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Whassup dudes I'm back from Sepang and I must say whenever I was there (2002, 2003 and 2005), the Evil Empire has NEVER won the Grand Prix Looks like I must make the Sepang trip an annual event in my calender

Not the best of races to be honest, and Kimi would have gotten a podium finish if not for the blown tyre With the new engine & tyre rules this year, I have this feeling that races will get pretty boring, with the pole setter the likely race winner leading from start to finish Let's hope I'm wrong

Congrats to Toyota on their first ever podium finish And Redbull once again looked the surprise package with their great early season form

Whatever the engineers and machanics are doing at Maranello during the past few weeks, keep up the good job

the 'evil empire' now seems to be fighting the good forces of red bull for hallowed position of 6th i can't wait for our new car, although rubens 2nd pos in australia was promising, this race has cleary shown how far behind we are. the tyres are also a major factor, michelin are destroying bridgestone and this is not helping ferrari at all, especially in qualifying. we are at least 1.5 seconds slower than renault if not more!!

mcclaren probably are renaults main challengers at the moment, but their cars seem to be much harder on the tyres than renault. i believe the tyre rule changes should be changed back and we can see the real pace of the cars. anyway lets roll onto barain, and hopefull we can beat those red bull cars for once go evil empire

Yes... if not Ferrari's new car no one could challenge Renault. We desperately need our new car, ASAP. Now it seems that we are riding on bikes. Only 2 points, what a disaster. What a shame. Dont they felt that after Australian GP. It was obuvous that without new car we can do nothing.

Nandito made good run though and deserved his second victory. He is great pilot. And superior over Fisico. We need him ASAP. Cuz if we not then someone else and we will be left with Massa who does a mistake in a race every time. Nandito to Ferrari!!!

!Fuerza Nandito!

Originally Posted by Kui

I share your sentiment! I want some Latinos to win the F-1 Series. It's been a while.

after Ayrton Senna, there will be NO MORE LATINO to win The World Championships title.

Originally Posted by ilgenio

Whassup dudes I'm back from Sepang and I must say whenever I was there (2002, 2003 and 2005), the Evil Empire has NEVER won the Grand Prix Looks like I must make the Sepang trip an annual event in my calender

Not the best of races to be honest, and Kimi would have gotten a podium finish if not for the blown tyre With the new engine & tyre rules this year, I have this feeling that races will get pretty boring, with the pole setter the likely race winner leading from start to finish Let's hope I'm wrong

Congrats to Toyota on their first ever podium finish And Redbull once again looked the surprise package with their great early season form

Whatever the engineers and machanics are doing at Maranello during the past few weeks, keep up the good job

Yeah.. Kimi could have done better without that puncture, even fiew laps before his 1st pitstop he scored fastest lap several times.

anyway, you should congrat TOYOTA for overlapping Ferrari.. ain't it the first time they did that?

Originally Posted by argo

after Ayrton Senna, there will be NO MORE LATINO to win The World Championships title.

Ayrton Senna... In Life Unforgettable, In Death Irreplaceable.

Went to Sepang without earplugs. That was SUICIDE.

Toyota should be doing well, they have by an absolute mile the biggest budget in the sport. Ironically up to now their problem has always been the complete opposite of what the Toyota name is famed for: Reliability.

Only a team with Toyota's budget can afford paying sky high wages on two of the most overrated drivers on the grid

toyota are doing well thou it has to be said, and in particular jarno trulli, although it can be claimed that he is inconsistent, he has been the second best drive so far in the championship. the knew ferrari looked better, even if renault still has a small advantdge, but at least we are back up there challenging so far. however wecan only really judge that in race conditions. williams looked ok, but mclaren are down in 7th and 9th, and nearly a second of the pace, but i expect them to come strong, v strong during the race.

Kimi screwed up his qualifying lap... He was on the verge of provinsional pole till he ran wide & hit the curbs at the final turn towards the start/finish line Though I don't think he's quick enough to beat Alonso or Trulli's time but I reckon it would move him up to either P3 or P4.

At least there's still another session tomorrow Damn... I'm sounding like an Interista

next round bahrain

great race, and pedro de la rosa was just fantastic to watch, definatley man of the race for me in terms of sheer entertainment

alonso won easily again, trulli till about the 1st pit stop was following him easily but then dropped off and he cruised home, schumacher was doing extremely well, but our reliability let us down (i can't quite believe i've said that!) at least the new car is very fast, alonso might be too far ahaead in the standings aleady thou, but at least we've got a car to challenge.

mclaren have got a fast car, but for some reason they keep qualifying badly and they lose too much time going through the field, if they could start near the front they would be able to challenge for race wins.raikkonen 3rd de la rosa 5th

williams, well they were up there, but clearly have the 4th fastest car if not 5th.webber 6th heidfeld DNF

toyota, great race for them, ralf and trulli putting in solid races, and trulli is emerging as alonso's main challenger!! trulli 2nd ralf 4th

renault, fisichella had day to forget his race ending early with his car breaking down, alonso winning. alsono 1st fisichell DNF

ferrari, well the new car certainley is quick enough, but its no where near reliable, we have 3 weeks to sort it out, and if we can sort out the gear box and the transimssion and the hydraulics, we should be back up there, a pretty big if thou for imola, i think in 3 races time ferrari will be at full strength. barricehllo was doing well, but then his gearbox and tyres starting dying and he limped home, barrichello 98th, schumacher DNF

red bull,the early season promise has not been continued, they struggled at the back. coulthard 8th klein DNF

sauber, villenueve is a lame duck, he will be gone before you know it, massa drove well again and picked up 2 pts massa 7th, villeneuve DNF

bar, what happened to last year's break through team? no points this year and 1 finish out of 6 i think, both drivers were running in the low points, mainly due to other teams mis fortune, they are at best the 6th best team now button:dnf, sato :dnf

jordan, brave struggle at least they are not as bad as minardi, kathariyan(?)NF monteiro:10th

minardi: i love this team, but they are so bad its painful to watch they finished 4laps down in 11th and 12th (albers and freisher-ish)
minardi and jordan, one word,

Best race of 2005!

McLaren showed they've got the pace in races, but not in qualifying If they had qualified much higher on the grid, they'd be challenging Renault for the top spot on the podium.

Alonso lead from start to finish for the 2nd straight race, while Fisi got his 2nd straight DNF Man of the race was definitely Pedro de la Rosa who overtook Button, Barrichello & Webber with Montoyaesque techniques which even Juancho would have been proud of

Last but not least, Forza Ferrari

Being BMW supporter i have to say that i am pleased with their performance,and i think we can expect much more in the future from both Heidfeld and Webber.
FORZA BMW!

Disappointing race for me as Schumi fan, though I am happy that Nandito contunue his reign .

REally interesting and eyecatching race that was. May stupid mistakes and many breakdowns too. That's what make the race so fantastic to watch.

Pedro de la Rosa was the man - joke. He was so fast though he could not ajust track and overtake many of his rivals... he was a joker. I am a bit surprised of McL speed. It is something that make everyone curous about...

New car of Ferrari is a fast one though lacks of reliability. I bet if Schumi was finished that would have been the first place Do not know what happened to Rubinho, though it seems to be problems with a new car too.

Great race by Nandito. He made no mistakes. Although almost all of his rivals done one or more silly diriving failures. I wont be disappointed if Nando win this year [though it is unlikely ]

!Forza Schumi!
!Forza Ferrari!