* Lap 1: On pole position for the first time this season, Kimi Räikkönen makes a clean start to break away from Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa. He leads by 0.8s at the end of the lap. Jenson Button is squeezed out by both Renaults and drops to sixth, but he repasses Fernando Alonso before the end of the lap to annexe fifth, behind Giancarlo Fisichella. Pedro de la Rosa runs seventh ahead of Mark Webber, Rubens Barrichello, Christian Klien, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Jarno Trulli (up from 20th) and Takuma Sato. Snagged by Ralf Schumacher at the hairpin, David Coulthard drops to 14th, ahead of Scott Speed, Tiago Monteiro and Christijan Albers. Ralf Schumacher, Jacques Villeneuve and Nick Heidfeld pit for repairs in the wake of the hairpin skirmish. Nico Rosberg spins into retirement at Turn 12. Sakon Yamamoto starts late from the pit lane.





* Lap 2: Räikkönen laps in 1m17.383s and increases his lead to 1.1s. Button passes Fisichella for fourth. Coulthard gets ahead of Sato for 12th.


* Lap 3: Räikkönen posts a 1m16.780s and edges 1.6s clear. De la Rosa pulls off to retire from seventh. Yamamoto pits and drops out of his first grand prix.


* Lap 5: Räikkönen leads by 2.4s.

Follow up:

* Lap 6: Coulthard passes Trulli for 11th, Speed deprives Sato of 13th and the MF1s swap places. Albers is now 15th ahead of Monteiro.


* Lap 7: Liuzzi runs wide at Turn One but hangs on to 10th.


* Lap 9: Fastest lap to Michael Schumacher – 1m16.435s. The gap comes down to 2.9s. Trulli retakes Coulthard.


* Lap 10: Räikkönen makes his first scheduled stop and drops to eighth. Michael Schumacher leads. Albers passes Sato for 14th. Heidfeld pulls into his pit garage.


* Lap 14: Delayed while lapping Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher leads Massa by 0.9s. Button is 10.2s further adrift.


* Lap 16: Button pits.


* Lap 18: Barrichello pits. Button passes Räikkönen for sixth.


* Lap 19: Massa and Fisichella pit. Barrichello pulls off to retire. Ralf Schumacher passes Sato for 14th.


* Lap 20: Leader Michael Schumacher pits, as does world championship leader Alonso. The former rejoins just ahead of team-mate Massa.


* Lap 21: Schumacher leads Massa by 0.8s. Webber – yet to stop – is third. Coulthard pits.


* Lap 24: Ralf Schumacher passes Albers for 12th. Monteiro pits.


* Lap 25: Ralf Schumacher passes Speed for 11th. Klien pits.


* Lap 26: Liuzzi pits.


* Lap 27: Speed and Sato pit.


* Lap 28: Webber and Trulli peel in for their first stops; Räikkönen makes his second.


* Lap 29: Ralf Schumacher and Albers pit.


* Lap 30: Villeneuve passes Sato for 15th.


* Lap 32: The lapped Villeneuve crashes heavily at Turn 17. He emerges from the wreckage unaided.


* Lap 33: Approaching half-distance, Michael Schumacher leads Massa by 1.1s. Almost half a minute in arrears, Button is third from Fisichella, Webber, Alonso, Räikkönen, Klien, Trulli, Coulthard, Liuzzi, Ralf Schumacher, Speed, Albers, Sato and Monteiro.


* Lap 35: Ralf Schumacher serves a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane. It doesn’t cost him any places: he’s still 12th.


* Lap 38: Sato makes a lengthy stop.


* Lap 39: Webber dives past Fisichella for fourth.


* Lap 40: Fisichella and Coulthard pit.


* Lap 41: Button pits.


* Lap 43: Alonso pits. Trulli passes Klien for what is now seventh. Monteiro serves a drive-through for ignoring blue flags.


* Lap 44: Massa makes his final stop.


* Lap 45: Leader Michael Schumacher does likewise. He rejoins with 1.3s in hand. Speed runs wide onto the grass at Turn 13 and loses a place to Albers.


* Lap 47: Klien pits. Ralf Schumacher tries to pass Liuzzi for 10th but the Italian is having none of it. The German pits at the end of the lap.


* Lap 48: Webber, Albers and Speed all pit.


* Lap 49: Liuzzi comes in for fuel and tyres.


* Lap 51: Trulli pits from fifth.


* Lap 52: With most of the leaders having made their final stops, Michael Schumacher leads Massa by 1.8s. Räikkönen is third from Button, Webber, Alonso, Fisichella, Trulli and Klien. Ralf Schumacher passes Coulthard to run a lapped 10th as best of the rest.


* Lap 54: Liuzzi passes Coulthard for 11th.


* Lap 55: Räikkönen makes his third and final stop. He rejoins just in front of Webber and manages to repel the Australian to hold fourth.


* Lap 57: Räikkönen is within 0.5s of third-place Button. He’s by far the fastest man on the circuit, lapping in the 1m16s bracket: the leaders are in the 1m18s.


* Lap 58: Räikkönen passes Button.


* Lap 59: Webber slows up dramatically and heads for the pits with flames licking around the rear of the car. Speed passes Albers for 12th.


* Lap 61: Alonso runs wide through the gravel entering the stadium, but he stays fifth… just.


* Lap 67: Michael Schumacher wins his home Grand Prix, beating Massa by 0.7s. Räikkönen is third, 13.2s, behind the victor. Button, Alonso, Fisichella, Trulli and Klien complete the scorers. Ralf Schumacher, Liuzzi, Coulthard, Speed, Albers and Monteiro take ninth to 14th places. No other cars finish. Alonso’s world championship lead is provisionally cut to 11 points.


Source: Paddock Talk


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