The Motorsport Thread (was the F1 thread)

Gotta run, so not much time to comment but that finish was just pure madness

Absolutley bloody stupid decision by a complete bunch of arseholes. I can only conlude that the stewards decision making process includes large quantities of Belgian beer and cannabis. If Massa wins the world title by less than 6 points it will be the most undeserved title in F1 history.

I've seen Glock got a 25 second penalty as well, dont know what for but it promotes Webber to 8th.

I missed the race but seems that it had some controversial decisions, what happened with Hamilton, why did he receive that 25-second penalty?

It's a bit controversial but I can't really say if the decision is fair or not.
Turning left on the chicane really provides him with an advantage, but
if he haven't done so the two would have collided for sure... Can't say really..

They key thing is that he conceded the position he gained which under the rules should mean that you don't get a penalty, McLaren asked Charlie Whiting if Hamilton had done enough to avoid a penalty and he said yes. So basically that means that a bunch of jobsworths in an office overruled the man who probably knows more about the rules of F1 than anybody else.

Monza this weekend. The forcast is for low tempretures which could play into McLarens hands. McLarens Appeal will be held on the 22nd of September, so we wont have to wait to long to find out how crooked the FIA are. And lastly, Raikkonen has signed a contract through to the end of 2010, matching Massa's. Should put an end to the rumours of Kubica/Alonso going there.

Edit: Ooops, forgot the practice times.

1.  RAIKKONEN     Ferrari       1m23.861s
2.  KUBICA        BMW           1m23.931s
3.  HEIDFELD      BMW           1m23.947s
4.  HAMILTON      McLaren       1m23.983s
5.  ROSBERG       Williams      1m24.110s
6.  MASSA         Ferrari       1m24.247s
7.  KOVALAINEN    McLaren       1m24.365s
8.  WEBBER        Red Bull      1m24.521s
9.  SUTIL         Force India   1m24.669s
10. VETTEL        Toro Rosso    1m24.773s
11. COULTHARD     Red Bull      1m25.100s
12. BOURDAIS      Toro Rosso    1m25.192s
13. FISICHELLA    Force India   1m25.204s
14. BARRICHELLO   Honda         1m25.296s
15. BUTTON        Honda         1m25.309s
16. NAKAJIMA      Williams      1m25.330s
17. GLOCK         Toyota        1m25.397s
18. ALONSO        Renault       1m25.481s
19. TRULLI        Toyota        1m25.753s
20. PIQUET        Renault       1m26.195s


Edited by sleeper - September 12 2008 at 14:14

Bloody hell, Vettels on pole! And Bourdais and Webber are right up there as well! Hamilton, Kubica and Raikkonen out of the top 10 to boot.

One of the most exciting qualy sessions I've ever seen.

Vettel wins!!! 'Nuff said.

Just one point now between Hamilton and Massa for the championship...The last races should be something to watch....Won't be any miracle for Raikonnen this time around!

N Ellingworth wrote: After the shameful events at Spa last week F1 really needed that result, Vettel was simply stunning and really deserved that victory, yes you could argue that he only got it due to the weather but Toro Rosso have been at the top of the mid field pack recently. What really confuses me though is why wasn't Hamilton driving as well as he was today yesterday?

I'll say, but he did prove one thing though, he can drive through from the back. If the forcast rain had come he would have won this race.

Singapore in two weeks, a new street track (proper one, not like Valencia which was largely purpose built) and F1's first night race. Apparently long range forcast say 60% chance of rain!