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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Salty25" data-source="post: 225830" data-attributes="member: 185281"><a href="http://www.formula1.com/race/result/759/8.html" target="_blank">http://www.formula1.com/race/result/759/8.html</a>Wow, what a race! Full of incidents right from the start, when Giancarlo Fisichella jump-started, resulting in a drive-through penalty. Eventually finishing 4th, one wonders whether the Italian could have got on the podium, or even challenged Alonso for the win.Nico Rosberg finally got payback for his misdemeanours in qualifying when, unsighted, he was rammed into the wall by an overtaking Juan Pablo Montoya, who himself would later suffer retirement.Michael Schumacher had a terrible start to the race, dropping to 7th, but the Rosberg incident improved his position, and he would later dramatically take 2nd from Kimi Raikkonen, who challenged Alonso for long periods, but fell foul of the rubber marbles generated by the wearing tyres at L’Epingle, Kimi momentarily losing control and Schumi capitalising on the mistake.Kimi Raikkonen did, however, appear to have a car capable of fighting with the Renault of Alonso, but two disasterous pit stops; at the first a failure to replace the right rear tyre, and stalling in the second; sought to deny the Finnish driver’s hopes.The other noted performance of the day is that of David Coulthard who, having to start from the back due to an engine change, riffled his way through the field, and due to the unfortunate retirement of Jacques Villeneuve, was able to claim a World Championship point for Red Bull when the Scot took advantage of a mistake by Jenson Button as the Honda pilot exited L’Epingle.Drivers' Championship - <a href="http://www.formula1.com/archive/driver/2006.html" target="_blank">http://www.formula1.com/archive/driver/2006.html</a>Michael Schumacher’s (59pts) late theft of 2nd place only appears to delay Fernando Alonso’s (84pts) route to the championship. The German veteran must now launch a sustained run of Grand Prix victories if he is to stop the Spaniard.Constructors' Championship - <a href="http://www.formula1.com/archive/team/2006.html" target="_blank">http://www.formula1.com/archive/team/2006.html</a>Renault (121pts) are now looking like a safe bet to retain their World Constructors’ title, with Ferrari (87pts) slipping ever further behind.Full Story - <a href="http://www.formula1.com/race/news/4546/759.html" target="_blank">http://www.formula1.com/race/news/4546/759.html</a>In Supaliga, ‘Speedy Devils’ (245pts) have now established a comfortable 35pt lead over 2nd placed ‘pipjack’ (210pts). ‘IG Racing’ (184pts) have closed the gap on the leading two, while also moving slightly further away – if only to 5pts from the previous 2 – from ‘Wolfs bangers’ (179pts) in 4th.The pressure from the chasing pack has reduced slightly - ‘Tom34’ (5th - 169pts) now find themselves 10pts off the top 4 – as the peloton continues to be compact, ‘F1 Aberdeen’ (167pts) maintaining 6th place, as do ‘bronking buckos’ (161pts) in 7th. ‘Team Carros’ (157pts) carry on up the league, rising one place to 8th, equal with ‘Draconigen’. ‘Honda/Williams’ are now losing touch, still 10th but dropping further behind on 148pts.It’s all change at the foot of the league, with my (bloody hopeless!) ‘Super25’ team (123pts) now residing at the bottom, although a mere 11pts separates them from 13th placed ‘GameboyUK’ (134pts)… and the dark force that is the ‘hypotheticals’, who take another victim in ‘Bussola’s dream team’ (132pts), a striking climb-down for Rui’s outfit who were once 8th in the league (Spanish GP). However, in an equally amazing fashion, ‘Jose`s Marinos’ propel themselves from bottom to equal 15th with ‘Bussola’s dream team’ after many months of facing the wooden spoon.NEXT GRAND PRIX... UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX at INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY... JULY 2ND...</blockquote>

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