Fernando Alonso has dominated each meter of the Great Prize of France, to prevail by fifth time in the season holding fast in the top of championship 2005 of Formula 1.
The pilot of Renault, that started like favorite after conquering pole position the day Saturday, literally squashed to all rivals with a car remarkably quicker than the one of the rest. The Spanish took the commando from the test from the starting, and nobody already could follow the sign to him the forceful R25.

The Renault de Alonso leaves sudden flight over all rivals. Barrichello was able to escape to Sato in the first turn

Feared and quick the first curve has not caused incident, like the Adelaida bracket, where all the pilots tried not to touch themselves and to harm the proceeding of the race. Only a pair of conductors, among them Kimi Räikkönen, managed to gain some positions in the mentioned curve.
The dominion of Alonso was so, that in 10 returns already it accumulated an enormous distance product of a wild rate, took that it to turn almost 1,5 second quicker than all the others. For a moment it was considered that the Renault de Alonso would pause immediately considering the times marked by the Spanish, but the hopes of the rivals vanished when Alonso paused after their rivals made direct.

Schumacher could not with Trulli in the first part of the race. In the end change its strategy, surpassed and it in boxes. An extra shutdown cost to him

Jarno Trulli, of Toyota, was hardly the one who shared the first row with Alonso, but the Italian if de could with the Ferrari Michael Schumacher, pressed who it until the first resupply of both. Trulli taponeó in good faith to the pilot of Ferrari doing to him to lose precious seconds, and until forcing it to change its strategy to be able to go ahead him.
The Finn Kimi Räikkönen, who originally marked to the third time Saturday, but took from the position thirteen product of the breakage of his motor the day Friday, made a great scaling along with his coequiper Juan Pablo Montoya. Kimi was the one who better took advantage of the strategy his escudería, that is to say to remain in track the greater amount of possible returns.

Alonso has been saluting back to the multitude that enjoyed an acceptable race and forgot the shame EE.UU., for two weeks

Of Alonso much more it is not possible to be added. The Spanish simply did everything perfectly, and he never lost the leadership of the race, not even in the resupplies, that were three altogether. The Spanish ascendant has offered to Renault its first integral triumph him in France since Alain obtained it to Prost in 1983, in this occasion the motor remembered one I disturb.
“I am very proud of to have won here today, by the equipment, Renault, by Michelin, that has spent two weeks very complicated, and by all the followers who today have supported to us. The race has been quite simple: I have thrown hard until the first shutdown in boxes, and later I have administered to the advantage introducing small adjustments in the car. Really I am satisfied with to have returned to win, but that does not change anything in the championship. Story with a good advantage on Kimi, but still is much ahead. It can happen of everything, and we know that our rivals will be very fast in Silverstone the next weekend. But now I am going to enjoy than we have obtained today”, ended up saying Alonso.

A hydraulic fault left to Montoya outside podio when it preceded to his coequiper Raikkonen. The Colombian follows with bad fortune

The second final position of Räikkönen would not have to be dissapointing for Finnish him. To have overcome so many positions is as a triumph, and it demonstrated at least that the rate of its machine was not much to the one of Alonso. For who yes has been dissapointing east great prize, she is for his coequiper Juan Pablo Montoya. The Colombian retired by mechanical problems in one season that has I visit not yet it to visit no podio of the world-wide one.
“Considering from where I released today I am enchanted with the result, since I only suffered a minimum damage in my battle by the world-wide championship. The car worked well, and if it had released third party, that where the time of classification would have placed to me, definitively it could have gained the race. Our strategies were correct and was an interesting race. I underwent a little with the traffic and I at the outset wasted long time to advance positions. When I had free track already was too much behind schedule to reduce the difference with Alonso significantly. We hope that everything goes well for us in Silverstone in days, because I can make what Alonso did today, win in front of our fans”, said Räikkönen.

The champion very pressed by Fisichella. In the end the Italian went to boxes, and Schumi breathed calm. There were smiles in no Ferrari, because they waited for one better performance

The third step of podio was for the winner of the past GP of the United States, Michael Schumacher, who nevertheless has finalized to almost one return of Alonso. There were no excessive smiles in box of Ferrari in spite of those six points added by the German. Schumacher has pressed with force in first half of the race, but at no moment it has been able to follow the rate of Alonso.
“I believe that the third position is the best thing than could do today. It is certain that I wasted time behind Trulli during eighteen returns, and so Montoya could advance to me, so I had problems with the traffic. Without that delay, our strategy could to me have placed in front of Kimi. In fact, the today race has been based on different pilots with different strategies, but we have today not been able to equal the rate of the leaders. I had a scare when leaving to me the track in the third curve and soon I saw something pressed by Fisichella, when I rolled lighter than, but did not get to approach too much”, expressed Schumacher.

