Sunday, September 04, 2005

Monza Grand Prix

There were no surprises in the podiums at the Italian GP, Montoya P1, Alonso P2, Fisichella P3 and Raikkonen P4. But many unexpected results were still witnessed with Heidfeld stand-in Pizzonia taking P7 for Williams, in a race which saw no retirements.

Webber struggled for the duration of the race without a glimmer of luck, besides avoiding any bingles with Sato on this leg of the F1 circuit & P14 was disappointing considering Webber's fast qualifying times in this leg.

David Coulthardt, P15, failed to gain position from Webber, but managed to place ahead of Takuma Sato despite his early top placing. Barrichello and Schumacher also failed to shine, managing a poor P10 & 12 for Ferrari.

Monteiro managed to raise his performance in the new EJ15B to about 3/4 of the way back in the field, a promising development for Jordan, while Karthikeyan in the old EJ15 kept his grasp on the wooden spoon.

Doornbos and Albers in the Minardi-Cosworths maintained their usual performance as 'also rans' at P18 & 19.