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| From: | "H.P. Brelsford" <bford@hal-pc.org> |
| Subject: | FW: Spain_F1GP_Day3 |
| Date: | Sun, 7 May 2000 23:24:37 -0400 |
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Formula 1: Grand Prix of Spain
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Day 3: Warm-Up & Race
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Warm-Up Session
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Its 9h30 in Spain, the weather is cloudy and windy, the air
is at 17C and the track surface 17C. The 30 minute Warm-Up
session for the Grand Prix of Spain is just starting.
In the first 10 minutes: everyone runs pit-to-pit laps to
check race and spare cars, the Arrows of local man P.de la Rosa
locks up (car problem!) as he approaches the first corner,
he slides and retires in the gravel, R.Schumacher sets the
first fast lap at 1m 28.615s-4Laps, J.Trulli takes 1st at
1m 27.668s-4L, M.Salo takes 2nd at 1m 27.721s-4L, M.Schumacher
takes 5th at 1m 29.679s-3L, J.Villeneuve takes 1st at
1m 26.414s-4L, G.Mazzacane takes 2nd at 1m 27.286s-4L,
E.Irvine takes 2nd at 1m 25.578s-5L, R.Zonta takes 1st at
1m 24.925s-4L, H.Frentzen takes 1st at 1m 24.248s-4L.
At the 10 minute point the top 6 are:
H.Frentzen 1m 24.248s 4 laps
R.Zonta 1m 24.925s 4 laps
J.Villeneuve 1m 25.385s 5 laps
E.Irvine 1m 25.578s 5 laps
A.Wurz 1m 25.702s 4 laps
G.Mazzacane 1m 27.286s 4 laps
In the next 10 minutes: R.Barrichello takes 1st at 1m 23.427s-5L,
M.Hakkinen takes 1st at 1m 23.214s-5L, D.Coulthard takes 3rd at
1m 23.517s-4L, M.Schumacher takes 1st at 1m 22.855s-6L,
P.de la Rosa takes 5th in the spare car at 1m 24.132s-4L,
J.Button takes 6th at 1m 24.189s-4L, J.Button takes 5th at
1m 24.076s-7L.
At the 20 minute point the top 6 are:
M.Schumacher 1m 22.855s 7 laps
M.Hakkinen 1m 23.214s 5 laps
R.Barrichello 1m 23.427s 6 laps
D.Coulthard 1m 23.517s 5 laps
J.Button 1m 24.076s 7 laps
P.de la Rosa 1m 24.132s 7 laps
In the final 10 minutes: A.Wurz runs wide over the grass,
D.Coulthard runs a little wide and touches the grass,
G.Mazzacane misses his braking point and retires in the gravel,
R.Schumacher (9th) has a vibration problem with the engine in
his race car.
At the end of the session the top 6 are:
M.Schumacher 1m 22.855s 13 laps
M.Hakkinen 1m 23.214s 12 laps
R.Barrichello 1m 23.427s 11 laps
D.Coulthard 1m 23.517s 11 laps
J.Button 1m 24.076s 7 laps
P.de la Rosa 1m 24.132s 13 laps
The best times in each track sector were:
S1: M.Schumacher - 24.109s
S2: M.Schumacher - 33.004s
S3: M.Schumacher - 25.617s
The best speeds in each sector were:
S1: R.Barrichello - 274kph
S2: P.de la Rosa - 289kph
S3: J.Verstappen - 279kph
Session: Warm-Up
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Weather: Cloudy, Windy, Air: 17C, Track 17C
Track Times:
Pos Driver Team Time To 1st Laps
1 M.Schumacher Ferrari 1m 22.855s 13
2 M.Hakkinen McLaren 1m 23.214s 0.359s 12
3 R.Barrichello Ferrari 1m 23.427s 0.572s 11
4 D.Coulthard McLaren 1m 23.517s 0.662s 11
5 J.Button Williams 1m 24.076s 1.221s 7
6 P.de la Rosa Arrows 1m 24.132s 1.277s 13
7 H.Frentzen Jordan 1m 24.248s 1.393s 13
8 J.Trulli Jordan 1m 24.334s 1.479s 14
9 R.Schumacher Williams 1m 24.440s 1.585s 10
