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ember patrol Jun 6, 2025, 5:51 PM

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Q2 Knockouts: Webber P16, Schumacher P15, Button P14, Truilli P13, Hamilton P12, Wurz P11

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Q3 Top 10: Albers P10, Sutil P9, Raikkonen P8, Fisichella P7, Kovalainen P6, Kubica P5, Coulthard P4, Heidfeld P3, Alonso P2, Massa P1

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Polesitter: Felipe Massa

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Spyker: Adrian P9, Christijan P10

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This had the worst traffic I have ever seen in any F1 Manager qualifying session, not a single driver was safe from the horrendous impeding.

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Lap 4: Still 9th and 10th, this really is the trend now, huh?

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Lap 10: Interesting to note, Kubica is 3rd for BMW Sauber

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Alonso has a mechanical problem

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Lap 14: Ferrari 1-2 already, Massa leads though

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Lap 15: Albers had a huge spin, need to pit earlier than planned

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So bad in fact that his tire popped

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Lap 17: Sutil in, and another goddamn pit stop issue, this is not even funny anymore

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Lap 21: They need to pit, but it's currently a BMW Sauber 1-2, cherish it while it lasts

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Lap 27: 11th and 18th, effectively over this race

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Lap 36: Raikkonen might try to go the end, but Massa has just pit for new tires

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Lap 39: We pit again, doesn't make any difference though

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Lap 45: Gap between the Ferraris is 5.3, might go down to the wire here

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Lap 47: Massa lapped 1.5 seconds faster than Raikkonen, gap is 2.1, it's definitely game on

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Lap 49: Massa takes the lead, but the tire advatange is slipping away, it's not over yet

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Lap 50: Alonso has to park, terminal fault

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Rosberg DNF, Liuzzi DNF, Sato P20, Davidson P19, Alonso DNF, Speed P17, Barrichello P16, Schumacher P15, Button P14, Albers P13, Truilli P12, Wurz P11, Sutil P10, Coulthard P9, Webber P8, Hamilton P7, Kovalainen P6, Fisichella P5, Heidfeld P4, Kubica P3, Raikkonen P2, Massa P1

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Winner: Felipe Massa

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Spyker: Adrian P10, Christijan P13

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Main Highlights:

Massa wins 2nd race of the season
Kubica gets 1st podium of the season
Toyota overtake Toro Rosso for 9th in the constructors standings

ember patrol Jun 6, 2025, 6:35 PM

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Got a regulation change to reduce the finances of the top 3 teams and increase it for teams 6th and lower. Everyone voted for it except the top 3 teams in the championship. Most realistic regulation vote I've had.

ember patrol Jun 6, 2025, 7:18 PM

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While I debate my team for 2007, which season after 2007?

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2003

ember patrol Jun 8, 2025, 5:55 PM

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Was 03' the year Raikkonen was nicknamed 'Schumacher's Nightmare'?

ember patrol Jun 9, 2025, 5:07 PM

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🇪🇺 Europe 2007:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Speed P22, Sato P21, Davidson P20, Truilli P19, Rosberg P18, Liuzzi P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Schumacher P16, Button P15, Barrichello P14, Webber P13, Sutil P12, Albers P11

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Q3 Top 10: Wurz P10: Coulthard P9, Kovalainen P8, Fisichella P7, Heidfeld P6, Kubica P5, Alonso P4, Raikkonen P3, Massa P2, Hamilton P1

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Polesitter: Lewis Hamilton

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Spyker: Adrian P12, Christijan P11

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We missed Q3 by a massive 15 thousandths... Yeah

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Lap 1: Sutil jumped Albers off the line, as a team the positions are unchanged

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Lap 3: We cleared Wurz up to 10-11th, but it might have been a little too late to get up to more

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Lap 5: Yeah already 4.5 behind Coulthard, this strategy better work

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Lap 7: Fisichella locked up, we might get within range for 9th and 10th

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Lap 9: Nevermind, gap is increasing

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Lap 11: Your expected top 4, Hamilton on the back foot from pole though, Alonso leads Massa

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Lap 14: We now have Webber for company

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Lap 19: I don't know how, but we are still 9th and 10th, Webber still behind in 11th

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Lap 20: Sutil pits, first of 2 stops

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Albers in next lap

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Lap 21: I f*cked up badly and forgot to call Albers in, so next lap

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Lap 22: Albers actually in this time, no issues

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Lap 36: Been quiet since our stops, everyone has now pitted at this point, 10th and 11th

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Lap 42: Alonso leads Massa still, Raikkonen 3.6 behind

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Lap 43: Sutil in again, Albers in next lap, for real this time

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Lap 44: Albers in, no pit stop issues all race, that's a good omen

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Lap 46: 28 seconds behind Webber in 10th, so best to do what any backmarker team does at that point and accept our fate yet again

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Lap 56: Three way fight between Raikkonen, Alonso, and Massa for the win now

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Lap 61: Yeah it's over, for everyone in the field

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Rosberg P22, Barrichello P21, Schumacher P20, Davidson P19, Speed P18, Sato P17, Liuzzi P16, Wurz P15, Truilli P14, Button P13, Albers P12, Sutil P11, Fisichella P10, Webber P9, Kovalainen P8, Coulthard P7, Kubica P6, Heidfeld P5, Hamilton P4, Alonso P3, Massa P2, Raikkonen P1

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Winner: Kimi Raikkonen

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Spyker: Adrian P11, Christijan P12

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Main Highlight:

Raikkonen wins 7th race of the season

ember patrol Jun 11, 2025, 6:45 PM

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🇭🇺 Hungary 2007:

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So for this race, we have no sidepods or front wings of the best spec, so we are forced to run the older components. Upgrades are on the way for after the summer break, thank god, so we should have plenty by then.

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Anyway

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Davidson P22, Speed P21, Sato P20, Rosberg P19, Sutil P18, Button P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Schumacher P16, Liuzzi P15, Truilli P14, Barrichello P13, Albers P12, Wurz P11

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Q3 Top 10: Kovalainen P10, Coulthard P9, Webber P8, Fisichella P7, Kubica P6, Heidfeld P5, Hamilton P4, Alonso P3, Massa P2, Raikkonen P1

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Polesitter: Kimi Raikkonen

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Spyker: Adrian P18, Christijan P12

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How?

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Early rain, even better

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Lap 3: 16th and 10th, one of the starts of all time, especially from Albers

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Lap 6: First drops of rain starting

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Lap 7: 12th and 11th, asserting our usual position area of around 9th-12th at this point

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Lap 12: It has begun, the rain has decided to pour down now

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Pitted for inters, we could've jumped up to 9th with Albers, pit stop issue

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Something is always wrong with this damn team, it's not even funny

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Lap 25: Nothing has happened at this point, Massa has lead since the pit stops and we've somehow dropped 8 seconds on the next car while also 10 seconds ahead of the next car, I'm totally not frustrated and bored at the same time.

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Lap 43: Pitting again, another set of inters. Timing this stop between the Ferraris and Alonso without getting lapped and losing time has been the only real challenge this entire race

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Lap 45: Sutil just straight up drove into Speed as he was lapping him, as if we are already low on parts and need more crashes

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I literally cannot replace the front wing

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Lap 54: Sutil went off again and has been passed a Williams of Wurz... great race

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Sato DNF, Speed DNF, Davidson P20, Barrichello P19, Liuzzi P18, Schumacher P17, Truilli P16, Button P15, Rosberg P14, Sutil P13, Wurz P12, Albers P11, Kovalainen P10, Coulthard P9, Fisichella P8, Webber P7, Heidfeld P6, Kubica P5, Hamilton P4, Alonso P3, Raikkonen P2, Massa P1

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Winner: Felipe Massa

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Spyker: Adrian P13, Christijan P11

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Main Highlight:

Massa wins 3rd race of the season in changeable conditions against teammate Raikkonen

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Mid Season Standings:

Constructors:

1st: Ferrari, 180 points
2nd: McLaren, 127 points
3rd: BMW Sauber, 61 points
4th: Renault, 39 points
5th: Red Bull, 18 points
6th: Spyker, 4 points
7th: Honda, 0 points
8th: Williams, 0 points
9th: Toyota, 0 points
10th: Toro Rosso, 0 points
11th: Super Aguri, 0 points

Drivers:

1st: Kimi Raikkonen, 99 points (Ferrari)
2nd: Felipe Massa, 81 points (Ferrari)
3rd: Fernando Alonso, 72 points (McLaren)
4th: Lewis Hamilton, 55 points (McLaren)
5th: Nick Heidfeld, 33 points (BMW Sauber)
6th: Robert Kubica, 28 points (BMW Sauber)
7th: Giancarlo Fisichella, 22 points (Renault)
8th: Heikki Kovalainen, 17 points (Renault)
9th: Mark Webber, 9 points (Red Bull)
10th: David Coulthard, 9 points (Red Bull)
11th: Christijan Albers, 4 points (Spyker)
12th: Adrian Sutil, 0 points (Spyker)
13th: Jenson Button, 0 points (Honda)
14th: Alexander Wurz, 0 points (Williams)
15th: Nico Rosberg, 0 points (Williams)
16th: Jarno Truilli, 0 points (Toyota)
17th: Vitantonio Liuzzi, 0 points (Toro Rosso)
18th: Rubens Barrichello, 0 points (Honda)
19th: Takuma Sato, 0 points (Super Aguri)
20th: Ralf Schumacher, 0 points (Toyota)
21st: Anthony Davidson, 0 points (Super Aguri)
22nd: Scott Speed, 0 points (Toro Rosso)

ember patrol Jun 11, 2025, 7:49 PM

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We're back up to stock on the missing sidepods and suspension as well as a new chassis and front wing. New rear wing and underfloor should arrive before the next race in Italy as well, we are back firing on all cylinders.

