F1 Manager - Season 2005 - Chinese Grand Prix [Season Finale]

McLaren

Not sure where our qualifying pace has gone, another long afternoon ahead to score some points

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Christel VXR: S12 onwards | Wins: 3 | Poles: 3 | Fastest Laps: 2

Ferrari

Montoya is finally starting to pick up pace again. Promising result for him provided he doesn’t do any rookie mistakes.
Sato has surprised us, not a position he would like to start in normally.

Jordan

Qualifying pace for us was probably worse. We really lacked the pace very heavily indeed and we could have a damage limitation ahead in the race. Fingers crossed for a good race.

2005 French Grand Prix

Ferrari's Juan-Pablo Montoya took pole position yesterday with his best performance of the season but can he take his first win of the season? Let's find out.

Lap 70/70

It's lights out and away we go.



Montoya retains the lead but Kimi Raikkonen is up to 2nd with Barrichello dropping to 3rd.



Lap 69/70

A look at the order after lap 1.



A huge accident for Lotterer. He's out of the race.



Lap 67/70

Raikkonen is sticking to the back of Montoya.



Lap 66/70

Massa looks to overtake Barrichello but he can't get through.



Lap 64/70

Massa runs wide and drops a few places to 7th.



Lap 63/70

Massa is off again, he drops to the back.



In an unrelated incident, Trulli runs wide, hits a bump and damages his car.



He's out of the race.



That's unlucky for Dixon. He's hit some of Trulli's debris and will need to pit.



Lap 62/70

Blimey! They're all at it. This time it's Alonso who spins off.



Lap 61/70

Raikkonen is still stuck behind Montoya. This isn't a great track for overtaking.



Lap 60/70

WOAAAAH! Montoya makes a mistake and is off the track!



He drops to 12th.



Lap 59/70

Rosberg becomes the latest man to have an off.



Lap 56/70

Race leader Raikkonen has a problem!



He's out with suspension failure.



Lap 55/70

A good time to take a look at the top 8?



Lap 54/70

Senna is holding up Alonso as the Spaniard looks to fight back. Where will Alonso be able to overtake?



Lap 52/70

Alonso spins off again. A result of frustration?



Lap 48/70

Villeneuve pits to start the first round of scheduled stops. Alonso also pits.

Lap 47/70

Sato has an issue.



Suspension failure ends his race.



Schumacher, Button, Klien, Vettel, Rosberg and Montoya pit.

Lap 46/70

Rubens Barrichello pits from the lead. Kovalainen, Maldonado and Senna also pit.

Lap 45/70

Klien has jumped Button it the pits.



Webber, De La Rosa, Dixon, Castro-Neves, Kubica and Massa make their stops.

Lap 42/70

Michael Schumacher passes Barrichello for the lead.



Here's the top 8 with the first round of stops complete.



Lap 38/70

Montoya passes Villeneuve for 8th.



Lap 37/70

Villeneuve drops another place as Kubica takes 9th.



Lap 35/70

Castro-Neves is slowing!



Disaster for him, an electrical problem has ended his hopes of a podium.



Lap 27/70

The driver of the day so far has to be Christian Klien. Can he finish on the podium?



Lap 25/70

Michael Schumacher pits from the lead. Senna and Rosberg also pit.

Lap 24/70

Button and Montoya are the next men to stop.

Lap 23/70

Klien, Webber, Villeneuve, Kovalainen, Maldonado and Massa pit.

Lap 22/70

Barrichello pits from the lead and rejoins in 2nd. De La Rosa and Kubica also make their stops.

Lap 21/70

Vettel, Alonso and Dixon pit.

Lap 19/70

The top 8 with the stops completed.



Lap 18/70

Maldonado spins off.



Lap 17/70

Castro-Neves pits and comes out in 10th. Kubica could be on for a valuable point for the Arrows team.

Lap 10/70

10 laps left, can Klien hold off Webber to claim a podium?



Lap 5/70

Alonso spins off again. Not a great race for him today.



Lap 0/70

Michael Schumacher wins the French Grand Prix.



Rubens Barrichello is 2nd.



Christian Klien finishes an excellent 3rd.



Official French Grand Prix Result



2005 Championship Tables

Driver Transfer News

Bandon23 takes over at Williams

Bandon23 has taken over as Williams boss following the sudden departure of Macca25. Souces suggest that he will also keep his stake in the Jordan team for now,

World champion makes Ferrari switch

Kimi Raikkonen will move from Williams to Ferrari for the 2006 season in a deal costing the Italian team a whopping £36m following a bidding war with another unnamed team.

Adrian Newey remains at Jaguar

Jaguar have announced that they have retained the services of Adrian Newey for another year, costing them £20m.

