F1 Manager 2004 Season

5th! What a result! That was an incredible race.

Ok, might have been a bit lucky, but I'm really quite pleased with both drivers, Motoyama was within touching distance of a point too.

FAAAAAANTASTIC.

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ARROWS ANOUNCMENT

"From the next round onwards Enrique Bernoldi will be demoted to test driver in favour of Mika Salo."

"The team feel that Enrique is not getting the most out of the car and we would like asses were Mika is before the time comes to resign him."

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BAR Statement

We're overly happy with the result of this race, it seemed at first no points would be scored, but we got enough fuel in our car when others didn't. It seemed track conditions changed and it affected the fuel consumption of the cars. Our goal is to score 5th place in the constructors' championship with Jenson Button and Takuma Sato as our drivers.

Ferrari statement

After a slightly disappointing qualifying Schumi recovered wonderful in the race and in the end even to take the lead in the WDC. Rubens just had bad luck, we expect him to see back on top very soon.
I'm happy to see red on top of the podium in my first weekend as Ferrari manager. Now that we are all settled it's time to look at the next seasons preparations as well.

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Renault Statement

surely the most interesting race for the season.

this time everything was ok on the track but we struggle in the pits. really it was a shame to make stops with both cars at the same time, but luckily we got enough fuel on the cars.

now we are 1 point behind williams, so we must continue our performance to catch them on the 3rd place in WCC



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Jaguar Statement

Canada was not a good weekend for the team, again out reliability issue's hampered the team's weekend

Europe was an improvement but mark was very unlucky to retire from 6th! Pizzonia did very well to finish 8th and pick up a much deserved point! I can only hope we sort out our reliability problems for next year

Williams Statement

"We can't be happy for this result.Surely our drivers will talk about the issue at the start."

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ROUND 10 - FRENCH GRAND PRIX - FRIDAY PRACTICE AND QUALIFYING

Hello and welcome to Magny Cours in France for round 10 of the 2003 Formula 1 season. We're into the second half of the season and Ferrari lead the constructors but their are plenty of other battles going on, such as Renault challenging Williams for 3rd and the battle to become the best of the rest.
The weather has been unpredictable in France lately. Friday Practice saw a dry day but rain threatened qualifying. Let's see how the teams got on

Friday Practice times


Setup Reward

1. Arrows +0.411
2. Williams +0.036
3. Sauber -0.126
4. Minardi -0.177
5. BAR -0.271
6. Ferrari -0.299


Onto qualifying and it was Barrichello who took pole ahead of the two Williams drivers


A full run down of qualy times. Webber starts last after making a mistake on his lap

Not a brilliant quali judging from the past few races

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Renault Statement

it seems we are far from podium in our home race. but we have a strong and a reliable car, so in the race we can improve our position again. Also in this race we will be very careful with our pit stops.

BAR statement

We had a very good qualifying today and hopefully we can have our first double points-finish.

Sauber Statement

I think we can do better than the positions we are in but hopefully we can gain a few places at the start and grab some points.

In future, could I have Baumgartner in practice? I need him sharp as I'm intending to put him in for his home race in Hungary.

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Ferrari statement

Good pole for Rubens! Good to see both of our cars on the first to rows, we are going for a 1-2 victory here in France. It's gonna be though tho, the gap's up front are really small and williams seems to be very fast here. As long as we finish in front of McLaren!

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ROUND 10 - FRENCH GP - RACE

Williams and Ferrari seemed the strongest teams in qualifying, but with weather forecasts predicting rain mid-race, no one can say who will win this race. Let's see what the race has in store for us

71/71 Barrichello leads the pack out of the first corner. Trouble further back though as M Schumacher clips his brother R Schumacher, forcing Ralf out wide and down to 4th as Ferrari lead 1-2



67/71 Plenty of action further back as Verstappen locks up and is lucky not to take Zonta out


66/71 Verstappen's off and he smashes into the barrier. That's a bad accident


61/71 A look at the top 8 after 10 laps


55/71 First stops begin for drivers on a 3 stop strategy. Barrichello, Montoya, Salo and Motoyama are all on 2 stop strategies

53/71 Well we had predicted rain and here it comes

51/71 A look at the top 8


50/71 Motoyama goes off wide sending him down to 19th. In the background you can see the car of Panis, he went off in 12th but has beached it and retires