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🇹🇷 Turkey 2007:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Sato P22, Davidson P21, Schumacher P20, Barrichello P19, Speed P18, Wurz P17

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Q2 Knockiuts Truilli P16, Button P15, Fisichella P14, Liuzzi P13, Sutil P12, Albers P11

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Q3 Top 10: Rosberg P10, Coulthard P9, Heidfeld P8, Kovalainen P7, Hamilton P6, Kubica P5, Webber P4, Raikkonen P3, Alonso P2, Massa P1

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Polesitter: Felipe Massa

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Spyker: Adrian P12, Christijan P11

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Lap 1: Albers threaded the needle on Rosberg and Webber into turn 1, Sutil also getting up a place, 11th and 9th for the moment

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Lap 7: Down to 12th and 13th? How are we losing so much time?

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Lap 19: We pit, first of 3 stops this race

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Lap 26: 12th and 16th? I cannot understand how we are still going backwards.

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Raikkonen, Kubica, and Kovalainen have major mechanical problems, we need to be in at least 11th if all 3 of them retire for a point.

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So we have to move, like, now

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Lap 31: We pit again, second of three stops

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Lap 44: We pit again, last time

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Lap 53: Finally, forward motion, Sutil gaining on Kubica and Rosberg

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Davidson DNF, Liuzzi P21, Speed P20, Sato P19, Barrichello P18, Schumacher P17, Button P16, Truilli P15, Wurz P14, Albers P13, Kubica P12, Rosberg P11, Sutil P10, Kovalainen P9, Fisichella P8, Coulthard P7, Webber P6, Raikkonen P5, Heidfeld P4, Hamilton P3, Alonso P2, Massa P1

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Winner: Felipe Massa

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Spyker: Adrian P10, Christijan P13

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Main Highlights:

Massa wins 4th race of the season
Raikkonen has disastrous race in 5th and behind Massa again, potential late season title battle here?

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So about the cars ahead that did get faults, Kovalainen and someone else ahead had the terminal failure icon on the timing tower. But all of them were on parts that didn't need retiring. Even when potential retirements could put us into the points, they don't even need to retire, typical luck.

ember patrol Jun 12, 2025, 5:45 PM

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🇮🇹 Italy 2007:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Speed P22, Schumacher P21, Rosberg P20, Liuzzi P19, Barrichello P18, Truilli P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Sato P16, Wurz P15, Davidson P14, Button P13, Albers P12, Heidfeld P11

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Q3 Top 10: Sutil P10, Coulthard P9, Webber P8, Fisichella P7, Kovalainen P6, Kubica P5, Massa P4, Alonso P3, Hamilton P2, Raikkonen P1

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Polesitter: Kimi Raikkonen

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Spyker: Adrian P10, Christijan P12

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I would've rather started 11th and 13th to be honest, because now we start on the opposite side of the grid where the front of that side of the grid (2nd) has no slipstream, so everyone else in that side gets stuck behind them and allows the other side of the grid to get a few places.

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Lap 1: Well looks like both drivers took that to mind and went up a few places by switching lanes

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Lap 2: 8th and 11th, all we do now is stay intact of the cars ahead

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Lap 11: 10th and 12th, although Sutil is in a train up to 7th

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Lap 12: Kubica takes the lead from Alonso! Huge for BMW Sauber

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And Coulthard up to 2nd, the midfielders are really having fun today

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Lap 13: THE CHIN MAN LEADS, Red Bull lead a race for the first time

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Lap 14: Kubica re-takes the lead

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Meanwhile a little further down, Sutil up to 9th, 1 place from a point now

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Lap 15: Raikkonen passes and drops Kubica and Coulthard, at least they're still on the podium, for now at least

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Sutil up to 8th, into the points!

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Lap 22: Down to 10th with Sutil, and we pit both cars

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Lap 25: Massa has a major problem, already it's costing him valuable points

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Lap 26: I'm pitting again this race, but Sutil is currently 6th, highest we've been since Monaco

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Lap 27: Alonso leads from Raikkonen and Hamilton

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Lap 30: I have an idea:

When Sutil pits, he has 21 second gap to Albers, so Albers can hold up the cars behind him so Sutil gets some free air out of the pits and is able to catch back up to the points.

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Lap 35: It's working so far, Sutil now has 25 seconds to Albers and the cars behind him, we might pull this off you know.

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Lap 38: Albers pits, Sutil in next lap because I misjudged the distance

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Lap 40: Sutil exits 12th, now to use these new tires to our advantage

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Lap 42: Up to 11th past Button

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Lap 44: Sutil is lapping 3 seconds faster than Heidfeld in 10th, if it's the same for other cars, we might just about get a point here.

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Lap 46: Up to 10th, only Fisichella and Massa remain, they have mechanical problems so this is actually possible.

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Meanwhile, Alonso and Raikkonen are dueling for the lead at this point. Kubica, Hamilton, and Coulthard do battle for the final place on the podium

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Lap 50: Sutil up to 9th, just Massa left

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Lap 51: 8TH PLACE, AN POINT!!!!

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Sato DNF, Speed DNF, Barrichello P20, Wurz P19, Schumacher P18, Truilli P17, Davidson P16, Liuzzi P15, Heidfeld DNF, Albers P13, Button P12, Rosberg P11, Fisichella P10, Massa P9, Sutil P8, Kovalainen P7, Webber P6, Hamilton P5, Coulthard P4, Kubica P3, Alonso P2, Raikkonen P1

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Winner: Kimi Raikkonen

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Spyker: Adrian P8, Christijan P13

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Main Highlights:

Raikkonen wins 8th race of the season
Kubica gets 2nd podium of the season
Coulthard gets best finish of the season with 4th
Sutil scores first point of the season
Disaster race for Massa, only a lowly 9th

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If Albers didn't manage to hold up the cars behind him in the middle of the race, Sutil would have gotten more traffic late on in the race, so he played his part very well in securing this point.

ember patrol Jun 12, 2025, 7:12 PM

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🇧🇪 Belgium 2007:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Barrichello P22, Speed P21, Truilli P20, Wurz P19, Button P18, Davidson P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Hamilton P16, Coulthard P15, Schumacher P14, Sato P13, Albers P12, Liuzzi P11

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Q3 Top 10: Rosberg P10, Fisichella P9, Webber P8, Sutil P7, Alonso P6, Kovalainen P5, Heidfeld P4, Kubica P3, Massa P2, Raikkonen P1

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Polesitter: Kimi Raikkonen

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Spyker: Adrian P7, Christijan P12

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Rain affected qualifying and race. In fact, the race starts damp but is going to full wet early on, interested to see who picks what.

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Lap 1: We've got people ahead of us starting on full wets, it's not even getting wetter yet

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We're 5th and 9th, huge

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Lap 3: VSC (yes I know it didn't exist back then but we work with we what we have) and the track is getting wetter, I think it's time to gamble on it getting wet enough for full wets.

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Lap 4: VSC ending

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Lap 5: Raikkonen pits for full wets, and Sutil is ahead?!?!? Could this actually work?

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Lap 6: Full wet conditions, 3 cars ahead have to pit and Sutil is in 6th. We might actually run in a podium position for a lap at least.

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Nevermind, Raikkonen got through with a brave move at Pouhon, which is average Raikkonen stuff if I'm honest.

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Lap 8: Everyone ahead pit, Sutil is 5th, and Robert Kubica leads the Belgian Grand Prix with a 4 second lead to Alonso

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Lap 9: Alonso has a car problem, should give Kubica a bit of breathing room at least

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Lap 10: Quick mention that Heidfeld and Massa have to pit again because they started on wets in the damp, so Albers will get promoted to 8th if he keeps Hamilton of all people behind him. We might have a chance of double points.

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Lap 12: He could not, 11th at the moment

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Lap 13: He could keep up, BUT AN ACCIDENT HAS OCCURED DURING A RE-OVERTAKING ATTEMPT!!

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Chassis, rear wing, and suspension damage, it's pretty much over for Albers

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Lap 15: And Sutil lost a place because of locking up, come on guys, we have a good points chance here, don't throw it all away!

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Lap 17: 6 mm of track water now, Sutil is defending from Massa for 6th

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Kubica still leads Alonso and Raikkonen

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Lap 20: Rain level is decreasing rapidly, could be damp for a bit, I love this sort of condition, the tire wear advantage I get is enormous.

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Lap 22: Massa pits, back up to 6th with Sutil

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Lap 30: It's been damp for a bit, I gambled on staying out until it rains harder again, the wets are still in ok-ish condition, but I am considering another stop.

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Raikkonen took the lead from Kubica

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Lap 32: Safety car, this is going to be an under 10 lap sprint to the finish

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Oop, my game crashed, quite rare occasion, have to go back to lap 32 from lap 39

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Lap 41: Sutil up to 7th

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Wait Kovalainen is 2nd? Where did he come from?

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Lap 43: Nevermind, Kubica and Webber got him back

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Final lap: Puncture for Massa! More valuable points cost for him!

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Wurz DNF, Albers DNF, Schumacher DNF, Sato P19, Davidson P18, Massa P17, Speed P16, Hamilton P15, Liuzzi P14, Truilli P13, Barrichello P12, Button P11, Rosberg P10, Fisichella P9, Coulthard P8, Sutil P7, Alonso P6, Heidfeld P5, Kovalainen P4, Webber P3, Kubica P2, Raikkonen P1

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Winner: Kimi Raikkonen

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Spyker: Adrian P7, Christijan DNF

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Main Highlights:

Raikkonen wins 9th race of the season
Kubica gets 3rd podium of the season
Webber gets first podium of the season and Red Bull's 2nd podium in F1
Williams overtake Honda for 7th in the constructors standings

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Kimi Raikkonen wraps up 2007 Drivers Title in Belgium

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After the pain of 2003 and 2005, Kimi 'Iceman' Raikkonen put those demons to rest in sensational fashion by winning 9 of the 14 grand prix run so far this season and wraps up the drivers title with 3 entire races left. Truly the season of a champion, and it has been rewarded for sure.

ember patrol Jun 14, 2025, 4:25 PM

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🇯🇵 Japan 2007:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Barrichello P22, Davidson P21, Speed P20, Webber P19, Sato P18, Truiili P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Heidfeld P16, Button P15, Wurz P14, Liuzzi P13, Schumacher P12, Albers P11

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Q3 Top 10: Sutil P10, Coulthard P9, Rosberg P8, Kubica P7, Fisichella P6, Kovalainen P5, Massa P4, Hamilton P3, Alonso P2, Raikkonen P1

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Polesitter: Kimi Raikkonen

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Spyker: Adrian P10, Christijan P11

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Might have time to do the final 3 races before qualifying starts in an hour and a half

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Raining all the way through

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Lap 3: No changes to where we started, yet

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Lap 8: Up to 9th and 10th, lost a lot of time behind Rosberg though

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Safety car, Schumacher and Wurz out

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Now I'm going to do something particularly bold and stay out, I don't think 2 stops will be more effective to the end

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Lap 10: Looks like I'm not alone in making that call, both Ferraris, Renaults, Rosberg, Webber, and Button have done the same

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Lap 12: Safety car in this lap, restarting 6th and 9th

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Lap 13: Rosberg almost locked up into Sutil, mere millimeters away from disaster.

