Barrichello Takes Third In A Surprise Finish
By DCX
May 29 2005
McLaren, Renault and Williams were the focal point of the race but Ferrari was also back up to the front as Rubens took 3rd. After a quite exciting race and a surprise "Finnish" to end it, Barrichello emerged in 3rd as Schumacher took 5th.
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Schumacher Race 5th + 0'50.445 Michael Schumacher and the entire Ferrari team showed that despite their poor qualifying, they can still have a very decent race finish. Schumacher started in 10th and began to move up the grid, but at the first corner he was forced to run wide to avoid a shunt with younger brother Ralf. Schumacher would move up the grid throughout the race but because of Bridgestone's poor performance in qualifying, he was doomed to finish around the fifth position. This was exactly were he finished. While it wasn't a great result for the German, it was a definite improvement. Here is what the 7-Time World Champion had to say about his race in Germany: “Before the start, I might have predicted a fifth place finish, but I thought it might be easier to come by. Today, my race pace was not as good as usual. We know what we have to do, which is to keep on working hard, on all areas of the car. When I went off the track, it was because I suddenly got more understeer than usual and once off the clean line there was no way to keep on the track, but even without that incident, I don’t think I could have caught Coulthard. At least Rubens’ result shows that we are moving in the right direction. I feel sorry for Kimi as it is a bitter experience to have something like that happen so close to the finish.” Rubens Barrichello Race3rd + 0'18.549 Having qualified in 7th, Rubens was able to dice it up with the front runners, but since the Bridgestones take too long to get up to speed, his competitors were able to get too far in front of him. Rubens was not involved in many of the exciting incidents and had a rather uneventful race to finish 3rd. This definitely showed a substantial improvement for the team and because of Kimi's last lap disaster they were able to pull off a very good result. Here is what the Brazilian had to say about his excellent result: “This has been a lively weekend! I think that starting seventh and finishing third is very good. At the start I came alongside Alonso and then two cars cut across in front of me, forcing me to go left before I could turn right. I lost a lot of time, but after that I was able to push hard and make the most of my three stop strategy. My race set-up was very good. Everyone in the team and back in the factory is doing a fantastic job right now. The car was very reliable, the engine strong and the tyres were great. I feel we are coming back to where we should be and hopefully, we can start winning races soon.” Ross Brawn Technical Director Ferrari's Technical Director Ross Brawn, was pleased that the team had an improved showing but he of course wants more: “It was a frustrating start to the race because of what happened at the first corner. Considering that at the end of that lap we were last and close to last, I think we had a fantastic race. Rubens was very good and drove a great race. Michael had a two stop strategy which meant he obviously had a heavier fuel load. I think this led to his tyres being a bit “difficult” in the closing stages. Possibly the balance on his car was not quite so good either. Rubens was on a three stop, which meant less stress on the tyres and his were very good. He had race winning pace today. Unfortunately, problems on the first lap meant we could not exploit that fully.” |
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