Ferrari Miss Out In Monaco

By DCX
May 22 2005

Despite problems early in the race, Ferrari was able to pull out a double points finish at the Monaco Grand Prix. Schumacher got passed his teammate for 7th on the last lap and Rubens took the last points paying position in 8th.

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Ferrari Miss Out In Monaco	DCX
Michael Schumacher Race: 7th Michael Schumacher had another rather disappointing race today as he was on track for a 5th or 6th place result when a Minardi crashed in front of him. Schumacher was forced to head back to the pits and change his front week, loosing him several positions. Luckily for Michael, Jacques Villeneuve made a incredibely stupid mistake, knocking himself and his team mate out of the points, this and other incidents meant that Michael got up to 8th. Schumacher was then able to pass his team mate for 7th on the last lap going into the chicane. Schumacher also took the fastest lap of the race today. Here is what the 7-Time World Champion had to say about his race in Monaco: “Everything that could go wrong seemed to go wrong at the beginning. I got stuck behind the Minardi that blocked the track and then I had to pit to change the nose on the car. It is clear when you look at the times that we had a very competitive race pace. It is a shame that we were not able to get the most out of it. But, given everything that happened, I have to be reasonably happy with my two points. As for my move on Rubens, we are all here to race and I did not think there was much risk involved in the move.” Rubens Barrichello Race:8th Rubens Barrichello had a rather uneventfull day today as he cruised home to an 8th place result. Barrichello was also caught up by the Minardi incident but he was able to continue. Barrichello would have taken 7th place, if not for him leaving the door open for Michael Schumacher through the chicane. Here is what the Brazilian had to say after his disappointing session: “All sorts of thing happened in this race. My car stalled in the pits unfortunately, which cost me a lot of time, but I had a really good car. The tyres were excellent throughout and meant I had a good pace, but here there is so little space to overtake, I could not make the most of the tyres. I lost a position to Michael right at the end, as I was trying to overtake Ralf. Michael took a gamble for the extra point. The most important thing we can take away from here is that the car was very good in the race.” Ross Brawn Technical Director Ferrari's Technical Director Ross Brawn is concerned with Ferrari's race result, but he is certain the car is good enough for a better result at the Nurburgring. Here is what Ross had to say: “It was a bit of a frustrating afternoon, because you could see in the middle of the race that our car had huge potential. Michael set the fastest lap when he still had a lot of fuel in the car. But this was typical of the type of race you can expect to have at this circuit if you do not qualify well. Basically, we had to follow other cars and were not able to use our pace. The tyres were perfect for the race, but we were not able to qualify well and here we paid very heavily for that. Things might have been different if Michael had not got caught up in the mess behind the Minardi, while Rubens stalled in the pits which cost him a lot of time. So, a lot of potential, but we could not use it.”
May 22, 2005
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