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Lap 15: Down to 7th and 9th

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Now to the fringes of the points, the cars that pit are just too strong for now

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Lap 18: Teamwork 100

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Sutil 8th, Albers 9th

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Lap 20: It apparently went to dry and then went back to damp in the space of 10 seconds

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Fisichella pits, up to double points in 7th and 8th

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Lap 23: Another piece of teamwork going on over at Ferrari as well, Massa keeping the McLarens at bay for Raikkonen

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Lap 24: Kovalainen pits, 6th and 7th for the moment

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Lap 26: I don't know what it is, but Albers inexplicably backed up 2 seconds to Coulthard. Didn't change any settings or anything, just gap

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We pit, so that's probably an explanation

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Lap 29: We lost a heap of time in traffic, even using resources didn't work

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Now have Webber behind Sutil. We are 11th and 13th, a few cars ahead need to pit though

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Lap 31: Coulthard also has a problem, might get him back at the stops

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Lap 33: Crucial moment, Sutil cleared Truilli, no more traffic now

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Lap 36: Heidfeld pits, Sutil up to 8th and into a position for 1 point

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The gap between the two is 6 seconds, I swear to god if Heidfeld denies us points again...

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Lap 38: Before I could have even thought about using Albers to hold up Heidfeld, he got overtaken

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Only thing left to hope for is that Webber manages to keep the BMW Sauber behind while in Sutil's slipstream

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Lap 39: Well Webber dropped out of the slipstream and Heidfeld is through, we're cooked lads

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Lap 41: It's over, no points yet again

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Wurz DNF, Schumacher DNF, Liuzzi P20, Sato P19, Barrichello P18, Speed P17, Davidson P16, Button P15, Rosberg P14, Truilli P13, Coulthard P12, Webber P11, Albers P10, Sutil P9, Fisichella P8, Heidfeld P7, Kovalainen P6, Kubica P5, Hamilton P4, Alonso P3, Massa P2, Raikkonen P1

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Winner: Kimi Raikkonen

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Spyker: Adrian P9, Christijan P10

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Main Highlights:

Raikkonen wins 10th race of the season
Heidfeld comes back from 16th to take 7th

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We dropped 15 Seconds in the last 10 laps, it's a yoke

ember patrol Jun 14, 2025, 5:54 PM

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🇨🇳 China 2007 (Simulated):

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Speed P22, Wurz P21, Liuzzi P20, Button P19 Albers P18, Davidson P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Sato P16, Schumacher P15, Barrichello P14, Coulthard P13, Truilli P12, Sutil P11

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Q3 Top 10: Rosberg P10, Kovalainen P9, Webber P8, Kubica P7, Fisichella P6, Heidfeld P5, Hamilton P4, Alonso P3, Massa P2, Raikkonen P1

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Polesitter: Kimi Raikkonen

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Spyker: Adrian P11, Christijan P18

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Wurz DNF, Truilli P21, Liuzzi P20, Schumacher P19, Speed P18, Barrichello P17, Albers P16, Davidson P15, Button P14, Sutil P13, Sato P12, Rosberg P11, Fisichella P10, Kovalainen P9, Coulthard P8, Kubica P7, Heidfeld P6, Webber P5, Hamilton P4, Alonso P3, Massa P2, Raikkonen P1

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Winner: Kimi Raikkonen

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Spyker: Adrian P13, Christijan P16

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Main Highlights:

Raikkonen wins 11th race of the season
Webber overtakes Fisichella for 8th in the drivers standings

ember patrol Jun 14, 2025, 6:30 PM

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🇧🇷 Brazil 2007:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Wurz P22, Albers P21, Barrichello P20, Speed P19, Truilli P18, Davidson P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Hamilton P16 (No time), Liuzzi P15, Sato P14, Sutil P13, Schumacher P12, Button P11

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Q3 Top 10: Alonso P10 (No time), Coulthard P9, Rosberg P8, Kubica P7, Webber P6, Fisichella P5, Heidfeld P4, Kovalainen P3, Massa P2, Raikkonen P1

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Polesitter: Kimi Raikkonen

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The Ferraris set identical times in Q3

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Spyker: Adrian P13, Christijan P21

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We brought one final upgrade but it's not working so far. But if there's one thing I know about Brazil races, it's that the weather wildly fluctuates throughout the race, and that's exactly what the weather prediction says.

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If things go our way, we can make up a few places in this changeable weather

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Both McLarens take pit lane starts, we start 12th and 18th

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Lap 5: Full wet conditions now, we have the best tires because of the damp start

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Lap 8: Still 12th and 18th, the plan should come to fruition later on though

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Lap 10: Albers spun, now last

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Lap 22: Still 12th and 22nd, but people are starting to feel the tire wear, still chucking it down on track too, 5 mm at the moment

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Just have to find a way past Liuzzi and then options can open up for Sutil

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Lap 33: We pit for inters, should be the only stop this race

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Lap 36: Albers spun again, definately over for him now

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Lap 39: Alonso passes Sutil, down to 12th

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Lap 49: Quick mention, both McLarens have been lapped by both Ferraris. Ouch

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Lap 61: Sutil spun, definately over now for him as well

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Lap 64: Rain intensifying, people already pitting for full wets

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Davidson P22, Wurz P21, Speed P20, Truilli P19, Sato P18, Albers P17, Barrichello P16, Schumacher P15, Hamilton P14, Liuzzi P13, Sutil P12, Button P11, Alonso P10, Rosberg P9, Coulthard DNF, Webber P7, Kubica P6, Fisichella P5, Kovalainen P4, Heidfeld P3, Massa P2, Raikkonen P1

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Winner: Kimi Raikkonen

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Spyker: Adrian P12, Christijan P17

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Main Highlights:

Raikkonen wins 12th race of the season
Heidfeld gets 1st podium of the season
Despite both McLaren drivers climbing up 10 and 8 places respectively, they fail to score even a point

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End of Season Standings:

Constructors:

1st: Ferrari, 268 points
2nd: McLaren, 178 points
3rd: BMW Sauber, 104 points
4th: Renault, 60 points
5th: Red Bull, 46 points
6th: Spyker, 7 points
7th: Williams, 0 points
8th: Honda, 0 points
9th: Toyota, 0 points
10th: Toro Rosso, 0 points
11th: Super Aguri, 0 points

Drivers:

1st: Kimi Raikkonen, 153 points (Ferrari)
2nd: Felipe Massa, 115 points (Ferrari)
3rd: Fernando Alonso, 103 points (McLaren)
4th: Lewis Hamilton, 75 points (McLaren)
5th: Nick Heidfeld, 53 points (BMW Sauber)
6th: Robert Kubica, 51 points (BMW Sauber)
7th: Heikki Kovalainen, 32 points (Renault)
8th: Giancarlo Fisichella, 28 points (Renault)
9th: Mark Webber, 27 points (Red Bull)
10th: David Coulthard, 19 points (Red Bull)
11th: Christijan Albers, 4 points (Spyker)
12th: Adrian Sutil, 3 points (Spyker)
13th: Nico Rosberg, 0 points (Williams)
14th: Jenson Button, 0 points (Honda)
15th: Alexander Wurz, 0 points (Williams)
16th: Jarno Truilli, 0 points (Toyota)
17th: Vitantonio Liuzzi, 0 points (Toro Rosso)
18th: Rubens Barrichello, 0 points (Honda)
19th: Takuma Sato, 0 points (Super Aguri)
20th: Ralf Schumacher, 0 points (Toyota)
21st: Anthony Davidson, 0 points (Super Aguri)
22nd: Scott Speed, 0 points (Toro Rosso)

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I'm actually glad this season is done. I know points are infrequent for these kinds of teams, but we had so many chances that just couldn't be taken to the end because of how limited or straight up bad the car was. It was just so frustrating to end up 9th to 11th over and over again.

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I can't start 2003 for a few days, have to focus on life things. Good time for the next season's poll though.

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Which season after 2003?

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1994

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I can come back on the 18th, 19th, or 20th, lot of things to get done this week.

