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| From: | "H.P. Brelsford" <bford44@swbell.net> |
| Subject: | FW: F1 France - Day 3 |
| Date: | Sun, 1 Jul 2001 23:20:55 -0400 |
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Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 7:06 PM
Subject: F1 France - Day 3
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Formula 1: Grand Prix of France
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Day 3: Warm-Up & Race
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Warm-Up Session
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:France:Warm-Up: Its 9h30 in the morning and the Magny-Cours weather
is already bright and sunny. The air is at 21C and the track at 31C.
The 30 minutes of Warm-Up session for the Grand Prix of France is
just starting:
9:32:20: So far 19 cars have ben out and around the track
9:33:21: Barrichello is the final car to make the tour - everyone
has been around now
9:35:39: 7 cars are on track for their 2nd run including
M.Schumacher and Coulthard
9:36:25: Heidfeld starts the first fast lap of the day
9:37:16: Heidfeld sets the first lap at 1m 18.904s-4L
9:37:35: Montoya takes 1st at 1m 16.604s-4L
9:37:54: Panis takes 1st at 1m 17.138s-4L
9:40:02: Bernoldi takes 2nd at 1m 17.600s-4L, Hakkinen takes 1st
at 1m 16.927s-4L.
9:40:34: 20 minutes left - 6 cars have times so far - Hakkinen,
Panis, Bernoldi, Frentzen, Montoya, Villeneuve
9:40:55: M.Schumacher sets the top S1 at 23.162s
9:41:25: Trulli takes 1st at 1m 15.980s-5L, M.Schumacher sets the
top S2 at 30.326s
9:42:16: M.Schumacher sets the top S3 and takes 1st at 1m
15.429s-5L, Coulthard sets the top S1 at 23.137s
9:43:19: Coulthard takes 2nd at 1m 15.780s-6L. The top 6 are now:
M.Schumacher, Coulthard, Hakkinen, Trulli, Barrichello, Raikkonen
9:44:26: 16 minutes left - 20 cars haves times, not Marques or
Button
9:45:00: R.Schumacher improves in all sectors and takes 14th from
Alesi at 1m 17.893s-6L
9:45:20: Irvine takes 6th at 1m 16.644s-7L
9:46:04: Barrichello takes 3rd from Coulthard at 1m 15.676s-7L,
Barrichello sets the top S1 at 23.105s
9:46:37: R.Schumacher is 15th, Montoya 18th
9:47:04: Montoya takes 7th from de la Rosa at 1m 17.008s-9L
9:48:21: 8 cars on track including Marques setting his first lap,
Button is still in the pits with no lap time
9:49:16: R.Schumacher improves in all sectors and takes 15th from
Verstappen at 1m 17.605s-9L
9:49:59: 10 minutes to go, Button is on track with 5 others
including M.Schumacher
9:50:51: Button is back in the pits with no lap time
9:52:40: 8 minutes left and Button takes 21st from Marques at 1m
34.679s-4L
9:54:26: Hakkinen takes 1st from M.Schumacher at 1m 15.428s-10L
9:54:53: The top 6 are now: Hakkinen, M.Schumacher, Barrichello,
Coulthard, Trulli, Panis
9:55:53: Raikkonen improves in all sectors and takes 6th from
Panis at 1m 16.150s-10L, Hakkinen sets the top S1 at 23.086s
9:57:25: Hakkinen sets the top S1 at 23.048s
9:58:07: Button takes 19th from Fisichella at 1m 18.431s-8L
9:58:34: Hakkinen sets the top S1 at 23.045s
9:58:59: 1 minute left and all the top 6 are on track with 11
others
10:00:06: The flag is out to end the session
10:00:39: Heidfeld takes 9th from Irvine at 1m 16.559s-15L
10:01:05: R.Schumacher completes a 1m 17.617s-15L, 0.012s off his
best
10:02:19: The final top 6 are: Hakkinen, M.Schumacher, Barrichello,
Coulthard, Trulli, Raikkonen
The best times in each track sector were:
S1: M.Hakkinen - 23.045s
S2: M.Schumacher - 30.326s
S3: M.Hakkinen - 21.873s
The best speeds in each sector were:
S1: J.Montoya - 309kph
S2: J.Montoya - 280kph
S3: (not available)
Session: Warm-Up
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Weather: Bright Sunny, Air: 21C, Track: 31C
