F1 Manager 2004 Season

Webber was excellent at Bahrain whereas Pizzonia was awful again. Maybe it's time to replace Pizzonia.

Ferrari

We are not satisfied with the results we gained in Bahrain, unfortunately Jos' car gave up on him and Michael just couldn't hook on with the cars in front. Other then today's results we are losing grip in the WDC and WCC. We hope to regain our position in the next few races.

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If you are racing, keep on racing and get some points!

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Minardi Statement
Well done Anthony Davidson for his 9th place finish! Also a good race for Panis with 12th.
Looks like things are looking up for Minardi *touches wood*.

...Gnap, gnap. Rarrgh. No points for Sauber

Latest News

Redbull to takeover Jaguar

It has been announced that Redbull will take over from Jaguar in 2005 while JohnWarrington will remain in charge of the team. The deal sees an extra £5million pumped into the team for the budget for the 2005 season. All eyes will be on JohnWarrington now and how he will spend the extra cash. The team will change name for the start of next season and will be known as Redbull Racing. A press release from the team is awaited.

Honda to cut engine supplies

Honda have announced that in 2005 they will not be supplying 3 teams for the 2005 season. The Japanese engine supplier are currently supplying BAR, Jordan and Jaguar in 2004, but they feel too much is being asked and that they will benefit more by only supplying 1 or 2 teams. However another Japanese outfit look like they could come to the rescue, as Toyota seem to be ready to supply another team with engines in 2005. It will surely become clearer as we move closer to 2005

Heidfeld angry at Jaguar

Nick Heidfeld has declared his anger at Jaguar after the blocking incident that happened in Bahrain. Heidfeld was blocked while pitting as Pizzonia stopped directly behind team mate Webber, in the process blocking Heidfeld's exit of his pit box. "What were they thinking?", said Heidfeld. "Pizzonia had his car directly infront of me! It cost me points today!" More pressure was pilled on Pizzonia after todays race as Jaguar boss JohnWarrington speaking out about his driver saying "Maybe it's time to replace Pizzonia".

TEST SESSION - JEREZ

Sauber, Jordan, McLaren, Renault and Arrows all headed to Jerez in Spain to do some season testing, hoping to improve their cars. All teams are thought to have recieved average feedback. The focus will now be on Barcelona to see how the teams have improved as we stay in spain for round 4 of the F1 2004 season

1. Wilson - Renault 1.18.692
2. Raikkonen - Renault 1.18.725
3. Coulthard - McLaren 1.18.885
4. Wirdheim - Coulthard 1.19.086
5. Heidfeld - Sauber 1.19.298
6. Jani - Sauber 1.19.383
7. Villeneuve - Arrows 1.19.519
8. De La Rosa - Jordan 1.19.600
9. Motoyama - Jordan 1.19.816

Renault Statement

after our poor start to 2004 season, we expected to improve our performances with mid-season tests.
Now we are more optimistic since we made fastest times with our both cars in jerez.
Also the performance of wilson makes us happy.

ARROWS STAEMENT

To be less than a second off the Renaults is incouraging but it was reliability that we are looking for and we were able to improve some parts of the car. Fingers crossed for next round.

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ROUND 4 - SPANISH GP - FRIDAY PRACTICE AND QUALY


Well we stay in Spain after the mid season test at Jerez, as we bring you action from the fantastic Barcelona track. Fernando Alonso extended his lead in the WDC after finishing 2nd in Bahrain, but could the Spaniard pick up a win at his home venue? Williams have dominated qualifying so far this season, so let's see how the teams got in practice and qualifying...


Friday Practice times




Setup Reward

1. Sauber -0.077
2. McLaren +0.128
3. Williams +0.129
4. Minardi +0.263
5. Jaguar +0.314
6. Renault +0.358


Montoya takes pole yet again for Williams!!



A full run down of qualifying

well done Rubinho!!w00t!We need to keep this good period going on!1st and 3rd on the Spanish grid means a lot,hope we can win again there

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it is the best qualifying positions for this season and it makes us much optimistic for the race.

Poor over a flying lap again. Come on Mark and Antonio...sort it out.

I think we can pretty much already right this year off, I have to say I was expecting a bit more

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14th & 17th. Oh...

Let's hope '05 is better...

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This isn't the results we hoped for after the promising start, I think we can write this season off as other teams still have the chance to test. We spent all our money.

sorry guys, had no internet connection for a week. Things back working so racing should resume by the weekend

Good news.

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ROUND 4 - SPANISH GRAND PRIX - RACE DAY


Hello and welcome to Barcelona in Spain for the 2004 Spanish Grand Prix. This round sees McLaren and Alonso leading the championships, but Williams once again picked up pole. So will things change after this race or not? Let's join the commentators for todays race.


