Another great race & another Schuey win. Im thinking its a strong return of Schuey to championship winning strength. I found the race as exciting as the British Touring Cars at Donnington Park afterwards which had everything. But the BTCC just nailed it for excitement. More on that later.
German GP Top 8
1: M.Schumacher (Another strong win)
2: Massa (Good in defence, his pace brings hope of a potential new race winner. I hope he scoops a maiden win soon)
3: Raikkonen (Handicapped by McLaren thinking everyone would be on 3-stop strategies but they were wrong but Kimi breaks his Hockenheim jinx to beat Button to last podium place)
4: Button (1st points since Catalunya in early May)
5: Alonso (Losing pace to Ferrari & M.Schumacher, can he turn it around?)
6: Fisichella (Lost race pace later)
7: Trulli (Strong recovery from engine penalty to collect 2 points)
8: Klien (1st point since season opener in Bahrain)
Retirements
15: Webber (Water leak denies Webber of possible podium)
16: Sato (Gearbox failure)
17: Villeneuve (Unusual crash at final turn)
18: Barrichello (Engine fire)
19: Heidfeld (Collision damage)
20: de la Rosa (Technical problem)
21: Yamamoto (Clutch problems)
22: Rosberg (Crash in stadium complex)
Drivers Championship (Round 12/1![]()
1: Alonso (100)
2: M.Schumcaher (89)
3: Massa (50)
4=: Fisichella & Raikkonen (49)
6: Montoya (26)
7: Button (21)
8: Barrichello (16)
9=: Heidfeld & R.Schumacher (13)
11=: Coulthard & Trulli (10)
13: Villeneuve (7)
14: Webber (6)
15: Rosberg (4)
16=: de la Rosa & Klien (2)
18: Liuzzi (1)
Constructors Championship (Round 12/1![]()
1: Renault (149)
2: Ferrari (139)
3: McLaren (77)
4: Honda (37)
5: Toyota (23)
6: BMW (20)
7: Red Bull (12)
8: Williams (10)
9: Toro Rosso (1)
GP2 saw drama and tension as British driver and championship leader Lewis Hamilton increased his chances of winning the title whilst title rival Nelson Piquet Jnr faltered with a late retirement in race 1 and early retirement in race 2 with suspension troubles (and before the start too. It was 7 laps into the race before Piquet Jnr threw in the towel and he was still in the pits)
Race 1 Top 8
1: Gianmaria Bruni (Trident)
2: Lewis Hamilton (ART)
3: Timo Glock (iSport)
4: Ernesto Viso (iSport)
5: Giorgio Pantano (FMS)
6: Adam Carroll (Racing Engineering)
7: Jose Maria Lopez (Super Nova)
8: Clivio Piccione (DPR, no Direxiv anymore)
Fastest Lap: Alex Premat (ART) 1m23.774s
Race 2 Top 6
1: Glock (iSport)
2: Lopez (Super Nova)
3: Hamilton (ART)
4: Viso (iSport)
5: Pantano (FMS)
6: Bruni (Trident)
Fastest Lap: Lucas di Grassi (1m24.477s but not elligible. Bonus point to Lopez)
GP2 Drivers Championship (Round 8/11)
1: Hamilton (82)
2: Piquet Jnr (56)
3: Premat (49)
4: Glock (40)
5: Viso (34)
6: Bruni (33)
7: Lopez (29)
8=: Michael Ammermuller & Nicolas Lapierre (25)
10: Carroll (24)
11: Pantano (22)
12: Piccione (12)
13: Hiroki Yoshimoto (9)
14=: Xandi Negrao & Franck Perera (![]()
16: Adrian Valles (7)
17: Tristan Gommendy (6)
18=: Ferdinando Monfardini & Felix Porteiro (5)
20=: Andreas Zuber & di Grassi (4)
22: Luca Filippi (2)
23: Sergio Hernandez (1)
GP2 Teams Championship (Round 8/11)
1: ART (131)
2: iSport (75)
3: Piquet Sports (64)
4: Arden (50)
5: Trident (37)
6: Super Nova (29)
7=: FMS & Racing Engineering (24)
9: BCN (14)
10: DAMS (13)
11=: Campos & DPR (12)
13: Durango (5)
More on my earlier statement on why the BTCC at Donnington was more exciting then the German GP. Im gonna take a rest.




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