NewsOnF1 - The Real Race - Round 15

The Ferrari didn't have an answer for the Williams/Michelin pairing today, despite Michael's best efforts. Barrichello didn't come into the equation, finishing almost half a second off the pace in 4th and Raikkonen was the best of the rest another ½ a second adrift of Rubens.

Even logic couldn't have predicted the result after Kimi. Eddie and David have been having a verbal slanging match for days, it culminated today in a decisive on-track victory to the Irishman. I suggested that the Jaguars would roar at Monza, I didn't think they would be that loud though.

The disappointments at Monza were the Renaults (again), the Honda's (Villeneuve's 9th notwithstanding) and the recalcitrant Malaysian who showed once again the level of talent that got him 'rested' for the last two rounds. The winners were Montoya and Raikkonen, Trulli and Massa (who has left his run to impress very late) and of course Jacques and Eddie (who probably only excelled to get at David).

The Italian GP 'Also Ran' Award.

David Coulthard must be starting to think that there's a conspiracy against him. An upstart kid from a place even colder than Scotland very convincingly outperforms him and a Jaguar of all things, driven by an Irish playboy of all people, slots in almost a ¼ of a second in front of him. Perhaps its time to consider retiring David? At least you will have a record number of Also Rans to mark your 2002 season if you continue driving like this. For today, your award only matches Ralf's haul of three. Don't panic though David, there's always Indy and Japan to come and the way you're driving you're looking safe for the inaugural Least Best award.

The Italian GP Qualifying Heroes

1. Mark Webber, 2. Giancarlo Fisichella, 3. Kimi Raikkonen

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The Real Race - Drivers Standings - Round 15

Grid	Driver	Car	Team	Wins	Losses	Best	QualiPoints
1	JP. Montoya	6	BMW WilliamsF1 (M)	8	7	1	94
2	M. Schumacher	1	Ferrari (B)	11	4	1	102
3	R. Schumacher	5	BMW WilliamsF1 (M)	7	8	2	59
4	R. Barrichello	2	Ferrari (B)	4	11	1	76
5	E. Irvine¹	16	Jaguar Cosworth (M)	9	6	5	1
6	K. Raikkonen¹	4	McLaren Mercedes (M)	10	5	2	30
7	D. Coulthard	3	McLaren Mercedes (M)	5	10	2	19
8	P. de la Rosa	17	Jaguar Cosworth (M)	6	9	8
9	J. Villeneuve	11	BAR Honda (B)	8	7	9
10	M. Salo	24	Toyota (M)	14	1	8
11	J. Trulli	14	Renault (M)	11	4	6	2
12	G. Fisichella	9	Jordan Honda (B)	11	3	5	4
13	A. McNish	25	Toyota (M)	1	14	10
14	F. Massa	8	Sauber Petronas (B)	5	10	7
15	N. Heidfeld	7	Sauber Petronas (B)	10	5	5	2
16	O. Panis	12	BAR Honda (B)	7	8	7
17	J. Button	15	Renault (M)	4	11	6	1
18	T. Sato	10	Jordan Honda (B)	3	11	12
19	M. Webber	23	Minardi Asiatech (M)	15	0	18
20	A. Yoong	22	Minardi Asiatech (M)	0	13	19
-	A. Davidson	22	Minardi Asiatech (M)	0	2	20
-	H. Frentzen	20	Arrows Cosworth (B)	11	1	10
-	E. Bernoldi	21	Arrows Cosworth (B)	1	11	12

1. Kimi Raikkonen was stripped of his fastest qualifying time as a result of his collision with Takuma Sato. He lost 5th place to Eddie Irvine

QualiPoints are awarded in the same way points are awarded to the top 6 drivers in a race. (i.e. 10, 6, 4, 3, 2,1)

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