San marino GP is here...


Drivers standings:
F.Alonso 26
J.Trulli 16
G.Fisichella 10

Championship standings:
Renault 36
Toyota 25
McLaren-Mercedes 19

Qualifing is going on...

Button p1
Alonso p2
Raikkonen p3


Go mclaren.... and i hope ferrari poor run continues....

I really hope that renault can get another win. Looking good for button so far though. Come on Button!

I'm sorry but the honeymoon period for Renault, Toyota et al, is sadly over. Ferrari will have a 1-2 at San Marino. It's gonna be the start of another beautiful season for the Scuderia.

They 'let' the other teams dominate the start of the season to increase viewing figures for the sport.

Now the real sason starts

And yes, I'm Tifosi so I'm biased

Raikkonen takes overnight pole - by 0.003secs!

its McLaren time now!!!! Plsss win a race Kimi Raikkonen pffffff

I know, very very close, I don't like this two part qualifying session, you don't get the drama, Hopefully they are planning to change the system.

Hopefully either Alonso or Raikkonen take it, should be interesting to see how Ferarri and Bridgestone fight back

Yeah, my thoughts exactly.

always I trust on Schummy and Barrichello

Amen to that

Montoya, Alonso and Raikonnen are my fav drivers. But since Montoya is injured then I personally hope Raikonnen can get the win because he deserves it. But I think Alonso will win though, Kimi will get technical problems.

We can't understand why ferrari are not able to dominate the proceeding as they used to do..., even with their new car.

Ferrari clearly didn't do their pre-season homework, and it shows. Now they are spending loads of money on testing and research, but I'm afraid this time it's gonna be a little harder for them to reach back the n.1 spot.

Go Alonso!

I hate this 2 part Q-session.. the old 12 laps in an hour system is better

grid position after 2nd Q

1. Kimi Raikkonen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 02:42.880
2. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault-Renault 02:43.441
3. Jenson Button Britain BAR-Honda 02:44.105
4. Mark Webber Australia Williams-BMW 02:44.511
5. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota-Toyota 02:44.518
6. Takuma Sato Japan BAR-Honda 02:44.658
7. Alexander Wurz Austria McLaren-Mercedes 02:44.689
8. Nick Heidfeld Germany Williams-BMW 02:45.196
9. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 02:45.243
10. Ralf Schumacher Germany Toyota-Toyota 02:45.416
11. Jacques Villeneuve Canada Sauber-Petronas 02:46.259
12. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Renault-Renault 02:46.710
13. Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari-Ferrari 02:47.244
14. David Coulthard Britain Red Bull-Cosworth 02:48.070
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Red Bull-Cosworth 02:48.155
16. Narain Karthikeyan India Jordan-Toyota 02:52.099
17. Tiago Monteiro Portugal Jordan-Toyota 02:54.252
18. Felipe Massa Brazil Sauber-Petronas 02:44.930*
19. Patrick Friesacher Austria Minardi-Cosworth 02:57.048
20. Christijan Albers Holland Minardi-Cosworth

Looking good for alonso and renault. Raikonnen was winning up to 6th lap but had a problem and his race finished. Here's the positions so far.
1 F Alonso (Renault)

2 J Button (BAR)

3 J Trulli (Toyota)

4 M Webber (Williams)

5 T Sato (BAR)

6 A Wurz (McLaren)

7 J Villeneuve (Sauber)

8 R Barrichello (Ferrari)

Kimi crashed out

Looks like alonso is going to repeat bahrain gp...

unlucky for the Iceman

Five laps to go and its a 0.3 second lead for alonso over Schumacher! Hope alonso got gives in...and button is doing well to hold up at p3.

Another great performance from Alonso. His third straight win. Schummi couldn't do enough to beat Alonso. He's in 2nd. Button with a great race in 3rd.
The results:
1 F Alonso (Renault)
2 M Schumacher (Ferrari)
3 J Button (BAR)
4 A Wurz (McLaren)
5 T Sato (BAR)
6 J Villeneuve (Sauber)
7 J Trulli (Toyota)
8 R Schumacher (Toyota)

Alonso won and it's a hat trick and Schumacher has his first podium of the season...button third. BAR and ferrari are back into form

It was a dissapointing race for Kimi after doing so well in the qualifing

Another Renualt win and what an exciting end to the race.....!!!

Magnificent race for Schumi, but Alonso is not Button, not that easy

Good job Alonso and Renault.

Anyone know specifically what happened to Kimi's car?

What the hell were ITV doing, showing adverts with 3 laps to go, at the most exciting part of the race.

a joint failed in the driveshaft - very unlucky, he would have gone on to win it though



Agreed, the program director should be sacked, worst decision ever, well at least they showed it again at the end but it ruined the moment,

One of the most exciting races I have seen in some time, that Ferrari was on steroids.

Looking forward to the next one.

there's an apology on the itv f1 page for that ad break!