F1 Manager 2004 Season

Experience showed through in trying conditions as Villeneuve showed. A great job by Wurz also to be 15th.

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McLaren Statement

An excellent showing from Fernando there in such difficult conditions, we are hoping that Coulthard can make up some places in tomorrows race.

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Sauber Statement

We are truly disappointed at the poor qualifying session we had in Malaysia. The poor weather didn't help much - but the last thing we needed was for neither driver to make the top 10.

Ferrari

Not a great qualifying, however with 6 and 8 we can work towards a great result on race day! Also surprising to see Jos in front of Michael again, as in Australia!

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yay!another pole!

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RENAULT STATEMENT

we expect much better result, but 4th and 5th place seems the best we can do in that weather conditions.
we hope raikkonen will show his potential in the race and wilson will continue his better performance.

BAR Statement

Race 1 could've been a lot better, Ralf Schumacher drove an anonymous race and Sato made a unlucky mistake.

The qualifying went well this time with Sato taking a nice 3rd and again outqualifying Ralf Schumacher. Ralf Schumacher his qualifying should've been a bit better, but ah well. Hopefully we can claim our first podium with Sato.

ROUND 2 - MALAYSIAN GP - RACE DAY


Hello and welcome back to Malaysia for round two of the 2004 F1 season. Last time out we watched Jos Verstappen take his maiden F1 win, but with a Williams taking pole for the consecutive race, could we see a different winner today? One thing that is certainly going to add a bit of spice to the race is the weather. We start the race under light rain with more rain predicted later in the race. So let's not waste anymore time and join the commentary team ready for the start of the 2004 Malaysian Grand Prix.

55/55 The lights go out and they're off!! It's the Williams of Juan Pablo Montoya who leads into the first corner. There's action just behind him though as Verstappen runs into the back of Sato sending Sato off at the first corner. He rejoins last. Further around the lap and Verstappen recieves his punishment as he tries to defend against Raikkonen. They make contact and Verstappen spins it while Raikkonen takes the position. Verstappen is now last behind Sato




54/55 Ralf Schumacher passes the impressive Davidson for 8th


53/55 Well this isn't the start Glock was hoping for as he retires yet again for Toyota. It's an oil leak this time around as he retires from 15th


47/55 Raikkonen is on the move as he passes M Schumacher to take 3rd. Wurz is the 2nd retirement of the day as he retires from 15th with an engine failure



45/55 Coulthard makes a silly mistake spinning him off. He was in 6th but finds himself in 20th now


44/55 A look at the top 8 after just over 10 laps


43/55 Jani is the next to make a mistake as he spins off. He's now 19th. A few laps later and he's off again though, demoting him to 20th



38/55 Jenson Button has been struggling all weekend, he spins off from 16th and is now 20th


37/55 PIt stops begin. It looks like Alonso, Villeneuve and R Schumacher are all on two stop strategies

34/55 Jordan's day is getting worse as De La Rosa spins in 16th. He is now 19th


27/55 Sato is forced to make his pit stop early as he has a loose wheel. Troublesome day for the Japanese driver


26/55 Disaster for Williams as Montoya spins off from 3rd. He looks like he's having trouble in the gravel trap as it takes him a decade to get out of it. He's now 20th and has been lapped a staggering 5 times!


25/55 A look at the top 8 after those pitstops


24/55 Well it's another double retirement for Toyota i'm afraid as Massa pulls out of 12th with Engine Failure


23/55 Pizzonia makes a mistake and spins off. He was in 15th but is now 17th


19/55 R Schumacher is eager to gain as much time as possible before pitting as he passes Wilson for 4th


18/55 Drivers on a 2 stop strategy begin their final stops. Verstappen is now battling with Davidson. Verstappen passes him on the back straight but the Brit comes back and repasses the Ferrari. Supurb drama there as we see a Minardi fighting with a Ferrari. But it's not over and heading into the hairpin Verstappen tries a similar move as the one he tried on Raikkonen earlier. But once again it doesn't pay off as Verstappen hits Davidson. Verstappen spins while Davidson runs wide. They don't lose positions just time



17/55 It looks like Verstappen may have picked up a bit of damage after that incident as he spins off. He is now 14th


15/55 It's been another tough day for Panis as he retires from 18th with an engine problem


14/55 Looking out of the commentary box and we can see light drops of rain once again

12/55 A look at the top 8 after those final pit stops. Sato passes Jani but forces Jani wide as he loses a few places from 10th



11/55 Alonso starts his fightback as he passes Barrichello for 4th


10/55 Jani is off again as he moves down to 14th. Sato is on a charge though as he passes Webber for 9th



7/55 Alonso now moves past Wilson to take 3rd. M Schumacher is miles ahead but he can certainly challenge Raikkonen for 2nd. Dissapointment for MInardi as Davidson is unable to hold off the recovering Sato for 8th



6/55 A strong performance from Villeneuve comes to an end as he retires from 11th, resulting in a double retirement for Arrows


5/55 Webber is forced back into the pits from 10th with a loose wheel. He rejoins in 15th. But we have action upfront as Alonso passes Raikkonen to take 2nd! And it's more bad news for Renault as Barrichello passes Wilson to take 4th




1/55 Coulthard passes Davidson with just 1 lap remaining


0/55 M Schumacher brings it home to score another win for the team! However Ferrari may be slightly disapointed as once again only one car scores points




Race Results

Malaysia - Sepang
(55 Laps)

