The Brazilian Grand Prix (Montoya Wins, Alonso Champion)

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun Sep 25, 2005 7:52 pm

Latest weather forecast shows a 70% chance of a thunderstorm during the race!

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:52 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:JV, Being a thoughtful considerate person, I thought I could save you some time and effort
[b]OK I will do it for you[/b]

Insert Alonso boast here>>>>>> ........................................
.Alonso is god
Alonso is the best driver everywhere.in the world ever, and always will be........................................................................................
.Alonso is a hunk
Iwant to have Alonso's babies
Why do the other drivers even bother turning up?
Alonso will win the next 1,078,000 WDC titles
Webber should stick to walking
Webber can't drive
Anybody who ever sat in a pedal-car is better than Webber.
Alonso won't need a team-mate next year, he is going to drive both cars at the same time, and tie the WDC.
Alonso can win races, and WDC titles without leaving the hotel.
Alonso can win titles starting 3 laps behind at every race, on a lambreda, and carrying a pillion passenger.
Alonso will save America from Hurricane Rita.
Alonso for President of The World, The Galaxy and Everywhere else

[b]There is more but I am suddenly feeling a bit bilious
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Will the Terrigal Pub do, to collect your 3 G&Ts?

Say whatever silly thing you want

To me Alonso is the best driver out there today, about to become the Youngest Ever World Champion and I consider him cute. Nothing more nothing less.

And you bring Webber into this for some reason, well I regard Webber highly but to me he needs to step up another gear or two if he is to be one of the greats, this year he isn't.
I'd love to see an Australian World Champion but I am not going to blindly say that a driver is great when he isn't just because he is an Aussie. To me it is a disservice to just tell someone they are the best without criticising.

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:30 am

Race Results - Top 8: Montoya, Raikkonen, Alonso, M Schumacher, Fisichella, Barrichello, Button and R Schumacher.

Full Results - Commentary

Fernando Alonso becomes the youngest ever World Champion.

Congratulations!

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:06 am

Race winner Juan Pablo Montoya said:

That was a lot of fun. I had a really good fight with Kimi and it was definitely not easy keeping him behind. He came especially close after the second pitstop but not close enough. I got past Fernando at the first corner when the Safety Car came in and then managed to maintain the lead for the rest of the race, but it was tough. It's great to win in Brazil for the second time in a row particularly as a lot of Colombian fans come here to support me. I'm so pleased for everybody in the team who have worked so hard that we finally got the one-two which has been so close a number of times this year. I think we definitely deserve the Constructors' Championship and I can't wait for the last two races. Also well done to Fernando

Team-mate Kimi Raikkonen who finished second said:

Congratulations to Fernando, but he better be prepared for me and the team to fight him hard for the rest of the season and next year. Today's race was quite difficult and my car was not easy to drive. I carried a bit more fuel than Juan Pablo, but I still was not able to get past him in the pitstops, and he drove a good race. Of course I'm disappointed that my fight for the Drivers' World Championship is over, but we sort of knew it was going to happen. I will now focus on winning the Constructors' title for the team and go flat out for the last two races

Full McLaren Team and Driver Quotes

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:07 am

Fernando Alonso finishing 3rd and winning the 2005 Formula 1 Title said:

It is too early to realise what is happening to me, and I think I will only understand properly in the days to come. So far, I have spoken to the King of Spain, the Prince and the Prime Minister ? it is impossible to really say anything about it now. I thought we could fight with the McLarens today but it was clear after the first stops that we couldn't keep their pace, so I just concentrated on controlling Michael Schumacher behind me, and managing the tyres. The engineers were also worried it might rain, so in the last laps I was really focusing on that, and preserving the tyres, and I was sure there were strange noises coming from the car, so it was only when I crossed the line that I realised I had become world champion! I want to dedicate this championship to my family, and all my close friends who have supported me through my career. Spain is not a country with an F1 culture, and we had to fight alone, every step of the way, to make this happen. A huge thank you to the team as well: they are the best in Formula 1, and we have done this together. It will say that I am world champion, but we are all champions, and they deserve this. Now, I can go to the last two races and enjoy them a bit more. We made some conservative decisions in some of the last races, and now we will be able to race with nothing to lose until the end of the season.

Full Renault Team and Driver Quotes

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:38 am

On the first lap incident, Mark Webber said:

I had a reasonable start and got away ok from the grid but right then David Coulthard, came
between me and Antonio and I didn't see him until the last moment. It was very, very tight and I was looking to get away from the damp area at turn one. Unfortunately, when David tried to pull out of the position he was in he clipped the back of Antonio, who then spun into me. I could see the bodywork was damaged but I didn't know how heavily so I went back
into the garage and jumped out of the car so that the mechanics could fix it. At that point it was important to join the race again in order to possibly gain a better starting position for qualifying in Japan and to see what we could learn about our race pace after a poor qualifying session.

Antonio Pizzonia said:

I am very disappointed for sure, as I finished my home Grand Prix before the first corner. My car was in a straight line and I was on full power, I still hadn't started braking when I just felt a sudden impact from behind. I watched the replay of the accident and I saw it was Coulthard. I am very surprised he did this because he has many many Grands Prix under his belt and is not someone who usually makes such mistakes.

David Coulthard said:

I made a good start and got my front wheels inside the two Williams? of Webber and Pizzonia. As we approached the first corner, I was between the two cars and thought it was going to come down to what happened in the braking zone, but we never made it there. Antonio was moving over from right to left, to try to get the better position, but as Mark (Webber) was on the other side of me, there wasn?t anywhere for me to move to. All the cars touched, Antonio spun in front of my car and, I think, also hit Mark. I lost my front right wheel and that was pretty much it, I was out of the race. I?m surprised if Antonio didn?t know I was there as I didn?t make a dive under braking, but had gained position through acceleration from the start line. In that situation, everyone should maintain position. If the cars start to squeeze together, I can?t make mine invisible! It brings to an end what?s been a pretty s#$% weekend

Full Williams Team and Driver Quotes
Full Red Bull Team and Driver Quotes

Ed · Post by Ed » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:34 pm

The FIA Post Race press conference is now available here with Juan Pablo Montoya, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso