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Atkingani 
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 Posted: March 16 2008 at 19:07 |
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Just like in 2007, Massa lost the championship in the first race; fast but fool... he isn't made with the stuff that shapes the real champions.
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N Ellingworth
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Joined: April 17 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1324 |
Posted: March 17 2008 at 04:04 |
Unfortunately I could see this year being ruined by another political row, this time over the standard ECU which was designed by McLaren, I sure that if Ferrari suffer a few electrical failures in the car they'll try to force the FIA to use their design which was rejected in favour of the McLaren one. |
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sleeper
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Posted: March 17 2008 at 10:09 |
That was a rather silly mistake of his at turn one (not as bad as Piquet's mind, he punted off Fisi). Whats your take on Massa's crash with DC, I think it was a racing accident myself? |
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JJLehto
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Posted: March 17 2008 at 11:56 |
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I don't know if Massa cost himself a chance at the title already....Although I don't put a high chance on him. I don't know if he can quite keep up with Hamilton and Raikkonen.
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N Ellingworth
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 04:25 |
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There was some very good news for UK based F1 fans today, the BBC will be showing the races from next season. No more adverts during crucial moments of the races and far more importantly no more James Allen.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7306123.stm Yes I know that the original BBC coverage was not particularly good but it seems that they are going to improve massively on that and on what ITV have done since 1996. |
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Easy Livin
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 04:49 |
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Good news indeed. Not sure about James Allen though. remember when ITV got the deal, Murray Walker switched channels with it.
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N Ellingworth
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 06:09 |
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Why would the BBC employ James Allen when they've already got a skilled commentary team for the radio transmissions?
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sleeper
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Posted: March 20 2008 at 10:24 |
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Excellent news, I just hope Martin Brundle gos with it. As for James Allen, he's not exactly "the voice of motorsport", so is unlikely to get the call for a switch to the beeb.
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N Ellingworth
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Posted: March 21 2008 at 07:30 |
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Got the Friday practice times for everyone to have a look at, I can't really read much into it as not many drivers got a large number of laps completed.
Practice 1: 1. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 01:35.392 2. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 01:36.459 3. Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 01:36.556 4. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 01:36.578 5. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 01:36.626 6. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault-Renault 01:37.022 7. Nelson Piquet Jr Brazil Renault-Renault 01:37.034 8. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber 01:37.218 9. Jenson Button Britain Honda-Honda 01:37.282 10. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota-Toyota 01:37.540 11. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber 01:37.649 12. Kazuki Nakajima Japan Williams-Toyota 01:37.649 13. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Honda-Honda 01:37.776 14. Timo Glock Germany Toyota-Toyota 01:37.782 15. Sebastian Vettel Germany Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:38.219 16. David Coulthard Britain Red Bull-Renault 01:38.232 17. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 01:38.707 18. Sebastien Bourdais French Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:38.798 19. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Force India-Ferrari 01:39.046 20. Takuma Sato Japan Super Aguri-Honda 01:40.178 21. Anthony Davidson Britain Super Aguri-Honda 01:40.351 22. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Ferrari 01:41.269 Practice 2: 1. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 01:35.055 2. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 01:35.206 3. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 01:35.428 4. Jenson Button Britain Honda-Honda 01:36.037 5. Sebastian Vettel Germany Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:36.474 6. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota-Toyota 01:36.493 7. Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 01:36.512 8. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber 01:36.671 9. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Force India-Ferrari 01:36.756 10. Kazuki Nakajima Japan Williams-Toyota 01:36.838 11. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Honda-Honda 01:36.879 12. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 01:36.908 13. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber 01:37.106 14. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault-Renault 01:37.328 15. Nelson Piquet Jr Brazil Renault-Renault 01:37.331 16. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 01:37.346 17. Timo Glock Germany Toyota-Toyota 01:37.512 18. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Ferrari 01:37.614 19. Takuma Sato Japan Super Aguri-Honda 01:39.021 20. Anthony Davidson Britain Super Aguri-Honda 01:39.361 21. Sebastien Bourdais French Toro Rosso-Ferrari no time 22. David Coulthard Britain Red Bull-Renault no time David Coulthard didn't take part in the 2nd session due to a massive suspension failure in the 1st session. |
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sleeper
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Posted: March 21 2008 at 07:33 |
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Just beat again Nick.
 4th place for Jenson, now that is impressive. Hard to think that only a month ago the Honda was the slowest car out there! |
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N Ellingworth
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Posted: March 21 2008 at 07:37 |
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Indeed, I wonder how much more speed they can find in that car. Hopefully in a couple of years or so they might be getting regular podiums and challenging for the occasional win.
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JJLehto
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Posted: March 21 2008 at 15:01 |
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Oh wow, I just realized...what happened to the US GP?
Edited by JJLehto - March 21 2008 at 15:01 |
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sleeper
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Posted: March 21 2008 at 18:06 |
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Tony George and Bernie couldnt agree terms for the race, so its off for this year and probably next as well.
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sleeper
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Posted: March 22 2008 at 08:42 |
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Here's the qualy results. There's a strong chance o rain for tomorrow so I think they better take their spare oars out with them. 1. MASSA Ferrari ** penalised 10 places for Melbourne incident |
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N Ellingworth
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Posted: March 22 2008 at 08:56 |
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What I want to know is why the McLarens get penalised for slowing Heidfeld down but all the other cars he had to weave around don't.
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Chris H
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Posted: March 22 2008 at 09:00 |
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I'll finally be able to catch a race tomrrow, it's the Sprint Cup's off weekend. I missed the first because of the Cup race at Bristol. I'm in Nashville right now working on a Nationwide series car, but i'll be back to catch the race! |
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Beauty will save the world.
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sleeper
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Posted: March 22 2008 at 11:48 |
Kubica and Webber were off the racing line when Heidfeldt came through, whereas Kovie and Hamilton were on it, I think thats what made the difference here. Qualifying on race fuel really needs to be done away with, though. |
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N Ellingworth
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Posted: March 22 2008 at 12:14 |
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I'm sure he had to move to avoid the Ferraris too. To be honest I was barely awake this morning while watching the qualifying so I'm probably wrong.
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JJLehto
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Posted: March 22 2008 at 12:46 |
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Ugh...I'm probably gunna miss this race.
I have to drive back to school on Monay morning so I can not stay up that late, and apparently the re-run is 1:30-5:00 ( during my classes)
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memowakeman
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Posted: March 22 2008 at 15:07 |
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Awesome 3rd place in the grid for Trulli, but he better has a great start if he doesn`t want to lose positions immediately by the BMW`s
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