10 J.Verstappen Arrows 1m 24.545s 1.690s 10
11 J.Villeneuve BAR 1m 24.556s 1.701s 16
12 J.Alesi Prost 1m 24.877s 2.022s 9
13 E.Irvine Jaguar 1m 24.923s 2.068s 13
14 R.Zonta BAR 1m 24.925s 2.070s 14
15 G.Fisichella Benetton 1m 24.985s 2.130s 15
16 J.Herbert Jaguar 1m 25.149s 2.294s 12
17 N.Heidfeld Prost 1m 25.210s 2.355s 11
18 A.Wurz Benetton 1m 25.702s 2.847s 15
19 M.Gene Minardi 1m 25.989s 3.134s 15
20 G.Mazzacane Minardi 1m 26.184s 3.329s 12
21 M.Salo Sauber 1m 26.258s 3.403s 12
22 P.Diniz Sauber 1m 26.516s 3.661s 13
Race
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Its 2pm in Spain, the weather is cloudy and windy,
the air is at 21C and the track surface 23C. The
formation lap for the Grand Prix of Spain is just
starting. In an interview before the race Jean Alesi
said he was hoping for rain, its very cloudy but
rain is not likely. Local man P.de la Rosa will be
starting from the back of the grid because the fuel
he used in Qualifying did not conform to standards,
his Qualifying position was 9th.
The cars make a clean getaway at the start of the
race, M.Schumacher leads into the first corner from
pole with M.Hakkinen right next to him, brother
Ralf makes a brilliant start from 5th on the grid
driving between D.Coulthard and R.Barrichello in
front of him and almost passing down the inside of
M.Schumacher as they enter the first corner, D.Coulthard
tucks in behind the Williams with a slow starting
R.Barrichello behind him. The rest of the top 10
were J.Villeneuve, H.Frentzen, J.Trulli, J.Button
and M.Salo.
Half way around the first lap P.Diniz ends his day
in the gravel, shortly afterwards a charging P.de la Rosa
comes into contact with J.Alesi and they both crash out.
By lap 10 M.Hakkinen was 3.4s behind M.Schumacher
with R.Schumacher 7s behind him, D.Coulthard was still
right on the tail of the Williams and R.Barrichello was
2.4s further back. J.Villeneuve had dropped 13.3s behind
the Ferrari with the next 4 drivers right on his tail.
J.Villeneuve retires onto the grass with flames coming
out the back of his car.
The top cars start to pit on lap 22, by now M.Hakkinen
is just 1.3s behind M.Schumacher, R.Schumacher has
dropped back to 14s behind the McLaren and D.Coulthard
is still right on his tail, R.Barrichello is 1.4s behind
the scot, H.Frentzen is 6th 28s behind the Ferrari.
M.Schumacher pits on lap 24, as he accelerates away the
re-fuelling mechanic is hit by the rear wing of the
Ferrari he falls to the floor injured.
By lap 28 all the top 6 have pitted and the order is
M.Schumacher with M.Hakkinen on his tail, a 16s gap to
R.Schumacher with R.Barrichello on his tail, (R.Barrichello
passed D.Coulthard in the pits), J.Button is 6th 27s further
back.
M.Hakkinen passes M.Schumacher in the pits on lap 41 when
Schumacher makes a long stop (10s longer than M.Hakkinen).
By lap 42 the top 6 have all completed their second stops
and the order is M.Hakkinen 10s in front of M.Schumacher,
D.Coulthard 6s behind the Ferrari with R.Schumacher 3s
behind him, R.Barrichello is 5th 1s further back with
M.Salo 16s behind him.
By lap 47 M.Schumacher obviously has a problem he is 20s
behind M.Hakkinen and D.Coulthard is right on his tail.
D.Coulthard passes him on the next lap.
