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Race:
Rubens Barrichello finishes ahead of Michael
Schumacher by 0.011 seconds. Was this planned? Final lap ... both Ferraris cross the finish line at the same time! Lap 72: Barrichello has closed right up to Michael but they are not racing. Lap 71: Montoya closes the gap but it won't be enough unless Coulthard has a problem. Lap 70: While Montoya is catching Coulthard there aren't enough laps left! Lap 69/73: Order - M Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Montoya, Trulli, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Button, Heidfeld and Irvine. Ralf Schumacher is 16th. Retirements: Raikkonen, Yoong, Webber, de la Rosa Lap 68: Montoya reduces the gap to 4.4 seconds. Lap 67: At the front, Michael leads Barrichello by 3.3 seconds. Lap 66: Montoya continues to push. Gap to Coulthard is 5 seconds! Lap 65: Montoya is now catching Coulthard, taking half a second per lap!. Unlikely to catch though. Lap 64: The Ferraris are picking up the pace as Coulthard drops the gap down to 14 seconds. Lap 63: Renault pit crew look relaxed and it is unlikely that he will stop again. Lap 62: Ralf Schumacher running last but continues to unlap himself. Lap 61: Heidfeld in 9th defending his place from Irvine. Lap 60: Not much contention in the top 6. Trulli in 5th might have to stop. Lap 59: Only 4 retirements so far in the race. Pretty good reliability! Lap 58: Michael Schumacher has increased the gap to Barrichello but they are lapping slower. Lap 57: The leaders have lapped everyone up to and including Fisichella in 7th. Lap 56: Coulthard is 15.9 seconds behind Michael Schumacher. Lap 55: Rubens Barrichello closes in on Michael but their pace has dropped off a bit so they might not be racing each other! Lap 54/73: Order - M Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Montoya, Trulli, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Button, Heidfeld and Irvine. Ralf Schumacher is 16th. Retirements: Raikkonen, Yoong, Webber, de la Rosa Lap 53: Rubens Barrichello closing back on Michael Schumacher but will they be really allowed to race? Lap 52: Villeneuve pits from 5th. 8.2 seconds. Lap 51: Kimi Raikkonen blows an engine yet again and retires. Lap 51: David Coulthard is now 12 seconds behind Michael Schumacher. Lap 50: Rubens Barrichello pits. 7.6 seconds. Barrichello rejoins in second. Lap 49: Michael Schumacher pits. 7.8 seconds. He rejoins in second. Lap 48: Alex Yoong blows an engine and retires at the end of the oval section. Lap 46: Michael Schumacher leads Rubens Barrichello by 3 seconds! Coulthard is 37 seconds behind. Lap 45: Ralf Schumacher in 18th pits for the second time. His first time being at the start when he had to pit for a rear wing. Lap 43: Kimi Raikkonen pits. 12.9 seconds. Rejoins in 6th. Lap 42: Coulthard pits. 10.8 seconds. He rejoins in 4th behind Raikkonen but has to stop. Lap 41: Coulthard and Raikkonen have yet to stop! Lap 40: Mark Webber retires in the pits! Lap 39: Michael Schumacher leading Barrichello by 1.3 seconds. Lap 38: Coulthard is staying in touch with the Ferraris. Only 2.1 seconds behind Michael. Coulthard has yet to stop. The Ferraris are also expected to stop too. Lap 37: Fisichella pits. 11.6 seconds. He is single stopping. Rejoins in 9th. Lap 36: Coulthard, Raikkonen, Fisichella and Montoya have yet to stop. Lap 35/73: Order - M Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Raikkonen, Fisichella, Montoya, Villeneuve, Trulli, Heidfeld and Irvine. Ralf Schumacher is 19th. Retirements: de la Rosa Lap 34: Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello are now catching the backmarkers again after they have stopped. Lap 34: Villeneuve passes Trulli and takes 7th. Lap 33: Montoya pits. 11.2 seconds. Single stopper ? Lap 32: Villeneuve tries to pass Trulli for 8th but fails. Lap 31: Rubens Barrichello is close to Michael Schumacher now. Under half a second! Lap 30: de la Rosa retires. Lap 30: Trulli stops from 4th. Long stop, 12.2 seconds. He could be on a single stop ? Lap 29: Pedro de la Rosa is slowing down. He could be the first retirement of the race! Lap 28: Barrichello pits. 8 seconds too. He rejoins ahead of Coulthard too! Lap 27: Michael Schumacher pits. 8 seconds, he is on a 2 stopper. He rejoins ahead of Coulthard. Lap 26: Coulthard is now 24 seconds behind the leaders. Lap 25: Jacques Villeneuve pits for his first stop. He is also on a 2 stopper. 