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Grand Prix of San Marino
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Michael Schumacher Jenson Button Rubens Barrichello |
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Michael Schumacher Fernando Alonso Juan Pablo Montoya |
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Felipe Massa Fernando Alonso Ralf Schumacher Juan Pablo Montoya Kimi Räikkönen |
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Felipe Massa Kimi Räikkönen Mark Webber Jenson Button Giancarlo Fisichella |
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Jarno Trulli Mark Webber |
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Ralf Schumacher Rubens Barrichello |
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Giancarlo Fisichella Jacques Villeneuve Nico Rosberg David Coulthard Nick Heidfeld Vitantonio Liuzzi |
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Nico Rosberg Jacques Villeneuve Nick Heidfeld Vitantonio Liuzzi Scott Speed Tiago Monteiro |
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Christian Klien Scott Speed Tiago Monteiro Christijan Albers Takuma Sato Yuji Ide |
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David Coulthard Takuma Sato Christian Klien Yuji Ide Jarno Trulli Christijan Albers |
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 Pole: 1'22"795 |
Best Lap: 1'24"569 |
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See this GP's history & stats at Wikipedia. Giorgio Mondini took over from Markus Winkelhock, at the wheel of MF1's Friday car, at the San Marino Grand Prix.
no one suffered a motor change penalty, this time! Giancarlo Fisichella, debuting a new helmet (displaying the Italian flag colors), pulled into the pits when he was 11th, and never more emerged from the Renault garage, in the second qualifying stint. An odd strategy attempt that failed to work, the Roman driver later regretted their choice. Michael Schumacher's pole position, now beating Ayrton Senna's record by one, carries a special meaning to the German driver: he now holds all F1 standard records. This has been Fernando Alonso's tenth consecutive podium. On the first lap of the San Marino Grand Prix, Super Aguri's rookie Yuji Ide rammed Christijan Albers's car, causing it to roll over a few times, onto the gravel trap, before finally coming to a halt, upside-down. Luckily, MF1's Dutch driver emerged unscathed from this scary accident; on the other hand, he was visibly angry, as he was helped out of the car. The Japanese rookie, in turn, limped to the pits, from where he emerged a few laps later, to drive some more laps, before retiring for good. Beside's Albers anger, this incident might have brought about additional frustration within the rookie's team, as it has contibuted directly to Super Aguri's losing their remarkable top place as far as the overall Grand Prix distance covered (see Australia's race notes, and see below, too). This time it was Yuji Ide's turn to be given a reprimand by the stewards: the rookie was found to have caused the above mentioned accident. Ide was additionally reminded of the possible penalties to come, should he be involved in similar episodes again. (Last race it had been Super Aguri's Takuma Sato's turn to receive a reprimand: for ignoring blue flags. As a result, if the debuting Japanese Team may no longer be on the list top, as far as GP distance covered, they now have the edge in the context of disciplinary issues, as the single team to have had both their drivers officially reprimanded, in only four Grand Prix. Admittedly, there's a lot less to be proud about, in holding this mark.) The Honda Team currently tops the list of the largest distance covered, having completed 461 Grand Prix laps (231 with Jenson Button, and 230 with Rubens Barrichello). The Sauber BMW Team comes at a surprising second place, with 453 laps (Jacques Villeneuve 231, and Nick Heidfeld 222). 
Among the drivers, Fernando Alonso heads everyone, remaining the only driver to have covered all the 232 Grand Prix laps so far! Due to the accident he was forced into, now Christijan Albers ranks at the very bottom of the list, with just 110 Grand Prix laps under his belt so far, this Season. Right above him are Jarno Trulli (117), Nico Rosberg (125), and Christian Klien (127) – the only drivers currently below Yuji Ide's mark of 145 race laps – and finally Mark Webber (156), none of whom has made it beyond the 170-lap mark, which all other drivers have. The Super Aguri Team, in turn, has fallen down the list (with 350 laps), now barely edging the Toyota Team (482) by two laps. Surprisingly, it is the Williams Team that appears at the bottom of this list (only 281 laps), preceded by the Red Bull Team (298) – these being the only teams not to have reached at least 300 Grand Prix laps, out of 232, so far (that is 464, for a team count, given that each team has two cars). This year's San Marino Grand Prix staged the inversed situation, as compared to last year's: this time, it was Fernando Alonso to be unable to take the win, behind Michael Schumacher. Total fairness dictates observing, as well, that whereas the seven-time German Champion was simply unable to pass, in 2005, 2006's reigning Champion actually ended up discouraged from the pursue, in the final laps, following what looked like a mistake of his own. The Honda cars, both of which looked all set to give Michael Schumacher some exciting competition, from second and third on the grid, continue lacking in race pace, though some improvement definitely seems to have been achieved (in contrast to the Toyota cars, neither of which seemed to show progress, in San Marino, albeit Ralf Schumacher's fastest race lap having surpassed Jenson Button's). Honda's pit stops, moreover, were disastrous for both drivers, this Grand Prix (Button's second was actually dramatic, though thankfully the lollipop man's error caused no more than a scare and a delay in Button's rejoining the race). Besides Honda's goo reliability (see race laps covered, above), another positive note that should not be omitted is that Rubens Barrichello and his car have shown clear signs of beginning to get along better, the Brazilian having started from P3, this time, right behind his British team-mate. Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who had been strangely criticized during the week, by a previously supportive Jean Todt, valiantly took the flag ahead of McLaren's Kimi Räikkönen, and right behind Juan Pablo Montoya (to whom the young Brazilian lost P3 in the pits). The Colombian's good race strategy got him by Ralf Schumacher, on Montoya's first pitstop, and then by Felipe Massa, on Montoya's second).
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