On Hold PCF1: 2000 --- On hold until I return from my travels

[Aislabie]

Barrichello tops team-mate at Imola

As the European season gets underway, Ferrari put in arguably their most commanding performance yet to take a memorable one-two at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. They controlled the race throughout, leading into the first corner and taking their cars home some forty seconds clear of Button's third-placed McLaren. However, this was the race saw Michael Schumacher's grip on the season loosen slightly as he ran wide on his post-pit stop out-lap and relinquished the lead to his team-mate. Everyone expected the German to breeze back past, but try as he might there was no way past.

Further down in the points, Sauber and Jordan both recorded financially helpful results with a double-points finish for the Swiss outfit, and a 6th-7th result for the Irish team. Unfortunately, de la Rosa and Trulli are now the only drivers who have yet to finish a Grand Prix distance, and this time they have no-one to blame but each other - colliding as they did on Lap 9.

The most puzzlingly poor result of the day was that of Mika Hakkinen, who ended his run of podiums with an uninspiring run to eighth place out of fourteen finishers. He seemed genuinely confused by his own lack of pace, as Button showed that the BMW-powered McLaren remains a podium-worthy car with his maiden F1 trophy.

   Grand Prix
 1 Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari #28)               1:35:32.781
 2 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari #27)               1:35:33.652
 3 Jenson Button (McLaren-BMW #02)                1:36:13.075
 4 Mika Salo (Sauber-Petronas #29)                1:36:25.702
 5 Tom Kristensen (Sauber-Petronas #30)           1:36:27.978
 6 David Coulthard (Jordan-Honda #15)             1:36:30.774
 7 Takuma Sato (Jordan-Honda #14)                 1:36:33.813
 8 Mika Hakkinen (McLaren-BMW #01)                1:36:55.261
 9 Giancaro Fisichella (Benetton-Supertec #94)    1:36:58.656
10 Jacques Villeneuve (BAR-Honda #03)             1:37:00.094
11 Olivier Panis (Prost-Playstation #51)          1:37:01.059
12 Nick Heidfeld (Arrows-Zepter #10)              1:37:05.850
13 Stephane Sarrazin (Minardi-BMW #24)                 −1 lap
14 Jean Alesi (Arrows-Zepter #09)                      −1 lap
 — Mark Webber (Jaguar-Supertec #11)               DNF lap 61
   Eddie Irvine (Williams-Mercedes #06)            DNF lap 60
   Alex Zanardi (BAR-Honda #04)                    DNF lap 57
   Alexander Wurz (Benetton-Supertec #95)          DNF lap 30
   Max Wilson (Jaguar-Supertec #12)                DNF lap 15
   Johnny Herbert (Williams-Mercedes #05)          DNF lap 10
   Pedro de la Rosa (Minardi-BMW #23)               DNF lap 9
   Jarno Trulli (Prost-Playstation #52)             DNF lap 9

 

[Aislabie]

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS​

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Michael Schumacher |1st|1st|2nd|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 26
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Rubens Barrichello |4th|DNF|1st|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 13
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Mika Hakkinen |3rd|3rd|8th|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 8
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Johnny Herbert |2nd|DNF|DNF|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 6
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Eddie Irvine |DNF|2nd|DNF|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 6
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Jenson Button |7th|DNF|3rd|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 4
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Mika Salo |6th|DNF|4th|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 4
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Mark Webber |DNF|4th|DNF|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 3
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Takuma Sato |5th|DNF|7th|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 2
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Olivier Panis |DNF|5th|11th|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 2
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Tom Kristensen |DNF|DNF|5th|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 2
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Alex Zanardi |DNF|6th|DNF|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 1
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David Coulthard |DNF|7th|6th|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 1
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Jacques Villeneuve |8th|DNF|10th|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|[8]
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Stephane Sarrazin |DNF|8th|13th|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|[8]
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Giancarlo Fisichella |9th|DNF|9th|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|[9]
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Alexander Wurz |10th|DNF|DNF|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|[10]
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Laurent Redon |11th|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|[11]
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Nick Heidfeld |-|DNF|12th|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|[12]
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Jean Alesi |DNF|DNF|14th|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|[14]
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Franck Montagny |DNF|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| -
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Pedro de la Rosa |DNF|DNF|DNF|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| -
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Jarno Trulli |DNF|DNF|DNF|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| -
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Max Wilson |-|DNF|DNF|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| -

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Scuderia Ferrari |13 pts|10 pts|16 pts|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 39
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Williams-Mercedes F1 Team |6 pts|6 pts|[DNF]|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 12
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West McLaren-BMW F1 |4 pts|4 pts|4 pts|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 12
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Red Bull Sauber-Petronas |1 pt|[DNF]|3 pts|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 4
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Jaguar-Supertec Racing |[11th]|3 pts|[DNF]|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 3
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Jordan-Honda Grand Prix |2 pts|[7th]|1 pt|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 3
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Prost-Playstation Grand Prix |[DNF]|2 pts|[11th]|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 2
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British American Racing |[8th]|1 pt|[10th]|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| 1
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Telefonica Minardi-BMW |[DNF]|[8th]|[13th]|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|[8]
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Benetton Formula |[9th]|[DNF]|[9th]|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|[9]
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Arrows-Zepter |[DNF]|[DNF]|[12th]|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|[12]

Updated standings for y'all. Will Ferrari dominate the whole season?