On lap 49 R.Schumacher catches up to M.Schumacher, for 3
corners the two run wheel to wheel sometimes almost touching,
finally M.Schumacher forces R.Schumacher wide and the ever
ready R.Barrichello slips up the inside to take 3rd place,
M.Schumacher pits again.
By lap 51 its all over, M.Hakkinen is 22s in front of team
mate D.Coulthard, R.Barrichello is 8.6s further back with
R.Schumacher 1.8s behind him, M.Schumacher is 5th 22s
behind with J.Button 11s behind him.
Not quite over, on lap 62 the evil hand of fate once again
kills the engine of Jensen Button just laps from a points
finish. H.Frentzen inherits 6th.
M.Hakkinen wins followed by D.Coulthard, R.Barrichello,
R.Schumacher, M.Schumacher and H.Frentzen. 48 seconds
covers the first 5 places.
The best times in each track sector were:
S1: M.Schumacher - 24.440s
S2: M.Schumacher - 33.558s
S3: M.Schumacher - 26.068s
The best speeds in each sector were:
S1: R.Barrichello - 2774kph
S2: D.Coulthard - 293kph
S3: M.Hakkinen - 276kph
This results means M.Hakkinen takes 2nd in the championship
14 points behind M.Schumacher and 2 points in front of
D.Coulthard. McLaren get a massive boost and close to within
7 points of first place Ferrari, Williams are 3rd 27 points
further back with Jordan 6 points behind them.
These are the comments made by the top 3 in the post race
interview:
Interviewer: Mika, many congratulations. This is your
third victory in a row here, you must feel very pleased.
M.Hakkinen: Yes, I don't know how to explain how pleased
I am. I am over the moon, how you say it ?
Interviewer: You seemed quicker than Michael throughout
the whole race, were you just waiting for the pit stops ?
M.Hakkinen: Yes !!!!
Interviewer: Okay, and moving on to David, well done Mika.
M.Hakkinen: Is that it ? Are you not going to ask anything
else ?
Interviewer: I will come back to you later. David, You are
proving to be an expert at overtaking Michael Schumacher.
Did you have any indication at the time that he was in
trouble ?
D.Coulthard: Well clearly, how quickly I caught him, I knew
that it was'nt his normal pace, so I knew he had a problem
and it was just a question of trying to use momentum as you
catch him to get by. Because even if someone is running 2
seconds a lap slower it can still be quite difficult to
overtake. And it was quite close on his first manoeuvre
he made, pulling to the right I was quite surprised at how
late he made the decision and we came very close to touching,
and at the second attempt I obviously went for the outside
and felt confident I could outbrake him, and despite me
having made a mistake on the first pit stop which is why
I dropped behind Ralf and Rubens. The guys did a good job
to call me in a little bit earlier to get me track position
after the stop.
Interviewer: In view of the events of the past week, has it
been a good thing for you to just get back into a race car
and get down to business ? I understand you have a cracked
rib ?
D.Coulthard: Absolutely, get in the car, drive, do my job
and you know this is the best thing that can happen to the
team and myself to come away from here with maximum points.
Interviewer: Well done David. Ruebens, you benefited from
Ralf and Michael scrapping. Do you feel you owe this podium
to Michael?
R.Barrichello: Well, in a way yes, I must admit that the
race was not good, up to that point, because you know that
you run behind people and even if they are two seconds slower
you just:::: there is no way to overtake so basically my race
was dead I was looking forward when I was in the pit when I
overtook David and I was looking for that again with Ralf but
as far as I am concerned I think the team had a problem with
Nigel who was putting the fuel in and then my pit stop was
quite slow so then I lose for both and my only chance was when
I saw we were approaching Michael and I was lucky to drive by
both.
Interviewer: Michael ran over Nigel Stepney in his first stop,
do you know how Nigel is ?
R.Barrichello: They just told me that he has a problem with
his leg, but I just hope it is not too bad.
Thank you Rubens.
