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I didn't cheer as I wanted to see Trulli beat MS at the checkered.
Button did mention in the press conference that the tunnel is slippery at low speeds, at speed though not a problem as the downforce sticks you to the road. MS got caught out, locked it up and got punted by Montoya. Mistakes on both their parts and unfortunate for all. |
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Trulli had stopped and could go to the end of the race, and TGF needed to make another pitstop pretty soon, taking about 30 seconds, and you think he could have won? I doubt it... :confused: |
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Funny how i keep hearing "MS should do that in the dark".
The incident occur somewhere in the middle of the tunnel, not at the start where cars just entered. And the point at which the incident start is also roughly the start of where the tunnel's curve angle takes a slightly tightening line. So to say MS does it in the dark and hence it's his fault, do you guys think drivers drive through the tunnel blind? The visibility is affected by the sudden change in lighting conditions no doubt, but while it affects the initial part of the tunnel, the tunnel in itself is well lit. So it's not as if MS entered the tunnel and slowed down out of the blue. |
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Exactly. Under the SC it isn't race conditions so can't be classed as a racing incident. |
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Well no-one else expected him to slam on the anchors at that point!
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Winning for MS would be a tall order, considering that Ferrari didn't pull MS in for the pits when safety car is out, but from his position, a podium position is definite. So it's 6-8 points at least lost...but i doubt MS would have won. So i hope nothing is taken away from Trulli's great win.
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I agree with your assessment. Renault took an excellent decision to invite Trulli for the pits as the safety car came out on track. Even if MS had not crashed out and remained in the race there was little chance of him finishing first or second. I do believe Button would've beaten him as well. |
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23 May 2004, 15:21 (Ref:980068) | #60 | ||
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Montoya made a mistake. Michael made a mistake. All's done.
Michael doesn't usually make mistakes unless pressured, and here he was, as he'd just realised no doubt that he'd just given 25 seconds or so to Trulli - and was probably too busy planning his strategy and what exactly he had to do to win, in about 40 seconds before the safety car was about to leave him. First on his mind was his brakes, so he hit the pedal - but not in the tunnel Mikey! I hope there is no action. It's a mistake to learn from. |
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I really believe Trulli was going to win regardless of Schumacher. Well actually if Schumacher got close to trulli towards the end of the race then he would of proberbly of taken him out and cruised home to victory. Schumacher made a bad decision, you can speculate all you want but Ross Brawn has stated the facts, MS was warming his brakes and bunching the pack up which is totally within the rules execpt it was a case of wrong place and wrong time and montoya couldn't really do much about it. Micheal should stop acting like a star and except that he made an error and let it lie.
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23 May 2004, 15:24 (Ref:980073) | #63 | ||
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MS was at fault simple as that. He stood on his breaks in fact you get see the rubber he left down on the track. There should be a new rule brought out here to prevent this from happening again.
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23 May 2004, 15:26 (Ref:980075) | #64 | |||
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Button had also been in the pits under SC. I don't think he could have taken 2nd. 3rd spot was probably his. |
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23 May 2004, 15:29 (Ref:980079) | #65 | ||
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That's why i said 6 to 8..
But honestly, i'm not too depressed because last time i check, MS is still leading by a healthy 18 points, so i'm not going to start pulling out my hair |
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23 May 2004, 15:36 (Ref:980083) | #66 | ||
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Definately appeared to be Schumacher's fault as for some reason he suddenly broke & left JPM nowhere to go although with still a pit stop to be made i think he was only racing for third in any case.
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The rules are very clear that when following the Safety Car, you must maintain a constant speed. Slamming on the anchors in the tunnel is not maintaining a constant speed.
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Reading through some of the comments in this thread, there is no way that Michael braked tested Juan Pablo, after all, why do that to a lapped car, there is also no way that it was JPM's fault. Michael made a mistake, it happens to everyone once in a while and Juan Pablo had nowhere to go, thats why he aimed down the gap beside Michaels car, not ramming the back of Michael as the dullard and Ross Brawn suggested. |
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Thought so.
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23 May 2004, 16:42 (Ref:980175) | #73 | ||
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When Michael came back to the pits i think he was raging at the fact of why ferrari didnt pull him in for his tyres and fuel while the SC was out and not the silly episode in the tunnel. I think he knew there was no way he was going to win the race with trulli and button already pitted and the fact of a recording six straight wins up for grabs added to his pretty bad mood
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Funniest thing here was the arrogant rant of Brawny the Clown, as usual on these kind of situations.
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Nah..the funniest thing is that Head jumping to Juan's defense with a "despite what...MIGHT have said, Juan's not a dirty driver"..
I've looked at a few top sites, and read NOTHING to that extent from MS and Brawn....haha...Head's getting paranoid. Anyway, both drivers are cleared by stewards...and hopefully, this would go abit to calm Juan down of future attempts to accuse FIA/stewards of being biased. Nobody did this intentionally so little reason to read too much into it but mere miscommunication and a dose of carelessness. Last edited by Gt_R; 23 May 2004 at 17:25. |
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