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Old 09-05-2004, 17:50   #123
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Re: Formula One Motor Racing

I suppose you can't take away from Ferrari's achievement in producing the best combination of car/driver/strategy. But it is a shame the other teams don't seem to be able to play 'catch up'.

Todays race - Trulli gets a brilliant start & everyone speculates Ferrari took fuel out to guarantee pole - which turns out to be not the case (Tony Jardine then tells us Shell have developed a new fuel which weighs less), Trulli stops first, Shumacher puts in a couple of stunning laps on a clear track and emerges from his stop in the lead - race over!

Minor interest in whether Alonso could get a podium, how many places Button could make up, why Montoya's brakes were so bad? - but the race proper was over by about lap 12.

They really need to level the playing field with these new regulations - I don't agree with the engine change proposal, but, I agreed with Martin Brundle that work should be done to reduce the 'dirty air' from the aerodynamics that makes overtaking so difficult. I've said it before, but I would favour scrapping the carbon brakes in favour of steel ones, like the Champ cars, & get braking distances increased & more chance of overtaking into the corners.