San Marino F1 GP - Fantastic duel between Schumacher and Alonso

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault, Retired, lap 5: “I really don’t know what happened this afternoon. I made a good start and was much quicker than Heidfeld, so was just sitting behind him and waiting for the pit-stop. Then going through turn 2, I lost the rear end of the car and spun into the wall. Obviously, it is extremely disappointing because we had the pace again today to score some points.”

Christijan Albers, Minardi Cosworth, DNF: “The first thing is that we did some race laps today and learned a lot about the new car. During the first stint, I had strong oversteer, which we were going to deal with at the pit stop, but unfortunately, there was quite a bad leak from the gearbox and I was not able to continue. I wish we could have delivered a better result to the guys for all the work they have put in, but it was not possible this weekend. We’ll see what we can do in Barcelona.”

Patrick Friesacher, Minardi Cosworth, DNF: “The start was not too bad, and I was quite happy with the opening laps, as I was ahead of Christijan and able to stay with Monteiro, but then suddenly, as I was accelerating out of the last corner, it seemed like something broke. Generally, the car felt good today, but we need to find some more downforce. We’ll be working on this area when we test at Mugello on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.”

Paul Stoddart, Team Principal, Minardi Cosworth: “Despite a valiant effort by the drivers and the whole team, it wasn’t really a surprise that reliability stopped both Minardis in today’s race, as one has to consider that this is the first serious outing for the PS05. Both failures were gearbox-related, and hopefully, this week’s Mugello test will give the team the opportunity to perfect certain aspects of the car. On a positive note, though, we believe the overall potential of the new package, especially of the Cosworth TJ2005 engine, bodes very well for the future.”

1. 5 ALONSO Renault M 1h27'41"921 209.086 Km/h 2. 1 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B + 0'00"215 209.077 Km/h 3. 3 BUTTON BAR Honda M + 0'10"481 208.670 Km/h 4. 10 WURZ McLaren Mercedes M + 0'27"554 207.997 Km/h 5. 4 SATO BAR Honda M + 0'34"783 207.713 Km/h 6. 11 VILLENEUVE Sauber Petronas M + 1'04"442 206.556 Km/h 7. 16 TRULLI Toyota M + 1'10"258 206.331 Km/h 8. 8 HEIDFELD Williams BMW M + 1'11"282 206.291 Km/h 9. 7 WEBBER Williams BMW M + 1'23"297 205.827 Km/h 10. 15 LIUZZI RedBull Cosworth M + 1'23"764 205.809 Km/h 11. 17 R.SCHUMACHER Toyota M + 1'35"841 205.346 Km/h 12. 12 MASSA Sauber Petronas M 1 lap(s) 13. 14 COULTHARD RedBull Cosworth M 1 lap(s) 14. 19 KARTHIKEYAN Jordan Toyota B 1 lap(s) 15. 18 MONTEIRO Jordan Toyota B 2 lap(s) 16. 21 ALBERS Minardi Cosworth B 42 lap(s) 17. 2 BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 44 lap(s) 18. 9 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 53 lap(s) 19. 20 FRIESACHER Minardi Cosworth B 54 lap(s) 20. 6 FISICHELLA Renault M 57 lap(s)