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| September 30, 2001 |
| J.Trulli Loses Fourth Place |
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The FIA announced late on
Sunday that Jarno Trulli had been stripped of fourth place in the
US Grand Prix. Race stewards excluded the Italian from fourth
place because the skid block on the bottom of his Jordan had worn
away below the legal limit. It was Trulli's first
points finish in six races .
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| The new top six now reads : M
Hakkinen , M Schumacher , |
| D Coulthard , E Irvine
, N Heidfeld , J Alesi |
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| September 30, 2001 |
| US GP - RACE |
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Ralf said "Over the entire weekend
we didn't manage to get the car's set up right. After
my pit stop the handling became even worse.
Juan Pablo and myself were on
different strategies as we were not sure
what the tyre wear would be. It became clear Juan
Pablo had the better strategy. The
spin was my mistake, I lost the rear
under braking for the corner. I had many great weekends
and for me this was not so great."
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| R.Schumacher Williams
BMW (M) DNF (
37 laps, spun) |
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| September 30, 2001 |
| Hakkinen Penalised on Grid |
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| Mika Hakkinen has been bumped
down the grid from the second place that he earned in
qualifying for the US GP yesterday, to fourth.
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The Finn
left the pit lane seconds before
the pit exit re - opened after
a 15 minute red flag stoppage in today's
morning warm-up, and had his best qualifying time removed
as a result. |
| The new top
six now reads : M Schumacher , R Schumacher,
J Montoya , M Hakkinen , R Barrichello , D Coulthard.
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| September 29, 2001 |
| US GP - Qualifying Press
Conference |
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| Question: Ralf.
Where do you feel your speed is coming from this weekend?
Is it straight line? |
| Ralf Schumacher: Obviously.
Always straight line, isn't it? |
| Question: Not necessarily.
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| Ralf Schumacher: We
have just a few corners here. I mean, we haven't
been really slow recently, have we? So you expect
us somewhere. We might be a bit lucky due to the
fact that the two team - mates
of these two guys maybe didn't
get the optimum amount of their car. Apart from that,
we have heard, as I said before in the press
conference, a different weekend. We started a little
bit on the tyre side, but we hope that will become better as the
track and the weather, it's improving for tomorrow. |
| Question: But
it is all due to the fact that the temperatures are fairly low,
isn't it? |
| Ralf Schumacher: Part
of it is due to that fact, and partly, as well, on low -
grip circuits we have always struggled a bit, and that has become
better, quite a lot. But it's still not as good
as it should be, maybe. |
| Question: To
follow - up, does it make family get - togethers a little
tougher? |
| Michael Schumacher:
No, I wouldn't say. |
| Ralf Schumacher: We
get together every two weeks anyway,
don't we? |
| Question: Michael,
you said you had reached your maximum,
but if one of these guys had beaten that, would
you have gone out and found a new maximum? |
| Ralf Schumacher: Impossible.
Time was over. |
| Michael Schumacher:
Yeah, true, time was over.
I mean, I wouldn't have gone. I told the team
before I didn't see any necessity,
exactly. And that's it. I mean, no.
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| Question: Can
you feel the difference between a lap that's a
tenth of a second apart from another lap when you're out there,
how closely can you judge when you're out of the course
what you're turning in terms of times? |
| Michael Schumacher:
I mean, I guess
all of us, we're so sensitive that we probably
should talk within thousands
or hundreds, at least. |
| Ralf Schumacher: Not
bad, huh? |
| Mika Hakkinen: Yeah,
not bad. |
| Question: I
think I saw some tyre smoke in one of your laps, is that right?
And if it was, was that a
tyre problem or driver problem? |
| Ralf Schumacher: Can't
resist from smoking, that's my
main problem. No, it was simply the last lap when I
had the mistake, when I made that mistake, I simply locked the front
wheel. |
| Question: And
Ralf - is there a problem for tomorrow with the tyres? |
| Ralf Schumacher: So
long ago I forgot. No, I know
the tire. This could be a problem,
but we sort of on both companies this weekend.
It's a good thing that microphone, isn't it? It's
amazing what you can do with it. So I think we all face a similar
problem. |
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| September 29, 2001 |
| US GP - QUALIFYING |
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| Ralf said "On
my last lap I was braking too late into turn four so that
is the reason I didn't improve my time.
