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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2008 5:31:09 GMT
Surely DC has already made himself hot favourite for quote of the year
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2008 8:41:24 GMT
Good start to the season, Poor liccle drivers actually having to control the car instead of depending on their computers....
I said on another site that Honda would not be near the back of the grid and I was right woo hoo!
I said Massa will be hard on his tyres and one driver who will be showed up due to lack of traction control, woo hoo!
I had also predicted that Macca had been sandbagging and this clearly has gotten to Ferrari a bit, hence their strange drives, and also managing to make a right balls up since looking good on Friday.
Surprises BMW I did not think they were that fast, they have definetly been sandbagging as all comments have been about how car is not very good etc.
Red Bull will score some decent points this year and the car looks tidy (saying that it should bearing in mind the fella who designed it)
Bourdais, hardly a rookie in the terms of Lewis last year but was good in qualy and solid throughout the race, ready to pick up some good points, just a shame it had a brittle Ferrari engine in it snigger.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2008 9:46:49 GMT
Well the new rules have certainly shaken things up a bit! First GP in ages where I didn't fall asleep in the middle as nothing was going on, there was enough to keep my brain active virtually all the way through.
Bloody knackered now though!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2008 9:57:06 GMT
So who won then ? My hangover wouldn't allow a 5 a.m . rise this morning . Erm i'll re-phrase that - i couldn't get my head off the pillow at 5 a.m. because of the extreme pain .
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2008 10:04:31 GMT
Oooohhh should we say bearing in mind some may wait until later to see the coverage?
I'll pm you the answer Paulco!
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Post by Genghis on Mar 16, 2008 11:05:09 GMT
Interesting how Raikonnen gained a point following the disqualification of Barrichello. But what did FIA say after the final race last season? Double standards yet again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2008 11:12:47 GMT
Interesting how Raikonnen gained a point following the disqualification of Barrichello. But what did FIA say after the final race last season? Double standards yet again. C'mon mate Ferrari really run the sport , everyone knows that .
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Post by schumi on Mar 16, 2008 18:28:44 GMT
A nervy start from Hamilton saw him spin away from the start, although he maintained the lead going into the first corner. Vettel stalled at the back of the gird, but managed to get away and catch up with the pack – a race that was short lived as he was soon to retire along with Davidson, Webber, Fisichella and Button, whilst Nakajima and Massa sustained damage after two separate incidents on the first lap, causing the safety car to be deployed. Webber suffered a broken suspension and managed to make his way back to the pits, where mechanics tried the futile process of trying to repair the damage, and Massa came in for a new nose before rejoining the race at the back of the pack.
At the restart, the top three were Hamilton, Kubica and Kovalainen. The first round of pit stops saw Kubica make the first move, only to come out behind traffic, whilst race leader Hamiton followed suit a few laps later.
Trulli, suffering from battery problems, which he said had been burning his leg, came in for his stop, but jumped out of the car to retire. Meanwhile, Raikkonen had moved up behind Kovalainen, clearly faster than him – the two cars now in third and second place, respectively, after a series of pit stops from the leaders. Stuck behind the McLaren, Kimi was 1.3 seconds a lap slower, but couldn’t find a way past. Retirements up to this point were Trulli, Sutil, who’d retired with suspected engine problems, Webber, Button, Vettel, Davidson and Fisichella.
Lap 26 saw Massa try to put a move on Coulthard. The Scot had the line coming out of the bend, but there was no room as Massa tried to force his way through, putting Coulthard immediately out of the race (and extracting a rather unsubtle tirade which had to be edited from later coverage), whilst Massa tried nurse his sick Ferrari back to the pits. The safety car was deployed whilst stewards tried to clean up the debris, and Kubica, Glock, Nakajima and Alonso took advantage of the situation to pit for fuel and tyres.
The restart was on lap 30, where we saw Raikkonen put a rash move on Kovalainen. Unfortunately he was carrying too much speed going into the corner and took a trip across the gravel, almost colliding with the safety barrier, and rejoining the race well down the order. Waved yellow flags indicated the stricken Ferrari of Felipe Massa, as Piquet and Sato followed him into retirement, meaning the race leaders on lap 35 were Hamilton, Kovalainen and Heidfeld.
On lap 43, and Raikkonen, in a desperate move to gain ground, tries to overtake Timo Glock, but put a rear tyre on the grass and slipped the car into a spin. Somehow he managed to keep it running and rejoined the track in no better a position than he started.
Lap 45 saw Glock, in the Toyota, clip the grass on the exit of turn 12, crash across an exit road, and write off his car. The safety car was deployed for the third time, and Barrichello pitted immediately for fuel – a move which is not allowed until the pit lane is declared open, and saw the stewards impose a 10 second stop-go penalty. Worse still, a mistake by the lollipop man saw Barrichello released while the fuel hose was connected, bringing down three of his mechanics in the process. Fortunately none of them sustained injuries, but unfortunately for Barrichello he exited the pit lane under a red light – a move which later saw him disqualified from the race, gifting a point to Kimi Raikkonen.
At the restart, Kubica and Nakajimi bunched up near the end of the track, and both lost their front wings after touching in the corner. Kubica retired, whist Nakajima pitted for a replacement nose. However, the stewards later held him responsible for the accident, and demoted him 10 places on the grid at Malaysia. With 8 laps to go, there were only 9 runners left, and Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari was sounding sick. If he retired before the end of the race it would mean he would suffer no penalty for changing his engine, and with four laps to go, it finally gave up. Raikkonen parked it at the side of the track before the same fate befell Sebastien Bourdais on his F1 debut. Bourdais, however, was still classified, and so picked up 2 vital points for his team.
With only one lap to go Heikki Kovalainen manages to get his McLaren past old enemy Alonso, and Ron Dennis punches the air in delight. His pleasure was short lived, however, when Kovalainen accidentally hit the pit lane limiter and allowed the Spaniard back through as a cool Hamilton takes the chequered flag.
Final result:
1..Lewis Hamilton 2..Nick Heidfeld 3..Nico Rosberg 4..Fernando Alonso 5..Heikki Kovalainen 6..Kazuki Nakajima 7..Sebastien Bourdais 8..Kimi Raikkonen
As I said, it was a nervy race, and you could see it all round. Alonso and Raikkonen both looked desperate, at times, but Hamilton drove a flawless race. The BMW has come on in leaps and bounds over the past two years, and is easily going to be competitive, but I still think the Ferrari has the slight edge on the McLaren in terms of speed. The two debutants will be happy to have picked up points, although I suspect disappointed at not having finished the race, whilst Heidfeld and Rosberg can be equally proud of their good, calm performance. The best start for Hamilton, who will be looking to build on his lead going into Malaysia next week.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2008 22:24:16 GMT
Dennis' punch to the air was the moment of the GP for me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2008 18:59:53 GMT
Well ? Has square-heid kicked the shit outa Massa yet ?
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Post by schumi on Mar 17, 2008 19:23:13 GMT
Nope, but Massa's told him he needs to look in his mirrors. The debaters on the BBC are calling DC the "mobile chicane".
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Post by admin on Mar 17, 2008 22:12:31 GMT
Nope, but Massa's told him he needs to look in his mirrors. Quite right. Doesn't he understand that Ferrari drivers should be waved through and allowed to do whatever they want? No doubt the son of a fascist will be having words with Coulthard.
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