San Marino Grand Prix Results

  • Thread starter Thread starter vat_man
  • 13 comments
  • 842 views
V

vat_man

Staff Emeritus
Messages
9,428
1. 1 M.SCHUMACHER 1h28'12"058
2. 6 RAIKKONEN + 0'01"800
3. 2 BARRICHELLO + 0'02"200
4. 4 R.SCHUMACHER 0'08"800 207.550 Km/h
5. 5 COULTHARD + 0'09"400 207.526 Km/h
6. 8 ALONSO + 0'43"600 206.196 Km/h
7. 3 MONTOYA + 0'45"200 206.134 Km/h
8. 17 BUTTON 1 lap(s)
9. 20 PANIS 1 lap(s)
10. 9 HEIDFELD 1 lap(s)
11. 10 FRENTZEN 1 lap(s)
12. 21 DA MATTA 1 lap(s)
13. 7 TRULLI 1 lap(s)
14. 15 PIZZONIA 2 lap(s)
15. 11 FISICHELLA 5 lap(s)
16. 14 WEBBER 8 lap(s)
17. 12 FIRMAN 11 lap(s)
18. 19 VERSTAPPEN 24 lap(s)
19. 18 WILSON 39 lap(s)
20. 16 VILLENEUVE 43 lap(s)
 
Mmmm...as I suspected, Ferrari have a very slight advantage over McLaren (although I can't work out how Raikkonen finished second - and I watched the telecast!), and they both have an advantage over Williams. Renault are the best of the rest, with Webber's Jaguar and the BARs seeming to be next with Sauber next, then the Toyotas, Pizzonia and the Jordans then Minardi.
 
I would say that Raikkonen finished second because he saved somewhere in the region of 20 seconds by only stopping twice to the three times of the other frontrunners. His pace was only slightly slower than Ralf's and Barrichello was forced to run at Ralf's speed for most of the race.
 
how the 2 brothers raced is beyond my comprehension after the loss of their mother, i dont know

Good to see Michael on the top step for (hopefully) not the last time this season
When is Mark Webber gonna have any kind of luck at all? puts the thing on P5, then the car doesnt get away properly, and to top it off, ends up having to retire it
get 'em next race Mark:tup:
 
Goto takumasato.org for an overview of his whole season. He was plagued by horrible luck the whole year. If it wasnt mechanical failure of the wonderful ej12 it was something else. I was so thankful that for the last race of the season he finally had the luck of a trouble free weekend. It showed something for his ability to those that didnt look deeper than the qualifying and finishing results.

Cant wait for next year when he will finally get to display his abilities. Hopefully BAR will be better then, or he will be able to take advantage of the new rules. Atleast the car should be 10 times more reliable than the jordan.

I would like to see how he compares to Webber. Comparing him with Button should be fun also. I predict he will embarass him.
 
Originally posted by advanR
Goto takumasato.org for an overview of his whole season. He was plagued by horrible luck the whole year. If it wasnt mechanical failure of the wonderful ej12 it was something else. I was so thankful that for the last race of the season he finally had the luck of a trouble free weekend. It showed something for his ability to those that didnt look deeper than the qualifying and finishing results.

Cant wait for next year when he will finally get to display his abilities. Hopefully BAR will be better then, or he will be able to take advantage of the new rules. Atleast the car should be 10 times more reliable than the jordan.

I would like to see how he compares to Webber. Comparing him with Button should be fun also. I predict he will embarass him.
Click to expand...

Hmm. Not sure I agree with this. Sato did have this knack of finding new parts of tracks on which to crash. I think that had he spent less time off the road in Free Practice, he would have done better in qualifying and the race, because his setup and mechanical integrity would have been better.