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2003 Team Performances in order of the 2002 Constructors Championship:

Ferrari:

5 star budget
5 star facilities
5 star car

BMW Williams:

5 star budget
5 star facilities
5 star car

McLaren:

5 star budget
5 star facilities
5 star car

Renault:

4 star budget
4 star facilities
4 star car

Sauber:

3 star budget
3 star facilities
3 star car

Jordan:

1 star budget
2 star facilities
2 star car

Jaguar:

4 star budget
3 star facilities
3 star car

BAR:

3 star budget
3 star facilities
3 star car

Minardi:

1 star budget
1 star facilities
1 star car

Toyota:

4 star budget
3 star facilities
2 star car

Arrows (created team):

1 star budget
1 star facilities
1 star car

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2003 Calendar:

Round 1: Australian Grand Prix
Round 2: Malaysian Grand Prix (Replaced by Qatar in game)
Round 3: Brazilian Grand Prix
Round 4: San Marino Grand Prix
Round 5: Spanish Grand Prix
Round 6: Austrian Grand Prix
Round 7: Monaco Grand Prix
Round 8: Canadian Grand Prix
Round 9: European Grand Prix (Replaced by COTA in game)
Round 10: French Grand Prix (Replaced by Zandvoort in game)
Round 11: British Grand Prix
Round 12: German Grand Prix (Replaced by Abu Dhabi in game)
Round 13: Hungarian Grand Prix
Round 14: Italian Grand Prix
Round 15: United States Grand Prix (Indianapolis replaced by Miami in game)
Round 16: Japanese Grand Prix

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2003 Driver Lineups:

Ferrari: Michael Schumacher - Rubens Barrichello
BMW Williams: Juan Pablo Montoya - Ralf Schumacher
McLaren: Kimi Raikkonen - David Coulthard
Renault: Fernando Alonso - Jarno Truilli
Sauber: Heinz-Harald Frentzen - Nick Heidfeld
Jordan: Giancarlo Fisichella - Ralph Firman
Jaguar: Mark Webber - Antonio Pizzonia
BAR: Jenson Button - Jacques Villeneuve
Minardi: Justin Wilson - Jos Verstappen
Toyota: Olivier Panis - Cristiano da Matta
Arrows: Felipe Massa - Christian Klein

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Team is BAR

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Start of Season Ratings:

1: Michael Schumacher, 92
2: Juan Pablo Montoya, 91
3: Kimi Raikkonen, 91
4: Fernando Alonso, 90
5: Rubens Barrichello, 89
6: Ralf Schumacher, 89
7: David Coulthard, 89
8: Giancarlo Fisichella, 86
9: Mark Webber, 86
10: Jarno Truilli, 85
11: Nick Heidfeld, 84
12: Heinz-Harald Frentzen, 84
13: Jenson Button, 84
14: Cristinao da Matta, 83
15: Olivier Panis, 83
16: Jacques Villeneuve, 83
17: Felipe Massa, 82
18: Justin Wilson, 82
19: Christian Klein, 81
20: Ralph Firman, 81
21: Antonio Pizzonia, 81
22: Jos Verstappen, 78

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Fun fact: The game censored 'Ralph' to 'R**ph' in Ralph Firman's name, so he is Rlaph Firman in game 💀

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🇦🇺 Australia 2003:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Wilson P22, Firman P21, Klein P20, Massa P19, da Matta P18, Frentzen P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Verstappen P16, Villeneuve P15, Fisichella P14, Panis P13, Raikkonen P12, Heidfeld P11

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Q3 Top 10: Pizzonia P10, Button P9, Truilli P8, Alonso P7, R Schumacher P6, Coulthard P5, Webber P4, Barrichello P3, Montoya P2, M Schumacher P1

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Polesitter: Michael Schumacher

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BAR: Jenson P9, Jacques P15

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Lap 2: Both drivers making moves, Jenson P7, Jacques P12

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Lap 3: Ralf is weirdly slow, Button up to 5th

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Lap 5: Villeneuve up to 11th, double points are on the way, trust

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Lap 7: Montoya doing the heavy lifting for Williams at the moment, he leads the Ferraris and Coulthard

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Lap 9: Nevermind, Michael did Michael things and pulled 2.5 seconds

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Lap 12: Villeneuve gained 2 places in 1 lap, 6th and 9th now

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Lap 16: Button pitting now

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Lap 17: Coulthard pits, first of the top 4 to do so

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Lap 19: Villeneuve now pits, first of two stops for both drivers

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After everyone's pit stops, we sit 6th and 10th

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Lap 22: Nevermind, Raikkonen finally decided to wake up and go fast, down to 11th now

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Lap 26: The gap between the two BARs is 10 seconds, they are 5th and 11th at the moment, that's how packed the midfield is right now.

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Michael pits, 2 stopper maybe?

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Lap 31: Villeneuve up to 10th, it's all coming together now

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Lap 42: Looking at the tires, Montoya needs to pit again, Barrichello leads, Michael Schumacher 3rd, the latter with slightly fresher tires. Coulthard is 17 seconds behind but has very fresh tires, I think it's a straight fight between those 3.

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We pit again, smooth stops for both drivers

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Lap 51: Montoya pit a few laps ago, and he is absolutely flying, he's already past Coulthard. Imagine how quick he can get to the Ferraris now?

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The gap is 8 seconds between the top 3

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We sit 9th and 11th at the moment

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Lap 55: Just 4.3 between the top 3, Montoya has Michael in his sights for 2nd

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Klein P22, Verstappen P21, Massa P20, Firman P19, da Matta P18, Fisichella P17, Wilson P16, Heidfeld P15, Pizzonia P14, Panis P13, Frentzen P12, Villeneuve P11, Truilli P10, Button P9, Webber P8, Raikkonen P7, Alonso P6, R Schumacher P5, Coulthard P4, Montoya P3, M Schuamcher P2, Barrichello P1

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Winner: Rubens Barrichello

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BAR: Jenson P9, Jacques P11

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Main Highlights:

Barrichello wins 1st race of the season, with Schumacher and Montoya less than a second behind him
Raikkonen comes back from 12th to take 7th

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🇲🇾 Malaysia 2003:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Firman P22, Panis P21, Klein P20, Wilson P19, Massa P18, Verstappen P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Fisichella P16, Pizzonia P15, R Schumacher P14, da Matta P13, Frentzen P12, Heidfeld P11

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Q3 Top 10: Webber P10, Villeneuve P9, Truilli P8, Alonso P7, Button P6, Montoya P5, Raikkonen P4, Barrichello P3, Coulthard P2, M Schumacher P1

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Polesitter: Michael Schumacher

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BAR: Jenson P6, Jacques P9

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Lap 1: We're up to double points, 7th and 8th

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Lap 6: We did bring a suspension upgrade to help with tire wear, but I still think a 3 stopper is the way to go

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Lap 10: The Renaults are now using force, Jenson lost 2 places as a result

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Lap 13: And we fight back, 8th and 6th led by Jacques

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Lap 15: We pit both cars, first of the 3 stops. Issue with the front left for Jenson

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Lap 19: Alonso is just too fast, but we are still in net double points

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8th and 7th

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Lap 24: Barrichello leads again? Is this a redemption arc from his 2nd driver position the previous year?

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His teammate is 4.2 behind in 3rd

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Lap 27: Even with fresher tires, Michael can barely gain on his teammate

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Lap 28: Jenson lost a place to the Williams of Ralf Schumacher, he's now out of the points

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Lap 30: Quick work of Jacques as well, we're on the fringes now

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Oh, we have to pit, 2nd of the 3 stops

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Lap 32: Took a while, but the Ferraris are within sight of each other, 1 second between them

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Lap 34: Michael has finally taken his usual place at the very front, was a good show though.

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Lap 42: So both Ferraris pit and Barrichello came out in front of Schumacher. Can he hang onto it though?

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Lap 45: We pit for the last time, hopefully the fresh tires will help us get back into the points quickly.

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Schumacher takes the lead once more

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Lap 46: Actually, Villeneuve is still in the points, so both cars could chase down Alonso and Ralf in these closing laps

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Lap 50: The gap from 1st to 2nd is now 5.5 seconds, usual Michael things to be honest

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Lap 52: Villeneuve got the fastest lap, we could get 7th from Alonso by the end

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Lap 53: Another fastest lap, and that was easy work of Alonso, maybe Button can get us double points here

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Lap 57: Button managed to get past, double points now

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Klein P22, Verstappen P21, Massa P20, Firman P19, Panis P18, Wilson P17, da Matta P16, Fisichella P15, Pizzonia P14, Frentzen P13, Heidfeld P12, Webber P11, Truilli P10, Alonso P9, Button P8, Villeneuve P7, R Schumacher P6, Raikkonen P5, Montoya P4, Coulthard P3, Barrichello P2, M Schumacher P1

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Winner: Michael Schumacher

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BAR: Jenson P8, Jacques P7

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Main Highlights:

Michael Schumacher wins 1st race of the season and ties Barrichello in the drivers standings
Ralf Schumacher comes back from 14th to take 6th
BAR overtake Jaguar for 5th in the constructors standings
Jordan overtake Minardi for 9th in the constructors standings

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🇧🇷 Brazil 2003:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Klein P22, Massa P21, Verstappen P20, Firman P19, Frentzen P18, Wilson P17

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Q2 Knockouts: da Matta P16, Fisichella P15, Webber P14, Pizzonia P13, Heidfeld P12, Panis P11

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Q3 Top 10: Truilli P10, Villeneuve P9, Button P8, Raikkonen P7, Coulthard P6, Alonso P5, M Schumacher P4, Barrichello P3, Montoya P2, R Schumacher P1

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Polesitter: Ralf Schumacher

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BAR: Jenson P8, Jacques P9

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The gap between the top 7 in Q3:

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Little break before the race, dinner.

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We back, race time

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Lap 2: The Ferraris are really going at it behind the two Williams, Barrichello just ahead of Michael

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Montoya takes the lead from his teammate Ralf

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Lap 4: The Ferraris swap places again, not like Austria 2002 this time though

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Lap 7: Meanwhile for us, we're fighting Coulthard who has some form of damage for 7th

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Michael took the lead and made a 1.5 second gap. Again, just Michael things

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Lap 9: The Williams' are fighting unnesscarily hard, it's grown Michael's advantage to 2 seconds, Montoya needs to get a move on to catch him

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And he does exactly that, right in Michael's view now

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Lap 10: Montoya re-takes the lead from Michael

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Also, Ralf is so unusually slow that even the Renault of Alonso is threatening him for position, what's going on?

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And he's gone through on the Williams, this is confusing pace from the polesitter

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Lap 15: Same order in the top 6, Button is still fighting Coulthard for 7th, Villeneuve is fighting Truilli for 9th. Still early days here

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Lap 16: Barrichello past Michael! Crucial in terms of the points

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Lap 17: Red flag, Webber and Panis out

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And I'm screwed again in strategy by these stupid red flag timings.