48/71 Drivers on a two stop strategy begin their first stops

45/71 After such a good race at Nurburgring, Sato is experiencing the lows of F1 as he retires from 15th with a blown engine


44/71 More problems for BAR as Button is forced into the pits with electrical problems sending him down to 14th from 9th


43/71 What a shame for Arrows. Alex Yoong was having a fantastic drive in 13th but that Cosworth engine has had enough and gives up on him


39/71 Pit stops begin early then as drivers pit for intermediate tyres as the weather gets worse. And the weather conditions are proving tricky as Heidfeld goes off in 8th losing him a place


37/71 Trulli passes Coulthard after he comes out of the pits to take 5th


36/71 A look at the top 8 after those stops


32/71 Alonso is back in the pits with an electrical problem. He leaves the pits in 11th


23/71 Final pit stops begin

22/71 Pizzonia retires from 16th with suspension issues. Disaster for Jordan as Motoyama goes off again, this time he slides back onto the track and smashes into Fisichella ending both of their races. Fisichella was in 9th. Upfront M Schumacher makes a mistake costing him some time





21/71 Another big crash for Minardi, as Wilson makes a mistake under braking, he goes side ways before taking to the air and fliping his car. Minardi are going to have their work cut out repairing their cars. Wilson was running in 13th




19/71 Barrichello's race comes to an end after his Ferrari engine blows up on him. Looks like Magny Cours' testing those engines today


17/71 A look at the top 8 as we near the end of the race


15/71 Well once again McLaren have called their drivers in before the end of the race. Are we seeing a repeat of the Nurburgring incident? No i dont think so, he's changing tyres and now it seems that the rest of the pack are following his choice. Most drivers have pitted at least 4 times now.

13/71 After those quick stops, Raikkonen had managed to take 4th but has now gone off and is now 8th!


11/71 Another double retirement for Arrows as Salo makes a mistake and beaches his car, retiring from 13th


9/71 A look at the top 8 with less then 10 laps to go


6/71 Montoya makes a mistake in 2nd, we see him rejoining in 5th!


5/71 Well it's another retirement for Mark Webber as he pulls out of 9th with a puncture


3/71 Raikkonen's off again, losing a place from 7th. He is throwing this championship battle away


0/71 M Schumacher wins yest again as he takes full control of this championship!




Race Results

France - Magny-Cours
(71 Laps)

Pos Driver Time/Speed

1st Michael Schumacher 1h 36m 55.389s
Ferrari-
2nd Ralf Schumacher +13.458s
Williams-BMW
3rd David Coulthard +30.545s
McLaren-Mercedes
4th Jarno Trulli +35.304s
Renault-
5th Juan Pablo Montoya +36.863s
Williams-BMW
6th Fernando Alonso +43.023s
Renault-
7th Heinz-Harald Frentzen +57.104s
Sauber-Petronas
8th Kimi Raikkonen +1m 04.163s
McLaren-Mercedes
9th Nick Heidfeld -1 Lap
Sauber-Petronas
10th Ricardo Zonta -1 Lap
Toyota-
11th Jenson Button -1 Lap
BAR-Honda
12th Mark Webber -6 Laps
Jaguar-Cosworth
13th Mika Salo Didn't Finish
Arrows-Cosworth
14th Rubens Barrichello Engine
Ferrari-
15th Justin Wilson Didn't Finish
Minardi-Cosworth
16th Giancarlo Fisichella Didn't Finish
Jordan-Ford
17th Antonio Pizzonia Suspension
Jaguar-Cosworth
18th Satoshi Motoyama Didn't Finish
Jordan-Ford
19th Alex Yoong Engine
Arrows-Cosworth
20th Takuma Sato Engine
BAR-Honda
21st Olivier Panis Didn't Finish
Toyota-
22nd Jos Verstappen Didn't Finish
Minardi-Cosworth


Fastest Lap - M Schumacher - 1m15.199
DOTD - R Schumacher - Done well and didn't make any mistakes to bring his Williams home in 2nd

Standings After Round 10

WDC

1. M Schumacher 79
2. Raikkonen 68
3. Barrichello 47
4. Trulli 35
5. Coulthard 32
6. R Schumacher 31
7. Montoya 30
8. Alonso 21
9. Heidfeld 9
10. Fisichella 8
11. Button 7
12. Panis 6
13. Wurz 5
14. Bernoldi 3
=. Sato 3
16. Verstappen 2
=. Frentzen 2
18. Webber 1
=. Pizzonia 1

