Friday, April 21, 2006
# posted by Rich @ 1:58 AM
San Marino Preview
The San Marino Grand Prix marks the start of the European leg of the world championship, and the first opportunity most of the teams will have to roll out some new aerodynamic packages, having had three fly-away races to open the season with.
Last year's race saw a classic battle between Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher, with Alonso taking a famous victory. Michael seems to be more on form this year, and will be looking for a win on Ferrari home soil. Also hoping for a victory will be McLaren, who were also very quick here last year (and Raikkonen was walking off into the distance before a broken half-shaft robbed him early in the race). Another man looking to impress this weekend will be Jenson Button, the pole sitter back in 2004.
So, I expect the Renaults, Ferraris, McLarens and BARs to be quick, but again watch out for Rosberg. I am sure he will be trying hard and deperate to make up for his bad luck in Malaysia and Melbourne. Someone else to watch is Yuje Ide - he is supposedly racing for his seat this weekend, and thus will probably be pushing extra hard. I expect him to have a lot of offs this weekend, and I wouldn't be surprised if he has a big, bad accident at some point over the weekend. Let's hope not.
So, what are my predictions? Well, I am again going to stick with Raikkonen for the win, but Alonso or M Schumacher could equally take it. Pole - M Schumacher, despite my deep desire that he doesn't.
Let's see what the weekend brings!
Last year's race saw a classic battle between Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher, with Alonso taking a famous victory. Michael seems to be more on form this year, and will be looking for a win on Ferrari home soil. Also hoping for a victory will be McLaren, who were also very quick here last year (and Raikkonen was walking off into the distance before a broken half-shaft robbed him early in the race). Another man looking to impress this weekend will be Jenson Button, the pole sitter back in 2004.
So, I expect the Renaults, Ferraris, McLarens and BARs to be quick, but again watch out for Rosberg. I am sure he will be trying hard and deperate to make up for his bad luck in Malaysia and Melbourne. Someone else to watch is Yuje Ide - he is supposedly racing for his seat this weekend, and thus will probably be pushing extra hard. I expect him to have a lot of offs this weekend, and I wouldn't be surprised if he has a big, bad accident at some point over the weekend. Let's hope not.
So, what are my predictions? Well, I am again going to stick with Raikkonen for the win, but Alonso or M Schumacher could equally take it. Pole - M Schumacher, despite my deep desire that he doesn't.
Let's see what the weekend brings!
Labels: Formula 1, Grand Prix
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