The 2005 French Grand Prix Review
Fernando Alonso streteched his lead at the head of the Championship table withe a dominant win at the French Grand Prix, also giving his Renault team their first home victory in 22 years. Will Gray reviews the events and results from the tenth race of the 2005 season
After the outfall from the United States Grand Prix, the meeting in Paris, the calls for resignations, personal attacks amongst team chiefs and presidents and backstabbing allegations, the French Grand Prix was a bit of an anti-climax.
And although it was nice to have some on-track action, there was never going to be any result other than a Fernando Alonso victory once Kimi Raikkonen had been pushed down the pack by the penalty for an engine failure in practice.
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