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Post by schumi on Aug 19, 2008 16:01:35 GMT
The new race on the calendar, and it's a street circuit, so I'm looking forward to this one. There's been a three week ban on testing, although three teams have managed to get around this (no, not Ferrari!), so Friday practise will be important for everyone to test out their set-ups.
Force India are going to introduce their new "seamless shift" gearbox, so it'll be interesting to see if it makes any difference to their race, although one would assume it wont have their rivals overly worried.
I guess the question will be what kind a reception Lewis Hamilton gets after he was the victim of racist slurs from Spanish supporters earlier in the season. Expect severe penalties if this happens again. Reports say that Lewis was robbed otuside his hotel last weekend - thieves stole his rucksack containing an i-pod as he and his girlfriend checked out.
So can Ferrari beat the McLarens? Find out on Saturday.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2008 16:08:09 GMT
Reports say that Lewis was robbed otuside his hotel last weekend - thieves stole his rucksack containing an i-pod as he and his girlfriend checked out. i can sympathise with lewis,last week whilst rae and myself were in tesco's,some wanker crowbarred my van and nicked her laptop. needless to say the police were worse than useless |
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Post by schumi on Aug 22, 2008 15:23:29 GMT
Friday practise times (from http://www.planet-f1.com)
1..K Räikkönen..Ferrari..1:39.477..30 laps
2..F Alonso..Renault..1:39.497..39 laps
3..J Button..Honda..1:39.546..35 laps
4..F Massa..Ferrari..1:39.678..31 laps
5..L Hamilton..McLaren..1:39.712..31 laps
6..H Kovalainen..McLaren..1:39.954..30 laps
7..T Glock..Toyota..1:39.967..32 laps
8..R Kubica..BMW..1:40.149..35 laps
9..N Piquet jr..Renault..1:40.439..32 laps
10..G Fisichella..Force India F1..1:40.500..23 laps
11..M Webber..Red Bull..1:40.585..24 laps
12..N Rosberg..Williams..1:40.607..34 laps
13..D Coulthard..Red Bull..1:40.696..23 laps
14..K Nakajima..Williams..1:40.742..34 laps
15..J Trulli..Toyota..1:40.877..32 laps
16..S Vettel..Scuderia Toro Rosso..1:40.982..36 laps
17..A Sutil Force..India F1..1:40.999..32 laps
18..S Bourdais..Scuderia Toro Rosso..1:41.246..38 laps
19..R Barrichello..Honda..1:41.377..31 laps
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Post by schumi on Aug 23, 2008 11:30:03 GMT
Qualifiers to start at 1pm.
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Post by schumi on Aug 23, 2008 13:02:23 GMT
Qualifying:
1..F Massa
2..L Hamilton
3..R Kubica
4..K Raikkonen
5..H Kovalainen
6..S Vettel
7..J Trulli
8..N Heidfeld
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Post by Genghis on Aug 23, 2008 22:25:24 GMT
Nice to see Alonso flop in front of his home crowd.  Looks like another Massa-Hamilton shootout tomorrow - no doubt Hamilton will hope for rain given Massa's comedy performance at Silverstone. And Raikkonen may as well retire - he's been the best driver in F1 since 2003, but not anymore. There's something missing - and I think it's desire. |
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Post by admin on Aug 24, 2008 15:22:31 GMT
It will be interesting to see what penalty McLaren get as a result of Ferrari's Massa being released into the path of another car during his second pitstop. Most certainly Ferrari won't be punished. They never are.
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Post by schumi on Aug 24, 2008 18:12:28 GMT
Massa reprimanded and fined $10,000.
Result:
1..F Massa
2..L Hamilton
3..R Kubica
4..H Kovalainen
5..J Trulli
6..S Vettel
7..T Glock
8..N Rosberg
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Post by admin on Aug 24, 2008 18:41:55 GMT
Is that it?
Another set of stewards in the pocket of Ferrari - any other team would've been facing a grid penalty.
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Post by schumi on Aug 24, 2008 18:53:08 GMT
Well it's more than you said they'd get.
Have to say, I do think there should have been a penalty but not to the driver - it should be up to the team to ensure he's released safely. However, the rules state the onus is on the driver – ridiculous really. But not as ridiculous as waiting until after the race to decide on the penalty. Massa should have been given a drive through penalty, and then the chance to race to make up his lost positions.
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Post by marron on Aug 24, 2008 21:03:14 GMT
Ferrari bias once again - not surprising.
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Post by Genghis on Aug 24, 2008 22:03:26 GMT
Another sad day for F1 - as yet again a Ferrari driver escapes without penalty (I don't count the fine as a penalty, $10,000 is nothing to a top driver). The precedent was set after Hamilton's mistake in Canada - Massa should be given a ten-place grid penalty at the next race. What a load of fucking bollocks. Hope more than ever that Big Ron, Lewis and McLaren can beat those bunch of complete wankers at Ferrari.  |
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Post by schumi on Aug 24, 2008 22:05:26 GMT
Another sad day for F1 - as yet again a Ferrari driver escapes without penalty (I don't count the fine as a penalty, $10,000 is nothing to a top driver). The precedent was set after Hamilton's mistake in Canada - Massa should be given a ten-place grid penalty at the next race. What a load of fucking bollocks. Hope more than ever that Big Ron, Lewis and McLaren can beat those bunch of complete wankers at Ferrari. I don't think smashing into the back of a stationary car is quite the same, do you?  As I said, it should be the team penalised, not Felipe. And I'm not so sure the fine is "nothing" to him - he's on considerably less than KR. |
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Post by marron on Aug 24, 2008 22:07:35 GMT
As I said, it should be the team penalised, not Felipe. And I'm not so sure the fine is "nothing" to him - he's on considerably less than KR. .....but also considerably more than $10,000 a week. Like i said previously, we shouldnt be too surprised that the governing bodies have shown bias towards Ferrari yet again. |
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Post by Genghis on Aug 24, 2008 22:12:58 GMT
Another sad day for F1 - as yet again a Ferrari driver escapes without penalty (I don't count the fine as a penalty, $10,000 is nothing to a top driver). The precedent was set after Hamilton's mistake in Canada - Massa should be given a ten-place grid penalty at the next race. What a load of fucking bollocks. Hope more than ever that Big Ron, Lewis and McLaren can beat those bunch of complete wankers at Ferrari. I don't think smashing into the back of a stationary car is quite the same, do you? As I said, it should be the team penalised, not Felipe. And I'm not so sure the fine is "nothing" to him - he's on considerably less than KR. You're not being very consistent, Schumi. Take those Ferrari tinted specs off and look again. Massa should have a ten-place grid penalty for the next race. The precedent has been set - it wasn't just Hamilton penalised after Canada, remember? |
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