Interviewer: Back to you Mika. You are now 14 points behind
Michael in the championship. As we go to Nurburgring, do you
consider the world championship to be wide open ?
M.Hakkinen: Before I answer that question I want to say one
thing ; I would say I think the boys did a fantastic job
today, for the pit stop that we did today; it was just
amazing, like you saw when we were coming together with
Michael for the pit stop and they just did a brilliant job,
you know, changed the tyres, just like they should and they
did a fabulous job and I was very pleased and I want to say
thank you for that, great team work, and to answer your
question its a long way to go to the end of the season and
anything can happen and today was a good example and I am
looking forward to the next Grand Prix and the next test,
we have a lot of work to do and I am happy we have learnt
a lot this weekend, and a lot about this car and I believe
we can make it much quicker for the rest of the season.
Many congratulations Mika.
Session: Race
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Weather: Cloudy, Air: 21C, Track: 23C
Track Times:
Pos Driver Team Race Time
1 M.Hakkinen McLaren 1hr 33m 55.390s : 65 laps
: Race Fastest lap 1m 24.470s
: 26 laps 1st
: 2 pit stops
(29.6s-L26,28.0s-L41)
2 D.Coulthard McLaren +16.066s : 2 pit stops
(33.6s-L24,29.3s-L39)
3 R.Barrichello Ferrari +29.112s : 2 pit stops
(30.6s-L25,31.1s-L40)
4 R.Schumacher Williams +37.311s : 2 pit stops
(29.3s-L23,29.8s-L40)
5 M.Schumacher Ferrari +47.983s : Pole Position
: 39 laps 1st
: 3 pit stops
(29.5s-L24,38.9s-L41,27.1s-L50)
6 H.Frentzen Jordan +1m 21.925s : 2 pit stops
(29.8s-L26,31.1s-L40)
7 M.Salo Sauber Laps behind: 1 : 2 pit stops
(28.2s-L27,28.8s-L45)
8 R.Zonta BAR Laps behind: 1 : 2 pit stops
(29.8s-L24,29.8s-L45)
9 G.Fisichella Benetton Laps behind: 1 : 2 pit stops
(28.6s-L18,30.6s-L41)
10 A.Wurz Benetton Laps behind: 1 : 2 pit stops
(30.0s-L17,37.0s-L37)
11 E.Irvine Jaguar Laps behind: 1 : 2 pit stops
(31.1s-L21,34.6s-L40)
12 J.Trulli Jordan Laps behind: 1 : 2 pit stops
(55.9s-L22,30.1s-L44)
13 J.Herbert Jaguar Laps behind: 1 : 3 pit stops
(31.1s-L19,32.1s-L38,26.9s-L59)
14 M.Gene Minardi Laps behind: 2 : 3 pit stops
(36.6s-L17,29.8s-L39,27.8s-L60)
15 G.Mazzacane Minardi Laps behind: 2 : 3 pit stops
(29.8s-L22,30.1s-L42,32.4s-L47)
16 N.Heidfeld Prost Laps behind: 3 : 4 pit stops
(29.4s-L17,31.1s-L40,51.2s-L42,26.9s-L54)
17 J.Button Williams Laps behind: 4 : 2 pit stops
(29.6s-L18,31.6s-L41)
Race Retirements
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J.Verstappen Arrows Laps behind: 40 : Retires: Mechanical problem
J.Villeneuve BAR Laps behind: 44 : 1 pit stop (30.9s-L21)
: Retires: Mechanical problem
J.Alesi Prost Laps behind: 64 : Retires: Crash with DLR
P.de la Rosa Arrows Laps behind: 64 : Retires: Crash with Alesi
