Fisichella awarded Brazilian win!
Original results overturned [11/04/03 - 12:36]
Giancarlo Fisichella/Jordan
tewards of the Brazilian GP reconvened at the FIA HQ in Paris, France this
morning where, as expected, they overturned the original outcome of Sunday's
race, announcing Jordan driver Giancarlo Fisichella as the rightful winner.
Last weekend's race results came under review after the FIA "received evidence"
suggesting that there was an error in the timing and the Jordan driver had
started his 56th lap before the race was red-flagged, instead of his 55th as
previously thought.
The new result means the first ever win for Giancarlo and the fourth for
Jordan, and he was Italy's first GP winner since Riccardo Patrese in Japan for
Williams in 1992. Meanwhile the McLaren of Kimi Raikkonen has been demoted to
second. It also means that in the first three races of the 2003 season, we have
seen three different winners.
Under FIA rules, the final race positions in a red flag situation are those in
effect two laps before the lap on which the race was stopped. Raikkonen was
leading after the 53rd lap but the FIA confirmed Fisichella had already started
his 56th lap before the race was stopped. That meant the result had to be based
on positions at the end of the 54th lap when the Italian was leading Raikkonen
and Renault driver Fernando Alonso.
Team chief Eddie Jordan had prompted the FIA to order a review after sending
them details of Jordan's own timekeeping. This showed Fisichella had completed
one more lap than he had originally been credited for and on FIA's own
countback procedure it meant Fisichella and not Raikkonen was the winner. This
is the first time a Grand Prix result has been changed without a driver being
disqualified or receiving a time penalty.
http://f1.racing-live.com/en/
-Carl
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Creasy [mailto:james@thevenom.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 8:17 AM
> To: Carl Merritt; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: F1...do NOT read if you haven't seen Brazil yet.
>
>
> oh my. well it was quite a good race in any case. my
> favorite part was the
> pace car driver during the first few laps... he was FLYING
> around in that
> giant unibody car.
>
> -james
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Merritt" <CMerritt@luminous.com>
> > From www.f1-live.com:
> >
> > "Giancarlo Fisichella winner ??
> >
> > McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen may be stripped of his Brazilian Grand Prix
> victory, following new evidence released by the FIA this morning.
> >
> > The Finn was declared winner of the race, which was
> red-flagged on lap 55
> following the shunt of Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso.
> However, sources
> claim Fisichella had already started his 56th lap, which
> would overturn the
> results, making him victorious.
> >
> > A statement from the FIA read:
> > "The FIA has received evidence which suggests that, contrary to the
> information supplied by the time-keepers at the Brazilian
> Grand Prix, car
> no. 11 (Fisichella) had started his 56 th lap before the race
> was stopped.
> If this proves to be the case, the race classification would
> be that at the
> end of the 54 th lap and not at the end of the 53 rd lap as published.
> >
> > In accordance with Article 179(b) of the International
> Sporting Code, the
> stewards of the Brazilian Grand Prix will re-convene on
> Friday 11 April at
> 11.00 hrs at the FIA headquarters in Paris to review the
> results of the
> event. All competitors who would be affected by any change to the
> classification are being invited to attend."
> >
> > The race win on Sunday was Raikkonen's second, giving him a
> total of 26
> points in the Drivers' Championship. Should the result be
> overturned, this
> will decrease to 24, giving him a 9-point lead over team-mate, David
> Coulthard."
> >
> > -Carl
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