The Fall of the South
South America has been a major source for talented drivers throughout the history of Formula One. But it has now been 14 years since the last South American won a title. Richards Barnes analyses the situation
The Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona is rarely the most exciting race on the calendar. The F1 teams arrive at the popular testing circuit with encyclopedic knowledge of which set-ups work best, and the flat-out sweeps do little to promote overtaking.
With only a week and no significant upgrades since the previous GP at Nurburgring, it was predictable that Renault's Fernando Alonso and Ferrari's Michael Schumacher would once again be the class of the field. This time, Alonso had the slightly superior package and predictably turned it into flawless and perfectly controlled victory.
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