2005 European Grand PrixHello and welcome to the European Grand Prix. Yesterday Ferrari's Takuma Sato took pole, can he convert that into a race win? How will Jenson Button and Mark Webber do on their debuts for their new teams? Let's find out.
Lap 60/60It's lights out and away we go.
Barrichello gets away like a rocket ship and takes the lead.
Sato fights back though and goes back ahead.
Meanwhile, Webber has jumped Button for 4th.
A good start for Massa, he's up to 7th.
Button dives down the inside of Webber to retake 4th.
Lap 59/60A look at the race order after lap 1.
Schumacher passes De La Rosa for 9th.
Lap 58/60Dixon also passes De La Rosa.
Massive contact at the back as Rosberg rejoins the track after running wide!
Rosberg is out.
Lap 57/60It looks like Jacques Villeneuve was the other driver involved.
Montoya passes Barrichello for 2nd.
Lap 56/60Schumacher passes Massa for 7th. It would appear he also passed his teammate off camera at some point.
Button passes Barrichello for 3rd.
Lap 55/60A big off for Senna in the Minardi!
Lap 54/60Mark Webber has become the latest victim of a rampant Michael Schumacher somewhere around the lap.
Lap 51/60Schumacher passes Alonso. He's driving like a man possessed.
Lap 50/60Montoya takes the lead!
Oh no! He's undone all his hard work by spinning off the track. That's dropped him to 19th.
Lap 49/60Barrichello is the latest man to be passed by Michael Schumacher.
Lap 48/60After all that overtaking, Schumacher has spun off. What a shame that is. He's now 19th.
Lap 46/60A quick look at the running order.
Andre Lotterer is the first man in for a stop today.
Lap 44/60Schumacher pits.
Lap 43/60Alonso passes Barrichello for 3rd.
Lap 42/60Vettel pits from 13th.
Lap 41/60Robert Kubica is the next man in. Senna also pits.
Lap 40/60Jenson Button pits from 2nd, he was only one second behind Sato. Davidson, Maldonado and Montoya also make their 1st stops.
Lap 39/60Klien and De La Rosa pit.
Lap 38/60Alonso is in for his first stop.
Lap 35/60Looks like there's a queue forming behind Petrov, who is yet to stop.
Speaking of which, he pits at the end of the lap. Castro-Neves also comes in.
Lap 33/60Barrichello and Webber pit from 2nd and 3rd. Dixon is also in.
Lap 32/60Massa and Raikkonen pit.
Lap 31/60Raikkonen comes out ahead of Massa.
Lap 30/60Race leader Sato finally makes his 1st stop and he is safely back out in the lead.
Lap 29/60Klien has an excursion off the track. He drops to 17th.
Here's the current running order.
Lap 28/60Massa makes a mistake and spins off. He rejoins in 12th.
Montoya spins whilst trying to overtake Lotterer.
Lap 27/60Michael Schumacher makes his second stop.
Lap 26/60Barrichello passes Alonso for 3rd.
Lap 25/60Montoya looks to pass Schumacher.
But he hits the back of Kubica.
He's out of the race.
Petrov pits.
Lap 17/60Lotterer pits.
Lap 16/60Massa passes De La Rosa for 10th.
Dixon, Klien and Davidson pit.
Lap 15/60Castro-Neves pits.
Lap 14/60Vettel is out with an engine issue.
Barrichello is in for his second stop.
Lap 12/60Massa and Maldonado pit.
Lap 9/60Raikkonen pits from 5th. Senna also pits.
Lap 8/60Raikkonen comes out behind Castro-Neves.
Dixon now looks to pass Raikkonen.
They touch and Dixon spins. Raikkonen stays 7th and Dixon stays 8th.
Lap 7/60Alonso pits from 3rd. Kubica and De La Rosa also pit.
Lap 5/60Webber pits from 4th.
Lap 4/60Webber has lost out to both Castro-Neves and Raikkonen.
Lap 3/60Button pits from 2nd and comes out in 6th behind Barrichello, Alonso, Castro-Neves and Raikkonen. Going long was the wrong stategy today.
Lap 2/60Button uses his fresh rubber to pass Raikkonen for 5th.
Lap 0/60Sato wins the 2005 European Grand Prix.
Barrichello finishes 2nd.
With Alonso keeping up his good form in 3rd.
Official 2005 European Grand Prix Result2005 World Championships