The story today is about tyres and gravel. It used to be the case that gravel traps were supposed to stop cars, quickly and safely, but in today's race car after car was running off the track, through the gravel, keeping going, and able to drive back onto the track. Schumacher, Alonso, Raikkonen, Massa.... And the tyre problems for Raikkonen, Massa, and others were spectacular. First, watching a strip of rubber from Massa's left front slice off the end-plate of the wing, and then just now, as I'm typing, Raikkonen's crash at the start of the last lap, while he was leading; his flat-spotted right front tyre vibrated so much that his suspension finally failed.
My man DC wound up in 4th place (beating Michael Schumacher!) after leading at one point; he might have been 3rd if he hadn't incurred a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
Oh yes, the result. Alonso/Heidfeld/Barrichello.
Posted by geoff2 at May 29, 2005 09:46 AMThat was a great race, and I was cheered by BMW's strong finish. Later that day, I watched the IRL race from Indianapolis, a quiet little event they call the Indy 500. I enjoyed the 500 more, because of the drama of Danica Patrick's drive (error, error recovery, error, error recovery, strong finish).
Next month, I'll combine the two events by traveling out to Indy for the USGP. Go BMW!
Posted by: carpundit at May 30, 2005 05:24 PM