Lowe joins Red Bull

Paddy Lowe won't be at BAR/Honda next season after agreeing a deal with Red Bull costing £7m.

Hamilton to drive at British Grand Prix

Toyota have confirmed that Lewis Hamilton will replace Felipe Massa in the race car for his home Grand Prix in Britain next week.



Signing after next race
Available drivers (name, salary, age)

Juan Pablo Montoya £18,000,000 29
Michael Schumacher £18,000,000 36
Rubens Barrichello £15,000,000 32
Jacques Villeneuve £7,000,000 34
Pedro De La Rosa £5,000,000 34
Robert Kubica £3,000,000 20
Bjorn Wirdheim £2,000,000 25
Michael Ammermuller £2,000,000 19
Jan Magnussen -£5,000,000 31
Narain Karthikeyan -£5,000,000 28
Timo Glock £4,000,000 23
Christian Klien £2,000,000 22
Alan van der Merwe £2,000,000 25
Andre Lotterer £2,000,000 23
Enrico Toccacelo £2,000,000 26
Loic Duval £2,000,000 22
Lucas Di Grassi £1,000,000 20
Karun Chandhok -£2,000,000 21
Christijan Albers -£3,000,000 26
Alex Wurz £4,000,000 31
Nico Hulkenberg £2,000,000 17
Scott Speed £2,000,000 22
Kamui Kobayashi £2,000,000 18
Jan Charouz £2,000,000 17
Nicolas Lapierre £2,000,000 21
Ryan Hunter-Reay £1,000,000 24
Bas Leinders -£3,000,000 29
Cristiano da Matta -£4,000,000 31
Dario Franchetti £4,000,000 31
Sam Hornish £2,000,000 25
Jerome d'Ambrosio £2,000,000 19
Allan McNish £1,000,000 35
Alexandre Premat -£1,000,000 22
Antonio Pizzonia -£3,000,000 24

Signing after next race
Available Engineers (name, salary)

Aldo Costa £18,000,000
Neil Oatley £15,000,000
Simone Resta £5,000,000
Laurent Mekies £3,000,000
Geoff Willis £5,000,000
Mike Coughlan £4,000,000
John Owen £10,000,000
Gabriele Tredozi £3,000,000
Gary Anderson £4,000,000
John McQuilliam £4,000,000
Gustav Brunner £4,000,000

Signing after two races
Available drivers (name, salary, age)

Takuma Sato £18,000,000 28
Jenson Button £13,000,000 25
David Coulthard £10,000,000 34
Lewis Hamilton £5,000,000 20
Nico Rosberg £4,000,000 19
Frank Montagny £3,000,000 27
Patrick Friesacher £3,000,000 24
Neel Jani £2,000,000 21
Adrian Sutil £1,000,000 22
Yuji Ide -£4,000,000 30
Nicolas Kiesa -£4,000,000 27
Gianmaria Bruni -£5,000,000 23

Signing after two races
Available Engineers (name, salary)

Rory Byrne £19,000,000
Robert Taylor £5,000,000
Sam Michael £4,000,000
Alex Hitzinger £3,000,000

McLaren

Not sure what Fernando was doing in the race, some big points available and es blown a chance to close the gap in the drivers standings. Great drive from Mark to pick up some decent points

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Christel VXR: S12 onwards | Wins: 3 | Poles: 3 | Fastest Laps: 2

Ferrari

Terrible performance from Montoya, he really has to improve.

BAR

We've been off the pace for the last 2 races , thoughts are already turning to next year and it's unlikely we'll retain either driver. 10th Isn't good enough

Williams

An excellent performance from Michael! He really made an outstanding drive to secure victory at the end. Sadly his teammate Kimi, had a suspension failure which it wasn't pleasant to watch. A mixed day to sum up.

Jordan

Not as much of a surprise from our drivers could've done so far. Another error from Nico which proved costly, and Heikki did everything but to finish P12. We really need to show some pace in next races.

BAR

We remain confident that with JV in 12th, providing the race stays dry points could be on the menu.
Disappointed in Scott, hes not driving on instinct right now and its really hurting our result. Maybe a year or 2 back in US with Honda will help him

Toyota

A positive result. Hopefully a hatfull of points to follow.

Ferrari

Promising result in qualifying for tomorrow, hopefully luck will be on our side, there surely is a luck drought at our team

McLaren

Another long afternoon in store!

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Christel VXR: S12 onwards | Wins: 3 | Poles: 3 | Fastest Laps: 2

Sauber

Incredible job from Christian at Magny-Cours, never expected a podium this season but we got it!
Anyway it won't be too long before we start signing drivers for 2006.





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Williams

A very great qualifying for Kimi who puts his car on pole at Britain. Michael with a good quali result to start P5 for the race. Hopefully we score some important points ahead.

