F1 Manager - 2004 Main Season Thread - Season Over!

Toyota Statement

Another good race for us,its always great 2 have to cars finish in the points..On another note we at toyota are dissapointed that jacques has decided to sign for williams next year..showing a distinct lack of loyalty to our team!

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Not good enough from both Arrows drivers. Trulli just went backwards and Wilson didnt go anywhere. Not good enough. Although out 1 lap pace is good which is one positive comment.

For the next race Zonta will replace Wilson. He deserves a chance with Wilson not doing anything

Toyota tops Jerez Test Session
Da Matta set the fastest lap time at the most recent mid-season test season ahead of the British Grand Prix at the Jerez circuit in Spain. The Brazilian put in a lap time around one tenth quicker than the Ferrari of Schumacher. Villenueve ended the session third whilst Doornbos put in the fourth quickest time. Unfortunately none of the teams were able to find much performance in the almost perfect track conditions.

Jerez Test Official Results
1. Cristiano Da Matta - Toyota - 1:22.965
2. Michael Schumacher - Ferrari - +0.095
3. Jacques Villenueve - Toyota - +0.252
4. Robert Doornbos - Ferrari - +0.347
5. Nick Heidfeld - Sauber - +0.426
6. Andre Lotterer - Jordan - +0.552
7. Kimi Raikkonen - Jordan - +0.651
8. Alexander Wurz - Sauber - +0.836
9. Allan McNish - Jaguar - +0.966
10. Mark Webber - Jaguar - +1.016
11. Justin Wilson - Arrows - +1.081
12. Jarno Trulli - Arrows - +1.185

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Schumacher Leads Briscoe in Free Practice
Free Practice for this years British Grand Prix at Silverstone saw Michael Schumacher top the time sheets just ahead of Aussie Ryan Briscoe, Montoya finished the session third whilst Montagny took fourth in his Jaguar. Further down the field Trulli pulled out a blinder of a lap to end the session 8th with his recently demoted team mate only managing 21st, Raikkonen was very close to ending up up in top eight just two thousandths of Trulli's time whislst Ralf Schumacher in the BAR finished 15th.

Schumacher quickest effort




Setup Reward
1. McLaren - +0.076
2. Renault - +0.104
3. BAR - +0.148
4. Jordan - +0.290
5. Sauber - +0.339
6. Minardi - +0.397

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:' The irony. BAR is further up the field after the test session, while we didn't even participate!

8th for Trulli!! I know its only practice but wow great result

Just when I thought Mclaren couldn't get worse....I'm proven wrong.

It's all going all right! We still want to get some race wins though ...

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Raikkonen On Pole At Silverstone
Kimi Raikkonen will be starting the British Grand Prix from pole position after a rain affected qualifying meant that those who went out earliest in the session enjoyed the best conditions. This is Raikkonen's first pole position since the Italian Grand Prix last season and it also replicates the result in Pre-Season testing when Kimi set the fastest time around the Silverstone Circuit in similarly wet conditions. Also Barrichellos luck continued as he took second on the grid whilst his closest rivals struggled with Schumacher starting the race in 12th and Montoya from last place. Of course the wet conditions created a slightly mixed up grid with Trulli in 5th place with his newly promoted team mate Zonta in 11th, Andre Lotterer will start the race 7th whilst Villenueve was caught out by the conditions and could only manage 17th.

Raikkonen's Pole Lap




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Mclaren Statement

Qualifying was a little bit better for us. Nando managed the top 10 and Jenson managed 13th. We could push for points from there if we get lucky.

That went well again. Please be a wet race! If its dry we will just go backwards. Still once again good job from Trulli and very well done to Zonta. Overall we are happy but not celebrating just yet

Jordan Statement

Brilliant qualifying from Kimi and André, pole position and p7, this is just unbelievable. I hope we'll have the same conditions and speed in race.

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Good for cristiano to be 3rd..unlucky for jv gettin caught out in the rain but optimistic for the race

2004 British Grand Prix Race Day
Hello and welcome to the coverage of the 2004 British Grand Prix live from the legendary Silverstone Circuit. Yesterday saw a surprise result as Kimi Raikkonen put his Jordan on pole position ahead of current championship leader Rubens Barrichello who will be looking to take full advantage of his nearest rivals poor grid slots. Weather wise the track is still wet but with rain not expected in the first few laps the entire field is starting on dry tyres.Anyway onto the race start the five lights are on...


