Been a while since we had a pretty exciting Formula One race of late. The qualifying round yesterday was already exciting with the top 4 finishes qualified within a timeframe of 0.96 seconds. It doesn't get any closer than that! Today's race was just as exhilirating. Kimi Raikkonen (Mclaren Mercedes) had to retire when he was in the lead due to engine blow up and Michael Schumacher's (Ferarri) close brush with Juan Pablo Montoya (BMW Williams) left the former stranded at a rather perilous corner and got some shoving by the race marshalls to put him back into the race (that's still to be decided of its legitimacy since no drivers are supposed to receive any outside assistance during the course of a race). David Coulthard (Mclaren Mercedes) had a nasty surprise in the form of Fernando Alonso's (Renault) early braking maneuvre which left David thrown out of contention in the late stages of the race. Ralf Schumacher (BMW Williams) took the chequered flag and was followed by teammate Juan Pablo Montoya and Reubens Barrichello (Ferarri) for second and third places respectively.