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Posted: July 07 2008 at 15:12

You'd think that with all the money he's earned over the years he'd be able to pay for a NASCAR drive himself. Wink

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Posted: July 07 2008 at 21:45

A friend of mine told me, and I have no idea where he got this, but supposedly Kyle Busch wants to do F1 when his contract is up in 7 years, (2015). He will be 30 by that point, a little old to start F1 esp for someone with no open wheel experience at all.... LOL

And don't get me wrong, I want an American in F1....but not Kyle Busch.....
Hopefully Graham Rahal or something

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Posted: July 08 2008 at 09:48

Yes but that is where we disagree, we all want Kyle Busch to go anywhere but NASCAR for another 7 years!

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Posted: July 09 2008 at 10:56

Rahal and Marco Andretti would probably be the best bets for an American in F1.

As for Jacques, he really should hang up his helmet, not very good at NASCAR and Peugeot's slowest driver at Le Mans.

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Posted: July 17 2008 at 17:53

sleeper wrote:

Rahal and Marco Andretti would probably be the best bets for an American in F1.

As for Jacques, he really should hang up his helmet, not very good at NASCAR and Peugeot's slowest driver at Le Mans.

That's what I'm hoping for!
And yea....quite a sight. The former Formula One Champion sucking it up in...well anything he's racing in.

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Posted: July 18 2008 at 14:02

Practice times from Germany, Hockenheim this year instead of the Nurburgring. Hamilton seemsto be really on it today.

1. HAMILTON     McLaren       1m15.025s
2.  MASSA         Ferrari       1m15.722s
3.  RAIKKONEN     Ferrari       1m15.760s
4. KOVALAINEN    McLaren       1m15.990s
5.  WEBBER        Red Bull      1m16.017s
6.  ALONSO        Renault       1m16.230s
7.  ROSBERG       Williams      1m16.355s
8.  KUBICA        BMW           1m16.363s
9.  HEIDFELD      BMW           1m16.377s
10. COULTHARD     Red Bull      1m16.378s
11. VETTEL        Toro Rosso    1m16.422s
12. TRULLI        Toyota        1m16.530s
13. BUTTON        Honda         1m16.542s
14. BARRICHELLO   Honda         1m16.677s
15. PIQUET        Renault       1m16.734s
16. GLOCK         Toyota        1m16.781s
17. NAKAJIMA      Williams      1m16.839s
18. BOURDAIS      Toro Rosso    1m16.860s
19. SUTIL         Force India   1m17.008s
20. FISICHELLA    Force India   1m17.047s

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Posted: July 19 2008 at 13:18

Yup, Hamilton grabs pole.
Pretty typical top 10, though Jarno Truli did make 4th spot.

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Posted: July 19 2008 at 15:23

Having seen Hamilton's lap in full I reckon that he could have gone faster than he did.

I suspect that was a glory grabbing lap from Trulli but he may just be really quick, we'll find out tomorrow.

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Posted: July 19 2008 at 19:02

I reckon Hamilton will get the win tomorrow, he seems to have something over Massa, though not much.

Sutil's 4 wheel drifting was exciting, if not exactly fast.

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Posted: July 20 2008 at 04:04

Hopefully next year with the reduced downforce we'll see more 4 wheel drifts, sure they're not the fastest way of getting around a corner but they are great to watch.

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Posted: July 20 2008 at 10:06

Big accident for Glock, thankfully he seems to be allright. I tell you what, Hamilton drove an absolute barn stormer after the saftey car to win today, impressive. Piquet was just as impressive and after his start to the season I never would have thought I'd be saying that! Not impressed with Massa, he just let Hamilton through without much of a fight. Unless Ferrari sort themselves out, I can see Hamilton walking of with this title from now on.

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Posted: July 20 2008 at 10:14

Yeah Hamilton really recovered well after that safety car, I can't see Piquet lasting long at Renault, Alonso doesn't like to be beaten by rookies after all. Wink

Ferrari have been very disappointing in the last two races both tactically and on the track. In many ways this weekend was worse for Ferrari than Silverstone was as Raikkonen was clearly struggling to keep the car on the track at times and Massa seemed to give up after the safety car.

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Posted: July 20 2008 at 13:36

Decent race, and again the points are shaken up. Great to see Massa up to into 2nd place.