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Lap 19: Barrichello restarts on pole, he took the lead from Montoya before the red flag was flown

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Another break for now

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Lap 22: We're back again, and we're up to 6th and 8th

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Lap 24: Both drivers dropped a place each, 7th and 9th

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Lap 28: The train from leader Montoya goes all the way down to 13th, it's massive

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Lap 29: Barrichello took the lead, before Montoya immediately retook it, strategical overtaking happening here.

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Lap 30: Barrichello lost 2 places to the Schumachers, not great in terms of the points

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Lap 31: Michael past Montoya and back up to his usual spot of 1st

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Lap 33: Half of the train was cut off by Alonso, so now it's just Raikkonen, Ralf, Barrichello, Montoya, and Michael as the leaders

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Lap 36: Another twist in the race, Barrichello has re-overtaken his teammate Michael, both behind Montoya again

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We're 8th and 9th, our f*cked strategy showing our losses

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Lap 38: Barrichello has built a 2.3 second gap to the cars behind. I don't wanna jinx this, but could Rubens finally win his home race?

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Lap 41: Barrichello's gap is now 3 seconds

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We're 8th and 9th still, they're fighting a bit though

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We pit

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Lap 45: The Schumacher brothers have worked together and bit, with the help of a backmarker, they've cut Barrichello's gap down to 1.3 seconds

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Lap 48: Barrichello pits first, Schumacher to try and overcut

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Crucial for the home boy is that he is 2.5 ahead of Ralf

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Lap 51: Apparently Raikkonen got ahead of Montoya, where'd he come from?

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Speaking of, him and Michael haven't pitted yet, what's the hold up? Barrichello is only 13.4 behind his teammate already!

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Lap 53: Michael finally pits, he's got a lot to do to catch his teammate though.

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The gap between them is currently 11 seconds

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Lap 55: Barrichello back up to 1st ahead of Raikkonen, who still hasn't pit

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Lap 56: Ralf is giving his brother a bit of a headache right now, Michael can't get past at the moment!

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Lap 58: It's now just Barrichello left for Michael to clear, gap is currently 7.4, 14 laps to go

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Lap 61: Gap now 6.1, it's probably gonna be a close one by the end

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Oh and Raikkonen pit a few laps ago putting Villeneuve to 6th, probably not gonna last though

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Lap 62: He passed Truilli and Villeneuve on the same lap, predictable to be honest

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Lap 65: Back to the Ferraris, the gap is now 5.8 seconds, not as much of a gain from Michael at the moment

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Lap 68: 4.3 the gap now

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Also, Villeneuve somehow caught Coulthard and is now up to 7th

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Lap 69: 4.0, it's not over yet

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Lap 70: 2.5 seconds

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Lap 71: The gap stayed the same the last lap, I think that's it...

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Panis DNF, Webber DNF, Klein P20, Massa P19, Verstappen P18, Wilson P17, Firman P16, Fisichella P15, Pizzonia P14, da Matta P13, Frentzen P12, Heidfeld P11, Truilli P10, Button P9, Villeneuve P8, Coulthard P7, Alonso P6, Raikkonen P5, Montoya P4, R Schumacher P3, M Schumacher P2, Barrichello P1

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Winner: Rubens Barrichello

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BAR: Jenson P9, Jacques P8

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Main Highlights:

Barrichello finally wins his home race and re-takes the lead of the drivers standings from Michael Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher gets 1st podium of the season

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ember patrol Jun 25, 2025, 9:01 PM

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Pre San Marino: Upgrades are going crazy, we have one of the quickest cars now

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🇸🇲 San Marino 2003:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Verstappen P22, Klein P21, Massa P20, Frentzen P19, Panis P18, Wilson P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Fisichella P16, Firman P15, Heidfeld P14, Pizzonia P13, da Matta P12, Truilli P11

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Q3 Top 10: Webber P10, Alonso P9, Button P8, R Schumacher P7, Villeneuve P6, Raikkonen P5, Barrichello P4, Montoya P3, M Schumacher P2, Coulthard P1

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Polesitter: David Coulthard

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BAR: Jenson P8, Jacques P6

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The gap between 1st and 7th was exactly 2 tenths, the top 5 and nearly the top 6 had a time within 1 tenth. Incredibly close qualifying.

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Lap 3: Coulthard holds the lead, Montoya and Barrichello lagging a little bit behind in 3rd and 4th, we're 5th and 6th after passing Raikkonen

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Lap 4: Michael passed Coulthard, Barrichello and Montoya caught back up

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Villeneuve is there in 5th, let us cook

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Lap 5: Button past Raikkonen, if we could get him in the train ahead then it would be even better

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Lap 7: Both cars passed both Williams, up to 4th and 6th

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It is now a Ferrari 1-2 up front

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Lap 9: The Ferraris have broken away, but we're up to 3rd and 5th now

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Lap 11: The Ferraris fought so hard that we are back in their sights, also Button moved up to 4th

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Lap 12: The Ferraris broke away again and Villeneuve lost 3 places down to 6th, not a good lap for us

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Lap 13: Barrichello pulled away from Michael. If he can win again, then he really can challenge for the title, but I don't want to jinx it.

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Lap 18: What's with Michael? He's been caught by the pack behind, even passed by Coulthard to 3rd. Is something wrong with the Ferrari?

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Lap 20: Nevermind he went back to his teammate

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Lap 24: Barrichello pulled away from Michael

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Villeneuve locked up, have to pit a lap early

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Button in next lap

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Lap 25: Button pits

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It's a two stop for both drivers, hopefully the tire advantage by the end will help

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Lap 28: Coulthard pit and came out ahead? We were ahead at the pit, how did we end up behind him?

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Lap 30: Michael pits, when does Barrichello react

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Raikkonen and Montoya also pitted, we come out ahead of them

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Lap 32: Now Barrichello pits, a bit late if you ask me though

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That cost him enough time to exit behind even Coulthard

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Lap 35: Barrichello made quick work of the McLaren, now to catch and re-pass his teammate

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Lap 42: Ferraris back together, is this a recurring them for this season?

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Lap 44: We pit, last time this race

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The tire advantage should help us catch back up

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Pit stop issue, every time

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Lap 48: The Tifosi are getting one of the best shows of their lives, Barrichello and Schumacher really going at it for the lead of the race

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Lap 53: It's not really working to be honest, we're still 22 seconds behind the next few cars

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Also the Ferraris are seperated once again

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Panis DNF, Klein P21, Verstappen P20, Wilson P19, Massa P18, Fisichella P17, Firman P16, da Matta P15, Heidfeld P14, Pizzonia P13, Frentzen P12, Webber P11, Truilli P10, Alonso P9, Button P8, Villeneuve P7, R Schumacher P6, Raikkonen P5, Montoya P4, Coulthard P3, M Schumacher P2, Barrichello P1

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Winner: Rubens Barrichello

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BAR: Jenson P8, Jacques P7

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Main Highlights:

Barrichello wins 3rd race of the season and extends lead in the drivers standings
Coulthard gets 2nd podium of the season
BAR overtake Renault for 4th in the constructors standings

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So this race showed we're not quite ready for the top positions, but we are able to fight for those positions for a bit, progress is being made

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🇪🇸 Spain 2003:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Verstappen P22, Massa P21, Firman P20, Fisichella P19, Wilson P18, Pizzonia P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Klein P16, da Matta P15, Truilli P14, Panis P13, Heidfeld P12, Frentzen P11

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Q3 Top 10: Webber P10, Alonso P9, Coulthard P8, Barrichello P7, Villeneuve P6, Montoya P5, M Schuamcher P4, R Schumacher P3, Button P2, Raikkonen P1

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Polesitter: Kimi Raikkonen

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BAR: Jenson P2, Jacques P6

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Top 8 was again separated by 2 tenths, top 5 covered by less than a tenth, and Button missed pole by 15 thousandths

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Now we're on the wrong side of the grid, it's the wrong side of the grid because the left side, namely 3rd and 5th, gets the slipstream from the polesitter, whereas 2nd doesn't and makes namely 4th and 6th lose out as well.

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Usual 3 stop at Spain, it's worked a lot of times beforehand, hopefully it works here

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Little break before the race, dinner

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Lap 1: Exactly as I thought, both drivers lost a position at turn 1, 3rd and 7th

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Lap 4: We've got nothing at the moment, down to 5th and 8th

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Lap 5: Barrichello went on the outside of Button and Montoya into turn 1, crucial for his championship lead

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Lap 13: Michael leads Raikkonen and Ralf

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Lap 15: Button in this lap, Villeneuve in next lap, first of the 3 stops

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Lap 17: Both drivers' first stops completed without issue

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Lap 21: Michael pits, and has a gearbox problem

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Lap 25: We have the Michael right behind both cars, maybe I could cause him a headache or two

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Barrichello pits, Raikkonen re-takes the lead

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Lap 26: Nevermind, we lost a place each

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Lap 28: The top 7 is seperated by 9 seconds, anyone in it could still win at this point

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Lap 33: Barrichello caught up to the Schumacher brothers, he's got quite a moving wall to clear in order to catch leader Raikkonen

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Lap 38: Michael pits again, but Barrichello passed Ralf

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Lap 39: We pit again, second of the 3 stops

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Lap 41: Barrichello passed Raikkonen for the lead

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Lap 46: Everyone around us pit a second time, we are 3rd and 6th at the moment

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Lap 47: Villeneuve was pushed wide and lost 2 places

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Lap 51: Schumacher's fault has worsened, Barrichello should be able to increase his lead

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Lap 53: We pit again, last stops

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We exit 7th and 8th, but our tires are nice and new

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Lap 57: One car past Coulthard, 6th and 8th

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Lap 61: Button past Coulthard, Villeneuve caught and past Montoya, 5th and 7th

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Lap 62: Villeneuve on the outside of turn 4 on Michael, that gearbox fault not helping him at all. 4th and 7th now

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Lap 63: Button is following suite, past Montoya and Michael, we are now 4th and 5th

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Panis DNF, Massa P21, Klein P20, Verstappen P19, Wilson P18, da Matta P17, Firman P16, Fisichella P15, Heidfeld P14, Pizzonia P13, Frentzen P12, Webber P11, Truilli P10, Alonso P9, Coulthard P8, Montoya P7, M Schumacher P6, Button P5, Villeneuve P4, Raikkonen P3, R Schumacher P2, Barrichello P1

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Winner: Rubens Barrichello

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BAR: Jenson P5, Jacques P4

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Main Highlights:

Barrichello wins 4th race of the season despite P7 start
Raikkonen gets 1st podium of the season
BAR get best result of the season with 4th and 5th

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Unexpected Barrichello dominance in these first few races

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Well, when I say 'dominance', it's in terms of wins, the highest winning margin this season so far has been 10 seconds, so these are some close races.