WCC

1. Ferrari 126
2. McLaren 105
3. Williams 61
4. Renault 56
5. Sauber 11
6. BAR 10
7. Jordan 8
8. Toyota 6
9. Arrows 3
10. Minardi 2
=. Jaguar 2

Wins

M Schumacher 5
Raikkonen 4
Barrichello 1

DOTD

M Schumacher 3
Raikkonen 1
Barrichello 1
Heidfeld 1
Montoya 1
Alonso 1
Trulli 1
R Schumacher 1

Fastest Race Lap

Raikkonen 4
M Schumacher 3
Montoya 2
R Schumacher 1

Poles

Coulthard 2
M Schumacher 2
Raikkonen 2
R Schumacher 2
Montoya 1
Barrichello 1

Latest News

Minardi duo unhurt

Following the big crashes that Minardi suffered at the weekend, it has been announced that both Verstappen and Wilson were unhurt and were both able to walk away from their cars. Wilson flipped his car, raising questions about the safety of the French circuit. Verstappen's accident also questioned the track safety after hitting the gravel was not enough as he hit the barrier close to 100mph. Although on the other hand, the announcement is a testiment to how strong these F1 cars are becoming.

Raikkonen joins Renault

Kimi Raikkonen shocked the paddock after today's race announcing he was leaving McLaren for Renault. The move comes as a shock as McLaren had been hoping to retain their driver line up for next season, but McLaren fell short of the £18m contract that Renault had offered the Finn. Williams were also thought to be after his services but could only match McLaren's bid

Montoya staying with Williams

Williams have won the race to retain their Columbian ace Juan-Pablo Montoya. Montoya had become a target for McLaren to replace outbound Kimi Raikkonen, but failed to offer more then Williams' £16m contract offer. It is yet to be seen who will partner Montoya in the other Williams car

Motoyama at Jordan for 2004

Following his F1 debut at Nurburgring, Jordan thought that his drive was enough for him to earn a £3m contract at the team. No other teams showed interest

Sato joins R Schumacher at BAR

Takuma Sato will join R Schumacher at BAR next season. Sato who has impressed this season at BAR, replaced Villeneuve for the Canadian Grand Prix and looks to keep his seat for the remainder of the season. And it wasn't just BAR who were impressed by their driver, as Jaguar were also chasing the 26 year old, and although they matched BAR's offer, it is thought Sato wanted to stay with his current team after they give him his chance this season

Ferrari announce Dutch pair

Ferrari look like they are after some Dutch flair for next season. They made a surprise move for Minardi driver Jos Verstappen, offering him £7m for 2004, and it is thought he will take the 2nd race seat, replacing Barrichello, who it looks like doesn't have a future at the team. Robert Doornbos is the other driver, signing for a £3m contract and will take a test role at the team.

M Schumacher Confident

M Schumacher has said that confidence is high at Ferrari following MDBSnake's arrival. The German won his 4th consecutive race and his 5th of the season at Magny Cour as he took an 11 point lead over McLaren driver Raikkonen. "The car and team are perfect at the moment, i think this could be the best car ive ever driven."
McLaren have their work cut out to close the gap in both the WDC and WCC, but surely today's news of Raikkonen leaving for Renault will be a blow to their 2003 season. When asked about his future though, Schumacher wouldn't give an answer. "I'm concentrating on this season, i will decide soon about 2004".

Chris, where am I on the waiting list? I really want to take part in this, seems like really good fun!

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msater Wrote:
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> Chris, where am I on the waiting list? I really
> want to take part in this, seems like really good
> fun!


You are 2nd on the list mate behind Ferrari2007

McLaren Statement

Firstly we are very pleased with Coulthard's podium in France and also slightly disappointed with Raikkonen's mistakes late on in the race even though he still took a point.

We are sad to see Kimi leave the team to join Renault for the 2004 season however we wish him well and respect his decision. We are also upset to have missed out sign the raising star that is Juan Pablo Montoya, although our budget restricted the amount we could offer for him. However we will be watching him closely in the future.

Also we are currently evaluating who will replace Kimi at McLaren next season as well as who will replace Alex who left for Arrows earlier in the season. We do have a few drivers in mind.

It is also clear that Ferrari are edging away from us a few points every race so we are looking to be much more consistent in the remaining races to have any chance of being able to fight for the both titles.

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