Well, Again, the comment on Ralf was a bit unfair. It was pretty obvious
that u gain a position by only attrition, Ralf did a decent enough job to stay
in the race, no adventures to push too much, finished and collected some
valuable points for Williams. And he was fast enough to stay ahead of Trulli,
even though he had a problem and an extra pitstop.
Well, I am no fan of Ralf, but many of the comments on him is unfair.
Above all, he did put in few fastest laps, when his team-mate's best part was
holding up a faster car - GOP - NL (Reference Heretic
4-15 - A rare win for McLaren)
The Heretic replies:
Hi again GOP,
Sure, maybe I was rough on Ralf and he could have had
engine trouble too, but towards the end of the race he did not put in the
effort. He was coasting.
He was faster than Montoya for one lap or so – but then
for a lap Barrichello was the fastest on the track, even faster than Michael
or Coulthard.
Ralf seemed to lose interest about halfway through the
race. I thought that this, not his ability to perform, was disappointing. More
than a minute behind the leader was not good (the additional pit stop should
only account for 30 seconds) and apart from the occasional fast lap there was
no indication of him trying to close this gap.
