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<blockquote data-quote="Salty25" data-source="post: 294847" data-attributes="member: 185281"><p><span style="color: #004e6e"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Official Race Result - </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #004e6e"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><u><strong><a href="http://www.formula1.com/race/result/769/8.html" target="_blank">http://www.formula1.com/race/result/769/8.html</a></strong></u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #004e6e"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">On a day of so many endings, Felipe Massa ended the long wait of the Brazilian public by taking victory in Interlagos – the first Brazilian to do so since (the late great) Ayrton Senna in 1993. He lead from beginning to end, and surely now must feel he will have as much of a shout for the title next season as his future team mate, Kimi Raikkonen, who came in 5th.</span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">But of course, the story of the day will be that of Michael Schumacher, racing in F1 for the last time ever. His day got off to a bad start when his left rear tyre punctured due to debris left from the collision of brother Ralf and Mark Webber, thus requiring a pit stop and a drop to the back.</span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">However, this did little to unsettle him, and he fought his way up the field, and by the closing stages was making a fight to get in the top 5. In the straight, Schumi put Fisichella under pressure, and the Italian buckled, going off on the grass in the first corner.</span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Soon after, in the same straight he attempted an overtaking manoeuvre fitting of his legendary status, capitalising on Raikkonen’s miscalculation going into the first corner, and Schumi went wheel-to-wheel to defend his position on the inside, and completed the move quite efficiently for 4th. Although he could not gain a podium position, one hopes that he will reflect upon his final race as an example of his driven ambition to succeed.</span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Fernando Alonso came in 2nd, and becomes the youngest driver to successful defend the World Championship. His was a tactical advance up the pack, and his conservative style assured safe passage to the end. Jenson Button picked up a magnificent 3rd place after a less than pleasing 14th in qualifying. He battled hard to get there, the most notable moment being the passing of Raikkonen into turn one as the Finn was off guard.</span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Although he was involved in much of the action, Kimi Raikkonen looked very much out-of-sorts for much of the race, ending in 5th. Fisichella followed in 6th, Barrichello in 7th, whilst de la Rosa secured the final point in 8th.</span></em></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Drivers' Championship - </strong><a href="http://www.formula1.com/archive/driver/2006.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #606420"><strong>http://www.formula1.com/archive/driver/2006.html</strong></span></u></a></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">FERNANDO ALONSO IS WORLD DRIVER’S CHAMPION</span></em></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em></em></span> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Constructors' Championship - </strong><a href="http://www.formula1.com/archive/team/2006.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #606420"><strong>http://www.formula1.com/archive/team/2006.html</strong></span></u></a></span></span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">RENAULT IS WORLD CONSTRUCTOR’S CHAMPION</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></em></span></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></em></span></em></span></em></span></em></span></em> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Full Story - </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.formula1.com/race/news/5169/769.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #606420"><strong>http://www.formula1.com/race/news/5169/769.html</strong></span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.formula1.com/race/news/5094/768.html" target="_blank">http://www.formula1.com/race/news/5094/768.html</a></span></strong> </p><p></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red">SupaLiga</span> final report to follow…</span></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salty25, post: 294847, member: 185281"] [COLOR=#004e6e][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana][B]Official Race Result - [/B][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][U][B][url]http://www.formula1.com/race/result/769/8.html[/url][/B][/U][/FONT] [/COLOR][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Verdana]On a day of so many endings, Felipe Massa ended the long wait of the Brazilian public by taking victory in Interlagos – the first Brazilian to do so since (the late great) Ayrton Senna in 1993. He lead from beginning to end, and surely now must feel he will have as much of a shout for the title next season as his future team mate, Kimi Raikkonen, who came in 5th.[/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana]But of course, the story of the day will be that of Michael Schumacher, racing in F1 for the last time ever. His day got off to a bad start when his left rear tyre punctured due to debris left from the collision of brother Ralf and Mark Webber, thus requiring a pit stop and a drop to the back.[/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana]However, this did little to unsettle him, and he fought his way up the field, and by the closing stages was making a fight to get in the top 5. In the straight, Schumi put Fisichella under pressure, and the Italian buckled, going off on the grass in the first corner.[/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana]Soon after, in the same straight he attempted an overtaking manoeuvre fitting of his legendary status, capitalising on Raikkonen’s miscalculation going into the first corner, and Schumi went wheel-to-wheel to defend his position on the inside, and completed the move quite efficiently for 4th. Although he could not gain a podium position, one hopes that he will reflect upon his final race as an example of his driven ambition to succeed.[/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana]Fernando Alonso came in 2nd, and becomes the youngest driver to successful defend the World Championship. His was a tactical advance up the pack, and his conservative style assured safe passage to the end. Jenson Button picked up a magnificent 3rd place after a less than pleasing 14th in qualifying. He battled hard to get there, the most notable moment being the passing of Raikkonen into turn one as the Finn was off guard.[/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana]Although he was involved in much of the action, Kimi Raikkonen looked very much out-of-sorts for much of the race, ending in 5th. Fisichella followed in 6th, Barrichello in 7th, whilst de la Rosa secured the final point in 8th.[/FONT][/I] [FONT=Verdana][B]Drivers' Championship - [/B][URL="http://www.formula1.com/archive/driver/2006.html"][U][COLOR=#606420][B]http://www.formula1.com/archive/driver/2006.html[/B][/COLOR][/U][/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][I][I][FONT=Verdana]FERNANDO ALONSO IS WORLD DRIVER’S CHAMPION[/FONT][/I] [/I][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT=Verdana][B]Constructors' Championship - [/B][URL="http://www.formula1.com/archive/team/2006.html"][U][COLOR=#606420][B]http://www.formula1.com/archive/team/2006.html[/B][/COLOR][/U][/URL][/FONT][/FONT] [I][FONT=Verdana][I][FONT=Verdana][I][FONT=Verdana][I][FONT=Verdana][I][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Verdana][I][FONT=Verdana]RENAULT IS WORLD CONSTRUCTOR’S CHAMPION[/FONT][/I] [/FONT][/FONT][/I][/FONT][/I][/FONT][/I][/FONT][/I][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Verdana][B]Full Story - [/B] [FONT=Verdana][URL="http://www.formula1.com/race/news/5169/769.html"][COLOR=#606420][B]http://www.formula1.com/race/news/5169/769.html[/B][/COLOR][/URL][/FONT] [/FONT][B][FONT=Verdana][URL="http://www.formula1.com/race/news/5094/768.html"][/URL][/FONT][/B] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=red]SupaLiga[/COLOR] final report to follow…[/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [/QUOTE]
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