And I think Hamilton has spoiled us, now every rookie that dosn't challenge for the title is a dissapointment LOL

Anyway, huge congrats to Piquet on that 2nd place finish. Also one for Sebastian Vettel who also seems to be improving
And hopefully Glock is OK. That was quite a hit, and to the back is always awful. Good thing he hit at a fairly shallow angle.

Edited by JJLehto - July 20 2008 at 14:07

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Posted: July 27 2008 at 20:46

We all remember the 2005 USGP fiasco....
Apparently Indy and tire issues have struck again.

I'll admit I didn't watch the Brickyard 400 but I was told by a few people that due to excessive tire wear NASCAR flew a competition caution (a yellow flag for safety reasons so everyone can pit) like every 15-20 laps!??!
So, basically the whole race was nothing but stops, with some laps of "racing" in between

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Posted: July 29 2008 at 14:46

Oh dear, thats not good at all, and theres no excuse for that in a near all oval series.

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Posted: July 29 2008 at 20:12

I don't get it...all I can guess is it involves the new car NASCAR has introduced. I know it's heavier, and is a lot tougher to control (thus more squirrely) but I don't see how that can affect tires so badly they could not go longer than 13 laps?

Where is Zappa???? He'll probably know all this better

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Posted: August 01 2008 at 10:59

Practice times from Hungary. I doubt Ferrari are .5 seconds behind Mclaren, but track conditions are so dusty over the first day that we wont see a clear picture until qualy tomorrow.

1.  HAMILTON      McLaren       1m20.554s
2.  PIQUET        Renault       1m20.748s
3.  KOVALAINEN    McLaren       1m20.760s
4.  ALONSO        Renault       1m20.928s
5.  RAIKKONEN     Ferrari       1m21.009s
6.  MASSA         Ferrari       1m21.010s
7.  HEIDFELD      BMW           1m21.138s
8.  KUBICA        BMW           1m21.363s
9.  TRULLI        Toyota        1m21.505s
10. ROSBERG       Williams      1m21.581s
11. GLOCK         Toyota        1m21.662s
12. WEBBER        Red Bull      1m21.733s
13. COULTHARD     Red Bull    1m21.837s
14. NAKAJIMA      Williams      1m21.902s
15. BOURDAIS      Toro Rosso    1m21.955s
16. BUTTON        Honda         1m22.150s
17. FISICHELLA    Force India   1m22.197s
18. SUTIL         Force India   1m22.358s
19. BARRICHELLO   Honda         1m22.448s
20. VETTEL        Toro Rosso    1m22.945s

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Posted: August 02 2008 at 08:53

Sorry man, I was at soccer camp!

The tires problems...SUCKED.

The whole big combo of the new/heavier/higher CG car, the lack ot a mandated test session at the track before the weekend, and Goodyear trying to bring a more competitive tire and getting way in over thier heads just created a big mess. Like ya said, 12 laps and then a yellow so tires could be changed, it was one of ther worst races in NASCAR history.

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Posted: August 02 2008 at 13:01

Qualifying results:

1	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.376	1:19.473	1:20.899	1
2	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.945	1:19.480	1:21.140	2
3	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:19.578	1:19.068	1:21.191	3
4	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:20.053	1:19.776	1:21.281	4
5	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:19.980	1:19.246	1:21.326	5
6	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:20.006	1:19.546	1:21.516	6
7	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:20.229	1:19.816	1:21.698	7
8	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:20.073	1:20.046	1:21.732	8
9	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:19.942	1:19.486	1:21.767	9
10	6	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:20.583	1:20.131	1:22.371	10
11	15	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:20.157	1:20.144		11
12	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:20.888	1:20.332		12
13	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:20.505	1:20.502		13
14	14	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:20.640	1:20.963		14
15	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:20.748	no time		15
16	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:21.045			16
17	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:21.085			17
18	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:21.332			18
19	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:21.670			19
20	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:22.113			20

I will miss the race, (and it's replay) sooo hopefully it's not too exciting LOL

I'm actually going with my Dad to Pocono to catch a NASCAR race, so enjoy the Hungarian GP all!

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Posted: August 02 2008 at 14:23

One small update Bourdais has been put back to 19th on the grid for blocking Heidfeld during quali one, although he in turn was being blocked by someone else so it's really an unfair punishment.