9.4 seconds. Lap 24: Rubens Barrichello has lost a second going through the backmarkers. Both have cleared McNish in 14th place. Lap 23: Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello are going through the backmarkers. Lap 22: Panis makes his first pit stop. He is on a 2 stopper. Lap 21: Michael Schumacher laps Ralf Schumacher. Lap 20: Michael Schumacher puts in the fastest lap again with a 1:13.319. Lap 20: Coulthard in 3rd is now 20 seconds behind. Lap 19: Rubens Barrichello responds back and sets the fastest lap so far, a 1:13.395 Lap 18/73: Order - M Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Trulli, Villeneuve, Montoya, Raikkonen, Heidfeld, Fisichella and Button. Ralf Schumacher is 20th. Lap 18: Michael leads Rubens by 1.4 seconds. Lap 17: Michael Schumacher sets another fastest lap with a 1:13.529. Lap 17: Montoya easily takes Raikkonen for 6th. Raikkonen may have a problem. Lap 16: Montoya in 7th after dropping 2 places by Ralf Schumacher is now catching Raikkonen. Lap 15: Michael Schumacher sets fastest lap so far with a 1:13.919. Lap 15: Panis and Webber take Eddie Irvine! Lap 14: Jacques Villeneuve passes Raikkonen for 5th! Lap 13/73: Order - M Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Trulli, Raikkonen, Villeneuve, Montoya, Heidfeld, Fisichella and Button. Ralf Schumacher is 20th. Lap 12: Rubens Barrichello continues to close in on Michael. He is now 0.9 seconds behind. Lap 11: Jarno Trulli is catching David Coulthard in 3rd. Just a second behind. He could be on a 2 stopper though. Lap 10: The Ferraris are slowly increasing the gap to Coulthard but they aren't as dominant as they have been all weekend. Lap 9: Irvine isn't having a good race. He is 15th with Panis and Webber right behind him. Lap 8: David Coulthard is 8 seconds behind. Lap 6: Michael Schumacher isn't increasing the gap over Barrichello. Just a second between them. Lap 5/73: Order - M Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Trulli, Raikkonen, Villeneuve, Montoya, Heidfeld, Fisichella and Frentzen. Ralf Schumacher is 20th. Lap 4: Michael Schumacher leads Rubens by 1.1 seconds. Coulthard is 4 seconds behind. Lap 3: Michael Schumacher leads Barrichello with Coulthard in 3rd while Trulli is up in 4th. Lap 3: Michael Schumacher leads Barrichello with Coulthard in 3rd while Trulli is up in 4th. Lap 2: Ralf Schumacher pits for a rear wing replacement. He is out of contention. Lap 2: Montoya attempts to try and pass Ralf Schumacher into the first corner. They touch and Ralf spins and loses his front wing!. Race start ... Michael leads Barrichello ahead of Coulthard. Ralf Schumacher takes Montoya and Trulli in 6th. Race start ... lights! ... It go! Formation lap underway ... cars are forming back on the grid. Formation lap underway ... air temperature is 25 degrees and track temperature is 35 degrees. Formation lap underway ... all cars get away cleanly. Strategy will be crucial here. Teams are expected to adopt a single or two stop strategy. Those on a two stop will be running less wing to ensure they can overtake on the oval section. Formation lap in 5 minutes The pit lane has closed and all the cars have made it to the grid. Formation lap in 15 minutes The weather conditions are the hottest they have been all weekend. Yesterday we saw a number of teams particularly Jaguar and Toyota struggle in Qualifying under warmer temperatures. Formation lap in 15 minutes Michael Schumacher dominates here. He was fastest in every session this weekend. He starts from Pole alongside him is his team-mate Rubens Barrichello. David Coulthard is a surprise 3rd with Juan Pablo Montoya in 4th. Ralf Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen make the top 6 on the grid. Formation lap in 20 minutes Formation lap starting at 1:00 PM local time. It is sunny with an air temperature of 24 degrees. |
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