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520racer's Alternate F1 Universe Rounds 5-8 recap

Posted on September 29, 2018 at 02:07 AM.

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Rounds 5-8 Recap

Welcome back to the second quarter of the 1995 alternate F1 universe. We are now firmly on F1�s home turf in Europe and we now officially start to separate the Front runners from the rest of the pack. Here�s what happened during rounds 5-8.

Round 5 Spain

Pre-Q Weather: Dry

Moving on to qualifying: Herbert, Larini, Panis, Blundell

Qualifying Weather: Dry
Pole Position: Michael Schumacher

Top 6 race results
Weather: Heavy Rain at the second half mark
1 Schumacher
2 Hill
3 Alesi
4 Martini
5 Coulthard
6 Verstappen

The notable was Verstappen scoring his first point of the 1995 season.

Round 6 Monaco

PreQ Weather: Dry

Moving on to Qualifying: Panis, Herbert, Larini, Blundell

Qualifying Weather: Dry
Pole Position: Michael Schumacher

Top 6 Race Results
Weather: Wet in the second half of the race

1 Hill
2 Alesi
3 Hakkinen
4 Berger
5 Coulthard
6 Panis

The surprise in Monaco was that Schumacher crashed out while running in the lead due to the sudden rain, handing another victory to his main rival, Damon Hill.

Round 7 Montreal

PreQ Forecast: Dry with a threat of rain but it will not impact this session

Moving on to Qualifying: Diniz, Herbert, Panis, Blundell

Qualifying Forecast: Wet
Pole Position: Michael Schumacher

Top 6 Race Results
Weather: Dry for the most part

1 Schumacher
2 Coulthard
3 Katayama
4 Hakkinen
5 Verstappen
6 Boullion

Just when you think Schumacher finally shows signs of being human after all, he then responded with another runaway victory, but further down in the points, JC Boullion has finally scored his first F1 point with the Ligier team.

Round 8 France

PreQ Weather: Hot and dry
Moving on to Qualifying: Larini, Panis, Blundell, Diniz

Qualifying weather: Slick but drying quickly throughout the session
Pole Position: Damon Hill

Oddly enough, Damon hill was the last car on a flying lap when he took the pole position away from Michael Schumacher

Top 6 Race Results
Weather: Dry but heavy rain looming
1 Hill
2 Berger
3 Hakkinen
4 Alesi
5 Katayama
6 Verstappen

This win by Damon Hill was huge for both the driver�s and the team�s title as you can see when we get to the updated standings below

Driver�s Standings after Round 8 of 16

Schumacher 46
Hill 44
Alesi 26
Hakkinen 20
Berger 19
Coulthard 14
Katayama 10
Martini 9
Barrichello 6
Verstappen 4
Irvine 3
Lehto 2
Badoer 2
Panis 2
Boullion 1

Schumacher still leads the driver�s championship but it has been reduced to two points between him and Damon Hill. Jean Alesi is hanging on to 3rd as of right now over Mika Hakkinen by 6 points.

Team�s Standings after Round 8 of 16
1 McLaren-Mercedes 50
2 Ferrari 46
3 Ligier-Peugeot 27
4 Piquet-BMW 23
5 Minardi-Honda 23
6 Williams-Cosworth 20
7 Benetton-Renault 12
8 Larrousse-Cosworth 3
9 Forti-Lamborghini 2
10 DAMS-Nissan 2
11 Sauber-Ferrari 0 best finish 7th
12 TWR-BMW 0 best finish 8th
13 Tyrrell-Yamaha 0 best finish 9th
14 Jordan-Hart 0 best finish 14th
15 Lotus-Rolls Royce 0 Best pre-q Result 23rd x3
16 Stewart-Ford Zetec 0 best pre-q result 26th x2
17 Footwork-ford 0 best pre-q result 26th x2
18 Dome-Mugen 0 Best pre-q result 26th
19 Lola-Nissan 0 best pre-q result 27th
20 Pacific-Rolls Royce 0 best pre-q result 29th

The bigger surprise lies in the Team�s championship when McLaren-Mercedes are leading the championship table by 4 points over Ferrari, who is essentially a one-man show still. In the meantime, on the other side of the paddock, six teams are still struggling to make out of pre-q. Remember, if any team fails to make a race grid for an entire season, they will be automatically be kicked out of the championship with immediate effect. The most notable and famous name among these six teams is without a doubt Team Lotus.

And one final note to keep in mind before I start the second half of this season, the FIA has just reduced the maximum number of teams allowed on the entry list for the 1996 season from 20 to 17 due to what has happened to the changes implemented to Pre-Qualifying.