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Red Bull

Great progress by Kimi, we expect points tomorrow. Surprised by Nico’s lack of performance, considering his time at Jordan.

Toro Rosso

We hope for a clean race from both drivers.

McLaren

Juan Pablo on fire! Great pole position, the Mercedes engine working wonders

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

Williams

Looking impressive for Massa starting P5 for the race. Although Nick in P10 is fine, but it'll be kinda tough for him to fight for points tomorrow. Hopefully we have a good day from there.

Spyker

Something we should feel bit upbeat about it but we still expect it to be a difficult race from our boys.

2006 Malaysian Grand Prix

Hello and welcome to the 2006 Malaysian Grand Prox. Juan-Pablo Montoya continued his perfect start to his Mclaren career with pole yesterday but can he make it two wins out of two? Let's find out.

Lap 56/56

It's lights out and away we go.



Oh my! We're going three-wide into the first corner!



Schumacher and Sato collide!



Button gets stuck behind the stricken Takuma Sato.



Michael will need to pit.



Sato is out.



Timo Glock and Ralf Schumacher collide.



That causes the latter to drop to the back.



Michael Schumacher pits.

Lap 55/56

Kubica makes a mistake.



He's off and rejoins near the back.



A look at the order after that chaotic start, but what happened to Alonso?



Replays show that he was hit by Massa.



And ended up off the track before rejoining in 6th.



Lap 54/56

Barrichello spins off and drops to 20th.



Lap 53/56

Vettel passes Heidfeld for 9th.



Off goes Kubica again!



Lap 52/56

Heidfeld makes a mistake and slides off. He rejoins in 20th.



Lap 51/56

Villeneuve makes a move on Alonso for 7th.



Lap 50/56

Vettel now passes Alonso as the Spaniard drops out of the points.



Lap 48/56

Villeneuve moves up to 6th with a move on Trulli.



Barrichello and Kubica collide.



Kubica carries on but Barrichello spins and drops to last.



Lap 47/56

Di Resta is the latest man to spin. He drops to last.



Lap 46/56

Vettel passes Trulli for 7th.



Disaster for Kovalainen! He spins from 5th and drops to the back.



Lap 45/56

Button also makes a mistake and drops down the order.



Lap 43/56

Alonso is the latest to have an off-track moment. He drops to 11th.



Lap 42/56

Ralf Schumacher pits.

Lap 41/56

Sebastian Vettel makes his first stop of the afternoon. Hamilton also pits from 3rd.

Lap 40/56

Michael Schumacher tries to pass Rosberg but makes a mess of it. He spins and drops to 17th.



Felipe Massa and Kamui Kobayashi come into the pits.

Lap 39/56

Raikkonen, Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher, Allmendinger, Button, Barrichello and Kovalainen pit.

Lap 36/56

Race leader Montoya makes his first stop. Lotterer follows him in.

Lap 33/56

Massa is off! He was running 3rd! He recovers to rejoin in 7th.



Trulli pits from 2nd. Rosberg, Kubica, Alonso, Di Resta, Glock and Heidfeld also pit.

Lap 30/56

A look at the order with 30 laps to go.



Lap 29/56

Trulli goes off loses a place.



Lap 27/56

Schumacher and Vettel collide at the pit entry! Vettel rejoins in 17th.



That's the end of Ralf Schumacher's day.



A transmission problem ends Heidfeld's race.



Lap 21/56

Michael Schumacher retires with a transmission problem.



Barrichello pits for the 2nd time.

Lap 20/56

Villeneuve and Alonso come into the pits.

Lap 19/56

Race leader Montoya pits. It's been a quiet but dominant day for him so far. Hamilton and Trulli also pit.

Lap 18/56

Lotterer and Button make their 2nd stops.

Lap 16/56

Lotterer spins off! He was on for points too, Spyker will be gutted!



Rosberg is out, another victim of a transmission failure.



Lap 15/56

Massa, Kobayashi, Kubica and Kovalainen all pit.

