Re: JPM, Monaco '05 - from Last to 5th

John Gibson wrote:

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John Gibson wrote:

I've read a lot about Michael's magnificent race performance on
Sunday, and it
was excellent indeed. But in 2005, Montoya was similarly relegated
to the bkac of the grid and also came through the field to finish
in >> 5th. So this idea that "no one else" could do what Michael did
on >> Sunday is a bit far-fetched, superb though it was.


Do you know how many passes Montoya made on track in order to
achieve that?

Hint: Less than two.


Be that as it may, there were only 6 retirements from that race, only
1 fewer
than this year. He didn't finish 5th by default of everyone ahead of
him retiring. The McLaren team may have turned him around in the
pitstops very effectively (and isn't a victory achieved through a
combination of pit strategy and blinding pace when it counts one of
the schufauxsi's great loves?) to get ahead of some of those cars,
but the race pace still had to be
scintillating to finish in 5th. It's a comparable achievement.


Oh give them a break. It was the one thing Tifauxsi and Tifosi alike
could take from last weekend. Many were near suicidal... until they
realised a Renault/Alonso hat only costs $15.

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