Jordan

It's P14 and P18 for both Nico and Heikki in qualifying. Nothing much to describe it at the moment. Hope we try our best to get some good results in the race.

2005 British Grand Prix

Kimi Raikkonen took pole in the Williams yesterday. Will he take the win or can home hero Jenson Button cause an upset from 4th? Let's find out.

Lap 60/60

It's lights out and away we go.



Sato takes the lead into the first corner.



Button is into 3rd.



Lap 59/60

Hamilton looks to pass both Montoya and Button for 3rd but has to settle for 4th for now.



A look at the order after lap 1.



Lap 58/60

Schumacher passes Alonso for P6.



A mistake from Villeneuve puts him off the track and into the wall.



De la Rosa makes the same mistake but manages to avoid the wall.



Villenueve pits for a new front wing.

Lap 57/60

Hamilton passes his teammate for 3rd!



That's not looking good for Rosberg.



Lap 56/60

An oil leak ends his race.



Montoya passes Button for 4th.



Senna has an off in the Minardi.



Lap 55/60

Button loses another position.

Lap 53/60

Button runs wide and drops to 10th.



A terrible lap for Toyota, Hamilton runs wide and drops a place to 4th.



Lap 51/60

Dixon spins in the BAR but retains 19th place.



Lap 49/60

Schumacher overtakes Hamilton for 4th.



Lap 48/60

Trulli and Barrichello are having a superb scrap for 7th.



Trulli is through around the outside!



Lap 46/60

Montoya has caught up and is all over the back of Raikkonen.



Montoya moves into 2nd!



Lap 44/60

Montoya pits from 2nd.

Lap 43/60

Montoya came out just behind Webber in 12th. Not ideal for him.



Kubica has a spin and drops from 11th to 18th.



Lap 40/60

A look at the current top 8.



Lap 39/60

Mark Webber runs wide and loses 2 places.



De La Rosa has stopped out on track. He's out with an electrical problem.



Lewis Hamilton pits from 4th.

Lap 36/60

Schumacher, Alonso and Trulli pit.

Lap 35/60

Another spin for Webber. He's really not getting the best out of that Mclaren.



Raikkonen is in for his first stop.

Lap 34/60

Raikkonen comes out just ahead of Montoya.



Kubica pits.

Lap 33/60

Villeneuve pits.

Lap 32/60

CONTACT BETWEEN MONTOYA AND RAIKKONEN.



They're both off the track.



Montoya rejoins in P16.



Raikkonen P17. However, they should both be up to around P10 once the stops are over.



Sato, Kovalainen, Castro-Neves and Webber pit.

Lap 31/60

Button, Vettel, Maldonado are in for their stops.

Lap 30/60

Current leader Barrichello pits and rejoins in 8th.

Lap 29/60

Klien and Senna make their stops.

Lap 28/60

Montoya makes his 2nd stop. Looks like a 3 stopper for him today.

Lap 27/60

Lotterer pits from 2nd, coming out in 9th. Dixon also pits.

Lap 26/60

Here's the current top 8.



Lap 24/60

That's the end of Bruno Senna's race. His Minardi suffered an electrical problem.



Lap 20/60

It's looking close between 7th, 8th and 9th!



Lap 19/60

Lotterer passes Button for 8th.



Lap 18/60

Hamilton pits from 3rd. Dixon also pits.

Lap 17/60

Kovalainen hits the back of Maldonado sending them both off.



Lap 16/60

Lotterer is now having a look at Castro-Neves for P6.



Lap 15/60

Lotterer goes through into P6.



Montoya pits for the 3rd time.

Lap 14/60

WOAH! Massive mistake from Sato!



He recovers quickly but Schumacher now leads.



Button dives down the inside of Castro-Neves.



Maldonado's engine has given up, that's the end of his race.



Lap 13/60

Sato retakes the lead!



Lap 12/60

Villenueve pits.

Lap 11/60

Alonso, Trulli, Lotterer and Raikkonen all stop for the second time.

Lap 10/60

Button and Webber pit.

Lap 9/60

Castro-Neves is the next man to pit.

Lap 8/60

Sato and Schumacher both pit.

Lap 7/60

Alonso passes Hamilton for 4th.



Lap 6/60

Button spins and drops to 13th. Disappointing for the home crowd but it does put Kimi Raikkonen back in the points.



Klien, Kubica, Vettel and Kovalainen are in for their stops.

Lap 5/60

Sato passes Barrichello for the lead. Is the Brazilian going to pit for a second time or is he making a 1 stop work?



Lap 3/60

Schumacher is all over Barrichello, can he hold him off on dead tyres?



No he can't.



Lap 1/60

Hamilton runs wide! He drops to 6th behind Trulli.



Lap 0/60

Takuma Sato wins the British Grand Prix.



Michael Schumacher finishes 2nd.



