Alonso wins at his home GP!
A fantastic race for Alonso and Reanult.
The general feeling was that Ferrari and M.SChumacher would have the edge today, seeing as the Ferrari had about 8-10kph more straight line speed, but the Renault was superior. Alonso created a lead of almost 15 seconds before the first pit-stop and wasn't ever seriously threatened for the lead by Schumacher, not even during the pit windows. Schumacher was out for about 4-6 laps longer, but Alonso was in command. On a tank full of fuel Alonso went around one lap only 0.2s slower than Schumacher!
He was the driver of the day today.
Raikkonen came in with a solid 5th place, but almost a minute behind Alonso. Button was a few seconds behind Raikkonen. Clearly both McLaren and BAR have some work to do if they wish to catch up with Renault and Ferrari.. *crosses fingers*
I wouldn't say anyone won the midfield battle today. The sole remaining Toyota was sandwiched between a Williams on either side, and the a BMW Sauber one place further forward and back. It was pretty much even, although they were all a lap down. Red Bull came in 13th and 14th, and so were the losers in midfield today.
Monaco GP in 2 weeks time.
Spanish GP Results Finishers
1. F.Alonso. 66 Laps
2. M.Schumacher. +18.5s
3. G.Fisichella. +23.9s
4. F.Massa. +29.8s
5. K.Raikkonen. +56.8s
6. J.Button. +58.3s
7. R.Barrichello. +1 Lap
8. N.Heidfeld. +1 Lap
9. M.Webber. +1 Lap
10. J.Trulli. +1 Lap
11. N.Rosberg. +1 Lap
12. J.Villeneuve. +1 Lap
13. C.Klien. +1 Lap
14. D.Coulthard. +1 Lap
15. V.Liuzzi. +3 Laps
16. T.Monteiro. +3 Laps
17. T.Sato. +4 Laps
Retired
- C.Albers. 48 Laps
- S.Speed. 47 Laps
- R.Schumacher. 31 Laps
- J.P.Montoya. 17 Laps
- F.Montagny. 10 Laps
Fastest Lap
F.Massa - 1:16.648
Points Gained -
Neil - 36
Gert-Jan - 39
Lizzy - 24
Total Points After Spanish GP
1. Neil. 154.
2. Gert-Jan. 129.
3. Lizzy. 111.
Gert-Jan, I think that might be the highest points total for a single race! Congrats.
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Originally Posted by Gert-Jan LMAO, Lizzy. 
As far as I'm concerned that's possible, but it's a big risk indeed. If a driver does retire you get 1 point for it, but if you hadn't predict him in the top 8 as well, you could have written down another driver in that top 8 to create a possibility to gain a maximum of 6 points with that driver. 
Read that! |
Makes sense!
It is a pretty crazy strategy, but not so much of a risk if you think a driver will finish, but would rather see him not
(knows which driver it is Lizzy was thinking about
)
Still, I'm happy. 
*pets my paragraph*
YES I AM! 
