European F1 Race

[wozzi]

Anyone watching this? It's absolute mayhem! It started straight away and several cars went off at the same corner. Winkelhock leads on his debut in the Spyker after he started in the pit lane. Race has been red flagged and will be restarted at the grid.

EDIT: The track is practically flooded. The rain is stopping and there's sunshine.

Edited July 22, 2007 by wozzi

[Matt]

Is Hamilton racing after his crash yesterday?

[Katsuya]

Hamilton's racing, but a lap down. He got forklifted back on to the track.

It was hilarious at the start, everyone seemed to go off; Raikkonen made a huge error and drove in, then slid out of the pit lane and had to go round again. He spun, and since Winkelhock was the only one on Wet tyres due to his start, he passed Raikkonen and is leading. Coulthard, who span on lap one is now in fifth, and six cars all spun off at the same corner within like, thirty seconds.

[Matt]

So I'm taking it a fair few are out then? And Hamilton last?

Come on Lewis

[wozzi]

Winkelhock has got no chance of winning to be fair. There saying on ITV that there could be more rain.

[Katsuya]

Winkelhock has every chance of winning, to be fair; if this freak weather keeps happening, Spyker, I believe, have got the best weather tracking, and will be able to use that to their advantage.

[Pesci]

That was amazing.

Fairly boring race after all the chaos, though.

[Katsuya]

Alonso and Massa fighting with each other in the pre-podium bit was funny. Oh, and the fact that Schumacher had to give Alonso the winner's trophy - absolute class.

I'm really happy for Mark Webber too, because he's such a good driver who has horrendous luck. Props to Kovalainen too, who probably would have finished third if he had come in a lap or two later then he originally did.

But all in all, with races like this one and the Canadian GP, it's safe to say that F1 has finally become interesting again, and is now gaining more popularity.

[Matt]

Who came where then? Particularly Hamilton.

[Katsuya]

1st - Alonso [McLaren]

2nd - Massa [Ferrari]

3rd - Webber [Red Bull]

4th - Wurz [Williams]

5th - Coulthard [Red Bull]

6th/7th - Kubica or Heidfeld (does it really matter?) [bMW]

8th - Kovaleinen [Renault]

9th - Hamilton [McLaren]

10th - Fisichella [Renault]

Essentially, Lewis was ten seconds behind both Renaults with about four laps to go. He passed Fisi on the last lap and had gained two seconds on Kovaleinen by the end of said lap (he'd have got him were they not lapped).

[Jack_Attack]

I do NOT like Alonso, but McLaren are British so I'll take his victory over a Ferrari one. Hope Lewis can get it back together soon.

[Adam]

Once again, one of the races i miss is one of the most interesting ones? Bah!

That start sounds like mayhem, not least because ive never heard of Winkelhock.

[Farmer Reil]

Winklehock is a last-minute (ish) replacement for Christian Albers, who was kicked out of the team because nobody wanted to sponsor him.

He may or may not be a permanent replacement (Christian Klien is rumoured).

[Pesci]

I'm hoping Winklehock becomes some kind of cult figure.

[TAFKA Castroneves]

He was 1.5 seconds slower than Sutil over the weekend on average. He should be a cult figure for being the worst driver to ever lead a grand prix

[Pesci]

Well yeah, that is exactly the point.

[wozzi]

The guy's on ITV said that Winkelhock's dad was also a driver and died when his son only five in a racing accident.