Lap 14/56

Di Resta and Vettel make their 2nd stops.

Lap 13/56

Kimi Raikkonen pits from the lead, rejoining in 2nd.

Lap 12/56

Allmendinger is the last man to pit for the 2nd time.

Lap 10/56

The standings with 10 laps to go.



Lap 3/56

Barrichello is putting massive pressure on Kobayashi. Can the Toro Rosso driver hold on for a point?



Lap 2/56

He won't need to, Trulli spins off.



Trulli is out of the race, a double DNF for BMW today.



Barrichello passes Kobayashi for 7th.



Or does he? Kobayashi fights back and retakes 7th.



Lap 0/56

Juan-Pablo Montoya wins the Malaysian Grand Prix. A dominant start to the season.



Raikkonen finishes second in the Red Bull.



Hamilton completes the podium.

McLaren

Dominant drive from Montoya, great win. Robert needs to get on top of the car as it definitely has plenty of pace!

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

Red Bull

The Flying Finn does it! A second place finish definitely made everyone at the team happy. Rosberg had a misfortune, but will surely recover in the next race.

Toro Rosso

A great day for both STR and our guys over at Red Bull. 2 important points in what was a chaotic race. We kept it cool and capitalised.

Honda

What a race, we're making an official appeal to the stewards to have Schumacher put on a 1 race ban, or at least given a penalty for the next race, bad enough he took Sato out on a corner that was clearly his, but he couldn't stop himself from punting others off. Furious is an understatement.

On the other hand, JV after a dreadful quali pulled it out the bag, made great moves at the start and then kept it on the track as others lost their heads for 4th.

Williams

That was a really chaotic race there. Unfortunately one of ours were included with Felipe's mistake costing him a podium and Nick with a transmission failure that sadly closes the book of his race. Could've been better, but we move on.

Spyker

Andre with a 10th place finish. Although we can't be overall too happy after Andre's spin in which he was going for a points finish. Terrible day on our end and a very bad news for our chances of scoring points in the coming races.



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Renault

It was a chaotic race, being able to have both cars inside the points today is a miracle

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McLaren

Tight grid in practice, looking see how it translates in qualifying.

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

Williams

Impressive lap time from Nick in practice. We'll see what qualifying delivers us, maybe it'll be close.

Spyker

Our pace looks to be standard at the moment, though we still expect tough qualifying ahead so it'll be very hard.



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McLaren

Bit of work to do, but still well placed to make it a hat trick of wins!

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

Honda

POLE FOR TAKUUUU

What a result, he just keeps vindicating the decision, a phenomenal performance, lets hope for some solid points.
JV, work to do, but its salvageable from there

Red Bull

A lot of work for Kimi and even more so for Nico. Kimi needs to nail the start tomorrow.

Toro Rosso

We hope for mistakes from other drivers at the start.

Williams

It's a front row for Felipe! A good position for him to start the race tomorrow in P2. Meanwhile Nick's pace in qualifying is a bit disappointing to see, but we're sure he'll be on course for good positions.

Spyker

Very surprising to see Andre qualified P8 in which we're very happy with that. Let's hope with that we have a good race if not any mechanical troubles or mistakes could prevent us from finally scoring points.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/10/2021 01:05PM by Bandon23.

2006 Australian Grand Prix

Hello and welcome to the 2006 Australian Grand Prix. Juan-Pablo Montoya dominance so far this season was ended by reigning champion Takuma Sato yesterday. Can the Honda driver get his first win of the seaason? Let's find out.

Lap 58/58

It's lights out and away we go.



Felipe Massa takes the lead!



Contact at the back as Glock slams into the back of Di Resta. Both will need to pit.



Ralf Schumacher is caught out by a breaking Heidfield.



Heidfeld is sent spinning out of the race and Ralf will need to pit.



Meanwhile, at the front, Massa is already starting a sprint away from the rest.



