Formula1 Drivers Championship Table (after 2 rounds)

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Renault	16
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italian	Renault	10
3	Jarno Trulli	Italian	Toyota	8
3=	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Ferrari	8
3=	David Coulthard	British	Red Bull Racing	8
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombian	McLaren-Mercedes	8
7	Nick Heidfeld	German	Williams-BMW	6
8	Ralf Schumacher	German	Toyota	4
8=	Mark Webber	Australian	Williams-BMW	4
10	Christian Klien	Austrian	Red Bull Racing	3
11	Michael Schumacher	German	Ferrari	2
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	McLaren-Mercedes	1

Ferrari Test Drives its new F2005 model.

Ferrari tested its F2005 model car. Both its drivers Rubens Barichello and Michael Schumacher went for the test drive. Being not satisfied with their start of the season, Ferrari plan to introduce the car earlier than their original plan.

They are optimistic to introduce in Bahrain. But its Boss has informed that it will be on run in Bahrain only if they are satisfied with its reliablity.

Ferrai may introduce its new car F2005 in Bahrain

Ferrai had initial plans of introducing their car in the middle of the season in June. Now surprised by the sudden surge of Renault and Ferrari not able to cope with other teams, plans to introduce their new car F2005 earlier. They may introduce in the next race at Bahrain.

Narain Finishes Creditable 11th.

India's Narain Karthikeyan finished creditable 11th in the F1 race at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. Like Melbourne Renault dominated the race. Alonso clinched the race. while Fischichella was well set to take 3rd place, before he crashed with Mark webber on 33rd round.

Planning to write in detail today night.

Narain failed to impress in Qualifying Round 1

India's Narain Karthikeyan finished 17th in Qualifying round 1. He just managed to finish a head of Minardi and his teammate Monteiro. Shumacher and Barichello also finished way behind. Once again taking the lead were Alonso and Fisichella of Renault, finishing 1st and 3rd respectively. BAR-Honda fielded Davidson in place of Sato.

A good show by Narain in second Qualifying round will get him a better place in the starting grid. Otherwise I expect a 15+ position only on the final race.

The interesting thing to watch tomorrow will be, how Michael Schumacher and Ferrari rice to the occasion tomorrow.

Free Training Day - Sepang International Circuit.

Again sunday race is getting nearer. The first two free training sessions were held on Friday. Weather was hot. Indias Narain Karthikeyan drove in both the sessions. I dont expect any thing better from him again. He may move one or two places more. But he's certainly not in the position to get into top eight to gather atleast a point. It may be recalled that, he finished 15th in Melbourne, the first race of this season. Consolation point was he finished top among the rookies. I am sure many more Indians will follow Formula 1 because of Narains ride with Jordan.

Will Schumacher clinch the rach here like last year?. It will be answered on Sunday. But both the Ferrari drivers went out of the track during test. Jenson Button of England looks set for the challenge. Button reaching the podium on Sunday will not be a surprise to me. Buttons BAR-Honda Teammate, harsh riding Sato, I expect again to go out of the field.

Mentioning Reanult should be worthwhile here. In Melbourne they got the first and third place. It was a wonderful start for them. They would like to keep up the momentum and put Ferrari under pressure. Otherwise, the season may become boring in the middle of the year itself like last year.