Comments on: Fisichella Claims Victory in Sepang

By: k

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:03:56 +0000

fair point, given that williams spent all winter doing short runs to fix gear box issues, the engine hasn’t had a lot of high milage testing

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:51:40 +0000

“Williams could be in a good position though.”
If [fingers crossed] they can make that Cozzie last two races…

By: k

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:28:19 +0000

koushik, i was amazed that ferrari never made that switch. i’m guessing mr. brawn wanted it to happen but mr. todt (who’s own son manages fillipe) would let him.

given that ferarri look like they may have to change their front and rear wings in time for the next race, they may not have the advantage they’re expecting come imola. williams could be in a good position though.

By: koushik

koushik — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:25:40 +0000

Too bad that both the stars of Bahrain (Kimi and Nico) had to exit unceremoniously.

Fernando had to start seventh for no fault of his.
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=35314

I would really expect Schumacher and Ferrari to deliver from Imola onwards, where Bridgestone shods should work much better, the conditions being colder.

But yes, it was indeed heart-warming to see that Ferrari didn’t execute a team-order this time around

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:23:52 +0000

Yes, a rather eventful race for retirements, but it did conform to me what a fantastic young driver that Nico Rosberg is. The next ‘Youngest Ever World Champion’? Well, if Williams continue to improve at their current rate then it’ll only be a couple of years…

By: lyndonray

lyndonray — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:45:57 +0000

I think it was an eventful race in terms of the retirements, Rosberg’s being the most spectecular. At first I thought it was part of the additions to the package Williams had yapping on about the whole week. Then I quickly realised that the car was infact about to explode. Too bad for young Nico. Too bad for Kimi as well - being punted off the field by some idiotic Austrian! It was a good race for Fisi, but there weren’t any really interesting fights for position. Hopefully Australia will be great for Kimi!!

By: Neeraj

Neeraj — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:57:42 +0000

Yes, I think Ferrari miscalculated in terms of Schumi’s pitstops. Single stop would have got him atleast 4th position.

Oliver, as per what I heard, Ranault messed up badly on saturday by putting more fuel in Alonso’s car than they intended, but not even that much that they could run on single-stop stratergy.

But taking nothing away from Fisichella, he drove amazinglyy. Specially his first 15 laps where he set 15 fastest-lap records, were just amazing. He was too good for Alonso to catch.

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:42:50 +0000

And I think Renault should have left Alonso on a 1 stop strategy. I think he could have challenged Fisichella better had he only stopped the once.

By: Ankit Sud

Ankit Sud — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 12:15:43 +0000

Well i didnt like the race, ferrari shud have put schumi on a 1 pitstop strategy, that way he could have gotten a much better result.

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