Track Times:
Pos Driver Team Time To 1st Laps
1 M.Hakkinen McLaren 1m 15.428s 14
2 M.Schumacher Ferrari 1m 15.429s 0.001s 16
3 R.Barrichello Ferrari 1m 15.676s 0.248s 13
4 D.Coulthard McLaren 1m 15.780s 0.352s 12
5 J.Trulli Jordan 1m 15.980s 0.552s 17
6 K.Raikkonen Sauber 1m 16.136s 0.708s 14
7 O.Panis BAR 1m 16.184s 0.756s 15
8 P.de la Rosa Jaguar 1m 16.426s 0.998s 15
9 N.Heidfeld Sauber 1m 16.559s 1.131s 16
10 E.Irvine Jaguar 1m 16.567s 1.139s 14
11 J.Montoya Williams 1m 16.735s 1.307s 16
12 E.Bernoldi Arrows 1m 16.777s 1.349s 11
13 H.Frentzen Jordan 1m 16.952s 1.524s 16
14 J.Villeneuve BAR 1m 17.073s 1.645s 15
15 J.Verstappen Arrows 1m 17.120s 1.692s 14
16 L.Burti Prost 1m 17.443s 2.015s 16
17 R.Schumacher Williams 1m 17.605s 2.177s 15
18 J.Alesi Prost 1m 17.945s 2.517s 15
19 G.Fisichella Benetton 1m 18.084s 2.656s 18
20 J.Button Benetton 1m 18.431s 3.003s 9
21 F.Alonso Minardi 1m 19.986s 4.558s 16
22 T.Marques Minardi 1m 21.295s 5.867s 9
The Race
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:France:Race: Its 2pm at the Magny-Cours circuit in France and the
formation lap for the Grand Prix of France is just starting. The
weather is bright and sunny with the air at 27C and the track surface at
46C.
It is understood M.Schumacher has some clutch problems with his
car, up until a few moments ago mechanics were still working on the
Ferrari while it was on the grid.
The lights change and the formation lap begins. Well for most
people anyway, poor Mika Hakkinen is left stranded as the field cruise by.
Mechanics push the McLaren back into the pits and Mika gets out -
the end of his Grand Prix.
Half way around the formation lap P.de la Rosa suddenly slows when
his Jaguar loses power, he limps it back to the pits as the field form
up on the grid.
As the lighs go out R.Schumacher makes a great start from pole and
leaves the others standing, he pulls into Turn 1 way out in front.
M.Schumacher just manages to keep his grid 2 position as he fights off
Coulthard (grid 3) into Turn 1. Montoya (grid 6) passes Trulli (grid
5) into 4th before Turn 1.
At the end of the 1st lap its R.Schumacher, M.Schumacher,
Coulthard, Montoya, Barrichello (from grid 8), Trulli, Frentzen, Villeneuve,
Raikkonen, Heidfeld.
Villeneuve retires on lap 5 with a car problem, Heidfeld moves up
to 9th and Panis 10th. The first 3 are tight together but the next 3
have 1.2s gaps separating them.
By lap 20 R.Schumacher is 2.1s in front of M.Schumacher, Coulthard
is 1.8s further back with Montoya 5s behind him, Barrichello is 5th by
1.5s with Trulli 11s behind him. Raikkonen has pitted dropping him
to 14th and Irvine is in 10th.
Irvine passes Panis and Barrichello pits on lap 21 dropping from
5th to 7th, Heidfeld also pits dropping from 8th to 11th.
R.Schumacher pits on lap 24 while leading M.Schumacher by 3s, he
rejoins in 4th.
M.Schumacher pits on lap 25 while leading Coulthard by 1.1s and
rejoins in 3rd keeping in front of R.Schumacher.
Coulthard pits on lap 26 while leading Montoya by 2.7s and rejoins
in 4th. Unfortunately he went too fast in the pit lane and picked up
a 10s stop and go.
Montoya pits on lap 30 while leading M.Schumacher by 2.4s, he
rejoins in 5th.
By lap 31 all the top ten have pitted, M.Schumacher leads
R.Schumacher by 7.2s, Coulthard is 3rd by 1.1s with Barrichello 2s behind
him.
Montoya is 5th followed by Trulli, Heidfeld, Frentzen, Irvine and
Raikkonen.
On lap 32 Coulthard takes his 10s penalty and drops from 3rd to
5th.
Barrichello makes his 2nd stop on lap 36 and drops one place to
4th.
On lap 42 Irvine finally passes Frentzen into 8th after a great
battle.
R.Schumacher pits on lap 44 while in 2nd and rejoins in 5th.
