Ralf WINS ! What a RACE!

Mania · 17 Mar 2002, 08:38 (Ref:237100)

What A RACE!

Brilliant drive by Ralf. He deserved this win more than anyone else!

Guess this season is one for first corner incidents. But more importantly,
this has opened the championship up.

Great job by Ralf - Williams and also Felipe Massa. He looked really solid.
Final point - Mclaren are in big trouble

PS.. To all those doubters - This is where I say - WE TOLD YOU SO. Ralf
RULES!

ps - Poor Button.

Raoul Duke · 17 Mar 2002, 08:42 (Ref:237106)

YES

sweet revenge on all the Ralf bashers, ha ha.

Lazarus · 17 Mar 2002, 08:44 (Ref:237108)

well, JPM would've beat halfie if it was a straight fight

but i'll let you lot gloat anyway...hehe (enjoy it while it lasts)

Wrex · 17 Mar 2002, 08:46 (Ref:237110)

Well done Ralf. And considering Monty only lost 34 seconds after the incident & drive through, he clearly had the pace.

Bad luck for button.

And yes, McLaren are in trouble.

Raoul Duke · 17 Mar 2002, 08:46 (Ref:237111)

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Originally posted by Lazarus
well, JPM would've beat halfie if it was a straight fight

but i'll let you lot gloat anyway...hehe (enjoy it while it lasts)

Dream on. Ralf was the man today, no one else

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Mania · 17 Mar 2002, 08:49 (Ref:237112)

Damn right. Dont be sore losers. Ralf was the man all afternoon.

RALF RULES!

Jay · 17 Mar 2002, 08:50 (Ref:237114)

Great race by Ralf! I feel bad for Jensen though...

I thought the first corner incident between JPM and MS was a racing incident...neither at fault... I'm not sure why JPM got the penalty..but as Martin Brundle said, it would not have made any difference in the outcome.

**Spudgun** · 17 Mar 2002, 08:58 (Ref:237122)

Williams victorius!!

I think Montoya's penalty was way out of order.. What about Michael's wild chop across the track?!?!?

I really do feel sorry for Button. He really deserved that podium..

A lot of collisions though! I was surprised how many nose cones were changed.. (EJ is gonna be fuming!)

Francesca · 17 Mar 2002, 09:00 (Ref:237123)

Even Schuey agreed the penalty was unecessary.

Commiserations to Button and tut tut to Sato!

steve nielsen · 17 Mar 2002, 09:01 (Ref:237124)

I don't know what Sato was thinking, but Giancarlo and Eddie are probably not to keen on him at the moment.

Arrows did a fine job again

, HHF still has to learn how to keep the car running, and Bernoldi was out of fuel, very professional Tom

although Norbert Haug and Mario Illien also seems to have problems with DC and Kimi both out with engine problems.

JB drove a fine race and the officials gave the wrong man(JPM) a penalty, it was claerly TGF's mistake.

badoer fan · 17 Mar 2002, 09:02 (Ref:237126)

Poooooooor Jenson! He really deserved that podium

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And yes, I know I was one of the Jenson bashers, but I have changed my mind over the winter. And no Mark, it has nothing to do with THAT picture

Raoul Duke · 17 Mar 2002, 09:02 (Ref:237127)

For me it's just the perfect result with Ralf winning and Juan coming 2nd.

It's also very nice to see 2 different winners after the first 2 races. Wich hasn't happened in a while.

drexel · 17 Mar 2002, 09:03 (Ref:237129)

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What about Michael's wild chop across the track?!?!?

What about it?!?!?

Francesca · 17 Mar 2002, 09:03 (Ref:237130)

I forgot about Bernoldi - he did well holding the charging Shuey off for a while.

Don K · 17 Mar 2002, 09:05 (Ref:237135)

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Originally posted by Spudgun
I think Montoya's penalty was way out of order..

Hard to say.
Untill now, I've only seen normal footing from just before and just after the incident, shots from the air from just before the incident, and in-car footing from Montoya's car starting just before the car hit each other.
From these shots, I can't see whether or not Montoya left enough space.

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What about Michael's wild chop across the track?!?!?

Single move, which is permitted.
After that, he stayed on the right side, giving Montoya enough space to do whatever he wanted.

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I really do feel sorry for Button. He really deserved that podium..

I really do feel sorry for Rubens.

