Sunday mornings are always lousy, where I get up only after 11am... but this Sunday was different! I got up at 6:30 am itself to catch up with some live action of the season starting Formula 1 race at Melbourne....
New Season:
Unlike the past 2 seasons, where Ferrari dominated each and every race (by the way, I am a Ferrari fan), 2005's season starting race was totally different. Renault, who were minnows in the last 2 seasons, came up with their new car and it sure indeed was accelerating at double the horsepower vs. other cars.
What happened to Schumacher?
At a very narrow chicane (forgot which lap it was), Schumacher made contact with Heidfeld of Williams and both spinned off the track. Michael was calling for help and soon stewards came and pushed his car onto the track again, but due to technical difficulties he rode back to his pit crew. At the time of retiring he was at an impressive 8th position taking into account that he started the race from the backpack.
Narain - is he the new star?
Well, for our very own Coimbatorean, it was a normal race. The highlight of his race was that he overtook his teammate Monteiro and finished an impressive 15th overall. Please note that there were only 17 who finished the race. So, he overtook Monteiro and Friesacher of Minardi.
Final Result:
Giancarlo Fisichella's fate was already written from the very beginning of the race when he started from the pole position and had a good start. Rubens Barrichello and Fernando Alonso were very impressive indeed! Both of them started literally from the end of the pack and did a great piece of driving in reaching the 2nd and 3rd position respectively.
Summing it up, though it was very heartening to see that Schumacher didn't win this race and was forced out of the race coz of a contact with Heidfield, he will be coming with a new engine for the next race (yes, that's the new rule this year).
So, there's light at the end of the tunnel for Schumacher!
New Season:
Unlike the past 2 seasons, where Ferrari dominated each and every race (by the way, I am a Ferrari fan), 2005's season starting race was totally different. Renault, who were minnows in the last 2 seasons, came up with their new car and it sure indeed was accelerating at double the horsepower vs. other cars.
What happened to Schumacher?
At a very narrow chicane (forgot which lap it was), Schumacher made contact with Heidfeld of Williams and both spinned off the track. Michael was calling for help and soon stewards came and pushed his car onto the track again, but due to technical difficulties he rode back to his pit crew. At the time of retiring he was at an impressive 8th position taking into account that he started the race from the backpack.
Narain - is he the new star?
Well, for our very own Coimbatorean, it was a normal race. The highlight of his race was that he overtook his teammate Monteiro and finished an impressive 15th overall. Please note that there were only 17 who finished the race. So, he overtook Monteiro and Friesacher of Minardi.
Final Result:
Giancarlo Fisichella's fate was already written from the very beginning of the race when he started from the pole position and had a good start. Rubens Barrichello and Fernando Alonso were very impressive indeed! Both of them started literally from the end of the pack and did a great piece of driving in reaching the 2nd and 3rd position respectively.
Summing it up, though it was very heartening to see that Schumacher didn't win this race and was forced out of the race coz of a contact with Heidfield, he will be coming with a new engine for the next race (yes, that's the new rule this year).
So, there's light at the end of the tunnel for Schumacher!
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