M.Schumacher pits on lap 45 while leading and rejoins in 2nd behind
Montoya.
Montoya and Coulthard pit on laps 50 and 51 then Barrichello makes
a 3rd stop on lap 54.
Montoya's Williams gives up on lap 52 while in 4th, Irvine's
Jaguar does likewise on lap 55.
No further changes in the final 16 laps, M.Schumacher leads brother
R.Schumacher by about 15s for most of the time, Barrichello stays
about 6s further back with a frustrated Coulthard staying about 0.6s
behind him but unable to pass. Trulli comes home 5th with Heidfeld in 6th
taking the last point. The rest of the top 10 are Raikkonen,
Frentzen, Panis and Burti taking over Alesi's usual 10th place. 15 cars
finished the race.
This result sees M.Schumacher further expand his championship lead
to 31 points over Coulthard with R.Schumacher passing Barrichello
into 3rd by 1 point some 16 points behind Coulthard.
In the constructors championship Ferrari are now 52 points in front
of McLaren with Williams closing in 3rd just 13 points behind.
Sauber is 4th just 1 point in front of Jordan.
Post Race Interview
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Interviewer: Congratulations gentlemen, a very entertaining race,
Michael Schumacher, maybe the perfect result for you, not only your
fiftieth win, but you have your brother alongside you on your podium and
your team-mate, Ralf Schumacher second place and Rubens Barrichello in
third. Michael, quite a surprising win, not because you were slow on
the track but before the race Ross Brawn said to us that you had a
clutch problem on the grid, did it affect you at all?
M.Schumacher: I would say yes I mean I almost lost the position
against David, we came very close in the first corner, I was inside he
was outside so I kept it going until we see what happened in Turn 3, but
he pulled off already in Turn 1 so the line was clear but it was
quite close, I mean very close to lose it and imagining being behind him
and then working with the strategy would have been far more difficult
so it was ideal to be behind Ralf although he was very fast in his
first stint and then it all happened!
Interviewer: Now Ralf came in for his first pit stop ahead of you,
then you came in and you came out ahead because Ralf seemed to have a
problem, did you have any problems thereafter because you looked as
though you had the race under control?
M.Schumacher: I think our strategy worked better honestly, it
was`nt because Ralf had a problem I guess at least from what I have seen
(Ralf looks at his brother Schumi, mutters something, then turns away
and sticks his finger in his left ear!) because they stayed out longer
to my view so it means more fuel, longer pit stop and we a bit shorter,
my second set was really very good, I was really flying, I did have a
little bit of a problem with my third set, I was`nt as fast anymore
as I was with my second, so we will find out what`s going on there but
anyway it`s the perfect result as you said before in Canada we had
one two Ralf and myself and now we have one two myself and Ralf, and
Rubens next to us, a bit unexpected I guess for Rubens, coming from where
he came, he did a perfect race so obviously for Ferrari a very good
day.
Interviewer: Indeed, thank you very much Michael. Ralf, as we just
mentioned before you seemed to have a problem with one of your... the
changing of one of your rear wheels at the first stop.
R.Schumacher: Yeah they had a pit stop problem that`s why we lost
position I guess in the first place, but in the second stint my set did
not work at all so I mean I was so slow really I was losing
everything and I had to come in earlier than expected, so I couldnt... if I
would have come out in front of Michael I think it would have been very
difficult to hold him behind me so I am... I can be actually happy to
sit here in second today because it was a disaster and really difficult
to drive.
Interviewer: You were running a different set of tactics to your
team mate Juan Pablo Montoya, did he only manage to get close to you
because you had this problem with your second set of tyres?
R.Schumacher: Yeah I am sure because in the first stint I went away
from him it was just the second stint I mean shame that he had a
technical problem, I don`t know what he had but otherwise he would have
finished even in front of me I guess.
Interviewer: Thank you very much Ralf. Rubens you started eighth
on the grid, you managed to pass both of the Jordans on the first lap,
obviously Mika Hakkinen didnt get to take the start, are you surprised
come the end of the race you started eighth you are up here in third
palce?
R.Barrichello: Well I guess a little bit but in a way you know I
sorted out my problems that I had yesterday in qualifying, qualifying
was horrible for me, I never really knew what was going on, the car was
overshooting some places and undershooting the other places, this
morning the car felt a lot better, and I was going really well in my
first stint saving a lot of fuel at that time, and Ross came on the radio
and said would you like to try a three stop and I said I think so, its
a good idea because you know then I could be quick on the track the
whole time and you know by my doing 2 stops I might only finish in
front of the Jordans so let`s try, and I think it was a really good try
and you know I thank the team very very much because it was a hell of a
race.
