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Titolo: [ENG] Head: Michael walks on water, Ralf clearly doesn't

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Head: Michael walks on water, Ralf clearly doesn't
17-06-2003
WilliamsF1 technical director, and owner of a sizeable chunk of the team,
Patrick Head was far from impressed with Ralf Schumacher's performance in
Canada.
Starting from the front row, running on Bridgestones in ideal conditions,
buoyed by success in Monaco, all the signs were pointing to a runaway
success for the White and Blue cars on Sunday, yet it was Michael
Schumacher that took the spoils.
On lap 20 Ralf Schumacher pitted, taking on fuel and fresh rubber - at
the rear only - next time around his brother Michael stopped.
This was the stop that virtually decided the race so let's look at it a
little more closely.
On lap 19 Ralf posted a new fastest lap 1:16.634, the next lap - his 'in'
lap it was clear road with Ralph Firman, the next driver up the road,
posing no threat.
At the end of lap 20 Ralf pits and remains stationary for 8.8s emerging
in third - behind Michael and Alonso - but with no immediate traffic to
contend with.
Michael is on his 'in' lap but spends much of it behind Ralph Firman who
is to retire on the next lap with an engine problem, pulling off at the
hairpin.
Having lost time behind Firman, Michael Schumacher pits and remains
stationary for 10.6s, emerging from the pitlane almost neck and neck with
his brother but beating the WilliamsF1 out of turn 2.
The $64,000 question is not where Michael made up time - he couldn't have
- but where Ralf lost it, for in doing so he lost the race.
One man far from impressed with Ralf's performance is Head: "I wasn't
driving Ralf's car," he told The Times . "But I think things will be
written saying that he should have had a go at Michael," he added.
"Only Ralf knows from the cockpit," Head continued. "The idea of asking
Ralf to pull over for Juan Pablo crossed my mind," admits the Englishman,
"but I dismissed it on the basis that it would have been one of those
instructions that would have been greeted with a blind eye or a deaf ear.
"I am surprised Ralf didn't get bored sitting behind Michael for 40 laps.
We qualified one and two. Our men finished two and three and that's
disappointing.
Ultimately, Michael qualified third and managed to finish first." Head
continued. "JP made a mistake and paid the penalty. He won't be happy. He
will go away and say 'I screwed up there' and won't do it again.
"Michael made a gesture on the podium," added Head, "with his arm which
meant, 'I stuffed them'. And he did. We have to lick our wounds."
Montoya of course virtually threw his race away with an unforced error in
the opening laps, yet Head cannot help but question the sheer luck of his
rival Michael Schumacher who also makes mistakes but gets away with them.
"Even in practice, he flies off the circuit and everybody thinks he must
have knocked a wing off," said Head. "A second later, he's back on the
circuit and the car's immaculate. He walks on water sometimes."
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 will go away and say 'I screwed up there' and won't do it again.
si ma è la seconda quest'anno
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 si ma č la seconda quest'anno
tra l'altro l'errore di Montoya ha anche penalizzato RSC: fosse rimasto
in pista avrebbe tenuto dietro MSC e permesso a Ralf di avere margine
sufficiente durante il pit-stop.
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 sufficiente durante il pit-stop.
Non č detto, poteva anche essere che invece che 2. si trovasse 3.....
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> Non è detto, poteva anche essere che invece che 2. si trovasse 3.....
mah, JPM era il primo a rientrare e quindi il più teoricamente
svantaggiato.
Diciamo che se avesse tappato MSC di uno due secondi RSC sarebbe uscito
davanti al pit e avrebbe poi preso il largo. Cmq il fatto è che MOY si è
girato e MSC ha vinto...
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 Canada.
Although Williams had both drivers on the podium at the Canadian Grand
Prix, the team is not satisfied with the result after having pole
position and a one-two lead early in the race. Ralf Schumacher was
pole-sitter and led from the start from teammate Juan Pablo Montoya but
it was short lived. Montoya spun, causing him to drop a few places and
Michael Schumacher beat Ralf to the lead in the first round of pit
stops.
 
"I am not really satisfied," said team boss Frank Williams. "We started
on pole and finished second. We were hopeful of winning, probably had a
good chance, but in the pit stops Michael pulled out a quicker out and
in lap than us."
Williams was also cautious about the team's upswing in performance in
Monaco and Canada: "The last two races were on peculiar circuits. They
don't require the same car characteristics as other circuits and we will
see at the next race where we really are."
Come the end of the Canadian GP, Ralf and Montoya were nose-to-tail
behind Michael but neither could find a way past. Technical director
Patrick Head was frustrated not to get a win but said it was important
to get a result for the team and not risk the drivers taking each other
off.
"With the terminal speed and power of the Ferrari and its traction out
of the last corner, presumably there was just no way past." Head said.
"It was a bit frustrating to finish second because one has got to
remember that at the end on the first lap we were lying first and
second."
"We spoke to the drivers before the race and told them a team result was
important -- we weren't going to be enthusiastic about one driver taking
another off."
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 girato e MSC ha vinto...
Più facilmente sarebbe uscito lui dietro MS e magari avrebbe fatto 
qualcosa di più dell'ombra .....

 of the last corner, presumably there was just no way past." Head said.
Allora non sono l'unico a pensarla cosi.
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