A Solid Performance Yields A Double Points Finish
By Dale Calkins
September 26 2005
Both Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello put in a solid performance today to take 4th and 6th place respectively. The Brazilian Grand Prix proved to be a step forward for the Scuderia, and possibly a sign of even better things to come.
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A Solid Performance Yields A Double Points Finish |
Dale Calkins |
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Michael
Schumacher Race: 4th + 35.668 Ferrari seemed to be back on pace during the Brazilian Grand Prix as Michael Schumacher qualified reasonably well and made a great start. Schumacher moved up to challenge Giancarlo Fisichella for 4th and he did indeed take that position. There is where Michael would finish the race about 10 seconds behind new World Champion Fernando Alonso. Here is what the 7-Time World Champion had to say about his race in Brazil: "First of all I want to congratulate Fernando and his team on winning the title. They have done a great job and from a personal point of view it is nice for me to see some of the guys I worked with at Benetton looking so happy. I look forward to fighting them again next season. We had a reasonable race today, certainly better than the last few. The Constructors’ championship is important to us and from that perspective this was a good result. Maybe this afternoon’s positive tendency can continue in the final two races." Rubens Barrichello Race: 6th + 1'09.173 Rubens Barrichello also seemed to be up on pace today for his home Grand Prix as he took 6th place. Barrichello battled with Jenson Button, Ralf Schumacher and Christian Klien, defeating all three drivers and finish behing Giancarlo Fisichella. Here is what the Brazilian had to say about his race: "I had a good race, but I was blocked by the people ahead of me and I had nowhere to go really and could never really push to the maximum. It was a shame. I had a particularly exciting battle with Jenson which was a bit crazy because it was a bit wet on the inside line. I just tried hard not to create any problems for myself. If it hadn’t been for the difficulty in qualifying yesterday, I could have had a much better race as the car returned to normal today. The only problem I had this afternoon was with twenty laps to go, when the power steering started pushing me to the left. Sixth was the best I could do. Congratulations to Fernando. He deserves this title." Ross Brawn Technical Director Ferrari's Technical Director Ross Brawn, was certainly pleased with today's results, but still wants more. Here is what Ross had to say about the Italian Grand Prix: "Our race went pretty well. I am pleased that we beat Fisichella and it showed we had a good strategy with Michael. The team carried out the pit stops very well. Of course, we would like to win races, but we are not in a position to do so at the moment. However, I think that all weekend here, we performed to our maximum doing the best that we could at this point in the season. It is a shame that Rubens was unable to start a bit higher up the grid, as he could have been up there as well. The cars worked well as did the tyres. We just need to find some more performance." |
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