Race 1 - Foster's Australia Grand Prix

 

Well Billy never produced a write-up of the race, so I had better find something to say. I watched the repeat of the Grand Prix on the Sunday (I never stayed up all night for it thanks goodness) and to be honest I can't remember much about it. Um, Montoya overtook a few cars including Button. Oh yeah, and Schumacher won. Here's what a couple of the papers said .....

'Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello sent a chill through the formula one field yesterday when they outclassed their Australian Grand Prix rivals, raising the spectre of yet another season of Ferrari domination. It was a crushing demonstration of superiority, but for all but those clad in Ferrari red or adherents of the Schumacher cult, this was a yawn fest. With few real overtaking manoeuvres, precious little dicing for position and the mid-race retirement of local hero Mark Webber's Jaguar with a gearbox problem, this was a race short on incident or much excitement'

'The new two-hour qualifying format had evoked almost universal criticism, to the point where nobody accepts responsibility for introducing it, but the race was even worse as the two Ferraris disappeared into the distance. So was it all down to tyres, or were Michelin's runners indulging in wishful thinking? Time will tell, hopefully soon'

Go to planet-f1.com if you want to read a review of the race.

Here's how they finished :

1. M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1h24'15"757
2. BARRICHELLO Ferrari + 0'13"605
3. ALONSO Renault + 0'34"673
4. R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW + 1'00"423
5. MONTOYA Williams BMW + 1'08"536
6. BUTTON BAR + 1'10"598
7. TRULLI Renault 1 lap(s)
8. COULTHARD McLaren 1 lap(s)
9. SATO BAR 1 lap(s)
10. FISICHELLA Sauber 1 lap(s)
11. KLIEN Jaguar 2 lap(s)
12. DA MATTA Toyota 2 lap(s)
13. PANIS Toyota 2 lap(s)
14. PANTANO Jordan 3 lap(s)
15. MASSA Sauber 14 lap(s)
16. HEIDFELD Jordan 15 lap(s)
17. BRUNI Minardi 15 lap(s)
18. WEBBER Jaguar 29 lap(s)
19. BAUMGARTNER Minardi 45 lap(s)
20. RAIKKONEN McLaren 49 lap(s)

Oh yeah, Schumacher got Pole Position and Fastest Lap.

At least we've got the Fantasy Formula One to add a bit of excitement to the season. Well, "Barry's Cello" is leading (why that's me !), very closely followed by "Swiss Rollers". "Phil C" and "Robin Reliant Racers" make joint third place.

Down at the Wooden-Spoon end of the table, there are a few teams that are supposed to be there (Oh, is that me again?), and one that shouldn't (Paul!).

But it's early days yet.

Position	Team	Total
1st	Barry's Cello	55	55.22
2nd	Swiss Rollers	55	55.11
3rd	Phil C	52	52.00
4th	Robin Reliant Racers	52	52.00
5th	Team Scanlan	51	51.11
6th	Anglo-Irish Racing	51	51.00
7th	Ed Y	49	49.00
8th	Jason W	48	47.67
9th	Turbo Tim	47	47.22
10th	The 2 Dog Squad	46	46.00
11th	Camel Racing	45	45.44
12th	Horse Power	45	45.22
13th	Pitstop	45	45.00
14th	Murry's Mates	45	44.89
15th	Mansell's Tash	44	44.44
16th	OnRoe Racing	43	43.33
17th	Chris B	43	43.00
18th	Bob Cryers Fliers	42	41.67
19th	Jensen's Chocolate Buttons	41	41.22
20th	Wooden Open-Tops	41	41.22
21st	Sparky's Can of Wuppass	41	41.00
22nd	Radiator	40	40.00
23rd	Boyz Toyz	38	38.44
24th	Fifi's Fantasy Formula	37	37.22
25th	Niki T	37	37.00
26th	Wooden Rulers	37	37.00
27th	Jerry B	37	36.56
28th	Muppet Mania	36	36.44
29th	Team Empress	35	35.22
30th	Blank-Cheques	33	33.33
31st	British Virgins	33	33.22
32nd	Martin B	33	33.00
33rd	Jake O	31	31.00
34th	Dull Things	31	30.56
35th	BAR Humbug	29	29.44
36th	Noelle O	28	28.00
37th	More Hot Wheels	28	27.78
38th	The Goon Squad	28	27.67
39th	Minardi Rejects	27	26.89
40th	Growling Qaphqa Motors	26	26.33
41st	Paul B	26	25.78

People have been querying how the teams are sorted (for example 4 teams all have 37 points). I have added another column to the right, probably for this race only, where you can see the score to 2 decimal places. If 2 people have exactly the same score (eg PHIL C and ROBIN RELIANT RACERS) then they are in alphabetical order by team-name.

Probably for this race only you can click on the team-names to see the owner, drivers, engine, chassis, tyres for that team.

Also notice that we've added a team called "Blank Cheques" which has all £150m banked. This team is therefore an indicator of who is doing well. People above have made money, people below have lost money.

Adam.

 

Check out the alternative scores.

Any questions?