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ALONSO, SAND, AND SOON THE REST
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Fernando Alonso and Renault follow unconquered in championship 2005 of F1, after the Spanish gained of end to end the Great Prize of Bahrein, in the spectacular and demanding track of Sakhir.
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Alonso released of impeccable way, but soon it had to support the pressure of Schumacher during the 12 returns that the Ferrari lasted
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After a skillful beginning of Renault in Melbourne, with the victory of Fisichella and 3º put of Alonso, the equipment returned to gain two weeks in Malaysia later, and it reiterated now it with a forceful triumph, that gives the tilde him of favorite equipment to take championship 2005 of the maximum category. “The R25 has today been perfect and the equipment has worked of a fantastic form all the weekend, without error some. To add 26 of 30 possible points is shining, but we have to continue being prudent: we have only fulfilled three of the nineteen races of one season that will be very long. Nevertheless, I believe that if we continued being that competitive and we avoided the technical problems, then will be very difficult that they can beat to us”, declared Fernando Alonso.The visit from the F1 to the desert track of Bahrein supposed an enormous one defied for the manufacturers of tires, Michelin and Bridgestone, considering that the covers had to support more of 50º in track.The center of attention of this new great prize, was put in the debut of the new car Ferrari, the F2005, equipment that only managed to finish two units, leaving to the old F2004 like reserve car.Fernando Alonso released of pole position after dominating to the two sessions clasificatorias, but followed very close by the new Ferrari into the hands of the champion Michael Schumacher. The beginning of race was calm and without incidents, safe for Red Bull de Christian Klien, classified 7º, that could not start in the heating return.Trulli, in its Toyota, tried to almost snatch 2º to him put to Schumacher arriving to be close with the red car of the champion. But Michael left windy inconveniences situation, and immediately he went to the hunting of the Renault de Alonso.
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Trulli had to yield not to hit the Schumacher champion. Italian this than more happy by the good operation of its Toyota
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Little the hopes of Ferrari lasted (only 12 returns) to return to see their machine in the leadership. The German lost the car in the closed curve more of Bahrein, product of a hydraulic failure. After returning to the track, the champion understood that the fault was unsalvable and went to boxes to leave.Until that moment the car of the champion was express and with serious intentions to exceed to Alonso, but the hardships to advance the debut of the F2005 before the anticipated thing, took to that the new machine is not reliable. “By all means, I must be disappointed by not to have been able to finish the race. But by the positive side, I can see the fantastic effort that made to bring the new car here and was absolutely the best decision. Before having retired officer to me, the car was very competitive and I am certainly will be it still more in the next races. I left because it had a problem of hydraulic pressure and it could not do you reduce of changes, which made me confuse to me and have to use the escape area. We work hard to have the new car and must here continue making the same to develop it well. Now I am impatient because Imola arrives”, thought the Schumacher champion.
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Schumacher explained that a hydraulic fault prevented to finish the race him. Also one was satisfied to the yield of the F2005
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Barrichello also underwent technical problems, but in the second classification, reason why the Brazilian started from the last position after changing the motor of his car. In race the paulista did a great one overcome until beginning to crumble from half of race. 9º put of Barrichello to a return of Alonso, without doubts was not the hoped thing by Ferrari.After the abandonment of Schumacher, Alonso lead with much solution and comfort more and more removing to him difference to the second Jarno Trulli.The greater interest of the test, concentrated in the fight by the remaining puntuables positions. The Pedro Spanish Of the Rose, in his debut with McLaren (he replaced Montoya), took all the glances after to carry out several ambles that took to a notable 5º to it put final. The Catalan also committed a pair of conductivos errors, but no for want of deconcentration, all were to try to go more express and to gain positions is as it is.
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Of the Rose it made the record of return and arrival 5º in his first race with McLaren. Also it could run in San Marino
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“Today I made a great race. My times of return were consistently fast when I had the clean track. Nevertheless, during most of the race I was fighting with competitors who employed much to me. Dí everything of me to win the battles against Takuma Sato, Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button and Mark Webber. It was a duro work to be able to clean the way to me after difficult first returns leaving ninth. I must be thankful to him to all the equipment, that has worked very it last to give a car me that fast and outside trustworthy”, ended up saying Of the Rose.The Finn Kimi Räikkönen, surpassed by Of the Rose in the classification, did a great work in track overcoming of 9º to 3º in its McLaren Mercedes. The Kimi young person obtained his first podio of the year, and she was exhausted in the podium of Bahrein.The Williams de Webber and Heidfeld stayed expresses, although still very far from Renault and Toyota. Webber snatched the position to him to its Heidfeld companion in the game, and all the race stayed almost 3º. In the final returns, 5º put at the hands of Pedro Of the Rose resigned. On the other hand Heidfeld fought hand with Räikkönen by hand, until its BMW motor flew to 32 returns of the end.
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Violent confusion of Webber. Even so it could follow, and it arrived in the points with his Williams. In the end it fought with Pedro Of the Rose
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“It was one hard race for me. Unfortunately, around return 20 I did I spin a top in curve 10, when third party went, and lost two positions. My tires were bad after that I spin a top and the car became difficult to handle because it had forts vibrations. So in the last returns I lost a position with Of the Rose. All in the equipment did a very good work and Michelin, also giving good tires”, ended up us saying Webber.Felipe Massa, of Sauber, and David Coulthard de Red Bull, rescued the last points of the filing cabinet, thanks to the problems that Barrichello in the final returns had. Coequiper of Coulthard, Klien, lost valuable chance after to mark 7º put in the sessions clasificatorias. In San Marino the Austrian could be replaced by Vitantonio Liuzzi, as he agreed to himself to year principle.
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Jenson Button surely will be thinking about frustrated his happens to Williams… The equipment BAR follows in loss and it does not finish the races
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Escudería BAR added another disastrous day, with its two cars without being able to see the flag pictures. As much Button as Sato and Davidson, did not finish any of the 3 races disputed until the moment. The best departure position goes back to 8º put of Jenson Button in Melbourne. So it seems that BAR returned back to the mediocrity of some seasons.2º and 4º put of Trulli and Ralf Schumacher, left to Toyota a substantial booty him of 13 points. The Japanese equipment with base in Germany, obtained its consecutive second podio thanks to the performance of Jarno Trulli. Model TF105 is more and more fast, and by on all the things regular and trustworthy.
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Euphoria of the mechanics of Toyota after 2º put of Trulli. Ralf made a great race, and culminated 4º. Victory in Toyota is smelled…
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“Another great result for the equipment after our success in Malaysia. I made a good race, although he was quite slippery, but really that is what we hoped of this track. The final result was sentenced by the error in the classification of yesterday, left that me in position 11, but the equipment did a great work to make raise several positions me in grilla. We both have cars in the points, and one even in podio, so done by Jarno and all in the equipment well, as much the one of here as the one of Colony. After my 5º put in Malaysia and 4º of Bahrein, would have to come my turn to go to podio”, commented the minor of the Schumacher.
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It only lasted 12 returns, but the F2005 was very fast into the hands of the Schumacher champion. Will be San Marino the resurgence of Ferrari?
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Minardi obtained that their two pilots concluded the competition with Friesacher 12º and Albers 13º. The Italian equipment this working by piece to put in track new model 2005 in the next competition.With 30 points disputed until the moment, Fernando Alonso monopolized 26 with his 2 victories, and 3º put. He takes to 24 points of advantage to the champion Michael Schumacher and 10 to him to his immediate pursuer, Jarno Trulli. Somebody will be able to stop the Spanish boy? …
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