BAR Honda added his first points, but still you are behind Minardi in the world-wide one of marks. Something unthinkable at the beginning of year

On the other hand English Jenson Button to the aim secured the first points for its weak equipment. The Briton made a discreet race but without committing errors, unlike his coequiper Sato, that yes committed all the possible ones. In fact Sato could have culminated in podio but for two confusions.
After the race, all the members of BAR Honda showed to their satisfaction by the first obtained points and their enthusiasm by the potential of the bolide for the rest of the season. The car counted on a new aerodynamic package in Magny-Cours.
“It is wonderful to have secured points after one first half of the quite complicated season. It is a great result for the equipment and the things only can improve for the rest of year. This also represents a great injection of optimism in our preparation for the Great Prize of Silverstone that disputes in our country the next week. I believe that our strategy has been very good here and the equipment has worked very hard so that today we managed to secure 4ª position. Not only one is the obtaining of points, that is magnificent, but also of it surrounds that we have been of podio, which is a great motivation for all the equipment”, Button commented.

Trulli did not manage to hold the second position, but it made a race worthy. His Ralf companion still follows very far from the yield waited for by the equipment

Meanwhile Toyota has returned to be able to both end cars in the points. Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher have finished in villa and seventh position, respectively.
“After the miracle in classification of yesterday, today he was much more hard. I did a very good one released and I left to all behind me, but soon I could not especially maintain the rate because the car slid much, in the part of back. I fought with the stability and the traction and had very little could do. I was fighting all the day to maintain to the cars behind me, but it was a hard work because basically they were faster than I. After the first shutdown the problem became worse, but we balanced the car in the second halting in boxes and was sliding better. Also, four points are a good result as much for me as for the equipment, so we can go to house satisfied”, the Italian Trulli thought.
The pilot of the equipment Sauber Petronas, Jacques Villeneuve, has secured a point after finishing in the last puntuable position of the test. Unfortunately, Felipe Massa had to retire by a fall of the hydraulic pressure.

Villeneuve and Ralf Schumacher battle by the eighth position. The result of the Canadian did that Sauber will recover the confidence in him

“Congratulations to Jacques. It has been an important point, because it is only the third time that we were able to score in Magny-Cours. Always there are two perspective in a race: points and yield. Besides returning to score, we have given a step forward in yield. I hope that we thus follow in Silverstone the next week and that Felipe has more luck than in this test”, mentioned Peter Sauber, director of the equipment.
Fernando Alonso (Renault), the Finn Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren Mercedes) and the German Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) have carried out a tense delivery of prizes in podio of the Great Prize of France, in which have not gone the word, nor they have greeted themselves effusively.
The events of Indianapolis have left a deep track between the pilots, who have met the three days of Great Prize and in those meetings the leadership of Michael Schumacher has been questioned, when not considering the happened thing in the United States like a problem of security, but a technical problem, informed Efe.

The Schumacher champion contemplates to Alonso winner. The German is time was not so expressive with the Spanish leader of the world-wide one

The three first classified park their car in reserving and normally the pilots greet themselves and they are congratulated among them. In this one occasion the three arrived very separated, Alonso under the car was greeted to the public put still on in the car and raised the room after podio at which Räikkönen and Schumacher arrived, in that did not interchange nor a glance.
This fifth victory of the season locates to Fernando Alonso in a privileged situation to confront the second part of the championship. They are to dispute nine Great Prizes, with a endiablado month of July, where France, Great Britain, Germany and Hungary run nothing less than four -. At the end of this periplo summer, the things will still be clearer, and it knows it to Fernando. So far its advantage is of 24 points on Räikkönen, an important distance, whereas the Finn must have well-taken care of with Schumacher, persecutes that it to only 5 points of distance.
In the world-wide one of constructors, the advantage of Renault on McLaren is of 18 points (89 and 71 points respectively), whereas Ferrari is also closely together of McLaren with 69 points. It is clear that three are the pilots who gamble the world-wide one: Alonso, Räikkönen and Schumacher, and three are also escuderías: Renault, McLaren and Ferrari. And it is much way to cross.