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Post by schumi on Jun 7, 2008 11:45:32 GMT
As genghis isn't here I guess I'll be talking to myself, so I won't worry about doing a preview. And I suppose the only questions to ask are what will the weather be like - Canada in the wet is a spectacle; and how many victims will the wall claim? Odds on Fisichella being the first one in there if he makes it past the first bend?
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Post by schumi on Jun 7, 2008 18:05:45 GMT
Vettel didn’t take part in qualifying after crashing his car in practise and will start from the pit-lane for the race. Bourdais had to change his gearbox and will be dropped 5 places as a consequence. Button suffered a gearbox problem of his own after his first outing, and wasn’t able to continue, and Trulli took a trip across the grass during the first session, but caused no damage.
In the second stint the McLarens came out earlier than expected due to the track breaking up, and yet again Trulli spun his Toyota, with Alonso doing the same moments later, and with only seconds to go, Trulli took his third spin. Webber made it through to the top 10, but spun his car at the end of the session and crashed into the wall, putting an end to his challenge.
The final session saw the track breaking up quite badly, and Kovalainen locking up his rear tyres, cutting across the corner. The final shoot-out and Raikkonen was flying, but lost it all in the final sector. Kubica went fastest, but Hamiton took advantage of the kerbs and stuck his McLaren on pole.
Qualifying results:
1..L Hamilton
2..R Kubica
3..K Raikkonen
4..F Alonso
5..N Rosberg
6..F Massa
7..H Kovalainen
8..N Heidfeld
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Post by Genghis on Jun 8, 2008 11:47:22 GMT
Schumi, not necessarily, I can still make the odd "guest" appearance via young Paulco's PC  Well with Lewis on pole and the Ferraris in 3rd and 6th, could we still Lewis extend his championship lead? The Ferraris had largely been dominant in the early part of the season, but the fact there are two Ferraris in the championship hunt as opposed to one McLaren does seem to be playing into Hamilton's hands. If Massa and Raikkonen continue to take points off each other and Lewis can win the races which more suit the McLaren, who knows he might pull if off. I would still have King Kimi as the odds on favourite to win this year's championship, though. |
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Post by schumi on Jun 8, 2008 17:55:08 GMT
Got to laugh – Hamilton taking the piss out of his dad for crashing a Porsche at 30mph, then drives into the back of the stationary Ferrai. That’s just made my day. ;D
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Post by schumi on Jun 8, 2008 18:41:35 GMT
All cars got safely away from the grid, and on lap five Heidfeld pulled off a risky overtake on Rubens Barrichello. Piquet, believed to be light on fuel, took a couple of places in the following laps, and on lap 15 Sutil became the first driver to retire with a mechanical failure, eventually bringing out the safety car.
Taking advantage of the situation all cars went into the pits, but Raikkonen was waiting at the end of the pit lane, having to wait for the red light to go green, when Hamilton, who hadn’t noticed he’d stopped, piled into the back of the Ferrari, and Rosberg followed him in, ending all of their challenges.
Lap 23 and the safety car came in. Lap 31 and Kubica took his team-mate Heidfeld for seventh place, and some laps later Piquet retired his Renault with a brake problem.
27 laps to go and Alonso was hustling Heidfeld for second place, whilst Bourdais had a moment in the pit lane when his fuel rig was barely off the car before he was released. Later in the lap Alonso tried to overtake Heidfeld, but ran wide across the marbles and didn’t make the move stick. Heidfeld advised to “let him go” knowing he was fuelled to the end of the race, but then Alonso touched the marbles and crashed out of the GP.
24 laps to go and Nakajima clipped the back of a Honda. His front wing came off and went under the car, causing him to pile into the pit lane wall, and ending his race.
22 laps to go and Kubica pits from the lead, coming back out where he started.
20 laps to go and Kovalainen goes to overtake Barrichello, but Massa followed him through and took both positions while the McLaren struggled on the marbles. A couple of laps later and Fisichella lost the back end of his car and ended up in the barriers.
11 laps remaining and Rubens took an unscheduled trip across the grass, allowing both the Toyotas to overtake him, whilst Coulthard was having problems with overheating brakes and trying to nurse his Red Bull to the end of the race.
Three laps to go and Glock got out of shape, causing his team-mate, Trulli, to have to shut off to avoid hitting the back of him, and allowing Massa through for fifth, whilst Kovalainen was trying desperately to keep his car on the track.
And the chequered flag came down on Robert Kubica, who claimed his first ever victory, and in doing so became the first Pole to win a GP, and taking the lead in the championship. Ironically, at the circuit where he had a major accident last year.
Results:
1..R Kubica
2..N Heidfeld
3..D Coulthard
4..T Glock
5..F Massa
6..J Trulli
7..R Barrichello
8..S Vettel
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2008 18:48:35 GMT
Well enjoyed that Grand Prix!
Hamilton is a wombat but at least he took Raikkonen out with him.
I'm very happy for Kubica, its a well deserved win, he really has impressed me this season.
Schumi what happened to Alonso? I missed why he unfortunately retired.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2008 19:03:58 GMT
Got to laugh – Hamilton taking the piss out of his dad for crashing a Porsche at 30mph, then drives into the back of the stationary Ferrai. That’s just made my day. ;D And not being man enough to admit that it was his error  . |
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Post by schumi on Jun 8, 2008 19:10:47 GMT
Schumi what happened to Alonso? I missed why he unfortunately retired. He spun on the marbles. Never mind, it gave him something to complain about. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2008 23:26:35 GMT
When you consider the fuss Ecclestone makes about Silverstone, it's a bit of disgrace to have a track that literally breaks up during the GP weekend. The way that all the drivers were sliding around on a perfectly dry track, surely shows that something was wrong with it?  |
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Post by Genghis on Jun 9, 2008 17:38:00 GMT
So a race after King Kimi escapes without penalty for shunting Sutil out of the race, Hamilton gets penalised ten grid places for shunting King Kimi out of the race.  Obviously you're allowed to hit Force India cars but not Ferrari cars.   |
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Post by schumi on Jun 10, 2008 13:54:31 GMT
When you consider the fuss Ecclestone makes about Silverstone, it's a bit of disgrace to have a track that literally breaks up during the GP weekend. The way that all the drivers were sliding around on a perfectly dry track, surely shows that something was wrong with it? Martin Brundle's in a bit of trouble over his comments made on the grid with reference to that. But it actually wasn't so bad during the race, after they'd patched it up - it was during qualifying when it was awful. Anyway, Bernie was threatening Silverstone again only last week, so this week we should be free from his comments. Give it another fortnight. |
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