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Montoya wins after Alonso backs off
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-11 08:35
SILVERSTONE, England, July 10 (Reuters) - Juan Pablo Montoya won the British
Grand Prix on Sunday after forcing Renault's Formula One championship leader
Fernando Alonso to back off.
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McLaren Formula One racing driver
Juan Pablo Montoya of Colombia takes Luffield during the British Grand
Prix at the Silverstone race track in Northamptonshire, central England,
July 10, 2005. [Reuters]
| While the Colombian celebrated his first victory of the season, and first
with the Mercedes-powered McLaren team after winning last-year's Brazilian
season-ender with Williams, Alonso was also smiling.
The Spaniard forged further ahead in the championship, finishing second to
ease 26 points clear of McLaren rival Kimi Raikkonen.
The Finn, whose chances of winning evaporated when he collected a 10-place
penalty on the starting grid for an engine failure in Saturday practice, powered
from 12th place to third.
As a consolation, and because he had nothing else to aim for, he set the
fastest lap right at the end of the race.
With eight races remaining, Alonso has 77 points to Raikkonen's 51.
"I'm really, really confident for the rest of the season because this one
was, I think, the worst circuit in the calendar for the Renault team at the
beginning of the year," said the 23-year-old Spaniard, well on his way to
becoming Formula One's youngest champion.
Renault continue to lead the constructors' standings with 102 points to
McLaren's 87.
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