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Sunday, March 12
The wait is finally over, the 2006 F1 season has come, and wad a scintillating race we juz had at Bahrain!!! Here are the results from the race:
1st: Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2nd: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
3rd: Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes)
4th: Jenson Button (Honda)
5th: Juan Pablo Montoya (McLaren-Mercedes)
6th: Mark Webber (Williams-Cosworth)
7th: Nico Rosberg (Williams-Cosworth)
8th: Christian Klien (Red Bull-Ferrari)
9th: Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
10th: David Coulthard (Red Bull-Ferrari)
11th: Vitantonio Liuzzi (STR-Cosworth)
12th: Nick Heidfeld (Sauber-BMW)
13th: Scott Speed (STR-Cosworth)
14th: Ralf Schumacher (Toyota)
15th: Rubens Barrichello (Honda)
16th: Jarno Trulli (Toyota)
17th: Tiago Monteiro (Midland-Toyota)
18th: Takuma Sato (Super Aguri-Honda)
A fairly level playing field this year, with Renault, Ferrari, McLaren and Honda all evenly matched, definitely a more open championship this yr, and not a two-horse race anymore... Alot more overtaking this yr too, credit to the FIA for implementing the regulation changes in chassis designs, resulting in loss of downforce and provides a slight advantage to overtaking cars... We'll look at the individual performances now...
Renault:
Alonso did a perfect race and won it, as simple as that
Fisichella retired with hydraulics failure
Ferrari:
Michael was quick in the first stint, but lost some pace towards the end
Massa was unlucky, spinning off track with some electronics problem and got a stuck tyre in the resulting pit-stop, did well to recover and finish in 9th
McLaren:
Raikkonen was stunningly quick to finish on the podium from last place on the grid, making good use of a one-stop strategy
Montoya dun seem to be his usual self, only doing averagely well in the race, perhaps a lil worried bout his future in the team
Honda:
Jenson did pretty well, finishing in a solid 4th place
Rubens was plagued by a gearbox problem, but he did finish the race
Williams:
Webber did ok, finishing in 6th place, but i expected alot more frm him honestly
Rosberg was amazing, had a bad start and pitted soon to replace his damaged front wing, but came back strongly to finish 7th on his debut, clocking the fastest lap time of the race in the process
BMW:
Heidfeld had a disappointing race, the car simply wasn't fast enough
Villeneuve retired with a blown engine
Toyota:
Large disappointing for both cars, not up to pace yet, gotta do more work in the wind tunnel
Red Bull:
Klien did well to grab a point for Red Bull
Coulthard tried very hard, but still din make it
Squadra Toro Rosso:
They are cheating!!! Their V10s are clearly giving them the edge, the FIA gotta act soon, and its not as if Red Bull dosen have the budget to make the switch to V8s
Midland:
Back markers as expected
Super Aguri:
At the tail-end of the grid as expected, nothing spectacular from them at all, for all the hype
bombedby
MoNtOyA*
9:16 PM
