Full Throttle

It may be a long season for the rest of the F1 teams, as Ferrari again proves its superiority with a Malaysian win. Dispite the close Montoya finish (5 sec) Schumacher dominated the race start to finish, leaving Montoya crying about being blocked in the final 12 laps by Ferrari teammate Barrichello.

“At the end we backed off the revs, we backed off everything when Rubens got in the way. I went to pass him and he blocked me,” said Montoya, who finished just over five seconds behind race winner Schumacher. “If I hadn’t had Rubens in the last stint, I think we could have been quite a bit closer because at the end I was really cruising.”

So its off to Bahrain in two weeks, a new venue for the F1 Circus. I suspect Shumi will excel in the new surroundings not unlike a rain soaked circuit. And Bernie will revel in the fact that cigarette advertising is allowed. But what “Lord Bernie” giveth, “Lord Bernie” taketh away. There will be NO booze or broads in Bahrain! Here is a very good map of the new circuit in Bahrain.

Race result (56 laps)

1. Michael SCHUMACHER - Ferrari - 1:31:07.490
2. Juan Pablo MONTOYA - Williams BMW - +0:05.022
3. Jenson BUTTON - BAR Honda - +0:11.568
4. Rubens BARRICHELLO - Ferrari - +0:13.616
5. Jarno TRULLI - Renault - +0:37.360
6. David COULTHARD - McLaren Mercedes - +0:53.098
7. Fernando ALONSO - Renault - +1:07.877
8. Felipe MASSA - Sauber Petronas - +1 lap
9. Cristiano DA MATTA - Toyota - +1 lap
10. Christian KLIEN - Jaguar Cosworth - +1 lap
11. Giancarlo FISICHELLA - Sauber Petronas - +1 lap
12. Olivier PANIS - Toyota - +1 lap
13. Giorgio PANTANO - Jordan Ford - +2 laps
14. Gianmaria BRUNI - Minardi Cosworth - +3 laps
15. Takuma SATO - BAR Honda - +4 laps
16. Zsolt BAUMGARTNER - Minardi Cosworth - +4 laps

Not classified

Kimi RAIKKONEN - McLaren Mercedes - +16 laps
Nick HEIDFELD - Sauber Petronas - +22 laps
Ralf SCHUMACHER - Williams BMW - +29 laps
Mark WEBBER - Jaguar Cosworth - +33 laps