What a great day for F1 !

[wedge]

Great drive by Pastor and great birthday present for Frank but sadly because of the tyres I'm not getting as great satisfaction of the result.

[Tazio]

Yeah babe~!~! mokin:









“A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.”
― Carl Sagan

[N. Jones]

Its amazing

So the first time five different teams have won the opening 5 rounds.

Dont think there has ever been 6 driver winners from the first 6 has there?

I'll have to look it up again as I did not go past the fifth race.

[Hawkmoon]

I was desperately hoping Alonso would pass him but I had a smile on my face when Maldonado crossed the line. It's been a long road for Williams and I thought that were done. Truth be told, I still think Williams will fold or be sold. I'd really like to be proven wrong and hopefully this win is an indication that that will happen.

This is a great season!

[aryan]

I was desperately hoping Alonso would pass him but I had a smile on my face when Maldonado crossed the line.

Similar feelings here. I was hoping for both Alonso and Maldonado's tyres to drop off a cliff so Kimi could pass them both on that last lap... but when Maldonado crossed the line, it dawned on me that A WILLIAMS HAS WON!

I couldn't be happier.

[Mark]

Do we have a reason as to why Williams has just gone from Q2 contenders to race winners? We can't blame wet weather etc. So what was it, and can it be maintained?

[F1boat]

Maybe they lacked qualy speed and fixed that. They had good race pace in the first rounds as well.

[SGWilko]

Do we have a reason as to why Williams has just gone from Q2 contenders to race winners? We can't blame wet weather etc. So what was it, and can it be maintained?

Two things I reckon;

1. Tyres suiting different cars, on different tracks at different temperatures.
2. Engine - they dumped the underpowered and non torquey Cosworth.

Lest we forget how long it took Ferrari to win a championship again......

[Mark]

Lest we forget how long it took Ferrari to win a championship again......

That's true, however they were still thereabouts for the majority of the time, often finishing 2nd or 3rd in the constructors championship, it's just there were usually at least one team (usually Williams or McLaren, but also Benetton for a time) which were better than them.

That's to contrast with Williams who haven't really been troubling the top 10 for a long time now. Great to see the Williams-Renault name back at the front, the only problem being their livery being so poor and anonymous. Williams used to do excellent paint jobs!

[Knock-on]

I was afraid that they will disappear like Tyrrel. I'm very happy that I was wrong.

Tyrrell haven't gone. I was at the 'wake' in the Mucky Duck when the team name was passed on. Since those days, the spirit of Tyrell has won a WDC, WCC and is one of the front runners on the grid Well, they would be if they could get rid of the dead weight