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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

well an no-post after an f1 race from yewliang probably means something is bad.

i'll quote formula1.com. lazy to type.

Post-Race Report

After qualifying first and second for the Japanese Grand Prix, Ferrari were widely expected to finish Sunday’s race in the same positions. Unfortunately things didn’t go quite to plan for the Italian team.

All started well, with pole man Felipe Massa retaining the lead at the start from Michael Schumacher, the Brazilian then dutifully letting his team mate by on lap three, allowing the German to take control of the race - and supposedly the drivers’ championship.

Things started to go wrong for Massa just ahead of his first stop, when he was forced to come in early due to a slow puncture in his right-rear Bridgestone tyre. That handed the advantage to Renault’s Fernando Alonso, who after his first stop was able to get back out ahead of the Ferrari.

Even then, things were still looking pretty good in the red camp, Schumacher maintaining a comfortable ten-second-plus margin over Alonso. That was until lap 37 when smoke started to bellow from the rear of Schumacher’s 248 F1. It quickly proved terminal, forcing the seven-times champion to pull off the track and into retirement with an extremely rare Ferrari engine failure. Alonso was clear to cruise to victory, untroubled by Massa, who came home 16 seconds behind the Spaniard. The result means Schumacher, who went into Sunday’s race as favourite for the championship, now needs a huge slice of luck at the final round in Brazil if he is to take an eighth title.

He must win, with Alonso failing to score, something Schumacher insists he is not even hoping for. “As for the drivers’ (title) it is lost," said the German. "I don’t want to head off for a race, hoping that my rival has to retire. That is not the way in which I want to win the title.”

Ferrari have a slightly better chance of winning the constructors’ championship. Despite taking just eight points away from Suzuka to Renault’s 16, they could yet overhaul what is now a nine-point deficit to their French rivals.

Post-Race Analysis

Victory for Fernando Alonso and retirement for Michael Schumacher at Suzuka means just a single point at the season finale in Brazil will make Alonso champion for a second time.

For 36 laps of Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, Schumacher could see the Renault of Alonso in his mirrors and the 2006 drivers’ crown in his future. From the start he had pulled away from the Spaniard, taking the lead from polesitting Ferrari team mate Felipe Massa on the third lap, and though the Renaults were much more competitive than they had been in qualifying, everything was under control.

But then a plume of smoke erupted from the back of the Ferrari in the second Degner Curve on the 37th lap, and the unthinkable happened as the German’s V8 expired. It was his first non-crash retirement since Spain 2005, and this one really hurt.

As Schumacher trudged back to the pits, where he shook everyone by the hand and wore a philosophical smile, Alonso made the most of his good fortune. He had passed Massa during the first pit stops after the Brazilian stopped three laps earlier than scheduled because of a puncture, and been keeping Schumacher honest and the gap between them around five seconds, when his arch-rival dropped out. Now he was able to stroke his Renault home to his first victory since Canada in June, secure in the knowledge that eighth place in Brazil will be sufficient to retain his crown.

Post-race analysis II

Just when it seemed that Ferrari and Bridgestone had Renault and Michelin on the ropes, and were well on their way to the world championship titles, an engine failure turned everything upside down and Renault left Japan with their tail up and the drivers’ crown all but in the bag.

And their second double podium finish in seven days, and first victory since Canada in June, boosted their lead in the constructors’ fight to nine points over the reds.

After Ferrari’s performance in qualifying nobody gave the Michelin runners a chance in the race, but that proved misleading. Once the tyres had temperature, the Michelins were pretty good after all. Good enough, in fact, that once he had dumped the two Toyotas Alonso was able to run on the pace of the Ferraris and to set the race’s fastest lap on lap 14 (1m 32.676s). That compared with Schumacher’s best of 1m 32.792s on lap 32, five before his engine broke.

In addition, Giancarlo Fisichella put in a strong drive to third after also battling past the Toyotas, Raikkonen’s McLaren and Button’s Honda, so that Renault took home 16 points to the eight Ferrari netted for Felipe Massa’s second place.

A Ferrari engine failure is rarer than teeth on a hen, but so is a Renault breakage, yet we saw one at Monza. This time it was the Scuderia’s turn. Nothing more to be said. Then there was Massa’s slow puncture, which obliged Ferrari to bring him in three laps earlier, on the 13th, than the planned strategy. That let Alonso jump him after his pit stop, and cost Ferrari their second shot at victory.

The victory came as a massive relief for Renault, after their lengthy drought, and means that Alonso only needs an eighth place finish in Brazil. Quite remarkable, given the supremacy Ferrari demonstrated for two-thirds of a gripping weekend.

Quotes

“We are a great team. Our guys are the best and I have a great affection for everyone at Ferrari and am always more than satisfied in the way we work. Incidents like today’s can happen and they are part of racing. You win together but you also lose together. Today we did our best, I was leading the race and then my engine broke. That’s the simplest way to sum it up. That is Formula One. We can be proud of what we have achieved since Canada: we were twenty five points behind and no one could have thought we would be back in the fight for the championship, but we did it. Now we are nine points behind in the Constructors’ classification and we will do all we can to win this title in Brazil. As for the Drivers,’ it is lost. I don’t want to head off for a race, hoping that my rival has to retire. That is not the way in which I want to win the title.”
- Michael Schumahcer, after retirement at Suzuka 2006.

well it's sad of course. but move on with life haha. the driver's title really is realistically no more and with all hope the constructors will go to the scuderias.

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