We should be satisfied with our positions as this is where we expected
to be. We have struggled all weekend to
find the right balance and I still believe it is going to
be difficult tomorrow, but last year we improved from day to day
and it would help us if it was a bit warmer. It would be nice to
have a place on the podium." |
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| R.Schumacher Williams
BMW (M)
1:11.986 ( 3rd ) |
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| September 29, 2001 |
| US GP - SATURDAY FREE PRACTICE |
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1. M.Schumacher
Ferrari (B)
1:12.078
2. M.Hakkinen Mclaren Mercedes
(B)
1:12.330
3. N.Heidfeld Sauber Petronas
(B) 1:12.407
4. R.Schumacher Williams BMW (M)
1:12.454
5. R.Barrichello Ferrari (B)
1:12.463
6. J.P.Montoya Williams BMW (M)
1:12.668
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| September 28, 2001 |
| US GP - FRIDAY FREE PRACTICE |
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Ralf said "It
is forecast to be sunnier and warmer tomorrow, and
I think this should help us
with our tyres to be more competitive.
Today we didn't have specific problems
with the car,it was just difficult to get a balance, with understeer
in the infield section. We've had Fridays
like this before and then turned it all around for qualifying.
I'm hopeful we can do this again."
"We had some problems
finding the right set - up today. The car was oversteering
at the entrance to the corners and didn't have enough grip in
the infield. It seems the low temperatures don't suite
our tyres very well.
Even though we did some useful
homework for qualifying, completing 42
laps, I think we have already made our tyre choice for the
race."
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1. M.Hakkinen
Mclaren Mercedes (B) 1:13.387
2. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B)
1:13.552
3. R.Barrichello Ferrari
(B)
1:13.584
4. D.Coulthard Mclaren
Mercedes (B)
1:13.656
5. E.Irvine Jaguar
Cosworth (M) 1:13.806
6. N.Heidfeld
Sauber Petronas (B) 1:13.827
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9. R.Schumacher Williams
BMW (M)
1:13.919
10. J.P.Montoya Williams
BMW (M) 1:13.983
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| September 24, 2001 |
| US Grand
Prix |
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Friday September
28
free practice 1.1 : 11.00 - 12.00
(GMT -5)
free practice 1.2 : 13.00 - 14.00
(GMT -5) |
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Saturday September
29
free practice 2.1
: 09.00 - 09.45 (GMT -5)
free practice 2.2
: 10.15 - 11.00
(GMT -5)
qualifying session
: 13.00 - 14.00 (GMT -5) |
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Sunday September
30
warm-up
: 08.30 - 09.00
(GMT -5)
RACE
: 13.00 - 15.00
(GMT -5) |
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(Timetable in local time)
London time: GMT+1
(Summer time)
Local time
: GMT -5 |
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| September 21, 2001 |
| US GP - PREVIEW |
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Ralf said "We should
be quite well prepared for Indianapolis and even though
Michelin have not been there with Formula 1 before I
am sure they will have done
their homework.The
organisers have done a good job with the circuit, but
last year everybody was excited about
the high speed corner from the oval and
I found the exciting part of this was the fact you don't have
a run off area, only a wall! The infield is very tight and
a challenge to drive. There were a lot of
spectators last year, but unfortunately they are a long
way from the track so as a driver you don't
feel the atmosphere that much. " |
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| September 18, 2001 |
| Ralf Schumacher will race at US GP |
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| Ralf told German television
DSF on Tuesday "It's very difficult to weigh up
how safe or unsafe it all is.
Bernie Ecclestone ( F1 chief ) and Max Mosley ( FIA
president ) have taken this decision and
I respect that. So I'll drive. There's no question about that
at all." |
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| September 16, 2001 |
| Italian GP - Race Press Conference |
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| Question: Ralf,
you got fastest lap but it seemed
your car wasn't very consistent today. Was that
the case? |
| Ralf Schumacher: No
I must say we didn't get the
right the whole weekend basically. We had a few
problems with tyres but the team did a fantastic job
in finishing first and third and I think that's a great achievement
and so big thanks to the team. |
| Question: Ralf
after Rubens overtook you, you went
across the top of the chicane: did you then ease up
and let him take the position? |
| Ralf Schumacher: The
position belonged to him anyway and
I had big problems at that moment, my
rear tyres wouldn't behave any more
so I defended to a point where I thought it was reasonable
and that was it. |
| Question: What
about the battle with
your brother - he overtook you. |
| Ralf Schumacher:
It happens. That's what we are here
for, sometimes he gets overtaken and sometimes I get overtaken.
