F1 : Spanish G.P

[JUBJUB]

Starting grid for Spanish GP.

P. No Driver Team - Engine
1. 1 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari
2. 3 MONTOYA Williams BMW
3. 10 SATO BAR Honda
4. 7 TRULLI Renault
5. 2 BARRICHELLO Ferrari
6. 4 R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW
7. 17 PANIS Toyota
8. 8 ALONSO Renault
9. 14 WEBBER Jaguar Cosworth
10. 5 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes
11. 16 DA MATTA Toyota
12. 11 FISICHELLA Sauber Petronas
13. 6 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes
14. 9 BUTTON BAR Honda
15. 18 HEIDFELD Jordan Ford
16. 15 KLIEN Jaguar Cosworth
17. 12 MASSA Sauber Petronas
18. 20 BRUNI Minardi Cosworth
19. 19 PANTANO Jordan Ford
20. 21 BAUMGARTNER Minardi Cosworth

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[IceTemple]

Another boring race...

Bring on the changes!

 

[CarterS]

Here here. You could play all 5 races simultaneously and they'd all look exactly the same I'll bet.

 

[stmookeyj]

It's a good cure for insommnia I tell you.

 

[JUBJUB]

Can McLaren get any worse ?
The cars have a smiliar colour scheme to Minardi and now they run as well as Minardi.

Williams aren't much better.

 

[CarterS]

Part of an article from Planet-F1.com, sums up perfectly.

LOSERS
The Global TV Audience
For the neutral, this race was about as dull as being trapped in a lift with Olivier Panis and Ron Dennis.

And imagine what the grand prix would have been like without pit-stops?

Barcelona now matches Monaco as a track where overtaking is impossible. Bernie and Max should forget about castigating circuits like Silverstone and give some serious attention to improving the show by supporting tracks where there is a proper race. They’ve made a start by looking at braking systems for 2006-2008, but as so many people have been telling them for so long, they need to reduce the reliance on mechanical grip for the cars.

Who cares how big the media centre at a circuit is when you’ve just witnessed something as interesting as root canal work?

Most non-Ferrari F1 fans (excuse the generalization) probably wouldn’t mind seeing Schumacher win so much if there was only a bit of action further down the field.

The quality of the TV coverage has been excellent this year with Ecclestone’s own TV producers controlling the cameras and homing in on every potential battle or overtaking move. But when there aren’t any, it gets a bit dire.

And...

You can tell what kind of a race and what kind of a season we’re having when the race commentators have time to start looking ahead to the following year before the halfway mark of a grand prix.

There was more talk about where Webbo would be in 2005 than what he was doing in the race.

People who like nailing their scrotum to planks of wood for fun
Up until now this was one of the most painful things masochists could inflict on themselves of an afternoon. Now they can put away their hammers and six inch nails and just rent videos of the 2004 Spanish Grand Prix.

So yeah, the general consensus is that it was a boring race

 

[GoalsFrom50Out]

The A-1 Ring had lots of overtaking spots ... bring it back and kick San Marino out.

 

[CarterS]

Monaco coming up next. Won't be getting any better.

 

[IceTemple]

Where are Senna & Prost?!

 

[GOALden Hawk]

They really need it to bucket down in Monaco and hope there is a massive pile-up. Because that's the only way anything exciting is going to happen this year.

But I agree - the dominance of Schumacher isn't the problem, it's the inability of cars to overtake.

 

[Slax]

If they want to continue to use circuits like that they need them widend and longer straights to enable some passing.

 

[juicy]

here here slax, they should make these races more exciting, make more 50-50 corners with a little bit more of a chance of a collision. instead of us, the fans getting served these snore fests every 2nd sunday night.