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Post by sennaboy on Mar 15, 2008 8:31:37 GMT 1
Yes the new formule one saeson starts today.Who will win the race?
here the results of the quolification:
1.L. Hamilton McLaren 1.26.714 2.R.Kubica BMW 1.26.866 3. H.Kovalainen McLaren 1.27.079 4.F.Massa Ferrari 1.27.178 5.N.Heidfield BMW 1.27.236 .......... 16.K.raikkonen Ferrari no time set
Who win this First grand prix?
greets sennaboy
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2008 20:23:52 GMT 1
Sounds to be a very good race ! Go go Kubica!
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Post by sennaboy on Mar 16, 2008 12:51:48 GMT 1
hi all,
race repport of melbourne;
Hamilton victorious in action-packed Albert Park raceLewis Hamilton’s win for McLaren at the Australian Grand Prix almost went unnoticed in Albert Park this afternoon - and that tells you just what sort of race it was. The 23 year-old Briton dominated an event characterised by safety car interventions following a series of dramatic incidents that all happened behind him.
Hamilton would build a lead, lose it behind the safety car, build it again, lose it again. You get the picture. But if he was impressive here a year ago, he was even better on Sunday, never losing his composure as he took the lead of the world championship with almost insouciant ease.
If it was a great day for McLaren, it was a disaster for Ferrari. Felipe Massa spun on the first lap and was then involved in an incident with Red Bull’s David Coulthard before retiring, and Kimi Raikkonen, having benefited from the second safety car intervention, slid off the road trying to pass McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen and undid all that work. Then his Ferrari let him down when he was running seventh with three laps to go.
Indeed, McLaren should have had a one-two, but a third safety car intervention following a heavy accident for Toyota’s Timo Glock badly hurt Kovalainen’s chances as he had to pit when everyone had closed up. He dropped way back, was passed by Raikkonen, repassed him, then found himself overtaken by Renault’s Fernando Alonso as the Spaniard overtook both of his rivals in a wonderful move.
After fighting back, Kovalainen repassed the Renault with two laps to go, only to have his car falter momentarily as they crossed the line for the 57th time. As he wiped oil off his visor he accidentally triggered the pit-lane speed limiter and a relieved Alonso pounced to head his former team mate home in fourth place.
Ahead of them, Nick Heidfeld brought his BMW Sauber home an excellent second, chased by Nico Rosberg, whose Toyota-engined Williams was the fastest car on the track in the closing stages. It was the young German’s first podium.
The race began with drama as an incident in the first corner involved Honda’s Jenson Button, Force India’s Giancarlo Fisichella, Red Bull’s Mark Webber, Super Aguri’s Anthony Davidson and Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Vettel, and led directly or indirectly to their retirements.
Jarno Trulli looked set for good points until his Toyota let him down, and Nelson Piquet’s debut for Renault was little short of disastrous as he trailed at the back and failed to make it home.
Sebastien Bourdais and his Toro Rosso crew made a great call on strategy and were running fourth, ahead of Alonso and Kovalainen with three laps to go, but were stymied by engine failure. Force India’s Adrian Sutil and Super Aguri’s Takuma Sato similarly failed to make the finish.
“The team did a fantastic job as always, and the car was phenomenal, a complete dream to drive compared to last year,” a delighted Hamilton said. “They pulled me in early on both stops and that kept us out of trouble. Physically the race was a breeze, and great preparation for Malaysia, so bring it on, I’m really looking forward to it.”
Pos Driver Nationality Team Points 1 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 10 2 Nick Heidfeld German BMW 8 3 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 6 4 Fernando Alonso Spanish Renault 5 5 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish McLaren-Mercedes 4 6 Kazuki Nakajima Japanese Williams-Toyota 3 7 Sebastien Bourdais French STR-Ferrari 2 8 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Ferrari 1 9 Robert Kubica Polish BMW 0 10 Timo Glock German Toyota 0 11 Takuma Sato Japanese Super Aguri-Honda 0 12 Nelsinho Piquet Brazilian Renault 0 13 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 0 14 David Coulthard British Red Bull-Renault 0 15 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 0 16 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Ferrari 0 17 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull-Renault 0 18 Jenson Button British Honda 0 19 Anthony Davidson British Super Aguri-Honda 0 20 Sebastian Vettel German STR-Ferrari 0 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Italian Force India-Ferrari 0 22 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Honda 0
greets sennaboy
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Post by sennaboy on Mar 24, 2008 0:43:26 GMT 1
hi all,
here some words of the second grand prix, Raikkonen storms to victory in MalaysiaIf Australia was a nightmare for Ferrari, Malaysia was a dream. Kimi Raikkonen toyed initially with polesitting team mate Felipe Massa, took the lead after their first pit stops, and sauntered into the distance to a victory that puts him back into contention for a second world title.
Massa blotted his copybook by spinning out of an easy second place on the 31st lap, leaving Robert Kubica to take an excellent runner-up result for BMW Sauber. In the closing laps, though 22 seconds adrift, the Pole set a similar pace to Raikkonen.
Heikki Kovalainen was McLaren’s leading runner in a distant third place, a similar distance in arrears.
For Lewis Hamilton, it was a race spent playing catch-up. He made a great start to jump from ninth up to fifth place behind the Ferraris, Kubica and similarly fast-starting Mark Webber in the Red Bull. But then a problem with the right-front wheel during his first pit stop dropped him down to 11th place, and he lost time hand over fist in the traffic.
That enabled Jarno Trulli to come through to a good fourth place for Toyota, with Hamilton dogging his wheel tracks after a great recovery drive. The truth, however, was that this time out Ferrari were stronger, and the pace of BMW Sauber will have both top teams keeping a close eye on the white and blue cars.
Nick Heidfeld set fastest lap in the closing stages as he thirsted after Hamilton, while Webber was able to hold off a challenging Fernando Alonso in the Renault as they wrapped up the final points.
David Coulthard had a relatively quiet race to ninth in the second Red Bull ahead of fellow Briton, Jenson Button, who survived a late off-track moment in his Honda to lead home Renault’s Nelson Piquet, the Brazilian rookie recording his first Grand Prix finish.
Giancarlo Fisichella was 12th for Force India, a lap down, taking the place after Honda’s Rubens Barrichello had to serve a drive-through penalty for pit lane speeding.
The final finishers were Nico Rosberg, who had a most unhappy time in his Williams, the Super Aguris of Anthony Davidson and Takuma Sato, and Kazuki Nakajima who, like Rosberg, could not generate decent tyre temperatures in his Williams FW30.
Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Bourdais was the first retirement, falling off on the opening lap. Rosberg clobbered Timo Glock then, too, necessitating a pit stop for a new nose cone. The Williams continued, the Toyota was through for the day. Adrian Sutil suffered a mechanical problem that stopped his Force India out on the track, while Sebastian Vettel suffered either engine or transmission failure that brought him to a smoky halt.
The result leaves Hamilton still leading the world championship for drivers with 14 points, ahead of Raikkonen and Heidfeld on 11 apiece. In the constructors’ chase, McLaren lead with 24, ahead of BMW Sauber on 19 and Ferrari on 11.
greets sennaboy
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