Interviewer: But when Ross Brawn made that decision, had Mika....
David Coulthard come in for his stop/go penalty because obviously that
must have had an effect, because for the last fifteen laps of the
race you had to fight incredibly hard with David right behind you?
R.Barrichello: Well I had my first three sets of tyres were really
good, the last one I think blistered the rears so early and that was
the problem, I could`nt brake for Turn 5 and I was struggling a lot, I
mean a couple of times David almost pulled the car alongside me but I
was able to hold on, and I think you know started from eighth
finishing third is a good achievement.
Interviewer: Thank you very much Rubens. Back to you Michael,
Silverstone next stop, you have a thirty-one point advantage, can you ever
start to think about the possibility of winning a fourth world
championship?
M.Schumacher: Unfortunately for you guys I am a bit too realistic,
we have seen last year being thrown out by two races behind each other
how quickly things can turn around again, although you have to be
honest, it`s a very comfortable lead we are in now but it`s still seven
races to go, seventy points to give away so there is no reason to
start celebrating before it`s done, and until mathematically nothing is
secure I will keep fighting as we have done today.
Interviewer: Michael thank you very much.
Session: Race
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Weather: Bright Sunny, Air: 27-28C, Track: 46-40C
Track Times:
Pos Driver Team Race Time
1 M.Schumacher Ferrari 1hr 33m 35.636s : 72 laps
: 38 laps 1st
: 2 pit stops
(24.1s-L25,27.3s-L45)
2 R.Schumacher Williams +10.399s : Pole Position
: 24 laps 1st
: 2 pit stops
(26.9s-L24,25.4s-L44)
3 R.Barrichello Ferrari +16.381s : 3 pit stops
(23.5s-L21,24.7s-L36,24.2s-L54)
4 D.Coulthard McLaren +17.106s : Race Fastest lap 1m 16.088s
: 1 laps 1st
: 3 pit stops
(25.9s-L26,26.8s-L32,24.2s-L51)
5 J.Trulli Jordan +1m 08.285s : 2 pit stops
(25.9s-L25,25.1s-L47)
6 N.Heidfeld Sauber Laps behind: 1 : 2 pit stops
(25.9s-L21,27.7s-L42)
7 K.Raikkonen Sauber Laps behind: 1 : 2 pit stops
(27.2s-L15,27.3s-L40)
8 H.Frentzen Jordan Laps behind: 1 : 2 pit stops
(33.6s-L24,25.4s-L46)
9 O.Panis BAR Laps behind: 1 : 2 pit stops
(24.6s-L23,26.2s-L45)
10 L.Burti Prost Laps behind: 1 : 2 pit stops
(25.9s-L25,26.0s-L48)
11 G.Fisichella Benetton Laps behind: 1 : 2 pit stops
(24.3s-L20,26.7s-L44)
12 J.Alesi Prost Laps behind: 2 : 2 pit stops
(25.3s-L22,25.3s-L47)
13 J.Verstappen Arrows Laps behind: 2 : 2 pit stops
(47.2s-L25,26.0s-L45)
14 P.de la Rosa Jaguar Laps behind: 2 : 2 pit stops
(24.7s-L28,27.2s-L43)
15 T.Marques Minardi Laps behind: 3 : 2 pit stops
(27.2s-L26,25.6s-L50)
16 J.Button Benetton Laps behind: 4 : 2 pit stops
(26.1s-L19,37.5s-L44)
17 F.Alonso Minardi Laps behind: 7 : 1 pit stop (29.2s-L36)
: Retires: Car problem
Race Retirements
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E.Irvine Jaguar Laps behind: 18 : 2 pit stops
(25.9s-L27,26.6s-L48)
: Retires: Car problem
J.Montoya Williams Laps behind: 20 : 9 laps 1st
: 2 pit stops
(25.9s-L30,25.4s-L50)
: Retires: Car problem
E.Bernoldi Arrows Laps behind: 55 : Retires: Car problem
