Am I right ?

[robsinfield]

The UK's Daily Telegraph is considered to be a quality broadsheet newspaper, but it is sadly prone to the odd glaring error. The paper has, amid much fanfare, relaunched its sports section but after only one day the mistakes are there. In their Chinese Grand Prix preview they inform us that Takuma Sato was penalised 10 grid places in Japan for shunting Michael Schumacher out of the Italian Grand Prix. I hate to be pedantic, but was his penalty not served at the Brazilian race ?, and wasn't the offence at the Belgian ? The Monza event was in fact a very rare event in which all cars finished the race - including Sato and Schumacher....?

Am I right on this ? If so, can I have the Telegraph journos globe trotting job please ?

Rob
www.grandprixdiary.com

[robsinfield]

For the second time this week the Daily Telegraph run an F1 story, this time about Minardi's last race. For the second time this week its wrong. They say that Minardi's best finish was Mark Webbers 5th plcae in 2002.

Who can tell me the right answer ?

Rob (obviously still feeling a bit pedantic !)

www.grandprixdiary.com

[kevinday]

3 fourth place finishes, twice in 1991 with Pierluigi Martini, and once in 1993 with Christian Fittipaldi.

[robsinfield]

Give that man a doughnut ! - I forgot Fittipaldis 4th..

Rob

[rubystone]

robsinfield said:

For the second time this week the Daily Telegraph run an F1 story, this time about Minardi's last race. For the second time this week its wrong. They say that Minardi's best finish was Mark Webbers 5th plcae in 2002. Who can tell me the right answer ? Rob (obviously still feeling a bit pedantic !) www.grandprixdiary.com

I guess they didn't qualify it with the words "under Paul Stoddart's ownership" then?

[robsinfield]

Most likely !

Rob