Racecar customer Giancarlo Fisichella put in a faultless display to dominate the Malaysian GP. The 2006 Malaysian GP was an historic race for the Renault F1 Team, as drivers Giancarlo Fisichella and Fernando Alonso took the team’s first ever one-two since Renault returned to the sport as a works manufacturer in the 2002 season, and only the second one-two finish in Renault’s Formula One history, the last occasion being at the 1982 French Grand Prix.
Giancarlo Fisichella, WinnerIt was a perfect race for me, but it was very tough physically and mentally. It was really, really hot out there and I began to feel it from mid-race onwards. I knew it would be hard but there was no choice but to push all the way to the end. So I did. I didn’t want to lose concentration in the last laps, and everything went well, the car and engine were perfect too. I am really so happy for this win. And I am especially pleased because I am dedicating the win to a friend who died last week, Pietro. To have my race engineer Alan Permane on the podium alongside me was special too. Thank you to the whole team, this is a brilliant result.
Racecar's other customer - Kimi Raikkonen was first forced to retire after the first lap after being crashed into by Christian Klien - damaging the Mclaren's rear suspension. I could waste your time by putting up the official PR of what he said when that happened - but's let's face it you can probably guess that he was dissappointed...
1 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1h30m40.529 2 Fernando Alonso Renault 1h30m45.114 3 Jenson Button Honda Racing 1h30m50.160 4 Juan Pablo Montoya Team McLaren Mercedes 1h31m19.880 5 Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1h31m23.783 6 Michael Schumacher Scuderia Ferrari 1h31m24.383 7 Jacques Villeneuve BMW Sauber 1h32m00.990 8 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1h32m01.817 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota +1 lap 10 Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing +1 lap 11 Tonio Luizzi Toro Rosso +2 laps 12 Christijan Albers MF1 Racing +2 laps 13 Tiago Monteiro MF1 Racing +2 laps 14 Takuma Sato Super Aguri +3 laps
