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Alonso wins Chinese GP to seal title for Renault
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-10-17 08:41
TRUDGED BACK
Chinese performer sports colourful make-up
before the start of the season-ending Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai
October 16, 2005. Renault's Fernando Alonso of Spain won Chinese
Grand Prix on Sunday to hand Renault the Formula One constructor's title
on top of the driver's crown he took last
month. [Reuters] | Schumacher and Albers both started from the pit lane, with the German working
his way back up to 10th place before spinning off into the gravel on the 23rd of
56 laps. He got out and trudged back to the paddock.
The safety car, called out for six laps as marshals hurriedly fixed the drain
cover damage that wrecked Montoya's race, was back in action on lap 30 after
Narain Karthikeyan wrecked his Jordan coming out of turn 13.
With debris scattered across the track, India's first Formula One driver sat
long in the shattered cockpit with flames flickering around the rear bodywork
before finally pulling himself out and jogging to safety.
The race was Jordan's 250th and last under that name, with the team founded
by Irish entrepreneur Eddie Jordan returning as Midland next year after being
sold to Russian-born Canadian billionaire Alex Shnaider.
It was also the last for BAR, to be reborn as a wholly-owned Honda team, and
Sauber who have been bought by Williams's departing engine partners BMW.
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