 

[Samuels]

Well done Rubens Barrichello! At the point before the race he had a record of crashing out of the last race but as I have said earlier he was one brilliant racer and he proved that by coming back in the best possible way. Everyone knew we had a great car and great racers but Rubens somehow was not able to show that on the field but with this win, especially toppling Michael would have given him a lot of confidence. I do not think Michael has too much to worry about. He is still THE BEST racer around with the mean machine under his handling. With Rubens finishing a brilliant race, we can now expect more of 1-2 or at least two off first 3 in the coming races.

 

[Till Valhalla]

A very bad race for team as both our drivers DNF.

 

[themusketeer]

A much better race for us this time. Both our racers finished and that is a good sign. It will boost there confidence for coming matches.

 

[CerealKiller]

Still waiting for a win. Disappointing from the world champion to finish with zero points in the race.

 

[MrNginator]

A much better showing by our team. Still waiting for both of our drivers to finish within the points. So far Sato has a slight edge over Coulthard. We just need to continue to show consistent results from now on.

 

[rishabh96]

Another DNF for Wurz, that's not a good sign but Fisichella performed really well for us. Points finish is not that far for us.

 

[HawkAussie]

Another DNF for de la Rosa there. One more and he might get the sack.

 

[Aislabie]

British Grand Prix entry list:

McLaren-BMW @CerealKiller
1/ Mika Hakkinen
2/ Jenson Button

BAR-Honda @IceAgeComing
3/ Jacques Villeneuve
4/ Alex Zanardi

Williams-Mercedes @Jack Ryder
5/ Johnny Herbert
6/ Eddie Irvine

Arrows-Zepter @themusketeer
9/ Jean Alesi
10/ Nick Heidfeld

Jaguar-Supertec @Sami Kumar
11/ Mark Webber
12/ Max Wilson

Jordan Honda @MrNginator
14/ Takuma Sato
15/ David Coulthard

Minardi-BMW @HawkAussie
23/ Pedro de la Rosa
24/ Stephane Sarrazin

Scuderia Ferrari @Samuels
27/ Michael Schumacher
28/ Rubens Barrichello

Sauber Petronas @Mars_Mk1
29/ Mika Salo
30/ Tom Kristensen

Prost-Playstation @Rohith.
51/ Olivier Panis
52/ Jarno Trulli

Benetton-Supertec @rishabh96
94/ Giancarlo Fisichella
95/ Alexander Wurz

Please inform me of your driver line-up changes, although if you want to arrange any private testing sessions, that's fine too

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Regarding Private Testing, the following circuits are available to host testing events from Silverstone onwards:

Available in the week before and after the British Grand Prix (Round 4)

Brands Hatch

Mallory Park

Silverstone

Available in the week before and after the German Grand Prix (Round 7)

Hockenheim

Nurburgring

Oschersleben

Available in the week before and after the French Grand Prix (Round 10)

Le Mans Bugatti

Magny-Cours

Paul Ricard

Available in the week before and after the Italian Grand Prix (Round 13)

Imola

Monza

Mugello

• The cost to teams scheduling a test in their local country (Germany for Sauber, Britain for Jordan) will be 500,000
• The cost to teams scheduling a test in a non-local country will be 750,000 due to shipping costs for the parts they are testing
• Teams will be able to take all three, four or five of their drivers to their Private Testing sessions.

 

[themusketeer]

Both drivers have shown good progress in the previous match so NO CHANGE.

 

[CerealKiller]

No change. I didn't get any alert again.

 

[IceAgeComing]

Just to clarify; there's no extra cost for having all drivers at a private test, is there?

If not; we're going to try some private testing after the British Grand Prix at Mallory Park for all of our drivers; even if only because I can not imagine Grand Prix cars going around Mallory Park and its a very funny thing to imagine

@The Author for next season; make the British Grand Prix be a 200 lapper around the Mallory oval

 

[MrNginator]

No change

 

[Aislabie]

Just to clarify; there's no extra cost for having all drivers at a private test, is there?

If not; we're going to try some private testing after the British Grand Prix at Mallory Park for all of our drivers; even if only because I can not imagine Grand Prix cars going around Mallory Park and its a very funny thing to imagine

@The Author for next season; make the British Grand Prix be a 200 lapper around the Mallory oval

Nope, no extra cost for including all your drivers at the test. And yes, that is pretty much the exact reason I included Mallory on the list - it was that or the Top Gear Test Track. Unfortunately, I don't think the FIA would go for a 200-lap oval race, although a 148-lap dash around the car circuit could be good fun. It'd work out perfectly with an approximately 100-minute race!

Feel free to also arrange a test before Silverstone if you want to