The most exciting
race of the season so far and it was Rubens Barrichello who stole the show.
Juan Pablo Montoya managed to keep up with Rubens while Kimi Raikkonen wasn't
as impressive as we've seen in the past.
The 2 safety car conditions have certainly contributed to the exciting event
as well as a relatively scrambled starting grid.
Car reliability and driver professionalism was at a high with just 3
retirements all due to car failures.
A
few of the highlights:
Rubens
Barrichello was simply superb. If he could just repeat that performance 16
times a year!.
Juan Pablo
Montoya drove an equally impressive race moving from 13th into second
after having to stop behind Ralf Schumacher.
Kimi Raikkonen
may have not been able to hold Barrichello but going wide towards the end
of the race cost him 2 very important championship points. He did drive
superbly earlier in the race with superb overtaking.
Michael
Schumacher managed to get back into 4th place and that was a good effort
but his drive didn't seem to be as impressive as Barrichello's or
Montoya's.
David
Coulthard continues to be overshadowed by his team-mate. Coulthard used to
be one of Silverstone's masters.
Jarno Trulli
demonstrated superb pace in qualifying and during the first part of the
race then he drifted back. Had Alonso not retired he may have been passed
by him.
On the other hand Alonso was as impressive as Barrichello and Montoya in
moving up the field after having to stop behind his team-mate.
Cristiano da
Matta did a fine effort leading the race in unusual circumstances and
managing to finish 7th. By contrast, Olivier Panis simply couldn't keep
up!
Jenson Button
starting from last managed to score a point. Sure he was a bit lucky but
that was an impressive drive.
Jacques
Villeneuve managed to hold up Michael Schumacher for a fair number of laps
but appeared to aggressively block his team-mate too. In the end his
team-mate managed to get the better of him and Villeneuve's F1 career is
in trouble.
The lunatic
who went on the track and could have killed himself. How could he get onto
the track ? It did happen before though at Hockenheim in 2000 and
Barrichello won then as well!
Car reliability
and driver professionalism was at a high with just 3 car failures and
despite the numerous on track overtaking, it appeared that all the drivers
behaved very well.
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Button had an excellent drive too. He finished 8th (0.4 sec behind DaMata
And only 3 sec behind Trulli) starting from 20th. Before safety-car he was
already 11th (after 7 laps) but then unfortunately lost places and started his
come back from 18th place.
Good performance :) - Rok F - Slovenia
Like most of you I loved the race!
Was it the 'funny' front row of the start, or the lunatic getting on the
track, or the amount of amazing passing that went on at a track 'where passing
is extremely difficult' (per david hobbs). It was great. The one complaint is
that the coverage was terrible. Most of the action in the USA was in replay
after the fact. Either SpeedTV (our local F1 carrier) went to commercial or
the director just had his head up his ass. Whatever, we got the best race of
the year and the worst coverage of the year so far.
But Rubens was incredible followed by Juan and Michael! - Dave W - USA
This race was the most action packed race I have seen in F1 in years.
Ruebens did a fantastic job. I think what I enjoyed most was the passing by
numerous drivers.
Obviously Silverstone is still an enjoyable and exciting track, unlike Monaco,
which I sleep through every year. I don't know if it was the safety cars or
the track or both which lead to all the passing and actual racing, but it is
something to examine for future formula 1Races.
Well done Ruebens - Bryan K - USA
Useless to say that I support Barrichello, and the RB I saw at Silverstone
is the one I learn to admire in his early years. It is not the first time he
rocks though. Remember at Brazil when Ferrari let him without fuel, and Imola
when he lost 2nd place due to a bad pit stop...
I think that he, unlike Juan Pablo and MS, only feels comfortable in a neutral
car. If the car is difficult the difference between him and MS increases. I
hope Ferrari and Bridgestone had come to an agreement and he might be
competitive at Germany and Hungary as well.
But what I really wanted to say is that the main factor that guaranteed all
the fun of the last GP was the track. The same conditions at Monaco or Hungary
and we would watch a boring traffic jam (and maybe some crashes) - Andre B -
Brazil
Well done Rubens! He thoroughly deserved to win. And although that nutter
created a seriously dangerous situation for both himself and the drivers
....... WOW! ...... what excitement it created!!! Great race and plenty of
great driving - DC - UK
Yesterday I witnessed one of the best and most action packed races since I
became a fan of F1 in 1999. Juan Pablo's drive was shocking! He was back in
shape after just like five laps after leaving the pits in p13. Not even the
world champion, having a superior car, was able to do that.
I was also impressed with Barrichello, his passing efforts were very aggressive
and effective. He made Kimi Raikkonen look silly - Daniel P - El Salvador
Wicked... Cooky - Australia
I must say that I was surprised by Kimi Raikkonen's error towards the end
of the race when he gave 2nd place away, he drove a good first half then went
to sleep!!. Good for Montoya who now moves ahead of Ralf in the Championship
and deservedly so.
Barrichello had a fantastic afternoon but as you say, can he keep it up. I
doubt it.
Michael Schumacher wasn't impressive, he moved up because of his superior car
and other peoples problems. Ralf Schumacher, David Coulthard and Fernando
Alonso would have finished ahead of him had they not had problems. Luck is
always on his side!
I think Jacques Villeneuve should retire. Enough is enough!!
I think Silverstone should be penalised for the crazy man getting on the
track but please don't scrap Silverstone, it seems one of the few tracks that
we can see drivers daring to overtake. Great stuff - Graham R - Australia
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