meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Bring Back V10s - Classic F1 stories

S5 E9: Imola 2005 - Alonso v Schumacher

Bring Back V10s - Classic F1 stories

The Race Media Ltd

Sports

4.9764 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

SPECIAL GUEST: TED KRAVITZ!
The 2005 San Marino Grand Prix will always be remembered for Michael Schumacher’s thrilling pursuit of Fernando Alonso in the closing stages of the race. Current Sky F1 pitlane reporter Ted Kravitz joins Glenn Freeman and Mark Hughes to look back on a memorable weekend that also featured BAR’s exclusion and a ban for cheating, McLaren unlocking the pace of what would become 2005’s fastest car, tension between Jacques Villeneuve and Sauber, and Red Bull’s early moves off track to establish itself as a credible contender in F1.
With Ted's help, and insight from Mark who was in the commentary box that weekend, we also get to the bottom of ITV’s controversial late-race ad break that caused so much uproar with UK viewers.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Michael Schumacher's reign of dominance in Formula One came to a deflating end in 2005, as

0:10.9

the latest rule change, thrown in to destabilise Ferrari, finally did the job.

0:16.2

But for Wadrace in 2005, ignoring that year's US GP, of course, a Ferrari on Bridgestone tyres

0:22.7

was the car to have. At times during this race, Michael Schumacher was lapping almost two seconds

0:29.4

quicker than anyone else, as he came through from 13th on the grid at Imola to hunt down

0:34.6

Fernando Alonzo through the final stint of a memorable San Marino Grand Prix.

0:39.3

Alonzo famously held his ground in a nail-biting finish, although if you watch this race in the UK,

0:45.3

you missed two of the final three laps, thanks to a poorly timed ad break that we'll explain in more detail later.

0:52.3

Joining me, Glenn Freeman, for this look back into one of the most famous finishes to a race in F1's V10 era.

0:58.4

I'm Mark Hughes, who was in the ITV commentary box that day, and I'm delighted to welcome the man

1:03.3

who is in the pit lane for ITV as well, and still does that job today for Sky Sports, the one

1:09.0

and only Ted Kravitz.

1:12.8

Now, Ted, welcome to your first appearance on Bring Back V10s. It's great to have you along. We always start the show with the

1:18.1

same opening question, so I'll throw that to you. When you think back to Imola 2005, what's the

1:23.6

first thing that comes to mind? Well, now, Glenn, it's those four words, poorly timed ad break.

1:29.4

So, yeah, let's get in the poorly timed ad break, first of all.

1:34.3

Actually, when I look back on that weekend, I don't think about the weather.

1:39.8

It was a colder than usual sort of Imala April weekend, I seem to remember.

1:44.3

What I remember is the drive from the hotel where we stayed in a small spa town called

1:49.9

Riolo Termay.

1:51.5

I'm probably not pronouncing it well, to Imola.

1:53.9

We would drive in and we'd enter Imola by the Rivazzar gate and then have to sort of edge our way

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Race Media Ltd, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Race Media Ltd and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.