Ferrari 1-2 in Indy
July 8th 2006 18:04
The long wait for Massa and the fans for Ferrari took place at last with the Ferrari being 1-2 at Indianapolis. The Grand Prix was as exciting as it could get, you can call it derby or you can call it a bad luck for the 13 drivers which went out and couldn’t finish the race. But it seemed the same as last years grand prix with the Ferrari 1-2 but this time it was filled with action. Massa charged from Turn 1 but the action had begun in the mid part of the traffic. Montoya’s machine made contact with his team mates car on his back and then he made contact with Button’s Honda which in turn made contact with Nick’s BMW Sauber which lead to the end of the race for these four cars but the action was not enough Speed, Webber, Klien and Montagny made conatc with each other and they lost the race even before they could make it to the end of the first lap. But all this was apart Schmi and Massa had only the podium in their mind and nothing else. Too bad for the fans in America as their boy Speed couldn’t manage to the finish line. Masa who had the lead only until lap 30 when Schumi pitted and he then took the lead and he never looked back he lead his way with Massa behind him. The reds had the advantage of Bridgestone tires over the Renault’s Michelin didn’t seem to give much promise as they got older in the race. Alonso didn’t seem to be having a good time at all as his team mate over took him and then he never could catch up and he also gave up to Trulli who started the race from 22nd place. The race had already only 14 drivers and then the spinning of Sato and his car made it 14 Tiago’s Midland had body work damage and resulted him also getting out of the 500 mile race. Rubens tried harder and harder for his position but couldn’t get any closer to Alonso’s Renault even when he was on a lighter fuel than Alonso. David’s Red Bull and the Torro Rosso driven by Liuzzi had a fight but the experience and the pit stop strategy of Red Bull saw the Scot clear for the seventh place. Jr. Schumi retirement saw Liuzzi get his first point in the 2006 season. Villeneuve saw his retirement due to a engine failure and Albers made several pit stops before having a mechanical problem. So at the end of the dramatic race we saw only 9 cars at the finishing line.
Schumi looked very confident of winning the title back from the Spanish this year. But we shall wait and watch for the results of the French Grand Prix.
Schumi looked very confident of winning the title back from the Spanish this year. But we shall wait and watch for the results of the French Grand Prix.
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