However, he does appear to be talented, and if the wild streak can be tamed (which one hopes a season of testing would achieve), then he should come good. It will also be interesting to see how the post-Jacques B.A.R. team fares anyway.
 
i dont agree with the opinion that sato was an irresponsible driver. sure he had some mistakes early in the season, but look at the numbers, and not many offs were his fault. when he made a mistake he admitted it and apologized. he also stated he didnt believe he ever made the same mistake twice. I think that is an important and true point.

he very often had mechanical failures in practice and qualifying. that combined with the fact he knew very few of the tracks impressed me. he was always qualifying very close and sometimes quicker than fisichella. fisichella being a driver that has always been quicker than his teammates.

no doubt he is talented. just how great he is im not sure of yet. that is why I was disappointed he didnt have a drive this year. lets hope he gets with the improved BAR team next year.

like i said before, sato vs. button should be a very good spectacle.
 
Well, you don't British F3 in the style that he did without having a pretty fair idea of what you're doing. I was quite disappointed in his showing last year, I had high expectations of him.

I'm inclined to agree wiht Giles on this one - there were glimpses of raw speed there, but it really wasn't until Suzuka that he started to look like he belonged in F1.

I think a full season testing for a factory team will do Sato the world of good - it will be fantastic for his technical skills and mental disipline. He'll hit the track in '04 in a car he helped build and develop - that's got to be good for your confidence.

He should be the best Japanese F1 driver we've seen.
 
like i said before, I think he missed earlier points finishes because of his luck. look at how close he was to fisi for most of the year though, and look how bad firman is doing this year. firman is regularly at the back of the pack with the minardis. sato was at most 4 positions behind him, sometimes being ahead (like 1 gp, haha).

I really like sato because he seems to have a very good personality. he seems down to earth. he first jumped into a kart at the very late age of 18. he never had parents supporting his dreams of racing, like others i know, hint hint. he understands the importance of technical knowledge, and seems to enjoy it. as much as his true racing spirit wanted to be on the grid this year, he looks at the bright side of testing for another year, and hopes for the small chance to race.

cant wait till 2004

EDIT: it wasnt until suzuka that he looked like he belonged in f1? i'll ignore that comment. I believe even with his bad luck he performed better than others throughout the year.
 
Originally posted by advanR
EDIT: it wasnt until suzuka that he looked like he belonged in f1? i'll ignore that comment. I believe even with his bad luck he performed better than others throughout the year.
Click to expand...

Yeah, but if the 'others' are the likes of Yoong, Davidson, Massa, Bernoldi, it's not the best accolade, is it?

I take your point about luck. For sure, both Honda 'B' drivers (Panis, Sato) had the lion's share of the engine failures. However, "luck" is a statistical anomaly... Johnny Herbert was not unlucky, he was s*** (a fact which I will tell Murray Walker if ever I meet him in a conversation situation).

It's the same for Sato - not that he's s***, because I genuinely believe that he isn't, but the fact is that a lot of his in-race retirements were due to inexperience in the race, or during the practice sessions.
 
I agree with Giles, except for the bit about Johnny Herbert.

I saw Sato in F3 at Donnington and he was just awesome, and you'd think anyone who could dominate British F3 like that would be excellent F1 material. But then again there's Jan Magnussen.

I think Sato has got what it takes, though like a driver's autobiography I don't suppose takumasato.org will give you a totally unbiased opinion of the guys abilities and results.

Going up against Fisi is tough for any driver, and last years Jordan was a tricky car, especially for a novice. Allied to that Sato did not get as much testing as he would have liked either (though undoubtedly much more than Firman).

Sato surely deserves a race seat, but with only 20 available, there are going to be good drivers who miss out. A year of testing will set him up for a good season in 2004. I'm sure he'll give Button something to think about if they team up at BAR.

F1 is getting very tricky for rookies. The cars are getting ever more distant from those in other formulas, testing for the poorer teams is getting restricted, practice at tracks has been reduced and one-lap qualifying adds extra pressure.
 
I should point out that I am actually a fan of Sato, and I think/hope he'll do well next year. To my eyes he looked a bit out of his depth last year, as if a year in F3000 with an F1 test contract might have done him some good.

As Giles pointed out the only rookie from '02 who distinguished himself was Webber, and of the others (Sato aside) I think we'll only see Massa race an F1 car in anger again.

Herbert's an interesting one - I always wonder how he'd have been if he hadn't had that crash in F3000 in '88.
 

Latest Posts

Back