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| Euorpean
GP 27th-30th May 2004 - Sunday Ferrari press release |
Length:
5.148 km
Number of Laps: 60
(308.863 Km)
Best Lap: M. Schumacher
- 1'32"226 (2002, Ferrari)
Record Pole: JP. Montoya
- 1'29"906 (2002, Williams)
2003 Pole: K.Raikkonen
(1'31."523)
2003 Podium: R. Schumacher
- J. Montoya - R. Barrichello
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Jean
Todt:
'On the eve of the race we had hoped to get a one-two finish
to dedicate it to the memory of Umberto Agnelli and we are happy to
have succeeded. Mr. Agnelli was usually the first to ring to congratulate
us after a win, the last time being in Barcelona. So this one is for
him. Michael drove some fantastic opening laps, building up a big
enough lead to control the race after the first pit stop. Rubens who
was on a different strategy to his team-mate, had to fight hard all
race long, managing to take a great second place. The one-two is the
result of a perfect day for the drivers, cars, tyres and team.'
Michael
Schumacher:
'I dedicate this result to Umberto Agnelli who was a great
supporter of our team over the years. As was obvious, I had run
quite light on fuel in qualifying. I had a good start and was immediately
able to build up a lead as Raikkonen in second was holding up the
others. It was fantastic to see how I could pull away and that gave
me the edge I needed and I was confident that our strategy would
work. I had some problems with traffic, particularly with Mark (Webber)
when he came out of the pit lane and I just saw him in time flying
towards me and I opened the door. Otherwise he would have crashed
into me. We are looking very strong, but generally it was not a
clean race and we were helped today because others had difficulties.'
Rubens
Barrichello:
'Yesterday, we felt Michael was a bit quicker, so rather
than aiming to try and get second place on the grid and start on
the dirty side, the team offered me another option and I liked it.
Running two stops almost worked as I went from seventh to second,
but it was not good enough to take first place. I had a good start
and took the first corner cleanly with Jenson (Button) but I think
I might have touched a Renault. I had to push quite hard when I
was in traffic and that was hurting the tyres a bit. I think Sato’s
move was a bit amateur. Luckily I just saw his nose and moved over.
After the incident, I lost part of my bargeboard and it was lucky
the race was in its final stages as it affected the handling. It
took me a couple of laps to assess what the car was doing and then
the team told me to push again as Jenson was closing.'
Ross
Brawn:
'Occasionally it can be difficult to judge how the tyres
will develop in the race, so having our drivers on two different
strategies allowed the team to cover both bases. This choice paid
off in Barcelona and it did again here. Rubens drove perfectly,
even though in some stages of the race he was unable to push as
hard as he wanted as the tyres did not perform quite as we had expected.
Michael was amazing and his opening laps were astonishing! Once
again, all I can say is that this year he is incredibly motivated.
After the frustration of Monaco, Michael wanted to win again as
soon as possible to be certain we were not going into a dip.'
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