No stopping Ferrari in incident-packed race.
Let's begin: Schumacher wins at Indianapolis ... surprised?
It was a perfect weekend for racing. Very low humidity with moderate temperatures and very clear skies ... and no lack of grid girls
Ferrari scored another memorable one-two in today’s US Grand Prix at Indianapolis, but it was a race fraught with drama. At the green lights for the final formation lap to start the race, Juan Pablo Montoya's car failed to start off the grid, and the Columbian sprinted and fled to the garage to get the spare t-car moving him to the back of the pack by having to start from the pit-lane.
So, the race went underway, but just like last weekend's Canada's GP, the excitement started as early as the first corner when before long, 4 cars (Gianmaria Bruni, Giorgio Pantano, Felipe Massa and Christian Klien) were already out of the race.
This created alot of debris that kept been passed around all over the track, and not before long, Fernando Alonso of Renault caught on and had exploded his rear tire that rolled off the rim sending his car out of the tarmac and out of the race. (Fernando Alonso made a fabulous start in his Renault to snatch third place by running round the outside of Kimi Raikkonen and Takuma Sato, due to an improved Launch Control system).
Moments later, Ralf Schumacher caught another piece of debris and crashed heavily backwards into the wall during one of the fastest segments on the track. The German spun through 360 degrees before crashing backwards into the outside wall at more than an estimated 360 kph. It took quite a long time before medical help arrived, as Ralf appeared immobilized for a moment and later showed that he couldn't move much or get out of his car. Ralf was taken out of the car along with his seat and was taken to the hospital immediately. This haulted the race as the pace car came out for 10 laps, slowing down the race and having Michael worried of his brother's condition until he got word that Ralf had some bruises and back pain but no broken bones.
So, there was one Renault and Williams BMW left on the track for the moment.
Later in the race, after half point time, Juan Pablo Montoya was black-flagged and disqualified for illegally transferring to his spare car at the beginning of the race as was concluded after the stewards' investigation.
Two laps later there was more excitement when Sato slipped ahead of Trulli going into Turn One. Both slid wide on to the grass, but got back on the track without further problem and finished in that order. In fifth came Olivier Panis’s Toyota, as the Frenchman celebrated his 150th Grand Prix, and sixth and seventh eventually fell to the McLarens of Kimi Raikkonen and David Coulthard. There was also bitter disappointment for Mark Webber when his Jaguar’s engine blew up on lap 60 when he was running in a points-scoring seventh place.
The final point went to a delighted Zsolt Baumgartner and Minardi.
The result doesn’t change much in the drivers’ championship, but moves McLaren ahead of Sauber in the constructors’.
It was an unfortunate weekend for Jenson Button as he had gear box failure and rolled off into the garage ending his race (but not his standing in the position for world championship title ... still at third behind Rubens and Michael).
More news: at this point, another Brit, David Coulthard does not have a contract with the West McLaren-Mercedes team for next season and is rumoured to have his retirement by the end of this season.
It was another 1-2 win for Ferrari (6th out of 9 races this season). Another win for Ferrari would have them lead all the engine developers with the most number of wins. Currently Ferrari is tied with Ford with 175 wins made by their engine powered cars. It should be noted that at the beginning of F1 history, it was an English sport lead by Brits who used Ford engines and so did all the other teams until much later on.
This was Michael Schumacher's 8th victory out of the nine races this season. (every race that Michael finished, he got the victory, placing first ... leading all other drivers in the world championship and helping the Ferrari team lead all for the constructor's title).
The race also marked the first podium for a Japanese driver in the last 14 years, as Takuma Sato of BAR Honda finished third ahead of Renault's Jarno Trulli.
From formula1.com
This is yudansha reporting on another successful finish for Michael Schumacher at the 2004 Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Man, those were the days! Hey, if they ever need a nurse track-side, put in a good word for me, eh? 
I'd give anything to try that. You KNOW how much I love to drive!