Barrichello hangs on for 3rd.



Official British Grand Prix Result



2005 Championship Tables

Driver Transfer News

Mclaren complete driver line-up

Mclaren have announced their driver line-up for the 2006 season with Juan-Pablo Montoya and Robert Kubica joining Heikki Kovalainen. The signing of Kubica and Montoya has cost the team £30m.

Red Bull opt for experience

New team Red Bull have opted to go with experience by signing six-time world champion Michael Schumacher for the 2006 season. The fee being a cool £22m.

Renault retain Barrichello

Renault have opted to retain the services of Rubens Barrichello next season and the Brazilian will race alongside Fernando Alonso in 2006.

Honda recruit Oatley

Honda have paid £15.5m to secure the services of Neil Oatley as technical director for the 2006 season.



Signing after next race
Available drivers (name, salary, age)

Takuma Sato £18,000,000 28
Jenson Button £13,000,000 25
David Coulthard £10,000,000 34
Lewis Hamilton £5,000,000 20
Nico Rosberg £4,000,000 19
Frank Montagny £3,000,000 27
Patrick Friesacher £3,000,000 24
Neel Jani £2,000,000 21
Adrian Sutil £1,000,000 22
Yuji Ide -£4,000,000 30
Nicolas Kiesa -£4,000,000 27
Gianmaria Bruni -£5,000,000 23
Jacques Villeneuve £7,000,000 34
Pedro De La Rosa £5,000,000 34
Bjorn Wirdheim £2,000,000 25
Michael Ammermuller £2,000,000 19
Jan Magnussen -£5,000,000 31
Narain Karthikeyan -£5,000,000 28
Timo Glock £4,000,000 23
Christian Klien £2,000,000 22
Alan van der Merwe £2,000,000 25
Andre Lotterer £2,000,000 23
Enrico Toccacelo £2,000,000 26
Loic Duval £2,000,000 22
Lucas Di Grassi £1,000,000 20
Karun Chandhok -£2,000,000 21
Christijan Albers -£3,000,000 26
Alex Wurz £4,000,000 31
Nico Hulkenberg £2,000,000 17
Scott Speed £2,000,000 22
Kamui Kobayashi £2,000,000 18
Jan Charouz £2,000,000 17
Nicolas Lapierre £2,000,000 21
Ryan Hunter-Reay £1,000,000 24
Bas Leinders -£3,000,000 29
Cristiano da Matta -£4,000,000 31
Dario Franchetti £4,000,000 31
Sam Hornish £2,000,000 25
Jerome d'Ambrosio £2,000,000 19
Allan McNish £1,000,000 35
Alexandre Premat -£1,000,000 22
Antonio Pizzonia -£3,000,000 24

Signing after next race
Available Engineers (name, salary)

Rory Byrne £19,000,000
Robert Taylor £5,000,000
Sam Michael £4,000,000
Alex Hitzinger £3,000,000
Aldo Costa £18,000,000
Simone Resta £5,000,000
Laurent Mekies £3,000,000
Geoff Willis £5,000,000
Mike Coughlan £4,000,000
John Owen £10,000,000
Gabriele Tredozi £3,000,000
Gary Anderson £4,000,000
John McQuilliam £4,000,000
Gustav Brunner £4,000,000

Signing after two races
Available drivers (name, salary, age)

Jarno Trulli £12,000,000 30
Vitantonio Liuzzi £4,000,000 23
Jos Verstappen £4,000,000 33
Scott Dixon £3,000,000 24
Tiago Monteiro £3,000,000 28
Olivier Tielemans £2,000,000 20
Jamie Green £2,000,000 22
Zsolt Baumgartner -£3,000,000 24
Pastor Maldonado -£5,000,000 20
Giorgio Pantano -£6,000,000 26

Signing after two races
Available Engineers (name, salary)

Ross Brawn £20,000,000
Peter Prodromou £5,000,000
Mario Almondo £4,000,000
Jörg Zander £3,000,000






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McLaren

Good to see Fernando back in the points, still all to play for in the drivers standings.

Regarding 2006, we look forward to welcoming Juan Pablo, Robert & Heikki to the team, and believe we have a strong lineup for next season.

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Christel VXR: S12 onwards | Wins: 3 | Poles: 3 | Fastest Laps: 2

Williams

Good day in the office for Michael who didn't manage to try and hold Ferrari in the start, taking P2. A tough race for Kimi after a collision from Ferrari but did recover to score a lone point in the end.
We're holding quite good in the standings but still quite a work to do ahead.

In other news, Michael will be sadly leaving Williams to join Red Bull.

Jordan

A disastrous race that could well be a race to forget for Jordan. Engine problem and a collision really summed up a huge mess for Jordan. Not a great news really and we need to get back stronger.



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