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No respite from misfortunes for McLaren
Sakhir, Apr 05: It was a bad day for Ferrari`s old rivals McLaren. Finland`s Kimi Raikkonen, the man who took Schumacher down to the wire last season and ended overall runner-up, was the first retirement when his engine blew spectacularly with the race barely started.
Sakhir, Apr 05: It was a bad day for Ferrari's old rivals McLaren. Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, the man who took Schumacher down to the wire last season and ended overall runner-up, was the first retirement when his engine blew spectacularly with the race barely started.
It was Raikkonen's third successive retirement and British team mate David Coulthard also retired. Button's Japanese team mate Takuma Sato finished fifth while Spain's Fernando Alonso, watched by his country's king Juan Carlos from a gathering of kings and princes, powered from 16th place to take sixth. Williams driver Ralf Schumacher, Michael's younger brother, was seventh with Jaguar's Australian Mark Webber eighth.
Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, who had been third for most of the race, was lapped and limped across the line 13th after his Williams slowed in the closing stages.
Bureau Report
It was Raikkonen's third successive retirement and British team mate David Coulthard also retired. Button's Japanese team mate Takuma Sato finished fifth while Spain's Fernando Alonso, watched by his country's king Juan Carlos from a gathering of kings and princes, powered from 16th place to take sixth. Williams driver Ralf Schumacher, Michael's younger brother, was seventh with Jaguar's Australian Mark Webber eighth.
Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, who had been third for most of the race, was lapped and limped across the line 13th after his Williams slowed in the closing stages.
Bureau Report