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🇦🇹 Austria 2003:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Klein P22, da Matta P21, Massa P20, Fisichella P19, Wilson P18, Verstappen P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Firman P16, Panis P15, Truilli P14, Frentzen P13, Heidfeld P12, Pizzonia P11

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Q3 Top 10: Webber P10, Alonso P9, Barrichello P8, Raikkonen P7, Coulthard P6, R Schumacher P5, Villeneuve P4, Button P3, Montoya P2, M Schumacher P1

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Polesitter: Michael Schumacher

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BAR: Jenson P3, Jacques P4

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Lap 3: We're keeping Ferrari honest these first few laps, 2nd and 4th at the moment

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Lap 6: Now we're losing ground, 3rd and 6th

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Lap 9: Montoya takes the lead from Michael

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Lap 21: Michael pulled away and pits this lap, Raikkonen now leads

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Slow stop for the Ferrari, Montoya out ahead now

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Lap 23: Montoya locks up into turn 1! Big mistake from the Williams

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Lap 24: By this poimt, Raikkonen, Coulthard, and Ralf have pitted, we're coming in next lap for a 2 stop

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Lap 25: We pit

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Slow stop, of course

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Lap 28: Michael leads, Barrichello 2nd but he is yet to pit

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Lap 31: Barrichello finally pits, is it a 1 stop for the other Ferrari?

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Lap 42: Button past Montoya, we are 4th and 6th at the moment

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Lap 49: We pit again, strategy complete

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Michael also pits

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Lap 52: Button overtook Coulthard and Montoya, 5th and 8th at the moment

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Lap 54: Button set the fastest lap, I think a podium might be possible with this pace

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Lap 60: We overtook Barrichello, the 1 stop hasn't worked for him

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Lap 63: Ralf is still also on a 1 stop, but his tires might pop soon

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Lap 64: You are actually serious, as soon as I say that, a safety car comes out

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Nevermind, it's a red flag

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That was a suspicious crash from Firman

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We restart 4th and 6th

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Nevermind, we got absolutely piss poor starts, 6th and 7th

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And Button pushed his own teammate off the track, nice job mate

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Lap 69: Barrichello spins, we might get 4th still

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Montoya leads the Schumacher brothers

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Lap 70: Button was pushed wide, just lost points, great

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Lap 71: I think Raikkonen was pushed wide at some point as well, he's all the way down in 15th

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Pizzonia DNF, Firman DNF, Klein P20, Wilson P19, Massa P18, Verstappen P17, Alonso P16, Raikkonen P15, Truilli P14, Frentzen P13, Heidfeld P12, da Matta P11, Fisichella P10, Button P9, Panis P8, Coulthard P7, Webber P6, Barrichello P5, Villeneuve P4, R Schumacher P3, M Schumacher P2, Montoya P1

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Winner: Juan Pablo Montoya

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BAR: Jenson P9, Jacques P4

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Main Highlights:

Montoya wins 1st race of the season
Michael closes in on Barrichello in the drivers standings
Toyota and Jordan overtake Sauber for 9th in the constructors standings

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🇲🇨 Monaco 2003:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Klein P22, Verstappen P21, Massa P20, Wilson P19, Pizzonia P18, da Matta P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Raikkonen P16 (Out), Firman P15, Heidfeld P14, Frentzen P13, Truilli P12, Panis P11

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Q3 Top 10: Fisichella P10, Webber P9, Alonso P8, Villeneuve P7, Button P6, Coulthard P5, R Schumacher P4, Montoya P3, M Schumacher P2, Barrichello P1

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Polesitter: Rubens Barrichello

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BAR: Jenson P6, Jacques P7

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Lap 2: Button gained 1 place at the start, and this being Monaco, we are likely going to stay 5th and 7th unless the strategy works well

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Lap 4: The Ferraris have already broken away, but fighting hard up front

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Lap 5: Button lost a place to Coulthard, back to where we started in 6th 7th

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Safety Car

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We are not pitting, anyone in their right mind wouldn't pit this early for the optimal strategy, even at Monaco

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Predictably, no one else does

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The only changes in the points as of now are the Williams' have swapped places and Webber is 8th instead of Alonso

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Lap 9: Safety car in.

Restart order for points scorers: Barrichello, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Montoya, Coulthard, Button, Villeneuve, Webber

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Lap 13: The Ferraris have run away, again, the battle between them resumes

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Lap 16: Barrichello has the edge on Schumacher in terms of avaliable resources, it's all looking good so far for the championship leader

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Lap 20: No fight up front now, this ought to be a boring one

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Lap 27: We pit, actually going for a 2 stopper this time

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Lap 35: Red flag, always at Monaco I get the worst possibly timed red flags, no other type of tire left

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I don't know though, maybe it'll play out like the last season I did at Monaco

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Lap 45: We gained a place each but we have to pit again due to the hastily changed strategy

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Lap 46: Michael has developed a problem, not good because his brother is right behind him for 2nd

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Lap 54: Michael's problem has worsened, and Ralf got past for 2nd, this is all bad news for the Ferrari

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Lap 57: We pit again

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We exit 8th and 10th (oh yeah forgot to mention our drivers swapped at the restart because Button got a poor start, now it's Villeneuve as the lead BAR)

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Lap 71: We're up to 6th and 8th

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You know, with the tire advantage we have, we might catch Michael's fault ridden car and get a podium. Tall task, but I'll try

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Lap 74: We do a double whammy on McLaren, up to 5th and 7th now

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Lap 75: Oh we are right there, just 2.3 seconds to Michael in 3rd, passing Montoya is crucial at this stage

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Lap 77: Past Montoya, just 1 car left, I think we can do this

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Firman DNF, Panis DNF, Pizzonia DNF, Wilson DNF, Massa P18, Klein P17, Alonso P16, Verstappen P15, da Matta P14, Frentzen P13, Truilli P12, Fisichella P11, Heidfeld P10, Webber P9, Raikkonen P8, Coulthard P7, Button P6, Montoya P5, Villeneuve P4, M Schumacher P3, R Schumacher P2, Barrichello P1

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Winner: Rubens Barrichello

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BAR: Jenson P6, Jacques P4

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Main Highlights:

Barrichello wins 5th race of the season
Ralf Schumacher gets 4th podium of the season and overtakes teammate Montoya for 3rd in the drivers standings
Michael Schumacher just holds off Villeneuve for 3rd
Raikkonen comes back from 16th to take 8th
Sauber overtake Jordan for 8th in the constructors standings

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Ahhhh damn it, we missed the podium by less a second again

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Top of the Drivers Standings:

1st: Rubens Barrichello, 62 points (Ferrari)
2nd: Michael Schumacher, 51 points (Ferrari)

ember patrol Jul 2, 2025, 4:50 PM

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We have an underfloor and a front wing upgrade, our low speed problems have been nullified a bit, but now we have to work on our weak medium speed cornering. Thankfully the upcoming race in Canada has a fair few low speed corners, so I hope they'll bring something to fruition.

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🇨🇦 Canada 2003:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Massa P22, Verstappen P21, Wilson P20, Fisichella P19, Klein P18, Frentzen P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Panis P16, da Matta P15, Firman P14, Heidfeld P13, Pizzonia P12, Webber P11

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Q3 Top 10: Truilli P10, Coulthard P9, Button P8, Alonso P7, Raikkonen P6, M Schumacher P5, R Schumacher P4, Barrichello P3, Villeneuve P2, Montoya P1

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Polesitter: Juan Pablo Montoya

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BAR: Jenson P8, Jacques P2

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56 thousandths to pole...

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Lap 3: WE LEAD, BAR lead a grand prix for the first time this season. Button up 3 places to 5th as well

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Lap 5: Michael had a storming lap, passing Montoya and Villeneuve in the same lap to take the lead

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Lap 6: Villeneuve followed Michael through and broke away from the rest of the pack, 1997 all over again

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Lap 7: Barrichello came out of nowhere to make it a 3 car battle for the lead

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Lap 9: The Williams' have joined in on this fight too, everyone is sick of Ferrari dominance now

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Lap 10: 4 more cars have joined the train. At this point, even the Jaguar of Webber in 10th could have a piece of the action as well

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We lead again

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Lap 13: Jenson has been anonymous so far, but he's been working up the order and is now in 4th

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He even just passed the Ferrari of Schumacher up to 3rd, we're having our best race yet so far

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Lap 14: Top 4 is separated by less than 7 tenths, it's getting tightly contested now

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Lap 17: Michael broke away from the rest of the back, but we followed him, the dream isn't dying just yet

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Gap is 3.2 to 3rd

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Lap 22: Michael pits, likely a 2 stopper. We're also on a 2 stopper, just pitting a bit later

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He got held up by an Arrows in the pits, that'll be some nice extra time for us

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Lap 28: Losing so much time now, time to pit

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Gap is 8.8 seconds to Michael

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Lap 32: Again with the f*cking red flags, worst possible time

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Restart 5th and 8th

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Lap 42: We're back into the podium places, but now the Ferraris have broken away, it's already over

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Lap 50: Safety car, we're pitting, what's to lose?