Mania · 17 Mar 2002, 09:05 (Ref:237138)

Bernoldi made me smile

But this was a great result with Ralf winning.

Feel sorry for Button - he was the driver of the race AFTER Ralf in my opinion.

As for Sato - what a joke!

calais · 17 Mar 2002, 09:10 (Ref:237145)

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Originally posted by Mania
Damn right. Dont be sore losers. Ralf was the man all afternoon.

RALF RULES!

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:confused: your not serious are you???
if MS and JPM did not have that coming together{which was clearly schui's fault}, halfie would have been lucky to have finished third{ had rubens not retired}

Sato san · 17 Mar 2002, 09:10 (Ref:237147)

feel sorry for button , sato made a big mistake , and ralf done a good drive. the man of the race was montoya , storming drive after being attacked by the poor driving standards of the world champion.

Piquet · 17 Mar 2002, 09:11 (Ref:237148)

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Originally posted by Jay
Great race by Ralf! I feel bad for Jensen though...

I thought the first corner incident between JPM and MS was a racing incident...neither at fault... I'm not sure why JPM got the penalty..but as Martin Brundle said, it would not have made any difference in the outcome.

I, for one would have to question that - it's impossible to know what would have happened if JPM & MS stayed up front!!

Anyway, whats done is done - the drive through penalty stinks though.

Well done to Ralf!

As for Jordan -

Mr V · 17 Mar 2002, 09:12 (Ref:237151)

pleased for rafe as he was there when it mattered, but certainly wasn't the driver of the day, that goes to jpm, followed closely by jenson!

f1manoz · 17 Mar 2002, 09:13 (Ref:237152)

That decision concerning JPM was the biggest bull**** decision I've ever witnessed. And any of you saying 'well, it was 50/50', take a look at the ****ing replay!!! It was a racing incident, yet they deem that to be a penalty. My god, talk about favouritism......

From now on, any incident, according to those bunch of clowns, deserves a penalty. F1manoz has spoken

Concerning the race, Ralf won. Can't say anything else. Good job though. But I'm still fuming about JPM......

Bad luck for Button. Deserved the podium, but TGF/FIA man just nicked it.

And, of course, Nick in 5th place. Go you good thing!!!

One last thing, what about the Macs? Can you sense a bad season coming up?!?!?

Mania · 17 Mar 2002, 09:13 (Ref:237155)

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Originally posted by calais
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:confused: your not serious are you???
if MS and JPM did not have that coming together{which was clearly schui's fault}, halfie would have been lucky to have finished third

LOL. Did you ever take Maths? Montoya was on a two stopper as was Michael. Ralf was on a one stop strategy and was easily keeping up with the Ferrari plus he was lapping just a few tenths off the two stoppers at the back - Schumacher and Montoya.

But if you want to be a SORE LOSER - go right ahead.

The FACTS are just not in your favor!

Nicholas · 17 Mar 2002, 09:14 (Ref:237156)

Bernoldi doing an Alesi

Shame ITV missed it

Are they drunk or something? Good to see we had almost zero in-car views too.

Bad luck Jenson

And as for BAR- why doesn't Villeneuve take a sabbatical?

Oh, I forgot about Mclaren. It's almost as if they don't want Kimi to score, let alone DC.

**Spudgun** · 17 Mar 2002, 09:15 (Ref:237159)

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Single move, which is permitted.
After that, he stayed on the right side, giving Montoya enough space to do whatever he wanted.

Granted, it was a legal move, but it was still damnright dangerous. He'd planned that move before he'd dropped the clutch.. He could have caused pile number 2 of the season if JPM had got the jump on him off the line. It was controversial the last time he did it. One day it will end in tears..

enemy-ace · 17 Mar 2002, 09:18 (Ref:237166)

No doubt Ralf drove a great race, but he really was uncontested. I think Ferrari really need to bring out the F2002 for the next race. He easily kept Barrichello in his sights while carrying much more fuel. A lousy call by the stewards erased his only real competition.
Bernoldi sure didn't make it easy for Schumacher did he, that was great fun to watch. That Arrows car with a little more testing and development could be a strong contender for points.
Good solid run for Button, that battle he had with Montoya was a great piece of good clean racing! Kudos to both drivers.
Drive of the race for me goes to Montoya, a solid second after being thoroughly shafted!

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