F1 Manager - 2004 Main Season Thread - Season Over!

Rubbish

Good job from Trulli but not good enough from Wilson who needs to improve.

Canadian Grand Prix Race Day

Hello and welcome to coverage of the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix live from Montreal. Juan Pablo Montoya is sat on pole position and will be looking to bring home maximum points to cement his position of 2nd in the drivers championship after Schumacher's poor qualifying. Meanwhile McNish and Verstappen will be looking to convert their grid slots into podium finishes. Anyway onto the race and the five lights are on.


And we're away and Montoya looks sluggish off the line which hampers Verstappen start


Which allows Da Matta to slide past both Verstappen and McNish to move into second place


Schumi is still in 9th at the moment and has Raikkonen just behind


And Raikkonen moves to the inside whilst in the foreground Da Matta is challenging Montoya for the lead...


... and he makes the move stick! Fantastic start from Da Matta to move from 5th to 1st


But things are about to get worse for Montoya as his poor exit of the final chicane has allowed McNish to get alongside


And the Scot is now past as well


Now its Verstappens turn to have a go at the Colombian


And he's through as well


And to add insult to injury Heidfeld makes the most of Montoyas poor exit off the last corner


As does Barrichello


And Villenueve


Nightmare opening laps for Montoya as he's dropped six places in two laps


Now in the lead Da Matta posts the fastest lap yet


Only for Verstappen to beat it almost immediately


And that is not good for the other Schumacher


The replay shows that he was too brave into the corner and hits the wall


And indeed he retires a few moments later


A few moments after that Heidfeld pops up with the fastest lap


Now after a few laps here are the current standings








Things could be about to get worse for Montoya as Schumacher has taken almost a second out of him


And the German is having a look into turn 1


But Montoya shuts the door


There's quite a queue forming behind the Williams now


As Heidfeld sets another fastest lap


Da Matta is still in first but seems unable to pull away from McNish at the moment


Trulli is battling with Button for 14th


But he cannot get past


Montoya is struggling to hold off the Schumacher, surely it is just a matter of time...


Meanwhile Trulli has got a better run on Button...


... and he's having a go around the outside...


... and the Italian makes it stick


Montoya is really holding up Schumacher now as Glock is having a look at his fellow German


Our championship leader meanwhile currently is sitting in 5th place


Schumacher has finally got a run on Montoya...


... and he sails past


Heidfeld is the first to blink when he comes into the pits on lap 14


He's back out in 7th


Barrichello finally hooks a lap up as he sets the fastest lap


And Raikkonen is on the grass at turn 2


Verstappen pits at the same time as McNish


And a quick stop from the Ferrari team allows Verstappen to jump the Scot




Glock is now challenging Montoya for eight going into the hairpin


And he pulls it off, good move from the youngster as Barrichello sets the fastest lap


But Montoya is coming back at him down the back straight


And he retakes his position


And then Webber takes the opportunity to pass Glock for 9th


Barrichello and Da Matta are now into the pitlane




Giving Villenueve the temporary lead of his home grand prix


Whilst his teammate holds position ahead of Barrichello


Villenueve is now in the pits


And he re-emerges into 3rd place whilst Barrichello is now 2nd


Now with the first round of stops out the way here are the current standings








And McNish is off the road at turn 2


Looks as though he simply outbroke himself whilst defending from Montoya


Wilson has gained two places partiality thanks to Ralf Schumachers downfall and is now in 20th


Heidfeld has returned to the pits for bis second stop of the afternoon


But on leaving the pits he makes contact with Schumacher


And he is now facing the wrong way


That pretty much rules out any chance of points for the German


Meanwhile Montoya is into the pits for the first time. Looks like he's one stopping which would explain his poor pace at the start of the race


He's back out in 7th


Da Matta and Barrichello are now very close together and with traffic coming up


Meanwhile Villenueve pits from third


Barrichello is now obviously closer to Da Matta now


And although Da Matta has pulled some time out in the previous sector, Barrichello has gained a second over the last two laps.


And now both are in the pitlane




But Barrichello manages to jump Da Matta and now leads the race




Verstappen is now also into the pits


Which allows Villenueve to slide into the final podium spot which will no doubt please the crowd


And someone else is now off the road at turn 2


And it looks as though Sato has lost the back end coming out of the pits


But he manages to keep it out of the wall and doesn't lose any places, mainly due to the fact that he was already last...


Trulli is under pressure from Coulthard behind


And the Renault driver pulls off the overtake going into turn 1


Heidfeld has made his way up to 17th and is challenging Davidson for 16th


And he goes past the Brit in the final chicane


Glock is the pits from 7th


And Webber goes past him to take the final points place, although he is still yet to pit


De la Rosa has had a very quite race and currently resides in 19th


Schumacher is battling with his teammate for fourth


But that has allowed Montoya to catch right up


And on lap 54 the Wall of Champions clams its first victim in the form of Davidson


He won't be continuing after that


Schumacher is in the pitlane for the last time


Which allows McNish to move into sixth


And Montoya into 5th


Barrichello is now pulling away from Da Matta, looks like he has this one in the bag


Meanwhile with all the stops now done here are the current standings








Fisichella has hardly done anything this afternoon and sits in 12th


Villenueve is closing on his teammate, does he have enough time left to make a move?