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Only Michael pits in the cars around us other than us

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Lap 54: Safety car in this lap, restart 7th and 9th, time to change our fortunes

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Lap 57: Already up to 4th and 6th, maybe we can catch the podium spots

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Lap 61: Up to 3rd and 5th, maybe this is possible

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Lap 65: Michael ran away, but once again, we followed. We have almost nothing left in the tank, but we'll give it everything for 1st

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Lap 68: We re-take the lead, now to hold onto it

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Final Lap: It's time, use everything we have left and charge to the line

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Panis DNF, Firman DNF, Massa DNF, da Matta P19, Verstappen P18, Klein P17, Raikkonen P16, Wilson P15, Coulthard P14, Truilli P13, Fisichella P12, Frentzen P11, Pizzonia P10, Webber P9, Heidfeld P8, R Schumacher P7, Alonso P6, Montoya P5, Barrichello P4, Button P3, M Schumacher P2, Villeneuve P1

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Winner: Jacques Villeneuve

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BAR: Jenson P3, Jacques P1

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Main Highlights:

Villeneuve wins first race since 1997 and BAR's first win in F1, and only the second non Ferrari victory of the season
Button gets 1st podium of the season
BAR overtake McLaren for 3rd in the constructors standings
Sauber overtake Toyota for 7th in the constructors standings

ember patrol Jul 4, 2025, 8:04 PM

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Mid season standings soon

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Mid Season Standings:

Constructors:

1st: Ferrari, 126 points
2nd: Williams, 81 points
3rd: BAR, 45 points
4th: McLaren, 45 points
5th: Renault, 9 points
6th: Jaguar, 4 points
7th: Sauber, 1 point
8th: Toyota, 1 point
9th: Jordan, 0 points
10th: Minardi, 0 points
11th: Arrows, 0 points

Drivers:

1st: Rubens Barrichello, 67 points (Ferrari)
2nd: Michael Schumacher, 59 points (Ferrari)
3rd: Juan Pablo Montoya, 41 points (Williams)
4th: Ralf Schumacher, 40 points (Williams)
5th: Jacques Villeneuve, 30 points (BAR)
6th: David Coulthard, 24 points (McLaren)
7th: Kimi Raikkonen, 21 points (McLaren)
8th: Jenson Button, 15 points (BAR)
9th: Fernando Alonso, 9 points (Renault)
10th: Mark Webber, 4 points (Jaguar)
11th: Nick Heidfeld, 1 point (Sauber)
12th: Olivier Panis, 1 point (Toyota)
13th: Jarno Truilli, 0 points (Renault)
14th: Giancarlo Fisichella, 0 points (Jordan)
15th: Antonio Pizzonia, 0 points (Jaguar)
16th: Heinz-Harald Frentzen, 0 points (Sauber)
17th: Cristiano da Matta, 0 points (Toyota)
18th: Justin Wilson, 0 points (Minardi)
19th: Jos Verstappen, 0 points (Minardi)
20th: Ralph Firman, 0 points (Jordan)
21st: Christian Klein, 0 points (Arrows)
22nd: Felipe Massa, 0 points (Arrows)

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🇪🇺 Europe 2003:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Verstappen P22, Klein P21, Fisichella P20, Panis P19, Wilson P18, Massa P17

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Q2 Knockouts: da Matta P16, Firman P15, Pizzonia P14, Alonso P13, Frentzen P12, Webber P11

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Q3 Top 10: Heidfeld P10, Truilli P9, Button P8, Villeneuve P7, M Schumacher P6, R Schumacher P5, Coulthard P4, Montoya P3, Barrichello P2, Raikkonen P1

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Polesitter: Kimi Raikkonen

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BAR: Jenson P8, Jacques P7

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Lap 2: Barrichello takes the lead, Michael is weirdly slow so far

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Lap 3: The top 2 have already built 2.5 seconds to the rest of the top contenders

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We hang in 7th and 8th, for now

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Lap 5: Villeneuve overtook Coulthard, crucial for our constructors battle with McLaren

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Lap 7: Montoya has developed an issue

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Lap 8: Michael finally got his act together and is up to 3rd

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Lap 9: Safety car, the Jordans broke the golden rule of racing: Don't take out your teammate

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We're changing from a 2 stop to a 3 stop as a result

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Lap 10: Safety car almost instantly in.

Restart order: Raikkonen, Barrichello, M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Villeneuve, Montoya, Coulthard, Button

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Lap 12: Barrichello re-takes the lead, Schumacher brothers losing time to the front two

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Lap 14: We just lost ground to all of the top teams, how are we so slow all of a sudden?!

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Lap 21: McLaren are now 2-3, not good

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Lap 25: Montoya's fault has worsened, and Coulthard has developed a major fault of his own

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Lap 26: Safety car again, Truilli out

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Great for our 3 stop

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Raikkonen and Montoya also pit, looks like they're going to a 3 stop as well

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Lap 28: Safety car ended

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We are 10th and 8th

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Lap 31: A few cars pitted ahead, we are 8th and 7th

Barrichello leads a Ferrari 1-2, but Raikkonen is already only 6 seconds behind Michael, differing strategies though.

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Lap 36: Raikkonen caught the two Ferraris, but is only just quicker than them now

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Michael pit, so they are now likely undercutting with Barrichello as well

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Lap 38: Yep, Barrichello pits, but it's slow on the left rear, not good for his battle with Raikkonen

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Lap 40: Raikkonen is the last to stop in the top 3, he'll have a huge tires advantage over the Ferraris

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Lap 43: We pit for our last stop, so with us out of the way, it's 3 seconds between 1st and 3rd

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Michael leads Raikkonen and Barrichello

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We exit 6th and 5th, but we now have an even bigger tire advantage on the cars ahead

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Lap 46: Raikkonen is lapping considerably faster than Michael, can he take his first win?

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Lap 52: Things have seemingly leveled off, the gap is only 2.2 seconds, anything can still happen though

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Lap 53: Oh never mind, the gap somehow became less than second, game on!

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Lap 54: Raikkonen takes the lead!

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Lap 55: We got Ralf for 4th, best we could get out of this stint

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Firman DNF, Fisichella DNF, Truilli DNF, Verstappen P19, Klein P18, Wilson P17, Massa P16, da Matta P15, Heidfeld P14, Panis P13, Pizzonia P12, Webber P11, Frentzen P10, Coulthard P9, Montoya P8, Alonso P7 Button P6, R Schumacher P5, Villeneuve P4, Barrichello P3, M Schumacher P2, Raikkonen P1

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Winner: Kimi Raikkonen

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BAR: Jenson P6, Jacques P4

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Main Highlights:

Raikkonen wins first F1 race
Michael closes the gap in the drivers standings to Barrichello
McLaren re-overtake BAR for 3rd in the constructors standings

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This was a strange race, we fitted 2 upgrades, one which gave .027 g in high speed, yet we were absolutely nowhere. Just confusing.

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Top of the Drivers Standings:

1st: Rubens Barrichello, 73 points (Ferrari)
2nd: Michael Schumacher, 67 points (Ferrari)

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Our Constructors Battle for 3rd:

3rd: McLaren, 55 points
4th: BAR, 53 points

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🇫🇷 France 2003:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockout: Firman P22, Wilson P21, Klein P20, Verstappen P19, Massa P18, Fisichella P17

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Fun fact: Luck and mistakes played factors, but Firman's best classified time was 24 seconds off the best time in that session

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Q2 Knockouts: Webber P16 (No time), Heidfeld P15, Panis P14, Frentzen P13, da Matta, P12 Truilli P11

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Q3 Top 10: Pizzonia P10, Villeneuve P9, R Schumacher P8, Button P7, Alonso P6, M Schumacher P5, Montoya P4, Raikkonen P3, Barrichello P2, Coulthard P1

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Poleisitter: David Coulthard

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BAR: Jenson P7, Jacques P9

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Ralf and Webber take pit lane starts

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Lap 4: Barrichello leads, Button got past Michael. I guess it's a day for complicating things in the drivers championship

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Lap 5: Montoya spins and clips the wall! Tried to attack Raikkonen but lost the Williams mid corner

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He's all the way down in 13th now

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Lap 6: Michael and Alonso were side by side for an entire sector, great overtake by the Spaniard.

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Lap 9: Raikkonen overtook 2 cars at once, he leads another race now

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And Coulthard makes it a McLaren 1-2 (Well I guess 3rd in the constructors is not an option for us now 😐)

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Lap 11: Safety car, Massa out

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We pit, changing the strategy pit laps

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Lap 13: Safety car in, restart 11th and 12th

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Lap 19: Raikkonen pits from the lead

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Ferrari are weirdly off the pace so far, the gap is 4.3 from Barrichello to Coulthard in front

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Lap 20: Barrichello pits, and exits 5.7 seconds behind Raikkonen, Ferrari have quite the job to do here

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Lap 25: Coulthard and Michael pit

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Lap 29: Barrichello starting to turn around the race, the gap is down to 2.3 seconds

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Also, I've changed our strategy, gone from a 2 stop to a 3 stop after looking at the teams around us

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Lap 34: Barrichello pits again, going for the undercut on Raikkonen

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Lap 35: McLaren respond and pit Raikkonen, is it enough to get out ahead?

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It is, but the BAR of Button is really making life difficult for the Finn

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Lap 37: We pit again after bunching the net top 2 together, second of three stops

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Lap 40: Ralf passed Button on old tires? I don't understand how, and I also don't understand why we don't have an answer for any of the top teams, we were fighting for podiums and wins a few races ago, now we're alone and nowhere.

