Season 2 Race 3

==Quali==
The Arrows is back on form again as Schumacher takes his 2nd pole position of the season. Ricciardo, as a closest contender is in 2nd, however does have a grid penalty, with Kubica 3rd ahead of Rosberg. Medium tyre runners had massive struggles in this quali session but we expect them to be more competitive later into the race.
==Race==
Again Schumacher made the use of horrendeous conditions around him, with many retirements and many crashes, while Maldonado secures yet another second place, that is 3 in a row now.
At the start, Maldonado took the lead of the race, with Schumacher settling for second. Ricciardo collided with Coulthard and both were now at the back end of the field. The next lap when he exited the pitlane, he'd done the same thing to Brosseau - making him the Maldonado of the season so far, by crashing 3 times in the last two races and getting awarded not one, but another penalty. This time both were out. Irvine suprisingly held the fastest lap. Schumacher quickly got past Maldonado when the latter's engine started overheating.
Irvine made good progress through the field until his hydraulics gave way. Few laps later, Ferrari's good result dream was crushed when Max Verstappen's throttle got stuck open. Scary crash but he exited the car unharmed. Lap 14 saw both Arrowses and Manors take a strange undercut. Schumacher rejoins in clear air, and Maldonado had to respond. Two laps later, he pitted, rejoining in clear air as well. But then. Lap 17 came - the absolute crusher. 3 separate crashes happened on the track at the same time - weirdly, it was still not enough to convince the FIA to bring out the safety car - but 6 people retired, including both Manors, Senna, Barichello, Alesi and Chilton! Kubica was now leading, well until his pitstop on lap 19, he rejoins in 3rd. The low number of cars meant some backmarker teams were running in the points, including Jan Magnussen, however just one lap after he pitted his car was on fire, meaning there will be no points for Scuderia Ferrari on debut. Back to the top though, Maldonado blazed past Schumacher on his supersofts, and pulled out a gap, until he pitted for his final stop. Anderson was next to retire as his tyre scarily punctured through the 1st corner. Meanwhile Kubica and Schumacher were struggling on worn mediums and Maldonado was closing, eventually overtaking Kubica. Kubica then pitted for one last blast on the supersofts, but apart from setting purple laps he didn't catch Maldonado. Panis also retired late in the race when his transmission failed, yet will still be classified 8th. Schumacher wins a very eventful race!
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