It was a fair fight, obviously he had a lighter
car. I was one of the heaviest anyway in the front
and from the beginning I had a very big oversteer, which then turned
into blisters and I got used to the blisters and
was able to drive at a reasonable pace. |
| Question: To all drivers,
what did you feel about the agreement between you not taking place
about the opening lap and how do you feel about going to America? |
| Juan Pablo
Montoya: We tried to have an agreement
and we didn't do it. I think that actually helped because everybody
was very reasonable about the start, we had a very clean start,
and going to America I don't see
really a problem. If the race is going to go on it will go on, there's
not much we can do about it now. |
Rubens Barrichello:
It's bad when you have an agreement and just one
guy doesn't want to do it but that's pretty much
life. At the end of the day
there were drivers told by their team managers they couldn't do
it as well. I don't think they were
thinking - they were very material just 'work, work,
work' and
couldn't just stop to think that there was something
going on behind us. This weekend has been very
dark, not only for what happened in the US but what happened to
Zanardi yesterday I
couldn't stop thinking about him to be honest. So for a moment
we had an agreement because it was only
fair, you have an agreement to brake 200
metres before the corners where we saw last
year a hell of a problem and luckily I think everyone
had the patience to do it. I love to go to America,
we just have to see if we're safe or not. People are not even travelings
there yet so we have to see but I love to
go there the race is great and the atmosphere is great. |
Ralf Schumacher: I've
already made a couple of comments and I don't want to comment
any more thank you.
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| September 16, 2001 |
| Italian GP - RACE |
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Ralf said "I
did not find the best set-up for my car the whole weekend.
But I would like to thank the team,
being first and third here is a very
strong effort. Because of the bad things
that have happened I find it
difficult to celebrate so hope everyone understands
the reasons for my reaction to
what is going on." |
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| R.Schumacher Williams
BMW (M) 1h 17:05.828 (
3 rd) |
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| September 15, 2001 |
| Italian
GP - QUALIFYING |
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Ralf said "For
me it was not as successful as I was expecting. I didn't
find the perfect set up today
and suffered both understeer and oversteer. Also,
it didn't help that on one of my quick laps I had
to lift because of a yellow flag.
So, I'm starting from the second row alongside my
brother and I think the race could be
pretty exciting."
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| R.Schumacher Williams
BMW (M)
1:22.841 (4 th) |
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| September 15, 2001 |
| Italian GP - SATURDAY FREE PRACTICE |
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1. M.Schumacher
Ferrari (B)
1:23.178
2. J.P.Montoya Williams BMW
(M) 1:23.477
3. JTrulli Jordan
Honda (B)
1:23.762
4. R.Barrichello Ferrari (B)
1:23.828
5. D.Coulthard Mclaren
Mercedes (B) 1:23.873
6. R.Schumacher Williams BMW (M)
1:23.917 |
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| September 14, 2001 |
| Italian GP - FRIDAY FREE
PRACTICE |
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| Ralf said "We're
fast, which is what we expected here. I'm
quite satisfied with the set - up
we achieved. We have some understeer in the slow
corners but I'm confident we will cure that. We completed
our schedule without problem and already we are thinking
about which tyre compound we
might use. My target for tomorrow is
a front row grid position." |
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1. R.Schumacher Williams BMW (M) 1:24.667
2. J.P.Montoya Williams BMW (M) 1:25.067
3. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:25.131
4. P.de la Rosa Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:25.205
5. R.Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:25.311
6. M.Hakkinen Mclaren Mercedes (B) 1:25.343
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| September 14, 2001 |
| The FIA president, Mosley gives US
GP green light |
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Max Mosley, confided in Eurosport
yesterday. He stated, "We
have to keep on going as if nothing happened.
It's the best answer to
terrorism. We have to make no
cencessions to
terrorism. No one in motor sports has suggested cancelling
the events. "He continued, "Anyone who can help
the victims of the American disaster should do so. Likewise,
anyone who can help apprehend the perpetrators. The
duty of the rest of us is to carry on as normal."
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of the situation is that people are now in two categories, those
who can do something for the victims or help
find the perpetrators, and the rest of
us who can't, It is our job to get on with
things at the present time and not give in to terrorists. If Wall
Street can open within a few days of such a tragedy
then I think we can continue our business. I don't believe we would
should be intimidated by these people. It is the
right thing to do to continue with the American race." |
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| September 13, 2001 |
| Ralf wants USA GP
cancelled |
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He said "It
is a bad joke intending to go to the United States and racing
there. I do not think it
is safe and I, for sure, will not be taking
my family and friends. We are just 22 drivers but we
also have to think about the
200,000 spectators. Bernie Ecclestone
is recommending us to race there and I will be anxious to see
if he turns up. If it was down to me I would not have
been here (in Italy). I don't think there should be big
public events - not just in sport, but
also things like the
Oktoberfest (Munich's beer festival) while they do not
know who was responsible for the attacks."