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Lap 44: Safety car, Fisichella out

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Lap 46: Safety car in

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Lap 48: Coulthard pits from the lead, Raikkonen and Barrichello now the top 2

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Lap 55: Alright, here's the race situation. Raikkonen leads Barrichello by less than a second. Michael just pit and exits 5th 28 seconds off the lead. Coulthard is 3rd only 8 seconds off his leading teammate. Coulthard looks like he doesn't need to pit again, but Raikkonen and Barrichello do need to stop again. The question is can Raikkonen and Barrichello catch all that time up on Coulthard when they stop, and can Michael make an unexpected appearence at the front?

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Lap 56: SAFETY CAR, IT'S SCHUMACHER, MICHAEL SCHUMACHER HAS CRACKED UNDER PRESSURE AND IS OUT OF THE FRENCH GRAND PRIX!

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Great timing for us, we get to get our 3rd stop under safety car conditions

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Unfortunate timing for Barrichello who had pit on the lap Michael had crashed

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Both of our cars exit ahead of Ralf

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Lap 61: Safety car in.

Restart order: Raikkonen, Barrichello, Coulthard, Button, Villeneuve, R Schumacher, Alonso, Pizzonia

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Lap 64: Coulthard was so slow off the restart, he's already lost 3 seconds to the top 2

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Lap 68: Both cars now past Coulthard in a 3 wide moment, nice one

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Lap 69: And we immediately lose both places, great

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Final Lap: Barrichello overtook Raikkonen, can he hold onto it?

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Villeneuve got past Coulthard again

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Massa DNF, Fisichella DNF, M Schumacher DNF, Klein P19, Verstappen P18, Wilson P17, Firman P16, Montoya P15, da Matta P14, Frentzen P13, Panis P12, Heidfeld P11, Webber P10, Truilli P9, R Schumacher P8, Pizzonia P7, Alonso P6, Button P5, Coulthard P4, Villeneuve P3, Raikkonen P2, Barrichello P1

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Winner: Rubens Barrichello

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BAR: Jenson P5, Jacques P3

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Main Highlights:

Barrichello wins 6th race of the season, defeating Raikkonen by 77 thousandths
Villeneuve gets 2nd podium of the season
Pizzonia gets best finish of the season with 7th
Ralf Schumacher comes back from the pit lane to take 8th
Michael Schumacher dramatically crashes out, putting him further behind his teammate in the drivers standings

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Top of the Drivers Standings:

1st: Rubens Barrichello, 83 points (Ferrari)
2nd: Michael Schumacher, 67 points (Ferrari)

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Our Constructors Battle for 3rd:

3rd: McLaren, 68 points
4th: BAR, 63 points

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🇬🇧 Great Britain 2003:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Wilson P22, Verstappen P21, Klein P20, Massa P19, Firman P18, Truilli P17

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Q2 Knockouts: da Matta P16, Panis P15, Fisichella P14, Alonso P13, Pizzonia P12, Webber P11

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Q3 Top 10: Frentzen P10, Heidfeld P9, Button P8, Villeneuve P7, M Schumacher P6, Montoya P5, Coulthard P4, R Schumacher P3, Raikkonen P2, Barrichello P1

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Polesitter: Rubens Barrichello

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BAR: Jenson P8, Jacques P7

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5 teams start on the same row as each other (Minardi, Arrows, Toyota, Sauber, BAR), nice symmetry.

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Lap 1: It's a wet start and looks to be wet to the end for this race

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The top cars are still bunched up by the end of the first lap

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Lap 2: Both cars overtook Michael in a double pincer move at Copse, I really liked that

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Raikkonen takes the lead

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Lap 4: Both drivers up to 4th and 6th, the rain once again putting myself at an advantage

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Barrichello re-takes the lead

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Lap 6: Barrichello lost 2 places to Raikkonen and Ralf, the Williams now taking some action up front

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Lap 8: Ralf takes the lead from Raikkonen, Williams lead at their home race

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Also worth noting that the top 8 cars are still bunched up, so if one car behind locks up into a slow corner, it'll cause havoc

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Lap 11: I called it, Montoya pushes Button out of the way and gives both cars damage

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Lap 19: Michael is regaining form, he passed Coulthard, Villeneuve and Ralf all in the span of 3 laps

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Lap 22: Ralf re-passed Michael, back down to 4th

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Button and Montoya have collided again, these two really scrapping beyond the limits today

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Lap 25: We have to pit, the tires are done

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Lap 27: We undercut Coulthard and the Schumacher brothers with Villeneuve

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Button is alone with both wings damaged after his derby match with Montoya

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Lap 29: Crucial moment here, Barrichello pit and exited 4.3 seconds ahead of his teammate, a nice buffer to hold for the rest of the race

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Lap 31: Michael and Coulthard got past Villeneuve, and they're already closing the gap to Barrichello, 2.4 now

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Lap 34: Seems like Ralf and Raikkonen are gambling on a safety car, they still haven't pitted and Ralf in particular is losing 2 seconds a lap to Barrichello. 8 seconds between them

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Well Raikkonen bailed out on that idea and pits

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Lap 35: Ralf follows and pits as well, exits 14 seconds behind leader Barrichello

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Lap 42: The top 3 are now seperated by 1.4 seconds, Barrichello leads Coulthard leads Michael

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Coulthard takes the lead!

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Lap 47: Barrichello seemingly struggling late in this race, he's been passed by Coulthard and his teammate

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Lap 51: Backmarkers spread out the top 3, I think it's set and done

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Wilson P22, Massa P21, Klein P20, Verstappen P19, Fisichella P18, Firman P17, da Matta P16, Frentzen P15, Heidfeld P14, Panis P13, Truilli P12, Pizzonia P11, Webber P10, Button P9, Alonso P8, Montoya P7, Villeneuve P6, Raikkonen P5, R Schumacher P4, Barrichello P3, M Schumacher P2, Coulthard P1

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Winner: David Coulthard

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BAR: Jenson P9, Jacques P6

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Main Highlights:

Coulthard wins 1st race of the season
Michael Schumacher finally gets some ground back on Barrichello, reducing the gap in the standings by 2 points
Tension between Montoya and Button as they collide twice in the race

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Montoya and Button not holding back on their viewpoints after British Grand Prix clashes

At the British Grand Prix, Williams' Juan Pablo Montoya and BAR's Jenson Button experienced tensions on track as they collided twice on track, both clashes deemed racing incidents, but the drivers say otherwise.

Montoya: "Not very smart from him then. He's still fairly new to top level competition at the top of motorsport, but I still make myself visible to others around me. You either gotta be blind or stupid or not see me but, you know, it's racing."

Button: I don't know what he was thinking then, we collided twice, maybe he would've thought to be less aggressive after the first one. Just mental, honestly."

ember patrol Jul 7, 2025, 9:17 PM

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🇩🇪 Germany 2003:

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Qualifying:

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Q1 Knockouts: Verstappen P22, Wilson P21, Truilli P20, Klein P19, Massa P18, Firman P17

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Q2 Knockouts: Fisichella P16, Heidfeld P15, Frentzen P14, da Matta P13, Panis P12, Pizzonia P11

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Q3 Top 10: Button P10, Alonso P9, Webber P8, Villeneuve P7, M Schumacher P6, Coulthard P5, Raikkonen P4, Barrichello P3, Montoya P2, R Schumacher P1

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Polesitter: Ralf Schumacher

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BAR: Jenson P10, Jacques P7

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But we start from the pit lane because I forgot to mount an upgrade until now 💀

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Lap 1: Already on the back of the Minardis after half a lap

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Lap 3: Again, Michael being slow at the start of the race, he's even been passed by a Jaguar

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I'm actually baffled, he's 92 rated, why is not closer to his teammate in the standings?

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Lap 4: Cleared the Minardis and Klein, up to 18th and 19th

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Lap 6: Villeneuve passed two cars at once, up to 16th

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Ralf still leads, but Barrichello is right there behind

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Lap 8: Another two cars at once, 14th and 17th now

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Barrichello passed Ralf for the lead, as it stands, his advantage at the top of the standings grows to 23 points, a huge lead with this many races to go

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Lap 13: The midfield is easy work, 12th and 14th for now

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Lap 20: All of the midfielders are cleared, now to see if we can get anything more out of this

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Raikkonen, Ralf, Barrichello, Coulthard, and Michael have all pit by now

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Lap 22: We pit, 2 stopper

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Championship leader Barrichello has an issue! Might cost him valuable points here

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Lap 28: Raikkonen, R Schumacher, Coulthard, Barrichello, Montoya, M Schumacher the top 6

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Lap 31: Raikkonen broke away from Ralf, McLaren seem to have the edge on Williams in race pace today

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Lap 36: Barrichello pits again, but his car problem means he might end up behind his teammate when he pits

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Lap 37: Race leader Raikkonen also pits, crucial decision to be made by Williams

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Lap 42: Williams double stack, looks like their plan is to use the fresher tires to catch Raikkonen by the end of the race

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That gap is 10 seconds

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Lap 45: We pit, and Michael also finally pits, last stops in the top 8

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Unusually bad race for Ferrari, they're only 5th and 6th

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Lap 50: We finally got into the points, Villeneuve 7th

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Lap 54: An update on Williams' plan, it hasn't worked, the gap only came down to 6.6 seconds

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Lap 56: Button into the points as well

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Race:

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Finishing Order: Klein P22, Verstappen P21, Wilson P20, Massa P19, Firman P18, Fisichella P17, da Matta P16, Panis P15, Frentzen P14, Pizzonia P13, Truilli P12, Heidfeld P11, Webber P10, Alonso P9, Button P8, Villeneuve P7, Barrichello P6, M Schumacher P5, Coulthard P4, Montoya P3, R Schumacher P2, Raikkonen P1

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Winner: Kimi Raikkonen

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BAR: Jenson P8, Jacques P7

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Main Highlights:

Raikkonen wins 2nd race of the season
BAR come back from the pit lane to take 7th and 8th
Ferrari have their worst race this season, neither car finished on the podium for the first time this year

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Top of the Drivers Standings:

1st: Rubens Barrichello, 92 points (Ferrari)
2nd: Michael Schumacher, 79 points (Ferrari)

tacit juniper Jul 12, 2025, 2:58 PM

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