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Grand Prix of Spain
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Fernando Alonso Giancarlo Fisichella Michael Schumacher |
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Fernando Alonso Michael Schumacher Giancarlo Fisichella |
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Felipe Massa Rubens Barrichello Ralf Schumacher Jarno Trulli Jenson Button |
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Felipe Massa Kimi Räikkönen Jenson Button Rubens Barrichello Nick Heidfeld |
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Kimi Räikkönen Nick Heidfeld |
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Mark Webber Jarno Trulli |
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Mark Webber Juan Pablo Montoya Nico Rosberg Christian Klien (Q 15) Vitantonio Liuzzi (Q 16) Scott Speed (Q 17) |
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Nico Rosberg Jacques Villeneuve Christian Klien David Coulthard Vitantonio Liuzzi Tiago Monteiro |
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Tiago Monteiro (Q 18) Christijan Albers (Q 19) Takuma Sato (Q 20) Franck Montagny (Q 21) David Coulthard (Q 22) Jacques Villeneuve (Q 14) |
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Takuma Sato Christijan Albers Scott Speed Ralf Schumacher Juan Pablo Montoya Franck Montagny |
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 Pole: 1'14"648 |
Best Lap: 1'16"648 |
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See this GP's history & stats at Wikipedia. Giorgio Mondini is to resume his testing role at the wheel of MF1's Friday car, at the Spanish Grand Prix, and the next two races, as well. The Spanish Grand Prix is David Coulthard's 200th F1 GP. The FIA has withdrawn Yuji Ide's superlicence, which had been granted with a probation period–forSuper Aguri's rookie had not had the opportunity to cover the required 300 miles before the Season's opening race. In view of this, the Team has now announced that Franck Montagny will be at wheel of their second car both in Spain and in Monaco, as well. No announced has been made regarding the remaining races, though it is thought that the Super Aguri team would still be aiming at an all-Japanese line up. Michael Schumacher has the pole position edge in Spain, having conquered it seven times: 1994 and 1995 (Benetton), 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 (Ferrari). Second to M.Schumacher, the driver that conquered most poles is Ayrton Senna–four: 1986 (Lotus), 1988, 1989 and 1990 (McLaren). 
Curiously, every single year that M.Schumacher has been on pole, in Spain, he has gone on to win the F1 Championship! Let's see what happens this Season, when the German Champion starts from P3, in Spain... Could the pattern now be broken?...or will it hold once more?... Jacques Villeneuve's engine, reportedly dropped between the European and the Spanish GP's, had to be exchanged due to the damage it suffered in transit. Thus Villeneuve's engine-motivated 10-place grid demotion penalty. This is Giancarlo Fisichella's eighth career front row start, whereas for Fernando Alonso, it is his eleventh career start from pole. Fifty-six years ago, on May 13, 1950, the first ever official Formula One racing took place at Silverstone, in England. (There had of course been international racing competitions previously to that date, but none had carried the official name of the series.) The first F1 winner was Italian driver Giuseppe Farina, racing an Alfa Romeo car. Farina, who would go on to become the first ever F1 Champion, not only started from pole but also had the fastest race lap, in that inaugural F1 event. Twenty-one cars lined up for the race, among which an Alfa Romeo driven by the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio. Though the Alfa Romeos dominated that race, taking the first three finish places, the Argentinean who would reign in that first F1 decade, conquering five F1 World Championships, was not among the eleven who drove all the way to the final flag, at the end of that 2h13'23" long Grand Prix. On Sunday morning (May 14, 2006), nearly exactly 56 years later, a GPMA-FOA settlement made headlines in the news: all F1 teams–including BMW Sauber, Honda, Mclaren, Renault and Toyota, the GPMA teams, which had thus far not discarded the possibility of a break-away series–all agreed and signed a memorandum of understanding on F1's commercial structure up to 2012, and upon which a new Concorde Agreement will be drawn and signed. This memorandum of understanding thus guarantees the future of the sport, peace once again reigning between the FIA (and Bernie Ecclestone's FOA–Formula One Administration) and all the teams, regarding specially the above-named GPMA car manufacturing constructors. Along with the good news, above, Renault has been reported to have now committed to F1 for 2008 and beyond. There seems to be a chance for either the Nissan or the Infiniti brands to be used, instead, in the future. What is known for sure is that Renault expects to be able to keep Flavio Briatore, who would reportedly only consider continuing in F1 if he could be at the top, by offering the Italian the means to do just that. Fernando Alonso's eleventh career victory was his first in front of his home crowd. 
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