Di Resta, Glock and Ralf Schumacher pit.

Lap 57/58

Michael Schumacher passes Button for 3rd.



A look at the running order.



Lap 56/58

Lotterer makes a nice overtake on Alonso.



What a move from Hamilton! He passes both of them to move into 10th.



A mistake from Button drops him to 9th.



Lap 53/58

Schumacher is piling the pressure on Sato in 2nd.



Lap 52/58

Schumacher makes his move.



Contact! The two continue on but Sato loses a bit of time.



That puts Montoya alongside Sato and he takes 3rd.



Lap 48/58

Villeneuve passes Barrichello for 5th.



Rosberg looks to overtake Kubica but hits the back of him.



No damage but the contact sends Kubica wide and Rosberg into a spin.



Lap 47/58

Vettel makes his first stop of the afternoon.

Lap 46/58

Mistake from Sato!



Oh no! Barrichello has nowhere to go and smashes into the Honda man.



Both men are out of the race.



Lap 43/58

Villenueve pits from 4th.

Lap 42/58

A mistake from Hamilton sends him sliding off the track and down the order.



Lap 40/58

Nico Rosberg pits.

Lap 39/58

The championship leader is off! He drops to 9th.



What is going on!? Trulli spins off one corner later.



Kubica, Ralf Schumacher and Hamilton pit.

Lap 38/58

Michael Schumacher pits from 2nd. He's followed in by Kovalainen, Raikkonen and Kobayashi.

Lap 37/58

Lotterer is the latest man to pit.

Lap 36/58

Montoya and Allmendinger pit.

Lap 35/58

Alonso makes his first stop. Glock also pits.

Lap 34/58

Race leader Massa is in. An easy race for him so far. Jenson Button and Jarno Trulli also pit.

Lap 32/58

Di Resta pits. Vettel also pits.

Lap 30/58

A look at the current order.



Hamilton pits for Toyota.

Lap 28/58

Trulli has pulled to the side of the track. That's his race over.



Villenueve and Lotterer pit.

Lap 22/58

Not much happening out there right now, here's the order.



Lap 20/58

Kimi Raikkonen makes his 2nd stop.

Lap 19/58

Michael Schumacher pits from 2nd. Allmedinger and Kubica also pit.

Lap 16/58

Vettel passes Raikkonen for 9th.



Massa pits from the lead. Montoya and Vettel are also in.

Lap 15/58

Kobayashi and Di Resta pit.

Lap 14/58

Heikki Kovalainen pits from 4th. Glock also pits.

Lap 12/58

Lotterer looks to pass Alonso.



Alonso closes the door and the two collide.



Alonso carries on but Lotterer drops a few places after a spin.



Lap 10/58

Jenson Button pits from 3rd and stays there. Alonso, Rosberg and Ralf Schumacher also pit.

Lap 8/58

Lotterer makes his third pit stop. A second race in a row where the German has been close to getting points. The Spyker team won't be too pleased with Alonso.

Lap 7/58

Villeneuve pits for a quick splash and dash. Hamilton and Allmendinger also pit.

Lap 6/58

Unbelievable! A suspension failure robs Heikki Kovalainen of a points finish.



Lap 0/58

Felipe Massa wins the Australian Grand Prix.



Michael Schumacher comes home in 2nd.



With Button taking 3rd.

Red Bull

Kimi at it again. A solid effort to get a very good P5. Rosberg on the other hand should try and perform well at the next race.

Toro Rosso

A solid race for us as well. We were close to the top 8, but nonetheless a good race, with our drivers staying out of trouble.

Williams

Yes Felipe! What a performance for him in which he fully deserved it! Aside from that, Nick really can't catch a break after BMW car clouted him at the back in the 1st lap. That's 2 DNFs in 3 races for Nick which is very unlucky at the moment.

Spyker

We had a good race pace. Hadn't been that collision with Renault we could've scored a great result. Another "what it could've been" race for us, but it's another bad day in the office.