And the race is underway


Raikkonen holds the lead through copse


But Barrichello manages to get alongside down the hanger straight...


And he moves into the lead


Heidfeld has already gotten past the Arrow's of Trulli


Meanwhile Coulthard runs wide through turn 1


He rejoins just ahead of Montoya


Villenueve is still in 17th as Barrichello sets the fastest lap of the race


McNish is the next driver looking to overtake Trulli as he has a look going into Stowe


But he still right behind the Italian going into Vale


And the two make contact! McNish carries on as Trulli takes a trip across the grass


He rejoins just ahead of his team mate Zonta...


...who he immediately looks to pass


But Zonta has the inside line going into Bridge


And as a result Fisichella also passes his fellow Italian


Montoya still can't find a way past Coulthard


But he gets a good run out of Chapel


And he gains the position


Schumacher has climb to 9th in the opening few laps and is stuck behind Lotterer


Whilst out the front Barrichello is storming away...


...as is shown when he sets another fastest lap


Verstappen has run slightly wide in turn 1 which has allowed Heidfeld to pinch 3rd place


Meanwhile Leinders, on his race debut for BAR, has had an off some where and is running last...


As has Da Matta who has dropped to 7th as the dry line is starting to appearand now he, Lotterer and Schumacher are three abreast going into the Abbey chicane


And the Brazilian loses out the both drivers


We are riding onboard with Zonta as Barrichello goes quicker still


Whilst Coulthard carries too much speed into Maggotts and spins across the track




Luckily he can continue, although unsurprisingly he is now last again


Raikkonen, still running in 2nd place, is unable to match the pace of both the Williams and Barrichello


As we look at the battle for 19th between Montoya and Davidson you can now clearly see the dry line forming


Sato is squabbling with Button on 17th


And he takes the position


Meanwhile Button's team mate is running up in 10th place


Barrichello sets, another, fastest lap


Only for Schumacher to set a quicker one a few moments later


I don't see this ending well...


and unsurprisingly in doesn't, webber is left pointing the wrong way whilst Schumacher continues on like nothing has happened


The Aussie has to wait for the vast majority of the field to pass before continuing, and in the meantime Barrichello has gone even quicker, the track is definately improving


Davidson is the next off as he runs wide at Priory but he only drops one position


Barrichello and Schumacher are continuing to trade fastest lap




Da Matta is looking to regain 7th from Lotterer


And he is successful


There's a train forming behind Lotterer consisting of Alonso, Glock and Zonta


And Heidfeld is too fast through Copse and slides across the track


But he manages to kill the slide before the barrier does it for him and he rejoins in 6th


And McNish joins in with Heidfelds drifting as he clips the barrier at club but he continues in 4th place


That's a very slow moving Sauber


And he transmission failure makes Glock our first retirement of the day


Time for a good ol' Trulli train this time consisting of Villenueve, De la Rosa and Sato


But it all ends in tears as Trulli and Villenueve make contact at the Abbey chicane


Things have all gone pear shaped for Jarno so far today


Now that the race appears to be settling down a bit here are the current standings








And Barrichello's off!


The replay shows he was too brave going into Priory and he just drove straight into the gravel


He manages to get going again but both Raikkonen and Verstappen have passed him


Alonso is currently running in the final points paying position


Barrichello meanwhile looks determined to make amends for his error


And he is looking down the inside of Verstappen going into Stowe


And he makes the pass


By the looks of it the dry line is disappearing rapidly and Coulthard is the first to blink


But soon the pitlane is filled with activity as all the teams react to the change in condition






In the chaos Fisichella has quietly snuck up into 9th place


Meanwhile Montoya is looking to pass Button in Abbey


And he goes through


Kimi has held the lead through the pitstops, could this be his day?


Lotterer and Trulli are side by side going into Stowe


He Trulli goes through


And there's contact between Sato and De la Rosa in Becketts


That means the pair will have to stop again


Fisichella is off the road at turn 1


Which allows Zonta to slide past to take 9th


And Montoya to take 10th


And Barrichello's off again!