P.Diniz Sauber Laps behind: 65 : Retires: Spun off
Not Included
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Fastest Race Laps
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Pos Driver Team Lap Time To 1st
1 M.Hakkinen McLaren 28 1m 24.470s
1 M.Schumacher Ferrari 2 1m 24.517s 0.047s
1 D.Coulthard McLaren 26 1m 24.684s 0.214s
1 J.Button Williams 20 1m 24.729s 0.259s
1 H.Frentzen Jordan 28 1m 25.183s 0.713s
1 R.Barrichello Ferrari 24 1m 25.288s 0.818s
1 R.Schumacher Williams 25 1m 25.326s 0.856s
1 J.Trulli Jordan 24 1m 25.806s 1.336s
1 M.Salo Sauber 29 1m 25.896s 1.426s
1 M.Gene Minardi 20 1m 25.915s 1.445s
1 A.Wurz Benetton 19 1m 26.147s 1.677s
1 E.Irvine Jaguar 64 1m 26.239s 1.769s
1 R.Zonta BAR 26 1m 26.241s 1.771s
1 G.Fisichella Benetton 34 1m 26.352s 1.882s
1 N.Heidfeld Prost 19 1m 26.663s 2.193s
1 J.Herbert Jaguar 40 1m 26.685s 2.215s
1 J.Villeneuve BAR 8 1m 26.701s 2.231s
1 J.Verstappen Arrows 18 1m 27.152s 2.682s
1 G.Mazzacane Minardi 24 1m 27.538s 3.068s
Pit Stops (Times are IN/OUT of pit lane)
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Time Lap Driver Team
26.9s 59 J.Herbert Jaguar
26.9s 54 N.Heidfeld Prost
27.1s 50 M.Schumacher Ferrari
27.8s 60 M.Gene Minardi
28.0s 41 M.Hakkinen McLaren
28.2s 27 M.Salo Sauber
28.6s 18 G.Fisichella Benetton
28.8s 45 M.Salo Sauber
29.3s 23 R.Schumacher Williams
29.3s 39 D.Coulthard McLaren
29.4s 17 N.Heidfeld Prost
29.5s 24 M.Schumacher Ferrari
29.6s 26 M.Hakkinen McLaren
29.6s 18 J.Button Williams
29.8s 24 R.Zonta BAR
29.8s 26 H.Frentzen Jordan
29.8s 40 R.Schumacher Williams
29.8s 22 G.Mazzacane Minardi
29.8s 39 M.Gene Minardi
29.8s 45 R.Zonta BAR
30.0s 17 A.Wurz Benetton
30.1s 42 G.Mazzacane Minardi
30.1s 44 J.Trulli Jordan
30.6s 41 G.Fisichella Benetton
30.6s 25 R.Barrichello Ferrari
30.9s 21 J.Villeneuve BAR
31.1s 40 H.Frentzen Jordan
31.1s 19 J.Herbert Jaguar
31.1s 21 E.Irvine Jaguar
31.1s 40 N.Heidfeld Prost
31.1s 40 R.Barrichello Ferrari
31.6s 41 J.Button Williams
32.1s 38 J.Herbert Jaguar
32.4s 47 G.Mazzacane Minardi
33.6s 24 D.Coulthard McLaren
34.6s 40 E.Irvine Jaguar
36.6s 17 M.Gene Minardi
37.0s 37 A.Wurz Benetton
38.9s 41 M.Schumacher Ferrari
51.2s 42 N.Heidfeld Prost
55.9s 22 J.Trulli Jordan
Drivers Championship
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Pos Driver Team Points Gap
1 M.Schumacher Ferrari 36
2 M.Hakkinen McLaren 22 14
3 D.Coulthard McLaren 20 2
4 R.Schumacher Williams 13 7
5 R.Barrichello Ferrari 9 4
6 G.Fisichella Benetton 8 1
7 H.Frentzen Jordan 5 3
7 J.Villeneuve BAR 5 0
8 J.Trulli Jordan 4 1
9 J.Button Williams 3 1
10 M.Salo Sauber 1 2
10 R.Zonta BAR 1 0
Team Championship
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Pos Team Points Gap
1 Ferrari 45
2 McLaren 42 3
3 Williams 16 26
4 Jordan 9 7
5 Benetton 8 1
6 BAR 6 2
7 Sauber 1 5
All information is unofficial
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