that would be shocking. Really really shocking at this stage.
It could be fun watching Mark go around the outside of him, tho!

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:24 pm
by Kapel
Have a sneaky feeling that championship will take a turn till Monza.Had one before European too(see what happened to Kimi

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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:17 am
by Ed
Championship tables updated at the start of this thread following the Round of Canada
Alonso leads Raikkonen by 22 points
Trulli is 10 points futher behind in 3rd followed by Heidfeld (25), Michael (24), Webber (22), Barrichello (21) and Ralf (20)
Renault lead McLaren by 13 points. Williams take 3rd from Toyota although they are equal on points (47). Ferrari in 5th has closed the gap and are just 2 points behind.
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:15 am
by F1greyhound
Might be more open than we thought.....
Maybe a good bet now for FERRARI to win the constructors?
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:15 am
by Julian Mayo
F1greyhound wrote:Might be more open than we thought.....
Maybe a good bet now for FERRARI to win the constructors?
Or Williams
And if Kimi, Alonso, and Trulli stuck it into the fence a couple of times it could be really good fun

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:07 am
by Graham Ross
If Montreal showed us anything, it showed us that McLaren and Renault are in a league of their own. There could be a repeat of Montreal once or twice this season but that won't be enough for the rest to catch up.
If you paid attention, Jenson and Michael were half a minute behind before the safety car. Toyota and Williams were nowhere
Still it will be very hard for Raikkonen to beat Alonso in the championship.
The constructors will also be between McLaren and Renault. It will just depend on how unlucky Fisichella is and how motivated Montoya is.
It is a two way fight in both cases. The rest will fight for 3rd
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:12 am
by Julian Mayo
Graham Ross wrote:If Montreal showed us anything, it showed us that McLaren and Renault are in a league of their own. There could be a repeat of Montreal once or twice this season but that won't be enough for the rest to catch up.
If you paid attention, Jenson and Michael were half a minute behind before the safety car. Toyota and Williams were nowhere
Still it will be very hard for Raikkonen to beat Alonso in the championship.
The constructors will also be between McLaren and Renault. It will just depend on how unlucky Fisichella is and how motivated Montoya is.
It is a two way fight in both cases. The rest will fight for 3rd
Well Fisi is dead set unlucky and Montreal may have sucked the last motivation out of Montoya, so I think Williams and Toyota are in with a chance to win the WMC, Indy could clarify things, but BAR could be confuse the issue there

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:14 am
by Julian Mayo
ED!!!! how is it that the word "s. u. c. k. e. d" gets censored?
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:43 am
by Ed
Championship tables updated at the start of this thread following the Round of USA
As non of the Michelin runners took part, Alonso still leads Raikkonen by 22 points however Michael Schumacher is now just 3 points behind Raikkonen with Barrichello 5 points behind Michael.
In the Constructors' Championship Renault lead McLaren and Ferrari by 13 points. Williams and Toyota are also equal on points with 47.
With Jordan and Minardi scoring points, BAR is now last with 0 points.
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:50 am
by rah
Ouch for BAR, imagine having to explain that to your sponsors.
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:25 pm
by Julian Mayo
rah wrote:Ouch for BAR, imagine having to explain that to your sponsors.
If I was a sponsor in F1, I think I would be asking for directions to the boats after today!
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:29 pm
by F1greyhound
Michael was on offer at 16/1 to win the WDC before Indy, a pity I didnt find the time to lump on.....