J.Villeneuve BAR Laps behind: 67 : Retires: Car problem
M.Hakkinen McLaren Laps behind: 72 : Retires: Stalled on grid
Not Included
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Fastest Race Laps
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Pos Driver Team Lap Time To 1st
1 D.Coulthard McLaren 68 1m 16.088s
2 R.Barrichello Ferrari 68 1m 16.181s 0.093s
3 M.Schumacher Ferrari 69 1m 16.286s 0.198s
4 J.Montoya Williams 50 1m 16.355s 0.267s
5 R.Schumacher Williams 69 1m 16.585s 0.497s
6 E.Irvine Jaguar 52 1m 17.304s 1.216s
7 K.Raikkonen Sauber 68 1m 17.311s 1.223s
8 J.Trulli Jordan 69 1m 17.369s 1.281s
9 P.de la Rosa Jaguar 67 1m 17.508s 1.420s
10 N.Heidfeld Sauber 68 1m 17.538s 1.450s
11 H.Frentzen Jordan 68 1m 17.540s 1.452s
12 G.Fisichella Benetton 68 1m 17.968s 1.880s
13 J.Villeneuve BAR 5 1m 18.181s 2.093s
14 O.Panis BAR 68 1m 18.250s 2.162s
15 L.Burti Prost 68 1m 18.253s 2.165s
16 J.Button Benetton 66 1m 18.359s 2.271s
17 J.Verstappen Arrows 67 1m 18.662s 2.574s
18 J.Alesi Prost 67 1m 18.817s 2.729s
19 E.Bernoldi Arrows 17 1m 19.181s 3.093s
20 F.Alonso Minardi 63 1m 19.199s 3.111s
21 T.Marques Minardi 66 1m 19.608s 3.520s
Pit Stops (Times are IN/OUT of pit lane)
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Time Lap Driver Team
23.5s 21 R.Barrichello Ferrari
24.1s 25 M.Schumacher Ferrari
24.2s 51 D.Coulthard McLaren
24.2s 54 R.Barrichello Ferrari
24.3s 20 G.Fisichella Benetton
24.6s 23 O.Panis BAR
24.7s 28 P.de la Rosa Jaguar
24.7s 36 R.Barrichello Ferrari
25.1s 47 J.Trulli Jordan
25.3s 22 J.Alesi Prost
25.3s 47 J.Alesi Prost
25.4s 50 J.Montoya Williams
25.4s 46 H.Frentzen Jordan
25.4s 44 R.Schumacher Williams
25.6s 50 T.Marques Minardi
25.9s 30 J.Montoya Williams
25.9s 21 N.Heidfeld Sauber
25.9s 25 J.Trulli Jordan
25.9s 25 L.Burti Jaguar
25.9s 26 D.Coulthard McLaren
25.9s 27 E.Irvine Jaguar
26.0s 45 J.Verstappen Arrows
26.0s 48 L.Burti Jaguar
26.1s 19 J.Button Benetton
26.2s 45 O.Panis BAR
26.6s 48 E.Irvine Jaguar
26.7s 44 G.Fisichella Benetton
26.8s 32 D.Coulthard McLaren
26.9s 24 R.Schumacher Williams
27.2s 15 K.Raikkonen Sauber
27.2s 26 T.Marques Minardi
27.2s 43 P.de la Rosa Jaguar
27.3s 40 K.Raikkonen Sauber
27.3s 45 M.Schumacher Ferrari
27.7s 42 N.Heidfeld Sauber
29.2s 36 F.Alonso Minardi
33.6s 24 H.Frentzen Jordan
37.5s 44 J.Button Benetton
47.2s 25 J.Verstappen Arrows
Drivers Championship
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Pos Driver Team Points Gap
1 M.Schumacher Ferrari 78
2 D.Coulthard McLaren 47 31
3 R.Schumacher Williams 31 16
4 R.Barrichello Ferrari 30 1
5 J.Montoya Williams 12 18
6 N.Heidfeld Sauber 9 3
6 M.Hakkinen McLaren 9 0
6 J.Trulli Jordan 9 0
9 J.Villeneuve BAR 7 2
9 K.Raikkonen Sauber 7 0
11 H.Frentzen Jordan 6 1
12 O.Panis BAR 5 1
13 E.Irvine Jaguar 4 1
14 J.Alesi Prost 3 1
15 J.Verstappen Arrows 1 2
15 G.Fisichella Benetton 1 0
15 P.de la Rosa Jaguar 1 0
Team Championship
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Pos Team Points Gap
1 Ferrari 108
2 McLaren 56 52
3 Williams 43 13
4 Sauber 16 27
5 Jordan 15 1
6 BAR 12 3
7 Jaguar 5 7
8 Prost 3 2
9 Arrows 1 2
9 Benetton 1 0
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