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| September 07, 2001 |
| Italian GP - PREVIEW |
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| Ralf said "Monza
is not too demanding on the
drivers, but normally produces
interesting races. There
are three possibilities to overtake.
With a little more luck than in Spa we should
look fairly good in Italy, especially as the Monza
is a similar track to Hockenheim,
so it should suit our car quite well." |
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| September 07, 2001 |
| Italian Grand Prix |
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Friday September
14
free practice 1.1 : 10.50 - 11.50
(GMT + 2)
12.00 - 12.01 ( One
minute of silence at midday
to remember all the victims
of the terrorist attacks
in the USA )
free practice 1.2 : 13.00 - 14.00
(GMT + 2) |
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Saturday September
15
free practice 2.1
: 09.00 - 09.45 (GMT + 2)
free practice 2.2
: 10.15 - 11.00
(GMT + 2)
qualifying session
: 13.00 - 14.00 (GMT +
2) |
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Sunday September
16
warm-up
: 09.30 - 10.00
(GMT + 2)
RACE
: 14.00 - 16.00
(GMT + 2) |
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(Timetable in local time)
London time: GMT+1
(Summer time)
Local time
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| September 04, 2001 |
| Ralf speaks out on driver safety |
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| "Many improvements
were made at Spa this year, but this does not change the
fact that the track cannot offer the
modern standards of safety we ask for. We are lucky that nothing
more serious happened to Luciano and
I hope that it will lead to officials looking
more closely at the safety of
Spa." |
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| September 02, 2001 |
| Belgian
GP - RACE |
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| Ralf said "This
was a difficult race and with each set of tyres I suffered from
understeer to begin with and later on oversteer. The car was also
too slow, and furthermore we made mistakes.
There are many things we can learn from today." |
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| R.Schumacher Williams
BMW (M) 1h 09:04.902 (
7 th) |
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GP - Qualifying Press Conference |
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| Question: Ralf
, you looked incredibly frustrated
during qualifying at one point; what were
you saying to the team? |
Ralf Schumacher: I
can't really remember. No,
we were discussing what to do and it wasn't an easy
decision to take, actually. At a certain point,
we still had that problem with the
intermediate tyre and we had to go on slicks quite early
while some Bridgestone runners still stayed on intermediates.
At the end of the day, it didn't work too bad. It's always
under these conditions that you need to have
a bit confidence that the car's doing
well and you need to have good luck. Then you're there. |
| Question: As the circuit
was drying out, how uniform was it? |
| Ralf Schumacher: It became fairly even. On
the main line on the straight it was already
dry with just some corners, especially turn three and four it was
still a bit wet. |
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| September 01, 2001 |
| Belgian GP - QUALIFYING |
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| Ralf said "In
these conditions, with the track changing all the time, you
just have to be confident and push 100%. Today Juan simply
did it better than I did." |
| "No doubt
the team can be very satisfied with today's result.
What to do was not really an easy decision to take.
At the end of the day it didn't work too bad !
It is always under these conditions that
you need a bit of confidence that
the car is going well, and you need to
have a clean and good lap. The circuit conditions became
fairly even by the end of the session. But while the main
line on the straight was already dry, in some corners, especially
in turns three and four it was still wet." |
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| R.Schumacher Williams
BMW (M) 1:52.959 (
2 nd ) |
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| September 01, 2001 |
| Belgian GP - SATURDAY FREE PRACTICE |
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Saturday first free practice
cancelled by Fog.
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| 1. J.P.Montoya Williams
BMW (M) 1:47.494 |
| 2. R.Schumacher Williams
BMW (M) 1:47.768
+ 0.274 |
| 3. M.Hakkinen Mclaren
Mercedes (B) 1:48.465 +
0.971 |
| 4. D.Coulthard Mclaren
Mercedes (B) 1:48.698 +
1.204 |
| 5. R.Barrichello Ferrari
(B)
1:49.071 + 1.577 |
| 6. G.Fisichella Benetton
Renault (M) 1:49.511 +
2.017 |
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