All F1 2004 Discussions

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

please let it be a good interesting race , pretty please

I second that - the start & the first stint will be crucial.

[paulyoung666]

just watched trulli's pole lap again , that chicane after the tunnel is awesome

bum - restart

it's going to be a long afternoon

[paulyoung666]

bludddddy hell , surely that should be a red flag

[Dave Stones]

hurray, it got exciting for once...

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

bludddddy hell , surely that should be a red flag

I'm glad they stayed with the safety car - way to lunch an engine eh Shame about Coulthard

[Alanmelon]

Coulthard, interfered with from behind

Courtesy of Martin Brundle
Are they allowed to do that?

Originally Posted by Alanmelon

Courtesy of Martin Brundle
Are they allowed to do that?

lol

- what was Alonso thinking of - it should promote Button to 3rd when the pit stops shake down, though

yay - Shumacher out !!!!!!

[Alanmelon]

Schumacher out now too! Woohoo! (He's throwing the dummy out of the pram now)

[paulyoung666]

20 laps to go , button closing , sodding adverts

gonna be a close finish i reckon , go button go button go button

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

20 laps to go , button closing , sodding adverts

gonna be a close finish i reckon , go button go button go button

second by 4 tenths - good race, though, that was more like it

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by homealone

second by 4 tenths - good race, though, that was more like it

brilliant , really enjoyed , i reckon even if m s had stayed in it he wouldnt have been on the podium , long may it continue

[Chris W]

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

brilliant , really enjoyed , i reckon even if m s had stayed in it he wouldnt have been on the podium , long may it continue

i'll second that! first race this season that i haven't just sat there and thought hmm... i wonder how much schumacher will win by!

[abailey152]

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

brilliant , really enjoyed , i reckon even if m s had stayed in it he wouldnt have been on the podium , long may it continue

Yep, Button made it a really good finish!

Well, having watched the highlights, it looks like people's prayers for an interesting race were granted!!

How the *hell* Sato got away with that start I don't know, *surely* it was a jump, there's just no way he could have got so much of an advantage over everyone else, yet he wasn't penalised. I think DC was a bit unfair on Sato and BAR saying that they should have pulled his car because McLaren pulled Kimi, obviously they were trying to fix the problem, but without knowing the details you can't really say things like that.

As for the Michael Schumacher incident, I think he, not Montoya, made a mistake, he braked sharply in the tunnel and then moved across and left Montoya with nowhere to go and it's not the sort of thing you'd expect to happen at that point.

Even so, MS is still well out in front and I don't think things are really going to change much in the next few races.