Barrichello is going through the final chicane for the final time


And Barrichello sets the fastest lap as he wins again in 2004


He has now won half the races this season, unless Schumacher or Montoya can turn their fortunes around it is looking like the title is Barrichellos to lose


Da Matta crosses the line to take his second podium of the season


Whilst Villenueve takes his third third place for the third race of the trot


Full results to follow

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DOTD
For once the award will not be going to the race winner but instead to 2nd placed Cristiano Da Matta for a surperb opening lap that allowed him to climb from 5th on the grid to 1st place and without traffic problems he would have had a very good chance of winning the race.

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Schumacher Departs from Ferrari
After todays race it was confirmed by Michael Schumacher that he will be leaving the Italian outfit that he has been a part of for eight years now to drive for Williams in 2005. The British outfit that currently leads both the drivers and constructors championships were willing to for out £21m to sign the services of the five time world champion. Of course several other teams were also interested in acquiring the services of Schumacher but none came close to William's offer.

Button Signs for Sauber
Jenson Button has signed a contract to drive for Sauber in 2005 that is reported to be worth around £11m. Mainly due to his relatively poor performance this season no other teams showed interest in the driver.

Da Matta Resigns at Toyota
After a very successful start to his formula one career, including a victory at the San Marino GP Toyota have resigned Da Matta for the 2005 season. The contract is apparently worth around £6m.

Mid-Season Test Session Coming Up
Just so all managers are aware another mid-season test session will be taking place after the American Grand Prix at the Jerez circuit. Can all managers who wish to attend please notify me asap.

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Drivers open for contract offers until the end of round 9

Massa 23 £8m
Gene 30 £4m
Frentzen 36 £6m
Leinders 29 £2m
Karthikeyan 28 £3m
Zonta 28 £3m
Sato 27 £7m
Fisichella 31 £9m
Montagny £3m
Villenueve £7m
Badoer £5m
Kiesa £3m
Panis £5m
Wurz £6m
Motoyama £2m
Zonta £3m

Drivers open for contract offers until the end of round 10

Baumgartner £3m
Barrichello £12m
Jani £6m
Glock £4m

Contracted Drivers for 2005

Gianmaria Bruni - Jordan - £2m
Sebastian Vettel - McLaren - £10m
Nico Rosberg - McLaren - £8m
David Coulthard - Renault £9m
Nick Heidfeld - Sauber - £9.5
Robert Kubica - Jaguar/Red Bull - £7m
Anthony Davidson - Minardi - £6m
Christian Klien - Minardi - £4m
Gary Paffett - Arrows - £5m
Michael Schumacher - Williams - £21m
Jenson Button - Sauber - £11m
Da Matta - Toyota - £6m

2005 Signings Thread

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Jordan Statement

André showed a good performance today, but we're a bit disappointed with Kimi's race. He probably would have been fighting for points if he didn't make this mistake which throw him to the back of the field.


Jordan will attend the test session at Jerez with Raikkonen and Lotterer, focusing on pace.

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Mclaren are shite

So close to points again. But Trulli is doing fantastic and I will be offering him a contract. Wilson needs to improve and fast!.

Barry is fantastic it's a pity i've to renounce to him for 2005But since next season...Schummy

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Toyota Statement

We at toyota are absolutely delighted with our double podium finish in canada..Both drivers were faultless all race which consolidates our 3rd position in the constructers championship..Great job guys

Toyota will also be attending the test session with villeneuve and damatta focusing on pace

thanks



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Sauber pleased to have Button on Board

Sauber boss Chris Copeman spoke of his joy at unvieling Jenson Button as part of Sauber's 2005 setup. Speaking at a specially called press conference after the Canadian race Copeman said, "I am pleased Jenson has come on board. We have been looking at him since I came on board and I am confident he can step up to the plate next year." Copeman refused to comment on the futures of both Timo Glock and Alex Wurz.

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I will like to be a part of this, I this is what I read at work almost every day. how can I be a part of it?? or at least get in the waiting list!

mogotron Wrote:
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> I will like to be a part of this, I this is what I
> read at work almost every day. how can I be a part
> of it?? or at least get in the waiting list!

I've added you to the waiting list however seeing as we already have two reserve managers you will be third in line if any vacanies arise

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Schumacher Leads the Way in Free Practice
Michael Schumacher was the driver who finished top of the Friday Free Practice ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya whilst Robert Doornbos rounded out the top three. Another good performance came from Ricardo Zonta who finished the session 12th ahead of his testing teammate Trulli.


Schumacher going fastest




Setup Reward
1. Jordan +0.008
2. Toyota +0.014
3. Minardi +0.053
4. McLaren +0.060
5. Williams +0.088
6. Sauber +0.187

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Not bad

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Jaguar will attend the test session at Jerez with Webber and McNish, focusing on pace.

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Macca25 Wrote:
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> Jaguar will attend the test session at Jerez with
> Webber and McNish, focusing on pace.


Sauber will also attend will hiefeld and wurz focussing on pace also

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Rubbish

BAR

Unbelievable, the field is so close together that we're dead last now. We can't understand how this could happen after a promising season start where we were 5th fastest team. We are concentrating on keeping some extra money next year, so we can concentrate on having more test sessions and be on the top of the field again.