Pos Driver Time/Speed

1st Michael Schumacher 1h 28m 45.964s
Ferrari-
2nd Fernando Alonso +19.955s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Kimi Raikkonen +28.442s
Renault-
4th Rubens Barrichello +29.635s
Williams-BMW
5th Justin Wilson +32.782s
Renault-
6th Ralf Schumacher +36.593s
BAR-Honda
7th Nick Heidfeld +58.237s
Sauber-Petronas
8th Takuma Sato +1m 28.259s
BAR-Honda
9th David Coulthard -1 Lap
McLaren-Mercedes
10th Anthony Davidson -1 Lap
Minardi-Petronas
11th Jos Verstappen -1 Lap
Ferrari-
12th Neel Jani -1 Lap
Sauber-Petronas
13th Jenson Button -1 Lap
Jordan-Honda
14th Pedro De La Rosa -1 Lap
Jordan-Honda
15th Mark Webber -1 Lap
Jaguar-Honda
16th Antonio Pizzonia -1 Lap
Jaguar-Honda
17th Juan Pablo Montoya -6 Laps
Williams-BMW
18th Jacques Villeneuve Transmission
Arrows-Ford
19th Olivier Panis Engine
Minardi-Petronas
20th Fellipe Massa Engine
Toyota-
21st Alex Wurz Engine
Arrows-Ford
22nd Timo Glock Oil Leak
Toyota-

Fastest Lap - Alonso - 1m35.276

DOTD - Alonso - Hard to choose between him, M Schumacher and Davidson. MS dominated the race once out infront while Davidson nearly secured points for Minardi. But Alonso made a bold choice for the 2 stop strategy and his late moves secured for 2nd against the likes of the impressive Renault team

Standings after 2 Rounds

WDC

1. Alonso 16
2. Raikkonen 11
3. Verstappen 10
=. M Schumacher 10
5. Wilson 8
6. Coulthard 6
7. Barrichello 5
8. Sato 4
=. Heidfeld 4
10. R Schumacher 3
11. Webber 1


WCC

1. Mclaren 22
2. Ferrari 20
3. Renault 19
4. BAR 7
5. Williams 5
6. Sauber 4
7. Jaguar 1


Wins

Verstappen 1
M Schumacher 1


DOTD

Verstappen 1
Alonso 1


Fastest Race Lap

M Schumacher 1
Alonso 1


Poles

Barrichello 1
Montoya 1

Sauber Statement

Another decent points finish for Nick Heidfeld, but it is possible that we may have made a mistake with putting Neel Jani into a race seat without any form of testing. We will be performing a performance evaluation of both drivers half-way through the season.

It is disappointing to see that we have fallen to sixth in the standings (lucky Rubens Barrichello in his Williams, the Brazilian tart), but we are confident that we can improve this position as there is a decent portion of the season left to go.

LATEST NEWS


Glock dissapointed with start

Timo Glock's F1 career has getting off to the start he has wished. The German has had two DNF's for Toyota in his first two races, the last lasting just a couple of laps. Asked about the season so far he replied, "Well it isn't how i pictured it, reliability is clearly an issue for the team and i hope we can work on it. I feel we have much more to give and i'm sure we will pick up points soon." The teams and drivers head off to Bahrain next before a mid season test at Jerez.

Jordan get further feedback from new tyres

Jordan have finally made the breakthrough on the tyre front. This season has seen them change from Bridgestone over onto Michelin's. Early signs were good for the team, but they lacked race pace on the tyre, but after the race in Malaysia it looks like they could have made the break through they were looking for. All eyes will be on the team to see how they perform in Bahrain

M Schumacher named driver of the 2003 season

M Schumacher has been named the driver of the year for the 2003 season. Although the German lost out on the championship to Raikkonen, he did manage to pick pick up 6 wins, 3 poles, 5 fastest laps and 4 Driver of the Day awards throughout the season. Schumacher wasn't around to comment but is thought to be happy with the award which will join the rest of his collection of trophies. Ferrari also picked up "Team of the Season" after a dominent performance from the team in 2003. The team also look impressive this season as they have won both rounds of the 2004 season

Testing at Jerez

After the Bahrain GP, teams will have the chance to attend the first "In Season" test session. This will take place in Jerez and will cost £250k for a team to attend (Coming out of their remaining budget from last season). Any teams wishing to attend should let FIA president (Chris2k6) know and wether they wish to focus on Overall Performance, Reliability, Race Pace or Qualifying pace. (Overall performace effects both qualy and race pace, but if you focus on just qualy or race then the feedback will be doubled. For example, if the feedback for performance is 30, then teams focusing on a specific area such as just qualy or race will recieve an increase of 60) They should also make it clear which drivers they wish to take part in the session. Times will be posted along with feedback

BAR Statement

We're a bit closed down in our possibilities because we didn't calculate in money for the tests, I hope Chris proves wrong but I fear we can't participate to any test session and it will be difficult to keep our pace steady against the other teams.
Furthermore, I'm not happy with Jos Verstappen running Sato of the road when we were in such a promising position, Sato did a great job to recover and still get one point. Ralf Schumacher made a good race as well, let's hope we can retain the pace. We're also investigating the loose wheel of Sato, because we don't know what went wrong there.

Minardi Statement
Well done to Anthony for another great performance! We hope this continues in the future.



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FERRARI

We are delighted to see Michael back on top again, we expected nothing less. It's also good to see our second win in two races, however in both races only one car scored. We need to work on that, just as Michael had problems and wasn't really lucky in Melbourne, that happened to Jos here in Malaysia, we are sure to bounce back soon having both cars in the top 8 at the end of the races!

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what a pity for montoya

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Absolutely awful for us

McLaren Statement

Another solid performance from Fernando keeps us at the top although David needs to iron out these mistakes.

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The car's reliable this time round, but it's just so slow. Honda aren't kicking out the horsepower I expected.

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RENAULT STATEMENT
it is great to see raikkonen and wilson is continue their solid performances with our team.
still we are far from the top teams in both race and qualifyings, but we beleive we can catch our rivals with the help of official test sessions.