It looks like he did the exact same as Coulthard by taking too much speed through Maggotts


He rejoins 18th


Button is looking fiery as he challenges Fisichella for 10th


Not this time


Time for some standings








That doesn't look good for Pedro


And a loose wheels spells the end for him


Now in the sole remaining Minardi, Davidson is running in a lowly 19th


That looks like rain to me


And Fisichella is the first victim of the changing conditions as he runs wide coming out of Maggots..


And he comes pretty close to wiping out Button


He rejoins 14th


Giancarlos team mate is now off the road as well...


Looks like Lotterer is too blame for that


There appears to be no team orders at Ferrari as the red duo are fighting hard of 2nd place


But Verstappen won't fold that easily


Montoya has quitely snuck his way up into 9th


And in the meantime Schumacher has successfully passed his team mate for 2nd


Raikkonen is still leading the race, can he hold off Schumacher for the next 21 laps


The yellow flags are out as Zonta pits from 6th


And that probably explains it


Seems to have been caused by a failed overtake from Barrichello


The championship leader continues in 15th


Whilst Fisichella continues in 16th


Raikkonen is into the pitlane for what should be the final time...


And he is followed in by Schumacher


The pair rejoin in 1st and 2nd, Kimi is just 19 laps from pulling off something special...


And another pair of drivers are off in the Abbey gravel trap


This time it's Trulli and Sato


Another failed overtake looks to be the cause


They rejoin 19th and 20th


Lotterer runs wide at Copse


Which promotes Fisichella to 16th


Whilst Verstappen has run wide at Stowe corner...


But he keeps it pointing the right way and in 3rd place


McNish has had a pretty quiet race, but then again it has allowed him to move in 4th


Lotterer will no doubt be moving out the way pretty sharpish as his team mate comes to lap him


Meanwhile Zonta is currently in 8th with no need to pit again, could he spring a surpise on his return to racing...


And Alonso is also currently in the points for McLaren as well


Leinders has run wide at Stowe which allows Villenueve to move up a place


And we can really see how bad the spray is now


And it looks like Alonso has been off the road somewhere as Zonta now occupies 7th


It would take a miracle for Barrichello to add to his points tally now...


Meanwhile Da Matta has got past McNish


With just 9 laps to go here are the current standings








Button is just outside the points in 9th place


Just eight laps to go now for Raikkonen


But things might be about to get very interesting for the Fin as Schumacher is closing fast


But Villenueve is off the road at Bridge...


...and he spins across the road...


...and there's a big crash! Leinders is out on the spot!


Not a great way to end your debut race


Villenueve meanwhile can continue


And Fisichella is in the wrong place at the wrong time and he loses his front wing on the remains of Leinder's front wing


And whats going on here?


Turns out Alonso wasn't fueled to the end, he'll be very, very annoyed after that


But thankfully for McLaren Button is now in the points instead


Just five to go and 1.3 second separates the top two, just to think a year ago this would've been a vital battle for the championship...


Meanwhile Zonta is in 6th place, that would be a great result for the Arrows squad who only joined the grid in Sepang


Schumacher has closed the gap slightly, this is going to be close...


Meanwhile Montoya looks to be another driver who was running low on fuel


The gap is now 1.2 with 2 to go...


And they are visibly closer as the round Luffield for the penulminate time


Just one to go now, can Kimi hold off Michael?


They are closer going through Club


But Schumacher is too far back to make a move in Abbey, it's now Raikkonens race to lose


And the pair exit Luffield for the final time


And Kimi Raikkonen has won the British Grand Prix!!!


Schumacher finishes just 0.4 second behind, one more lap and he'd probably have been the one on the top step...


Further back Verstappen completes the podium...


And Zonta brings his Arrows home in the points on his racing debut for the team


Full results to follow

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Irritated that Alonso wasn't fueled to the end but atleast we finally got a point with Jenson Button.

It would have been a 4th and 6th if it wasn't for MS crap driving.

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Arrows Statement

Zonta!!!! Points!!!! As you can tell we here at Arrows are ecstatic. Im so glad the decision to drop Wilson for Zonta has worked. I now need to consider offering him a new contract. Trulli was not good enough at all. Spent more time in the gravel traps than on the track. But Zonta made up for it.