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Montoya in pits, twice
8226; Two critical errors, one by the team and one by him, cost McLaren8217;s Juan Pablo Montoya victory. The Brazilian was disqualified after he left the pit lane under a red light, as the safety car was going past.
8226; Earlier, at the first pit stop when he came out in second place ahead of Renault8217;s championship leader only to run wide.
Alonso hits wall
8226; A rare mistake by Fernando Alonso and continuing bad luck for Italian Giancarlo Fisichella left Renault empty-handed.
Alonso hit the wall on turn four while leading and retired on the 39th of 70 laps.
8226; Fisichella had retired three laps earlier, after leading from the start, with a hydraulics problem.
Button crashes
8226; Jenson Button shouldered the blame for the crash that prevented BAR scoring their first points of the season. After starting on pole position, Button retired when he hit the 8216;Wall of Champions8217; at the final turn with 23 laps remaining.
