Fernando Alonso won an eventful Monaco Grand Prix yesterday, extending his lead in the world championship to 21 points. It was his first triumph in the Principality.
“Starting from the pit lane, things looked pretty bleak for Michael Schumacher. However you don’t win seven World Championships without super talent. The Ferrari driver took the chequered flag 0.4s behind Barrichello and was without a doubt, the most impressive racer of the day.”#.
I havent watched the qualifying and race live for the first time this season, but I will be watching the dvd in the comming week. The next thing I want to mention here is what Schumacher said after the end of the race. It’s been from the official Monaco Grand Prix - selected driver quotes
“I am happy to have got up to fifth in the end, even though I started from pit lane. But I am still disappointed about what happened yesterday, especially in the light of today’s performance. I was amazed at how tough the Stewards’ decision was. I can understand that, from the outside, things might seem a bit strange, but if you don’t have all the information you cannot give an appropriate judgement. The facts have to be examined in an open manner. I am sorry that Fernando’s lap was ruined and it was definitely not my intention to do that. At the time, I did not know where his car was because I had been told nothing over the radio. I have been in Formula One for 16 years and I have got used to living with this sort of situation. We are only in the seventh round of the championship and there is still everything to play for. Everyone could see today that I am not the sort to give up.”#.
Well done Schumi…
BTW Schumacher was the fastest man at Monaco. Schumi recorded the fastest lap of the race on lap 74. Kimi Raikkonen was the second fastest man in race conditions, lapping two-tenths slower in his McLaren, Alonso was third fastest from Mark Webber.