65/65 And they're off as Montoya leads Raikkonen into the first corner


64/65 Raikkonen tries to make a move on Montoya but hits him, sending Montoya off. Montoya is now in 5th while Raikkonen leads


63/65 R Schumacher passes his brother Michael for 7th



62/65 Sato goes off in 10th, he rejoins in 14th. Verstappen is looking quick today as he passes Barrichello for 2nd




61/65 Villeneuve goes off and is running last. Davidson also goes off dropping him down to 21st



60/65 Problems for Renault as Wilson retires from 8th with Engine trouble


59/65 Webber runs off wide losing him a place to Button


55/65 Sato is making a recovery from his earlier mistake as he passes Button for 10th. We also take a look at the top 8 after 10 laps



51/65 A promising day for Renault is soon turning into a disaster as Raikkonen spins off in 1st. He's followed by Massa who was in 14th. Raikkonen rejoins in 19th with Massa just behind him


50/65 Massa must have picked up some damage on that off as he retires from 20th with a water leak. Pitstops also begin on this lap


37/65 A look at the top 8 after those stops


33/65 Two retirements on this lap. The first is Wurz who pulls out of 18th with a puncture. The second is Barrichello as he's out of 2nd with an oil leak



27/65 Final pitstops begin

26/65 It's the end of the day for Coulthard as he retires with engine failure


22/65 Webber passes Sato for 8th although they are yet to pit


20/65 Big crash down in turn one! M Schumacher moves to the inside of Button, they turn in together and touch. Button is launched into the air while Schumacher spins. As Button hits the ground his car smashes into pieces. Thats the end of Button's race and a good chance to score decent points while Schumacher is now 12th after recovering




16/65 A look at the top 8 after those final stops


6/65 Sato passes Jani for 8th


4/65 More bad news and bad luck for Sato as he is forced to pit with an electrical problem dropping him out of a points finish and into 13th. That moves Jani back into 8th but he's there for less then a lap as Webber makes his move to claim 8th. That's a shame for the young Sauber driver



0/65 Verstappen crosses the line to claim his second win of the season! Great result for the Dutchman. Alonso claims second to make sure he stays top of the WDC


Race Results

Spain - Barcelona
(65 Laps)

Pos Driver Time/Speed

1st Jos Verstappen 1h 26m 31.708s
Ferrari-
2nd Fernando Alonso +1.138s
McLaren-Mercedes
3rd Juan Pablo Montoya +11.688s
Williams-BMW
4th Ralf Schumacher +28.373s
BAR-Honda
5th Nick Heidfeld +29.920s
Sauber-Petronas
6th Kimi Raikkonen +30.895s
Renault-
7th Michael Schumacher +40.230s
Ferrari-
8th Mark Webber +52.490s
Jaguar-Honda
9th Neel Jani +54.371s
Sauber-Petronas
10th Anthony Davidson +1m 10.179s
Minardi-Petronas
11th Pedro De La Rosa +1m 11.759s
Jordan-Honda
12th Takuma Sato +1m 15.097s
BAR-Honda
13th Antonio Pizzonia +1m 17.297s
Jaguar-Honda
14th Timo Glock -1 Lap
Toyota-
15th Olivier Panis -1 Lap
Minardi-Petronas
16th Jacques Villeneuve -1 Lap
Arrows-Ford
17th Jenson Button Didn't Finish
Jordan-Honda
18th David Coulthard Engine
McLaren-Mercedes
19th Rubens Barrichello Oil Leak
Williams-BMW
20th Alex Wurz Puncture
Arrows-Ford
21st Fellipe Massa Water Leak
Toyota-
22nd Justin Wilson Engine
Renault-


DOTD - Verstappen - Another faultless drive by the underdog who is proving he can cut it up with the best

Fastest Lap - Sato - 1m18.037

Standings after 4 Rounds

WDC

1. Alonso 32
2. Verstappen 20
3. M Schumacher 18
4. Raikkonen 16
5. Barrichello 15
6. Wilson 12
7. Montoya 11
8. Heidfeld 8
=. R Schumacher 8
10. Coulthard 6
11. Webber 5
12. Sato 4
13. Button 1


WCC

1. Mclaren 38
-. Ferrari 38
3. Renault 28
4. Williams 26
5. BAR 12
6. Sauber 8
7. Jaguar 5
8. Jordan 1


Wins

Verstappen 2
M Schumacher 1
Montoya 1


DOTD

Verstappen 2
Alonso 1
Barrichello 1


Fastest Race Lap

M Schumacher 1
Alonso 1
Montoya 1
Sato 1


Poles

Montoya 3
Barrichello 1

A nice quiet race for the McLaren drivers, just how I like it

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